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  Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Another setback for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Japan's H3 rocket was scheduled to lift off from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 10:37 a.m. Japan Standard Time on February 17th. It was supposed to launch Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3 (ALOS-3), also known as Daichi-3 into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). ALOS-3 is an advanced, Earth observing satellite, to be used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying. JAXA aborted H3 rocket's ... read more |
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Study quantifies global impact of electricity in dust storms on MarsSt. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Mars is infamous for its intense dust storms, some of which kick up enough dust to be seen by telescopes on Earth. When dust particles rub against each other, as they do in Martian dust storms ... more  
Webb reveals intricate networks of gas, dust in nearby galaxiesBaltimore MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Peering through obscuring clouds of dust, the MIRI instrument has revealed networks of giant cavities and blown-out bubbles in the gaseous arms of distant galaxies. Researchers using NASA's James We ... more  
Sidius Space reaches an agreement with a Dutch organization to Deploy Lasercom MissionSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, known as TNO, has awarded a $2.5 million contract to a satellite and space defense manufacturer Sidus Space. On February 15 Sidius ... more 
D-Orbit signs launch contract with Patriot InfoventionFino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 On the final day of the Global Space and Technology Convention of Singapore, the space transportation and logistics company D-Orbit has announced the signing ... more |
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Biology and Robotics Research Occupy CrewHouston TX (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 A multitude of advanced microgravity research benefitting humans and robotics took precedence aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Two Expedition 68 astronauts investigated how ... more 
Former football player revamps NASA air filter inventionCleveland OH (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 From grimy dirt and dangerous bacteria to tiny spores and pollen grains, air filters remove harmful particles from the air we breathe. But changing filters once they're soiled can prove time-consumi ... more 
Astroscale wins Dstl funding for exploration of future Space-Based Space Domain Awareness missionsHarwell UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 Astroscale has won funding from the MOD Defence Science and Technology Laboratory funding to explore space-based space domain awareness (SB-SDA) mission concepts for launch in the 2030s. Astro ... more 
Japan's new rocket fails to blast offTokyo (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 Japan's next-generation rocket failed to launch on Friday after an apparent ignition problem, the national space agency said. ... more |
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ALL.SPACE builds up executive team ahead of smart terminal rolloutReading UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 ALL.SPACE, creator of the world's first smart terminal, has announced the latest in a series of strategic executive team appointments ahead of milestone deliveries of its transformational multi-link ... more  
China solicits logos for manned space missions in 2023Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 The China Manned Space Agency began to solicit logos on Wednesday for the country's upcoming crewed space missions, marking the first open logo solicitation of its manned space program. The ev ... more  
Solstar Space awarded Phase I STTR contract in partnership with AFWERX and SpaceWERXSanta Fe NM (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 Solstar Space (Solstar), the company making persistent on-orbit communications available, announced it was awarded a Phase I STTR contract by the Department of Air Force (DAF) to evaluate the compan ... more 
U.S. Space Force awards Phase III SBIR contract to AstranisSan Francisco (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 San Francisco-based geostationary communications satellite operator and manufacturer Astranis Space Technologies announced on February 14, that they won a U.S. Space Force contract worth up to $10 m ... more |
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New technique maps large-scale impacts of fire-induced permafrost thaw in AlaskaBoca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 About 40 percent of interior Alaska is underlain by ice-rich permafrost - permanently frozen grounds made up of soil, gravel and sand - bound together by ice. Certain conditions, such as climate war ... more  
Umbra agrees to provide Maxar direct access to SAR ConstellationSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 Maxar Technologies has signed a contract for dedicated access to Umbra' Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery constellation, the companies announced February 14. SAR satellites are able to se ... more 
New space capability mapping tool unveiled at the 2023 Avalon AirshowAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Satellite Applications Catapult, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), and the UK Government have announced a new space supply chain mapping tool to showcase the United Kingdom (UK) and Austra ... more 
GMV assesses impact of Turkey earthquake from spaceMadrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 As part of its emergency management efforts, GMV is conducting an impact assessment of the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Monday, February 6. It is already considered ... more  
SpaceDaily Streamlines Imaging Process with ChatGPT TechnologyGerroa, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 SpaceDaily, a leading news organization covering space exploration, astronomy, and technology, has implemented ChatGPT's technology, along with simple rules lists and innovative software development ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
A multitude of advanced microgravity research benefitting humans and robotics took precedence aboard the International Space Station on Thursday.
