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  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 TransAstra, a provider of breakthrough orbital logistics and space domain awareness solutions, and ReOrbit, a provider of software-defined small satellites for beyond LEO missions, announced today that they have signed binding contracts for initial spacecraft development and orbital logistics services. Under these contracts, TransAstra will provide mission definition and engineering analysis for TransAstra's Worker Bee orbital transfer vehicles to deliver ReOrbit's customer satellites to Low Earth ... read more |
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Moon dust Neil Armstrong collected sells for more than $500,000Washington DC (UPI) Apr 15, 2022 Moon dust Neil Armstrong collected in 1969 has sold for more than $500,000 at auction after NASA lost legal battles over its ownership. Five samples of the NASA-verified moon dust and the NASA ... more 
Pop goes the MoonParis (ESA) Apr 15, 2022 A satisfying, audible 'pop' marked a successful piercing of the sealed Apollo 17 sample container using the ESA designed and built piercing tool. The tool forms part of a gas sampling system with a ... more  
Sols 3444-3445: The curious case of cross-cutting ridgesPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2022 Tosol's plan is focusing on examination of the linear ridges that cross-cut the local terrain. These raised ridges look like boxes with their lids cut off and mostly buried in the local bedrock, and ... more  
Most distant star to date spotted - but how much further back in time could we see?Hatfield UK (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 The Hubble Space Telescope has observed the most distant star ever seen - Earendel, meaning morning star. Even though Earendel is 50 times the mass of the Sun, and millions of times brighter, we wou ... more |
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Giant stars undergo dramatic weight loss programSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 Astronomers at the University of Sydney have found a slimmer type of red giant star for the first time. These stars have undergone dramatic weight loss, possibly due to the presence a greedy neighbo ... more  
Plasma ejections from the sun could cause damage on Earth, scientists sayWashington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2021 An unusual magnetic storm from the sun will aim at the Earth soon, possibly beginning Thursday, and experts say it has the potential to cause some noticeable damage here on our planet. ... more 
Webb will study formation, composition, clouds of distant worldsBaltimore MD (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 The journey of commissioning the Webb telescope continues this week with the successful cooling of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), through the critical 'pinch point,' down to its final operating ... more 
MAGIC telescopes observe nova explosionMunich, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 Light on, light off - this is how one could describe the behavior of the nova, which goes by the name RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph). Every 15 years or so, a dramatic explosion occurs in the constellation of ... more |
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China Satellite Navigation Conference to highlight digital economy, intelligent navigationBeijing (XNA) Apr 15, 2022 The 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference will be held in Beijing in May, highlighting the digital economy and intelligent navigation, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office. ... more  
Shenzhou 13 astronauts ready to returnBeijing (XNA) Apr 15, 2022 China's Shenzhou XIII mission crew have completed all of their tasks and will return to Earth, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said on Thursday night that the astronauts ... more 
Xi calls on Wenchang to build world-class spaceportWenchang (XNA) Apr 15, 2022 President Xi Jinping has called on the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southern island province of Hainan to build itself into a world-class spaceport. Xi made the remark on Tuesday aftern ... more  
European Space Agency stops cooperation with Russian lunar missionsParis (AFP) April 14, 2022 The European Space Agency on Wednesday ended cooperation with Russia on three missions to the Moon due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, following a previous decision to do the same for a Mars mission. ... more |
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Race is on for China's first domestic satellite listed firmBeijing (XNA) Apr 13, 2022 China's commercial aerospace sector has embraced a wave of IPO plans recently, as private enterprises hasten to "aim for the stars" and become the country's first domestically listed aerospace compa ... more  
NASA sets coverage for Russian spacewalksWashington DC (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 NASA will provide coverage of spacewalks Monday, April 18, and Thursday, April 28, as Russian cosmonauts venture outside the International Space Station to activate a new robotic arm attached to the ... more  
Astra announces electric propulsion system contract with LeoStellaAlameda CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 Astra Space, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTR) and LeoStella LLC ("LeoStella") has announced a contract for Astra to provide multiple Astra Spacecraft Engines for LeoStella satellites. Astra is expected to begin ... more 
Kleos' first two Patrol satellites deployed from D-Orbit Transfer vehicleLuxembourg (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has confirmed that the first two Patrol Mission satellites (KSF2-C and KSF2-D) have been successfully deployed from D-Orbit's orbital transfer vehicle, ION S ... more  
Four billion-year-old relic from early solar system heading our wayLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 An enormous comet - approximately 80 miles across, more than twice the width of Rhode Island - is heading our way at 22,000 miles per hour from the edge of the solar system. Fortunately, it will nev ... more |
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NASA will provide coverage of spacewalks Monday, April 18, and Thursday, April 28, as Russian cosmonauts venture outside the International Space Station to activate a new robotic arm attached to the Nauka module.
