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NASA Announces New CubeSat Launch Initiative Partnership Opportunities![]() Washington DC (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 NASA has announced a new round of opportunities through the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) for CubeSat developers, including educational institutions, to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations in space and contribute to the agency's exploration goals. "Small satellites, such as CubeSats play a valuable role in the agency's educational, science, and technology investigations, including planetary exploration, Earth observation, and fundamental Earth and space scie ... read more |
US should end ISS collaboration with RussiaHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 In the same week that Russians circulated a horrific video of a Ukrainian soldier being castrated before his murder by Putin's invading troops, and dozens of Ukrainians POWs were slaughtered while i ... more
CST signs agreement with Gilmour Space for the launch of 50kg to LEOLogan UT (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 Commercial Space Technologies Ltd (CST) has signed an agreement with Australian launch provider, Gilmour Space Technologies, to offer a launch capacity of up to 50 kilograms on their Eris Block 1 ve ... more
NASA's Moon-observing CubeSat ready for launchWashington DC (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 NASA's water-scouting CubeSat is now poised to hitch a ride to lunar orbit. Not much bigger than a shoe box, Lunar IceCube's data will have an outsized impact on lunar science. The satellite i ... more
Lockheed Martin's next gen interceptor achieves communications testing milestoneHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Lockheed Martin recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone. The NGI's mission is to protect the U.S. ... more |
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NASA Goddard's 'Web Around Asteroid Bennu' Shows in SIGGRAPH Film FestGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 08, 2022 Alongside cultural heavyweights such as Disney's "Encanto" and Warner Brothers' "The Batman," a short film created at Goddard shares the screen next week at a festival honoring standout works of com ... more
Wentian's small mechanical arm completes in-orbit testsBeijing (XNA) Aug 08, 2022 The small mechanical arm mounted with Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, has successfully completed in-orbit tests, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). With ... more
One Hundred days of MinervaParis (ESA) Aug 08, 2022 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti was launched to the International Space Station on 27 April as a part of Crew-4 for her second mission, Minerva. One hundred days in, mission Minerva is still go ... more
SpaceX debris discovered in Australian sheep paddockSydney (AFP) Aug 4, 2022 A charred chunk of space junk found jutting from a paddock by an Australian sheep farmer was part of one of Elon Musk's SpaceX missions, authorities confirmed Thursday. ... more |
ISS tests organisms, materials in spaceHouston TX (SPX) Aug 05, 2022 Space may look empty, but it contains extreme temperatures, high levels of background radiation, micrometeoroids, and the unfiltered glare of the Sun. In addition, materials and equipment on the out ... more
Blue Origin sends first Egyptian and Portuguese nationals to spaceWashington (AFP) Aug 5, 2022 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin on Thursday launched six people to space, including the first from Egypt and Portugal, on the company's sixth crewed flight. ... more
3 in Blue Origin crew set new world records aboard New Shepard spaceflightWashington DC (UPI) Aug 4, 2021 Private space company Blue Origin completed its sixth private human spaceflight on Thursday, carrying an American woman and two others who set a new Guinness World Record on the trip. ... more
Virgin Galactic secures land for new astronaut campus and training facilityTustin CA (SPX) Aug 04, 2022 Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) has secured land to move forward with a new astronaut campus and training facility in the State of New Mexico, near the Company's commercial operations he ... more |
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Northrop Grumman teams with Firefly to further develop Antares launcherChandler AZ (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Firefly Aerospace have joined forces to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium launch vehicle to serve com ... more
J-Space partners with Virgin Orbit to bring sovereign air-launch capability to South KoreaSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Aug 10, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading launch provider, announced it has signed an agreement with South Korean investment group J-Space. The agreement will allow the companies to assess candidate sp ... more
Private rocket company completes third orbital missionBeijing (XNA) Aug 10, 2022 Galactic Energy, a carrier rocket maker in Beijing, carried out the third flight of its Ceres 1 rocket on Tuesday, becoming the first private Chinese company with a commercially ready launch vehicle ... more
The space economy gets major tech advancement with hybrid mobility packagesBurlington VT (SPX) Aug 09, 2022 With hybrid vehicle sales at an all-time high on Earth, Benchmark Space Systems has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC)'s electric propulsion tech ... more
Researchers create the first artificial vision system for both land and waterBoston MA (SPX) Aug 05, 2022 Giving our hardware sight has empowered a host of applications in self-driving cars, object detection, and crop monitoring. But unlike animals, synthetic vision systems can't simply evolve under nat ... more |
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Pure gold pin for space testing Paris (ESA) Aug 08, 2022
Although this pure gold pin is not much bigger than the tip of a pencil, it is the 'pulsing heart' of ESA's Low Earth Orbit Facility, LEOX. Part of the Agency's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory, based at ESA's ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, this test facility is vital for developing materials capable of withstanding the highly-erosive individual oxygen atoms prevailing ... more |
Satellite operators Eutelsat, OneWeb agree to merge Paris (AFP) July 26, 2022
French and British satellite operators Eutelsat and OneWeb announced Tuesday plans to merge and create a "global champion" in broadband internet, rivalling US giants such as Elon Musk's Starlink.
