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August 12, 2023
MOON DAILY
GAO affirms NASA's decision on Intuitive Machines' $719M lunar contract



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
In a recent move, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has corroborated NASA's evaluation of the OMES III proposals, which subsequently resulted in a significant award to Intuitive Machines. The nod from GAO further reinforces the confidence in the selection process. The contract, a hefty five-year deal valued at up to $719 million, was awarded to Space and Technology Solutions. Notably, this is the Doing Business As (DBA) moniker for Space Network Solutions LLC. The venture is spearhea ... read more

MARSDAILY
Mars exploration reveals evidence of life-conducive environment
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Mars, often dubbed the 'Red Planet', has long been a focal point for scientists in the quest to uncover extraterrestrial life. Unlike Earth, Mars' surface is not subjected to the perpetual shifting ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Pulsar Fusion forms partnership with University of Michigan for electric propulsion
London, UK (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Electric propulsion, with a specific focus on Hall effect thrusters, has long been recognized as a foundational technology for space missions. Recognizing its potential, the UK Space Agency has rece ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
USTC scientists discover quasar-induced superbubbles
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
In groundbreaking research led by Prof. LIU Guilin and Prof. HE Zhicheng of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) under the aegis of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the exi ... more
VSAT NEWS
Airgain expands line of ultra-low-profile RECON13 5G rugged antenna
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Airgain, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRG), a provider of wireless connectivity solutions globally, has introduced the RECON13 5G antenna, adding to its line of rugged outdoor 5G antennas. The RECON13 is specific ... more
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TECH SPACE


De-orbiting PS4 stage in PSLV-C56 Mission

MICROSAT BLITZ
RTX and Blue Canyon unveil new high-capacity XB16 CubeSat
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
In response to the ever-growing demand in the satellite industry for greater payload size, weight, and power (SWaP), RTX's satellite manufacturer arm, Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT), has recently un ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
ICEYE US receives first NASA commercial smallsat data task order
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
ICEYE US Inc, renowned for its persistent Earth monitoring through radar imaging satellites, has secured its inaugural Task Order as a part of a previously announced Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Virgin Galactic rockets its first tourist passengers into space
Washington (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
Virgin Galactic launched its first tourist passengers into the weightlessness of space Thursday, the culmination of a nearly two-decade commercial pursuit, the company said. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China's commercial CERES-1 Y7 rocket launches 7 satellites
Jiuquan (XNA) Aug 11, 2023
China on Thursday launched the CERES-1 Y7 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, sending seven satellites into a planned orbit. The commercial rocket blast ... more
MOON DAILY
UAH to develop propulsion system to boost surveillance between Earth and Moon
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2023
Dr. John Bennewitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $650,000, 45-month Air Force ... more

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MARSDAILY


Phoenix's Red Planet Selfie

MARSDAILY
The Dragon's Egg Too Tough To Crack
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 08, 2023
Perseverance spent this week on Mars roving across the top of the Jezero fan- from Mount Meeker to Dream Lake- in search of yet another sample for return to Earth. This upper region known as Lobe K ... more
MARSDAILY
Blazing a path to the Gediz Vallis Ridge: Sols 3914-3915
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 08, 2023
Earth planning date: Wednesday August 8, 2023: Curiosity continues her steady winter drive through the Kalavryta quadrangle with her sights set on the Gediz Vallis ridge ahead! Behind her, Curiosity ... more
MARSDAILY
New insights into the potential for early steps of biological evolution on Mars
Bloomington IN (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
That the planet Mars had habitable surface environments early in its existence has been firmly established by the scientific community. These environments provided water, energy sources, elements li ... more
MARSDAILY
Cracks in ancient Martian mud surprise Curiosity team
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 11, 2023
A new paper suggests the same conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable to the emergence of microscopic life. Scientists aren't entirely sure how life began on Earth, but one prev ... more
MOON DAILY
Russia launches mission to land on lunar south pole
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2023
Russia launched the moon mission Luna-25 Friday to land a spacecraft on the rocky lunar south pole. ... more
MOON DAILY


