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  Paris, France (ESA) Jun 16, 2022 The next steps in exploring and using space for the benefit of European citizens were this week on the agenda at ESA's Council meeting in ESA/ESTEC, the Netherlands on 14 and 15 June. The possibility of the first-ever European astronaut to set foot on the Moon, a telecommunication satellite for lunar exploration and a mission to return precious rock samples from Mars were all discussed. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined the meeting with ESA Member States in a decisive gesture to advocate for E ... read more |
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NASA, Partners establish new research group for Mars Sample Return ProgramPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 16, 2022 Sixteen scientists from the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Japan have been chosen to help future samples from the Red Planet achieve their full potential. NASA and ESA (European Space Agency), its ... more  
Sierra Space to train astronauts at Kennedy Space Center for Orbital ReefKennedy Space Center FL (UPI) Jun 16, 2022 Sierra Space announced Tuesday the company will open an astronaut training center at Florida's Kennedy Space Center to build and operate a new commercial space station. The Sierra Space Human ... more  
Air-breathing hypersonic weapon delivers value and performanceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 Two core technologies are at the heart of the U.S. pursuit of hypersonic weapons, or those that travel Mach 5 or faster: scramjets, which derive propulsion from the air around them, and boost-glide ... more  
China says it detected alien signals using giant 'Sky Eye' telescopeWashington DC (UPI) Jun 15, 2021 Scientists in China have announced that they've detected what may be signals from an alien civilization using the world's largest radio telescope, but warned they could be just radio interference. ... more |
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China's lunar lander finds evidence of native water on moonBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 Samples from the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum, an ancient mare basalt whose name translates to "Ocean of Storms," may be able to calm at least one scientific squall: the source of lunar water. C ... more  
New maps of asteroid Psyche reveal an ancient world of metal and rockBoston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 Later this year, NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where remnants of the early solar system circle the su ... more 
To find a planet, look for the signatures of planet formationAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 Finding forming planets is a tough but important job for astronomers: Only three planets have ever been discovered caught in the process of forming, and the most recent of these was found just weeks ... more  
Airbus brings leading-edge digital capabilities to Multi-Domain Military OperationsParis, France (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 In today's world of rapidly evolving global security challenges, the ability to collect, analyse and utilise data for decision-making and response is more important than ever. By applying its ... more |
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Sidus Space working with NASA team for Extravehicular Activity Services ContractCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planni ... more 
Hera asteroid mission's first stepParis (ESA) Jun 16, 2022 A key element of ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence has left the facilities of its manufacturer OHB in Bremen - a major step in preparation for its eventual odyssey to the Didymos asteroid sys ... more 
Sols 3503-3504: And We're BackBoston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 The Sol 3496 (last Monday) plan did not execute due to an issue onboard the rover that took a few days to investigate. Today, we were back to normal operations, and we were able to accomplish everyt ... more  
You can hear every event twice in a three-dimensional quantum gasCambridge UK (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 If you could immerse yourself in a quantum fluid, you would hear every event twice, because they support two sound waves with different speeds. The researchers in their experiment have realize ... more |
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Astronomers discover a multiplanet system nearbyBoston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have discovered a new multiplanet system within our galactic neighborhood that lies just 10 parsecs, or about 33 light-years, from Earth, making it one of the closes ... more 
Elusive particle discovered in a material through tabletop experimentBoston MA (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 An interdisciplinary team led by Boston College physicists has discovered a new particle - or previously undetectable quantum excitation - known as the axial Higgs mode, a magnetic relative of the m ... more  
Emulator reveals the intricacies of light behavior in complex evolving systemsOrlando FL (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 University of Central Florida researchers are part of a team who have revealed, for the first time, the intricacies of how light behaves in advanced dynamical optical systems with configurations kno ... more  
Momentus First Demonstration Mission Update #3San Jose CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2022 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has provided its third Mission Update since the launch of its Vigoride-3 spacecraft on May 25. As we previously stated in earlier updates on the inaugural flight o ... more 
Kleos' fourth cluster manifest to launch on the next SpaceX Transporter MissionLuxembourg (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 Kleos Space S.A (ASX:KSS, Frankfurt:KS1), a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a- Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, confirms its Observer Mission (KSF3) sate ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support is proud to announce that it is part of the Collins Aerospace team which was awarded NASA's Exploration Extravehicular Activity (xEVAS) services contract. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 12, 2022 
NASA said a rocket carrying two small weather satellites failed Sunday, preventing the inauguration of a technology that would have helped better forecast hurricanes.
