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  Beijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2022 China launched the final module of its Tiangong space station on Monday, state media said, the latest step in Beijing's ambitious space programme. The module named Mengtian, or "dreaming of heavens," was "launched on a Long March 5B rocket from the Wenchang launch centre" on China's tropical island Hainan, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Amateur photographers and space enthusiasts watched the launch - which took place at 3:27 pm (0727 GMT) - from a nearby beach. Mengtian is the third and ... read more |
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NASA generated $71 billion in economic impact in 2021Washington DC (UPI) Oct 27, 2021 NASA's latest economic impact report released Thursday, boasting $71.2 billion in output during the fiscal year 2021. ... more 
China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyondBeijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2022 China successfully launched the final module of its Tiangong space station on Monday, inching closer to completion by the end of the year and a landmark moment in the country's space ambitions. ... more  
Meteorite impact provides a glimpse beneath Mars' surfaceBerlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 On 24 December 2021, NASA's InSight lander felt the ground shake. Its SEIS seismometer registered a marsquake of magnitude 4. Independently, a 150-metre diameter crater was photographed from orbit b ... more 
NASA and ESA agree on next steps to return Mars samples to EarthPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 28, 2022 The next step in the unprecedented campaign to return scientifically selected samples from Mars was made on Oct. 19 with a formal agreement between NASA and its partner ESA (European Space Agency). ... more |
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NASA continues Psyche asteroid missionPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 28, 2022 Earlier this year, Psyche missed its planned 2022 launch period as a result of mission development problems, leading to an internal review of whether the mission would be able to overcome these issu ... more  
Scientists utilize lunar soils to sustainably supply oxygen and fuels on moon in an unmanned mannerHefei, China (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 Building up the lunar settlement is the ultimate aim of lunar exploitation since human's first step on the moon. Yet, limited fuel and oxygen supplies restrict human survival on the moon. Combining ... more  
SatixFy completes business combination with Endurance Acquisition CorpRehovot, Israel (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 SatixFy Communications Ltd. has completed its previously-announced business combination with Endurance Acquisition Corp. ("Endurance") following the approval of the business combination by Endurance ... more 
SpaceX California launch sends 53 more Starlink satellites into orbitWashington DC (UPI) Oct 28, 2021 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Thursday. ... more |
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Beyond Gravity wins major contract from ULA for Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation launchesZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 In mid-March this year, Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) was awarded a contract to develop and deliver the dispenser system for Amazon's planned satellite constellation. Project Kuiper aims to p ... more 
Spectral evolution of a dark asteroid surface after ten years of space weatheringTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 When asteroid 596 Scheila collided with an object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter in December 2010, a fresh layer of material was exposed on the asteroid surface . An international res ... more 
Magma on Mars likelyZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 Since 2018, when the NASA InSight Mission deployed the SEIS seismometer on the surface of Mars, seismologists and geophysicists at ETH Zurich have been listening to the seismic pings of more than 1, ... more 
A close encounter with a mysterious moonParis (ESA) Oct 28, 2022 In 1877, the American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars, later named Phobos and Deimos after the Greek for 'fear' and 'panic'. But it was excitement, ra ... more |
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Meteorite that smashed into Mars shook planetWashington (AFP) Oct 27, 2022 Scientists who study Mars on Thursday revealed the remarkable Christmas gift they received from the planet last year. ... more 
ANU scientists use deep planetary scan to confirm Martian coreCanberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 Seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of t ... more 
Traces of ancient ocean discovered on MarsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars. The maps offer the strongest case yet that the planet once experienced sea-level rise consiste ... more 
Lumpy Bumpy: Sols 3635-3636Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 28, 2022 In today's plan, we got to exercise our combined APXS-MAHLI touch and go capability. Now that our days on Mars are starting a bit earlier thanks to Earth rising earlier in the morning sky, APXS gets ... more  
Webb reveals dust, structure in Pillars of CreationBaltimore MD (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 The observatory's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) provides a different view of the famous pillars, revealing young stars that have not yet cast off their dusty "cloaks." This is not an ethereal ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 27, 2021 
NASA's latest economic impact report released Thursday, boasting $71.2 billion in output during the fiscal year 2021.
The report from NASA outlines how its activities, including research and technology, affect the economy. Those activities supported more than 339,000 jobs across the United States while generating about $7.7 billion in tax dollars.
