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November 09, 2023
SPACEWAR
X-37B Mission to Test New Space Technologies and Study Radiation on Seeds



Arlington VA (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
The Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, in partnership with the United States Space Force, is gearing up for the launch of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle's seventh mission. Scheduled for December 7, 2023, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, the upcoming mission is set to embark on a series of innovative tests aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, marking the vehicle's first launch under the designation USSF-52. The mission, known as OTV-7, aims to push the boundaries of the reusa ... read more

TECH SPACE
D-Orbit Welcomes Marubeni Corporation as Lead Investor in Series C Funding
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
In a significant move within the space logistics sector, D-Orbit, a pioneer in satellite logistics services, has announced a new investment partnership with Marubeni Corporation, the Japanese indust ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Japanese billionaire's lunar SpaceX voyage postponed
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 09, 2023
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa announced Thursday the postponement of his journey around the Moon on a SpaceX rocket, a voyage that boasts an artist-filled crew. "We were planning for our ... more
SPACEWAR
Experts to Explore AI Integration in Military Space Operations at LAX Forum
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
American Conference Institute (ACI) is set to host the first Military Space Systems Forum, gathering defense and aerospace industry professionals and experts in Los Angeles, California, from Novembe ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab to Reinforce Market Trust with Electron Reliability Overhaul
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) is poised for a robust return to launch operations after an extensive investigation into September's Electron mission anomaly. The upcoming launch window, startin ... more
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MARSDAILY


Cerberus Fossae Identified as Primary Source of Marsquakes

VSAT NEWS
New Test Case Enables Satellite-to-Ground 5G Connectivity, Boosting Rural and Remote Access
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a prominent player in the field of testing and measurement equipment, has marked a significant milestone by validating the first protocol conformance test c ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
UK and European Space Agency Commit Funding for Shetland Satellite Launch
London, UK (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
The UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency's recent funding award of 3.5 million pounds to Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) UK underlines a collaborative effort to bolster the UK's space sector. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Leidos Enhances ISS Capabilities with New xPWD Water System
Reston VA (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a renowned leader in science and technology, has reached a significant milestone by deploying its innovative Exploration Potable Water Dispenser (xPWD) to the International Space ... more
MOON DAILY
Australian-Backed SPIDER Payload to Fly on Firefly's 2026 Lunar Mission
Cedar Park CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., a key player in the space transportation sector, has struck a new deal with Fleet Space Technologies to deploy an Australian-developed seismic research payload to the Moon's ... more
SPACEMART
Final three for ESA's next medium science mission
Paris (ESA) Nov 09, 2023
The space science community has narrowed down the shortlist for ESA's next 'medium' mission to three finalists: M-Matisse, Plasma Observatory and Theseus. Following further study, one will be select ... more

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CARBON WORLDS


Going Beyond the Challenge for New and Continued Success

SPACE TRAVEL
NASA awards medal to worm logotype designer Richard Danne
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 6, 2023
NASA awarded Richard Danne on Monday with the Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for his outstanding work creating and launching NASA's red worm logotype, which made its debut in the 1970s before being retired decades later. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Inspiring the Next Generation with Student Challenges and Learning Opportunities
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
Creativity and curiosity are strongly tied to NASA's missions and vision. Many of the agency's public opportunities foster these traits by engaging students and educators. Participants of all ages a ... more
IRON AND ICE
SwRI-led Lucy observes first-ever contact binary orbiting an asteroid
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
After the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, the team discovered that it is even more "marvelous" as its newly discovered satellite is now shown to be a ... more
MOON DAILY
Propelling NASA closer to the Moon and Mars with Open Innovation
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
NASA is leading humanity's return to the Moon through Artemis. Artemis will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and explore more of the lunar surface than ever before, using i ... more
MOON DAILY
Deploying and demonstrating navigation aids on the lunar surface
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
NASA is developing lunar navigation beacons to be deployed on spacecraft or the lunar surface to aid in localization and help future space vehicles determine position, velocity, and time to high acc ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY


