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  Washington DC (UPI) Aug 15, 2021 NASA announced Monday that it will roll out its Artemis I Moon rocket on Tuesday evening, which is two days earlier than originally planned. Tuesday's planned roll out represents the final prelaunch test before the scheduled launch on Aug. 29. The uncrewed test flight will remain in space for 42 days before returning to Earth. Rick LaBrode, the lead flight director for Artemis I, said that the lead up to the launch would consist of a lot of anticipation. "This is more exciting tha ... read more |
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Space mission shows Earth's water may be from asteroidsTokyo (AFP) Aug 16, 2022 Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected on a six-year Japanese space mission. ... more  
Kayhan Space unveils next-gen spaceflight safety platformBoulder CO (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 With thousands of satellites and countless debris bound for busy orbits, Kayhan Space has unveiled its next-gen Pathfinder spaceflight safety platform to enable satellite and mission operators to be ... more  
WVU space robotics research helps Mars rovers find their footingMorgantown WV (SPX) Aug 12, 2022 West Virginia University scientists have developed a way for extraplanetary rovers to use nonvisual information to maneuver over treacherous terrain. This research aims to prevent losses like that o ... more 
Antaris close seed funding round to accelerate development of software solutions for spaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 Antaris, the software platform provider for space, announced the company has closed a $4.2 million seed round of funding led by Acequia Capital and Possible Ventures. The round also includes investm ... more |
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NanoAvionics extends its satellite bus range enabling advanced space missionsLogan UT (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 Global mission integrator NanoAvionics has added two microsatellite buses, the MP42H and the MP42D, to its product line based on its flagship MP42 bus. Capable to host customer payloads of up to 145 ... more  
HKATG tooling up for satellite mass productionHong Kong (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited (01725. HK), which is committed to promoting Hong Kong's industrialization and supporting Hong Kong's becoming an international innovation and technology ... more  
Astroport Space Technologies awarded 2nd NASA for lunar constructionSan Antonio TX (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 Astroport Space Technologies, Inc. has been awarded its second NASA Phase 1 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract for the construction of landing pads on the Moon. Astroport and i ... more 
Northrop Grumman teams with Firefly to further develop Antares launcherChandler AZ (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Firefly Aerospace have joined forces to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium launch vehicle to serve com ... more |
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J-Space partners with Virgin Orbit to bring sovereign air-launch capability to South KoreaSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading launch provider, announced it has signed an agreement with South Korean investment group J-Space. The agreement will allow the companies to assess candidate sp ... more  
US should end ISS collaboration with RussiaHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Recently, the Russian space agency Roscosmos declared that Russia would depart the International Space Station program "after 2024", while the US Congress authorized NASA to extend the program to 2030. In that same week, Russians circulated a horrific video of a Ukrainian soldier being castrated before his murder by Putin's invading troops, while dozens of other Ukrainian POWs were slaughtered while being held in Russian captivity. ... 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 
The space economy gets major tech advancement with hybrid mobility packagesBurlington VT (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 With hybrid vehicle sales at an all-time high on Earth, Benchmark Space Systems has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC)'s electric propulsion tech ... 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 
Spaceflight prepares propulsive Sherpa OTV to launch on upcoming Starlink missionSeattle WA (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, has announced it shipped the fully integrated Sherpa-LTC orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) and customer payload to Cape Canaveral to launc ... more 
NASA Announces New CubeSat Launch Initiative Partnership OpportunitiesWashington 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 ... more  
RocketStar set to launch TriSept satellite security solution aboard experimental payloadsChantilly VA (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration and mission management services, has completed the integration of two experimental mission payloads running its new TSEL satellite secur ... more 
Maxar to build 14 space platforms for L3Harris to support SDA's Tranche 1 Tracking Layer ProgramWestminster, CO (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, has announced it has been selected by L3Harris Technologies for the ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2022 
Alongside cultural heavyweights such as Disney's "Encanto" and Warner Brothers' "The Batman," a short film created at Goddard shares the screen next week at a festival honoring standout works of computer animated storytelling.
"A Web Around Asteroid Bennu" highlights the tricky navigation it took for NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu in 2020. Produced at NAS ... more |
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 
Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading launch provider, announced it has signed an agreement with South Korean investment group J-Space. The agreement will allow the companies to assess candidate spaceport launch sites in South Korea, with the goal of providing satellite launch services from there using Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne System.
The cooperative effort is designed to act as a catal ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2021 
One photo taken recently by NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars showed an unusual noodle-like object lying on the surface of the Red Planet, but scientists have an explanation.
The photo was taken on July 12 and depicted what looked like a tangled web of string in the lower right corner. The image led some to question what the object is, particularly when a photo taken four days later rev ... 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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 Hong Kong (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 
Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited (01725. HK), which is committed to promoting Hong Kong's industrialization and supporting Hong Kong's becoming an international innovation and technology hub announced on 2 August 2022 that HKSML, its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary entered into a fit-out contract regarding the 2/F and 8/F Advanced Manufacturing Centre (AMC) in Tseung Kwan O. The con ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 
Antaris, the software platform provider for space, announced the company has closed a $4.2 million seed round of funding led by Acequia Capital and Possible Ventures. The round also includes investment from leading space tech investors Lockheed Martin Ventures, HCVC, E2MC and Ananth Technologies
"We created Antaris to make space easy," said Tom Barton, Co-Founder and CEO of Antaris. "Our p ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 10, 2021 
For the first time, scientists have discovered what appears to be a brand new planet, 395 light-years from Earth, that could be forming moons.
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA, recently detected gas in a circumplanetary disk, the third one ever discovered.
Circumplanetary disks are comprised of gas, dust and debris around young planets th ... 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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 Paris (AFP) Aug 9, 2022 
Endangered sharks, rays and skates in the Mediterranean are more frequently caught in protected than in unprotected areas, according to research published Tuesday highlighting the need for better conservation for critically threatened species.
The three types of elasmobranch are among the species most threatened by overfishing.
While often landed as by-catch - or caught in nets of boat ... 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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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 
Astroport Space Technologies, Inc. has been awarded its second NASA Phase 1 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract for the construction of landing pads on the Moon.
Astroport and its research partner, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), will develop geotechnical engineering processes for "Lunar Surface Site Preparation for Landing/Launch Pad and Blast Shield Construc ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Aug 11, 2022 
New Curtin research has provided the strongest evidence yet that Earth's continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts that were particularly prevalent during the first billion years or so of our planet's four-and-a-half-billion year history.
Dr Tim Johnson, from Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the idea that the continents originally formed at sites of giant meteo ... more |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 
Fleet Space Technologies is delighted to announce the successful completion of a trial using its proprietary Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) technology to faster and non-invasively find critical lithium deposits.
This was commissioned by Australia's newest lithium miner, Core Lithium, at its Finniss Project in Australia's Northern Territory. This is in line with its mission to provide the g ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 12, 2022 
We all wish that we could sometimes see into the future. Now, thanks to the very latest data from ESA's star mapping Gaia mission, astronomers can do just that for the Sun. By accurately identifying stars of similar mass and composition, they can see how our Sun is going to evolve in the future. And this work extends far beyond a little astrophysical clairvoyance.
Gaia's third major data r ... more |
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 Austin 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 collaborative team led by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin has made a breakthrough discovery that star formation is a self-regulatory process, knowledge that may allow researchers to under ... 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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