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January 10, 2024
MOON DAILY
NASA delays Artemis crewed launches, targets moon landing in 2026



Washington DC (UPI) Jan 9, 2024
NASA announced Tuesday it will delay its Artemis launches to "work through challenges" and "ensure crew safety," as the space agency targets 2026 to return astronauts to the moon. NASA revealed it will now shoot for September 2026, instead of December 2025, to land the first astronauts near the moon's south pole with Artemis III. While NASA was planning to launch Artemis II later this year, the first crewed mission around the moon is now scheduled for September 2025. Artemis IV, the firs ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Self-eating rocket could help UK take a big bite of space industry
Glasgow, Scotland (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
New developments on a nearly century-old concept for a 'self-eating' rocket engine capable of flight beyond the Earth's atmosphere could help the UK take a bigger bite of the space industry. U ... more
MOON DAILY
First US private lunar lander mission fails
Washington (AFP) Jan 9, 2024
An historic commercial US mission to the Moon will fail after suffering a critical loss of fuel, organizers admitted Tuesday, ending for the time being America's hopes of placing its first spacecraft on the lunar surface since the Apollo era. ... more
MOON DAILY
Bad day in space: Moon mission fails and NASA program delayed
Washington (AFP) Jan 9, 2024
A private US lunar lander mission is doomed to fail, and NASA pushes back plans to return astronauts to the Moon. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA, NOAA Launch NEON Program with SwRI-developed QuickSounder satellite
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
The realm of environmental monitoring and weather forecasting is set to receive a significant boost with the latest collaboration between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (N ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION


Spire Global to provide essential atmospheric data to NOAA

SPACE TRAVEL
ISS National Lab opens call for technology development research proposals
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory has announced a new opportunity for researchers and technologists: a solicitation for flight concepts aimed at leveraging the unique space-b ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Earth Blox delivers climate and nature analytics at scale through Google Cloud Marketplace
Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
Sustainability reporting SaaS company Earth Blox has announced its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace. The company provides customers with a scalable and customisable platform to rapidly asses ... more
AEROSPACE
Aurora Flight Sciences to build DARPA's X-65 utilizing Active Flow Control
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
Aurora Flight Sciences has been chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to construct a groundbreaking full-scale X-plane. This aircraft, named the X-65, will serve as a techn ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
ISRO's Aditya-L1 enters Halo Orbit for Solar Studies
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
India's ambitious journey into solar exploration has achieved a significant milestone. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1, has successfully reached its d ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Rocket Lab secures $515M contract with Space Development Agency for Tranche 2 constellation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
Rocket Lab USA has recently embarked on a significant venture, having been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for a major project. The company is now under contract to design and build 1 ... more

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EARTH OBSERVATION


Sidus Marks Key Progress in AI sat tech ahead of LizzieSat-1 launch

MARSDAILY
Ready for Contact Science: Sols 4062-4063
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 10, 2024
Earth planning date: Monday, January 8, 2024: With a successful bump backwards over the weekend, Curiosity is now positioned to execute contact science on a flat block of dark-toned bedrock in its w ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Einstein Probe lifts off on a mission to monitor the X-ray sky
Paris (ESA) Jan 10, 2024
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) spacecraft Einstein Probe lifted off on a Chang Zheng (Long March) 2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China at 15:03 CST / 07:03 GMT / 08:03 ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA's Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy i ... more
ENERGY TECH
Breaking the 10-petawatt limit with a new laser amplification
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
Ultra-intense ultrashort lasers have a wide-ranging scope of applications, encompassing basic physics, national security, industrial service, and health care. In basic physics, such lasers have beco ... more
SPACEWAR
Space Force welcomes new era with ULA's first Vulcan Centaur launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2024
Space Systems Command (SSC), a pivotal arm of the U.S. Space Force, has hailed the successful maiden voyage of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket. Brig. Gen. Kristin L. Panzenhagen ... more
MOON DAILY


