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  Paris (ESA) Oct 19, 2022 The Ariane 6 launch pad at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana now hosts for the first time a fully assembled example of ESA's new heavy-lift rocket, following the addition of an upper composite to the core stage and four boosters already in place. The upper composite - consisting of two half-fairings and a payload mock-up with the structural adapter needed to join it to the core stage - made the 10 km trip from the encapsulation building to launch pad on 12 October. Assembly, transfer and install ... read more |
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NASA to resume spacewalks after investigation into 'close call'Washington DC (UPI) Oct 19, 2021 NASA has approved resumption of routine spacewalks outside the International Space Station after a seven-month pause and after finishing an October flight readiness review. ... more  
How scientist monitored and early warned potential hazardous near-earth asteroidsBeijing, China (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 An enormous number of near-Earth asteroid (NEA) orbit around the Sun, and among them 2072 NEAs, which are recorded in the Minor Planet Center (MPC) database, belong to the class of potential hazardo ... more  
Curiosity reaches long-awaited salty region on Martian mountainsidePasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2022 After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the "sulfate-bearing unit," a long-sought region of Mount Sharp enriched with salty mi ... more 
ARCA Space launches the AMiE crypto coinLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 ARCA Space started the first sale for the AMi Exploration (AMiE) utility token, issued in the Avalanche blockchain. For this first sale ARCA Space made available 675,676 tokens from the total of 1 b ... more |
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Celebrating committed orders for over 200 Astra spacecraft enginesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 Astra celebrates cumulative committed orders for more than 200 engines and two full programs of Astra Spacecraft Enginesalready delivered. "I'm thrilled that Astra has achieved both milestones ... more 
Method for decoding asteroid interiors could help aim asteroid-deflecting missionsBoston MA (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 NASA hit a bullseye in late September with DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which flew a spacecraft straight at the heart of a nearby asteroid. The one-way kamikaze mission smashed into t ... more  
SwRI scientists compile Cassini's unique observations of Saturn's ringsSan Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Southwest Research Institute scientists have compiled 41 solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings from the Cassini mission. The compilation, published recently in the scientific journal Icar ... more  
Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creationBaltimore MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape - the iconic Pillars of Creation - where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensi ... more |
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New tool allows scientists to peer inside neutron starsPrinceton NJ (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Imagine taking a star twice the mass of the Sun and crushing it to the size of Manhattan. The result would be a neutron star-one of the densest objects found anywhere in the Universe, exceeding the ... more 
Astronomers create new technique to assist in search for dark matterColumbus OH (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Meteors may help astronomers devise a new way to locate dark matter - mysterious and invisible particles that have so far only been discerned by the effect they have on the natural world. Five ... more  
Viasat and Inmarsat will work with CMA to demonstrate customer benefits of proposed transactionCarlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) and Inmarsat report they are working with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to demonstrate how the planned combination of the companies will benefit custome ... more  
Distribution partners selected for Inmarsat's SwiftJet Business Aviation Inflight Connectivity ServiceLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Inmarsat's ground-breaking new SwiftJet inflight connectivity service for the business aviation market has passed an important milestone, after industry heavyweights Satcom Direct and Honeywell were ... more |
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First Eurostar Neo satellite launchedParis (ESA) Oct 17, 2022 The first satellite to be built under ESA's Eurostar Neo programme has launched. The satellite - called Eutelsat Hotbird 13F - was developed and built by satellite manufacturer Airbus for satellite ... more  
NASA extends contract with Planet Labs granting access to EO data to 300,000 scientistsSan Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, reports that NASA has exercised an option to extend its contract with Planet under the Commercial SmallSat Data ... more  
How to allow astronauts not only to survive but to thrive in alien environmentsBeijing, China (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Current international human space exploration roadmaps envisage month-long duration crew stays on the Moon within the next few decades, with crewed missions to Mars the longterm goal. The psychologi ... more 
ISS experiments reveal risks for future human space flightsOsaka, Japan (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 An international team of researchers has conducted a long-term experiment aboard the International Space Station to test the effect of space radiation on mouse embryonic stem cells. Their findings w ... more  
NASA Poised to Break Sound Barrier in New WayEdwards AFB CO (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 Seventy-five years ago, a sonic boom thundered for the first time over the high desert of California. On the ground below, it has been written, a small group of researchers from the National Advisor ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2022 
Dennis Tito, an American entrepreneur who in 2001 became the first person to pay for their own space voyage, said Wednesday he plans to fly with his wife Akiko on a future SpaceX mission around the Moon.
