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  Houston TX (SPX) Nov 27, 2022 On day 11 of the Artemis I mission, Orion continues its journey beyond the Moon after entering a distant retrograde orbit Friday, Nov. 25, at 3:52 p.m. CST. Orion will remain in this orbit for six days before exiting lunar orbit to put the spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth and f a Sunday, Dec. 11, splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Orion surpassed the distance record for a mission with a spacecraft designed to carry humans to deep space and back to Earth, at 7:42 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26. The r ... read more |
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Japan space agency says research team tampered with ISS experimentTokyo (UPI) Nov 26, 2022 Japan's space agency said Friday that a research team had tampered with data from an experiment simulating life on the International Space Station. The team, headed by astronaut Satoshi Furuka ... more 
China offers intl cooperation opportunity via Chang'e lunar missionsHaikou (XNA) Nov 26, 2022 The China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday revealed the international payloads that will piggyback on the Chang'e 6 lunar exploration mission, and announced another call for internat ... more  
SpaceX sends another Dragon full of cargo and science to ISSCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 26, 2022 SpaceX's 26th commercial resupply mission for NASA is on its way to the International Space Station. Carrying more than 7,700 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo, the ... more  
China tests new Tianzhou fuel cell on route to Tiangong StationBeijing (XNA) Nov 26, 2022 China has carried out an in-orbit test of its domestically developed space-based fuel cell, according to the China Academy of Space Technology. The academy, part of China Aerospace Science and Techn ... more |
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Phantom Space wins 4 new NASA Task OrdersTucson AZ (SPX) Nov 26, 2022 Phantom Space Corp. has been awarded four new NASA task orders to launch CubeSat satellites into space as part of the new VADR contract. NASA's VADR missions (for Venture-class Acquisition of ... more  
Commercialisation of space boosted at ESA Ministerial CouncilParis (ESA) Nov 26, 2022 23 Member and Associate States of the Agency pledged a total 117.6 million euros to ESA's ScaleUp programme at ESA's Ministerial Council CM22 to encourage entrepreneurship and commercialisation in t ... more 
Germany contributes four billion euros and remains key partner of European spaceflightBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2022 On 22 and 23 November 2022, the ministers and government representatives of the 22 member states of the European Space Agency ESA met at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris to set the course for j ... more  
NASA awards contract for Mars Sample Return systemsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2022 NASA has awarded a contract to Honeybee Robotics LLC of Longmont, Colorado, for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) - Capture, Containment, and Retrieval System (CCRS), Earth Entry System (EES), and Spin E ... more |
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NASA Orion spacecraft enters lunar orbit: officialsWashington (AFP) Nov 25, 2022 NASA's Orion spacecraft was placed in lunar orbit Friday, officials said, as the much-delayed Moon mission proceeded successfully. ... more 
Artemis I enters Moon orbitParis (ESA) Nov 26, 2022 The European Service Module is powering Orion to the Moon and back, providing electricity, propulsion, keeping electronics and the crew module at the right temperature and, on the next Artemis missi ... more 
NASA's Orion spacecraft set to enter lunar orbitWashington DC (UPI) Nov 26, 2022 NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft is expected to begin its orbit around the moon on Friday afternoon, following its launch earlier in the week. Orion will perform an engine burn at 4:52 p.m. E ... more  
Milestone for JWST exoplanet observations: atmosphere properties in more detail than ever beforeHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 Observations of the exoplanet WASP-39b with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have yielded a wealth of information about the planet's atmosphere - a whole new level of observational data, and a ... more |
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The sixth asteroid impact we saw comingParis (ESA) Nov 25, 2022 For the second time this year, a small asteroid has been discovered before impacting the Earth. This time the discovery came from the Catalina Sky Survey, one of the major projects dedicated to the ... more 
The new astronauts selected by the European Space AgencyParis (AFP) Nov 23, 2022 The European Space Agency named five new career astronauts Wednesday, as well as the world's first recruit with a disability and 11 other reserve astronauts who will have to wait for their chance to go to space. ... more 
European space sector commits: Earth is ours, we must cherish itParis (ESA) Nov 23, 2022 ESA and 22 other European space actors have come together to sign a "Statement for a Responsible Space Sector". Space exploration has allowed us to look back on our planet in a way that no human cou ... more  
Tianzhou 4 deploys minisatelliteBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 China has recently conducted an in-orbit test of a robotic cargo spacecraft to deploy miniature satellites, according to a project insider. In the test that took place on Nov 14, the Tianzhou ... more 
Shenzhou XV to begin mission to space soonBeijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022 China will conduct its Shenzhou XV manned spaceflight in coming weeks, sending three astronauts into orbit for a six-month stay inside the country's Tiangong space station. The Long March 2F c ... more |
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 Tokyo (UPI) Nov 26, 2022 
Japan's space agency said Friday that a research team had tampered with data from an experiment simulating life on the International Space Station.
