Space News from SpaceDaily.com
September 20, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
'Anomaly' ends Rocket Lab launch mid-flight



Miami FL (UPI) Sep 20, 2023
A Rocket Lab launch of a next-generation radar satellite for Capella Space from New Zealand on Tuesday experienced an "anomaly" minutes into its flight, ending the mission. The issue occurred at stage separation of the two-stage Electron rocket at about 2 minutes 38 seconds after liftoff. No explanation was given during the live telecast of the launch. "The launch director has called an anomaly, resulting in the end of the mission. We'll share more information as it comes to hand," Roc ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Kayhan Space Raises $7 million, Unveils First-Ever Autonomous Space Traffic Coordination Service
Maui HI (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
Kayhan Space, the leading provider of high-performance software and solutions for space mission operations, has announced it has raised $7 million in an oversubscribed seed extension round to accele ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX deploys another 22 Starlink satellites
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 20, 2021
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a payload of 22 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit late Tuesday. ... more
VENUSIAN HEAT
Venus on Earth: NASA's VERITAS Science Team Studies Volcanic Iceland
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2023
With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and searing surface temperature, Venus is an especially challenging place to study. But scientists know that observing its surface ca ... more
SPACEMART
Intelsat Inflight Connectivity expanded to all Airbus aircraft
McLean VA (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
Intelsat, operator of one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), has announced that its multi-orbit network offerin ... more
Previous Issues Sep 19 Sep 18 Sep 17 Sep 16 Sep 15
ADVERTISEMENT


SPACEMART


Iridium and McQ develop remote monitoring solution for Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic

SPACEWAR
China launches Yaogan 39 remote sensing satellite
Beijing (XNA) Sep 19, 2023
China launched a Long March 2D carrier rocket on Sunday afternoon at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province to place several remote-sensing satellites into orbit, according to China ... more
UAV NEWS
DARPA seeks tech solutions to create autonomous capabilities for commercial drones
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
Commercial drone technology is advancing rapidly, providing cost-effective and robust capabilities for a variety of civil and military missions. As small aerial vehicles play increasingly important ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA-built greenhouse gas detector moves closer to launch
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 19, 2023
A state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer, which will measure the greenhouse gases methane and carbon dioxide from space, moved closer to launch this month after being delivered to a clean room at Pla ... more
ENERGY TECH
POWER Program selects teams to design power beaming relays
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
DARPA is entering the first phase of the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program, aimed at revolutionizing energy distribution through airborne wireless power transfer. Three teams ... more
IRON AND ICE
Purdue scientist among first to examine asteroid pieces from OSIRIS-REx mission
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
To study the planets, someone has to go there: Either a human or a bot launches into space to physically explore other worlds. Scientists who study extraterrestrial materials can't usually bring the ... more

ADVERTISEMENT


MOON DAILY


Germany signs the Artemis Accords

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New clues to the nature of elusive dark matter
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
A team of international researchers, led by experts at the University of Adelaide, has uncovered further clues in the quest for insights into the nature of dark matter. "Dark matter makes up 8 ... more
SPACEMART
Terran Orbital announces Proposed Public Offering
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
Terran Orbital has announced that it intends to offer and sell in a public offering, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) ... more
SPACEMART
Sidus Space secures position on upcoming Bandwagon Mission
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company confirms its plan to reallocate two LizzieSats to launch on an upcoming Bandwagon mission with SpaceX. The updated Lizz ... more
TECH SPACE
Every Gram Counts: SCHOTT Launches Lightweight Microelectronic Packages for Aerospace
Rye Brook NY (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
In today's fast-paced commercial aerospace market, companies need materials that are both lightweight and durable enough to withstand hostile, demanding environments. SCHOTT's new lightweight microe ... more
ROBO SPACE
AI models struggle to identify nonsense, says study
Paris (AFP) Sept 14, 2023
The AI models that power chatbots and other applications still have difficulty distinguishing between nonsense and natural language, according to a study released on Thursday. ... more
TECH SPACE


AWS ties up with ISRO and IN-SPACe to advance India's space capabilities with cloud technologies

