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  Paris (ESA) Nov 10, 2022 Solar power gathered far away in space, seen here being transmitted wirelessly down to Earth to wherever it is needed. ESA plans to investigate key technologies needed to make Space-Based Solar Power a working reality through its SOLARIS initative. One such technology - wireless power transmission - was recently demonstrated in Germany to an audience of decision makers from business and government. The demonstration took place at Airbus' X-Works Innovation Factory in Munich. Using microwave beamin ... read more |
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MDA selects Rocket Lab to supply satellite operations control center for the Globalstar constellationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by MDA Ltd (TSX: MDA) to develop the Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) for Globalstar's (NYSE American: GSAT) growing constellation. MDA ... more 
Astra laying off 16% of workforce, honing focus on developmentWashington DC (UPI) Nov 9, 2021 California-based rocket company Astra will lay off 16% of its workforce, it announced with its quarterly financial report Tuesday. ... more  
MAVEN observes Martian light show caused by major solar stormBoulder CO (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 For the first time in its eight years orbiting Mars, NASA's MAVEN mission witnessed two different types of ultraviolet aurorae simultaneously, the result of solar storms that began on Aug. 27. ... more 
Perseverance activities at Amalik outcropPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2022 On Sol 579 (October 6, 2022), Perseverance collected a sedimentary sample named "Mageik," the mission's 14th rock core, from the Amalik outcrop in the Enchanted Lake region at the base of the Jezero ... more |
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Nicole postpones NASA Artemis I mission until Nov. 16Washington DC (UPI) Nov 9, 2021 NASA has decided to re-schedule its Artemis 1 mission launch to Nov. 16, "pending safe conditions for employees to return to work." ... more 
Rocket Lab announces launch window for inaugural Electron launch from Wallops IslandWallops Island VA (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced it plans to launch its first Electron mission from Virginia during a launch window opening December 7 EST. The mission, named "Virginia is for Launc ... more 
Splashdown is Just the Start for NASA Heat Shield Recovery TeamWashington DC (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 After NASA's inflatable heat shield splashes down 500 miles off the coast of Hawaii, the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, technology demonstration will be complet ... more 
Nicole weakens to Tropical Storm, threatens NASA launchWashington (AFP) Nov 10, 2022 Tropical Storm Nicole slowed after making landfall in the US state of Florida, meteorologists said Thursday, with high winds raising concerns that a long-delayed NASA rocket launch could be disrupted. ... more |
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SmartSat CRC and NASA team up to collaborate on astronaut emergency communicationsAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre, has announced a project agreement to further develop new Search and Rescue (SAR) beacon technologies with partner NASA. Australia and the United States, a ... more 
S.S. Sally Ride delivers experiments to International Space StationWashington DC (UPI) Nov 9, 2021 The S.S. Sally Ride delivered experiments and other supplies to astronauts on the International Space Station Wednesday morning. ... more  
SES and Shevon to boost African mining connectivityLuxembourg (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 A leading African mining company based in the DRC will be enjoying high-speed satellite-based connectivity services as part of a new agreement between Shevon and SES, the two companies announced tod ... more 
Rocket Lab to launch HawkEye 360's Cluster 6 satellites in DecemberHerndon VA (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, today announced its Cluster 6 next-generation satellites is scheduled to launch duri ... more |
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Arianespace to launch EAGLE-1 for Europe's Quantum Cryptography programLuxembourg (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 The EAGLE-1 satellite, which will support the end-to-end secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for Europe, will be launched for SES by Arianespace on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as ear ... more  
Ground Survey Datasets Released to Validate Satellite-based Remote Sensing DataBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 07, 2022 Recently, the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released the second batch of ground survey datasets through its Common Application support ... more  
Observation of a self-generated current to self-confine fusion plasmasSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 Nuclear fusion has drawn more attention in the era of carbon neutrality because of no carbon dioxide production during power generation and no generation of high-level radioactive wastes. A tokamak, ... more  
UniSA launches Global Executive MBA in Defence and SpaceAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 The University of South Australia is collaborating with American and British partners to launch a Global Executive MBA in Defence and Space, the first program of its kind in Australia. Leverag ... more 
Satellites help scientists track dramatic wetlands loss in LouisianaGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 New research uses NASA satellite observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe. From Lake Pontchartrain to the Texas border, Louisiana has lost en ... more |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 
SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre, has announced a project agreement to further develop new Search and Rescue (SAR) beacon technologies with partner NASA.
