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  Newark DE (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 Lettuce and other leafy green vegetables are part of a healthy, balanced diet - even for astronauts on a mission. It's been more than three years since the National Aeronautics and Space Administration made space-grown lettuce an item on the menu for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Alongside their space diet staples of flour tortillas and powdered coffee, astronauts can munch on a salad, grown from control chambers aboard the ISS that account for the ideal temperature, amount of water ... read more |
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Small solar sails could be the next 'giant leap' for interplanetary space explorationBerkeley CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 Nearly 70 years after the launch of the first satellite, we still have more questions than answers about space. But a team of Berkeley researchers is on a mission to change this with a proposal to b ... more  
Aqualunar Challenge Launches: UK-Canada Initiative for Lunar Water PurificationLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 The realm of space exploration is on the verge of a significant advancement with the introduction of the Aqualunar Challenge, a collaborative GBP1.2 million initiative between the UK and Canada, aim ... more 
China hopes Chang'e 6 can return samples from Lunar Far SideSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 China is poised to take another significant step in lunar exploration with its upcoming Chang'e 6 mission, scheduled for later this year. This ambitious endeavor by the China National Space Administ ... more 
Japan says 'possibility' Moon lander power can be restoredTokyo (AFP) Jan 22, 2024 Japan switched off its Moon lander almost three hours after a historic touchdown to allow for a possible recovery of the craft when the sun hits its solar panels, the space agency said Monday. ... more |
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ESA advances satellite testing capabilities at Europe's largest thermal vacuum facilityNoordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 19, 2024 In the realm of space exploration, testing equipment under conditions that mimic the unforgiving environment of space is critical. At the forefront of this endeavor is the European Space Agency's (E ... more |
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Intercontinental team to grow protein crystals in spaceTempe AZ (SPX) Jan 18, 2024 An interdisciplinary team including Alexandra Ros, professor in Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences and faculty member in the Biodesign Institute's Center for Applied Structural ... more 
Ax-3 Crew Joins Expedition 70 in Space Station for Dual Operations and ResearchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 The International Space Station (ISS), a cornerstone of global space research and cooperation, is currently bustling with activity as it houses eleven astronauts and cosmonauts from across the globe ... more  
Iran's Qaem 100 launch vehicle deploys Sorayya satellite into orbitLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 22, 2024 In a significant advancement for Iran's space program, the country has successfully launched the Sorayya satellite into an orbit approximately 750 kilometers above the Earth's surface. This achievem ... more  
Space Policy Official Details Approach to Maintaining U.S. EdgeWashington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2024 The Defense Department is laser focused on deterring aggression through critical investments and sound decisions that will shape U.S. and allied space capabilities for years to come, the Pentagon's ... more |
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 Ohio research project selected for International Space Station 
Buried water ice at the Martian equatorParis (ESA) Jan 19, 2024 Windswept piles of dust, or layers of ice? ESA's Mars Express has revisited one of Mars's most mysterious features to clarify its composition. Its findings suggest layers of water ice stretching sev ... more |
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Generating stable qubits at room temperatureFukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jan 12, 2024 In a study published in Science Advances, a group of researchers led by Associate Professor Nobuhiro Yanai from Kyushu University's Faculty of Engineering, in collaboration with Associate Professor ... more  
Light-matter interaction: broken symmetry drives polaritonsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 15, 2024 An international team of scientists provide an overview of the latest research on light-matter interactions. A team of scientists from the Fritz Haber Institute, the City University of New York and ... more  
Physicists identify overlooked uncertainty in real-world experimentsSanta Fe NM (SPX) Jan 16, 2024 The equations that describe physical systems often assume that measurable features of the system - temperature or chemical potential, for example - can be known exactly. But the real world is messie ... more  
Smooth operation of future nuclear fusion facilities is a matter of controlBethlehem PA (SPX) Jan 17, 2024 As researchers around the world work to develop viable alternatives to fossil fuels, the prospect of nuclear fusion-harnessing the same energy-generating reactions that power the sun-has grown incre ... more |
 Solid-state qubits: Forget about being clean, embrace mess 
Ingenious Flying Robot Phones Home From MarsWashington (AFP) Jan 21, 2024 NASA has re-established contact with its tiny helicopter on Mars, the US space agency said Saturday, after an unexpected outage prompted fears that the hard-working craft had finally met its end. ... more |
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From Asteroid Bennu to Earth: NASA Reveals New Findings in OSIRIS-REx MissionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2024 The astromaterials curation team at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has at last completed the intricate process of disassembling the OSIRIS-REx sampler head, revealing the remaining sample of ... more 