Coverage for both spacewalks will begin at 10 a.m. EDT each day on NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency's website. Each spacewalk is scheduled to begin around 10:25 a.m.
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 
The Chemical Propulsion Flight Programs Group at the Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully completed the Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic Propellant (ASCENT) monopropellant 1 Newton (1N) thruster testing in the Chemical in-Space Thruster Test and Research Site test facility.
"This work is important to the U.S. Space Force since it provides satellites with propulsive capab ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 14, 2022 
Drilling is on hold while the rover focuses on driving, so the sampling team is off studying the data we have acquired so far. What kind of information do we get from the drill, and how do the rocks we have drilled so far compare to each other?
One of the first things we look at is how difficult it was for the drill to make progress through the rock. The rover has a rotary percussive drill ... more |
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 Wenchang (XNA) Apr 13, 2022 
The Long March 7 carrier rocket tasked with launching the Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft arrived at Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Monday, the China Manned Space Agency said.
Next, the rocket will be assembled and undergo ground tests with the robotic spaceship at the coastal launch complex, the agency said in a brief statement.
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 Mclean VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 
Intelsat - operator of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and a leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC) - has announced its latest service offering: Cloud Connect Media, a connectivity solution that provides programmers with secure access between the IntelsatOne Media Network and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Cloud Connect Media is designed to provide con ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 14, 2022  Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1) has confirmed that the first two Patrol Mission satellites (KSF2-C and KSF2-D) have been successfully deployed from D-Orbit's orbital transfer vehicle, ION Satellite Carrier, and contact has been established. The remaining two Patrol satellites (KSF2-A and KSF3-B) are expected to be deployed into a different orbit from the transfer vehicle in the coming w ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 
In studying a unique class of ultra-hot exoplanets, NASA Hubble Space Telescope astronomers may be in the mood for dancing to the Calypso party song "Hot, Hot, Hot." That's because these bloated Jupiter-sized worlds are so precariously close to their parent star they are being roasted at seething temperatures above 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That's hot enough to vaporize most metals, including ti ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 
An enormous comet - approximately 80 miles across, more than twice the width of Rhode Island - is heading our way at 22,000 miles per hour from the edge of the solar system. Fortunately, it will never get closer than 1 billion miles from the sun, which is slightly farther from Earth than Saturn; that will be in 2031.
Comets, among the oldest objects in the solar system, are icy bodies that ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) April 13, 2022  Australia on Wednesday asked Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to not sign a controversial security pact with China.
A leaked draft of the security agreement sent shockwaves across the region last month - particularly measures that would allow Chinese security and naval deployments to the Solomon Islands.
This pressed on long-held fears in the United States and its allies ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 15, 2022 
The 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference will be held in Beijing in May, highlighting the digital economy and intelligent navigation, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.
The conference will showcase the latest industrialization achievement of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), the office said.
Diverse events such as summit forums, academic exchanges, ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
Have you ever felt off-balance after being on amusement rides or gotten motion sickness on a boat? Astronauts feel something similar that can be more intense when they return to Earth from space.
Once they land, their whole body - including muscles, bones, inner ear, and organs - starts readjusting to Earth's gravity. Astronauts often report feeling dizzy, lightheaded, nauseated, and off-b ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2022 
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers. The estimated diameter is approximately 80 miles across, making it larger than the state of Rhode Island. The nucleus is about 50 times larger than found at the heart of most known comets. Its mass is estimated to be a staggering 500 trillion tons, a hundred thousand times greater tha ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 07, 2022 
The flight model of the Scatterometer Antenna Subsystem (SAS) of the MetOp Second Generation meteorological satellites has been officially delivered after four months of extensive testing at the Airbus facility in Madrid. It will now be transferred to Airbus in Friedrichshafen (Germany) where it will be integrated into the satellite along with the other instruments.
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 Glasgow UK (SPX) Apr 08, 2022 
A sophisticated new observation of a cool zone on the surface of the sun could help scientists develop a new kind of solar thermometer.
A team of astrophysicists led by researchers from the University of Glasgow are the first to use observations from the ALMA observatory in Chile to estimate the temperature of a solar prominence.
Solar prominences are zones of plasma on the surface o ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 15, 2022 
The journey of commissioning the Webb telescope continues this week with the successful cooling of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), through the critical 'pinch point,' down to its final operating temperature of less than 7 kelvins (-447 degrees Fahrenheit, or -266 degrees Celsius). This was a precondition to completing the seventh and final stage of the mirror alignment process. The next step ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 14, 2022 
Astronomers have identified a rapidly growing black hole in the early universe that is considered a crucial "missing link" between young star-forming galaxies and the first supermassive black holes. They used data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to make this discovery.
Until now, the monster, nicknamed GNz7q, had been lurking unnoticed in one of the best-studied areas of the night sky, ... more |
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