NASA and UAE collaborate on Artemis Lunar Gateway's Airlock Module

SPACEMART
Wiseband and Rivada Space Networks join forces for Middle Eastern network expansion
London, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
In a significant move for the Middle Eastern telecommunications sector, Rivada Space Networks has announced a partnership with Emirati satellite services company Wiseband. This collaboration aims to ... more
SPACEWAR
USSF Conducts First Exercise RED SKIES, Elevating Orbital Warfare Readiness
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2024
In a significant advancement for the United States Space Force (USSF), the inaugural Exercise RED SKIES, conducted from December 11-15, marked a new era in space operations and readiness. This exerc ... more
SPACEWAR
SSC and Microsoft building space simulation and wargaming platform for Space Force
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2024
Space Systems Command (SSC), a pivotal entity within the U.S. Space Force, recently announced the continuation of its partnership with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) to bolster Space Force mis ... more
EXO WORLDS
WASP-69b has comet-like tail that's very long
Maunakea HI (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
New data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawai?i Island confirms exoplanet WASP-69b, known for its escaping atmosphere, is forming a comet-like tail that is even longer than previously obse ... more
EXO WORLDS
Unlocking the secrets of a "hot Saturn" and its spotted star
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
Led by researchers from Universite de Montreal's Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), a team of astronomers has harnessed the power of the revolutionary James Webb Space Webb Telesc ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Blob-like home of farthest-known fast radio burst is collection of seven galaxies
Evanston IL (SPX) Jan 10, 2024
In summer 2022, astronomers detected the most powerful fast radio burst (FRB) ever observed. And coming from a location that dates halfway back to the Big Bang, it also was the farthest known FRB sp ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China says successfully launches Einstein Probe satellite
Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2024
China on Tuesday successfully launched a satellite, state broadcaster CCTV said. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China begins 2024 with key Kuaizhou 1A satellite launch
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC), a prominent state-owned space contractor, has announced the successful launch of a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Cen ... more
EXO WORLDS
Astronomers Discover Early Ring and Spiral Structures in Young Planetary Disks
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
In a significant advancement in our understanding of planetary formation, an international team of astronomers has uncovered ring and spiral structures in exceptionally young planetary disks. This d ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
New Study Reinforces Evidence for Modified Gravity in Wide Binary Star Systems
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
A recent publication in the Astrophysical Journal has introduced new findings that suggest a significant deviation from standard gravity in wide binary star systems, particularly at lower accelerati ... more
EXO WORLDS
Three iron rings in a planet-forming disk
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
A research team, including astronomers of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), has detected a three-ringed structure in the nursery of planets in the inner planet-forming disk of a young s ... more
EXO WORLDS
COSMIC: The SETI Institute is unlocking the mysteries of the universe with breakthrough technology at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
Mountain View CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
In a groundbreaking cosmic quest, the SETI Institute's Commensal Open-Source Multimode Interferometer Cluster (COSMIC) at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is expanding the search for extrat ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Space Oddity: Uncovering the Origin of the Universe's Rare Radio Circles
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
It's not every day astronomers say, "What is that?" After all, most observed astronomical phenomena are known: stars, planets, black holes and galaxies. But in 2019 the newly completed ASKAP (Austra ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Completes 18th Close Approach to the Sun
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 18th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 28, 2023, matching its own distance record by skimming just about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Dark energy discovery a decade in the making: new supernova insights offer clues to the expansion of the universe
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jan 09, 2024
Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have contributed to a landmark study that complicates our understanding of the universe. The Dark Energy Survey (DES), which released results today, ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA Revamps Contracts with Blue Origin and Starlab for LEO Station Projects Post-ISS Era
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2024
NASA has recently updated its agreements with two prominent commercial space station partners, marking a significant step in the development of low Earth orbit (LEO) destinations. This move is pivot ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
India's Sun probe reaches solar orbit
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 6, 2024
India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration ambitions of the world's most populous nation. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Hubble observes a changing exoplanet atmosphere
Paris (ESA) Jan 08, 2024
An international team of astronomers has assembled and reprocessed observations of the exoplanet WASP-121 b that were collected with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in the years 2016, 2018 and 2 ... more
OUTER PLANETS
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look like
London, UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2024
Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue and Uranus green - but a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in colour than typically thought. The correct shad ... more
MARSDAILY
Sols 4059-4061: New Year, Old Challenges
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 08, 2024
Earth planning date: Friday, January 5, 2024: Coming back after the new year celebrations it was my first Curiosity planning as Geology Science Team Lead (GeoSTL) today. Of course, I hoped for an ea ... more
VENUSIAN HEAT
Mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus revealed
Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2024
What are the clouds of Venus made of? Scientists know it's mainly made of sulfuric acid droplets, with some water, chlorine, and iron. Their concentrations vary with height in the thick and hostile ... more
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