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  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 NASA has announced a new round of opportunities through the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) for CubeSat developers, including educational institutions, to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations in space and contribute to the agency's exploration goals. "Small satellites, such as CubeSats play a valuable role in the agency's educational, science, and technology investigations, including planetary exploration, Earth observation, and fundamental Earth and space scie ... read more |
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US should end ISS collaboration with RussiaHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 In the same week that Russians circulated a horrific video of a Ukrainian soldier being castrated before his murder by Putin's invading troops, and dozens of Ukrainians POWs were slaughtered while i ... more  
Benchmark to keep popular orbits safer with collision avoidance kitBurlington VT (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 With the most popular, revenue-generating orbits increasingly congested, Benchmark Space Systems has unveiled a breakthrough Collision Avoidance (ColA) Kit, featuring its heritage propulsion technol ... more  
AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 test satellite arrives at Cape CanaveralMidland TX (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has announced ... more  
CST signs agreement with Gilmour Space for the launch of 50kg to LEOLogan UT (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 Commercial Space Technologies Ltd (CST) has signed an agreement with Australian launch provider, Gilmour Space Technologies, to offer a launch capacity of up to 50 kilograms on their Eris Block 1 ve ... more |
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Spaceflight and SAB partner to fly Sherpa OTVs on Vega missionsSeattle WA (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, has announced it signed an agreement with SAB Launch Services S.r.l. (SAB LS) to fly its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) on Ari ... more 
NASA's Moon-observing CubeSat ready for launchWashington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 NASA's water-scouting CubeSat is now poised to hitch a ride to lunar orbit. Not much bigger than a shoe box, Lunar IceCube's data will have an outsized impact on lunar science. The satellite i ... more 
Pure gold pin for space testingParis (ESA) Aug 08, 2022 Although this pure gold pin is not much bigger than the tip of a pencil, it is the 'pulsing heart' of ESA's Low Earth Orbit Facility, LEOX. Part of the Agency's Materials and Electrical Components L ... more  
NASA data on plant 'sweating' could help predict wildfire severityPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 05, 2022 A new study uses data from the ECOSTRESS instrument aboard the space station to better understand why some parts of a wildfire burn more intensely than others. Even in drought-stricken California, n ... more |
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Stars determine their own massesEvanston IL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Last year, a team of astrophysicists including key members from Northwestern University launched STARFORGE, a project that produces the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulations of star form ... more  
China launches terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satelliteTaiyuan, China (XNA) Aug 05, 2022 China successfully launched a terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite and two other satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province Thursday. The ... more  
Lockheed Martin's next gen interceptor achieves communications testing milestoneHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Lockheed Martin recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone. The NGI's mission is to protect the U.S. ... more 
Stars shed light on why stellar populations are so similar in Milky WayAustin TX (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Scientists have uncovered what sets the masses of stars, a mystery that has captivated astrophysicists for decades. Their answer? Stars, themselves. Using highly detailed simulations, a collab ... more |
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Space Accelerator catalyses multi-million pound investmentLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 Space start-ups generated almost 9 million pounds in investment and created 80 new jobs after taking part in a UK Space Agency-backed business support programme. The UK Space Agency Space Acce ... more  
New analysis shows how sulfur clouds can form in Venus' atmosphereTucson AZ (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 Scientists using sophisticated computational chemistry techniques have identified a new pathway for how sulfur particles can form in the atmosphere of Venus. These results may help to understand the ... more  
New Year, New Challenges: Sols 3558-3559Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 10, 2022 Curiosity continues to conquer obstacles as we enter our 11th year of operations on Mars. Curiosity is working her way through Paraitepuy Pass, with stunning views and challenging terrain, as seen i ... more  
Lowell Observatory points telescopes at Saturn during closest annual approachFlagstaff AZ (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Saturn will soon be at its biggest and brightest of the year, and Lowell Observatory is celebrating with nightly public telescope viewing. For the next several weeks, visitors will be able to gaze a ... more  
No trace of dark matter halosBonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 According to the standard model of cosmology, the vast majority of galaxies are surrounded by a halo of dark matter particles. This halo is invisible, but its mass exerts a strong gravitational pull ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 4, 2021 
Private space company Blue Origin completed its sixth private human spaceflight on Thursday, carrying an American woman and two others who set a new Guinness World Record on the trip.
