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  Moscow (AFP) Jul 26, 2022 Russia has decided to quit the International Space Station "after 2024", the newly-appointed chief of Moscow's space agency told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. "Of course, we will fulfil all our obligations to our partners, but the decision to leave this station after 2024 has been made," Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov told Putin in comments released by the Kremlin. ... read more |
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Preparing for the World's biggest radio telescopeHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 An international team of researchers has demonstrated that the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) is capable of detecting radio emissions from normal spiral galaxies in the early universe. Th ... more  
Eutelsat, OneWeb plan to mergeParis (AFP) July 26, 2022 French and British satellite operators Eutelsat and OneWeb on Tuesday announced plans to merge and create a "global champion" in the fast-growing broadband internet market, rivalling US giants such as Elon Musk's Starlink. ... more  
Terran Orbital completes Space-to-Ground Optical Link demonstration on Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3Boca Raton FL (SPX) Jul 20, 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 first signal acqui ... more  
US-European satellite will make world's first global freshwater surveyPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 25, 2022 Water is life, but for all its importance, humanity has a surprisingly limited view of Earth's freshwater bodies. Researchers have reliable water level measurements for only a few thousand lakes aro ... more |
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Innovative data satellite enters commercial serviceParis (ESA) Jul 25, 2022 A large data-driven telecommunications satellite that uses innovative technology to keep cool as well as other innovations - developed under an ESA Partnership Project - has started its commercial s ... more 
NOAA contracts with Planet to image oil spills, marine debris, and marine lifeSan Francisco CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has announced a new contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The organization ... more  
Sols 3541-3543: Teamwork? Sure!Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 25, 2022 Some planning days are more complicated than others, not because Mars throws us a curve ball, that happens, too, as regular readers of this blog will know. No, sometimes it's just plain old computer ... more 
Study: Explosive volcanic eruption produced rare mineral on MarsHouston TX (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 Planetary scientists from Rice University, NASA's Johnson Space Center and the California Institute of Technology have an answer to a mystery that's puzzled the Mars research community since NASA's ... more |
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Space For Humanity will send first Egyptian to space via Blue OriginDenver CO (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 Today, Space For Humanity (S4H), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, announced its selection committee has chosen Sara Sabry to become the organization's second sponsored Citizen Astronaut. Sara wil ... more 
China denounces US for calling space a 'Warfighting Domain'Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2022 Last month, the US Space Force (USSF) launched a new intelligence center and US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines called space "a warfighting domain." The military branch was launched i ... more 
Clarification From Eutelsat CommunicationsParis, France (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 Following recent market rumors, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) confirms that it has engaged in discussions with its co-shareholders in OneWeb regarding a potential all-share combinati ... more 
Landsat turns 50Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 Fifty years ago, U.S. scientists launched a satellite that dramatically changed how we see the world. It captured images of Earth's surface in minute detail, showing how wildfires burned landscapes, ... more |
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China successfully launches lab to Tiangong space stationWashington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2021 China has successfully launched a laboratory to its space station orbiting Earth, the Asian nation's space agency said. ... more 
China releases images of Martian satelliteBeijing (XNA) Jul 26, 2022 China's Tianwen-1 probe beamed back high-resolution images of Mars' natural satellite Phobos on Saturday, marking the second anniversary of the launch. Phobos and Deimos are two natural satell ... more  
Satellite built by Open Cosmos and RHEA Group to fly on LauncherOneFarnborough UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 In what will be a mission of firsts, Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), has been selected to launch RHEA Group's first satellite into space. The international engineering and solutions firm is working wit ... more 
String theory: NASA Mars rover discovers mystery objectWashington (AFP) July 21, 2022 Is it tumbleweed? A piece of fishing line? Spaghetti? ... more 
Chinese astronauts set up new lab on space stationBeijing (AFP) July 25, 2022 Astronauts entered the new lab module of China's space station for the first time Monday, in a major step towards completing the orbital outpost by the end of the year. ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 
Today, Space For Humanity (S4H), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, announced its selection committee has chosen Sara Sabry to become the organization's second sponsored Citizen Astronaut. Sara will become the first Egyptian to fly to space when she flies aboard Blue Origin's NS-22 flight.
Sara, 29, is an Egyptian mechanical and biomedical engineer and founder of Deep Space Initiative (DS ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched a consultation for the public and businesses to have their say on the assessment of environmental effects made by both Virgin Orbit and Spaceport Cornwall ahead of the proposed launch in Newquay.
