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  Beijing (XNA) Nov 07, 2022 Engineers in China's space industry conducted a key test of the country's most powerful liquid-propellant rocket engine on Saturday, marking a large stride in the development of a super-heavy carrier rocket. Developed by the Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology in Xi'an of Shaanxi province, the 500-metric ton-thrust engine's first ignition test took place at the academy's testing facility in a Xi'an suburb. It was a "complete success", the academy said in a news release. The test's suc ... read more |
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Rocket Lab opens Archimedes Engine Test Stand at Stennis Space CenterStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Nov 07, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has kicked off operations for testing the Archimedes engine with a ribbon cutting ceremony at NASA's historic Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The Archimedes ... more  
Martian Sausages: Sols 3641-3642Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 07, 2022 We are perched just below the "Marker Band," a thin dark band whose origin is unclear. As Michelle noted yesterday, we found some amazing textured float rocks in our workspace but were not in a good ... more  
Next-gen space-based positioning tech plannedBeijing (XNA) Nov 07, 2022 China plans to establish a next-generation space-based navigation and positioning system by 2035, said a government official overseeing the sector. Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navig ... more 
Perseverance seals up Sample tube 14.Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 07, 2022 The team is making progress identifying and implementing a fix that will allow a seal to cap off the rover's latest rock sample, which was collected at the base of Jezero's delta from an outcrop cal ... more |
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Iran says it successfully tested satellite launcherTehran (AFP) Nov 5, 2022 Iran announced Saturday the successful test flight of a rocket capable of propelling satellites into space, three months after launching a satellite with the help of Russia. ... more 
NASA rolls Moon rocket out to Kennedy Space Center launch padKennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) Nov 4, 2022 NASA rolled out its largest-ever rocket to a launch pad in Florida on Friday and will try again 10 days from now to blast off on a much-delayed uncrewed mission to the Moon. ... more 
Rocket Lab deploys 152nd satelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2022 Rocket Lab USA Inc, (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched its 32nd Electron mission to deploy its 152nd satellite to orbit, a science payload for the Swedish National Space Agency. The MATS satel ... more  
RDARS Eagle Nest Autonomous Drone-In-a-Box solution supports SpaceX Starlink Satellite CommunicationsToronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 RDARS Inc. (CSE: RDRS) (OTCQB: RDRSF), an autonomous robotics and drone technology company developing advanced systems for alarm system augmentation and surveillance, is pleased to announce its succ ... more |
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How magnetism could help explain Earth's formationLeeds UK (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 There are several theories about how the Earth and the Moon were formed, most involving a giant impact. They vary from a model where the impacting object strikes the newly formed Earth a glancing bl ... more  
World's first optical atomic clock with highly charged ionsBraunschweig, Germany (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 Highly charged ions are a common form of matter in the cosmos, where they are found, for example, in the sun or other stars. They are so called because they have lost many electrons and therefore ha ... more  
NASA fieldwork studies signs of climate change in Arctic boreal regionsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 From the window of a NASA Gulfstream III research aircraft, Alaska looks like a pristine wilderness untouched by humans. The land is covered in lush, green vegetation and dotted with bright blue lak ... more  
Geophysicist Leigh Royden looks at Earth from the top downBoston MA (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 The German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has counted some of the greatest scientists in history among its ranks. Founded in 1652, and named in honor of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, the scienti ... more |
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University of Southern Queensland scientist unveils further proof of salty water on MarsToowoomba, Australia (SPX) Nov 07, 2022 It may be known as a rocky, red planet but evidence is mounting that salty water exists at the base of polar deposits on Mars. University of Southern Queensland's Professor Graziella Caprarell ... more  
Chinese rocket re-enters Earth atmosphere uncontrolled over the Pacific OceanWashington DC (UPI) Nov 4, 2021 Chinese rocket debris weighing 23 tons is crashing to Earth in an uncontrolled descent Friday. ... more 
Astronomers discover closest black hole to EarthWashington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 Astronomers using the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF's NOIRLab, have discovered the closest-known black hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection of a dormant stellar ... more  
IceCube neutrinos provide new view of active galaxyAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 An international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of Adelaide, have gathered new evidence about the energetic core of an active galaxy millions of lights years away by det ... more  
Oldest planetary debris in our galaxy found from new studyWarwick UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2022 Astronomers led by the University of Warwick have identified the oldest star in our galaxy that is accreting debris from orbiting planetesimals, making it one of the oldest rocky and icy planetary s ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 
The 18th Northrop Grumman commercial resupply services mission for NASA to the International Space Station carries scientific investigations of topics such as plant mutations and mudflow structure along with a demonstration of camera technology and small satellites from Japan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The Cygnus spacecraft carrying these investigations to the orbiting laboratory is scheduled for li ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2022 
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has confirmed that it will attempt to catch an Electron rocket with a helicopter as it returns to Earth from space during the Company's next launch.
