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  Seville, Spain (AFP) Nov 6, 2023 The European Space Agency announced Monday it would hold a competition between firms to build a ship to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, in a potential first step towards independent missions carrying astronauts. The ESA's 22 member states, whose space ministers were meeting at a two-day summit in the Spanish city of Seville, also agreed to provide financial support for Europe's long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket. The summit comes at a difficult time for European space efforts, as th ... read more |
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SQX-2Y rocket demonstrates vertical take-off and landing capabilitiesSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 06, 2023 In a significant step for China's burgeoning commercial space sector, a new reusable rocket has achieved a critical flight test milestone, performing a vertical take-off and landing sequence with pr ... more  
CNES, Pasteur Inst and SupBiotech sending "Cerebral Ageing" experiment to ISSParis, France (SPX) Nov 07, 2023 Scheduled for early November, the Cerebral Ageing experiment will depart for the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, inside a Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 launcher. ... more  
Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 sols on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 07, 2023 Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science. The rover recently drilled its 39th sample then d ... more  
NASA seeks input for future lunar surface resource utilization demoWashington DC (SPX) Nov 07, 2023 As NASA ushers in an exciting era of long-term exploration on the Moon with Artemis, new strategies are being formulated to determine how technology, infrastructure, and operations will function tog ... more |
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  Wearable devices may prevent astronauts getting 'lost' in space  
NASA discovers record-breaking black hole 13.2 billion light-years from EarthWashington DC (UPI) Nov 6, 2021 NASA has discovered a record-breaking colossal black hole, formed after the big bang, using the space agency's "cosmic magnifying glass." ... more |
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Dust's Pivotal Role in Dinosaur Extinction Highlighted by StudyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 06, 2023 A groundbreaking study recently published in Nature Geoscience introduces new evidence on the cataclysmic events following the infamous Chicxulub impact, suggesting that the fine dust from pulverize ... more  
Ancient planet Thiea that collided with Earth may lie deep within EarthSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 02, 2023 Researchers at Caltech have presented a compelling narrative that potentially resolves a longstanding enigma in planetary science. According to a recent study published in Nature, massive structures ... more 
Early production continues on Advanced Upper Stage for SLSNew Orleans LA (SPX) Nov 06, 2023 Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed a major portion of a weld confidence article for the advanced upper stage of NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. Th ... more 
China launches Long March 7A carrier rocketBeijing (XNA) Nov 06, 2023 China launched a Long March 7A carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Friday night to deploy an experimental satellite, according to China Aerospace Science and Tec ... more |
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  China places multipurpose satellite into space 
Norway inaugurates satellite launch siteOslo (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 Norway on Thursday joined the race to launch satellites from the European continent by inaugurating a new spaceport on the island of Andoya, north of the Arctic Circle. ... more |
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Scholars Probe Lunar Mysteries: Solar Wind Interaction ExploredSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 In a recent comprehensive review published in Space: Science and Technology, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beihang University have synthesized the current understanding and pr ... more  
Researchers find gravitational lensing has significant effect on cosmic birefringenceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 Future missions will be able to find signatures of violating the parity-symmetry in the cosmic microwave background polarization more accurately after a pair of researchers has managed to take into ... more 
Black holes are messy eatersTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 New observations down to light-year scale of the gas flows around a supermassive black hole have successfully detected dense gas inflows and shown that only a small portion (about 3 percent) of the ... more 
SwRI-led Lucy mission shows Dinkinesh asteroid is actually a binaryBoulder CO (SPX) Nov 06, 2023 New images captured by NASA's Lucy spacecraft confirmed that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary, two asteroids that orbit a common center of mass. The SwRI-led mission will now fly b ... more |
  Workshop to highlight NASA's support for mobility, in-space servicing 
In US capital, selfies with asteroid hinting at Earth's originsWashington (AFP) Nov 4, 2023 In a hushed room of a museum in Washington, cameras and cell phones focus on a tiny piece of rock, no larger than a piece of gravel. ... more |
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Three-Body Tethered Satellite System Deploys Successfully in SimulationsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 In a groundbreaking study conducted by Zhongjie Meng and his team at Northwestern Polytechnical University, a new deployment strategy for tethered satellite systems (TSS) has been developed, address ... more  
