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  Washington DC (UPI) Jul 6, 2021 Virgin Galactic confirmed Wednesday it is retaining Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build two next generation motherships, the company announced on Wednesday. The agreement calls for the first ship to enter service in 2025, the same year Virgin Galactic's first Delta-class spaceship is expected to begin revenue payload flights. They represent the spaceflight company's next generation of motherships and are expected to be able to fly up to 200 launches per year, Virgin said in ... read more |
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Carnegie Mellon is reimagining nanosatellite capabilities with orbital edge computingPittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering are setting out on a mission to reimagine the capabilities of nanosatellites in low-Earth orbit. Backed by a $7 million grant ... more  
RIT receives NASA funding to develop new diffractive solar sail conceptsRochester NY (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 NASA announced new funding for a project led by Rochester Institute of Technology alumni, faculty, and students that could power spacecraft to orbit the sun's poles for the first time. The NASA Inno ... more  
Airbus to provide 42 satellite platforms and services to Northrop Grumman for the US Space Development Agency programWashington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Inc., has been contracted to provide 42 satellite platforms as well as assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch, and space vehicle commissioning support services ... more 
Commercial space launch site begins constructionBeijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2022 China's first space launch site dedicated to commercial missions started construction in Wenchang, a coastal city in Hainan province, on Wednesday, according to the provincial government. The ... more |
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Wheels on China's Zhurong rover keep stable with novel materialBeijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2022 New material has been maintaining high stability of the rover Zhurong on China's Tianwen-1 probe, according to the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The researche ... more 
Elon Musk had twins with company exec last year: reportWashington (AFP) July 7, 2022 Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk had twins last year with an executive at one of his companies, online outlet Insider reported Wednesday, citing Texas court documents. ... more  
Rover plus astronaut complete Mount Etna challengeParis (ESA) Jul 07, 2022 In a complex role-played version of a mission to the Moon, controllers at ESOC combined with a team of geological scientists and ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter to oversee a rover's collection of rock s ... 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 |
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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 
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 
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 |
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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). Sci ... 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 Introduces Responsive Space ProgramLong Beach CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced it is introducing a Responsive Space Program designed to on-ramp commercial and government satellite operators to the Company's 24/7 rapid call-up l ... more  
Lithuania to send Ukraine crowdfunded combat droneSiauliai, Lithuania (AFP) July 6, 2022 Lithuania on Wednesday showed off a crowdfunded Turkish-made military drone that it plans to send to Ukraine to help the war-torn country fight Russia's invasion. ... more 
Australia's space future blasts off from NhulunbuySydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 Australia has taken another step towards becoming a serious contributor to the global space economy with the launch of a NASA sounding rocket from the Arnhem Space Center at Nhulunbuy in the Norther ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support is proud to announce that Dhruva Space's Satellite Orbital Deployer successfully achieved space-qualification on June 30.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Airbus U.S. Space and Defense, Inc., has been contracted to provide 42 satellite platforms as well as assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch, and space vehicle commissioning support services to Northrop Grumman to satisfy the U.S. Space Development Agency's (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer prototype constellation (T1TL) award.
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 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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 Washington (AFP) July 6, 2022 
Space travel company Virgin Galactic on Wednesday said it had reached an agreement with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build two new air launch carrier aircraft for its spaceships.
These new "motherships" will replace Virgin Galactic's existing carrier plane - the VMS Eve built by Scaled Composites - with the first of the new aircraft due to enter service by 2025. The company ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2022 
In recent decades, the complexity and functionality of silicon-based technologies has increased exponentially, commensurate with the ever-growing demand for smaller, more capable devices. However, the silicon age is coming to an end. With increasing miniaturisation, undesirable quantum effects and thermal losses are becoming an ever-greater obstacle.
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and analytic- solution provider, announced that it has successfully acquired its first image from its second SAR satellite, "StriX-ss".
"StriX-ss" was launched by Rocket Lab's Electron from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula launch site on March 1, 2022 (JST) and put into target orbit at an altitude of 561km in a sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). Since then, it ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 3, 2022 
From ocean depths to mountain peaks, humans have littered the planet with tiny shards of plastic. We have even absorbed these microplastics into our bodies - with uncertain implications.
Images of plastic pollution have become familiar: a turtle suffocated by a shopping bag, water bottles washed up on beaches, or the monstrous "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" of floating detritus.
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2022 
New material has been maintaining high stability of the rover Zhurong on China's Tianwen-1 probe, according to the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The researchers from the institute developed the wheels on the rover. The novel material of the wheels is an aluminum matrix silicon carbide composite. Its plasticity was enhanced apparently, with high strength, r ... more |
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 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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 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.
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 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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 Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2022 
In a complex role-played version of a mission to the Moon, controllers at ESOC combined with a team of geological scientists and ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter to oversee a rover's collection of rock samples. Acting as if he were in lunar orbit, the astronaut was in fact based in a hotel room in Catania, Sicily, with the rover 23 km away and 2 600 m uphill on the volcanic flanks of Mount Etna. As T ... more |
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 Siauliai, Lithuania (AFP) July 6, 2022 
Lithuania on Wednesday showed off a crowdfunded Turkish-made military drone that it plans to send to Ukraine to help the war-torn country fight Russia's invasion.
"This weapon... will be delivered to Ukraine immediately," Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas told reporters at the Baltic state's northern air base in Siauliai.
People in the NATO member country raised 5.9 million ... more |
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