Blue Origin's New Shepard N-22 mission lifted off Thursday morning from Launch Site One in West Texas carrying six passengers on the space-tourism flight.
Onboard were Sara Sabry, Steve Young, Coby ... more |
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 Tustin CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2022 
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) has secured land to move forward with a new astronaut campus and training facility in the State of New Mexico, near the Company's commercial operations headquarters.
The land, located in Sierra County, will be home to a new, first of its kind astronaut campus, for exclusive use by Virgin Galactic Future Astronauts and up to three of their guests ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 08, 2022 
Images and data downlinked Thursday from Perseverance show that we've successfully cored, sealed, and stored our 12th sample of the mission. As the team always does, images of several sample collection system components were taken after completion of the coring activity.
In those images, two small pieces of debris were visible - a small object on the coring bit (stored in the bit carousel) ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 08, 2022 
The small mechanical arm mounted with Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, has successfully completed in-orbit tests, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
With the support of the ground team, the small mechanical arm has completed a series of in-orbit function and performance tests. All indexes performed well, achieving expected results, said the CMSA.
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 Midland TX (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has announced that its BlueWalker 3 test satellite (BW3) has arrived at Cape Canaveral. The satellite recently departed an off-site testing facility in California after collecting flight data for the upcoming plann ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 08, 2022 
Although this pure gold pin is not much bigger than the tip of a pencil, it is the 'pulsing heart' of ESA's Low Earth Orbit Facility, LEOX. Part of the Agency's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory, based at ESA's ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, this test facility is vital for developing materials capable of withstanding the highly-erosive individual oxygen atoms prevailing ... more |
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 Toowoomba, Australia (SPX) Aug 08, 2022 
If you close your eyes and imagine a system of planets orbiting a distant star, what do you see?
For most people, such thoughts conjure up systems that mirror the Solar System: planets orbiting a host star on near-circular orbits - rocky planets closer in, and giants such as Jupiter in the icy depths.
However, the more we study the cosmos, the more we begin to realise planetary syste ... 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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 Honiara (AFP) Aug 7, 2022 
A top US diplomat warned Pacific Islands of a new struggle against violent power-hungry regimes Sunday, as she visited the Solomon Islands to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II's Battle of Guadalcanal.
With China's military conducting drills around Taiwan and Russia bombarding Ukraine, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman hit out at a new crop of world leaders reviving "bankrupt" i ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 05, 2022 
When NASA's Orion spacecraft travels beyond the Moon during Artemis I, boosted by the Space Launch System rocket on its maiden voyage, the spacecraft will carry a host of mementos for educational engagement and posterity in the Official Flight Kit.
NASA spacecraft, both crewed and uncrewed, have carried mementos from Earth since the 1960s. NASA's Voyager probe carried with it a gold record ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2022 
Following the successful launch of NASA's Lucy spacecraft on Oct. 16, 2021, a group of engineers huddled around a long conference table in Titusville, Florida. Lucy was mere hours into its 12-year flight, but an unexpected challenge had surfaced for the first-ever Trojan asteroids mission.
Data indicated that one of Lucy's solar arrays powering the spacecraft's systems - designed to unfurl ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 05, 2022 
A UNSW Canberra Space satellite mission, known as M2, is now delivering Australia's first high-resolution remote sensing image of the Earth. UNSW Canberra Space Director Professor Russell Boyce said the capture of the image is an important step forward for Australia's sovereign space capabilities, with the same mission also successfully collecting and transmitting commercial aviation identificat ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2021 
A solar storm birthed from a hole in the sun's atmosphere is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field Wednesday.
Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center are calling for a chance of a geomagnetic storm, caused by a southern hole in the sun's atmosphere.
The gaseous material is flowing from the hole in the sun's atmosphere ... more |
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 Evanston IL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 
Last year, a team of astrophysicists including key members from Northwestern University launched STARFORGE, a project that produces the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulations of star formation to date. Now, the scientists have used the highly detailed simulations to uncover what determines the masses of stars, a mystery that has captivated astrophysicists for decades.
In a new s ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 
According to the standard model of cosmology, the vast majority of galaxies are surrounded by a halo of dark matter particles. This halo is invisible, but its mass exerts a strong gravitational pull on galaxies in the vicinity. A new study led by the University of Bonn and the University of Saint Andrews (Scotland) challenges this view of the Universe. The results suggest that the dwarf galaxies ... more |
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