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  Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 Russia's space agency is discussing with Moscow a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station past 2024, a Roscosmos official said Monday. Sergei Krikalev, head of Russia's human space flight programs, told reporters that Roscosmos had started "to discuss extending our participation in ISS program with our government and hope to have permission to continue next year." With ties between Russia and the West rupturing over the war in Ukraine, Roscosmos chief Yuri Borissov h ... read more |
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SpaceX's Crew 5 mission blasts off to ISS with Russian cosmonaut onboardWashington DC (UPI) Oct 5, 2021 NASA and SpaceX's Crew 5 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at noon EDT on Wednesday and is on its way to the International Space Station. ... more  
Swedish space instrument will study the Moon on board a Turkish spacecraftStockholm, Sweden (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 A space instrument from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) will be sent to the Moon within the next few years onboard the Turkish spacecraft AYAP-1. In orbit around the Moon, the Lunar Neu ... more 
Virgin Orbit's next rocket ready for CornwallMojave CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading responsive launch provider, reports that its latest rocket has completed a full launch rehearsal and is now ready for flight. The window for the company's next ... more  
Ad-block this: Advertisers ready to hit you with commercials from spaceMoscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Researchers from Skoltech and MIPT have studied the economic feasibility of a space advertising mission that would launch a formation of satellites into orbit to reflect sunlight and display commerc ... more |
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BeetleSat announces next steps for world's first LEO satellite network with expandable antennasMiami FL (SPX) Oct 04, 2022 BeetleSat, a global provider of telecommunications and satellite technology, unveiled the next phases of development for its much-anticipated LEO broadband satellite constellation. The announcement ... more  
Tiangong space station marks key step in assemblyBeijing (XNA) Oct 06, 2022 The Wentian lab module of China's Tiangong space station has been repositioned to dock with a radial port on the station's Tianhe core module on Friday afternoon, which marked a key step in Tiangong ... more  
Sols 3614-3615: Chemin's Moment To ShinePasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2022 The Curiosity team continues with our "Canaima" drill campaign. [Today's] 2-sol plan will provide our first look at the minerals present within this sample. This is complementary but different than ... more  
SwRI creates Space Sector with two new divisions to support space research and developmentSan Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Southwest Research Institute's Space Science and Engineering Division, with 465 employees in three states, has been restructured to create two new technical divisions. Dr. James L. Burch, vice presi ... more |
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Space to boost secure sustainable energy suppliesParis (ESA) Oct 06, 2022 As part of its efforts to promote European leadership, autonomy and responsibility, ESA is partnering with power generators, energy transmission system operators and energy innovation clusters to ex ... more  
Africa in space: continent has a lot to gain, but proper plans must be put in placeIle-Ife, Nigeria (The Conversation) Oct 06, 2022 Every year in October nearly 100 countries organise activities to mark World Space Week. The theme this year is space and sustainability. In this interview, Adejuwon Soyinka, West Africa regional ed ... more 
Atlas V rocket launches two communications satellitesWashington DC (UPI) Oct 5, 2021 Two new communications satellites are deployed into space after launching aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. ... more  
The fountain of life: Water droplets hold the secret ingredient for building lifeWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Purdue University chemists have uncovered a mechanism for peptide-forming reactions to occur in water - something that has puzzled scientists for decades. "This is essentially the chemistry b ... more |
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Supercomputer simulations reveal new possibilities for the Moon's originDurham UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Our pioneering scientists from the Institute for Computational Cosmology used supercomputer simulations to reveal an alternate explanation for the Moon's origin, as a satellite placed immediately in ... more  
Cosmic ray protons reveal new spectral structures at high energiesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Cosmic rays constitute high-energy protons and atomic nuclei that originate from stars (both within our galaxy and from other galaxies) and are accelerated by supernovae and other high-energy astrop ... more  
Solstar provides assured communications for deorbiting LEO satellites as FCC issues new orderSanta Fe NM (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making persistent in-orbit communications available, announced its currently in development, Deke Space Communicator will provide a cost-effective and easy commu ... more  
Earth Blox announces no-code SaaS offering for data analysts at Google's Geo for Good Summit 2022Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 Earth Blox, the no-code Earth observation platform for data analysts, has announced a low-touch SaaS offering at Google's Geo for Good Summit in Mountain View, California and invited delegates to re ... more  
Study reveals daily surface temperature of 160 lakes over Tibetan Plateau past 40 YearsBeijing, China (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 The annual surface temperature of 160 lakes across the Tibetan Plateau has increased significantly in the period of 1978-2017, according to a study on large-scale dynamic monitoring and simulation o ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2022 
Russia's space agency is discussing with Moscow a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station past 2024, a Roscosmos official said Monday.
