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  Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) May 31, 2022 A spacecraft computer is not much use if it cannot keep on running in space conditions - so this qualification model of QinetiQ Space's new onboard computer design has just spent two weeks in a thermal vacuum chamber in ESA's Mechanical Systems Laboratory at ESTEC in the Netherlands, exposed to the equivalent hard vacuum and temperature extremes of Earth orbit and deep space. This same onboard computer design is already planned for use by various ESA missions currently in development, including th ... read more |
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Astrocast acquires Hiber, accelerates OEM strategy.Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 31, 2022 Astrocast, a leading global nanosatellite IoT network operator, has announced the signature of an agreement to acquire Hiber, a Netherlands-based, IoT-as-a-Service provider. Under the agreement, Ast ... more  
Omnispace Spark-2 satellite launched into orbitTysons VA (SPX) May 31, 2022 Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), reports a successful launch and delivery of "Omnispace Spark-2" satellite into orbit. This marks the compl ... more 
Axiom Space signs MOU with Italy to expand commercial utilization of spaceHouston TX (SPX) May 31, 2022 Axiom Space, a leader in human spaceflight currently building the world's first commercial space station, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Italian government to further their ... more  
ILC Dover becomes a provider of spacesuits for Boeing's StarlinerNewark DE (SPX) May 31, 2022 ILC Dover, the leading provider of spacesuits since the Apollo era, has announced that it was selected to be one of two providers of Boeing's Ascent/Entry Suit (AES) for the company's Commercial Cre ... more |
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Southern Launch receives further Government fundingAdelaide, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2022 Australian spaceport and space mission provider, Southern Launch, has been awarded an Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Grant for their mobile launch rail. The almost $1 million grant will ... more  
Bern flies to JupiterBern, Switzerland (SPX) May 31, 2022 In spring 2023, the time will have come: The JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) space probe of the European Space Agency ESA will begin its journey into space. The Jupiter system is almost 780 milli ... more  
Solar Wind a Major Driver of Atmospheric Sodium at MercuryWashington DC (SPX) May 31, 2022 No object in the solar system experiences the Sun's solar wind more powerfully than Mercury. The planet's magnetic field deflects the Sun's stream of electrically charged particles at a distance of ... more  
Artificial Intelligence helps in the identification of astronomical objectsLisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 31, 2022 Classifying celestial objects is a long standing problem. With sources at near unimaginable distances, sometimes it's difficult for researchers to distinguish, for example, between stars, galaxies, ... more |
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Strange neutron star spinning every 76 seconds is discovered in stellar graveyardManchester UK (SPX) May 31, 2022 An international team of scientists have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation every 76 seconds. The team, led by members of ... more 
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  
Why Did Mars Dry Out? New Study Points To Unusual AnswersChicago 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 wh ... 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 |
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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  
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 
Chemists use light energy to produce small molecular ringsMunster, Germany (SPX) May 27, 2022 In the search for new active agents in medicine, molecules whose atoms are linked in rings are becoming increasingly important. Such ring systems have particularly suitable properties for producing ... more  
A one-stop shop for quantum sensing materialsLemont IL (SPX) May 27, 2022 The brilliant blue of the Hope Diamond is caused by small impurities in its crystal structure. Similar diamond impurities are also giving hope to scientists looking to create materials that can be u ... more |
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 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 |
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 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.
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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
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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 |
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) May 31, 2022 
In spring 2023, the time will have come: The JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) space probe of the European Space Agency ESA will begin its journey into space. The Jupiter system is almost 780 million kilometers away from the sun and an icy, dark world: The average temperature on the surface of the icy moons is below minus 140 degrees Celsius.
After an almost eight-year journey, JUICE will ... more |
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 Suva, Fiji (AFP) May 30, 2022  Talks between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and 10 Pacific Island nations failed to reach an agreement on a wide-ranging security deal Monday, after sharp warnings the proposal would push the region into "Beijing's orbit".
A virtual summit of leaders and foreign ministers was expected to discuss proposals to radically increase China's involvement in the security, economy and politics of t ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 31, 2022 
Astrocast, a leading global nanosatellite IoT network operator, has announced the signature of an agreement to acquire Hiber, a Netherlands-based, IoT-as-a-Service provider. Under the agreement, Astrocast agreed to acquire all of Hiber's shares in exchange for the issuance of new Astrocast shares, representing 16.5% of Astrocast's share capital, calculated prior to its previously announced publi ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) May 23, 2022 
Japan and the United States said Monday they want to put the first Japanese astronaut on the Moon as the allies deepen cooperation on space projects.
No non-American has ever touched down on the lunar surface, and Japan has previously said it hopes to achieve a Moon landing by the end of this decade.
President Joe Biden, after his first face-to-face meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Fu ... more |
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 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 |
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 Paris (ESA) May 29, 2022 
With scientific excellence at the very heart of ESA's FutureEO programme, participants at this week's Living Planet Symposium have been making it clear that new research missions to advance Earth science must continue to be realised in the future.
Speaking at the symposium, Christine Gommenginger from the National Oceanography Centre in the UK, said, "We have a rapidly changing Earth obser ... more |
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 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.
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 Manchester UK (SPX) May 31, 2022 
An international team of scientists have discovered a strange radio emitting neutron star, which rotates extremely slowly, completing one rotation every 76 seconds.
The team, led by members of the ERC-funded MeerTRAP (More Transients and Pulsars) group at The University of Manchester say it is a unique discovery as it resides in the neutron star graveyard where they do not expect to see an ... more |
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 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 |
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