To launch, Spaceport Cornwall must have a spaceport operator licence and Virgin Orbit must be issued a launch operator licence by the Civil Aviat ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 25, 2022 
Some planning days are more complicated than others, not because Mars throws us a curve ball, that happens, too, as regular readers of this blog will know. No, sometimes it's just plain old computer issues here on Earth that make things complicated. Today was such a day, and some of our personal computers hadn't properly updated one of the tools, but when we found out it was too late to diagnose ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 26, 2022 
China's Tianwen-1 probe beamed back high-resolution images of Mars' natural satellite Phobos on Saturday, marking the second anniversary of the launch.
Phobos and Deimos are two natural satellites of the red planet. Phobos is the larger one with an irregular shape with no atmosphere and the closest satellite to the main star in the solar system.
The Tianwen-1 operation team seized th ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 
Following recent market rumors, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) confirms that it has engaged in discussions with its co-shareholders in OneWeb regarding a potential all-share combination to create a global leader in Connectivity with complementary GEO/LEO activities.
The combined entity would be the first multi-orbit satellite operator offering integrated GEO and LEO solution ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 
The Defense Department and other federal agencies have sought advanced sources that generate gamma rays, X-rays, neutrons, protons, and electrons to enable a variety of scientific, commercial, and defense applications - from medical diagnostics, to scans of cargo containers for dangerous materials, to non-destructive testing of aircraft and their parts to see internal defects. But none of these ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 
Planetary scientist Katarina Miljkovic is available to discuss the nature of planets in Melbourne this week. It's part of a national tour of public and school talks promoting opportunities for women in physics.
The planets in our solar system are vastly different although they all formed from the same cloud of gas and dust around a star - our sun. Why is this?
Associate Professor Kat ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 
Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky.
"It's long bothered me why Jupiter doesn't have even more amazing rings that would put Saturn's to shame," said UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane, who led the research.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 25, 2022 
Water is life, but for all its importance, humanity has a surprisingly limited view of Earth's freshwater bodies. Researchers have reliable water level measurements for only a few thousand lakes around the world, and little to no data on some of the planet's important river systems. The upcoming Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite will fill that enormous gap. By helping to provid ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 
Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company the contract to deliver operations and sustainment support services for the Global Positioning System IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF. The support contract provides specialized sustainment services to maintain the GPS IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF space vehicles and signal in space, and meet evolving requirements for a resilient system for the joint wa ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 
NASA has awarded Draper of Cambridge, Massachusetts a contract to deliver Artemis science investigations to the Moon in 2025. The commercial delivery is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative under Artemis.
Draper will receive $73 million for the contract, and is responsible for end-to-end delivery services, including payload integration, delivery from Earth to ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 25, 2022 
Scientists from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission recently learned that surface regeneration happens a lot quicker on asteroids than on Earth. By analyzing rock fractures on asteroid Bennu from high-resolution images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, the team discovered that the Sun's heat fractures rocks on Bennu in just 10,000 to 100,000 years. This information will help scientists estimate how long ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 25, 2022 
A large data-driven telecommunications satellite that uses innovative technology to keep cool as well as other innovations - developed under an ESA Partnership Project - has started its commercial service.
The satellite will provide broadband connectivity for commercial shipping, aviation, governments and enterprises through its operator, SES, as well connecting underserved areas and accel ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2022 
Fluctuations in space weather are disrupting train signals and causing significant delays. A project investigating the effect of solar storms on railway signals will be presented this week at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2022) by Cameron Patterson, a PhD student at Lancaster University.
The sun's tendency to affect technology on Earth, as well as in space, is known as space weather. ... more |
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 East Lansing MI (SPX) Jul 26, 2022 
About three years ago, Wolfgang "Wolfi" Mittig and Yassid Ayyad went looking for the universe's missing mass, better known as dark matter, in the heart of an atom.
Their expedition didn't lead them to dark matter, but they still found something that had never been seen before, something that defied explanation. Well, at least an explanation that everyone could agree on.
"It's been so ... more |
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 Shinshu University 
Matsumoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 26, 2022
The team* led by Prof. Toru Misawa of the School of General Education, Shinshu University found for the first time that the internal donut-shaped structure of the central nuclei of bright galaxies in the distant universe can have an "anisotropic" effect on the gas distributed over a vast area around them.
Because luminous nuclei of distant galaxies (qua ... more |
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