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  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 A photograph taken by NASA's Orion spacecraft has given us a new perspective on our home planet. The snap was taken during the Artemis I mission, which sent an uncrewed vehicle on a journey around the Moon and back in preparation for astronauts' planned lunar return in 2025. We get pictures of Earth every day from satellites and the International Space Station. But there's something different about seeing ourselves from the other side of the Moon. How does this image compare to other i ... read more |
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Turning science fiction into science factWashington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 In the 1940s, science fiction author Isaac Asimov theorized the concept of collecting the sun's energy in space, then beaming that energy down to Earth. Today, Northrop Grumman's Space Solar Power I ... more  
Delta 2 leverages Space Domain Awareness in support of Artemis IPeterson SFB CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 Guardians at Space Delta 2 honed their skills in Space Domain Awareness by supporting Artemis I's 25-day, 1.4-million-mile mission. On November 16, 2022, NASA's Artemis I successfully launched ... more  
Spire Global to launch six satellites on SpaceX Transporter-6 MissionVienna VA (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) will launch six satellites on the SpaceX Transporter-6 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no earlier than January 2023. The satellites will demonstrate a ... more  
UAE and AWS sign agreement to support long-term growth in the region's space ecosystemWashington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2022 The United Arab Emirates Space Agency and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a Statement of Strategic Intent and Cooperation that is designed to support the creation of a vibrant, sustainable, co ... more |
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Spaceflight Inc. to Wrap Up 2022 with Transporter 6, its 10th Launch of the YearBellevue WA (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, has announced it's preparing its 10th and final launch of 2022. Spaceflight provided the launch and integration services for Kleos Spac ... more  
ICEYE announces a framework contract with European Maritime Safety AgencyHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Dec 08, 2022 ICEYE, the global leader in satellite persistent monitoring of the planet and an expert in natural catastrophe solutions, has announced the start of a multi-year framework contract with the European ... more  
Nations step up space cooperationBeijing (XNA) Dec 09, 2022 Scientists from Saudi Arabia will soon have the opportunity to carry out an experiment aboard China's Tiangong space station that is expected to help with the design and production of high-efficienc ... more  
Microsoft and Viasat form partnership to deliver internet to the underserved globallyRedmond WA (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT) announced a new partnership to help deliver internet access to 10 million people around the globe, including 5 million across A ... more |
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Russian ISS spacewalk cancelled due to coolant leak: NASAMoscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2022 A spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station was called off after the detection of a coolant leak, NASA said on Thursday. ... more  
Northrop Grumman increases hypersonic manufacturing production capacity and affordabilityElkton MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 Northrop Grumman has received funding through the Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for enhancements to its hypersonics manufacturing techn ... more  
Mitigating corrosion by liquid tin could lead to better cooling in fusion reactorsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and the National Institute for Fusion Science have clarified the chemical compatibility between high temperature liquid metal tin (Sn) and reduced activa ... more  
Chang'e 5 samples suggest exploitable water resources on the moonBeijing (XNA) Dec 14, 2022 By studying lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e 5 mission, Chinese scientists found that lunar soil grains retain more solar wind-implanted water at the middle latitude region than previously tho ... more |
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Government Solutions rebadges as SES Space and DefenseReston VA (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will begin operating under the new name SES Space and Defense effective immediately. The name change comes after combining SES Go ... more  
Mars' thin and turbulent atmosphere leads to curiously sized dunesStanford CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 Among the mountainous dunes and small, undulating ripples of Mars' desert-like surface are sand structures, intermediate in size, that are not quite like anything on Earth. Stanford University ... more 
Experiencing a Dust DevilPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 14, 2022 Recently a combination of instruments on the Perseverance rover has experienced a dust devil in a new way. The SuperCam Microphone recorded the sound of a dust devil while the navigation camera snap ... more 
The robotics of sampling regolithBeijing, China (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 The Perseverance rover recently collected its first two samples of Martian regolith! Regolith is dust and broken rock, and collecting it requires a different approach than collecting rock cores. ... more 
Sols 3682-3683: PerspectivePasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2022 In yesterday's blog, Natalie Moore wrote of our continued attempts to drill "Amapari" and word from our beloved rover that our drill was still on the ground when data arrived from Mars. Today we rec ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 
In the 1940s, science fiction author Isaac Asimov theorized the concept of collecting the sun's energy in space, then beaming that energy down to Earth. Today, Northrop Grumman's Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research (SSPIDR) Project team is making that science fiction a reality with steady progress towards transmitting solar energy from space to anywhere on Earth.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 11, 2021 
NASA's Orion capsule, after traveling 1.4 million miles through space, including orbiting the moon and collecting data, returned to Earth on Sunday.
