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May 20, 2024
SPACE TRAVEL
Blue Origin flies thrill seekers to space, including oldest astronaut



Washington (AFP) May 20, 2024
After a nearly two-year hiatus, Blue Origin flew adventurers to space on Sunday, including a former Air Force pilot who was denied the chance to be the United States' first Black astronaut decades ago. It was the first crewed launch for the enterprise owned and founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos since a rocket mishap in 2022 left rival Virgin Galactic as the sole operator in the fledgling suborbital tourism market. Six people including the sculptor Ed Dwight, who was on track to become NAS ... read more

MARSDAILY
NASA and ESA Collaborate on ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 20, 2024
NASA and ESA announced they signed an agreement to expand NASA's work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, an ESA-led mission launching in 2028 to search for signs of ancient life on Mars. ... more
MERCURY RISING
Glitch hampers bepicolombo mission to mercury
Paris, France (SPX) May 20, 2024
BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, has experienced an issue that is preventing the spacecraft's thrusters from operating at full power. BepiColombo consists of two scientific ... more
IRON AND ICE
Hera tests CubeSat communication for asteroid mission
Paris, France (SPX) May 20, 2024
The Juventas CubeSat, equipped with radar, is partially deployed from its Hera mission mothership inside ESA's Maxwell chamber for electromagnetic compatibility testing. The foam pyramids arou ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Office of Space Commerce Extends TraCSS Project
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 20, 2024
The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) has announced a one-month extension of the Consolidated Pathfinder project supporting the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). Launched in January ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Orbex partners with MSP for automated component production
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 20, 2024
Orbex has announced a partnership with MSP to enhance the automation of component production for its orbital launch services from the UK. MSP will supply technology to automate the production ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
First crewed flight of Boeing Starliner postponed again
Washington (AFP) May 17, 2024
The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner to the International Space Station has been delayed again due to a technical issue, NASA said Friday. ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA, ESA will search for 'signs of life' on Mars
Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2024
NASA and the European Space Agency will search together for signs of life on Mars, the U.S. space administration announced Thursday. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ariane 6 will launch 3D Printing technology into space
Paris, France (SPX) May 20, 2024
Europe's newest rocket, Ariane 6, is set to launch, carrying multiple space missions. One notable mission is Replicator, a project by Orbital Matter, which will demonstrate new 3D printing technolog ... more

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TIME AND SPACE


Unveiling a New Quantum Frontier: Frequency-Domain Entanglement

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Astronomers detect rare neutral atomic-carbon absorbers with a deep neural network
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 20, 2024
Recently, an international team led by Prof. GE Jian from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences used deep learning neural networks to search for rare weak signals ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
'Danger behind the beauty': more solar storms could be heading our way
Paris (AFP) May 18, 2024
Tourists normally have to pay big money and brave cold climates for a chance to see an aurora, but last weekend many people around the world simply had to look up to see these colourful displays dance across the sky. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 20, 2024
May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our Sun. During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of cha ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Solar Storm's Impact Detected in Deep Sea Observatories
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 20, 2024
The solar storm that recently drove the aurora borealis was also affecting compasses deep in the ocean, according to new findings by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of Victoria initiative. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
LeoLabs secures NOAA contract to advance space traffic coordination
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 20, 2024
LeoLabs has received a second Consolidated Pathfinder order from NOAA's Office of Space Commerce (OSC) to support the development of the civil-led U.S. Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS


EchoStar secures contract to provide 5G to US Navy and agencies

FLOATING STEEL
Tiburon Subsea unveils new underwater robotic technology
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024
Tiburon Subsea has introduced its patent-pending autonomous underwater thruster control technology, JETTE. JETTE is an in-line dual vectored subsea robotic propulsion system designed for the u ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Boeing Starliner launch delayed to Tuesday due to helium leak
Washington DC (UPI) May 15, 2024
Boeing's Starliner flight to the International Space Station was delayed again due to a helium leak. ... more
TECH SPACE
Huge Survey vs. Tiny Space Junk
Washington DC (SPX) May 16, 2024
As construction continues on the Vera Rubin Observatory, the skies above its mountaintop home grow more and more crowded following every rocket launch. Astronomers, conscious of the plans for mega-c ... more
SPACEMART
ATT and AST SpaceMobile Sign Agreement for Satellite Broadband Network
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 16, 2024
ATT and AST SpaceMobile have finalized a commercial agreement to create a space-based broadband network for cell phones, effective until 2030. Previously, the companies collaborated under a Memorand ... more
EXO WORLDS
UH Manoa researchers uncover origins of life's building blocks in space
Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2024
Researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa have made a key discovery about the formation of essential molecules in space, which could provide insights into how life began on Earth. A te ... more
MOON DAILY
Lithuania becomes 40th nation to join NASA's Artemis Accords
Washington DC (UPI) May 16, 2024
Lithuania has become the 40th nation to sign NASA's Artemis Accords, a pact that defines the peaceful exploration of space. ... more
OUTER PLANETS
NASA's Juno captures detailed images of Europa's surface
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 16, 2024
NASA's Juno spacecraft has provided high-definition images of Jupiter's moon Europa, supporting the theory that the icy crust at the poles has shifted. A new image shows signs of potential plume act ... more
EXO WORLDS
Earth-sized planet discovered orbiting ultra-cool red dwarf star
London, UK (SPX) May 16, 2024
An international team of astronomers has detected a new Earth-sized planet orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf star, located 55 light years away. The planet, named SPECULOOS-3 b, is the second of ... more
EXO WORLDS
Newly discovered Earth-sized planet may lack an atmosphere
Boston MA (SPX) May 16, 2024
Astronomers at MIT, the University of Liege, and elsewhere have discovered a new planet orbiting a small cold star, a mere 55 light years away. The nearby planet is similar to Earth in its size and ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
SwRI examines substorm in Earth's magnetotail with MMS data
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is analyzing an unusual event in Earth's magnetotail, the part of the magnetosphere trailing away from the Sun. Using data from NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale ( ... more
SATURN DAILY
Discovery of organic molecules on Saturn's moon
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 15, 2024
In 2018, very large organic molecules were discovered in ice particles on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Whether they indicate the existence of life or were created in some other way is still unclear. A r ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Axiom Space partners with Virgin Galactic for Turkish astronaut's suborbital mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024
Axiom Space has joined forces with Virgin Galactic to send Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) backup and Turkish Space Agency (TUA) astronaut Tuva Atasever on a suborbital flight on June 8 for microgravity rese ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
MIT researchers discover the universe's oldest stars in our own galactic backyard
Boston MA (SPX) May 15, 2024
MIT researchers, including several undergraduate students, have discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, and they happen to live in our own galactic neighborhood. The team spotted ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
First crewed flight of Boeing spacecraft delayed again
Washington (AFP) May 14, 2024
The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship to the International Space Station has been postponed again due to a technical snafu, the company said Tuesday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
ISS National Lab offers up to $750,000 for technology development in space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is calling for flight concepts for technology development that use the space environment of the orbiting laboratory. This solicitation, "Tec ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Voyager Space to Develop New Airlock Concept for Mars Transit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024
Voyager Space (Voyager) announced it has received a Collaborative Announcement Notice (CAN) from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to develop an airlock for the Mars Transit Vehicle, also k ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
New Shepard's NS-25 crewed mission set for May 19 liftoff
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024
Blue Origin confirmed the launch of its seventh crewed flight, NS-25, from West Texas's Launch Site One, scheduled for Sunday, May 19. The launch window will open at 8:30 AM CDT / 1330 UTC, with the ... more
IRON AND ICE
UCF Student's Primitive Asteroids Work Provides Context for Further Research, Future NASA Missions
Orlando FL (SPX) May 15, 2024
The primitive asteroids that UCF physics doctoral student Brittany Harvison studies carry with them traces of their origins and billions of years of our solar system's history. Harvison recent ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA selects UW-led project to study atmosphere layers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024
A project led by the University of Washington (UW) aiming to better understand the Earth's atmosphere is a finalist for NASA's next generation of Earth-observing satellites. NASA has announced that ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA Tests Moonwalk Technology in Arizona Desert
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024
NASA is conducting a week-long field test in the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona to practice moonwalk scenarios for the Artemis campaign. NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and A ... more
EXO WORLDS
Astronomers spot a giant planet that is as light as cotton candy
Boston MA (SPX) May 15, 2024
Astronomers at MIT, the University of Liege in Belgium, and elsewhere have discovered a huge, fluffy oddball of a planet orbiting a distant star in our Milky Way galaxy. The discovery, reported in t ... more
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