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  Bengaluru, India (SPX) Aug 19, 2023 The Chandrayaan-3 mission continues to make significant strides as its Lander Module has now achieved an orbit of 113 km x 157 km around the Moon. This crucial development was shared by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). With a keen focus on the anticipated soft landing on the Moon's South Polar region on August 23, a second de-boosting is already planned for August 20. The mission's timeline has seen a series of critical maneuvers over the past few days. On August 17, the Lander Modul ... read more |
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Neptune's Disappearing Clouds Linked to the Solar CycleBaltimore MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2023 Weather forecast for Neptune: After sunny weather for the past few Earth years, we'll see increasingly more clouds over the next few years. In 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft provided the fi ... more  
Using supernovae to study neutrinos' strange propertiesColumbus OH (SPX) Aug 17, 2023 In a new study, researchers have taken an important step toward understanding how exploding stars can help reveal how neutrinos, mysterious subatomic particles, secretly interact with themselves. ... more  
Durable Parker Solar Probe going strong after first five yearsLaurel MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2023 On Aug. 12, 2018 - five years ago this week - NASA's Parker Solar Probe blasted off atop a powerful Delta IV rocket from what is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The predawn launch into the s ... more  
XRISM spacecraft will open new window on the x-ray cosmosGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2023 The upcoming XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, pronounced "crism") spacecraft will study the universe's hottest regions, largest structures, and objects with the strongest gravity. ... more |
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  AFRL opens extreme computing facility, announces $44M in additional funding  
Atlas Credit Partners provides $100M strategic financing to AST SpaceMobileHouston TX (SPX) Aug 16, 2023 Atlas Credit Partners ("ACP"), an asset management firm specializing in investing and partnering with businesses on a direct basis, has announced a $100 million strategic financing to AST SpaceMobil ... more |
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Embracing the future we needBoston MA (SPX) Aug 15, 2023 When you picture MIT doctoral students taking small PhD courses together, you probably don't imagine them going on class field trips. But it does happen, sometimes, and one of those trips changed An ... more 
NASA challenges students to fly Earth and Space experimentsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2023 NASA is calling on middle and high school students across the country to submit experiment ideas for a high-altitude balloon or rocket-powered lander test flight in the third TechRise Student Challe ... more  
Delight at Dream LakePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 17, 2023 The rover has left behind the boulder field at "Fall River Pass" for now, and we're currently investigating an enigmatic sedimentary rock unit that was first spotted by Ingenuity during its 52nd fli ... more 
A 'Blissful' Martian Rock Paradise, Straight Ahead: Sols 3919-3920Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 17, 2023 Earth planning day: Monday, August 14, 2023: The Gediz Vallis Ridge represents a hugely interesting and enigmatic feature, one that we have been talking about since landing (and probably well before ... more |
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 NASA's Europa probe gets a hotline to Earth  
The oldest and fastest evolving moss in the world might not survive climate changeWashington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 A 390-million-year-old moss called Takakia lives in some of Earth's most remote places, including the icy cliffs of the Tibetan Plateau. In a decade-long project, a team of scientists climbed some o ... more |
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Studying rainforests from the skies - radar technology measures biomassBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 At present, there are only estimates of how much forest biomass exists worldwide. However, its extent is crucial in order to accurately assess global warming. This information could be used to predi ... more  
BAE agrees to buy Ball Aerospace for $5.55 billionLondon (AFP) Aug 17, 2023 British military equipment maker BAE Systems announced on Thursday that it had agreed to buy US company Ball Aerospace from the Ball Corporation for about $5.55 billion. ... more  
Global collaboration leads to new discoveries in lightning researchEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2023 With operations based out of Tampa, Florida, the ALOFT field campaign logged approximately 60 hours of flight time across Central America and the Caribbean. The team used NASA Armstrong's ER-2 aircr ... more 
NASA Software Catalog Offers Free Programs for Earth Science, MoreWashington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 Each year, NASA scientists, engineers, and developers create software packages to manage space missions, test spacecraft, and analyze the petabytes of data produced by agency research satellites. As ... more |
 Planet completes acquisition of Sinergise; Set to Expand Planet's Earth Data Platform 
Satellite ground station runs all-weather, all-day in NW ChinaBeijing, China (SPX) Aug 15, 2023 A remote sensing satellite ground station in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is equipped with multi-satellite, all-weather and all-day observation capabilities, according ... more |
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NASA clocks July 2023 as hottest month on record ever since 1880Washington DC (SPX) Aug 15, 2023 According to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, July 2023 was hotter than any other month in the global temperature record. "Since day one, President ... more  
