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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 NASA's innovative Starling spacecraft, comprising four CubeSats named Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde, have successfully maneuvered into a swarm configuration, marking a significant milestone in the mission. The Starling team at NASA has devoted the past two months to resolving technical issues and commissioning these spacecraft, ensuring they are operationally ready for their groundbreaking swarm experiment operations. The spacecraft, affectionately nicknamed after characters from the iconic arcad ... read more |
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A Great Year for the GeminidsWashington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2023 It's December and that means one of the best celestial events will grace the skies. The Geminid meteor shower should peak in a moonless sky between Wednesday and Thursday, December 13-14. On W ... more  
NASA's Perseverance Rover Deciphers Ancient History of Martian LakePasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2023 Now at 1,000 days on Mars, the mission has traversed an ancient river and lake system, collecting valuable samples along the way. Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA's Pers ... more  
Blue Origin announces space launch next week, first since 2022 crashWashington (AFP) Dec 12, 2023 Blue Origin said on Tuesday it was aiming to launch its New Shepard suborbital rocket next week, the first mission since an uncrewed crash in September 2022 set back the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos. ... more  
France 2030 boosts HyPrSpace and Partners with 35M Euro for Micro-Launcher DevelopmentParis, France (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 HyPrSpace, in collaboration with Telespazio France and CT Ingenierie, has recently secured a significant funding boost of euro 35 million for the Agile Space Access Development Project #1 (PADA1). T ... more |
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Engineers Working to Resolve Issue With Voyager 1 ComputerPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2023 Engineers are working to resolve an issue with one of Voyager 1's three onboard computers, called the flight data system (FDS). The spacecraft is receiving and executing commands sent from Earth; ho ... more |
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USAGM enlists SES Space and Defense for advanced global satellite BroadcastingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 SES Space and Defense, a prominent player in the realm of satellite communications, has recently been awarded a pivotal contract to support the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM). This fi ... more  
Sidus Space enhances geospatial data processing with AI integration in LizzieSatLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU), a leader in satellite technology, has recently announced significant advancements in its integration of Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) into i ... more 
Investor Coalition demands leadership overhaul at Terran Orbital amid CEO controversyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 In a recent development that has stirred the aerospace industry, a group of investors in Terran Orbital Corp. (NYSE: LLAP), collectively known as the "Concerned Investor Group," has called for immed ... more  
Leidos completes successful Lonestar Tactical Space Support Vehicle demonstrationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a Fortune 500 defense and space technology supplier, has recently announced the successful conclusion of its Lonestar program, a pivotal project designed to enhance space-based ... more |
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 Iota Technology Partners with AAC Clyde Space for Earth Magnetic Field Mission  
New project will take a step towards answering whether gravity is quantumWarwick UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 Scientists are developing an experiment to test whether gravity is quantum - one of the deepest questions about our universe. General relativity and quantum mechanics are the two most fundamen ... more |
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NASA Sensor Produces First Global Maps of Surface Minerals in Arid RegionsPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 12, 2023 NASA's EMIT mission has created the first comprehensive maps of the world's mineral dust-source regions, providing precise locations of 10 key minerals based on how they reflect and absorb light. Wh ... more  
Particle physicists put forward research priorities for coming decadeBerkeley CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 A panel of the nation's top particle physicists, chaired by University of California, Berkeley, theoretician Hitoshi Murayama, has issued its final report recommending how the U.S. government should ... more  
NASA Helps Study One of the World's Most Diverse EcosystemsPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2023 An international team of researchers spent October and November 2023 in the field studying one of the world's most biologically diverse areas - South Africa's Greater Cape Floristic Region. As part ... more  
NASA and Moog advance quiet flight technology in air taxi noise testsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2023 Air transportation is on the cusp of a significant transformation, with air taxis poised to redefine urban and rural mobility. In a collaborative effort to realize this potential, NASA is partnering ... more |
 AWE Project Achieves Milestone with First Light Images from Space 
AI-Powered Satellite Analysis Unveils Economic Realities in Underdeveloped NationsSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 08, 2023 In a world where more than 700 million people live in extreme poverty, assessing the true extent of economic hardship remains a daunting global challenge. Remarkably, 53 countries have not conducted ... more |
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NASA Stennis Achieves Major Milestone for In-Flight Software MissionWashington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2023 The Autonomous Systems Laboratory team at NASA's Stennis Space Center recently cleared a major milestone for a historic in-flight mission to demonstrate the capabilities of a site-developed autonomo ... more 
