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  Newquay UK (UPI) Dec 6, 2021 A tentative date has been set for Britain's first space launch. A launch window for Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne is scheduled to open Dec. 14, NASA's spaceflight editor Chris Bergin tweeted Tuesday. Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne system has been used on five prior occasions but those missions departed from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. The upcoming LauncherOne mission will take off from Spaceport Cornwall at Cornwall Airport Newquay in England aboard a modified Boeing 747 ... read more |
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Kleos partners with UP42Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 Kleos Space has partnered with leading geospatial developer platform and marketplace, UP42, to offer Kleos' RF geolocation data to their platform users. Under the partnership, Kleos' geospatia ... more  
Momentus to Fly JINJUSat-1 for CONTECSan Jose CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2022 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has signed a contract with CONTEC Co. of the Republic of Korea to provide space transportation services for the JINJUSat-1 CubeSat. JINJUSat-1 is spearheaded by th ... more 
Space Software provider Antaris announces launch readiness of world's first cloud-built demonstration satelliteLos Altos CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2022 Antaris, the software platform provider for space, says that the first-ever satellite fully conceived, designed and manufactured using the company's end-to-end software is ready for launch. Creation ... more  
Rocket Lab introduces dedicated national security subsidiaryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has created a U.S.-based wholly owned subsidiary to serve the defense and intelligence community. Rocket Lab National Security LLC (RLNS) will deliver reliable la ... more |
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Elon Musk's SpaceX unveils Starshield satellite services for U.S. militaryWashington DC (UPI) Dec 5, 2021 SpaceX is rolling out a new business called Starshield to support U.S. military applications, building upon the company's existing satellite system. ... more  
Chinese scientists complete rice, Arabidopsis life-cycle experiments in spaceBeijing (XNA) Dec 06, 2022 Chinese scientists have completed the life-cycle growth experiments of rice and Arabidopsis in the Chinese space station and successfully obtained their seeds, said the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( ... more  
Mars megatsunami may have been caused by Chicxulub-like asteroid impactTucson AZ (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub impact - which contributed to the mass extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs on Earth 66 million years ag ... more  
Measuring times in billionths of a billionth of a secondBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Dec 06, 2022 How fast do electrons inside a molecule move? Well, it is so fast that it takes them just few attoseconds (1 as = 10-18 s or one billionth of billionth of a second) to jump from one atom to another. ... more |
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Webb telescope promises new age of the starsParis (AFP) Dec 7, 2022 The James Webb Space Telescope lit up 2022 with dazzling images of the early universe after the Big Bang, heralding a new era of astronomy and untold revelations about the cosmos in years to come. ... more  
NASA Researcher's AI 'Eye' could help robotic data-gatheringGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 When it comes to making real-time decisions about unfamiliar data - say, choosing a path to hike up a mountain you've never scaled before - existing artificial intelligence and machine learning tech ... more  
China's two meteorological satellites put into operationBeijing (XNA) Dec 05, 2022 Two meteorological satellites, along with their ground application systems, have officially started operation, said the China Meteorological Administration on Thursday. The trial operation of ... more 
Kilometer-scale modeling better reflects the relationship between land and precipitationBeijing, China (SPX) Dec 06, 2022 The technique referred to as "dynamical downscaling", which involves the use of regional climate models to dynamically infer the effects of large-scale climate processes at local scales, has proved ... more |
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Cosmic ray counts hidden in spacecraft data highlight influence of solar cycle at Mars and VenusParis, France (SPX) Dec 06, 2022 Measurements by ESA's long-serving twin missions, Mars Express and Venus Express, have captured the dance between the intensity of high-energy cosmic rays and the influence of the Sun's activity acr ... more 
NASA's Roman Mission completes key optical componentsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2022 Engineers at Ball Aerospace, one of the industrial partners for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, have installed and aligned the element wheel assembly (pictured above) into the telescope's ... more  
A part of Beyond Gravity in almost every smartphoneZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 The semiconductor business is booming: Modern microprocessors are needed to enable artificial intelligence and digital applications. With the new Lithography division, Beyond Gravity is strengthenin ... more 
Australia starts building 'momentous' radio telescopeSydney (AFP) Dec 5, 2022 Australia on Monday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say will eventually become one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world. ... more  
NASA's Orion spaceship slingshots around Moon, heads for homeWashington (AFP) Dec 6, 2022 NASA's Orion spaceship made a close pass of the Moon and used a gravity assist to whip itself back towards Earth on Monday, marking the start of the return journey for the Artemis-1 mission. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 06, 2022 
The Arabidopsis thaliana plant boarding on China's Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship has begun growing, the China Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.
