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May 21, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket carrying Saudi man and woman launches to ISS



Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 21, 2023
The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station successfully launched on Sunday, carrying the first Saudi citizens, Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, and Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot, to the orbiting outpost. This marked the maiden voyage of Saudis to space, an event that had been due to take place on the same day. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared into the sky from Kennedy Space Center on Florida's east coast on a mission organized by Axiom Space. The Saudi astrona ... read more

SOLAR SCIENCE
Space missions set to improve solar storm forecasts
Reading UK (SPX) May 19, 2023
Satellites launched into outer space could send back improved warnings of dangerous solar storms thanks to a breakthrough in the way scientists use space weather measurements. Experts from the ... more
SPACEMART
Arlula secures $2.2 million in seed funding to enable global space data access
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 19, 2023
Australian space tech startup Arlula reports it has raised AUD$2.2 million (USD$1.5 million) to expand access to Earth Observation (EO) data and imagery, allowing individuals, small businesses and l ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA begins feedback process for Moon to Mars Architecture
Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2023
As NASA builds a blueprint for human exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of humanity, efforts to advance the agency's Moon to Mars architecture concept development approach are u ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
'Startup Nation' Israel hopes to ride out storm
Jaffa, Israel (AFP) May 19, 2023
The global economic slowdown and domestic political turmoil have not impaired the long-term prospects of Israel's vaunted hi-tech industry, officials and insiders say, despite a recent decline in hiring in the sector. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
NASA selects winners, announces final phase of Space Food Challenge
Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2023
NASA has announced eight winning teams and awarded $750,000 in prizes in the second phase of the agency's Deep Space Food Challenge. The winning teams will move on to compete in the third and final ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Pair of NASA weather satellites to launch from New Zealand
Washington DC (UPI) May 20, 2023
A new pair of NASA weather satellites is ready for a ride into Earth orbit Monday from New Zealand. The launch time for the mission, called "Coming to a Storm Near You," is 1:30 a.m. EDT. Call ... more
IRON AND ICE
Astronomers want your help hunting for asteroids
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 19, 2023
Anyone can become an asteroid hunter thanks to a new program launched by astronomers at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. As part of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey, the ... more
MOON DAILY
After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon lander
Washington (AFP) May 19, 2023
Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander. ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA selects Blue Origin as 2nd Artemis Lunar Lander Provider
Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2023
To develop a human landing system for the agency's Artemis V mission to the Moon, NASA has selected Blue Origin of Kent, Washington. Through Artemis, NASA will explore more of the Moon than ever bef ... more
MOON DAILY
Georgia Tech to lead NASA Center on Lunar Research and Exploration
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 19, 2023
Georgia Tech researchers have been selected by NASA to lead a $7.5 million center that will study the lunar environment and the generation and properties of volatiles and dust. The Center for Lunar ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA releases new solar eclipse educational materials
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2023
To help learners of all ages understand how to safely observe the Oct. 14, 2023, annular solar eclipse and the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, NASA has released a new set of resources for educat ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Chinese astronomers transform understanding of Milky Way's spiral structure
Nanjing, China (SPX) May 19, 2023
Chinese astronomers have recently transformed our understanding of the spiral structure of the Milky Way. They determined that it is more like a common multiple-arm galaxy, rather than a special gal ... more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
An X-ray look at the heart of powerful quasars
London, UK (SPX) May 19, 2023
Researchers have observed the X-ray emission of the most luminous quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history, known as SMSS J114447.77-430859.3, or J1144 for short. The new perspectiv ... more
GPS NEWS
Beidou launches fifty-sixth Beidou navigation satellite
Beijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2023
The fifty-sixth Beidou navigation satellite, developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, recently took to the skies. The satellite is part of the geostation ... more
SPACEMART
Inmarsat selects SWISSto12's HummingSat for I-8 satellites to power L-Band network
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 19, 2023
Inmarsat, a world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced that SWISSto12, one of Europe's fastest growing aerospace providers, will develop its new eighth-generation of spac ... more
TECH SPACE
TransAstra receives Space Force contract to explore in-orbit propulsion systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2023
U.S. orbital logistics and space mining company TransAstra Corporation announced Friday that the U.S. Space Force has awarded it a Phase One Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to exp ... more
SPACEMART
US FCC signs off on Viasat acquisition of Inmarsat
Carlsbad CA (SPX) May 19, 2023
Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, are pleased that Viasat's proposed acquisition of I ... more
SPACEMART
Terran Orbital building satellite manufacturing facility
Irvine CA (SPX) May 19, 2023
Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) and W. P. Carey have broken ground this morning on a 94,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility located at 4 Goodyear in Irvine, Calif. In part ... more
SPACEWAR
Is the US in a space race against China
Maxwell AFB AL (The Conversation) May 19, 2023
Is the US in a space race against Chinas proclaiming the rise of a new "space race" between the U.S. and China have become common in news coverage following many of the exciting launches in recent y ... more
WOOD PILE
A new tool for deforestation detection
Beijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2023
Every second, the planet loses a stretch of forest equivalent to a football field due to logging, fires, insect infestation, disease, wind, drought, and other factors. In a recently published ... more

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