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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 01, 2022 Last week, during the French Space Tour organized by Business France in Australia, Arianespace and Space Machines Company announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to define the terms and conditions of possible future cooperation. Arianespace works on several opportunities with customers looking for direct GEO injection or specific LEO/MEO orbits. In order to provide the best and most cost-effective solution to this type of requests, Arianespace has always looked for new and i ... read more |
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Largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight yearsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2022 Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot ... more  
CAPSTONE 2 weeks from lunar arrivalWestminster,CO (SPX) Nov 01, 2022 Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company with breakthrough navigation technology, completed its fourth trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) for CAPSTONE on Thursday. TCM-4 was the ... more  
AFWERX AFVentures enhances SBIR/STTR program to increase tech transitionWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 AFWERX AFVentures began the new fiscal year with multiple enhancements to the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer, or SBIR/STTR, Program after Congress reauthorized ... more  
18 SDS, France's COSMOS integrate SDA knowledge during 'Operator Exchange'Vandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Oct 27, 2022 The 18th Space Defense Squadron (18 SDS) hosted five French space operators from the Operational Center for Military Surveillance of Space Objects (COSMOS) to integrate Space Domain Awareness (SDA) ... more |
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Mini-radar for asteroid CubeSatParis (ESA) Oct 28, 2022 This 10-cm box will make history as the smallest radar instrument to be flown in space - and the very first radar to probe the interior of an asteroid. Its target? The Dimorphos asteroid, which on t ... more 
NASA's Lunar Flashlight ready to search for the lunar iceWashington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 Set for a November launch, the small satellite mission will use lasers to search for water ice inside the darkest craters at the Moon's South Pole. The Moon's poles offer a tantalizing opportunity f ... 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 
US to 'hold Russia accountable' if satellites attacked: W.HouseWashington (AFP) Oct 27, 2022 The United States will respond in an "appropriate" way to any Russian attack against US commercial satellites, the White House said Thursday after a Russian official suggested they could become legitimate targets in space. ... more |
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Let the Detour Begin - To Gediz Vallis Ridge We Go: Sols 3637-3638Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 31, 2022 This is a two sol weekend plan, as Saturday is a soliday. On the first sol, we characterize the workspace in front of us and then drive on the second sol to a new workspace. We are now officially on ... more 
NASA laser project benefits animal researchers, UW scientists showLaramie WY (SPX) Nov 01, 2022 Scientists researching forest carnivores such as martens, foxes and coyotes spend hours clambering through rugged terrain, sometimes in deep snow, placing and baiting camera traps to learn about ani ... more 
China launches experimental satellite into spaceShanghai, China (XNA) Oct 28, 2022 China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Saturday morning to transport an experimental satellite into space, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned s ... more 
Final module docks at China's Tiangong space stationBeijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2022 The final module of China's Tiangong space station successfully docked with the core structure on Tuesday, state media said - a key step in its completion by year's end and a landmark moment in the country's space ambitions. ... more |
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USSPACECOM Deputy Commander discusses deep space explorationPeterson SFB CO (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw, U.S. Space Command deputy commander, participated in the Accelerating Sustainable Deep Space Exploration panel, alongside Mr. Jim Free, NASA Exploration Developm ... more 
BlackSky wins $10M follow-on contract for high-frequency imagery services with Asian government allyHerndon VA (SPX) Oct 27, 2022 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a one-year $10 million contract to provide on-demand, real-time high-resolution imagery services to an international ministry of defense customer in ... more 
Scientists choose first Mars samples worthy of return to EarthParis (ESA) Oct 28, 2022 The first samples to be taken from Mars and sent to Earth will be sourced from Jezero Crater, where the Perseverance rover has been exploring the crater floor and nearby ancient delta. The location ... more  
Starshade competition challenges students to block starlight for observing exoplanetsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 AIP is organizing a competition for undergraduate students in the physical sciences to design a spaceborne starshade. The device will orbit Earth, blocking the light from a star and allowing ground- ... more 
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 |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 01, 2022 
Last week, during the French Space Tour organized by Business France in Australia, Arianespace and Space Machines Company announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to define the terms and conditions of possible future cooperation.
Arianespace works on several opportunities with customers looking for direct GEO injection or specific LEO/MEO orbits. In order to provide t ... more |
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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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 Shanghai, China (XNA) Oct 28, 2022 
China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Saturday morning to transport an experimental satellite into space, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The State-owned space conglomerate said in a press release that the rocket blasted off at 9:01 am at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China and soon sent the Shiyan 20C, or Experiment 20C, into its ... more |
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 Zurich, 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 provide affordable, high-speed broadband connections around the world.
Now, United Launch Alliance (ULA) has also awarded Beyond Gravity the contract to supply 38 payload fairings for its Vulcan ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2022 
AIP is organizing a competition for undergraduate students in the physical sciences to design a spaceborne starshade. The device will orbit Earth, blocking the light from a star and allowing ground-based telescopes to observe extra-solar planets.
Since the light coming from a star is likely billions of times brighter than the reflected light from an Earth-like exoplanet, obstructing the li ... 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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 Dar Es Salaam (AFP) Oct 27, 2022 
Tanzanian authorities on Thursday began rationing water in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam following a drought-induced drop in water levels from its main source, the Ruvu river.
The 5.5 million inhabitants of the Indian Ocean city will go without piped water for 24 hours on alternating days, the Dar es Salaam Water and Sanitation Authority (DAWASA) said.
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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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 Westminster,CO (SPX) Nov 01, 2022 
Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company with breakthrough navigation technology, completed its fourth trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) for CAPSTONE on Thursday. TCM-4 was the fourth of six planned maneuvers en route to the Moon, targeting the precise orbit for the CAPSTONE demonstration. This follows the restoration of the spacecraft's capabilities as it has recovered fro ... 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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 Baltimore 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 landscape of time-forgotten tombs. Nor are these soot-tinged fingers reaching out. These pillars, flush with gas and dust, enshroud stars that are slowly forming over many millennia. NASA's James Web ... 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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