Two Expedition 68 astronauts investigated how living in space affects the way a crew member reaches for and grasps objects. NASA Flight Engineer Josh Cassada has been working in the Columbus laboratory module all week exploring how spaceflight im ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 
When the Artemis 1 mission was launched by NASA's Space Launch System, SLS, in November, it became the world's most powerful rocket, exceeding the thrust of the previous record holder, Saturn , by 13%. With liftoff came a loud roar heard miles away.
In JASA Express Letters, published on behalf of the Acoustical Society of America by AIP Publishing, researchers from Brigham Young University ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 13, 2023 
The team is taking a little time to work through the best strategy for drilling here, so today's plan just focused on collecting additional contact science and remote sensing data from around the future Dinira drill target. Fortunately, there's no shortage of interesting things to look at from our current position, so the science team had lots of fun deciding on what rocks to observe.
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023  China will launch two crews to work on its Tiangong space station this year, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency published schedules for the Shenzhou XVI and XVII mission crews on Wednesday, saying that the Shenzhou XVI team will leave for the Tiangong station in May while their counterparts in the Shenzhou XVII mission will fly to the massive orbiting outpost in October ... more |
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 Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2023 
The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket thundered off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 12:10:10 a.m. EST (0510:10 GMT) on Sunday, despite the weather.
SpaceX's Starlink Group mission 5-4 launched 55 Starlink satellites onboard the Falcon 9. This is the fourth launch into a new orbital shell for SpaceX's second-generation Starlink constell ... more |
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 Harwell UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 
Astroscale has won funding from the MOD Defence Science and Technology Laboratory funding to explore space-based space domain awareness (SB-SDA) mission concepts for launch in the 2030s.
Astroscale Ltd. formed the winning consortium teaming with Raytheon NORSS and SJE Space Ltd for the project. The aim of the study is to advance knowledge of space-based space domain awareness (SB-SDA) thro ... more |
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 
Astronomers have long been aware that planetary systems are not necessarily structured like our solar system. Researchers from the Universities of Bern and Geneva, as well as from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, have now shown for the first time that there are in fact four types of planetary systems.
In our solar system, everything seems to be in order: The smaller r ... more |
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 Maunakea HI (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawai?i have discovered that aurorae at visible wavelengths appear on all 4 major moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Using Keck Observatory's High-Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES) as well as high-resolution spectrographs at the Large Binocular Telescope and Apache Point Observatory, a team led by Caltech and Boston ... more |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
Destruction of key hydrothermal vents by deep-sea mining could have knock-on impacts for vent fields hundreds of kilometers away, suggests a new paper published in Ecology and Evolution.
The study, which was conducted by scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), in collaboration with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and the U ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 
China will employ BeiDou satellite-based augmentation system (BDSBAS) to provide high-precision positioning service in railway survey and construction, according to the China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co., Ltd.
Four satellite-based and 12 ground-based observation stations will be set up along the Wufeng-Enshi railway section in central China's Hubei Province.
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 Houston (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 
Lunar Resources, the pioneering space industrial company, and Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering with market-leading expertise in terrestrial pipeline transportation systems, have been awarded a grant by NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. This award funds a feasibility study for the Lunar South Pole Oxygen Pipeline (LSPoP), a pipeline at the South Pole of the Mo ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 16, 2023 
No one saw the Chelyabinsk meteor of 15 February 2013 coming - the largest asteroid to strike Earth in over a century. Just after sunrise on a sunny winter's day, a 20-metre, 13 000 tonne asteroid struck the atmosphere over the Ural Mountains in Russia at a speed of more than 18 km/s.
The relatively small rock exploded in the atmosphere at an altitude of 30 km, releasing about half a megat ... more |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
Satellite Applications Catapult, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), and the UK Government have announced a new space supply chain mapping tool to showcase the United Kingdom (UK) and Australian space sector capabilities. Enabled by the Space Bridge, an alliance between the UK and Australia that enhances cooperation across both nations to boost respective space industries, this mapping t ... 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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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 
Astronomers have revealed the latest deep field image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora's Cluster (Abell 2744). Webb's view displays three clusters of galaxies - already massive - coming together to form a megacluster. The combined mass of the galaxy clusters creates a powerful gravitational lens, a natural magnifica ... more |
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 Newport News VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 
Since it first went online more than 30 years ago, the Vertical Test Area at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has gotten used to superlatives. One of the biggest testbeds of its kind. The busiest. The most versatile.
Now, the Vertical Test Area that was created to help build Jefferson Lab's main particle accelerator has hit another milestone: I ... more |
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