The 25 1/2-day Artemis I mission landed in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's Baja California at 12:40 p.m., NASA reported.
"Splashdown! From Tranquility Base to Taurus-Littrow to the tranquil waters of the Pacific, the latest chapter of ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2022 
Among the mountainous dunes and small, undulating ripples of Mars' desert-like surface are sand structures, intermediate in size, that are not quite like anything on Earth.
Stanford University scientists have now used an AI model to analyze a million Martian dunes and uncover how these sandy waves form on our sister planet at a scale - roughly 1 meter between crests - that previously seeme ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Dec 09, 2022 
Scientists from Saudi Arabia will soon have the opportunity to carry out an experiment aboard China's Tiangong space station that is expected to help with the design and production of high-efficiency solar cells.
According to an agreement signed in March 2021 by the Saudi Space Commission and China Manned Space Agency, the Saudi experiment will focus on studying the effects of cosmic rays ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 12, 2022 
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, recently signed an agreement with Exolaunch to use their CarboNIX separation system to deploy LizzieSatTM satellites during the LizzieSat rideshare missions with SpaceX in 2023 and 2024. This agreemen ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2022 
The United Arab Emirates Space Agency and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a Statement of Strategic Intent and Cooperation that is designed to support the creation of a vibrant, sustainable, competitive, and innovative space sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The United Arab Emirates Space Agency is responsible for the development of policies, strategies, and places related to ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Dec 09, 2022 
New research sheds light on how the "hell planet" got so devilishly hot and how other worlds might become too toasty for life. That rocky world, 55 Cnc e (nicknamed "Janssen"), orbits its star so closely that a year lasts just 18 hours, its surface is a giant lava ocean, and its interior may be chock-full of diamond.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 15, 2022 
NASA's Juno mission is scheduled to obtain images of the Jovian moon Io on Dec. 15 as part of its continuing exploration of Jupiter's inner moons. Now in the second year of its extended mission to investigate the interior of Jupiter, the solar-powered spacecraft performed a close flyby of Ganymede in 2021 and of Europa earlier this year.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2022 
Set for a Thursday, Dec. 15 launch, the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite promises to provide an extraordinary accounting of water over much of Earth's surface. Its measurements of fresh water and the ocean will help researchers address some of the most pressing climate questions of our time and help communities prepare for a warming world. Making this possible is a scientific ... 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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 Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2022 
NASA's Orion space capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific on Sunday, completing the Artemis 1 mission - a more than 25-day journey around the Moon with an eye to returning humans there in just a few years.
After racing through the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers) per hour, the uncrewed capsule floated down to the sea with the help of three large orange ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
Nearly two years after Japanese mission Hayabusa2 returned to Earth, samples from asteroid Ryugu continue to reveal valuable information about the history of the early solar system. A study by scientists from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Universite Paris Cite and CNRS1, as part of an international consortium, reveals the isotopic composition of zinc and copper of asteroid Ryugu. ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 14, 2022 
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully delivered the first Sentinel-4/UVN (Ultraviolet, Visible and Near Infra-Red) multispectral instrument flight model to the European Space Agency (ESA). It will be integrated onto the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite next year.
The instrument will continuously monitor key air quality trace gases and aerosols from geostationary orb ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
Without clocks or modern tools, ancient Mexicans watched the sun to maintain a farming calendar that precisely tracked seasons and even adjusted for leap years.
Before the Spanish arrival in 1519, the Basin of Mexico's agricultural system fed a population that was extraordinarily large for the time. Whereas Seville, the largest urban center in Spain, had a population of fewer than 50,000, ... more |
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 Guizhou, China (SPX) Dec 13, 2022 
Many bright stars gather in the night sky and form a Milky Way across the sky. It is our home galaxy in the vast universe, however, the structure and composition of the Milky Way are mysterious yet. The vast interstellar space between the billions of stars is not empty, but filled with tenuous interstellar medium.
The diffuse hydrogen gas radiates a spectral line with a frequency of around ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2022 
According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, space and time are inextricably connected. In our Universe, whose curvature is barely measurable, the structure of this spacetime is fixed. In a laboratory experiment, researchers from Heidelberg University have succeeded in realising an effective spacetime that can be manipulated.
In their research on ultracold quantum gases, they were able to ... more |
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