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  Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports that during its next Electron launch, a commercial rideshare mission currently scheduled in April 2022, the company will attempt a mid-air helicopter capture of the Electron launch vehicle for the first time. The "There and Back Again" mission, Rocket Lab's 26th Electron launch, will lift off from Pad A at Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula within a 14-day launch window scheduled to commence on April 19, 2022 UTC. Electron will deploy 34 pa ... read more |
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Ax-1: why the private mission to the International Space Station is a gamechangerNottingham UK (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 It's not long since billionaires were competing to get to the "edge of space". Now, the first set of private citizens are getting ready to take a SpaceX shuttle up to the International Space Station ... more  
Cosmic SETI ready to stream data for technosignature research from Jansky VLAMountain View CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 COSMIC SETI (the Commensal Open-Source Multimode Interferometer Cluster Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) took a big step towards using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very ... more 
Commercial research expands aboard the International Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 The International Space Station has spent more than two decades in low-Earth orbit serving as Earth's orbiting laboratory. Groundbreaking research aboard the station in its unique microgravity envir ... more 
Elon Musk's Starlink loses frequencies in FranceParis (AFP) April 5, 2022 Starlink, the satellite internet service of tech billionaire Elon Musk, has lost its frequencies in France after a legal battle waged by environmental groups. ... more |
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NASA delays final test for moon shotWashington (AFP) April 5, 2022 The latest test of NASA's giant Moon rocket SLS has been pushed back to allow for a SpaceX rocket to launch later this week, the US space agency announced Tuesday. ... more 
Station waits for private astronauts during science and spacewalk prepsHouston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 The seven-member Expedition 67 crew will wait an extra day to greet the first private astronauts who are due to launch this weekend to the International Space Station. In the meantime, the orbital r ... more 
In space, Russians and Americans remain 'dear friends': astronautWashington (AFP) April 5, 2022 After nearly a week back on Earth, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said Tuesday the relationship between US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts remained positive while on board the International Space Station, despite their countries' animosity over Moscow's February invasion of neighboring Ukraine. ... more 
Axiom set to launch, next NASA moon rocket to wait a little longer for testingWashington DC (UPI) Apr 5, 2021 NASA has decided to pause testing on its next moon rocket, the Space Launch System, and instead proceed with the launch of SpaceX's first private astronaut mission, Axiom-1. ... more |
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From sample to results: in-space data analysis enables quicker data returnKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 Space-based computing has achieved a significant milestone by enabling investigators conducting an experiment onboard the International Space Station (ISS) to go from sample analysis to results whil ... more 
Amazon signs with Arianespace for 18 Ariane 6 launches to deploy Project Kuiper constellationParis, France (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 Arianespace and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced an unprecedented launch service contract during the International Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, USA, on April 5. Under the terms of the contrac ... more  
Amazon signs on launch partners for space internetColorado Springs (AFP) April 5, 2022 Amazon on Tuesday announced deals for scores of launches to deploy a "constellation" of satellites in low orbit around the Earth to provide internet service to people below. ... more 
Beyond Gravity to develop dispenser for Project Kuiper's satellite constellationZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 Fast, affordable broadband for people worldwide - this is the ambitious mission behind Project Kuiper, an Amazon initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of satellites ... more |
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Amazon strikes deals with 3 rocket firms for Kuiper satellite launchesWashington DC (UPI) Apr 5, 2021 Amazon has struck deals with three rocket companies to launch Internet satellites, the company announced Tuesday, calling it "the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history." ... more 
DARPA, AFRL, Lockheed Martin And Aerojet Rocketdyne team up for Hypersonics testPalmdale CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) team successfully flight tested the Hypersonic A ... more  
Balancing Risks in the Seitah Region for Flight 24Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 06, 2022 Ingenuity continued its journey towards the river delta this weekend with Flight 24. This flight took place Sunday, April 3, and the data arrived back later that evening. The flight was the fourth o ... more 
Sol 3435: Maybe We Should Switch NamesPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2022 It has been a frustrating week for the Curiosity science and engineering teams. While we have a better understanding of how to recover the minor Remote Sensing Mast (RSM) issue that we encountered a ... more  
Australian SMEs team up to deliver high-resolution Hyperspectral Earth Observation microsatellitesColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 LatConnect 60 (LC60), an Earth observation and data fusion company based in Perth, Australia, has signed an agreement to work with Gilmour Space Technologies in Queensland to build and launch the fi ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2022 
After nearly a week back on Earth, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei said Tuesday the relationship between US astronauts and Russian cosmonauts remained positive while on board the International Space Station, despite their countries' animosity over Moscow's February invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
Vande Hei landed in Kazakhstan last Wednesday in a Russian capsule, along with cosmonauts Anton S ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 5, 2021 
NASA has decided to pause testing on its next moon rocket, the Space Launch System, and instead proceed with the launch of SpaceX's first private astronaut mission, Axiom-1.
