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October 15, 2024
MOON DAILY
ESA launches Moonlight program to build lunar Comms and GPS constellation



Paris, France (SPX) Oct 15, 2024
The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially launched its Moonlight programme, aimed at creating a satellite constellation around the Moon to provide vital communications and navigation services. With over 400 lunar missions expected from both space agencies and private companies in the next two decades, Moonlight represents a major step towards sustainable lunar exploration and the broader development of a lunar economy. The Moonlight Lunar Communications and Navigation Services (LCNS) programm ... read more

OUTER PLANETS
NASA launches probe to study if life possible on icy Jupiter moon
Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) Oct 14, 2024
NASA's Europa Clipper probe blasted off from Florida on Monday, bound for an icy moon of Jupiter to discover whether it has the ingredients to support life. ... more
OUTER PLANETS
Is life possible on a Jupiter moon? NASA goes to investigate
Cape Canaveral (AFP) Oct 14, 2024
Is there anywhere else in our solar system that could support life? An imposing NASA probe is due to lift off on Monday on a five-and-a-half-year journey to Europa, one of Jupiter's many moons, to take the first detailed step toward finding out. ... more
EXO WORLDS
How the Building Blocks of Life Arrived on Earth Through Primitive Asteroids
London, UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2024
Recent research into the origins of Earth's volatile elements has revealed that without the contributions of unmelted primitive asteroids, the necessary compounds for life might not have been delive ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China successfully retrieves first reusable test satellite Shijian-19
Beijing (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
China has successfully retrieved its first reusable and returnable test satellite, Shijian-19, marking a significant achievement in the country's space program. According to the China National Space ... more
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X-37B Spacecraft Begins Pioneering Aerobraking Maneuver
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
The United States Space Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-7) has initiated a novel aerobraking maneuver to adjust its orbit around Earth and safely dispose of service module components, adheri ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
In milestone, SpaceX 'catches' megarocket booster after test flight
Boca Chica, United States (AFP) Oct 13, 2024
SpaceX on Sunday successfully flew the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket back to the launch pad after a test flight, a technical tour de force that furthers the company's quest for rapid reusability. ... more
TECH SPACE
Mathematics Behind AI-Powered Space Travel Risk Assessment Models
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 15, 2024
As space travel evolves from governmental projects to commercial enterprises, the safety of astronauts and spacecraft becomes a top priority. But with increasing complexity comes a pressing need for ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Sail with NASA's Solar Sail Tech in Real-Time Simulation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
NASA is offering the public an opportunity to virtually experience the journey of the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) through the "Eyes on the Solar System" tool. This interactive simula ... more