Rocket Lab's 32nd Electron launch, the "Catch Me If You Can" mission, is scheduled to launch from Pad B at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 during a launch window opening on November 04, UTC.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2022 
We arrived at the spectacular workspace pictured above, but what made it spectacular - rocks - is what also made it tricky. Our left front wheel was propped up just enough on one of the lovely and interesting rocks to make it unsafe to unstow the arm. Thus, as Deirdra, one of my planning partners said - it felt like Mars was taunting us with some early 1990s MC Hammer.
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 04, 2022 
Chinese astronauts onboard the nation's Tiangong space station entered the Mengtian lab module on Thursday afternoon, several hours after the completion of the station's in-orbit assembly.
Crew members of the Shenzhou XIV mission - mission commander Senior Colonel Chen Dong, Senior Colonel Liu Yang and Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe - opened Mengtian's hatch and entered the lab component at 3:12 ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by Inmarsat Government as partner to develop and manufacture an L-band radio in support of NASA's Communications Services Project (CSP). CSP seeks to accelerate the development of commercial near-Earth communications services by partnering with satellite communications (SATCOM) providers.
Rocket Lab will help enable Inmarsat's InCommand ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 
SpiderOak, the leader in complete cybersecurity solutions for next generation space systems, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to deliver the company's OrbitSecure zero-trust protocol on-orbit. The project will demonstrate end-to-end cybersecurity for the Department of Defense's future Hybrid Space Architecture, an initiative the U.S. Congress has begun referr ... more |
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2022 
Astronomers led by the University of Warwick have identified the oldest star in our galaxy that is accreting debris from orbiting planetesimals, making it one of the oldest rocky and icy planetary systems discovered in the Milky Way. Their findings are published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, which conclude that a faint white dwarf located 90 light years from Earth, as ... 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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 Cairo (AFP) Nov 6, 2022 
Jailed Egyptian dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah has stopped drinking water, his family said Sunday, escalating his hunger strike as world leaders arrive in the country for the COP27 climate summit.
A major figure in the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime president Hosni Mubarak, British-Egyptian Abdel Fattah is currently serving a five-year sentence for "broadcasting false news", having already s ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 07, 2022 
China plans to establish a next-generation space-based navigation and positioning system by 2035, said a government official overseeing the sector. Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, said at a news conference held by the State Council Information Office on Friday in Beijing that the next-generation system, which has yet to be named, will be accessible to users anywhe ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 
As astronauts explore the South Pole region of the Moon during Artemis missions, they will be able to go farther and conduct more science than ever before thanks to a new Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV). Instead of owning the vehicle, NASA plans to contract it as a service from industry.
The draft request for proposals for the LTV Services (LTVS) contract is now ready for industry to review, a ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 02, 2022 
On September 26, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into Dimorphos, a moonlet of the near-Earth asteroid Didymos, at 14,000 miles per hour. Prior to the impact, Southwest Research Institute engineers and scientists performed an experiment to study the cratering process that produces the mass of ejected materials and measures the subsequent momentum enhancement of t ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 
Since its launch seven months ago, the German Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite has been busy collecting data. It has recorded more than 11.4 million square kilometres of Earth's surface flr-german-environmental-mapping-and-analysis-program-enmapan area larger than Europe flr-german-environmental-mapping-and-analysis-program-enmapfrom an altitude of approximately 650 k ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2022 
For the second time in 2022, stargazers will have the opportunity to view a total lunar eclipse on Nov. 8. At least a portion of the phenomenon will be visible throughout eastern Asia, Australia, the Pacific, and North America. The previous total lunar eclipse happened in May.
According to Alphonse Sterling, astrophysicist from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, to ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 
Planets can force their host stars to act younger than their age, according to a new study of multiple systems using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This may be the best evidence to date that some planets apparently slow down the aging process for their host stars.
While the anti-aging property of "hot Jupiters" (that is, gas giant exoplanets that orbit a star at Mercury's distance or cl ... more |
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 Braunschweig, Germany (SPX) Nov 03, 2022 
Highly charged ions are a common form of matter in the cosmos, where they are found, for example, in the sun or other stars. They are so called because they have lost many electrons and therefore have a high positive charge. This is why the outermost electrons are more strongly bound to the atomic nucleus than in neutral or weakly charged atoms. For this reason, highly charged ions react less st ... more |
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