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  Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2022 NASA and Boeing safely landed the company's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft Wednesday in the desert of the western United States, completing the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station to help prove the system is ready to fly astronauts. About four hours after departing the space station, Starliner touched down onto its airbags at 4:49 p.m. MDT, wrapping up the six-day flight, which tested the end-to-end capabilities of the crew-capable spacecraft. The landing follow ... read more |
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SpaceX's Transporter 5 launches with remains of 47 people for 'space burial'Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) May 26, 2022 SpaceX launched its 22nd rocket of the year on Wednesday, the Transporter-5 rideshare mission, which included carrying 47 people's cremated remains for a burial in space. The send off, designe ... more 
NanoAvionics and Gama to set sails in spaceVilnius, Lithuania (SPX) May 26, 2022 Gama, a French space startup, has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics for a demonstration of Gama's solar sails propulsion system in low Earth orbit (LEO). Under the mission agreement, NanoAv ... more 
Boeing Starliner completes key test mission to ISS, with some hiccupsWashington (AFP) May 26, 2022 Boeing's Starliner capsule returned to Earth Wednesday in the final step of a key uncrewed test flight to prove itself worthy of providing rides for NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. ... more  
Spaceflight Inc. debuts its latest OTV, Sherpa-ACSeattle WA (SPX) May 25, 2022 Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, today announced it has contacted its Sherpa-AC vehicle and confirmed the vehicle is operating nominally. This is the debut launch of Sh ... more |
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Momentus Launches First Demonstration Flight on SpaceX Falcon 9San Jose CA (SPX) May 26, 2022 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has launched its first demonstration flight of the Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle to low-earth orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-5 mission. Momentus also announced ... more 
Fleet Space reports launch of Centauri 5 satelliteCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 25, 2022 Fleet Space Technologies announces today that it successfully launched its next-generation Centauri 5 satellite on the Space X Falcon 9 Transporter-5 mission. The launch took place at 03:57AM ACST. ... more  
Dutch researchers teleport quantum information across rudimentary quantum networkDelft, Netherlands (SPX) May 26, 2022 Researchers in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum Internet. This breakthrough ... more 
Upper Stage Propulsion System for future Artemis mission reaches major milestoneDecatur AL (SPX) May 26, 2022 While the Artemis I team prepares for its upcoming mission, NASA and contractor teams are already building rockets to support future Artemis Moon missions. In United Launch Alliance's (ULA) factory ... more |
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Space Rapid Capabilities Office awards $1.4B effort to BlueHaloKirtland AFB NM (SPX) May 25, 2022 The Space Rapid Capabilities Office competitively awarded an Other Transaction Agreement for the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource program to BlueHalo, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for $ ... more 
NASA-supported solar sail could take science to new heightsWashington DC (SPX) May 25, 2022 As NASA's exploration continues to push boundaries, a new solar sail concept selected by the agency for development toward a demonstration mission could carry science to new destinations. The ... more 
Soil, sutures, and climate modeling among investigations riding SpaceX CRS-25 Dragon to ISSHouston TX (SPX) May 25, 2022 The 25th SpaceX cargo resupply services mission (SpaceX CRS-25) carrying scientific research and technology demonstrations to the International Space Station is scheduled for launch June 7 from NASA ... more 
CubeSat set to demonstrate NASA's fastest laser link from spaceGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2022 NASA's Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) mission, carrying the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) system, will debut on May 25 as part of SpaceX's Transporter-5 rideshare launch. TBIRD wi ... more |
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Researchers start planting space-bred seeds returned by Shenzhou-13Beijing (XNA) May 25, 2022 Chinese researchers have commenced breeding experiments on 12,000 seeds that were bred inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship in space for six months. The seeds, including alfalfa, oats and f ... more 
Self-cleaning spacecraft surfaces to combat microbesParis (ESA) May 24, 2022 Astronauts live and work in orbit along with teeming populations of microorganisms, which could present a serious threat to health - and even the structural integrity of spacecraft. To help combat s ... more 
UK company reveals micro-launcher rocketLondon, UK (SPX) May 24, 2022 Orbex's Prime rocket reaching technical readiness represents a significant achievement that brings together key elements of the ground infrastructure and prototype launch vehicle for the first time ... more  
Human's motion perception revealed by spaceflight: studyBeijing (XNA) May 24, 2022 Spaceflight, apart from exploring the unknown universe, can also help us, the inhabitants of Earth, to understand how gravity is affecting our brain in its visual perception. Humans have evolv ... more 