Australia and the United States, as leaders in the field, have a long history of cooperation in Search and Rescue. In 2020 NASA and SmartSat announced a collaboration to advance satellite-based emergency communications and Search and ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 8, 2021 
SpaceX's next launch has been pushed back at least four days due to concerns about the recently formed Subtropical Storm Nicole.
The company had been planning to launch its Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 satellites for the telecom company Intelsat from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force station on Tuesday.
"Teams at the Cape are preparing for Tropical Storm Nicole and are now targetin ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2022 
Curiosity was parked amongst beautiful, rhythmically layered bedrock in our previous workspace. The term rhythmic is used to describe fine scale, repeating layers that exhibit a uniform spacing and thickness. This bedrock was exposed just above the marker band that we had been investigating for several sols prior.
The marker band has been mapped from orbit and appears to be a relatively co ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 09, 2022 
China's next-generation rocket to carry humans is expected to make its maiden flight around 2027, said a project manager.
Zhao Xinguo, a senior rocket designer and head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology's rocket development department, said the new rocket, which has yet to be named, is an important backbone in China's ambitious plan to place its astronauts on the moon.
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 Herndon VA (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 
HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, today announced its Cluster 6 next-generation satellites is scheduled to launch during a 13-day window that opens on December 7 aboard the inaugural Rocket Lab Electron flight at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The satellites wi ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, has announced the completion of an ~5% investment in Officina Stellare ("OS"). This includes an option for Satellogic to expand its ownership to up to 12% in the next 36 months and the appointment of Emiliano Kargieman, CEO and Co-Founder of Satellogic, to the OS Board of Directors.
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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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 Birmingham UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 
Water security in mountain regions relies on a broader understanding of the complex interlinks of water supply and demand that goes far beyond the study of glacier melt.
Current information on how the communities which depend on water from mountain snow and ice will be affected by climate change is limited, according to new research published in Nature Sustainability.
The study, led ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2022 
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will be further developed and feature better compatibility and interoperability coordination with the world's other navigation systems, including the GPS system of the United States, Russia's GLONASS system and the Galileo system of the European Union, an official said during the World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit in Zhejiang province on Wedn ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 
CAPTOPM First License Granted Under Japan's Space Resources Act
ispace, inc. (ispace), a global lunar exploration company with its headquarters in Japan and regional offices in the United States and Europe, announced that it has received a license from the Japanese government to conduct business activity on the moon as part of its first lunar mission.
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 21, 2022 
Two tails of dust ejected from the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system are seen in new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, documenting the lingering aftermath of the NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact on 27 September 2022 at 01:14 CEST. Current data show that DART shortened Dimorphos' original 11 hour and 55 minute orbit around Didymos by about 32 minutes.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 
New research uses NASA satellite observations and advanced computing to chronicle wetlands lost (and found) around the globe.
From Lake Pontchartrain to the Texas border, Louisiana has lost enough wetlands since the mid-1950s to cover the entire state of Rhode Island. Using a first-of-its-kind model, NASA-funded researchers quantified those wetlands losses at nearly 21 square miles (54 squ ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 09, 2022 
This composite made from ten images shows the progression of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse above the Vehicle Assembly Building, Nov. 8, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Visible trailing the Moon in this composite is Mars.
For North America, the partial eclipse began at 4:09 a.m. EST, with totality beginning at 5:16 a.m. One feature of a total lunar eclipse is the Mo ... more |
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 Minneapolis MN (SPX) Nov 10, 2022 
An international research team led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has measured the size of a star dating back 2 billion years after the Big Bang, or more than 11 billion years ago. Detailed images show the exploding star cooling and could help scientists learn more about the stars and galaxies present in the early Universe.
The paper is published in Nature, the world's leading ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Nov 08, 2022 
If you hold one wire mesh on top of another one and look through it, you'll see a larger pattern called a moire pattern formed by the overlapping grids of the two meshes, which depends on their relative twisted angle. Scientists developing new materials are actively studying moire patterns in overlapping atomically thin materials - they produce intriguing electronic phenomena that includes uncon ... more |
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