Russia launches first Moon mission in nearly 50 years

MARSDAILY
Engineers put a Mars lander legs to the test
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 11, 2023
Sturdy legs are needed to absorb the impact of the heaviest spacecraft to ever touch down on the Red Planet. NASA's Perseverance rover continues to rack up tubes filled with rock core samples for th ... more
IRON AND ICE
Hera's mini-radar will probe asteroid's heart
Grenoble, France (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
The smallest radar to fly in space has been delivered to ESA for integration aboard the miniature Juventas CubeSat, part of ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence. The radar will perform the first ... more
MOON DAILY
One giant step: Moon race hots up
Paris (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
Russia's plan to launch its lunar lander on Friday is the latest in an international push to return to the Moon that includes the world's top powers but also new players. ... more
OUTER PLANETS
All Eyes on the Ice Giants
Laurel MD (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft plans to observe Uranus and Neptune from its location far out in the outer solar system this fall, and the mission team is inviting the global amateur astronomy commun ... more
OUTER PLANETS
Hundred-year storms? That's how long they last on Saturn.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
The largest storm in the solar system, a 10,000-mile-wide anticyclone called the Great Red Spot, has decorated Jupiter's surface for hundreds of years. A new study now shows that Saturn - thou ... more
VENUSIAN HEAT
Course correction keeps Parker Solar Probe on track for Venus flyby
Laurel MD (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
NASA's Parker Solar Probe executed a short maneuver on Aug. 3, 2023, that kept the spacecraft on track to hit the aim point for the mission's sixth Venus flyby on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Operat ... more
TIME AND SPACE
After capturing image of black hole, what's next?
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Agroup of international researchers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA) achieved the once-unimaginable four years ago: using a groundbreaking telescope to capture an i ... more
EXO WORLDS
Watch an exoplanet's 17-year journey around its star
Evanston IL (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of an exoplanet to date. Constructed from real data, the footage shows Beta Pictoris b - a planet 12 times the ... more
EXO WORLDS
Exoplanet surveyor Ariel passes major milestone
Paris (ESA) Aug 11, 2023
Ariel, ESA's next-generation mission to observe the chemical makeup of distant exoplanets, has passed a major milestone after successfully completing its payload Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Seventeen years later satellite return home for first time
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
On Aug. 12, 2023, NASA's STEREO-A spacecraft will pass between the Sun and Earth, marking the first Earth flyby of the nearly 17-year-old mission. The visit home brings a special chance for the spac ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Monster waves as tall as three suns are crashing upon a colossal star
Cambridge MA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
An extreme star system is giving new meaning to the phrase "surf's up." The star system intrigued researchers because it is the most dramatic "heartbeat star" on record. Now new models have revealed ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Rubin will detect an abundance of interstellar objects passing through solar system
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Many as-yet-undiscovered interstellar objects exist throughout our Milky Way Galaxy: comets and asteroids that have been ejected from their home star systems. Some of these objects pass through our ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New technique measures structured light in a single shot
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2023
Structured light waves with spiral phase fronts carry orbital angular momentum (OAM), attributed to the rotational motion of photons. Recently, scientists have been using light waves with OAM, and t ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Gaia telescope data challenges long-held gravity theories
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
A groundbreaking study, harnessing observations from the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope, has revealed evidence of discrepancies between observed stellar motions and predictions from Ne ... more
TECH SPACE
SwRI micropatch algorithm improves ground-to-spacecraft software update efficiency
San Antonio TX (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Southwest Research Institute developed an algorithm to remotely update and repair spacecraft software using less time and data than conventional techniques. The tool not only improves the overall ef ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Communications achieved for NASA's 4 Starling CubeSats
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
Mission managers have established command communications with all four of NASA's Starling CubeSats! The spacecraft are progressing through payload and propulsion tests, the final stage of a pre-oper ... more
SPACEMART
SpaceX successfully launches another batch of Starlink satellites
Miami FL (UPI) Aug 11, 2023
SpaceX early Friday successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 22 Starlink satellites into space from Florida's famed Cape Canaveral. The rocket launched at 1:17 a.m. EDT from S ... more
TECH SPACE
Damage control: WVU researchers aim for the sky to track lethal space debris
Morgantown WV (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
West Virginia University researchers are looking to protect space - and elements of everyday life on Earth - from debris down to the size of paint flakes barreling through space at speeds of more th ... more
TECH SPACE
Before the vacuum
Paris (ESA) Aug 11, 2023
Engineers seen preparing a test inside the largest vacuum chamber of the ESA Propulsion Laboratory - this CORONA test facility measures 2 m in height and 5 m in length - to evaluate a compact electr ... more
SPACEMART
ESA's Space Environment Report 2023
Paris (ESA) Aug 11, 2023
Our planet is surrounded by spacecraft carrying out important work to study our changing climate, deliver global communication and navigation services and help us answer important scientific questio ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Southern Cross and Satelytics Announce Market Development Partnership
Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 09, 2023
Southern Cross, a subsidiary of Sparus Holdings, and Satelytics are announcing a partnership to provide state-of-the-art advanced satellite-based artificial intelligence and geospatial analytics for ... more
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