"We'll fall in behind [Axiom]," Jim Free, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems development, said Tuesday at an Artemis briefing at the 37th annual Space Symposium conference in Boulder, Co.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 06, 2022 
Ingenuity continued its journey towards the river delta this weekend with Flight 24. This flight took place Sunday, April 3, and the data arrived back later that evening. The flight was the fourth of five sorties Ingenuity will make to cross the "Seitah" region of Jezero Crater and arrive in the vicinity of its delta. This multiflight shortcut across Seitah is being done to keep ahead of the Per ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 
China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a statement the robotic craft started to enter the atmosphere around 6:40 pm under the ground control and the extreme heat caused by air friction dismantled and destroyed most of the ship. A few ... more |
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 Colorado Springs (AFP) April 5, 2022 
Amazon on Tuesday announced deals for scores of launches to deploy a "constellation" of satellites in low orbit around the Earth to provide internet service to people below.
Amazon said that its contracts with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history.
The overall cost and timing of launches booked to ma ... more |
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 Mumbai (AFP) April 4, 2022 
A large metal ring and sphere that villagers in rural western India said fell from the sky over the weekend could be from a Chinese rocket launched into space last year, officials told local media.
The metal ring - reportedly two to three metres (6.5-10 feet) in diameter and weighing over 40 kilogrammes (90 pounds) - was discovered in a village field in Maharashtra state late on Saturday, ... more |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 
COSMIC SETI (the Commensal Open-Source Multimode Interferometer Cluster Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) took a big step towards using the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) for 24/7 SETI observations. Fiber optic amplifiers and splitters are now installed for all 27 VLA antennas, giving COSMIC access to a complete and independent copy of the data stream ... more |
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 
Researchers of the University of Zurich (UZH) and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS have investigated Jupiter's formation history in great detail. Their results suggest that the giant planet migrated far from its origin and collected large amounts of material on its journey.
One of the most important open questions in planetary formation theory is the story of Ju ... more |
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 Port Moresby (AFP) April 6, 2022 
Senior staff of Pacific telecom giant Digicel have left Papua New Guinea after a US$100 million tax was levied against the company, according to police and government sources.
The Papua New Guinean government last month passed a one-off levy on any company with a market share greater than 40 percent in telecoms or banking, affecting only Digicel in the telecoms sector.
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2022 
NASA's airborne Lunar Spectral Irradiance, or air-LUSI, flew aboard NASA's ER-2 aircraft from March 12 to 16 to accurately measure the amount of light reflected off the Moon. Reflected moonlight is a steady source of light that researchers are taking advantage of to improve the accuracy and consistency of measurements among Earth-observing satellites.
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 Washington (AFP) April 5, 2022 
The latest test of NASA's giant Moon rocket SLS has been pushed back to allow for a SpaceX rocket to launch later this week, the US space agency announced Tuesday.
The dress rehearsal for the giant Space Launch System had been scheduled for Friday at launch pad 39B at Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the same time as SpaceX's lift-off from pad 39A.
The test of the rocket, which is to return h ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 05, 2022 
To prepare for its launch in August, the Psyche spacecraft was tested to ensure it can operate in the extreme conditions it will face on its trip to a metal-rich asteroid.
The conditions that a NASA spacecraft endures are extreme: the violent shaking and cacophony of a rocket launch, the jolt of separating from the launch vehicle, the extreme temperature fluctuations in and out of the Sun' ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 
LatConnect 60 (LC60), an Earth observation and data fusion company based in Perth, Australia, has signed an agreement to work with Gilmour Space Technologies in Queensland to build and launch the first microsatellite in a planned high-resolution hyperspectral imaging constellation. The smart satellites will be placed in 30-degree inclined orbits for frequent revisit data capture over the Earth's ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 28, 2022 
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft is speeding towards its historic first close pass of the Sun, which happens midday on 26 March 2022.
In the days leading up to and around 'Perihelion passage', teams at ESA have been working intensively on an observation campaign, and all ten instruments will be operating simultaneously to gather as much data as possible.
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 06, 2022 
In the quest to identify the origins of one of astronomy's biggest mysteries - fast radio bursts (FRBs) - Canada's world-renowned telescope, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), is getting backup.
Supported by approximately $10 million in grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the CHIME/FRB Outriggers project has now secured funding to complete the constr ... more |
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 College Station TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2022  Finding the specific sound a rock makes when it cracks and breaks seems impossible when surrounded by other subsurface noises. But Texas A and M University researcher Dr. Siddharth Misra, the Ted H. Smith, Jr. '75 and Max R. Vordenbaum '73 DVG Associate Professor in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering, discovered a way to hear and validate that sound in a project funded by the B ... more |
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