Eutelsat and OneWeb said in a joint statement that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to join forces to become "a leading global player in connectivity... in an all-share transaction." ... more |
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Space Systems Command awards GPS support contract to Lockheed Martin Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022
Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company the contract to deliver operations and sustainment support services for the Global Positioning System IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF. The support contract provides specialized sustainment services to maintain the GPS IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF space vehicles and signal in space, and meet evolving requirements for a resilient system for the joint wa ... more |
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Philippines cancels Russia helicopter deal over US sanctions Manila (AFP) Aug 10, 2022
The Philippines has scrapped an order for 16 Russian military helicopters, an official confirmed Wednesday, following reports former president Rodrigo Duterte decided to cancel it due to US sanctions on Moscow.
Manila - a longtime Washington ally - agreed in November to pay 12.7 billion pesos ($228 million) for the Mi-17 helicopters, as it seeks to modernise its military hardware.
The ... more |
Molecular electronics: a possible solution beyond Moore's Law Sepang District, Malaysia (SPX) Aug 03, 2022
Graphene scientists from The University of Manchester have created a novel 'nano-petri dish' using two-dimensional (2D) materials to create a new method of observing how atoms move in liquid
Publishing in the journal, Nature, the team led by researchers based at the National Graphene Institute (NGI) used stacks of 2D materials like graphene to trap liquid in order to further understand how ... more |
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M2 satellite delivers Australia's first high-res Earth observation images Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 05, 2022
A UNSW Canberra Space satellite mission, known as M2, is now delivering Australia's first high-resolution remote sensing image of the Earth. UNSW Canberra Space Director Professor Russell Boyce said the capture of the image is an important step forward for Australia's sovereign space capabilities, with the same mission also successfully collecting and transmitting commercial aviation identificat ... more |
Study shows environmental impact of 57,000 products sold in supermarkets Washington (AFP) Aug 8, 2022
Eating fruits and vegetables is better for the planet than eating meat and cheese, but a new study by scientists released Monday showed chips and sugary drinks also have a very low environmental impact.
Scientists analyzed some 57,000 products sold in supermarkets in Britain and Ireland, in a large study published by the scientific journal PNAS.
The researchers, who hope that their stud ... more |
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Wentian's small mechanical arm completes in-orbit tests Beijing (XNA) Aug 08, 2022
The small mechanical arm mounted with Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, has successfully completed in-orbit tests, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
With the support of the ground team, the small mechanical arm has completed a series of in-orbit function and performance tests. All indexes performed well, achieving expected results, said the CMSA.
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Lockheed Martin's next gen interceptor achieves communications testing milestone Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 09, 2022
Lockheed Martin recently validated prototype communications radio technology for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) during a recent test milestone.
The NGI's mission is to protect the U.S. homeland from increasing and evolving intercontinental ballistic missile threats. Critically, the interceptor and its components must be able to receive and share data from the ground and throughout t ... more |
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Northrop Grumman identifies modern threats during advanced missile flight test Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2022
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully completed the third captive flight test of its prototype missile development series. The internally funded air-launched missile demonstrates capabilities relevant for multiple services, missions and platforms.
Completed at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, the internally funded test successfully validated the capabil ... more |
Towards stable, sustained Raman imaging of large samples at the nanoscale Tokushima, Japan (SPX) Jul 17, 2022
Raman spectroscopy, an optical microscopy technique, is a non-destructive chemical analysis technique that provides rich molecular fingerprint information about chemical structure, phase, crystallinity, and molecular interactions. The technique relies on the interaction of light with chemical bonds within a material.
However, since light is a wave, optical microscopes are unable to resolve ... more |
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Researchers create the first artificial vision system for both land and water Boston MA (SPX) Aug 05, 2022
Giving our hardware sight has empowered a host of applications in self-driving cars, object detection, and crop monitoring. But unlike animals, synthetic vision systems can't simply evolve under natural habitats. Dynamic visual systems that can navigate both land and water, therefore, have yet to power our machines - leading researchers from MIT, the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology ( ... more |
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Zawahiri death: did US use secret 'flying ginsu' missile? Washington (AFP) Aug 2, 2022
Notorious Al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by two missiles fired at his Kabul home - but pictures showed no sign of an explosion, and US officials say no one else was harmed.
That points to the use again by the United States of the macabre Hellfire R9X, a warhead-less missile believed equipped with six razor-like blades extending from the fuselage that slices through its target bu ... more |
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