|
|
|
  Chicago IL (SPX) May 29, 2022 Mars once ran red with rivers. The telltale tracks of past rivers, streams and lakes are visible today all over the planet. But about three billion years ago, they all dried up - and no one knows why. "People have put forward different ideas, but we're not sure what caused the climate to change so dramatically," said University of Chicago geophysical scientist Edwin Kite. "We'd really like to understand, especially because it's the only planet we definitely know changed from habitable to uninhabit ... read more |
 |
Up, Up and Away - Sols 3487-3490Pasadena CA (JPL) May 29, 2022 Our intrepid rover engineers again successfully navigated Curiosity a little higher up Mount Sharp (~5 m) and ~40 m on the ground, away from our previous location. The terrain beneath the rover incl ... more  
New meteor shower? How many meteors will I see, really?Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2022 Astronomers are excited about the possibility of a new meteor shower May 30-31. And that excitement has sparked a lot of information about the tau Herculids. Some has been accurate, and some has not ... more  
Commercial Space Exec: Hands-On Work Can Launch CareersDaytona Beach FL (SPX) May 29, 2022 Tyler Grinnell ('08) worked at Kennedy Space Center while he was still an Aerospace Engineering student at Embry-Riddle, juggling a full load of classes. "That was a dream come true for me to ... more  
Sustainable connectivity in spaceParis (ESA) May 29, 2022 The world's first mission to remove several small telecommunications satellites from orbit once they reach the end of their operational service is about to start building and testing its prototype s ... more |
|
|
| Previous Issues | May 26 | May 25 | May 24 | May 23 | May 22 |
|
|
|
|
OneWeb satellite to be deorbited at the end of its active lifetimeParis (ESA) May 29, 2022 The world's first mission to remove several small telecommunications satellites from orbit once they reach the end of their operational service is about to start building and testing its prototype s ... more  
China's space tracking ship departs for 100th missionNanjing (XNA) May 29, 2022 China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-3 Thursday set sail for its first voyage this year from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province. The vessel will carry out its 100th maritime mission during this ... more  
Extraterrestrial civilizations may colonize the Galaxy even if they don't have starshipsHouston TX (SPX) May 27, 2022 Astronomers have searched for extraterrestrial civilizations in planetary systems for sixty years, to no avail. In the paper published by International Journal of Astrobiology, Cambridge University ... more 
OneWeb, Astroscale, ESA and UK partner to launch space junk servicer ELSA-MLondon, UK (SPX) May 27, 2022 OneWeb together with Astroscale will seek to safeguard the satellite economy with ground-breaking new spacecraft technology, thanks in part to a new investment of 14.8 million euro. The mission to d ... more |
|
Ingenuity Adapts for Mars Winter OperationsPasadena CA (JPL) May 27, 2022 As detailed in our last blog post, for the first time in our yearlong extended mission we had a loss of communications with Ingenuity from the downlink of May 3 (Sol 427) and May 4 (Sol 428). After ... more 
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captures video of record flightPasadena CA (JPL) May 27, 2022 The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's black-and-white navigation camera has provided dramatic video of its record-breaking 25th flight, which took place on April 18. Covering a distance of 2,310 feet (704 ... more  
Terran Orbital deploys 6 satellites from SpaceX Transporter-5 mission for multiple customersBoca Raton FL (SPX) May 27, 2022 Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) reports all six Terran Orbital designed and built satellites that launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Tran ... more  
GHGSat doubles capacity to monitor methane emissions with three new ABB-built optical sensorsMontreal, Canada (SPX) May 27, 2022 Canadian company GHGSat, which specializes in high-resolution GHG monitoring from space, launches three new ABB-built optical sensors into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral S ... more |
|
|
|
|
|
Geology from 50 light-years awayMargaret W. Carruthers for Webb News Baltimore MD (SPX) May 27, 2022 With its mirror segments beautifully aligned and its scientific instruments undergoing calibration, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is just weeks away from full op ... more 
Sidus Space selects L3Harris Mission Critical Operations Center Software for LizzieSat constellationCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 27, 2022 Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, is pleased to announce its selection of L3Ha ... more 
Satellogic launches 4 Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-5 MissionNew York NY (SPX) May 27, 2022 Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation data collection, reports the launch of four additional satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Th ... more 
NASA Supports Small Business Research to power future explorationWashington DC (SPX) May 27, 2022 NASA has selected hundreds of small businesses and dozens of research institutions to develop technology to help drive the future of space exploration, ranging from novel sensors and electronics to ... more  
Secure communication with light particlesDarmstadt, Germany (SPX) May 26, 2022 The new system is used to exchange symmetric keys between parties in order to encrypt messages so that they cannot be read by third parties. In cooperation with Deutsche Telekom, the researchers led ... more |
|
  Kcell and SES demonstrate cellular network connectivity in Kazakhstan  |
|
 Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) May 26, 2022 
Gama, a French space startup, has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics for a demonstration of Gama's solar sails propulsion system in low Earth orbit (LEO). Under the mission agreement, NanoAvionics will provide its 6U nanosatellite bus, payload integration services, a satellite testing campaign, launch services and satellite operations. The launch of the "Alpha" nanosatellite is scheduled ... more |
|
 Decatur AL (SPX) May 26, 2022 
While the Artemis I team prepares for its upcoming mission, NASA and contractor teams are already building rockets to support future Artemis Moon missions. In United Launch Alliance's (ULA) factory in Decatur, Alabama, major components have been completed for the Artemis III interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) that will provide the power to send astronauts to the Moon.