The rocket by California-based Astra lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but the rocket's second stage malfunctioned before reaching orbit and lost the shoebox-sized technology.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
The Sol 3496 (last Monday) plan did not execute due to an issue onboard the rover that took a few days to investigate. Today, we were back to normal operations, and we were able to accomplish everything that was in the Sol 3496 plan as reported by my fellow blogger Cat O'Connell-Cooper, and more!
More was possible because we had slightly different communication windows between Curiosity an ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2022 
China's deep space exploration laboratory has started operations, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Tuesday.
Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the University of Science and Technology of China, the laboratory is headquartered in Hefei, capital city of Anhui.
It has completed various preparatory work and entered a new stage of substantial operation and c ... more |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
The Airbus built MEASAT-3d telecommunications satellite is in Kourou, French Guiana and is ready for its launch on an Ariane 5 on 22 June 2022.
MEASAT-3d is the 57th E3000 satellite built by Airbus and will be positioned at the 91.5E orbital slot and collocated with MEASAT-3b, also built by Airbus.
This new satellite will significantly enhance broadband speeds of up to 100 Mbps in ar ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 9, 2022  A mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope was struck by a micrometeoroid last month but is expected to continue to function normally, NASA said Thursday.
"After initial assessments, the team found the telescope is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements despite a marginally detectable effect in the data," the US space agency said.
"Webb's beginning-of-life perf ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have discovered a new multiplanet system within our galactic neighborhood that lies just 10 parsecs, or about 33 light-years, from Earth, making it one of the closest known multiplanet systems to our own.
At the heart of the system lies a small and cool M-dwarf star, named HD 260655, and astronomers have found that it hosts at least two terrestrial, Earth-s ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 08, 2022 
The agency's mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon takes a big step forward as engineers deliver a major component of the spacecraft.
The main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has been delivered to the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Over the next two years there, engineers and technicians will finish assembling the craft by hand before testing it to make ... more |
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 Singapore (AFP) June 12, 2022 
Fiji faces its biggest threat from "devastating climate change" rather than conflict, the country's defence minister warned Sunday at a high-level security summit that has been dominated by geopolitical tensions.
This weekend's Shangri-La Dialogue, which brings together defence ministers from around the world, has seen sparring between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan while delegates also ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 10, 2022 
Ahead of Galileo satellites like this one going to space, they are switched on as if already operating there within ESA's Maxwell EMC Facility. This test procedure is a check of the satellite's 'electromagnetic compatibility', with all its systems running together to detect any harmful interference between them.
Once Maxwell's main door is sealed, its metal walls form a 'Faraday Cage', scr ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
Samples from the Moon's Oceanus Procellarum, an ancient mare basalt whose name translates to "Ocean of Storms," may be able to calm at least one scientific squall: the source of lunar water.
China's lunar lander Chang'E-5 delivered the first real-time, on-site definitive confirmation of water signal in the basalt's rocks and soil via on-board spectral analysis in 2020. The finding was vali ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
Later this year, NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where remnants of the early solar system circle the sun. Once inside the asteroid belt, the spacecraft will zero in on Psyche, a large, metal-rich asteroid that is thought to be the ancient core of an early planet. The probe, named after its asteroid tar ... more |
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 Grenoble, France (SPX) Jun 08, 2022 
Lynred, a leading global provider of high-quality infrared (IR) detectors for the aerospace, defense and commercial markets, today announces the launch of two multispectral linear array IR detectors for application in a range of Earth observation missions. Pega and Capyork are designed for integration into imaging satellites, tracking and measurement instruments used in water cycle observation a ... more |
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 Newark NJ (SPX) Jun 09, 2022  Solar flares are among the most violent explosions in our solar system, but despite their immense energy - equivalent to a hundred billion atomic bombs detonating at once - physicists still haven't been able to answer exactly how these sudden eruptions on the Sun are able to launch particles to Earth, nearly 93 million miles away, in under an hour.
Now, in a study published June 8 in Natur ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. They'll mark the beginning of the next era in astronomy as Webb - the largest space telescope ever built - begins collecting scientific data that will help answer questions about the earliest moments of the universe and allow astronomers to study exoplanets in greater detail than ever before. ... more |
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 Krakow, Poland (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 
A phenomenon that directly proves the existence of quark mass has been observed for the first time in extremely energetic collisions of lead nuclei. A team of physicists working on the ALICE detector at the Large Hadron Collider can boast this spectacular achievement - the observation of the dead cone effect.
The objects that make up our physical everyday life can have many different prope ... more |
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