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  Paris, France (SPX) Sep 28, 2022 Beaming solar power could help Europe access more renewable energies, in an independent way. Airbus has now demonstrated how this new technological concept could work in its X-Works Innovation Factory. Everything is illuminated, thumbs up. Jean-Dominique Coste, Yoann Thueux and their colleagues have just shown decision-makers from politics and industry the inner workings of a new energy concept, which had until now only been on the radar of die-hard tech experts: Power Beaming. The underlyin ... read more |
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Elon Musk may help NASA extend life for HubbleWashington DC (UPI) Oct 03, 2022 The U.S. space agency, NASA, said it signed an agreement with Elon Musk's SpaceX to study whether the life expectancy of the venerated Hubble Space Telescope can be extended. ... more  
Unknown debris dislodges from Ingenuity Mars helicopter's foot during 33rd flightWashington DC (UPI) Oct 03, 2022 NASA said Friday that it is looking into debris that was seen on the foot of the Ingenuity helicopter's foot during its 33rd space flight on Mars. ... more 
NASA eyes November for launch attempt of Moon rocketWashington (AFP) Oct 03, 2022 NASA said Friday it would try to launch its Moon mega-rocket in November, without committing to a precise date for the much-delayed Artemis 1 mission. ... more 
Firefly Aerospace scrubs launch after rocket engine shuts downWashington DC (UPI) Sep 30, 2021 Firefly Aerospace aborted an attempted launch Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California after an unexpected engine shutdown. ... more |
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Potential first traces of the first starsTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 29, 2022 Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the Universe. Using an innovative analysis of a distant quasar observed by the 8.1-meter Gemini North tele ... more  
Juno probe takes detailed photo of Jupiter's moon, EuropaWashington DC (UPI) Oct 03, 2022 NASA's Juno space probe captured detailed images during a close flyby of Europa, Jupiter's largest moon. ... more  
NRO awards commercial RF Capabilities Contract to Kleos SpaceLuxembourg (SPX) Sep 29, 2022 Kleos Space Inc, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) and Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider, has been awarded a first stage contract, from the National Reconnai ... more 
HawkEye 360 awarded radio frequency contract by NROHerndon VA (SPX) Sep 29, 2022 HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, reports it has been awarded a contract from the NRO's Commercial Systems Program Off ... more |
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Raytheon and Northrop Grumman to deliver hypersonic air-breathing missile to USSFTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 27, 2022 Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has been selected to develop the Hypersonic Attack Cruise M ... more  
New Curtin-led research discovers the heart of our evolutionPerth, Australia (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart - the oldest ever found - alongside a separate fossilised stomach, intestine and liver in an ancient jawed fish, shedding new light on the ev ... more  
Satellite Monitoring for Agribusiness: The White Label SolutionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2022 The application of satellite images and data to provide valuable information is not technologically innovative. Initially, satellite technology was used mainly for military purposes and was generall ... more  
Trackem Launches New GPS Business Tracking PlatformBrantford, Canada (SPX) Sep 28, 2022 Trackem GPS has officially launched its latest version of its client facing GPS tracking platform. The software launch has been 18 months in the making, for the 18-year-old business GPS fleet tracki ... more |
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New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigger than expected'Paris (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their first images of a spacecraft deliberately smashing into an asteroid, as astronomers indicated that the impact looks to have been much greater than expected. ... more  
NASA, SpaceX study boosting Hubble to extend its lifespanWashington (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 NASA and SpaceX have agreed to study the feasibility of awarding Elon Musk's company a contract to boost the Hubble Space Telescope to a higher orbit, with a goal of extending its lifespan, the US space agency said Thursday. ... more  
NASA postpones Crew-5 mission over Hurricane IanWashington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2021 NASA is shifting the launch date of its Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station in the wake of Hurricane Ian, the space agency confirmed. ... more 
Three Russian cosmonauts return from space stationMoscow (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 Three Russian cosmonauts touched down Thursday on the steppe of Kazakhstan following a six-month mission on the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's space agency Roscosmos said. ... more 
Webb and Hubble capture detailed views of DART impactParis (ESA) Sep 29, 2022 Two of the great observatories, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a unique experiment to smash a spacecraft into a small ast ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2021 
NASA is shifting the launch date of its Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station in the wake of Hurricane Ian, the space agency confirmed.
"The safety of the crew, ground teams, and hardware are of the utmost importance to NASA and SpaceX," NASA said in a statement on the agency's website.
