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  Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 On Thursday afternoon, at around 3:14 p.m. CST (2114 GMT) , SpaceX conducted a critical milestone towards an orbital test with a full duration static fire test, by simultaneously igniting all 33 next-generation Raptor engines of Booster 7 from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas at Boca Chica Beach, located on the Gulf Coast east of Brownsville. When the Super Heavy and Starship are combined, it stands at nearly 400 feet tall, the tallest rocket ever built a ... read more |
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Space Daily retools to AI/ML centric Content Management SystemGerroa, Australia (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 SpaceDaily.com, a pioneer in the field of technology and science news for over 25 years, has announced the launch of a new AI/ML-centric Content Management System (CMS) that will take its newsroom operations to the next level. ... more  
Russia launches resupply ship to int'l space stationWashington DC (UPI) Feb 9, 2021 Russia successfully launched a Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan on Thursday with a final destination of the International Space Station where it will deliver some 3 tons of supplies on the weekend. ... more 
Vulcan: Rocket stacked for inaugural launchCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 Embarking on a bold new era to broaden affordable access to space, the inaugural United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket now stands assembled at its Florida launch site for pre-flight testing. ... more  
Climate: Could moon dust keep Earth cool?Paris (AFP) Feb 8, 2023 Whether out-of-the-box thinking or a sign of desperation, scientists on Wednesday proposed the regular transport of moon dust to a gravity point between Earth and Sun to temper the ravages of global warming. ... more |
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NASA's Curiosity finds surprise clues to Mars' watery pastPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 09, 2023 When NASA's Curiosity rover arrived at the "sulfate-bearing unit" last fall, scientists thought they'd seen the last evidence that lakes once covered this region of Mars. That's because the rock lay ... more  
A new ring system discovered in our Solar SystemSheffield UK (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 Scientists have discovered a new ring system around a dwarf planet on the edge of the Solar System. The ring system orbits much further out than is typical for other ring systems, calling into quest ... more 
SpaceX launches Hispasat's Amazonas Nexus communication satelliteCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 After a 27-hour delay due to poor weather at the launch site and unfavorable booster recovery, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, February 6th, 2023, from Cape Canaveral on a mission to pl ... more  
Rocket Lab increases space systems offerings with new products for small satellitesLong Beach CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has released two new high-performance space systems products designed to increase the availability of essential satellite components to the global small satellite ... more |
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AST SpaceMobile announces collaboration with TIMMidland TX (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has signed of a non-binding memorandum of understanding with TIM (BVFM: TIMS3), one of Brazil's leading mobile network operators, with the aim of increasing the ... more  
Shenzhou XV astronauts to conduct first spacewalkBeijing (XNA) Feb 09, 2023 The Shenzhou XV mission crew, who are now inside the Tiangong space station, are scheduled to carry out their first spacewalk soon, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said ... more  
Comtech receives additional funding for US Army CommunicationsMelville NY (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) reports it has received a contract for four VSAT III Satellite Systems and Services task order modifications exceeding $20 million dollars, under the Global Tactical Advanced ... more  
Faster, more accurate 3D modelling recreates a landscape's digital twin down to the pixelMontreal, Canada (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 Concordia researchers have developed a new technique that can help create high-quality, accurate 3D models of large-scale landscapes - essentially, digital replicas of the real world. While more wor ... more |
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Bringing more power to Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 A new cargo mission stands ready to launch early Thursday and dock to the International Space Station two days later. Meanwhile, the Expedition 68 crew switched roles between space scientists and or ... more 
Spanish lagoon used to better understand wet-to-dry transition of MarsIthaca NY (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 In the ongoing search for signs of life on Mars, a new study proposes focusing on "time-resolved analogs" - dynamic and similar Earth environments where changes can be analyzed over many years. ... more 
Mars rover finds rippled rocks caused by waves: NASAWashington (AFP) Feb 8, 2023 NASA's Curiosity rover has found wave-rippled rocks - evidence of an ancient lake - in an area of the planet expected to be drier, the US space agency said Wednesday. ... more  
China's gigantic telescope identifies over 740 pulsarsBeijing (XNA) Feb 09, 2023 China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified over 740 pulsars since its launch, the research team has announc ... more  
Advanced manufacturing powering development of Next Generation InterceptorWashington DC (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 In today's rapidly evolving threat environment, industry partners need to quickly deploy new capabilities to help our customers, country and allies maintain a strategic advantage. That's why the Nor ... more |
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As humankind's technology becomes more advanced, and the possibilities for human space travel are realised, it is important to think about what types of conditions we may encounter on the surfaces of other worlds and prepare for them.