The ICPS, whic ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2022 
The Sol 3483 drive completed as planned, positioning the rover near several outcrops of knobby material and more "normal" looking bedrock. The tactical uplink team discussed various options and decided to focus this plan's observations on the knobby material. Unfortunately, timing constraints precluded an APXS integration today, as the instrument temperature would be too high to provide high-qua ... more |
|
 Beijing (XNA) May 25, 2022 
Chinese researchers have commenced breeding experiments on 12,000 seeds that were bred inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship in space for six months.
The seeds, including alfalfa, oats and fungi, were selected by multiple research institutions last year. They were brought back to Earth by the Shenzhou-13 on April 16.
Space breeding refers to the process of exposing seeds to cosmic ... more |
|
|
|
|
 New York NY (SPX) May 27, 2022 
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation data collection, reports the launch of four additional satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
They were delivered to a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-5 mission on May 25, 2022 onboard the Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rocket, under SpaceX's Rideshare program. All four sat ... more |
|
 Washington DC (SPX) May 27, 2022 
NASA has selected hundreds of small businesses and dozens of research institutions to develop technology to help drive the future of space exploration, ranging from novel sensors and electronics to new types of software and cutting-edge materials. The newly awarded projects under the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program also
... more |
|
|
|
|
 Margaret W. Carruthers for Webb News 
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 27, 2022
With its mirror segments beautifully aligned and its scientific instruments undergoing calibration, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is just weeks away from full operation. Soon after the first observations are revealed this summer, Webb's in-depth science will begin.
Among the investigations planned for the first year are studies of two hot exoplanets cla ... more |
|
 Bayreuth, Germany (SPX) May 12, 2022 
Caption: Materials synthesis research and study in terapascal range for the first time
Jules Verne could not even dream of this: A research team from the University of Bayreuth, together with international partners, has pushed the boundaries of high-pressure and high-temperature research into cosmic dimensions.
For the first time, they have succeeded in generating and simultaneously analy ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Sydney (AFP) May 29, 2022  Australia's newly elected prime minister has said Pacific leaders have been "very positive" about his government's renewed engagement, even as Beijing continues its diplomatic blitz across the increasingly contested region.
The comments from Anthony Albanese - aired Sunday in an interview with Sky News - came as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Fiji for closely watched meetings wit ... more |
|
 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2022 
More than 11 thousand people around Europe and the world have turned their smartphones into space monitoring tools by downloading the CAMALIOT app, so far delivering more than 53 billion measurements of meteorology and space weather patterns to researchers.
Leave it by your window each night with your satnav positioning turned on and your phone will record small variations in satellite sig ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 23, 2022 
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met in Tokyo Monday where they announced progress on collaboration for human and robotic lunar missions. They confirmed their commitment to include a Japanese astronaut aboard the lunar Gateway outpost and their shared ambition to see a future Japanese astronaut land on the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis program.
"In recent year ... more |
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2022 
Astronomers are excited about the possibility of a new meteor shower May 30-31. And that excitement has sparked a lot of information about the tau Herculids. Some has been accurate, and some has not.
We get excited about meteor showers, too! But sometimes events like this don't live up to expectations - it happened with the 2019 Alpha Monocerotid shower, for example. And some astronomers p ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 27, 2022 
Canadian company GHGSat, which specializes in high-resolution GHG monitoring from space, launches three new ABB-built optical sensors into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, doubling capacity to monitor methane gas emissions.
With ABB's technology, the GHGSat team is able to precisely locate and measure methane emissions from any given industrial ... more |
|
 Kunming, China (SPX) May 26, 2022 
Ph.D. candidate ZHANG Xiaojuan and Prof. DENG Linhua from Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated the temporal variation of the hemispheric distribution of long-term sunspot activity during the time interval from 1939 to 2019.
This work was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Solar sunspots are the most easily visible structure ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) May 25, 2022 
Before the Earth and other planets formed, the young sun was still surrounded by cosmic gas and dust. Over the millennia, rock fragments of various sizes formed from the dust. Many of these became building blocks for the later planets. Others did not become part of a planet and still orbit the sun today, for example as asteroids in the asteroid belt.
Researchers from ETH Zurich and the N ... more |
|
 Boston MA (SPX) May 26, 2022 
When we look out into space, all of the astrophysical objects that we see are embedded in magnetic fields. This is true not only in the neighborhood of stars and planets, but also in the deep space between galaxies and galactic clusters. These fields are weak - typically much weaker than those of a refrigerator magnet - but they are dynamically significant in the sense that they have profound ef ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Buy Advertising | About Us | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2020 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