The launch will now take place no earlier than 12 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 5. A ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 03, 2022 
The U.S. space agency, NASA, said it signed an agreement with Elon Musk's SpaceX to study whether the life expectancy of the venerated Hubble Space Telescope can be extended.
NASA said Thursday it has no plans to carry out or fund a service mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. Instead, it will carry out a feasibility study to see if SpaceX can use its Crew Dragon capsules to do the h ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 29, 2022 
Last week, Perseverance attempted an abrasion on the Chiniak target at Enchanted Lake. Scientists and engineers worked together to plan this activity on an intriguing target of potentially fine-grained rocks at the base of the Jezero delta. But, when the images came down on sol 564 (September 21st), the once coherent rock target was broken, precluding any further proximity science or sampling on ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 
The Shenzhou-XIV taikonauts, who are aboard the Tiangong space station, gave an off-Earth salute to all participants in China's 30-year manned space program on Wednesday.
In a celebratory video message released by the China Manned Space Agency, taikonauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe raised their right hands to their heads, expressing their appreciation for the country's accomplishmen ... more |
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 Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
Satellite manufacturer and service provider mu Space Corp and space-based service with secure cloud data storage provider, SpaceBelt have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding entered on the 16 of August 2022. Both parties firmly believe they can bring their own expertise to the project in order for it to succeed and benefit from the collaboration, with plans to have a commercial agreement toward ... more |
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 Traverse City MIw (SPX) Sep 25, 2022 
ATLAS Space Operations, the leading provider of Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS), has announced the award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II award to develop their Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities. This effort will use ATLAS software and hardware to increase ATLAS' ability to conduct passive RF observations of on-orbit assets.
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Sep 28, 2022 
The exploration era for the new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is getting hot - volcanically hot. A multidisciplinary group of Cornell researchers has modeled and synthesized lava in the laboratory as the kinds of rock that may form on far-away exoplanets. They developed 16 types of surface compositions as a starter catalog for finding volcanic worlds that feature fiery landscapes and oceans ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 03, 2022 
NASA's Juno space probe captured detailed images during a close flyby of Europa, Jupiter's largest moon.
The probe came within 219 miles of the ice-covered celestial body, one of the closest approaches by any spacecraft.
The first image taken by the probe's Junocam was released Thursday. It shows the icy and rugged surface of an area close to Europa's equator, known as the Annwn ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 
President Joe Biden and his government roll out the red carpet for the leaders of tiny Pacific island countries Wednesday in what a US official called an "unprecedented" diplomatic effort, conducted under the shadow of rising Chinese influence in the region.
Officials say leaders from across the ocean's remote but strategic archipelagos will attend, as well as representatives from two French ... more |
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 Brantford, Canada (SPX) Sep 28, 2022 
Trackem GPS has officially launched its latest version of its client facing GPS tracking platform. The software launch has been 18 months in the making, for the 18-year-old business GPS fleet tracking company. The tall task of client migration has begun and is expected to be ongoing for a number of months ahead.
Trackem's new software platform was built to deliver on three main principles, ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2022 
A Curtin-led research team has found asteroid impacts on the Moon millions of years ago coincided precisely with some of the largest meteorite impacts on Earth, such as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs.
The study also found that major impact events on Earth were not stand-alone events, but were accompanied by a series of smaller impacts, shedding new light on asteroid dynamics in the i ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 
The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their first images of a spacecraft deliberately smashing into an asteroid, as astronomers indicated that the impact looks to have been much greater than expected.
The world's telescopes turned their gaze towards the space rock Dimorphos earlier this week for a historic test of Earth's ability to defend itself against a potential life- ... more |
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, has announced two new signals available as part of its RFGeo signal mapping product: VHF and UHF Flex. RFGeo data and analytics provide a new geospatial data layer that enables RF awareness, utilizing the unique data generated by HawkEye 360's satellite constellation to detect and ge ... 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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 Lanzhou, China (SPX) Sep 29, 2022 
The Jinping Underground Nuclear Astrophysics (JUNA) collaboration has reported a recent direct measurement of the cross section of a crucial stellar neutron source reaction, 13C(a,n)16O. The study was published in Physical Review Letters on September 23.
By achieving the most accurate cross sectional measurement of this reaction at astrophysical energies so far, the study has resolved long ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 29, 2022  Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the Universe. Using an innovative analysis of a distant quasar observed by the 8.1-meter Gemini North telescope on Hawai'i, operated by NSF's NOIRLab, the scientists found an unusual ratio of elements that, they argue, could only come from the debris produced by the all-consuming explosion of a 300-solar- ... more |
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