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Virgin Orbit mission success brings UK launch another step closer ![]() London, UK (SPX) Jul 02, 2022 Virgin Orbit's next satellite launch will take place from the UK, following the success of the "Straight Up" mission, which lifted off from Mojave in California earlier (Saturday 2nd July 2022). Science Minister George Freeman and the UK Space Agency welcomed the news that Virgin Orbit has successfully completed its fourth mission from California, and its first night launch (10.50pm in California, 6.50am BST). With this mission complete, Virgin Orbit is on track for launch from Spaceport Cornwall ... read more |
Bacteria for blastoff: Using microbes to make supercharged new rocket fuelBerkeley CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Converting petroleum into fuels involves crude chemistry first invented by humans in the 1800s. Meanwhile, bacteria have been producing carbon-based energy molecules for billions of years. Which do ... more
NASA, SpaceX target new launch date for commercial cargo missionHouston TX (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than Thursday, July 14, for launch of the CRS-25 commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The new target launch dat ... more
Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon completes 6th orbital raise preps for final Earth-escape burnLong Beach CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has confirmed its Photon Lunar spacecraft successfully completed a sixth on-orbit burn of the HyperCurie engine, bringing the CAPSTONE satellite closer to the Moo ... more
Relativity and Oneweb sign multi-launch agreement for Terran RLong Beach Ca (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Relativity Space has signed a multi-year, multi-launch Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with OneWeb, the global space-based communications company. Under the agreement, Relativity will launch OneWeb' ... more |
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Floating in space might be fun, but TBone study shows it's hard on earthly bodiesCalgary, Canada (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Ever wondered if you have anything in common with an astronaut? Turns out there are 206 things - your bones. It's these parts of our body that are the focus of a research study on bone loss in astro ... more
NASA program brings big benefits to Big Ten SchoolCleveland OH (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 When Indiana University (IU) introduced the NASA Technology Transfer University (T2U) program at its Kelley School of Business last fall, it became the first university in the Big Ten to do so. ... more
Terran Orbital completes NASA Pathfinder TD 3 bus commissioningBoca Raton FL (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) reports that its Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator 3 (PTD-3) satellite has completed bus commissioning with all health and status checkouts nominal. Terran O ... more
NTU Singapore successfully launches its 10th satellite into spaceSingapore (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Singapore's latest satellite, designed and built by students from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), is now successfully orbiting around Earth, having launched yesterday (3 ... more |
The path of most resistance could help limit bone loss during spaceflightCalgary, Canada (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Astronauts that have returned after spaceflights over three months may show signs of incomplete bone recovery even after one year on Earth, but adding in more resistance-based exercises during space ... more
Smart earbud will measure how astronauts sleepAarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 Sleep is important for our health and well-being, and bad sleep can negatively impact our attention span, memory, decision-making skills, creativity and judgment. Astronauts living in zero gravity w ... more
SpaceX launches first C-band television broadcast satellite into space for SESWashington DC (UPI) Jun 30, 2021 The first television broadcast satellite under SES's C-band lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday evening on a SpaceX rocket. ... more
Lost in space: Astronauts struggle to regain bone densityParis (AFP) June 30, 2022 Astronauts lose decades' worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said Thursday, warning that it could be a "big concern" for future missions to Mars. ... more |
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Swarm of Tiny Swimming Robots Could Look for Life on Distant WorldsPasadena 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 ... more
Shenzhou XIII astronauts doing well after returning to EarthBeijing (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
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
Canadian students prepare their CubeSats for launchLongueuil, 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
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 |
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GMV cements leadership in collision avoidance operations automation and coordination in Europe Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 29, 2022
Space is getting congested and today, active collision avoidance has become a routine task in space operations, relying on validated, accurate and timely space surveillance data. For a typical satellite in LEO, hundreds of conjunction alerts can be expected every week. Processing and filtering these still leaves about two actionable alerts per spacecraft and week requiring detailed follow-up by ... 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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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 mission will use a balloon larger than a football field to send a telescope 130,000 feet (about 40,000 meters) above Antarctica. From that height, the telescope will study a phenomenon that chokes off star ... 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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How do you process space data and imagery in low earth orbit? Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Aerospace organizations around the globe, including Axiom Space, are developing new ideas for how humans will explore, conduct research, and do business in low Earth orbit (LEO) when the International Space Station (ISS) is retired at the end of this decade. Regardless of what the next commercial space stations may look like, one thing is certain: humanity's desire for on-orbit scientific resear ... more |
Plans to rebuild Ukraine should address environment, EU commissioner says Brussels (AFP) July 1, 2022
Plans to rebuild Ukraine will need to address restoring the country's war-torn ecosystems, the EU Commissioner for the Environment has said.
Virginijus Sinkevicius warned the environmental cost of the conflict was "increasing every day" - and said it could take "generations" to overcome.
Next week, leaders from dozens of countries and international organisations will gather in the Swiss ... more |
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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 of the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Division.
Major General Jing Haipeng, commander of the division, told a news conference at the unit's headquarters in northwestern Beijing on Tuesday tha ... 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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Estonia, Latvia mull joint bid for air defence systems Tallinn (AFP) June 30, 2022
The defence ministers of Estonia and Latvia on Thursday signed a letter of intent at the NATO summit in Madrid for joint procurement of medium-range anti-aircraft systems.
"The aggression of Russia in Ukraine clearly shows the need for air defence systems," Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks said in a statement.
He said the move would underpin regional cooperation and the Baltic neig ... more |
A mirror tracks a tiny particle Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 30, 2022
Levitated nanoparticles are promising tools for sensing ultra-weak forces of biological, chemical or mechanical origin and even for testing the foundations of quantum physics. However, such applications require precise position measurement. Researchers at the Department of Experimental Physics of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, have now demonstrated a new technique that boosts the efficien ... more |
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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.
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Integrating drones in urban airspaces - European demonstration program begins at Cranfield Cranfield UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2022
In the near future city-dwellers can expect to see a variety of drones in the airspace above where they live, perhaps transporting patients to hospitals, helping tackle fires, or simply delivering parcels. This vision of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), making use of different types of drones, will also help people travel faster and more efficiently through unmanned air taxis - and researchers say it w ... more |
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