The team, headed by astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, will be "appropriately" punished because he had a supervisory role in the experiment, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said.
The experiments occurred in 2016 and 2017 and inv ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2022 
On 22 and 23 November 2022, the ministers and government representatives of the 22 member states of the European Space Agency ESA met at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris to set the course for joint space programmes "made in Europe". The Council at Ministerial Level is the highest political decision-making body, which sets the content and financial framework for ESA's space programmes on ave ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2022 
NASA has awarded a contract to Honeybee Robotics LLC of Longmont, Colorado, for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) - Capture, Containment, and Retrieval System (CCRS), Earth Entry System (EES), and Spin Eject Mechanism (SEM).
The total value of this cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is $17,686,341. The period of performance runs from Nov. 30, 2022, through July 30, 2026.
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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 (ESA) Nov 23, 2022 
ESA and 22 other European space actors have come together to sign a "Statement for a Responsible Space Sector". Space exploration has allowed us to look back on our planet in a way that no human could imagine before, revealing a fragile world with limited resources. As today's statement explains, the responsibility to take care of our planet extends to and depends on, our actions in space.
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 Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Nov 24, 2022 
The space transportation and logistics company D-Orbit has announced the signing of a hosted payload contract with SpacePNT, a Swiss company specialized in the design and manufacturing of low cost high-accuracy GNSS receivers for the New Space satellite market.
The contract covers the integration of a new GNSS receiver prototype into ION Satellite Carrier, D-Orbit's proprietary orbital tra ... 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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 24, 2022 
The enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter's moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented. Just as NASA's Mars rovers rely on robust wheels to roam the Red Planet and conduct science, some orbiters rely on wheels, too - in this case, reaction wheels - to stay pointed in the right direction.
Engineers and technicians at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Sout ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2022 
The big idea: Using a remote-controlled submarine, my colleagues and I discovered five new species of black corals living as deep as 2,500 feet (760 meters) below the surface in the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea off the coast of Australia.
Black corals can be found growing both in shallow waters and down to depths of over 26,000 feet (8,000 meters), and some individual corals can live f ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 21, 2022 
Shipping is the most energy efficient form of transport, and more than 80% of goods traded globally are carried via the oceans, with a doubling in volume during the last quarter of a century. Recognising the global need for seamless maritime navigation, ESA's Navigation Innovation and Support Programme, NAVISP - inventing the future of navigation with more than 200 R and D projects initiated to ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 25, 2022 
NASA's Orion spacecraft was placed in lunar orbit Friday, officials said, as the much-delayed Moon mission proceeded successfully.
A little over a week after the spacecraft blasted off from Florida bound for the Moon, flight controllers "successfully performed a burn to insert Orion into a distant retrograde orbit," the US space agency said on its web site.
The spacecraft is to take astr ... more |
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 Umea, Sweden (SPX) Nov 24, 2022 
In a new thesis from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and Umea University, unique methods for the analysis of radar data and simulations of meteoroids in the solar system are presented. The methods have been applied to confirm the existence of rare high-altitude meteors as well as to measure space debris from the Kosmos-1408 satellite. On November 25, Daniel Kastinen defends his doctoral t ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
NOAA's GOES-U, the final satellite in the GOES-R Series of advanced geostationary environmental satellites, recently completed thermal vacuum (TVAC) testing as part of a rigorous assessment program to ensure the satellite can withstand the harsh conditions of launch and orbiting 22,236 miles above Earth's equator. The testing is taking place at Lockheed Martin Space's Littleton, Colorado, facili ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Nov 25, 2022 
China's solar exploration satellite has transmitted its first solar image since being sent to space in October, according to the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) based in east China's Jiangsu Province.
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) - nicknamed Kuafu-1 in Chinese - sent hard X-ray imaging of solar flares that broke out at 1:00 a.m. (Universal Time) on Nov. 11, 2022, sa ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 23, 2022 
A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has developed the most extensive inventory to date of the galaxies where short gamma-ray bursts (SGRBs) originate. Using several highly sensitive instruments and sophisticated galaxy modeling, the researchers pinpointed the galactic homes of 84 SGRBs and probed the characteristics of 69 of the identified host galaxies. Among their findings, they ... 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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