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  Paris (ESA) May 03, 2023 What are the next steps for making human spaceflight more inclusive, accessible, and safer? How can designing for space accessibility improve accessibility on Earth? Where does ESA's parastronaut feasibility project stand? On Thursday, 11 May 2023 at 15:00-17:00 CEST, join the webinar organised by ESA's Advanced Concepts Team and ESA's Chief Diversity Officer, with the support of the non-profit BIRNE7 e.V. For the past six decades, humanity has witnessed approximately 630 astronauts leave Ea ... read more |
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NASA selects Emily Nelson as Chief Flight DirectorHouston TX (SPX) May 03, 2023 NASA has named Emily Nelson its new chief flight director, leading the group that directs human spaceflight missions from the Mission Control Center at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. ... more  
SmartSat sends stellar PhD students to NASA JPL for career-boosting internshipsAdelaide, Australia (SPX) May 03, 2023 SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Australia's leading space research centre, has announced a prestigious program to fund two PhD students to undertake an intensive ten-week internship at N ... more  
Conservation groups sue US regulator over SpaceX launchesWashington (AFP) May 1, 2023 US conservation groups on Monday announced they are suing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for not doing enough to protect the environment from SpaceX's Starship program. ... more  
Final frontier is no longer alienBeijing (XNA) May 02, 2023 Sci-fi depictions of life in space are often inspired by what is happening on our own planet. Since its release in January, the prequel of Chinese sci-fi blockbuster The Wandering Earth (2019) has m ... more |
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A second pair of SES' O3b mPower satellites launched on a SpaceX rocketSpace Coast FL (SPX) Apr 29, 2023 A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched two communication satellites, O3b mPower 3 and 4, and is now just one launch away from launching SES' next-generation broadband constellation in medium Earth orbit (MEO). ... more 
Partners extend operation of International Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Apr 28, 2023 The International Space Station partners have committed to extending the operations of this unique platform in low Earth orbit where, for more than 22 years, humans have lived and worked for the ben ... more 
China to promote space science progress on five themesHefei, China (XNA) Apr 27, 2023 China is planning to promote its space science development on five major themes, including research on habitable planets, and biological and physical sciences in space, a senior Chinese space expert ... more 
Terran Orbital receives milestone payment for 300 spacecraft with RivadaBoca Raton FL (SPX) Apr 28, 2023 Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) reports the receipt of a further milestone payment alongside completion of the screening of the industrial partners as well as trade studies that will support ... more |
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Creating new and better drugs with protein crystal growth experiments on the ISSHouston TX (SPX) Apr 27, 2023 For more than two decades, the International Space Station has provided a platform for growing and studying protein crystals. In the early days of microgravity research, scientists discovered that t ... more 
Voyager will do more science with new power strategyPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2023 Launched in 1977, the Voyager 2 spacecraft is more than 12 billion miles (20 billion kilometers) from Earth, using five science instruments to study interstellar space. To help keep those instrument ... more 
SpaceX aborts Starlink launch at last second, delays Falcon Heavy missionWashington DC (UPI) Apr 26, 2023 The SpaceX Starlink mission to send 46 Internet communications satellites into low Earth orbit was delayed again on Wednesday and will try again on Thursday. ... more 
How to land on a planet safelyWashington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2023 When a lander descends toward the moon - or a rocky planet, asteroid, or comet - the exhaust plume of the rocket interacts with the surface, causing erosion and kicking up regolith particles. The re ... more |
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White House calls in tech firms to talk AI risksWashington (AFP) May 3, 2023 The White House plans to meet with top executives from Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic on Thursday to discuss the promise and risks of artificial intelligence. ... more  
Building 'Mad Max' vehicles for Ukraine's fightersKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) May 2, 2023 With angular welded frames, huge wheels and teeth painted on the front grille, the one-off buggies being built to order for Ukrainian forces on the battlefield resemble props from the "Mad Max" films. ... more  
BlackSky releases rare satellite image of alleged airship in ChinaHerndon VA (SPX) May 02, 2023 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) released the first and only known public satellite image, according to a third-party intelligence analyst, of an alleged aerostat at the Korla East Test Site, C ... more  
Eglin squadron launches support for Link 16 from spaceEglin AFB FL (SPX) May 03, 2023 The first Link 16 satellites were launched into low-Earth orbit April 2 via Space X Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California as part of Space Development Agency's Tranche 0 of the Proli ... more |
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USSPACECOM forum discusses need for space-savvy medical personnelColorado Springs CO (SPX) May 01, 2023 US Space Command's office of the Command Surgeon hosted the 2nd USSPACECOM Joint Space Medicine Forum April 18-19, at the Catalyst Campus in Colorado Springs, Colo. The two-day event brought togethe ... more 
EU targets 1 million shells a year as Ukraine saps ammoBrussels (AFP) May 2, 2023 The EU will put forward a plan to boost its production capacity of artillery shells to one million a year, officials said Tuesday, as it scrambles to arm Ukraine and refill its own stocks. ... more 
Falcon Heavy launches massive GEO satellite for ViasatWashington DC (UPI) May 1, 2023 Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket with a payload of satellites from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday after having to abort the mission days earlier. ... more  
US Army awards $4.7B production contract for all-weather GMLRS rocketsDallas TX (SPX) Apr 28, 2023 The U.S. Army has awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a Not-to-Exceed $4.79 billion contract to manufacture two full-rate production lots of GMLRS rockets and associated equipment. The contrac ... more |
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