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  Manchester UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 Researchers have called for a more sustainable approach to the UK's National Space Strategy in a new publication from The University of Manchester, On Space. Based on leading research and expertise on innovative and emerging technologies, experts are calling for sustainability to be at the forefront of humanity's next phase of space exploration. In On Space, experts ask policymakers to consider space debris, satellite orbits and the investment needed to roll out sustainable space technology on Ear ... read more |
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China looks set to build space solar power stationXian, China (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 China has made a milestone advance in its effort to build a solar power station in space to convert the sunlight in outer space into an electrical supply to drive the satellites in orbits or transmi ... more  
A Long History of Flowing Water Recorded in Clay-Bearing Sediments on MarsTucson AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 A region on Mars may have been repeatedly habitable until relatively late in Martian history, says a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Catherine Weitz. Some of the most ... more  
ESA boosts the satellite-enabled 5G media marketParis (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 Film fans, gamers and future metaverse users will be able to experience high-quality videos, games and extended reality environments live and uninterrupted from anywhere, as satellites link up with ... more 
NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Views of a Changing Mars LandscapePasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2022 Striking rock formations documented by the rover provide evidence of a drying climate in the Red Planet's ancient past. For the past year, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has been traveling throug ... more |
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NASA announces Artemis Concept Awards for nuclear power on MoonWashington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to advance space nuclear technologies. The agencies have selected three design concept proposals for a fission surface power system ... more  
First Ariane 5 launch of 2022 is a success for Malaysia and India clientsKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 06:50 pm local time, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America), successfully orbiting t ... more  
Lockheed Martin partners with US Indo-Pacific Command in Multi-Domain ExperimentsBethesda MD (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 Lockheed Martin paired its DIAMONDShield battle management system with four Virtualized Aegis Weapon System (VAWS) nodes deployed across hundreds of miles to successfully demonstrate multi-domain op ... more 
Globalstar announces successful launch of spare satelliteCovington LA (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), a leading provider of satellite-powered innovation, has announced the successful launch of the FM-15 spare satellite from Cape Canaveral's Kennedy Space Cente ... more |
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easyJet signs up for space-enabled digital skiesParis (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 Passengers on board commercial airline easyJet will speed to their destinations faster and greener, thanks to an ESA-backed initiative to digitalise the skies. The Iris system uses satellites ... more  
Key milestones achieved in Manned-Unmanned Teaming for future air powerParis, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 The ability to task unmanned systems from a manned aircraft is an important force multiplier in Airbus' vision for future air power, with a wide range of applications extending to combat scenarios a ... more 
China launches new test satelliteJiuquan (XNA) Jun 23, 2022 China on Wednesday sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Tianxing-1 test satellite was launched by a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket at 10 ... more  
NASA's Webb to Uncover Riches of the Early UniverseBaltimore MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 For decades, telescopes have helped us capture light from galaxies that formed as far back as 400 million years after the big bang - incredibly early in the context of the universe's 13.8-billion-ye ... more |
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You can help scientists study the atmosphere on JupiterMinneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 A new citizen science project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with support from NASA, allows volunteers to play an important role in helping scientists learn more abou ... more 
Exploring globular clusters with the lens of asteroseismologyBologna, Italy (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 Asteroseismology - one of the most fascinating and sophisticated methods for measuring the mass of stars, and by extension, their age - can also be successfully used to reveal the characteristics of ... more 
On the Cusp of Drilling: Sol 3511Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2022 It has been almost 8 months to the day since Curiosity powered up its drill and extracted tailings from a Gale crater rock. Today, we prepared a single-sol plan for sol 3511. Our initial intent was ... more  
Airbus delivers third radar for Copernicus' Sentinel-1 mission with a world premiereFriedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 Airbus has finished the third instrument for the Sentinel-1 satellite series. It features a world premiere of a new separation mechanism which will help avoid space debris. The C-band radar for the ... more 
Freedom's FortressPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2022 About 35 million years ago, an asteroid or comet smashed into the continental shelf near what is now the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Among the areas in the blast zone was Old Point Comfort, the souther ... more |
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 Seoul (AFP) June 21, 2022  South Korea said Tuesday it had successfully launched its homegrown space rocket and placed a payload into orbit in a "giant leap" for the country's quest to become an advanced space-faring nation.
The Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle II, nicknamed Nuri and emblazoned with the South Korean flag, lifted off at 4:00pm (0700 GMT) from the launch site in Goheung on the southern coast, trailing a c ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2021  A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off on its record 13th launch on Friday afternoon as it sent 53 Starlink satellites into orbit.
The rocket took off from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, with the first stage sticking a successful return and landing at the Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship shortly after lift off.
SpaceX said the same first stage booster support was used in the GPS III-3, T ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2022 
Associate professor Vincent Chevrier at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences was awarded $100,000 to study the stability and distribution of clathrate hydrates and clathrasils on the surface of Mars in hopes of discovering a source of methane.
Identifying probable sources of methane would be a critical step in advancing the exploration of Mars, as methane could be utilized to ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2022 
A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface of Mars two years ahead of the planned joint effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to do the same thing.
Sun Zezhou, the chief designer of China's first Mars mission, Tianwen 1, said in a talk celebrating the 120th anniversary of Nanjing University, that China is ready to send ... more |
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 Covington LA (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 
Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), a leading provider of satellite-powered innovation, has announced the successful launch of the FM-15 spare satellite from Cape Canaveral's Kennedy Space Center. FM-15 is the 25th and final satellite of Globalstar's second-generation constellation, which was manufactured and stored by Thales Alenia Space.
The satellite is expected to remain as an in-o ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 
Film fans, gamers and future metaverse users will be able to experience high-quality videos, games and extended reality environments live and uninterrupted from anywhere, as satellites link up with terrestrial-based next-generation 5G and 6G connectivity.
This week ESA signed an agreement to work with the European Broadcast Union - an alliance of public service media organisations - that w ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 16, 2021 
NASA announced Wednesday it discovered two rocky exoplanets similar to Earth orbiting a dwarf star near our solar system but are believed to both be too hot to sustain life as we know it.
The space agency's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, or TESS, said the planets are 33 light-years away, some of the closest rocky exoplanets ever found.
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 Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 
A new citizen science project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with support from NASA, allows volunteers to play an important role in helping scientists learn more about the atmosphere on Jupiter. Citizen scientists can help astrophysicists categorize tens of thousands of stunning images taken from the Juno spacecraft with just a web browser.
The planet Jupite ... more |
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 Honiara (AFP) June 17, 2022 
Australia pushed back against China's new security pact with Solomon Islands on Friday, saying the Pacific region has no need of outside help to protect itself.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong delivered the message on a one-day visit to the capital Honiara, the latest destination in a South Pacific travel blitz to parry China's diplomatic and security manoeuvres in the region.
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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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 Paris, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 
From a base built by rovers and astronauts using in-situ resources at the lunar south pole to a north pole facility with surface and subsurface living/working areas, the 2021-2022 Moon Camp Challenge's winning projects once again highlighted students' ability to envision the future of space exploration.
This fourth edition of the Moon Camp Challenge involved a record participation of 5,649 ... more |
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 Littleton CO (SPX) Jun 19, 2022 
Asteroid Bennu's boulder-covered surface gives it protection against small meteoroid impacts, according to observations of craters by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft.
"These observations give new insight into how asteroids like Bennu respond to energetic impacts," said Edward (Beau) Bierhaus of Lockheed Ma ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 22, 2022 
About 35 million years ago, an asteroid or comet smashed into the continental shelf near what is now the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Among the areas in the blast zone was Old Point Comfort, the southernmost spit of land on the Virginia Peninsula. That same piece of land was later the site of a historical collision that reverberates to this day.
In August 1619, two British-owned privateer ship ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2022 
From afar, the Sun appears blank and featureless in visible light. But through a solar telescope in different wavelength, it is revealed to be much, much more.
In extreme ultraviolet light, the Sun resembles a rumpled ball of yarn. It teems with giant radiant arcs known as coronal loops soaring through the Sun's corona, or outer atmosphere. Coronal loops are considered fundamental to the S ... 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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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 
A new, multi-node FLEET review investigates the search for Majorana fermions in iron-based superconductors. The elusive Majorana fermion, or 'angel particle' proposed by Ettore Majorana in 1937, simultaneously behaves like a particle and an antiparticle - and surprisingly remains stable rather than being self-destructive.
Majorana fermions promise information and communications technology ... more |
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