Sergei Krikalev, head of Russia's human space flight programs, told reporters that Roscosmos had started "to discuss extending our participation in ISS program with our government and hope to have permission to continue next year. ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2022 
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) is preparing to launch its 31st Electron rocket and 151st satellite to orbit during a dedicated mission for General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) on Friday, October 7 UTC.
The launch will take place from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula. The launch window opens 17:09 UTC on October 7th (06:09 NZDT, October ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2022 
The Curiosity team continues with our "Canaima" drill campaign. [Today's] 2-sol plan will provide our first look at the minerals present within this sample. This is complementary but different than the chemical compositions provided by ChemCam and APXS before we drilled. CheMin uses X-ray diffraction to confirm crystalline mineralogy, they direct a beam of X-rays, as fine as a human hair, throug ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 06, 2022 
The Wentian lab module of China's Tiangong space station has been repositioned to dock with a radial port on the station's Tianhe core module on Friday afternoon, which marked a key step in Tiangong's in-orbit assembly, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that during the hour-long operation that finished at 12:44 pm, Wentian was moved from the axia ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Oct 05, 2022 
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, announced that it has reached a three-year agreement with the Government of Albania to develop a Dedicated Satellite Constellation. This unique program derives from Satellogic's Constellation-as-a-Service model and will provide Albania with responsive satellite imagery capabilities across i ... more |
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 Santa Fe NM (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making persistent in-orbit communications available, announced its currently in development, Deke Space Communicator will provide a cost-effective and easy communications solution to support end-of-life decommissioning of spacecraft. When installed on satellites prior to initial launch, the Solstar Deke Space Communicator will give satellite operators persist ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 05, 2022 
New simulations show that truly Earth-like exoplanets with oceans and continents, and beaches along the boundaries, may be much more common around red dwarfs than previously expected. This means ongoing and future exoplanet survey missions can expect to find multiple Earth-analogs for further study before the end of the decade.
The "habitable zone" is defined as the range of orbits around ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2022 
Observations from the spacecraft's pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and unique science.
The highest-resolution photo NASA's Juno mission has ever taken of a specific portion of Jupiter's moon Europa reveals a detailed view of a puzzling region of the moon's heavily fractured icy crust.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
The annual surface temperature of 160 lakes across the Tibetan Plateau has increased significantly in the period of 1978-2017, according to a study on large-scale dynamic monitoring and simulation of lake water temperature which is conducted by the remote sensing of water environment team from the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals and the Aerospace Infor ... more |
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 Las Vegas NV (SPX) Sep 29, 2022 
Taoglas, a leading provider of advanced components for a smarter world, launches their first in a new series of high precision, multi-band GNSS front ends for autonomous vehicles, precision agriculture, automotive, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and robotics at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2022).
The new TFM.110A comes fully integrated with two cascaded low noise amplifiers (LNA) and pre-fil ... more |
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 Durham UK (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
Our pioneering scientists from the Institute for Computational Cosmology used supercomputer simulations to reveal an alternate explanation for the Moon's origin, as a satellite placed immediately into orbit following a giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized body.
The researchers created the highest resolution simulations yet produced to study the Moon's origin 4.5 billion years ago. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2022 
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft intentionally crashed into Dimorphos, the asteroid moonlet in the double-asteroid system of Didymos, on Monday 26 September 2022. This was the first planetary defense test in which an impact of a spacecraft attempted to modify the orbit of an asteroid.
Two days after DART's impact, astronomers Teddy Kareta (Lowell Observatory) and M ... more |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
Earth Blox, the no-code Earth observation platform for data analysts, has announced a low-touch SaaS offering at Google's Geo for Good Summit in Mountain View, California and invited delegates to register for early access.
Launching early in the new year, the program will give data scientists and analysts access to the software for free for a limited time. Participants will be asked to par ... 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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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 06, 2022 
The large-scale structure of the universe is traced by the distribution of galaxies. This 'cosmic web' consists of giant filamentary structures linking massive clusters of galaxies.
The new study finds that galaxies with bigger bulges tend to spin perpendicular to the filaments in which they are embedded, while galaxies with smaller bulges tend to spin parallel to these filaments.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 4, 2021 
Three scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for independent research over the course of half a century that has brought new understanding to the behavior of tiny particles that make up the foundation of matter in the universe.
American researcher John Clauser, French scientist Alain Aspect of the University of Paris, and Austrian scientist Anton Zeilinger of the Univer ... more |
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