Renesas Electronics plays role in Japan's lunar landing missionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, reports that the company's radiation-hardened (rad-hard) integrated circuits (ICs) were integral to the Smar ... more 
Redwire joins forces with Blue Origin on Blue Ring Space Mobility PlatformLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has reports the company has been awarded a contract to develop and provide four Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings, along with multiple Argus cameras and Low Voltage D ... more 
UK Space Agency Boosts Agri-tech Start-Up at Space Park LeicesterLeicester UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 In a notable advancement for the agri-tech sector, the UK Space Agency has recently endorsed Messium, an agri-tech start-up, by accepting it onto its exclusive Geo Accelerator program. This move hig ... more |
 
Study reveals non-isotropic nature of tropospheric delays in GNSSSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2024 Researchers from Shandong University of Science and Technology have published a study that sheds new light on the intricate nature of tropospheric delays impacting Global Navigation Satellite System ... more  
China's LandSpace achieves new feat with Zhuque-3's Vertical Recovery TestSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 22, 2024 In a significant advancement for China's burgeoning space sector, the Zhuque-3 reusable rocket has successfully completed its first vertical return technology test at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Ce ... more
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' lands but power running lowTokyo (AFP) Jan 20, 2024 Japan on Saturday became only the fifth nation to achieve a soft lunar landing, but its "Moon Sniper" spacecraft was running out of power due to a solar battery problem. ... more 
ESA's Marcus Wandtembarks on historic Muninn Mission aboard ISSBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2024 In a significant milestone for European space exploration, ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt, along with colleagues Michael Lopez-Alegria, Walter Villadei, and Alper Gezeravci, embarked on the Axio ... more |
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European crew arrives at ISS on private missionWashington (AFP) Jan 20, 2024 An all-European crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday on a voyage chartered by Axiom Space. ... more 
Eutelsat OneWeb and Paratus South Africa join forces to enhance satellite connectivity in South AfricaParis, France (SPX) Jan 22, 2024 Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris, London: ETL), a key player in the satellite communications industry, has announced a significant development in its partnership with Paratus South Africa, a leading s ... more  
Lynk and Telikom initiate Sat2Phone services in Papua New GuineaSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 22, 2024 Lynk Global, Inc. (Lynk), a leader in satellite-direct-to-standard-phone (sat2phone) telecommunications, in a landmark collaboration with Telikom Limited (Telikom), has announced the launch of initi ... more 
NASA Science, Astrobotic Peregrine Mission One ConcludesWashington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2024 The first flight of NASA's commercial lunar delivery service carrying agency science and technology, as well as other customer payloads intended for the Moon, has come to an end. After 10 days and 1 ... more |
Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star? MeerKAT uncovers a mysterious object in Milky WayManchester UK (SPX) Jan 19, 2024 An international team of astronomers have found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than the heaviest neutron stars known and yet simultaneously lighter than the lightest black ... more 
Moon rocks with unique dust foundMunster, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2024 Our Earth's Moon is almost completely covered in dust. Unlike on Earth, this dust is not smoothed by wind and weather, but is sharp-edged and also electrostatically charged. This dust has been studi ... more 
NASA's Roman to Search for Signs of Dark Matter ClumpsBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 18, 2024 Some of the finest, smallest details in the universe - the gaps between elongated groups of stars - may soon help astronomers reveal dark matter in greater detail than ever before. After NASA's Nanc ... more 
New research shows that most early galaxies looked like breadsticks rather than pizza pies or dough ballsBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 18, 2024 Researchers analyzing images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found that galaxies in the early universe are often flat and elongated, like surfboards and pool noodles - and are rarely rou ... more |
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The metalens meets the starsBoston MA (SPX) Jan 18, 2024 Metalenses have been used to image microscopic features of tissue and resolve details smaller than a wavelength of light. Now they are going bigger. Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School ... more  
Tianzhou 6 burns up safely reentering EarthBeijing (XNA) Jan 21, 2024 China's Tianzhou 6 cargo spacecraft burned up as it reentered Earth's atmosphere as planned on Friday evening, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a news release tha ... more
US space company upbeat on next Moon mission despite lander's demiseWashington (AFP) Jan 19, 2024 The head of the American space company whose lunar lander failed this week in its mission to reach the Moon expressed optimism Friday that the next attempt would achieve its goal. ... more 
AST SpaceMobile Launches $100 Million Stock Offering Amid Strategic Tech InvestmentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2024 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), a pioneering company in space-based cellular broadband technology, has recently made two significant announcements that mark a substantial leap in its quest to ... more |
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