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  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 The JWST just scored another first: a detailed molecular and chemical portrait of a distant world's skies. The telescope's array of highly sensitive instruments was trained on the atmosphere of a "hot Saturn"-a planet about as massive as Saturn orbiting a star some 700 light-years away-known as WASP-39 b. While JWST and other space telescopes, including Hubble and Spitzer, previously have revealed isolated ingredients of this broiling planet's atmosphere, the new readings provide a full menu of at ... read more |
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Advanced Space leads first ever commercial mission to operate at the moonWestminster CO (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, is the first commercial entity to own an operational satellite at the Moon. CAPSTONE, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technolo ... more  
France, Germany, Italy agree on next-generation space rocketsParis (AFP) Nov 22, 2022 France, Germany and Italy, the three biggest contributors to the European Space Agency, said Tuesday they have agreed to guarantee the future of the next-generation Ariane 6 and Vega-C rocket launcher systems. ... more 
SpaceX Dragon supply ship launch scrubbed by bad weatherWashington DC (UPI) Nov 22, 2021 The launch of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station was scrubbed Tuesday afternoon because of bad weather, NASA officials said. ... more  
Xi: China open to space exchanges, cooperationBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 President Xi Jinping reiterated on Monday China's wish to work with other nations to carry out space exploration and development. Xi wrote in a congratulatory letter to the United Nations/China 2nd ... more |
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Marines Must Fight for SpaceAnnapolis MD (SPX) Nov 22, 2022 Marines must contribute to the fight for space. No, this is not some far-flung future of Colonial or UN Space Command Marines fighting alien hordes. And despite its ongoing force transformation, the ... more 
Rocket Lab completes final launch rehearsal ahead of first Electron Mission from USWallops Island VA (SPX) Nov 22, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has completed a final launch rehearsal and is ready for lift-off for its first mission from U.S. soil as early as December 7. The mission will take place from Roc ... more  
With new supplies, space station astronauts to research mending broken bonesWashington DC (UPI) Nov 21, 2021 New research on the International Space Station will include implantable drug delivery devices and an adhesive that can stimulate bone growth. ... more  
An early start to a long weekend - Sols 3660-3664Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2022 On a usual week of Curiosity operations, Friday plans take the longest since they span the whole weekend. This rare Monday morning, however, we're planning five sols to start covering Tuesday - Mond ... more |
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Artemis powering past the MoonParis (ESA) Nov 23, 2022 The European Service Module is powering Orion around the Moon and back, providing propulsion, temperature control, electricity as well as storage and delivery for essential supplies such as fuel, wa ... more  
'Sail' to de-orbit would-be space junkBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 As the number of rocket launches, planetary missions and satellite activities continues to grow, so does junk in space, and many have been pondering the question of how to reduce the amount of debri ... more  
USU leads international space mission to shed new light on Brazil's vexing GPS problemLogan 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 ... more  
NOAA adopts Finland's CubeSat-proven space weather monitorParis (ESA) Nov 21, 2022 An advanced X-ray monitoring instrument tested for space aboard an ESA CubeSat will serve as an operational space weather payload on the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space We ... more |
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Satellite broadband firms join forcesParis (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 A French and British firm joined forces in the fast-growing satellite broadband market on Tuesday. ... more 
Einstein Industries Ventures joins ESA Investor NetworkParis (ESA) Nov 21, 2022 continues to grow, with Einstein Industries Ventures as its latest member via the signature of a collaboration agreement. Over the next ten years, Einstein Industries Ventures' management team ... more  
Datapath delivers transformative DKET Terminal to US Space ForceDuluth GA (SPX) Nov 21, 2022 DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of advanced and secure communications solutions and technical support services, has announced the delivery of its transformative more mobile Deployable Ku Band Ear ... more  
Microsoft and Planet to provide AI and satellite data for African climate projectsSan 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 sate ... more 
Lockheed Martin, NVIDIA to build digital twin of current global weather conditions for NOAADenver CO (SPX) Nov 21, 2022 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and NVIDIA has announced a collaboration to build an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Earth Observations Digital Twin that will provide the National Oceanic and Atmosp ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 21, 2021 
New research on the International Space Station will include implantable drug delivery devices and an adhesive that can stimulate bone growth.
SpaceX will launch a resupply mission as early as Tuesday to deliver a payload of items developed by commercial companies that need to be tested in orbit. The launch window opens at 3:54 p.m. EST.
It will be the 26th commercial resupply se ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 22, 2021 
The launch of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station was scrubbed Tuesday afternoon because of bad weather, NASA officials said.
The CRS-26 mission had been set to launch on a new Falcon 9 rocket at 3:54 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The attempt was reset to Saturday at 2:20 p.m.
NASA engineers called a halt to the countdown at T-m ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2022 
After spending over 600 sols (days on Mars) exploring the diverse geologic environment of Jezero Crater, collecting drilled rock cores (and one atmospheric sample) along the way, Perseverance recently spent some time parked near a large sand ripple named "Observation Mountain," with sights set on something widespread yet unique. Regolith is the sandy, dusty, loose material covering much of the M ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 
At the UN/China space exploration and innovation partnership conference on Monday, the China National Space Administration raised eight issues in the keynote speech delivered by its deputy director Wu Yanhua, which should inspire anybody who has concerns about China's space program.
China made clear, in no ambiguous terms, its basic principles about human space exploration, namely openness ... 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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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 
As the number of rocket launches, planetary missions and satellite activities continues to grow, so does junk in space, and many have been pondering the question of how to reduce the amount of debris orbiting Earth. Now, China may have found a solution with its newly deployed "sail" technology.
Hundreds of millions of items of human-made debris are continually circling Earth, including bro ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just scored another first: a molecular and chemical profile of a distant world's skies.
While Webb and other space telescopes, including NASA's Hubble and Spitzer, previously have revealed isolated ingredients of this broiling planet's atmosphere, the new readings from Webb provide a full menu of atoms, molecules, and even signs of active chemistry and clo ... 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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 Westminster CO (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, is the first commercial entity to own an operational satellite at the Moon. CAPSTONE, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, has finalized its insertion into a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO).
Now that history has been made, the small spacecraft is ready to begin operations ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2022 
2022 WJ1 was a tiny asteroid on a collision course with Earth. But astronomers saw it coming, and NASA's Scout impact hazard assessment system calculated where it would hit. In the early hours of Saturday, Nov. 19, the skies over southern Ontario, Canada, lit up as a tiny asteroid harmlessly streaked across the sky high in Earth's atmosphere, broke up, and likely scattered small meteorites over ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
Rain gauges are plentiful around the United States, but that's not the case elsewhere in the world - particularly over oceans and sparsely populated areas. That means scientists and other data users have to rely on satellite measurements - such as those provided by NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission - to fill in the gaps.
The list of data users now includes the U.S. Air ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Nov 21, 2022 
A new study has revealed the true shape of the diffuse cloud of stars surrounding the disk of our galaxy. For decades, astronomers have thought that this cloud of stars - called the stellar halo - was largely spherical, like a beach ball. Now a new model based on modern observations shows the stellar halo is oblong and tilted, much like a football that has just been kicked.
The findings - ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 21, 2022 
A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty. Created by Johns Hopkins University astronomers with data mined over two decades by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the map allows the public to experience data previously only accessible to scientists. The interactive map, which depicts the actual position and real ... more |
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