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  Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 On the third day after lifting off from Florida bound for the Moon, the Orion spacecraft is "exceeding performance expectations," NASA officials said on Friday. The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the Moon in the coming years - the first to set foot on its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972. This first test flight, without a crew on board, aims to ensure that the vehicle is safe. "Today we met to review the Orion spacecraft performance... it is exceeding performance expecta ... read more |
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Mars was covered by 300 meter deep oceansCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Nov 18, 2022 Mars is called the red planet. But once, it was actually blue and covered in water, bringing us closer to finding out if Mars had ever harboured life. Most researchers agree that there has bee ... more  
First privately built Indian space rocket launchesChennai, India (AFP) Nov 18, 2022 The first privately developed Indian rocket lifted off into the upper reaches of the atmosphere on Friday, in another milestone in the country's push to become a major space power. ... more 
Perseverance investigates intriguing Martian bedrockPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 18, 2022 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has begun exploring an area the science team calls "Yori Pass" near the base of Jezero Crater's ancient river delta. They've been eager to explore the region for sever ... more 
Humanity to go back to the moon. Ukrainian contribution to the space scienceKyiv, Ukraine (SPX) Nov 18, 2022 November 16, 2022, was a big day for all space industry fans. Artemis I, a first mission to the Moon after a break that lasted over 53 years, is finally launched. And while the eyes of millions were ... more |
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Massive Volcanism May Have Altered Ancient Venus' ClimateGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 18, 2022 Volcanic activity lasting hundreds to thousands of centuries and erupting massive amounts of material may have helped transform Venus from a temperate and wet world to the acidic hothouse it is toda ... more  
Webb observations point to a shorter cosmic dark ageWashington (AFP) Nov 17, 2022 The first galaxies may have formed far earlier than previously thought, according to observations from the James Webb Space Telescope that are reshaping astronomers' understanding of the early universe. ... more  
Webb draws back curtain on universe's early galaxiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 18, 2022 A few days after officially starting science operations, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope propelled astronomers into a realm of early galaxies, previously hidden beyond the grasp of all other teles ... more 
Astronomers capitalize on early access to James Webb Space Telescope dataIrvine CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 First in line to receive data transmissions from the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions is using the unprecedentedly cle ... more |
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NASA Webb Telescope micrometeoroid mitigation updateBaltimore MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 Micrometeoroid strikes are an unavoidable aspect of operating any spacecraft. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was engineered to withstand continual bombardment from these dust-sized particles movi ... more  
Intellian awarded contract to design and supply user terminals for Viasat MaritimeFort Lauderdale FL (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 Viasat Inc., a global communications company (NASDAQ: VSAT), and Intellian, a leading provider of feature-rich, future proof satellite communications solutions, has announced a contract award for In ... more 
Hundreds of Renesas rad-hard chips protecting Artemis 1 on lunar missionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 18, 2022 Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced that hundreds of its radiation-hardened (rad-hard) integrated circuits (ICs), includ ... more 
ESA experiences COP27 using a space-empowered metaverseParis (ESA) Nov 16, 2022 ESA has created a space-inspired virtual environment to enable its workforce to experience the COP27 climate summit - which is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - without the environmental cost o ... more |
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How NASA's Deep Space Network Supports the Agency's MissionsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2022 Over 50 years ago, NASA captured the world's imagination and inspired generations with the Apollo 11 Moon landing. NASA's then-young Deep Space Network (DSN) was crucial to tracking and communicatin ... more  
X-37B orbital test vehicle concludes sixth missionKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 12, 2022 The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6 (OTV-6), the U.S. Space Force's unmanned, reusable spaceplane, successfully deorbited and landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on Nov. 12, ... more 
U.S. military space plane lands, ending record-breaking missionWashington DC (UPI) Nov 12, 2021 The U.S. military's X-37B space plane finally came back to Earth on Saturday after spending 908 days in orbit. ... more 
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) doubles value of Blacksky contractHerndon VA (SPX) Nov 17, 2022 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) received notification that the ceiling value of the five-year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency ... more  
Cyber vulnerability in networks used by spacecraft, aircraft and energy generation systemsAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 A major vulnerability in a networking technology widely used in critical infrastructures such as spacecraft, aircraft, energy generation systems and industrial control systems was exposed by researc ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC to demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the region of the Moon, supporting a resurgence of interest in lunar exploration and development across civil, commercial and international space agencies.
AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate awarded the contract to support th ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2022 
Europe's bid to deliver a return-to-Earth service for in-orbit transportation and research projects is rapidly taking shape, with teams working on the Space Rider spacecraft gearing up for a series of drop tests in 2023. Drop tests with small-scale models will be followed by a full-scale test in anticipation of inaugural flight towards the end of 2024.
Engineering teams recently concluded ... more |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Nov 18, 2022 
Mars is called the red planet. But once, it was actually blue and covered in water, bringing us closer to finding out if Mars had ever harboured life.
Most researchers agree that there has been water on Mars, but just how much water is still debated.
Now a study from the University of Copenhagen shows that some 4.5 billion years ago, there was enough water for the entire planet to be ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 17, 2022 
The Shenzhou XIV crew on board the orbiting Chinese Tiangong space station is conducting their extravehicular activities for the third time, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
Commander Chen Dong has already gotten out of the space station, and crew member Cai Xuzhe will subsequently exit. Taikonaut Liu Yang is inside the core module to support her crewmates, the agency said in a ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 
A French and British firm joined forces in the fast-growing satellite broadband market on Tuesday.
French operator Eutelsat said it had signed a merger with British group OneWeb to seal its plan to create a new "champion" in the market.
The pair first announced plans to merge in July when they signed a memorandum of understanding to unite and become "a leading global player in connectivi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2022 
Over 50 years ago, NASA captured the world's imagination and inspired generations with the Apollo 11 Moon landing. NASA's then-young Deep Space Network (DSN) was crucial to tracking and communicating with that mission, as it will also be essential to NASA's next push to the Moon: Artemis. In the half-century between those two lunar efforts, the network has expanded to support dozens of robotic s ... more |
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 Leiden, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 17, 2022 
Northern lights, stellar winds and exoplanets. This is what astronomer's PhD research revolved around. PhD candidate astronomer Rob Kavanagh developed mathematical models to better understand the interactions between exoplanets and stellar winds and to define features of exoplanets. He will receive his doctorate on 15 November.
Exoplanets are planets that orbit around other stars than the ... 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 18, 2021 
Nearly 200 countries have voted to extend protection to more than 50 species of sharks at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Tuna and Flora (CITIES), the world's largest wildlife summit.
The measure, which was introduced by host nation Panama, offers protection to approximately two-thirds of the species that are targeted in the global shark fin trade. Th ... more |
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 Logan UT (SPX) Nov 16, 2022 
In certain regions of Brazil, don't be surprised if your GPS device behaves erratically. For years, researchers have been scratching their heads, looking for a solution to the unreliable GPS signals in regions near the Amazon. The cause? Plasma bubbles in space.
Next week, NASA will launch a joint U.S.-Brazil satellite that will be deployed from the International Space Station, with scient ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2022 
On the third day after lifting off from Florida bound for the Moon, the Orion spacecraft is "exceeding performance expectations," NASA officials said on Friday.
The spacecraft is to take astronauts to the Moon in the coming years - the first to set foot on its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972.
This first test flight, without a crew on board, aims to ensure that the vehicl ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 17, 2021 
A new study from Britain's Natural History Museum and the University of Glasgow has found that carbonaceous asteroids may have played a key role in seeding the Earth with the ingredients of early life.
A fragment of the Winchcombe meteorite, which is believed to have broken off of an asteroid near Jupiter and reached earth within the last million years, has been found to contain extrate ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, and Microsoft Corp. announced an expanded partnership to apply artificial intelligence (AI) technology and satellite data to support African climate adaptation projects. This technology collaboration is in support of Microsoft's recently-announced first global expansion of its AI for Good Labs into Nairobi, Ke ... more |
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 Andenes, Norway (SPX) Nov 17, 2022 
A NASA-funded rocket mission is headed to space to measure the global electric circuit underlying the northern lights. For its second trip to space, the Aurora Current and Electrodynamics Structures II, or ACES II, instrument will launch from Andoya Space in Andenes, Norway. The launch window opens Nov. 16, 2022, at 6 p.m. local time.
High above us, electrons from space stream into our sky ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Nov 17, 2022 
Published in the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, the WALLABY (The Widefield ASKAP L-band Legacy All-sky Blind surveY) Pilot Survey will be sharing its first data release with the scientific community, helping us to better understand nearby galaxies and galactic clusters.
Hundreds of galaxies have been surveyed in Phase 1 of WALLABY, covering 180 square degrees of the ... more |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, packing so much mass into so little space that nothing - not even light - can escape their gravitational pull once it gets close enough. Understanding black holes is key to unravelling the most fundamental laws governing the cosmos, because they represent the limits of two of the best-tested theories of physics: the theory of general rela ... more |
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