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Momentus chosen by NASA for upcoming launch missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2024
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a company specializing in satellite buses and in-space infrastructure services, including transportation and hosted payloads, has been selected by NASA to provide launc ... more
MARSDAILY
Cryptic Mars landscape revealed as ice thaws in southern hemisphere
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 10, 2024
ESA's Mars Express has unveiled a striking collection of landforms as winter frost melts in Mars' southern polar region. Some of these darker features, emerging from the ice, have been dubbed "crypt ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Islands of regularity emerge in the complex three-body problem
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
When three massive objects encounter one another in space, their gravitational interactions are typically unpredictable and chaotic. However, a new discovery from a University of Copenhagen research ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New quantum clock combines multiple atomic timekeepers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
Imagine a room filled with grandfather clocks, each ticking at a unique pace. Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have crea ... more
TECH SPACE
XDLINX Space Labs secures $7 million in seed funding led by Ashish Kacholia
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 10, 2024
XDLINX Space Labs, a key player in India's space technology sector, has successfully raised $7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Ashish Kacholia of Lucky Investments, with additional sup ... more
ROBO SPACE
VISIMO to Test Autonomous AI System for Spacecraft Decision Support
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
VISIMO, a technology company based in Pittsburgh, PA, will test its autonomous AI system designed for decision support on an upcoming mission conducted by ABOVE Space Development Corporation, a comp ... more
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Microsatellite project to track space objects over Canada and Antarctica
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
span class="NL"> a href="http://www.magellan.aero" class="highlight">Magellan Aerospace Corporation /a> br> /span> A new collaboration between the University of Manitoba (UM) and Magellan Aerospac ... more
GPS NEWS
GMV GSharp leads globally in precise GNSS corrections
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
GMV, a leader in global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) services, has solidified its position at the forefront of real-time GNSS corrections for precise orbits and clocks through its solution, G ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
ViaSat-3 F1 Now Providing Services to Government Customers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a leading provider of satellite communications, has announced that its ViaSat-3 F1 (VS3 F1) satellite is now delivering services to the U.S. Marine Corps. This milestone ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Lightning storms unleash high-energy electrons into space
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
When lightning strikes, the electrons come pouring down. A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, led by undergraduate Max Feinland, has revealed a surprising link between ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Carbon Mapper Shares First Methane and CO2 Emissions Data from Tanager-1 Satellite
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
Carbon Mapper has released the first methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions data detected by the Tanager-1 satellite. This milestone is the result of years of collaboration between public and pr ... more
IRON AND ICE
SOHO Spies Bright Comet Making Debut in Evening Sky
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
The ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view during the spacecraft's ne ... more
MARSDAILY
Controlled Propulsion for Gentle Landings
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
The Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers continue to provide a wealth of information about the Red Planet. This was made possible in part by the sky crane landin ... more
IRON AND ICE
Hera mission begins its journey toward Didymos asteroid system
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
The European Space Agency's Hera mission has successfully launched and is now en route to the Didymos binary asteroid system, despite initial concerns about weather conditions. With an 85% chance of ... more
MARSDAILY
Lichens Found Thriving at Mars Analog Research Stations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
Lichens, those resilient organisms made up of fungi and photosynthetic partners, are found just about everywhere on Earth, thriving on surfaces like rocks, trees, and even buildings. Known from all ... more
IRON AND ICE
NASA says comet expected to put on show in Earth fly-by
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 11, 2024
A comet just discovered last year by observers will whizz past Earth from 44 million miles away but leave a trail of dust and gases visible to the naked eye, NASA said. ... more
OUTER PLANETS
NASA probe Europa Clipper lifts off for Jupiter's icy moon
Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) Oct 14, 2024
NASA probe Europa Clipper lifted off from the US Kennedy Space Center on Monday, bound for an icy moon of Jupiter to discover whether it has the ingredients to support life. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Black Hole Devours Star, Slams Remnants Into Another
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2024
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, alongside several other telescopes, has uncovered a rare cosmic phenomenon-a black hole destroying a star and using the resulting debris to batter another celestial ... more
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Main reflector installed for 40-meter radio telescope in Shigatse
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 10, 2024
The main reflector for the 40-meter-aperture radio telescope's antenna system was successfully installed on Monday in Shigatse, located in the Xizang autonomous region of Southwest China, according ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Researchers find clues to the mysterious heating of the sun's atmosphere
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
There is a profound mystery in our sun. While the sun's surface temperature measures around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, its outer atmosphere, known as the solar corona, measures more like 2 million d ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
A new machine learning model sharpens view of the Milky Way using Gaia data
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) have applied advanced machine learning tech ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
'Party atmosphere': Skygazers treated to another aurora show
Paris (AFP) Oct 11, 2024
Scientist Jim Wild has travelled to the Arctic Circle numerous times to study the northern lights, but on Thursday night he only needed to look out of his bedroom window in the English city of Lancaster. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Vector Space Biosciences and Advacam team up for AI-powered cubesat payloads
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 13, 2024
Advacam, a provider of advanced radiation detectors for mapping radiation aboard the International Space Station (ISS), and Vector Space Biosciences (crypto symbol: SBIO), a company specializing in ... more
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