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  Albuquerque NM (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 X-Bow Launch Systems Inc. (X-Bow), a revolutionary American space technology company focused on 3D printed energetics, reports that it has exited stealth mode. X-Bow (pronounced "cross-bow") brings to market its solid fuel rocket motors, along with a suite of small launch vehicles for both orbital and suborbital launch services. Customers already include the U.S. Air Force Research Labs and AFWERX, Los Alamos and Sandia National Labs, as well as the Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Since ... read more |
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SENER completes hard capture system for universal docking mechanismMadrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 SENER Aeroespacial has developed the Hard Capture System (HCS) for the IBDM (International Berthing and Docking Mechanism), which is the European androgynous low impact docking system that allows bo ... more  
Omnispace and Nelco announce strategic partnershipTysons VA (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 Omnispace and Nelco Limited, a TATA Group company, have announced a strategic cooperation agreement to enable and distribute 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN), direct-to-device satellite services. Th ... more  
Neuraspace raises funding to prevent satellite collisionsLisbon, Portugal (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 Neuraspace, the developer of an advanced AI-powered Space debris monitoring and satellite collision avoidance platform, has raised euro 2.5 million from Armilar Venture Partners. The company will u ... more 
Kymeta signs agreement with OneWeb to sell connectivity servicesRedmond WA (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 Kymeta has announced a distribution partner agreement to offer broadband connectivity services across the globe. The OneWeb LEO satellite network will give Kymeta customers access to high-speed, low ... more |
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Astronomy's 10-year wish listTucson AZ (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 It takes expensive tools to learn about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which orbits Earth, have pushed scie ... more 
Surface simulation lab launches new chapter in Australian space researchAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 the University of Adelaide launched its new Exterres Laboratory. The lab, which is the first of its kind in Australia, is an off-Earth surface testing environment for space technology like rovers, ... more  
SES adds satellite to extend services across Europe, Africa and AsiaLuxembourg (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 SES has ordered SES-26 a fully software-defined geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %). SES-26 will maintain and expand the w ... more  
Momentus' Vigoride vehicle completes thermal vacuum testingSan Jose NJ (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, recently completed Thermal Vacuum Testing (TVAC) on its V ... more |
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Researchers earn NASA grant to reinvent electronics manufacturing in spaceAuburn AL (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 Manufacturing electronics and sensors in space are becoming an inevitable part of future space exploration and activities. But even today's state-of-the-art liquid-based printing machines present ch ... more  
Next steps for ExoMars with the rover readyParis (ESA) Mar 29, 2022 The ESA-led Rosalind Franklin rover has a unique potential to search for evidence of past life on Mars thanks to its drill and laboratory. It will be the first rover to drill 2 m below the surface, ... more 
Sample Tally for the Crater Floor CampaignPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 29, 2022 Perseverance has spent a little over one Earth year in Jezero crater. In the last week, the team reached a very special milestone as we officially completed our first science campaign focused on the ... more 
Sols 3425-3427: Vuggy BuggyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 I learned a new word today: vug. Vugs are small cavities or pits on a rock surface and the rock in our workspace today was noticeably "vuggy." Particularly, the triangular rock face in the bottom ce ... more |
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Winning rovers of lunar polar challengeParis (ESA) Mar 29, 2022 The poles of the Moon have emerged as enticing goals for future exploration, given their potential for harbouring water and other volatiles. So ESA and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre ... more  
How a major volcanic eruption paved the way for the rise of the dinosaursTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 The supercontinent Pangaea, which was a combination of today's continents, broke apart at the end of the Triassic period due to large-scale volcanic activity. This volcanic activity was thought to b ... more 
MTG-I weather satellite passes tests in preparation for liftoffParis (ESA) Mar 25, 2022 With extreme weather events threatening to be more frequent and more severe as the climate crisis takes grip, it's never been more important to have fast and accurate forecasts. ESA and Eumetsat are ... more  
Methane could be the first detectable indication of life beyond EarthSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 If life is abundant in the universe, atmospheric methane may be the first sign of life beyond Earth detectable by astronomers. Although nonbiological processes can generate methane, a new study by s ... more 
NASA researcher finding ways to turn down the heat in citiesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 Rooftop gardens and greenery can help ease some of the severe heat in cities, according to research from climate scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. For seve ... more |
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 Davis CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 
Astronauts might one day grow and eat genetically modified plants to ward off disease associated with long spaceflights. Researchers at the University of California, Davis College of Engineering have developed a transgenic, or genetically modified, lettuce producing a drug to protect against bone density loss in microgravity. The work will be presented March 22 at the Spring meeting of the Ameri ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 25, 2021  Axiom Space, a private space company, expects to send the first all-private crew to the International Space Station as early as April 3 pending weather conditions and other scheduling concerns, NASA officials said Friday.