In the coming decades, ESA is planning not only to go to the Moon and Mars, but possibly beyond. When we land on the surface of other planets, it is importan ... more |
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 Natick MA (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 
The in-space propulsion firm Busek Co. Inc. (Busek) announced the successful on-orbit commissioning of its BHT-350 Hall effect thrusters on a duo of launches. The thrusters were sent aloft on OneWeb's 15th and 16th missions, which utilized separate SpaceX Falcon-9s to deliver 80 spacecraft into low Earth orbit (LEO). The Busek thrusters are utilized for orbit-raising, station-keeping, collision ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2023 
NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover took an image on December 18th, 2022, during its 650th day of mission that captured the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity near the base of Jezero Crater's river delta, approximately 1,115 feet (340 meters) away from the rover. The image was captured using the left camera of Mastcam-Z with an RGB color filter and the middle of its seven zoom settings, at a focal length of 6 ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 09, 2023 
The Shenzhou XV mission crew, who are now inside the Tiangong space station, are scheduled to carry out their first spacewalk soon, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a brief news release on Wednesday afternoon the Shenzhou XV astronauts - mission commander Major General Fei Junlong, Senior Colonel Deng Qingming and Senior Colonel Zhang Lu - had lived inside the ... more |
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 Midland TX (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has signed of a non-binding memorandum of understanding with TIM (BVFM: TIMS3), one of Brazil's leading mobile network operators, with the aim of increasing the scope of cellular connectivity and bringing space-based coverage to Brazil.
AST SpaceMobile's solution is being designed to get mobile devices online where cell tower coverage does not exist and ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 
NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) has successfully completed its critical space environment tests. Planned for launch to the International Space Station, AWE will study gravity waves in Earth's atmosphere to gain a deeper knowledge of the connections caused by climate systems throughout our atmosphere and between the atmosphere and space.
From its unique vantage point on the Intern ... more |
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 Athens, Georgia (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
New research from the University of Georgia reveals that artificial intelligence can be used to find planets outside of our solar system. The recent study demonstrated that machine learning can be used to find exoplanets, information that could reshape how scientists detect and identify new planets very far from Earth.
"One of the novel things about this is analyzing environments where pla ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
In 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountered the Pluto-Charon system, the Southwest Research Institute-led science team discovered interesting, geologically active objects instead of the inert icy orbs previously envisioned. An SwRI scientist has revisited the data to explore the source of cryovolcanic flows and an obvious belt of fractures on Pluto's large moon Charon. These new mod ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 8, 2023 
One in three children worldwide does not have access to clean drinking water while at school, impacting their health and ability to learn, the United Nations said Wednesday.
"Globally, almost one in three schools has no drinking water from an improved source," the UN cultural agency UNESCO said in a new report.
"One in three schools worldwide has no basic sanitation," meaning a toilet an ... more |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
At the FIRA international agricultural robotics forum, GEODNET announces initial availability of a Real-Time Kinematic (RTK), Centimeter Precision, GNSS Corrections Service for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Systems Integrators.
GEODNET is compatible with thousands of fielded GNSS receivers from all major brands, on-vehicle automated steering and spraying kits, as well as the ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 07, 2023 
Scientists and government agencies have been worried about the space junk surrounding Earth for decades. But humanity's starry ambitions are farther reaching than the space just around Earth. Ever since the 1960s with the launch of the Apollo program and the emergence of the space race between the U.S. and Soviet Union, people have been leaving trash around the Moon, too.
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 07, 2023 
A previously unknown 100-200-metre asteroid - roughly the size of Rome's Colosseum - has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Their project used data from the calibration of the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), in which the team serendipitously detected an interloping asteroid. The object is likely the smallest observed ... more |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
Concordia researchers have developed a new technique that can help create high-quality, accurate 3D models of large-scale landscapes - essentially, digital replicas of the real world. While more work is required before the researchers achieve their goal, they recently outlined their new automated method in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.
The framework reconstructs the geometry, stru ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2023 
Solar flares and other types of space weather can wreak havoc with spaceflight and with telecommunications and other types of satellites orbiting the Earth. But, to date, scientists' ability to research ways to overcome that challenge has been severely limited. That's because experiments they conduct in laboratories here on Earth are affected by gravity in ways that are so different from conditi ... more |
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 Trieste, Italy (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
A mysterious and very distant object, in a universe as it was 'just' two billion years after the Big Bang, that hides from even the most advanced instruments. Its features have finally been described by a team from SISSA in a recently published study reported in The Astrophysical Journal.
An extremely remote celestial body in a still young Universe, one sixth the size of the present one. A ... more |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 08, 2023 
In the world around us processes appear to follow a certain time-direction: dandelions eventually turn into blowballs. However, the quantum realm does not play by the same rules. Physicists from the University of Vienna and IQOQI Vienna have now shown that for certain quantum systems the time-direction of processes can be reversed. This demonstration of a so-called rewinding protocol has been pu ... more |
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