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Russian space agency suspends ISS cooperation over sanctions![]() Washington DC (UPI) Apr 2, 2021 Russia has suspended cooperation with other nations involved with the International Space Station over sanctions levied amid the war in Ukraine. Dmitry Rogozin, the director-general of Russian space agency Roscosmos, made the announcement in a series of tweets Saturday in response to a letter received from NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, a former U.S. senator. Nelson said in a letter sent Wednesday that NASA could continue to cooperate with Russia "to ensure continued safe operations of ... read more |
Rocket Lab launches 112th satellite to orbitMahia, New Zealand (SPX) Apr 02, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB), a leading launch and space systems company, has successfully deployed two satellites to orbit for real-time geospatial intelligence company BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY), ... more
Successful launch shows new rocket factory's solid stepsBeijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 China launched a Long March 11 solid-propellant carrier rocket on Wednesday morning from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, deploying three satellites into space, according to C ... more
Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space report launch of first satellite missionTysons VA (SPX) Apr 04, 2022 Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), are proud to announce that Omnispace Spark-1 was successfully delivered into orbit aboard the SpaceX Trans ... more
Roscosmos to Brief Russian Government on Options for Ending ISS Cooperation Soon, Rogozin SaysBeijing (XNA) Apr 03, 2022 The Russian space agency Roscosmos will soon inform the government of how it plans to terminate cooperation with Western partners on the International Space Station, its chief said. "Roscosmos ... more |
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Aphelion Aerospace secures investment from The Mercury Group and othersDenver CO (SPX) Apr 04, 2022 Aphelion Aerospace, based in Denver, Colorado is establishing itself as a one-stop-shop for low-cost small satellite integration and on-demand launch operations from practically anywhere around the ... more
SpaceX launches Transporter-4 rideshare mission from FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Apr 1, 2021 SpaceX launched its 12th rocket of the year Friday afternoon, in spite of gloomy weather. ... more
SpaceX to test-fire rocket ahead of Axiom-1 private astronaut missionWashington DC (UPI) Apr 1, 2021 SpaceX plans to test-fire a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday ahead of its first private astronaut mission, Axiom-1, to the International Space Station. ... more
NASA begins critical final test on mega Moon rocketWashington (AFP) April 1, 2022 NASA on Friday began a critical two-day-long test of its giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket complete with a simulated countdown, as the agency gears up to return humans to the Moon. ... more |
Tianzhou 2 re-enters Earth's atmosphere, mostly burns upBeijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022 China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency sa ... more
Winning technologies benefit NASA and IndustryWashington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 In 2021, NASA recognized four teams from around the agency for inventions and software that will help government and private industry. The new technologies can help improve passenger flights and rem ... more
NASA's next moon rocket set for wet dress rehearsal ahead of launchWashington DC (UPI) Mar 30, 2021 Having rolled the Space Launch System lunar rocket out to its launch pad and powered it up successfully, NASA engineers and technicians say they're just about ready for a prelaunch wet dress rehearsal this week. ... more
Blue Origin launches 4th crew to spaceWashington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2021 Blue Origin launched the fourth crewed mission of its New Shepard rocket Thursday morning from Texas, carrying a crew of six to the edge of space and back. ... more |
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Embry-Riddle developed instruments headed for spaceDaytona Beach FL (SPX) Mar 30, 2022 As Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Engineering Physics senior Josh Milford works toward a career in space science, he is already gaining specialized hands-on experience building, calibrating an ... more
Sierra Space to revolutionize space exploration with Siemens' XceleratorPlano TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 Siemens Digital Industries Software has announced that Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company at the forefront of creating and building the future of space transportation and infrastructur ... more
Long March 11 launches Tianping-2 satellites into orbitBeijing (Sputnik) Apr 01, 2022 China has successfully launched a Long March (Chang Zheng) 11 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province in the country's north-west on Wednesday and deployed three Ti ... more
Singapore signs Artemis Accords; Artemis I is 'Go' for Wet Dress RehearsalWashington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 Singapore demonstrated its commitment to the peaceful and responsible exploration of space by signing the Artemis Accords, which set forth the guiding principles for cooperation among nations partic ... more
SpiderOak and Lockheed Martin Space enter space cybersecurity + blockchain collaborationWashington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2022 SpiderOak Mission Systems and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Space's Mission Solutions business are developing and testing a zero-trust cybersecurity platform to secure data across the space data suppl ... more |
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D-Orbit Launches its Fifth ION Satellite Carrier Mission Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
D-Orbit, the space logistics and orbital transportation company, has launched Spacelust, the fifth mission of the Company's proprietary ION Satellite Carrier (ION), aboard SpaceX's Transporter-4 mission. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off April 1, 2022, at 12:24 PM EDT from the Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida. ION, a versatile and cost-effectiv ... more |
HENSOLDT Cyber and Beyond Gravity team up for robust satellite cybersecurity Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
HENSOLDT Cyber will supply its high security IT operating system TRENTOS to Beyond Gravity's for its latest satellite computer . The company's say this will ensure a high level of IT security for satellites is at the heart of today's efforts to make satellites more robust and reliable.