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2022 
A University of Central Florida researcher has received NASA funding to further develop a novel rocket engine system that could revolutionize space travel.
The project focuses on rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs), which are powered by continuous Mach 5 explosions that rotate around the inside of the engine and are sustained by hydrogen and oxygen propellants fed into the system in ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 28, 2022 
In 1877, the American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered two small moons circling the planet Mars, later named Phobos and Deimos after the Greek for 'fear' and 'panic'.
But it was excitement, rather than fear and panic, that characterised the close encounter with Phobos made by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft in the run up to Halloween this year. The recent flyby of the larger martian moon off ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 26, 2022 
China's Mengtian space lab module and its carrier - a Long March 5B rocket - were moved to a service tower on Tuesday morning to undergo final tests before their planned flight in the coming days, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a brief news release that prelaunch preparation work is underway at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the southernmost island prov ... more |
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 Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 
SatixFy Communications Ltd. has completed its previously-announced business combination with Endurance Acquisition Corp. ("Endurance") following the approval of the business combination by Endurance's stockholders on October 25, 2022 and satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
In addition, on October 24, 2022, Endurance and SatixFy entered into a previously disclosed OTC Prepaid Forw ... more |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Oct 27, 2022 
How does something that looks like a stack of orange inner tubes covered in a black tarp survive temperatures reaching 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it plunges through the atmosphere? An upcoming technology demonstration uses advanced materials to make a heat shield that's tougher than it looks.
Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) technology has been in development for more ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Oct 24, 2022 
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf - the most common type of star in the universe - appears to have no atmosphere at all. This discovery could cause a major shift in the search for life on other planets. Because M-dwarfs are so ubiquitous, this discovery means a large number of planets orbiting these stars may also lack atmospheres and therefore are unlikely to harbor living things.
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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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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 30, 2022 
Regional powers poured record amounts of cash into the Pacific Islands during the coronavirus pandemic to help them weather the economic fallout as competition for influence heats up between China and the West.
An annual study released by Australia's Lowy Institute on Monday showed financial assistance to the Pacific Islands rose 47 percent in 2020 versus the year before.
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 27, 2022 
Satellite navigation is headed closer to users. ESA's Navigation Directorate is planning an in-orbit demonstration with new navigation satellites that will orbit just a few hundred kilometres up in space, supplementing Europe's 23 222-km-distant Galileo satellites. Operating added-value signals, these novel so-called 'LEO-PNT' satellites will investigate a new multi-layer satnav system-of-system ... more |
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 Hefei, China (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 
Building up the lunar settlement is the ultimate aim of lunar exploitation since human's first step on the moon. Yet, limited fuel and oxygen supplies restrict human survival on the moon. Combining photovoltaic and electrocatalysis, the artificial production of hydrocarbon fuels along with oxygen using carbon dioxide and water as the feedstocks has been demonstrably feasible on the earth and kno ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 26, 2021 
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has captured new high resolution images of the Moon's Central Highlands surface taken while the spacecraft was between Earth and the Moon.
The Oct. 16 images were taken approximately 140,000 to 160,000 miles from the moon after Lucy flew by the Earth for its first of three gravity assists, the space agency said. They included a "Terminator Mosaic," as well as sing ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2022 
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Mission Space for a partnership for space weather intelligence data collection.
With this partnership, Sidus Space will integrate sets of Missi ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 25, 2021 
The last solar eclipse of the year was visible across Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa on Tuesday.
The partial eclipse is the second of the year and began at about 4:48 a.m. ET with the moon beginning to overlap with the sun. At its peak, about 82%-86% of the sun will be eclipsed. This will happen around 11:10 a.m., though the best spot to observe will be the North P ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2022 
A gas giant exoplanet with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf star by a suite of instruments, including the NASA-funded NEID radial-velocity instrument on the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab. The planet, named TOI-3757 b, is the fluffiest gas giant planet ever discovered around this type of star. ... more |
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 Newport News VA (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Nuclear physicists have confirmed that the current description of proton structure isn't all smooth sailing. A new precision measurement of the proton's electric polarizability performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has revealed a bump in the data in probes of the proton's structure. Though widely thought to be a fluke when seen in earlier mea ... more |
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