Lost tomato found aboard International Space Station after eight monthsMiami FL (UPI) Dec 11, 2023 Members of an International Space Station crew said astronaut Frank Rubio has now been cleared of allegations he ate one of the first tomatos harvested in space. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli ... more 
UK's Orbex secures funding for carbon-neutral spaceport developmentForres, UK (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 In a significant step towards advancing sustainable spaceflight, UK-based Orbex has secured a GBP3.3 million grant from the UK Space Agency as part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Boost! initia ... more 
NASA's Commercial Partners Continue Progress on New Space StationsWashington DC (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 Three NASA-funded commercial space station partners are on track for the design and development of their orbital destinations and the transition of agency's low Earth orbit needs from the Internatio ... more |
Next-generation methane rocket to be more powerfulSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 Beijing-based private space company LandSpace has unveiled the ZQ-3 carrier rocket, a new addition to its lineup that promises significant advancements in rocket technology. The announcement, made b ... more
French 'Baguette One' rocket project gets fundingParis (AFP) Dec 12, 2023 A French-led consortium said Tuesday it has received funding for its project to develop an innovative low-cost small rocket called "Baguette One" and launch it into space. ... more  
Scholars say it's time to declare a new epoch on the moon, the 'lunar Anthropocene'Lawrence KS (SPX) Dec 11, 2023 Human beings first disturbed moon dust on Sept. 13, 1959, when the USSR's unmanned spacecraft Luna 2 alighted on the lunar surface. In the following decades, more than a hundred other spacecraft hav ... more 
How Rocks Say Don't Touch: Sols 4032-4034Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2023 Earth planning date: Friday, December 8, 2023: As we climb through the terrain, which is beautiful to look at with its steep topography, we are on the lookout for all the differences in the rocks. A ... more |
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A Rinse and Repeat Kind of Plan: Sols 4035-4036Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 13, 2023 Earth planning date: Monday, December 11, 2023: Today's 2-sol plan was a "Touch and Go" plan, where we do some short science activities (ChemCam and/or MAHLI and APXS) in our workspace early in the ... more 
Unlocking Lunar Mysteries: Chang'e-5 Mission Sheds Light on Moon's Surface WeatheringSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 In a groundbreaking development, scientists from the China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, in collaboration with researchers from Brown University and the University of Hawaii, have successfully m ... more  
Seeing and Believing: 15 Years of Exoplanet ImagesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 First there was a gloriously dusty disk. Then the traceable tracks of "exocomets." But 15 years ago this fall, the star system Beta Pictoris yielded one of the most iconic pictures in astrophysics: ... more 
14-inch spacecraft delivers new details about 'hot Jupiters'Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 A spacecraft the size of a cereal box has collected precise measurements of the atmospheres of large and puffy planets called "hot Jupiters." The findings, led by a team from the University of Color ... more |
 
Amateur Astronomers Help Discover Cosmic CrashPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2023 Astronomers found what looks like a glowing cloud of dust from a massive planetary pile-up-and NASA volunteers helped make the discovery! A recent paper in Nature describes how an international grou ... more  
Unique CU Boulder, NSO collaboration allows journey into varied solar physics research pathsBoulder CO (SPX) Dec 10, 2023 A new group of graduate students and postdocs are hard at work this fall with full freedom to explore a variety of solar and space physics research paths because of a unique fellowship program start ... more 
Psyche gamma-ray instrument hums to life, marking next generation for space explorationBaltimore MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2023 Set 6.5 feet (2 meters) away from NASA's Psyche spacecraft on the tip of a boom, the mission's gamma-ray spectrometer (GRS) hummed to life on Nov. 6 for the first time since launch in mid-October. T ... more 
Plasma instability study unveils cosmic ray dynamics, altering perceptions of galaxy evolutionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 13, 2023 Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) have discovered a new plasma instability that could dramatically reshape our understanding of cosmic rays and their influence on ga ... more |
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Quectel's satellite communication module CC200A-LB secures broad regulatory approvalVancouver, Canada (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global leader in IoT solutions, has achieved a significant milestone with its satellite communication module, the CC200A-LB, now certified by major international regula ... more  
Advanced Botany, Biology Promoting Health on Earth and in SpaceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2023 Space botany, human research, and bioprinting were the dominant science topics aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. The Expedition 70 septet also focused on lab hardware and cargo ope ... more 
Study on Asteroid Ryugu samples highlights differences from primitive meteoritesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 In a recent scientific breakthrough, an international team of researchers has provided new insights into the nature and composition of the asteroid Ryugu, enhancing our understanding of water- and c ... more 
HelioCloud Leads Heliophysics Research into the Cloud Computing RevolutionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2023 In a significant development for heliophysics research, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has unveiled HelioCloud, a collaborative, cloud-based platform designed to transform how s ... more |
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