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  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 NASA is seeking proposals for sustainable lunar lander development and demonstration as the agency works toward a regular cadence of Moon landings. Through Artemis missions, NASA is preparing to return humans to the Moon, including the first woman and first person of color, for long-term scientific discovery and exploration. Under the solicitation, Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Development, NASA has provided requirements for companies interested in developing and demonstrating astronaut Mo ... read more |
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Satellite IM welcomes users to first fully decentralized Web3 communications platformBoston MA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Satellite IM, a fully decentralized peer-to-peer communications platform at the forefront of data privacy, has announced the launch of their communications platform that will allow users to chat dir ... more  
Satellite mission confirms cornerstone of general relativity is unshakeableLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 The MICROSCOPE mission has confirmed the 'equivalence principle' with unprecedented accuracy, bolstering Einstein's general relativity. The result, announced this week by a team led by the Fre ... more 
FCC grants Lynk first-ever license for commercial satellite-direct-to-standard-mobile-phone serviceFalls Church VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), the world's leading satellite-direct-to-standard-phone telecoms company, has expressed its appreciation to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for granting Lynk the ... more 
Intuitive Machines to go public on Nasdaq with acquisition companyHouston TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Intuitive Machines, LLC ("Intuitive Machines" or the "Company"), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company founded in 2013, and Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: IP ... more |
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Lockheed Martin delivers its highest powered laser to date to US Department Of DefenseBothell WA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering OUSD (R&E) a new benchmark: a tactically-relevant electric 300 kW-class laser, the ... more  
Researchers pioneer new technique that could help determine habitability of planetsTempe AZ (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Our sun is surrounded by multi-million-degree plasma called the corona, beautifully visible during a total solar eclipse. About once a day, a magnetic explosion on the sun will send a chunk of ... more 
Quest to uncover intricacies of exoplanet atmospheres reaches important milestoneExeter UK (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 The quest to uncover intricacies of the atmospheres of faraway planets has reached an important milestone. An international team, including astrophysicists from the University of Exeter, is ta ... more 
Twisted magnetic fields can reveal how protobinary systems, Tatooine planets formColumbia MD (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Twisted magnetic fields around binary systems can reveal how the stellar system came together. Circumbinary planets - planets that orbit around two stars, like the fictional Star Wars planet T ... more |
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Scientists believe Mars rock samples contain organic matterWashington DC (UPI) Sep 17, 2021 Scientists believe some of the recently-collected rock samples taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover likely contain organic matter. ... more 
The Perseverance robotic arm tightrope of abrasion proximity sciencePasadena CA (JPL) Sep 18, 2022 The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as ... more 
Chinese scientists discover history of volcanic eruptions in Chang'e-5 landing regionBeijing (XNA) Sep 18, 2022 A research team from China has discovered geological evidence of at least four layers of volcanic lava flows that flooded the landing region of the Chang'e-5 lunar exploration mission, according to ... more  
Jupiter to reach opposition, closest approach to Earth in 70 yearsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 Stargazers can expect excellent views of Jupiter the entire night of Monday, Sept. 26 when the giant planet reaches opposition. From the viewpoint of Earth's surface, opposition happens when an astr ... more |
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How gravity gives astronomers a powerful lens on the universeCharlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 In 1919 astronomers Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin captured photographic images of a total solar eclipse. The Sun was in the constellation Taurus at the time, and a handful of its stars could ... more  
Shenzhou astronauts carry out second spacewalkBeijing (XNA) Sep 18, 2022 Crew members on the Shenzhou XIV mission stepped out of their spacecraft for the second spacewalk on Saturday afternoon, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a brief ... more  
ISS National Lab Research Announcement Focused on Technology Advancement is OpenKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory has released a new research announcement soliciting flight concepts for "Technology Advancement and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS Nati ... more  
Byzantine solar eclipse records illuminate obscure history of Earth's rotationTsukuba, Japan (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 Witnessing a total solar eclipse is an unforgettable experience and may have been even more impressive throughout history before we were able to understand and accurately predict their occurrence. B ... more  
Master student discovers a group of galaxies clustered together in the early UniverseCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 While developing and testing astronomical software on existing data, a master student in astronomy fortuitously discovered a group of galaxies in the very early Universe. In addition to demonstratin ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory has released a new research announcement soliciting flight concepts for "Technology Advancement and Applied Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab." This solicitation seeks flight projects within the areas of applied research and development, translational medicine, technology readiness level maturation, and technology demonstration. ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 15, 2021  Sky watchers in Alaska were treated to both a dramatic green Aurora and a group of Space X Starlink satellites.