SPACE MEDICINE
Engineered compound shows promise in preventing bone loss in space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2023
A new study published in a Nature Partner Journal, npj Microgravity, finds an engineered compound given to mice aboard the International Space Station (ISS) largely prevented the bone loss associate ... more
TECTONICS
Sentinel-1 reveals shifts from Morocco earthquake
Paris (ESA) Sep 18, 2023
Following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco on 8 September, satellite data have been made available through the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' to help emergency respo ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Musk biography describes troubled tycoon driven by demons
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2023
A hotly anticipated biography of Elon Musk describes the turbulent tycoon as a man driven by childhood demons, obsessed with bringing human life to Mars and who demands that staff be "hardcore." ... more
AFRICA NEWS
China, S. Africa space ties promise wide scope
Beijing (XNA) Sep 20, 2023
There is huge potential and there will be big opportunities in the field of space cooperation between China and South Africa as the two nations have recently decided to enhance their collaboration i ... more
MARSDAILY
Curiosity reaches Mars ridge where water left debris pileup
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2023
Three billion years ago, amid one of the last wet periods on Mars, powerful debris flows carried mud and boulders down the side of a hulking mountain. The debris spread into a fan that was later ero ... more
MARSDAILY
Within the Margin
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 20, 2023
This week on Mars, Perseverance officially kicked off the Margin Campaign by arriving at Mandu Wall and performing the first abrasion of a rock within the marginal carbonate unit! Reaching this dest ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Spending time in space can harm the human body
Gainesville FL (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
When 17 people were in orbit around the Earth all at the same time on May 30, 2023, it set a record. With NASA and other federal space agencies planning more manned missions and commercial companies ... more
OUTER PLANETS
Juice: why's it taking sooo long
Paris (ESA) Sep 20, 2023
At their closest point in orbit, Earth and Jupiter are separated by almost 600 million kilometres. At the time of writing, five months after launch, Juice has already travelled 370 million kilometre ... more
EXO WORLDS
New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets
Madison WI (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
Life on a faraway planet - if it's out there - might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe's pantry, and only so many ways to mix them ... more
IRON AND ICE
OSIRIS-REx Makes Final Course Adjustment Before Sept. 24 Sample Delivery
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
On Sept. 17, NASA's OSIRIS-REx engineers slightly shifted the spacecraft's trajectory to refine the landing location of its sample capsule, which the spacecraft will deliver to Earth on Sept. 24. Th ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Momentus to provide delivery service for Aarhus University payload
SAN JOSE, CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has signed a contract with Aarhus University for transportation and orbital delivery services in late 2024. Aarhus University will be flying its DISCO-II payload designe ... more
SPACEMART
Terran Orbital announces pricing of Public Offering
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Sep 20, 2023
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) has announced the pricing of its previously announced public offering of 23,214,290 shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) a ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Fitness tracker beyond Earth
Paris (ESA) Sep 18, 2023
One of the experiments during ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen's mission will track his health and body vital signs during his daily exercise in space. Understanding how the human body copes wit ... more
SPACEMART
Intelsat delivers new reliable broadcast connectivity service
McLean, VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Intelsat, operator of one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), today announced a new content distribution system ... more
VSAT NEWS
Eutelsat and NationalChip deliver ground-breaking Sat.tv features on Popular Set-Top Box Chipset
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and silicon chip maker NationalChip are bringing an enhanced Free-To-Air satellite TV viewing experience to millions of homes around the world, thanks t ... more
EXO WORLDS
Exoplanet with a large iron core adds to puzzle of how planets form
Turin, Italy (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Over the past decades, astronomers have found several thousand extrasolar planets. Extrasolar planets orbit stars outside our solar system. The next frontier in this research field is to learn more ... more
TECH SPACE
China builds new radio telescope to support lunar, deep-space missions
Lhasa, China (XNA) Sep 18, 2023
China launched the construction of a 40-meter-aperture radio telescope in Shigatse, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, on Friday, to offer technical support for the country's lunar and deep- ... more
MOON DAILY
Exploring the lunar south pole: lessons from Chandrayaan-3
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
On August 23 the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully landed a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, a location that has always been of particular interest to scientists due to the ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Coming Soon: A "Ring of Fire" in the Sky
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular total solar eclipse will be visible to millions across the globe as it sweeps through the skies of the northwestern United States through Mexico and Central America and ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
RIT collaboration with global team confirms, disproves distant galaxies
Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Rochester Institute of Technology scientists have once again used data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as part of the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey to change the w ... more
MOON DAILY
Electrons from Earth may be forming water on the Moon
Manoa HI (SPX) Sep 15, 2023
A team of researchers, led by a University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa planetary scientist, discovered that high energy electrons in Earth's plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes on the ... more
ADVERTISEMENT




Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2023 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement