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December 02, 2024
SOLAR SCIENCE
Eclipse maker Proba-3 to revolutionize solar corona observations



Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
The elusive solar corona, a faint, ultra-hot layer of the Sun, has intrigued scientists for centuries. This region, responsible for solar winds and storms, is usually obscured by the Sun's intense light. While natural solar eclipses or specially designed instruments have provided glimpses, ESA's Proba-3 mission is poised to offer unprecedented access through advanced technology. Proba-3, consisting of two spacecraft operating as a single unit, will use a unique design to block the Sun's glare, ena ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Slingshot Aerospace secures $13M NOAA contract for Space Traffic Platform Interface
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Slingshot Aerospace, a leader in AI-driven satellite tracking and space coordination technologies, has been awarded a $13.3 million contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ... more
SPACEMART
Sidus Space prepares LizzieSat-2 for December launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has finalized launch preparations for LizzieSat-2 at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The satellite is now in SpaceX's c ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
PolyU conducts successful catalyst material experiments in Low Earth Orbit
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
The Shijian-19 satellite, China's first reusable and returnable satellite, has completed its mission and returned to Earth, carrying a variety of experimental payloads. Among these was the Hong Kong ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
5 Trends in the Geospatial Market For 2025 - 2030
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2024
The geospatial sector is expected to grow significantly between 2025 and 2030. Different patterns will be used to specify this transition. In particular, artificial intelligence will play an increas ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA selects NOAA for development of space weather sensors on SWFO-1
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
NASA has awarded a $20.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, for the development of Suprathermal Ion Sensors as p ... more
MOON DAILY
KSAT teams with Starsite to establish lunar support site in Western Australia
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is partnering with Starsite Pty Ltd to build and operate a 20-meter antenna at a new site in Western Australia. Starsite, the Australian landowner, will manage an ... more
SPACEMART
Zenno Astronautics gains support from Japanese space leaders in latest funding round
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 29, 2024
New Zealand-headquartered Zenno Astronautics has announced the initial close of its seed expansion funding round, marking a major milestone for the space-focused superconductor company. The round wa ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
SatVu receives major funding to advance thermal imaging capabilities
London, UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2024
SatVu, a prominent climate technology innovator, has secured Pounds 20 million in funding to propel its advanced high-resolution thermal imaging technology. The funding consists of a Pounds 10 mil ... more

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MARSDAILY
Mars Ocean Analogs Completes Winter Solstice Voyage and Plans Future Expeditions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2024
The Mars Ocean Analogs (MOA) team has successfully concluded its Winter Solstice Voyage, an ambitious North Atlantic expedition that ran from November 15 to November 24. This marked MOA's fifth majo ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Commercial Earth Observation to exceed $8 billion by 2033
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 29, 2024
The commercial Earth Observation (EO) market is forecasted to experience substantial growth, according to the latest Earth Observation Data and Services Market report from Novaspace. Currently value ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
McGill Professor leads AXIS mission in final phase of NASA selection process
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 29, 2024
NASA has advanced the Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite (AXIS) mission, co-led by McGill University's Professor Daryl Haggard, to the final selection phase of its $1 billion space probe competition. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Discovery Alert: a 'Hot Neptune' in a Tight Orbit
Pasadena CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star. Only the fourth object of its kind ever found, the planet could reveal clues as to how planets such as these ... more
EXO WORLDS
Final data and undiscovered images from NASA's NEOWISE
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
While NASA's NEOWISE telescope ended its journey through space on Nov. 1, 2024, the team at IPAC, a science center at Caltech, was working on one further gift from the prolific mission. The fi ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
China FAST telescope discovers over 1000 pulsars
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the largest and most sensitive filled-aperture radio telescope in the world, has identified over 1,000 new pulsars since it bega ... more
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Astronomers identify potential source of mysterious stellar signals
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Researchers at the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have made a record-setting discovery while uncovering clues to a rare cosmic phenomenon kno ... more
EXO WORLDS
Team identifies how interstellar medium impacts pulsar signals
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
A new study led by Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute has revealed how pulsar signals - emissions from the spinning remnants of massive stars - are distorted as they traverse the interstellar medium ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
New framework improves remote sensing image fusion through frequency-based learning
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2024
Researchers at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by Prof. Xie Chengjun and Zhang Jie, have introduced a novel frequency domain-independent feature learning f ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Novel supernova observations grant astronomers a peek into the cosmic past
Columbus OH (SPX) Nov 26, 2024
An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed. This rare supernova, called 2023ufx, origin ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
LandSpace achieves milestone with successful ZQ 2E-Y1 rocket launch
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2024
LandSpace, a leading private aerospace company headquartered in Beijing, successfully launched the modified ZQ 2E-Y1 rocket on Wednesday, deploying two experimental satellites into orbit from the Ji ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China's Lijian-1 Y6 carrier rocket ready for late December launch
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2024
China's Lijian-1 Y6 carrier rocket has successfully completed its final assembly test in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, according to its developer, CAS Space. The rocket, which has also passed its f ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
ISS crew members prepare space botany study and pack dragon capsule for return
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2024
After a Thanksgiving break, the Expedition 72 crew resumed its busy schedule aboard the International Space Station (ISS) with a focus on preparing a botany experiment and packing the SpaceX Dragon ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Canadian Space Mining Corporation to advance SLOWPOKE-2 reactor for space and remote use
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2024
The Canadian Space Mining Corporation (CSMC) has finalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and licensing term sheet with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) aimed at commercializing the iconic S ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Vega-C Set to Launch Sentinel-1C Satellite
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 30, 2024
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for an important launch as the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is set to soar into orbit aboard the Vega-C rocket. Liftoff is scheduled for December 4, ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
India's Gaganyatris complete initial astronaut training for ISRO-NASA mission to ISS
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 30, 2024
ISRO Update: Towards the goal of accomplishing a joint ISRO-NASA mission to the International Space Station, two Gaganyatris (Prime-Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Backup-Group Captain Prasanth ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
European rocket carries scientific experiments to microgravity
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2024
The SubOrbital Express-4 sounding rocket launched successfully from Sweden's Esrange Space Center near Kiruna at 06:00 CET yesterday, achieving a peak altitude of 256 kilometers. The mission provide ... more
MARSDAILY
China aims to return Mars samples to Earth by 2031
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2024
China is targeting 2031 for the return of Martian samples to Earth, a mission set to advance the search for life on Mars. The Deep Space Exploration Laboratory announced that this ambitious project, ... more
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MOON DAILY
Lunar research station advances global collaboration and talent development
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 30, 2024
The International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), led by China in collaboration with multiple nations, is positioning itself as a hub for technological innovation, scientific exploration, and the dev ... more
VENUSIAN HEAT
Three Ways to Track Venusquakes, from Balloons to Satellites
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 28, 2024
Instruments aboard robotic landers have measured seismicity on the Moon and Mars, helping researchers learn about the inner workings of those celestial bodies. But the internal makeup of Venus is st ... more
MERCURY RISING
BepiColombo collects data during its fifth Mercury flyby
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 30, 2024
BepiColombo successfully completed its fifth flyby of Mercury on December 1, 2024, passing between the planet and the Sun and reaching a closest approach of 37,630 kilometers at 15:23 CET. ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
China advances construction of massive steerable radio telescope
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2024
The construction of the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope is underway in Huadian, Jilin Province, northeast China. The groundbreaking project, set to enhance scientific understanding o ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Webb highlights spiral arms of galaxy NGC 2090 in infrared detail
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2024
Featured in this month's image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is the spiral galaxy NGC 2090, situated in the constellation Columba. Using data from Webb's MIRI and NIRCam instrumen ... more
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