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May 08, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab successfully launches 2 NASA storm-monitoring satellites



Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2021
U.S.-based Rocket Lab Electron successfully launched a pair of NASA storm-monitoring satellites from New Zealand on Monday. The Rocket Like A Hurricane mission with two CubeSats on board launched shortly after 1 p.m. Monday from Rocket Lab Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula on the archipelago nation's east coast. "After 36 launches, we're still not sick of this view," Rocket Lab said in the caption of a tweet with a photo of the rocket lifting off. The mission deployed two of four C ... read more

MOON DAILY
The Mystery of the Glass Substance in the Chang'e-5 Lunar Soil
Beijing, China (SPX) May 07, 2023
Glass is typically associated with floor-to-ceiling windows, colorful crafts, and electronic screens. However, it is not only a crucial man-made material but also a naturally occurring substance fou ... more
OUTER PLANETS
NASA: Up to 4 of Uranus' moons could have water
Washington DC (UPI) May 5, 2023
NASA scientists concluded that four of Uranus' largest moons likely contain an ocean layer of water between its core and icy crust. ... more
SPACEWAR
Control, Cooperation, Classification remain focus of DOD's Space Policy
Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2023
The assistant secretary of defense for space policy told senators yesterday that his office is "laser focused" on three priorities: space control, space cooperation and space classification. " ... more
FARM NEWS
Earth from Space: Farming the desert
Paris (ESA) May 07, 2023
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west of the border with Tunisia. Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click o ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
ESA releases image of Earth showing detailed weather patterns
Washington DC (UPI) May 4, 2023
The European Space Agency and Eumetsat on Thursday released a detailed image of the Earth and its weather patterns from the Meteostat Third Generation Imager-1 satellite. ... more
MARSDAILY
Check And Double Check: Sols 3821-3822
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2023
Earth planning day - Friday, May 5th, 2023. We continue our triage of the "Ubajara" potential drill site in this plan. In the last plan, we brushed the surface and did some further investigation of ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Exciton fission - one photon in, two electrons out
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2023
"When pentacene is excited by light, the electrons in the material rapidly react," explains Prof. Ralph Ernstorfer, a senior author of the study. "It was an open and very disputed question whether a ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Sidus Space's external flight test returns radiation and structural integrity data for AU Experiment
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 07, 2023
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, pro ... more
SPACEMART
Lockheed Martin Space announces changes designed to enhance speed and effectiveness
Denver CO (SPX) May 07, 2023
The Space business area within Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has announced upcoming changes in order to promote greater effectiveness in delivering on customer missions, support growth and innovation, ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Tianzhou-5 cargo craft separates from China's space station
Beijing, China (SPX) May 07, 2023
The China Manned Space Agency announced on Friday that the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft successfully separated from China's space station at 3:26 p.m. Beijing Time. The spacecraft, which had been sup ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Satellite Data, Applications Flowing Through SERVIR to Southeast Asia
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2023
More than 50 million people in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar draw water for drinking and agriculture from the Mekong River. With customized tools that use NASA observations and data ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Alexandrite laser crystals from Europe for space applications
Hannover, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2023
Alexandrite laser crystals are well suited for use in earth observation satellites. They are robust and enable laser systems with a tunable output wavelength. In the European Horizon 2020 project GA ... more

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MARSDAILY
The mysterious origins of Martian meteorites
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 05, 2023
In August 1865, a 10-pound rock fell from space to Earth, landing with a bang in the remote village of Sherghati, India. After being recovered by witnesses to the event, the stone passed into the po ... more
EXO WORLDS
Hunting for life's building blocks at minus 250 degrees Celsius
Leiden, Netherlands (SPX) May 05, 2023
Searching for life's building blocks lightyears away is an important task of the James Webb Space Telescope. But how does it know what to look for? PhD student Marina Gomes Rachid is offering a help ... more
MARSDAILY
Aerovironment awarded $10M JPL to co-design and develop two helicopters for Mars Sample Return mission
Arlingtonw VA (SPX) May 04, 2023
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has been awarded a $10 million contract by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to co-design and co-develop conceptual designs and engineering development units ... more
MOON DAILY
The Moon's heart revealed for the first time
Paris, France (SPX) May 05, 2023
Half a century after Apollo 11 initiated the first lunar surveys, a collaborative team of scientists from CNRS, University of the Cote d'Azur, Cote d'Azur Observatory, Sorbonne University, and Paris ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Conservation groups sue US regulator over SpaceX launches
Washington (AFP) May 1, 2023
US conservation groups on Monday announced they are suing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for not doing enough to protect the environment from SpaceX's Starship program. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Massive radio array to search for ET signals from other civilizations
Mountain View CA (SPX) May 02, 2023
One of the world's most powerful radio telescope arrays is joining the hunt for signals from other galactic civilizations. The National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), si ... more
SPACEMART
SpaceX lifts another 56 Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbit
Washington DC (UPI) May 4, 2023
SpaceX carried another 56 Starlink Internet satellites into space from the Cape Canaveral Space Station on Thursday morning, its 27th orbital mission on its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket this year. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Prep in the pool for Europe's next astronauts
Cologne, Germany (AFP) May 4, 2023
A new cohort of astronauts at the European Space Agency's training centre in Cologne, Germany, can expect to see time in both the pool and the classroom as they get ready to head into orbit. ... more

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