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  University Park PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Communications across the vastness of interstellar space could be enhanced by taking advantage of a star's ability to focus and magnify communication signals. A team of graduate students at Penn State is looking for just these sorts of communication signals that might be taking advantage of our own sun if transmissions were passing through our solar system. A paper describing the technique - explored as part of a graduate course at Penn State covering the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ( ... read more |
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NASA re-establishes contact with CAPSTONE spacecraftWashington DC (UPI) Jul 6, 2021 NASA has regained communications with its new lunar spacecraft, the space agency confirmed on Wednesday. ... more  
Rocket Lab to launch responsive space missions for National Reconnaissance OfficeLong Beach CA (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports its next two launches will be responsive space missions for the United States Government's National Reconnaissance Office. Launching from Rocket Lab Launch ... more  
Boeing subsidiary to build two new Virgin Galactic mothershipsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 6, 2021 Virgin Galactic confirmed Wednesday it is retaining Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build two next generation motherships, the company announced on Wednesday. ... more  
Carnegie Mellon is reimagining nanosatellite capabilities with orbital edge computingPittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering are setting out on a mission to reimagine the capabilities of nanosatellites in low-Earth orbit. Backed by a $7 million grant ... more |
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RIT receives NASA funding to develop new diffractive solar sail conceptsRochester NY (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 NASA announced new funding for a project led by Rochester Institute of Technology alumni, faculty, and students that could power spacecraft to orbit the sun's poles for the first time. The NASA Inno ... more  
Humans on Mars: Pathways toward sustainable settlementBremen, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Is sustainable human exploration of Mars possible? How will humans affect the new environment? Around 60 researchers from the University of Bremen and other institutes are investigating these questi ... more 
China rejects 'concern' by NASA chief about Beijing militarizing the moonWashington DC (UPI) Jul 5, 2021 The Chinese government hit back on Tuesday at the head of the American space program over remarks he made in an interview that suggested Beijing is seeking to militarize the moon. ... more  
Kleos Space invests for future growth in the UKLeicester UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Kleos Space Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Kleos Space S.A., is to set up operations at the Space Park Leicester, a world-leading hub for innovative research, enterprise and education in space and ... more |
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Airbus to provide 42 satellite platforms and services to Northrop Grumman for the US Space Development Agency programWashington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Inc., has been contracted to provide 42 satellite platforms as well as assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch, and space vehicle commissioning support services ... more  
Synspective releases First Image from its Small SAR Satellite "StriX-ss" that captures 3 cities around the worldTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic- solution provider, announced that it has successfully acquired its first image from its second SAR satellite, "StriX-ss". "StriX-ss" was la ... more  
AIR and Nigerian Space Agency sign MOU to collaborate on agriculture monitoringBeijing, China (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 On July 4, 2022, the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Beijing through an online event with the National ... more 
Commercial space launch site begins constructionBeijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2022 China's first space launch site dedicated to commercial missions started construction in Wenchang, a coastal city in Hainan province, on Wednesday, according to the provincial government. The ... more |
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NASA Rockets Launch from Australia to Seek Habitable Star ConditionsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 A NASA Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket was successfully launched at 9:47 a.m. EDT (11:17 p.m. ACST) July 6, 2022, from the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC) in the Northern Territory of Australia. ... more  
Why Does the Inside of the Solar System Not Spin FasterPasadena CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 The motion of a tiny number of charged particles may solve a longstanding mystery about thin gas disks rotating around young stars, according to a new study from Caltech. These features, calle ... more  
Shedding new light on dark matterNew York NY (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 A team of physicists has developed a method for predicting the composition of dark matter-invisible matter detected only by its gravitational pull on ordinary matter and whose discovery has been lon ... more  
Wheels on China's Zhurong rover keep stable with novel materialBeijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2022 New material has been maintaining high stability of the rover Zhurong on China's Tianwen-1 probe, according to the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The researche ... more 
Elon Musk had twins with company exec last year: reportWashington (AFP) July 7, 2022 Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk had twins last year with an executive at one of his companies, online outlet Insider reported Wednesday, citing Texas court documents. ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 
When Indiana University (IU) introduced the NASA Technology Transfer University (T2U) program at its Kelley School of Business last fall, it became the first university in the Big Ten to do so.