The Ax-1 mission passed its flight readiness review, representatives from NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX - which is providing a Falcon 9 rocket to launch the mission -- ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2022 
The ESA-led Rosalind Franklin rover has a unique potential to search for evidence of past life on Mars thanks to its drill and laboratory. It will be the first rover to drill 2 m below the surface, and the first to use novel driving techniques, including wheel-walking, to overcome obstacles.
Although the 2022 launch window for the mission is no longer possible following the suspension of c ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 28, 2022 
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 separated from the core module of the country's space station Sunday afternoon, announced the China Manned Space Agency.
At 3:59 pm Beijing Time, Tianzhou-2 left the core module of the Tiangong space station after completing all of its scheduled tasks, said the agency.
During its operation in orbit, Tianzhou-2 carried out a series of extended appli ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
SES has ordered SES-26 a fully software-defined geostationary (GEO) satellite from Thales Alenia Space, joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %). SES-26 will maintain and expand the wide range of content delivery and connectivity services to broadcasters, media companies, telco operators, internet service providers and governmental organisations across Europe, Africa, the Middle E ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
Rooftop gardens and greenery can help ease some of the severe heat in cities, according to research from climate scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. For several decades, researchers have promoted replacing black tar and other dark-colored roofing materials with bright, Sun-reflecting surfaces or "green roofs" full of plant cover. Now they have used freely ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
If life is abundant in the universe, atmospheric methane may be the first sign of life beyond Earth detectable by astronomers. Although nonbiological processes can generate methane, a new study by scientists at UC Santa Cruz establishes a set of circumstances in which a persuasive case could be made for biological activity as the source of methane in a rocky planet's atmosphere.
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 Austin TX (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be transporting oxygen into an ice-covered ocean of liquid water where it could potentially help sustain alien life, according to a team of researchers led by The University of Texas at Austin.
This theory has been proposed by others, but the researchers put it to the test by building the world's first physics-based computer si ... more |
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 Honiara (AFP) March 29, 2022 
The Solomon Islands' prime minister Tuesday rebuked Australian fears a draft security pact between his country and China that leaked online last week would "destabilise" the South Pacific.
In an impassioned speech, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said he found it "very insulting... to be branded as unfit to manage our sovereign affairs or have other motives in pursuing our national interest ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 23, 2022 
A newly released Android app will turn your smartphone into an instrument for crowdsourced science. Leave it by your window each night with your satnav positioning turned on and your phone will record small variations in satellite signals, gathering data for machine learning analysis of meteorology and space weather patterns.
The CAMALIOT app, developed through ESA's Navigation Innovation ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2022 
The poles of the Moon have emerged as enticing goals for future exploration, given their potential for harbouring water and other volatiles. So ESA and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre, ESRIC, challenged European and Canadian engineering teams to develop vehicles capable of prospecting resources within in these shadowy regions - then put their designs to the test in a realistic lun ... more |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 
Asteroids hold many clues about the formation and evolution of planets and their satellites. Understanding their history can, therefore, reveal much about our solar system. While observations made from a distance using electromagnetic waves and telescopes are useful, analyzing samples retrieved from asteroids can yield much more detail about their characteristics and how they may have formed. An ... more |
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 San Jose NJ (SPX) Mar 29, 2022 
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, recently completed Thermal Vacuum Testing (TVAC) on its Vigoride vehicle in preparation for its inaugural mission.
Thermal vacuum testing allows for the simulation of space conditions, including the temperature and altitude that the Vigoride spacecraf ... more |
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 Dunedin, New Zealand (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
The further we move away from a heat source, the cooler the air gets. Bizarrely, the same can't be said for the Sun, but University of Otago scientists may have just explained a key part of why.
Study lead Dr Jonathan Squire, of the Department of Physics, says the surface of the Sun starts at 6000 degC, but over a short distance of only a few hundred kilometers, it suddenly heats up to mor ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2022 
While telescope alignment continues, Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) is still in cooldown mode. MIRI, which will be the coldest of Webb's four instruments, is the only instrument that will be actively cooled by a cryogenic refrigerator, or cryocooler. This cryocooler uses helium gas to carry heat from MIRI's optics and detectors out to the warm side of the sunshield. To manage the cooldown ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
It looks like fireflies flickering in the darkness. Slowly, more and more amass, lighting up the screen in large chunks and clusters. But this is not a video about insects. It's a simulation of the early universe, a time after the Big Bang when the cosmos transformed from a place of utter darkness to a radiant, light-filled environment.
The stunning video is part of a large suite of simula ... more |
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