Foxconn awards Exolaunch with contract to deploy the group's first satellitesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 07, 2023 Exolaunch has signed a launch services agreement (LSA) with Hon Hai Technology Group ("Foxconn") to provide mission management, integration services orbital deployment hardware and services for Foxc ... more 
World-first Zero Debris Charter goes liveParis (ESA) Nov 07, 2023 More satellites were launched in the last few years than the entire six decades of space exploration. 130 million pieces of space debris larger than a millimetre orbit Earth, threatening satellites ... more  
James Hansen study warns Earth warming faster than previously thoughtWashington DC (UPI) Nov 2, 2023 A new study led by James Hansen, a scientist responsible for raising public consciousness about climate change in the 1980s, suggests global temperatures are increasing faster than expected. ... more |
 
Military students innovate technology solutions for US Special Operations CommandBoston MA (SPX) Nov 01, 2023 All eyes were on the robot-dog pacing the hangar on Hanscom Air Force Base. The robot was just one technology, among small drones, autonomous mapping vehicles, and virtual-environment simulators, se ... more 
Research to Study Liver Regeneration in Space will fly on SpaceX CRS-29Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 The human liver is a superhero among organs. It works to rid the body of toxins and is capable of regeneration-a unique trait that has fascinated scientists for eons, as evidenced by Prometheus in G ... more 
Five-Year Deal for Sidus Space in Support of Lunar OperationsCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 Sidus Space, a company that operates within the sphere of Space and Data-as-a-Service, has recently secured a significant contract, marking a stride in its business trajectory. This contract, which ... more 
High-power propulsion for gateway will be electric blueLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently witnessed the vibrant blue glow of the Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) within its vacuum chamber during a critical phase of thruster qua ... more |
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ESA hones 3D Printed electromagnetic coils for spaceflightParis (ESA) Nov 03, 2023 The European Space Agency (ESA) has once again pushed the envelope of technological innovation by 3D printing electromagnetic coils in pure copper, a leap forward in the design of versatile tools es ... more 
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Discovers 2nd Asteroid During Dinkinesh FlybySan Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 On Nov. 1, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pa ... more 
Apollo astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly dies aged 87Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2023 A NASA astronaut who was removed from the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission but helped bring its crew back home safely thanks to his problem-solving efforts from ground control has died at the age of 87. ... more 
SwRI's Dr. Alan Stern conducts space research during suborbital spaceflight aboard Virgin Galactic's VSS UnitySan Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 02, 2023 Dr. Alan Stern, a planetary scientist and associate vice president of Southwest Research Institute's Space Science Division, today flew aboard the Virgin Galactic commercial spaceship Unity on a sub ... more |
NASA welcomes Netherlands as newest Artemis Accords signatoryWashington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 During a ceremony at the Dutch Ambassador's Residence in Washington on Wednesday, the Netherlands became the 31st country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson participated in ... more  
Jurassic worlds might be easier to spot than modern EarthIthaca NY (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 Might a tyrannosaur roam on Trappist-1e, a protoceratops on Proxima Centauri b, or a quetzalcoatlus on Kepler 1047c? Things may not have ended well for dinosaurs on Earth, but Cornell astronomers sa ... more 
Scorching, seven-planet system revealed by new Kepler Exoplanet listMoffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2023 A system of seven sweltering planets has been revealed by continued study of data from NASA's retired Kepler space telescope: Each one is bathed in more radiant heat from their host star per area th ... more 
Heterogeneity of Earth's mantle may be relics of Moon formationShanghai, China (SPX) Nov 02, 2023 An interdisciplinary international research team has recently discovered that a massive anomaly deep within the Earth's interior may be a remnant of the collision about 4.5 billion years ago that fo ... more |
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Innovative three legged landing system tested for small body explorationBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 02, 2023 In an era where the bounds of space exploration are continually being stretched, a team from the Beijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Polytechnic U ... more 
Estimating depositional timing on Mars using cosmogenic radionuclide dataPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2023 As Perseverance continues to wrap up its current activities at Turquoise Bay where it collected a new sample for possible return to Earth, the Mars 2020 team is getting ready for Perseverance to app ... more 
NASA astronauts Moghbeli and O'Hara embark on rare all-female spacewalkWashington DC (UPI) Nov 1, 2023 NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara launched the space agency's fourth ever all-female spacewalk Wednesday, participating in science research and along with maintenance of the International Space Station. ... more 
Mars Climate Sounder data reveals new cloud trends, study showsSydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 02, 2023 In a groundbreaking collaborative effort, a new study drawing on the collective efforts of citizen scientists has shed light on the intricate patterns of Martian clouds. The research, fueled by cont ... more |
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