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  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 NASA's CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will support NASA's Artemis program, including astronaut missions. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, mission launched at 5:55 a.m. EDT (09: ... read more |
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Contract secures design for ESA's FORUM satelliteParis (ESA) Jun 28, 2022 ESA has awarded a contract worth 160 million euro to Airbus in the UK to build the Earth Explorer FORUM satellite. This exciting new mission will yield unique insight into the planet's radiation bud ... more  
Virgin Orbit establishes sew Brazilian subsidiary; now licensed for launch operations in AlcantaraLong Beach CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) alongside the Brazilian Space Agency has announced Virgin Orbit has been formally granted an operator's license to allow LauncherOne launch operations in Brazil. Th ... more 
How scientist proposed a novel Kalman filter for target tracking in spaceBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 The space station is a bridgehead for human space exploration missions. During its construction, operation, and maintenance, there are a variety of tasks that need to be performed. However, the spac ... more  
Tough new robots will aim to think and act for themselves on Earth and beyondManchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 A new generation of smart robots is being developed at The University of Manchester as part of an ambitious R and D programme to help the UK maintain its leadership in automatation technologies, ... more |
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ICEYE expands its business to offer complete satellite missions for customersHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 ICEYE, an Earth observation company operating the world's largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, has announced the establishment of a new line of business focused solely on ... more 
GMV cements leadership in collision avoidance operations automation and coordination in EuropeMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Space is getting congested and today, active collision avoidance has become a routine task in space operations, relying on validated, accurate and timely space surveillance data. For a typical satel ... more  
Terran Orbital Developed CAPSTONE Heads to the MoonBoca Raton FL (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries, has announced the successful launch ... more 
NASA, Rocket Lab launch orbiter to help pave way for astronauts' return to moonWashington DC (UPI) Jun 28, 2021 NASA's CAPSTONE mission spacecraft lifted off into space Tuesday morning on a mission to orbit the moon, moving scientists closer to returning astronauts. ... more |
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Rocket Lab launches CAPSTONE microsat on NASA lunar missionLong Beach CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched CAPSTONE, a microwave-oven-sized satellite designed to test a new orbit around the Moon for NASA. CAPSTONE was launched at 09:55 UTC, Ju ... more 
NASA launches mini satellite in bid to return to the MoonWellington (AFP) June 28, 2022 NASA blasted a nanosatellite barely bigger than a microwave oven into outer space Tuesday, part of a landmark mission to return humans to the Moon. ... more 
NanoAvionics records first ever 4K resolution full satellite selfie in spaceColumbia IL (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 NanoAvionics have used an off-the-shelf consumer camera, mounted on a selfie stick, to take the first ever 4K resolution full satellite selfie in space with an immersive view of Earth. The 12-megapi ... more 
NASA completes Wet Dress Rehearsal, moves forward toward launchWashington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 NASA has analyzed the data from the wet dress rehearsal conducted Monday, June 20, and determined the testing campaign is complete. The agency will roll Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion back to t ... more |
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Digging into our new drill hole: Sols 3517-3518Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 29, 2022 After a successful drilling of Avanavero, the team is ready to dig even deeper into our investigation of this new drill target. Tosol's plan includes an important part of this process: our initial a ... more 
Help NASA scientists find clouds on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 29, 2022 NASA scientists hope to solve a fundamental mystery about Mars' atmosphere, and you can help. They've organized a project called Cloudspotting on Mars that invites the public to identify Martian clo ... more  
Long-term liquid water also on non-Earth-like planetsBern, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Liquid water is an important prerequisite for life to develop on a planet. As researchers from the University of Bern, the University of Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCC ... more  
Unraveling a meteorite mystery reveals solar system origin storyWashington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 The violent event that likely preceded our Solar System's formation holds the solution to a longstanding meteorite mystery, says new work from Carnegie's Alan Boss published in The Astrophysical Jou ... more 
Exotic carbon microcrystals in meteorite dustChelyabinsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 The largest meteorite observed so far this century entered the Earth's atmosphere above Chelyabinsk in the Southern Urals, Russia on February 15, 2013. Unusually, dust from the surface of this meteo ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 
NASA's CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will support NASA's Artemis program, including astronaut missions.
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 Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2022 
NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry.
In the first of three planned launches from the Arnhem Space Centre, the rocket, carrying technology likened to a "mini Hubble" telescope, lifted off - blasted about 350 kilometres (218 miles) into the night s ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 24, 2022 
Scientists are about to get a new look at Mars, thanks to a multicolored 5.6-gigapixel map. Covering 86% of the Red Planet's surface, the map reveals the distribution of dozens of key minerals. By looking at mineral distribution, scientists can better understand Mars' watery past and can prioritize which regions need to be studied in more depth.
The first portions of this map were released ... 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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 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 con ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 
3D printing on the Moon: Scientists from the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) and the Technische Universitat Berlin (TU Berlin) are planning a flight to the Moon to melt lunar dust with laser beams.
In the MOONRISE project, the research team wants to explore the question of how we can use lasers to build landing sites, roads or buildings out of lunar dust in the future. To do this, the re ... more |
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 Lemont IL (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 
For decades, scientists have looked to the strange worlds beyond our solar system to understand more about our home planet. A team of researchers using the resources of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory recently discovered more about those planets without leaving Earth.
More than 5,000 extrasolar planets have been discovered since 1992. These planets are lar ... more |
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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.
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 Washington (AFP) June 27, 2022 
The United States said Monday it would step up cooperation with Vietnam and Taiwan among others to combat illegal fishing, a problem that environmentalists and Western nations increasingly attribute to China.
As a major UN conference opened in Portugal on restoring the planet's ailing oceans, US President Joe Biden signed a memorandum that aimed to step up coordination and enforcement within ... 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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 Paris (ESA) Jun 24, 2022 
This image comes to you from Mount Etna, Sicily, where a lunar analog study focusing on robotic exploration is currently unfolding.
The project - named the ARCHES Space-Analog Demonstration - is a multi-agency, multi-robot event brought to life by the German Aerospace Center DLR, and featuring significant ESA participation. ESA will be joining the project to run the latest and final part o ... more |
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 Chelyabinsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
The largest meteorite observed so far this century entered the Earth's atmosphere above Chelyabinsk in the Southern Urals, Russia on February 15, 2013. Unusually, dust from the surface of this meteorite survived its fall and is being extensively studied.
This dust includes some unusually shaped microcrystals of carbon. A study of the morphology and simulations of the formation of these cry ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2022 
ESA has awarded a contract worth 160 million euro to Airbus in the UK to build the Earth Explorer FORUM satellite. This exciting new mission will yield unique insight into the planet's radiation budget and how it is controlled - thereby filling in a critical missing piece of the climate jigsaw.
Short for Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring, FORUM is ESA's ninth Ear ... 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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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
On the heels of a successful launch on June 26, NASA is set to launch two more sounding rockets from northern Australia during the first half of July. These missions will help astronomers understand how starlight influences a planet's atmosphere, possibly making or breaking its ability to support life as we know it.
The two missions will look at Alpha Centauri A and B - two Sun-like stars ... more |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of our left-handed universe. They designed a mind-bending experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to try to detect a particle that has been speculated but not spotted. If fo ... more |
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