Space.com posted a video Thursday of the striking display, which Alaska aurora tour guide Ronn Murray saw during an aurora tour this month.
"We saw this while taking some guests out on our aurora tour," Murray said. "It was really beautiful."
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 16, 2022 
As Dr. Abigail Fraeman noted a couple weeks ago, Curiosity is navigating through terrain that is difficult to traverse. At the start of today's planning cycle, Curiosity's operations team received data that informed us that our previously planned drive came up short, only completing 36 cm of a planned ~7 m drive.
Curiosity remained surrounded by a mix of large rocks and sand, neither of wh ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 18, 2022 
Crew members on the Shenzhou XIV mission stepped out of their spacecraft for the second spacewalk on Saturday afternoon, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a brief news release that Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe opened an extravehicular activity hatch on the Tiangong space station at 1:35 pm and then floated out of the station. He was followed by mission commander Se ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2022 
Following the suspension of OneWeb's launches in March 2022, OneWeb and Arianespace have reached an agreement pursuant to which performance of the Launch Services Agreement may be resumed in the future. The terms of the settlement are confidential.
Arianespace is supporting OneWeb on its upcoming launches; including the performance of Dispenser Supply Services for two launches to be perfor ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 15, 2021  People in Scotland and Northern Ireland saw something unusual in the sky on Wednesday night - a fiery streak that looked like a meteor, but wasn't.
The fireball was also seen by some skywatchers in northern England. The UK Meteor Network said about 800 people reported seeing the streaking fireball, which was visible for about 20 seconds.
If it wasn't a meteor, what was it?
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 
The quest to uncover intricacies of the atmospheres of faraway planets has reached an important milestone.
An international team, including astrophysicists from the University of Exeter, is taking lessons and techniques learned from Earth climate science to pave the way to robustly model atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars, aiding in the search for potentially habitable exoplanet ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2022 
Stargazers can expect excellent views of Jupiter the entire night of Monday, Sept. 26 when the giant planet reaches opposition. From the viewpoint of Earth's surface, opposition happens when an astronomical object rises in the east as the Sun sets in the west, placing the object and the Sun on opposite sides of Earth.
Jupiter's opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear la ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Collective groundwater pumping by millions of farmers in Bangladesh in the dry season each year has created vast natural reservoirs underground that, over a 30-year-period, rival the world's largest dams - these sustain irrigation that has transformed this previously famine-prone country to a food-secure nation, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.
Published in Science, the stu ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2022 
Europe's latest Galileo satellites in space have joined the operational constellation, transmitting navigation signals to three billion users across planet Earth as well as relaying distress calls to rescuers. Their entry into service follows a summer test campaign and will result in a measurable increase in positioning accuracy and improved data delivery performance of the overall Galileo syste ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 13, 2021 
NASA's CAPSTONE probe has experienced a problem on its journey to the moon, and is now in a protective safe mode, the space agency confirmed.
NASA and its private partner Advanced Space issued the update Monday, after what they referred to as an anomaly.
"This is a dynamic operational situation," Colorado-based Advanced Space said in a statement.
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 Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2022 
Within two weeks, the DART spacecraft will impact the asteroid moon Dimorphos as it completes the world's first planetary defense test mission. The success of the effort relies heavily on the Lowell Discovery Telescope, which scientists are using for both before- and after-impact observations.
The DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission is an outgrowth of ongoing interest in planet ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 15, 2022 
ICEYE, the owner of the world's largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation and SATLANTIS, a leading New Space optical imaging company, has announced preliminary plans to develop and manufacture a proposed Tandem for Earth Observation (Tandem4EO) constellation consisting of two radar and two VHR optical satellites. The announced program is planned to support the New Space stra ... more |
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 Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Witnessing a total solar eclipse is an unforgettable experience and may have been even more impressive throughout history before we were able to understand and accurately predict their occurrence. But the historical records of these remarkable astronomical spectacles are more than mere curiosities-they provide invaluable information on changes in the Earth's movement.
In a new study in Pub ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) Sep 15, 2022 
Cosmic rays seem to surround us everywhere. This is precisely what makes it difficult to find its sources. It would be helpful if we could trace their path through space. A new programme can help. An international research team has developed a computer programme that can simulate the transport of cosmic rays through space.
The researchers hope it will help them solve the mystery of the sou ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
The MICROSCOPE mission has confirmed the 'equivalence principle' with unprecedented accuracy, bolstering Einstein's general relativity.
The result, announced this week by a team led by the French space agency CNES, is a triumph for Einstein's general relativity. However, it also potentially rules out some candidate universal theories of physics.
General relativity is the best theory ... more |
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