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Rocket Lab launches CAPSTONE microsat to test new lunar orbit design for NASA![]() Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 NASA's CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will support NASA's Artemis program, including astronaut missions. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, mission launched at 5:55 a.m. EDT (09: ... read more |
Virgin Orbit establishes sew Brazilian subsidiary; now licensed for launch operations in AlcantaraLong Beach CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) alongside the Brazilian Space Agency has announced Virgin Orbit has been formally granted an operator's license to allow LauncherOne launch operations in Brazil. Th ... more
How scientist proposed a novel Kalman filter for target tracking in spaceBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 The space station is a bridgehead for human space exploration missions. During its construction, operation, and maintenance, there are a variety of tasks that need to be performed. However, the spac ... more
Tough new robots will aim to think and act for themselves on Earth and beyondManchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 A new generation of smart robots is being developed at The University of Manchester as part of an ambitious R and D programme to help the UK maintain its leadership in automatation technologies, ... more
Terran Orbital Developed CAPSTONE Heads to the MoonBoca Raton FL (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries, has announced the successful launch ... more |
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NASA, Rocket Lab launch orbiter to help pave way for astronauts' return to moonWashington DC (UPI) Jun 28, 2021 NASA's CAPSTONE mission spacecraft lifted off into space Tuesday morning on a mission to orbit the moon, moving scientists closer to returning astronauts. ... more
Rocket Lab launches CAPSTONE microsat on NASA lunar missionLong Beach CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully launched CAPSTONE, a microwave-oven-sized satellite designed to test a new orbit around the Moon for NASA. CAPSTONE was launched at 09:55 UTC, Ju ... more
NASA launches mini satellite in bid to return to the MoonWellington (AFP) June 28, 2022 NASA blasted a nanosatellite barely bigger than a microwave oven into outer space Tuesday, part of a landmark mission to return humans to the Moon. ... more
NanoAvionics records first ever 4K resolution full satellite selfie in spaceColumbia IL (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 NanoAvionics have used an off-the-shelf consumer camera, mounted on a selfie stick, to take the first ever 4K resolution full satellite selfie in space with an immersive view of Earth. The 12-megapi ... more |
NASA completes Wet Dress Rehearsal, moves forward toward launchWashington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 NASA has analyzed the data from the wet dress rehearsal conducted Monday, June 20, and determined the testing campaign is complete. The agency will roll Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion back to t ... more
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus reboosts Space StationDulles VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Cygnus cargo spacecraft successfully boosted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS). Docked to the ISS since February, Cygnus fired its main on ... more
NASA EXPRESS Racks achieve 1 million hours of service on ISSHuntsville AL (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 NASA science research on the International Space Station reached an extraordinary milestone June 14. The vital, versatile EXPRESS Racks - properly known as "EXpedite the PRocessing of Experime ... more
NASA blasts off from Australian Outback in 'historic' launchSydney (AFP) June 26, 2022 NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry. ... more |
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First Ariane 5 launch of 2022 is a success for Malaysia and India clientsKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 06:50 pm local time, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America), successfully orbiting t ... more
Iran launches 2nd home-made 'Zoljanah' satellite carrierTehran, Iran (IRNA) Jun 26, 2022 Spokesman of the Space Department of the Iranian Defense Ministry Ahmad Hosseini said on Sunday that Iran launched a second homemade "Zoljanah" satellite carrier. Hosseini said that the perfor ... more
Virgin Orbit on target for next launch window to open June 29Long Beach CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB)'s launch system is in place at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The dress rehearsals are complete, and the company remains on track for its upcoming Straight Up launch, wit ... more
X-Bow Systems to Deliver World's First Rocket Factory In-A-Box to US Air Force Research LaboratoryAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Jun 29, 2022 X-Bow Systems Inc. (X-Bow), a new non-traditional small business supplier of Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs) and defense technologies, has announced that its Pathfinder I, a mobile energetics factory dem ... more
For the first time NanoAvionics has sold one of its orbital satellitesColumbia IL (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Mission integrator and smallsat bus manufacturer NanoAvionics has sold, for the first time, one of its operational satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) including ongoing mission operations. Launched ... more |
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MOONRISE: LZH and TU Berlin bring 3D printing to the Moon with laser and AI Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2022
3D printing on the Moon: Scientists from the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) and the Technische Universitat Berlin (TU Berlin) are planning a flight to the Moon to melt lunar dust with laser beams.