The voyage will take place after Elon Musk's company has finished developing its prototype Starship rocket and has flown a first commercial flight that will include Japanese billionaire Yusa ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Astra celebrates cumulative committed orders for more than 200 engines and two full programs of Astra Spacecraft Enginesalready delivered.
"I'm thrilled that Astra has achieved both milestones: over 200 engines ordered and delivery of two full programs," said Chris Kemp, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Astra, "Thank you to our customers for their confidence in our team and products, and cong ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2022 
For the first time in a little while we're at a new location after a drive in the last plan, which means new targets for the Geo team to investigate, and slightly different viewsheds for ENV to work with. Power was a bit tight, especially for the first sol with two hours of science time, a drive, and arm activities. Still, we managed to pack in lots of targeted science before driving away.
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 11, 2022 
Propellant injection work on the Mengtian space lab, the second lab component of China's Tiangong space station, was conducted on Monday morning at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that the lab module has undergone ground tests at the center and will undergo checks of its functions along with ... more |
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 Carlsbad CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) and Inmarsat report they are working with the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to demonstrate how the planned combination of the companies will benefit customers by improving efficiencies, lowering costs, and increasing the availability of in-flight connectivity (IFC) around the world.
The CMA announced today it will refer the transaction to a Phase 2 ... more |
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 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Satellites are increasingly becoming network nodes of the internet. Terrestrial nodes are integrated via fibre optic networks, and satellites can only keep up with current developments on the ground if they are also optically networked. European Commission programmes such as the 'Secure Connectivity Initiative' depend on this technology, as do many commercial networks such as Starlink or Oneweb, ... more |
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 Jerusalem (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
The climate crisis presents a huge challenge to all people on Earth. It has led many scientists to look for exo-planets, planets outside our solar system that humans could potentially settle. The James Webb Space Telescope was developed as part of this search to provide detailed observational data about earth-like exo-planets in the coming years.
A new project, led by Dr. Assaf Hochman at ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2022 
ESA's Mars Express has captured the rare moment of Mars' small moon Deimos passing in front of Jupiter and its four largest moons - the focus of ESA's upcoming Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer launching next year. Celestial alignments like these enable a more precise determination of the martian moons' orbits.
Since arriving in orbit at the Red Planet in 2003, Mars Express routinely observes the ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that affects the climate of much of the tropics and subtropics. This natural phenomenon is important to study because of the socioeconomic impacts it can have on matters such as food security, agricultural production, human health and water resource ... more |
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 Mexico City (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday denied that a space cooperation agreement signed with Russia last year would help Moscow spy on North America.
The pact was inked before Russia's invasion of Ukraine and "now a scandal is being made because there's talk that Mexico is allowing Russian satellites to be used to spy on Mexican and North American airspace," Lopez Obrador to ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2021 
James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, has died, the space agency said in a statement. He was 93.
McDivitt "passed away peacefully in his sleep" in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday as he was surrounded by family and friends, NASA said.
Throughout his decade working with NASA, McDivitt spent 14 days in space and took part in missions t ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Ateam of scientists led by Arecibo Observatory and the University of Central Florida has measured a change in the rotation period of the potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon, a future spacecraft target.
Phaethon is just the 11th asteroid with a measured change in its rotation period, and it is the largest of them.
The discovery is an example of progress in global e ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, reports that NASA has exercised an option to extend its contract with Planet under the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program through September 2023.
Planet has been providing data to NASA scientists and federally funded researchers under this program since 2018 and the company looks forward ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
The countdown has begun! Exactly one year from today, the first of two major solar eclipses just six months apart will occur over the Americas. On October 14, 2023, the Moon will pass directly between Earth and the Sun but will cover only 90% of the brilliant solar disk. The remaining 10% will appear as a blazing "ring of fire" around the Moon's dark silhouette.
This annular (Latin for rin ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2022 
Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth and was likely triggered by the formation of a black hole.
The burst of gamma-rays - the most intense form of electromagnetic radiation - was first detected by orbiting telescopes on October 9, and its afterglow is still being watched by scientists across the wor ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 
Tiny dust molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most widespread organic molecules in the universe and important astronomical tools. For instance, they are considered to be fundamental building blocks of prebiotic compounds, which may have played a key role in the origin of life. PAH molecules produce extremely bright emission bands in the infrared region when t ... more |
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