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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  
ISRO launches second Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-SSLV-D2Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the island of Sriharikota, India on Thursday at 9:18 a.m. local time (03:48 UTC), six months ... more 
NASA conducts first 2023 test of redesigned SLS rocket engineStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 NASA's newly redesigned RS-25 engine for future flights of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, underwent its first hot fire test of the year on Feb. 8 at the agency's Stennis Space Center near Bay ... more  
NASA's ESCAPADE mission headed to Mars in 2024 on Blue Origin's New GlennSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 Blue Origin, LLC of Kent, Washington, has been contracted by NASA to launch the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) mission through their Venture-Class Acquisition of De ... more |
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CAPSTONE mission demonstrating utility and resilience at the MoonWashington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 The CAPSTONE spacecraft continues to operate at the Moon and the vehicle is happy and healthy. The mission has accomplished 4 mission objectives and is making progress on additional objectives. Two ... more  
JUICE's final take-off before lift-offToulouse, France (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 The Airbus-built JUICE spacecraft is set to embark on a pioneering mission to explore the Jupiter system and study its magnetic fields. The decade-long mission, managed by the European Space Agency ... more  
Sound test of Hera asteroid mission antennaNoordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 The High Gain Antenna of ESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence seen being prepared for testing in the acoustic reverberation chamber of the IABG test centre in Germany. This involves bla ... more  
Hubble captures the start of a new spoke season at SaturnBaltimore MD (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 New images of Saturn from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope herald the start of the planet's "spoke season" surrounding its equinox, when enigmatic features appear across its rings. The cause of the spo ... more |
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NASA's NuSTAR reveals hidden light shows on the SunPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2023 Even on a sunny day, human eyes can't see all the light our nearest star gives off. A new image displays some of this hidden light, including the high-energy X-rays emitted by the hottest material i ... more 
MDA secures new contract to supply Ka-band multibeam antennas for Argentina's ARSAT-SG1 SatelliteBrampton, Canada (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has announced a new contract award to design, build and supply all of the ... more  
NASA turns to AI to design mission hardwareGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 Spacecraft and mission hardware designed by an artificial intelligence may resemble bones left by some alien species, but they weigh less, tolerate higher structural loads, and require a fraction of ... more 
AST SpaceMobile announces collaboration with Zain KSAMidland TX (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), has announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Zain KSA, a leading telecommunications operator in Saudi Arabia. The signing took place at the inte ... more |
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Shenzhou XV astronauts take their first spacewalkBeijing (XNA) Feb 10, 2023 Shenzhou XV mission crew members have just concluded their first spacewalk, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a news release early on Friday morning that mission command ... more  
SES, ThinKom and Hughes enable multi-orbit resilient connectivity for critical airborne missionsLuxembourg (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 SES, ThinKom and Hughes demonstrated revolutionary high-performance multi-orbit service capable of supporting multiple solutions for government airborne missions, the companies announced Wednesday. ... more  
Maxar awarded $192M Foreign Commercial Imagery Program IDIQ ContractWestminster CO (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), worth up to $192 million ... 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  
Kigen and Skylo work together to bring eSIM and satellite connectivity to expand the potential of 5G IoTLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 09, 2023 Kigen, a global security leader in IoT enablement with its SIM, eSIM, and iSIM technology solutions, and Skylo, a Satellite Network or Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) operator focused on connecting an ... more |
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The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, issued its 2022 annual report Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, examining the agency's safety performance, accomplishments, and challenges over the past year.
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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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 Washington (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.
"This is the best evidence of water and waves that we've seen in the entire mission," said Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 10, 2023 
Shenzhou XV mission crew members have just concluded their first spacewalk, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a news release early on Friday morning that mission commander Major General Fei Junlong and Senior Colonel Zhang Lu completed a seven-hour spacewalk and returned to the Wentian science module at 12:16 am (Beijing Time). The third crew member, Senior Colonel D ... more |
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 Brampton, Canada (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 
MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has announced a new contract award to design, build and supply all of the Ka-band multibeam antennas for the ARSAT-SG1 satellite. ARSAT is Argentina's national telecommunications company and ARSAT-SG1 will provide high-speed internet as well as digital video and voice servi ... 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.
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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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 Southampton UK (SPX) Feb 10, 2023 
Humans are artificially expanding cities' coastlines by extending industrial ports and creating luxury residential waterfronts. Developers have added over 2,350 square kilometers of land (900 square miles, or about 40 Manhattans) to coastlines in major cities since 2000, according to a new study.
The study reports the first global assessment of coastal land reclamation, which is the proces ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2023 
Even on a sunny day, human eyes can't see all the light our nearest star gives off. A new image displays some of this hidden light, including the high-energy X-rays emitted by the hottest material in the Sun's atmosphere, as observed by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). While the observatory typically studies objects outside our solar system - like massive black holes and co ... 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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