In the MOONRISE project, the research team wants to explore the question of how we can use lasers to build landing sites, roads or buildings out of lunar dust in the future. To do this, the re ... more |
Northrop Grumman runs Laser Communication Demonstration for Tranche 1 constellation Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the successful ground demonstration of a secure networked laser communications system for proliferated-LEO constellations supporting the U.S. military.
Performed for SDA leadership, the demonstration validated compatibility between commercially developed laser communication and secure U.S. government encryption hardware, providing a baseline for N ... more |
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The face of Galileo Paris (ESA) Jun 10, 2022
Ahead of Galileo satellites like this one going to space, they are switched on as if already operating there within ESA's Maxwell EMC Facility. This test procedure is a check of the satellite's 'electromagnetic compatibility', with all its systems running together to detect any harmful interference between them.
Once Maxwell's main door is sealed, its metal walls form a 'Faraday Cage', scr ... more |
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US Air Force selects future aircrew helmet Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2022 The Air Force selected LIFT Airborne Technologies in April to continue with prototype development of a new helmet for Air Force fixed-wing aircrew.
The helmet prototype was chosen after Air Combat Command initiated the search for a next-generation helmet to address issues with long-term neck and back injuries, optimize aircraft technology, ... more |
Electrospinning promises major improvements in wearable technology Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2022
Wearable technology has exploded in recent years. Spurred by advances in flexible sensors, transistors, energy storage, and harvesting devices, wearables encompass miniaturized electronic devices worn directly on the human skin for sensing a range of biophysical and biochemical signals or, as with smart watches, for providing convenient human-machine interfaces.
Engineering wearables for o ... more |
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Contract secures design for ESA's FORUM satellite Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2022
ESA has awarded a contract worth 160 million euro to Airbus in the UK to build the Earth Explorer FORUM satellite. This exciting new mission will yield unique insight into the planet's radiation budget and how it is controlled - thereby filling in a critical missing piece of the climate jigsaw.
Short for Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring, FORUM is ESA's ninth Ear ... more |
Pollution linked to 10% of cancer cases in Europe: report Copenhagen (AFP) June 27, 2022
Pollution is linked to more than 10 percent of cancer cases in Europe, a report by the European Environment Agency said Tuesday.
Most of these cases are preventable, it said.
"Exposure to air pollution, carcinogenic chemicals, radon, UV (ultraviolet) radiation and second-hand smoke together may contribute over 10 percent of the cancer burden in Europe," the agency said in a statement. ... more |
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Chinese official says its Mars sample mission will beat NASA back to Earth Washington DC (UPI) Jun 22, 2022
A senior Chinese space official said on Monday the country is on track to bring back rocks from the surface of Mars two years ahead of the planned joint effort by NASA and the European Space Agency to do the same thing.
Sun Zezhou, the chief designer of China's first Mars mission, Tianwen 1, said in a talk celebrating the 120th anniversary of Nanjing University, that China is ready to send ... more |
Canada announces new Arctic air, missile defenses with US Ottawa (AFP) June 20, 2022 Canada's defense minister announced upgrades to Arctic air and missile defenses with the United States on Monday, citing growing threats from Russia and new technologies such as hypersonic missiles.
At a news conference at Canada's largest air base in Trenton, Ontario, Minister Anita Anand outlined Can$4.9 billion (US$3.8 billion) in military spending over the next six years.
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Russian missiles hit Kyiv residential buildings Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) June 26, 2022 Russian missile strikes hit residential buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Sunday, burying some people under rubble and hospitalising at least four, the city's mayor said.
Four explosions were heard at around 6:30 am (0330 GMT), half an hour after air raid sirens sounded in the city, which had not come under Russian bombardment for nearly three weeks.
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New silicon nanowires can really take the heat Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 |
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Tough new robots will aim to think and act for themselves on Earth and beyond Manchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2022
A new generation of smart robots is being developed at The University of Manchester as part of an ambitious R and D programme to help the UK maintain its leadership in automatation technologies,
These new AI-powered machines will be designed to think and act for themselves in some of the most hazardous and toughest places on Earth - and beyond. These robots will be challenged to carry out ... more |
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Key milestones achieved in Manned-Unmanned Teaming for future air power Paris, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2022
The ability to task unmanned systems from a manned aircraft is an important force multiplier in Airbus' vision for future air power, with a wide range of applications extending to combat scenarios and beyond.
As a pioneer in the realm of Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T), Airbus has developed an ambitious technological roadmap to make this innovative concept - which boosts the effectiveness ... more |
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