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June 30, 2022
ROBO SPACE
Swarm of Tiny Swimming Robots Could Look for Life on Distant Worlds



Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 29, 2022
Someday, a swarm of cellphone-size robots could whisk through the water beneath the miles-thick icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus, looking for signs of alien life. Packed inside a narrow ice-melting probe that would tunnel through the frozen crust, the tiny robots would be released underwater, swimming far from their mothercraft to take the measure of a new world. That's the vision of Ethan Schaler, a robotics mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in S ... read more

AEROSPACE
NASA's stratospheric balloon mission gets telescope with giant mirror
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 30, 2022
Telescopes designed to operate in space have to be constructed differently than those meant to operate on the ground. But what about telescopes that operate in between? An upcoming NASA missio ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon completes 3rd orbit raising maneuver for CAPSTONE Moon mission
Long Beach CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports that its Lunar Photon spacecraft has successfully completed the third of seven planned orbit raising maneuvers, bringing the CAPSTONE spacecraft closer to ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Successful high-speed flight experiments with new sounding rocket configuration
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 30, 2022
Reusable launch systems are exposed to high dynamic and thermo-mechanical loads during their return to Earth. The German Aerospace Center has now successfully tested high temperature structures, adv ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SES's C-band satellite launched onboard SpaceX Falcon 9
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jun 30, 2022
SES has announced that the SES-22 satellite was successfully launched into space onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX's Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Flori ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou XIII astronauts doing well after returning to Earth
Beijing (XNA) Jun 30, 2022
The three crew members of the Shenzhou XIII have recovered from the physical effects of their six-month mission and will return to routine training after medical assessment, according to the chief o ... more
AEROSPACE
EGNOS technology for Africa - ESA signs deal with ASECNA
Paris (ESA) Jun 30, 2022
European technology that allows satellite navigation signals to safely guide aircraft down for landing in the majority of Europe's airports will now be put to use across Africa and the Indian Ocean. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
X-Bow Systems to Deliver World's First Rocket Factory In-A-Box to US Air Force Research Laboratory
Albuquerque 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
MICROSAT BLITZ
Canadian students prepare their CubeSats for launch
Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Jun 30, 2022
On June 29, 2022, Canadian students from Dalhousie University and the University of Victoria will be at Canadian Space Agency (CSA) headquarters to finalize the preparation of their CubeSats for lau ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Virgin Orbit establishes sew Brazilian subsidiary; now licensed for launch operations in Alcantara
Long 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
SPACE TRAVEL
How scientist proposed a novel Kalman filter for target tracking in space
Beijing, 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
MICROSAT BLITZ
Terran Orbital Developed CAPSTONE Heads to the Moon
Boca 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
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA, Rocket Lab launch orbiter to help pave way for astronauts' return to moon
Washington 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

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MICROSAT BLITZ
Rocket Lab launches CAPSTONE microsat on NASA lunar mission
Long 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
MICROSAT BLITZ
NASA launches mini satellite in bid to return to the Moon
Wellington (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
MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoAvionics records first ever 4K resolution full satellite selfie in space
Columbia 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
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA completes Wet Dress Rehearsal, moves forward toward launch
Washington 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
SPACE TRAVEL
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus reboosts Space Station
Dulles 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
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NASA blasts off from Australian Outback in 'historic' launch
Sydney (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
AEROSPACE
Biden thanks Erdogan, US signals support for Turkish F-16s
Madrid (AFP) June 29, 2022
President Joe Biden thanked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday for dropping opposition to the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, with the US also signalling support for Turkey's plan to buy F-16 warplanes. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
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, ... more
MILTECH
Kyiv mayor pleads for more weapons at NATO summit
Madrid (AFP) June 28, 2022
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko on Tuesday urged NATO at an alliance summit in Madrid to "speed up" its delivery of weapons to Ukraine to help it fend off Russian attacks. ... more
MILTECH
Slovakia to buy 152 Swedish combat vehicles
Bratislava (AFP) June 28, 2022
NATO member Slovakia, which shares a border with Ukraine, said Tuesday it plans to buy 152 tracked combat vehicles from Sweden's BAE Systems Hagglunds as it steps up its military capabilities. ... 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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NASA's stratospheric balloon mission gets telescope with giant mirror
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 30, 2022
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Shenzhou XIII astronauts doing well after returning to Earth
Beijing (XNA) Jun 30, 2022
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