Europe's Euclid space telescope releases first images

CLIMATE SCIENCE
New dossier showcases how space is driving a greener future on Earth
Paris (ESA) Nov 07, 2023
The role that space can play in a greener future for us all is high on the agenda at the ESA Space Summit. A new 'green dossier' to be released alongside the event in Seville on 6-7 November showcas ... more
SPACEMART
Foxconn awards Exolaunch with contract to deploy the group's first satellites
Berlin, 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
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Euclid space telescope delivers first scientific images
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
Euclid, ESA's newest space telescope with strong German participation, released its first colour photos from space today. Never before has a telescope been able to take such sharp astronomical image ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Calling all Eclipse Enthusiasts: Become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador!
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
Are you an astronomy enthusiast or undergraduate student with a passion for sharing space science? We are excited to share with you a wonderful opportunity to become an official NASA Partner Eclipse ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Reaching New Frontiers in Science Supported by Public Participation
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
NASA's Science Mission Directorate seeks knowledge and answers to profound questions that impact all people. Through competitions, challenges, crowdsourcing, and citizen science activities, NASA col ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Ireland's first satellite on its way to launch
Paris (ESA) Nov 08, 2023
After years of development with the support of the ESA Education programme, the Educational Irish Research Satellite 1 (EIRSAT-1) is set to launch in November, marking Ireland's first steps into spa ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
Detect gravitational waves with an interferometric seismometer array on lunar nearside
Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
In a groundbreaking development of China's manned lunar missions, the China National Space Administration is calling for possible experiments to leverage the Moon's unique properties in science. Und ... more
EXO WORLDS
An ammonia trail to exoplanets
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
They reveal the origin of wine, the age of bones and fossils, and they serve as diagnostic tools in medicine. Isotopes and isotopologues - molecules that differ only in the composition of their isot ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA seeks students to imagine nuclear powered space missions
Cleveland OH (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
The third Power to Explore Student Challenge from NASA is underway. The writing challenge invites K-12th grade students in the United States to learn about radioisotope power systems, a type of nucl ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NSF funds annual solicitation seeking physical science research leveraging the ISS National Lab
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
For the ninth consecutive year, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a solicitation that seeks proposals leveraging the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory for res ... more
EXO WORLDS
Webb findings support long-proposed process of planet formation
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just made a breakthrough discovery in revealing how planets are made. By observing water vapor in protoplanetary disks, Webb confirmed a physical p ... more
EXO WORLDS
Major $200M gift propels scientific research in the search for life beyond earth
Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2023
The SETI Institute, a non-profit scientific research organization, has announced a philanthropic gift of $200m from the estate of Franklin Antonio, a visionary supporter and catalyst of the work of ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Collaborating with Public Innovators to Accelerate Space Exploration
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
With the successful launch and landing of Artemis I in 2022, NASA set the stage for a new era of space exploration. Together, NASA and its partners will lead humanity to the Moon and prepare for the ... more
SPACEMART
European Space Agency turns to private sector to deliver cargo shuttle serving the ISS
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 7, 2023
European Space Agency member countries agreed to back a program for a commercial space cargo shuttle serving the International Space Station by 2028, with an option for a crewed spacecraft that could venture beyond Earth orbit in the future. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Europe to hold competition to build space cargo ship
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. ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
CNES, Pasteur Inst and SupBiotech sending "Cerebral Ageing" experiment to ISS
Paris, 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
MARSDAILY
Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 sols on Mars
Pasadena 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
MOON DAILY
NASA seeks input for future lunar surface resource utilization demo
Washington 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
TIME AND SPACE
NASA discovers record-breaking black hole 13.2 billion light-years from Earth
Washington 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
ROCKET SCIENCE
Early production continues on Advanced Upper Stage for SLS
New 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
ROCKET SCIENCE
China launches Long March 7A carrier rocket
Beijing (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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