"As satellites have become increasingly critical to the infrastructure of modern society, there is an inc ... more |
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Identifying RF and GPS interferences for military applications with satellite data Vienna VA (SPX) Mar 25, 2022
Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR)has announced the expansion of their existing partnership with Slingshot Aerospace. On September 30, 2021, the U.S. Space Force awarded Slingshot Aerospace a $2 million contract to develop a prototype analytics tool that utilizes space-based location data from proliferated low Earth orbit (pLEO) constellations to identify potential sources of electronic ground interferen ... more |
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US helping China with cockpit recorder of jetliner that crashed Washington (AFP) April 2, 2022
The US National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it was assisting Chinese aviation officials in downloading data from the cockpit voice recorder of the Boeing 737-800 that crashed in southern China last month.
The China Eastern jetliner was flying between the cities of Kunming and Guangzhou on March 21 when it nosedived into a mountainside, disintegrating on impact and killing all 1 ... more |
Programmed assembly of wafer-scale atomically thin crystals Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Mar 31, 2022 |
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Planet-scale MRI Austin TX (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
Earthquakes do more than buckle streets and topple buildings. Seismic waves generated by earthquakes pass through the Earth, acting like a giant MRI machine and providing clues to what lies inside the planet.
Seismologists have developed methods to take wave signals from the networks of seismometers at the Earth's surface and reverse engineer features and characteristics of the medium they ... more |
Most EU cities breach UN air particle guidelines: report Copenhagen (AFP) April 1, 2022
Despite a fall in emissions due to Covid curbs, nearly all EU urban dwellers in 2020 were exposed to microparticle pollution that breached recommended UN limits, the bloc's environmental watchdog said on Friday.
"Critically for health, 96 percent of the urban population was exposed to concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) above the WHO guideline of 5 micrograms per cubic metre," ... more |
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Tianzhou 2 re-enters Earth's atmosphere, mostly burns up Beijing (XNA) Apr 01, 2022
China's Tianzhou 2 cargo spaceship fell back to Earth on Thursday afternoon with most of its body burnt up during the reentry process, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a statement the robotic craft started to enter the atmosphere around 6:40 pm under the ground control and the extreme heat caused by air friction dismantled and destroyed most of the ship. A few ... more |
MDA and US Army test integration of THAAD and Patriot missile defense Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
The Missile Defense Agency, in partnership with the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency, successfully conducted a flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System. The test, designated Flight Test THAAD Weapon System (FTT)-21, was conducted at t ... more |
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Air strikes hit Ukraine's strategic port Odessa Odessa, Ukraine (AFP) April 3, 2022
Air strikes rocked Ukraine's strategic Black Sea port of Odessa early Sunday, AFP reporters said, but there were no casualties, according to the army.
The Russian defence ministry confirmed the strike.
"This morning, high-precision sea and air-based missiles destroyed an oil refinery and three storage facilities for fuel and lubricants near the city of Odessa, from which fuel was suppli ... more |
Atom by atom: building precise smaller nanoparticles with templates Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2022
Nanoparticles (which have sizes ranging between 3-500 nm), and sub-nanoclusters (which are around 1 nm in diameter) are utilized in many fields, including medicine, robotics, materials science, and engineering. Their small size and large surface-area-to-volume ratios give them unique properties, rendering them valuable in a variety of applications, ranging from pollution control to chemical synt ... more |
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How scientists reviewed the process and development of space intelligent robot technology? Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 31, 2022
It is an inevitable choice for the development of space automation technology to use space intelligent robots to realize space exploration and space resource utilization. China started with the successful launch of the Tianhe Core Module in 2021, and intends to build a large-scale, long-term manned national space laboratory during 2021-2022, and gradually develops into the China's Space Station ... more |
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Drones over Ukraine: fears of Russian 'killer robots' have failed to materialise Brisbane, Australia (The Conversation) Apr 02, 2022
Drones have played a starring role in Ukraine's defence against the ongoing Russian attack. Before the invasion experts believed Russia's own fleets of "killer robots" were likely to be a far more potent weapon, but to date they have hardly been seen.
What's going on? Ukraine's drone program grew from a crowd-funded group of hobbyists, who appear to know and like their technology - even if ... more |
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