Boeing's Starliner spaceship docks with ISS in high-stakes test missionWashington (AFP) May 21, 2022 Boeing's Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station Friday, a major milestone in a high-stakes uncrewed test flight as the US aerospace giant seeks to restore its reputation following past failures. ... more |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) May 25, 2022 
LeoLabs, Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services, has announced a multimillion-dollar award to provide data and services for the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). The agreement offers Japan access to the largest set of actionable insights in existence for tracking satellites and orbital debris in low Earth ... more |
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 Delft, Netherlands (SPX) May 26, 2022 
Researchers in Delft have succeeded in teleporting quantum information across a rudimentary network. This first of its kind is an important step towards a future quantum Internet. This breakthrough was made possible by a greatly improved quantum memory and enhanced quality of the quantum links between the three nodes of the network. The researchers, working at QuTech-a collaboration between Delf ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2022 
More than 11 thousand people around Europe and the world have turned their smartphones into space monitoring tools by downloading the CAMALIOT app, so far delivering more than 53 billion measurements of meteorology and space weather patterns to researchers.
Leave it by your window each night with your satnav positioning turned on and your phone will record small variations in satellite sig ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (AFRL) May 19, 2022 
AFWERX Agility Prime partner Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, recently completed developmental testing with NASA to help understand Joby's vehicle's performance characteristics and acoustics profiles during normal operations of take-off, landing, and overflight.
This announcement coincides with the two-year ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 20, 2022 
Thermal insulation is not only important for buildings, but also in quantum technologies. While insulation panels around a house keep the heat inside, quantum devices require insulation against heat from the outside world, as many quantum effects are only stable at low temperatures. What is needed are materials with extremely low thermal conductivity that are also compatible with the materials u ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation ("EO") data collection, has entered into an agreement with UP42, a geospatial developer platform and marketplace enabling direct access to Satellogic's satellite tasking high-resolution multispectral and wide-area hyperspectral imagery via the UP42 API-based platform. The agreement includes the archive of high-fre ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) May 24, 2022 
Rich countries are creating unsafe living conditions for children both at home and around the world, a UNICEF report released Tuesday said, calling on states to reduce waste and cut pollution.
UNICEF's Innocenti Research Center studied 39 countries from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU) according to different criteria, including pes ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 25, 2022 
Chinese researchers have commenced breeding experiments on 12,000 seeds that were bred inside the Shenzhou-13 crewed spaceship in space for six months.
The seeds, including alfalfa, oats and fungi, were selected by multiple research institutions last year. They were brought back to Earth by the Shenzhou-13 on April 16.
Space breeding refers to the process of exposing seeds to cosmic ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) May 19, 2022 
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia.
The announcement came on the 85th day of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, with thousands killed. Belarus, Moscow's main ally, has allowed Russian troops to use the country bordering Ukraine as a rear base.
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 Washington DC (AFNS) May 12, 2022 
Cruise missiles follow unpredictable flight paths and are now capable of supersonic and hypersonic speeds. Russia and China are developing advanced cruise missiles that can be launched from aircraft, ground launchers and ships or submarines, along with hypersonic missile capabilities.
Navy Vice Adm. Jon A. Hill, director, Missile Defense Agency, discussed the defense against these missiles ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. The device - an ultrathin silicon nanowire - could enable smaller, faster microelectronics with a heat-transfer-efficiency that surpasses current technologies.
Electronic devices powered by microchips that efficiently dissipate heat would in t ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) May 20, 2022  Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately map their way indoors, even in poor lighting and without recognizable landmarks or features.
The technology consists of sensors that use WiFi signals to help the robot map where it's going. It's a new approach to indoor robot navigation. Most systems rely on optical ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) May 24, 2022 
Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy's autonomous, runway-independent helicopter system, made its second operational deployment, and first deployment to the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility aboard USS Jackson (LCS-6) providing military commanders greater maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (ISR&T) capability.
"The MQ-8C Fire Scout is an extrem ... more |
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