DLR opens wind energy research farm in KrummendeichKrummendeich, Germany (SPX) Aug 17, 2023 With its wind energy research farm, the German Aerospace Center has a globally unique large-scale research facility in Krummendeich, near the mouth of the River Elbe. The Wind Validation (WiValdi) f ... more  
Tough memory device aims for space missionsThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Aug 17, 2023 Among the many hazards encountered by space probes, exposure to radiation and huge temperature swings pose particular challenges for their electronic circuits. Now KAUST researchers have invented th ... more 
Russia's Luna-25 probe enters Moon orbitMoscow (AFP) Aug 16, 2023 Moscow's Luna-25 lander was successfully placed in the Moon's orbit Wednesday, the first such Russian mission in almost 50 years, space agency Roscosmos announced. ... more |
Indian lunar lander splits from propulsion module in key stepNew Delhi (AFP) Aug 17, 2023 India's latest space mission completed a key step in the country's second attempt at a lunar landing, with its Moon module separating from its propulsion section on Thursday. ... more 
A Framework for Optimized, Integrated Lunar InfrastructureWashington DC (SPX) Aug 17, 2023 Anticipating a burgeoning cislunar and lunar economy of scientific research and commercial development in the coming decade, DARPA is soliciting innovative and revolutionary technical approaches to ... more 
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer gets final payload water huntPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 17, 2023 The spacecraft's Lunar Thermal Mapper science instrument will work with an imaging spectrometer to help researchers understand the nature of water on the Moon's surface. NASA's Lunar Trailblazer is ... more  
Mil-Aero 6 GHz Link: ViaLite's answer to Japan's demanding satcom needsLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 17, 2023 Tokyo's satellite communication industry has seen the recent introduction of ViaLite's Mil-Aero 6 GHz Link Pair, an advanced piece of technology designed to meet high-grade requirements for C-band R ... more |
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Japan's space system utilizes AWS Snowcone for Space-to-Earth data deliveryTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 16, 2023 Approximately 400 kilometers above the Earth's surface, Japan Manned Space Systems Corporation (JAMSS) used an AWS Snowcone SSD onboard the International Space Station (ISS) to quickly and autonomou ... more  
SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites into spaceWashington DC (UPI) Aug 17, 2023 SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of nearly two dozen Starlink satellites into space from Florida's famed Cape Canaveral late Wednesday. The rocket launched at 11:3 ... more  
Deep cycling of carbon and chlorine were likely flipped in Earth's early historySydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 New research led by Macquarie University earth scientist Dr Chunfei Chen sheds new light on geological processes from up to three billion years ago and marks a significant shift in the scientific co ... more 
HALO investigates transport of polluted air masses over the Pacific OceanCologne, Germany (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 Extreme rainfall during the Asian monsoon repeatedly causes catastrophic destruction in Southeast Asia. However, the effects of this large-scale weather system extend far beyond the Indian subcontin ... more |
NASA TechRise Student Challenge tests experiments in stratosphereEdwards AFB Ca (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 On July 24, students from 30 middle and high schools selected for NASA's TechRise Student Challenge watched their experiments launch aboard a high-altitude balloon, marking the culmination of months ... more  
Oldest extant plant has adapted to extremes and is threatened by climate changeFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 The rare moss Takakia has adapted over millions of years to a life at high altitudes. An international research team led by Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski from the University of Freiburg and Prof. Dr. Yikun H ... more  
NASA study reveals compounding climate risks at two degrees of warmingMoffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2023 If global temperatures keep rising and reach 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, people worldwide could face multiple impacts of climate change simultaneously. Th ... more 
Spanish city shatters heat record; NASA spots fierce surface temps during Phoenix heatwavePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 11, 2023 Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have created a series of maps showing land-surface temperatures in the Phoenix area in July 2023, when the city experienced a record-breaking run of h ... more |
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Watch an exoplanet's 17-year journey around its starEvanston 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 
Monster waves as tall as three suns are crashing upon a colossal starCambridge 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  
NASA's $985 million Psyche mission to all-metal asteroid nears liftoffWashington DC (UPI) Aug 16, 2023 Preparations are proceeding for the early October launch of a NASA orbiter that uses futuristic electric propulsion technology for a rendezvous with 16 Psyche, the heart of a demolished planet belie ... more 
Enjoying the Climb: Sols 3916-3918Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 15, 2023 Earth planning date: Friday, August 11, 2023: In this weekend's plan, Curiosity is behaving much as you would as you climb a mountain. You pause occasionally to look around at what lies beneath your ... more |
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