T2U connects universities with NASA technology, giving students the opportunity to work with federal government research and innovations. "Our goal is to inspire young entrepreneurs by bringing real ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2022 
China's first space launch site dedicated to commercial missions started construction in Wenchang, a coastal city in Hainan province, on Wednesday, according to the provincial government.
The Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site program is a joint venture of the Hainan government and three State-owned space conglomerates-China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, China Aerospace Science a ... more |
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 Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 
Is sustainable human exploration of Mars possible? How will humans affect the new environment? Around 60 researchers from the University of Bremen and other institutes are investigating these questions as part of an initiative.
On July 8, 2022, the University of Bremen is set to launch its large-scale initiative "Humans on Mars - Pathways Toward a Long-Term Sustainable Exploration and Sett ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2022 
New material has been maintaining high stability of the rover Zhurong on China's Tianwen-1 probe, according to the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The researchers from the institute developed the wheels on the rover. The novel material of the wheels is an aluminum matrix silicon carbide composite. Its plasticity was enhanced apparently, with high strength, r ... more |
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 Leicester UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 
Kleos Space Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Kleos Space S.A., is to set up operations at the Space Park Leicester, a world-leading hub for innovative research, enterprise and education in space and
earth observation. Kleos is a 'space-powered' Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a- Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider.
The new UK facility will provide access to a buoy ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 06, 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 Dhruva Space's Satellite Orbital Deployer successfully achieved space-qualification on June 30.
Dhruva Space's Satellite Or ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 
Communications across the vastness of interstellar space could be enhanced by taking advantage of a star's ability to focus and magnify communication signals. A team of graduate students at Penn State is looking for just these sorts of communication signals that might be taking advantage of our own sun if transmissions were passing through our solar system.
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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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 Wellington (AFP) July 7, 2022 
China is insisting one of the main wastewater pipes beneath the New Zealand capital Wellington be diverted to ease security concerns for its new embassy, a city official confirmed Thursday.
The pipe is large enough for people to walk through and runs under a block of land where the new Chinese embassy is to be built.
"Security is the issue," Wellington city council spokesman Richard MacL ... 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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 Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 04, 2022 
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully deployed a pathfinding satellite for NASA, setting it on a course to the Moon. The deployment marks the successful completion of Rocket Lab's first deep space mission, paving the way for the Company's upcoming interplanetary missions to Mars and Venus.
Owned and operated by Advanced Space on behalf of NASA, the Cislunar Autonomous Positi ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2022 
Chinese researchers have studied the large meteorite irons to ascertain the world's longest meteorite-strewn field in Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China has successively discovered the meteorite irons at a weight of 28 tonnes, 23 tonnes, 18 tonnes, five tonnes and 0.43 tonnes in Altay. The massive Altay irons were found to comprise the longest known strewn fie ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic- solution provider, announced that it has successfully acquired its first image from its second SAR satellite, "StriX-ss".
"StriX-ss" was launched by Rocket Lab's Electron from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula launch site on March 1, 2022 (JST) and put into target orbit at an altitude of 561km in a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). Since then, it ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 
The motion of a tiny number of charged particles may solve a longstanding mystery about thin gas disks rotating around young stars, according to a new study from Caltech.
These features, called accretion disks, last tens of millions of years and are an early phase of solar system evolution. They contain a small fraction of the mass of the star around which they swirl; imagine a Saturn-like ... more |
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 Lemont IL (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Surveying the cosmos from its isolated position in Antarctica, a collaborative project aims to reveal insights about the universe's beginnings.
In summer at the South Pole, which lasts from November through February, the average temperature is a biting minus 18 degrees F. The sun does not set during this time, making sleep a challenge. The environment is harsh and dry. And the Internet connecti ... more |
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 Portsmouth UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 
The mystery of how the first quasars in the universe formed - something that has baffled scientists for nearly 20 years - has now been solved by a team of astrophysicists whose findings are published in Nature.
The existence of over 200 quasars powered by supermassive black holes less than a billion years after the Big Bang had remained one of the outstanding problems in astrophysics becau ... more |
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