The Shenzhou-15 spaceship was launched at 11:08 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2022. About 20 hours later, Chinese astronauts placed the Arabidopsis thaliana in a biological incubator in the life and ecological experiment cabinet inside the Wentian ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Dec 01, 2022 
Pulsar Fusion, a UK rocket company that has seen its advanced space engines tested in the UK and Switzerland earlier this year, has been awarded funding from the UK Space Agency to develop 'Integrated nuclear fission-based power systems for electric propulsion'
The project will be supported by Southampton and Cambridge Universities and Nuclear AMRC.
Pulsar Fusion, based in Bletchley, Buck ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 
When NASA's Viking 1 lander touched down on the surface of Mars nearly 50 years ago, its cameras imaged a boulder-strewn surface of elusive origin. New research led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Alexis Rodriguez shows the landing site may be on the margins of a megatsunami deposit, formed when a 3-kilometer asteroid impacted a northern Martian ocean about 3.4 billion years ago. ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 01, 2022  The six Chinese astronauts from the Shenzhou XIV and Shenzhou XV missions marked a historic moment on Wednesday as they met inside the country's Tiangong space station.
It was the first time that six Chinese were in a space station at the same time and the first in-orbit gathering of two Chinese crews.
After about two hours of preparatory work following the docking of the Shenzhou XV ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 2, 2021  SpaceX, the American aerospace manufacturing company owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has received federal approval to launch 7,500 satellites in an operation that would expand the company's Starlink internet services around the world.
Thursday's decision by the Federal Communications Commission, although not everything SpaceX wanted, was seen as a monumental victory for the company as i ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, launched a multimillion-dollar, multiyear program with BioMADE, Farmed Materials and The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 2022 to develop a domestic source of natural rubber from a specific species of dandelion.
Natural rubber is a crucial element in the Department of the Air Force's production of aircraft tires. The Materials and Manufacturin ... more |
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 Vanderbijlpark, South Africa (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 
Breakthrough Listen has begun observations using a powerful new instrument deployed to the MeerKAT radio telescope in the remote Karoo region of South Africa. The new search for technosignatures - indicators of technology developed by extraterrestrial intelligence - expands the number of targets searched by a factor of 1,000.
The astronomers and engineers on the Breakthrough Listen team ha ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 01, 2022 
New Horizons remains healthy from its position deep in the Kuiper Belt, even as it speeds farther from the Earth and Sun by about 300 million miles per year! The spacecraft, which began its second extended mission on Oct. 1, also continues its record-length hibernation that began June 1 and ends March 1.
Hibernation, which takes place in spacecraft "spin mode," saves fuel and wear and tear ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Dec 5, 2022 
At least 2,500 endangered seals have been found dead along Russia's Caspian Sea coast, the local environment ministry said.
Investigators are still working to explain why the seals washed up on beaches in Dagestan, southern Russia.
Authorities are leaning towards suffocation from gas released from the seafloor as the "main" cause of death, said Svetlana Radionova, the head of the Russia ... more |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 
Kleos Space has partnered with leading geospatial developer platform and marketplace, UP42, to offer Kleos' RF geolocation data to their platform users.
Under the partnership, Kleos' geospatial data product, Guardian LOCATE, will be available on UP42's marketplace. Guardian LOCATE provides processed geolocated radio frequency transmissions collected over key areas of interest by Kleos' sat ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 05, 2022 
Today at 17:43 CET (16:43 GMT) the European Service Module for Orion fired its main engine at less than 127 km from the Moon's surface to put the Artemis spacecraft on a collision course with Earth.
Over the last 20 days in space, Orion has ventured farther from Earth than any human-rated spacecraft ever before, and the Artemis spacecraft is now truly on its way home.
The return powe ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 02, 2022 
A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub impact - which contributed to the mass extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs on Earth 66 million years ago - in a shallow ocean region, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
Previous research has proposed that an asteroid or comet impact within an ocean in the Martian northern lowla ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 05, 2022 
Two meteorological satellites, along with their ground application systems, have officially started operation, said the China Meteorological Administration on Thursday.
The trial operation of the two satellites, Fengyun-3E (FY-3E) and Fengyun-4B (FY-4B), began in June this year. They will provide observation data and application services to global users.
The FY-3E, launched on July 5 ... more |
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 Hefei, China (SPX) Dec 05, 2022 
Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the direction of Prof. WANG Rongsheng and Prof. LU Quanming, used data from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission to directly observe bursty and turbulent magnetic reconnection in the solar wind. Their findings were published in Nature Astronomy.
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 Sydney (AFP) Dec 5, 2022 
Australia on Monday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say will eventually become one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world.
When complete, the antennas in Australia and a network of dishes in South Africa will form the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a massive instrument that will aim to untangle mysteries about the creation o ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Dec 06, 2022 
How fast do electrons inside a molecule move? Well, it is so fast that it takes them just few attoseconds (1 as = 10-18 s or one billionth of billionth of a second) to jump from one atom to another. Blink and you missed it - millions of billions of times. So measuring such ultrafast processes is a daunting task.
Scientists at the Australian Attosecond Science Facility and the Centre for Qu ... more |
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