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  Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) and the Luxembourg Minister of Defence has signed a Letter of Intent that will begin the process towards developing responsive space capabilities inclusive of mobile launch infrastructure that would be based in Luxembourg, but available for NATO partners, and other Allies across the European continent. As part of the agreement, Virgin Orbit, in close coordination with the Luxembourg Directorate of Defence, will assess how a responsive space capability could be based in Luxemb ... read more |
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Sidus Space executes launch agreement with Vaya SpaceCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company, focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, ... more  
Shadow hunters capture Didymos asteroid eclipsing starsParis (ESA) Oct 21, 2022 After months of effort, astronomers have succeeded in capturing the momentary shadow cast by the Didymos asteroid, from tens of million km away as it passed in front of far-distant stars - a feat of ... more  
Why NASA is trying to crash land on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2022 Like a car's crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact. NASA has successfully touched down on Mars nine times, relying on cutting-edge parachutes, massiv ... more 
Celebrating Halloween and investigating ghoulish rocks from the Red PlanetPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 21, 2022 Have you ever seen faces on Mars? What about weirdly shaped rocks resembling animals and bones? Rocks with spooky holes and crevices? Over the course of Perseverance's time on Mars, multiple i ... more |
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A hydrogen-rich first atmosphere for Mars inferred from clays on its surfaceTempe AZ (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 According to new research, Mars may have been born a blue and water-covered world, long before the Earth had even finished forming. The discovery could open a window for scientists on an overlooked ... more 
Twin tail revealed in new Hubble image of Didymos-Dimorphos system following DART impactParis (ESA) Oct 21, 2022 Two tails of dust ejected from the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system are seen in new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, documenting the lingering aftermath of the NASA's Double Asteroi ... more  
NASA orders three more Orion spacecraft from Lockheed MartinDenver CO (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is now under contract to deliver three Orion spacecraft to NASA for its Artemis VI-VIII missions, continuing the delivery of exploration vehicles to the agency to carry a ... more  
NASA instrument to measure temperature, pressure, and wind on VenusGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 The VASI (Venus Atmospheric Structure Investigation) instrument aboard NASA's Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging, or DAVINCI, mission to Venus, together with ... more |
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European Space Agency to launch two missions on SpaceX rocketsParis (AFP) Oct 20, 2022 The European Space Agency announced Thursday it will use SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets to launch two scientific missions because of delays to its own Ariane 6 rocket and the cancellation of flights on Russia's Soyuz launchers. ... more 
SpaceX deploys 3,500th Starlink satelliteWashington DC (UPI) Oct 20, 2021 SpaceX successfully launched its latest round of Starlink satellites Thursday, bringing the total number in orbit to more than 3,500, the company confirmed in a celebratory post. ... more 
NASA readies Superstack for upcoming JPSS-2 launchGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 Two very different payloads flying on one rocket are ready for their ride to space. Creating an integrated stack that stands 25 feet tall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA ... more 
NGC delivers first GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters to support Vulcan first flightMagna UT (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 Northrop Grumman has delivered the first two 63-inch-diameter extended length Graphite Epoxy Motors (GEM 63XL) to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The solid rocket boosters will su ... more |
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New Site, New Sights, New Science: Sols 3628-3629Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2022 For the first time in a little while we're at a new location after a drive in the last plan, which means new targets for the Geo team to investigate, and slightly different viewsheds for ENV to work ... more 
Arecibo Observatory-led Team discovers large near-earth asteroid has changing rotationOrlando FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 Ateam of scientists led by Arecibo Observatory and the University of Central Florida has measured a change in the rotation period of the potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon, a fu ... more  
Innovative system evaluates habitability of distant planetsJerusalem (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 The climate crisis presents a huge challenge to all people on Earth. It has led many scientists to look for exo-planets, planets outside our solar system that humans could potentially settle. The Ja ... more  
Near-infrared light uncovers vast populations of forming stars, many still encased in dustBaltimore MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 This glittering view of the Pillars of Creation was delivered by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera - and it begs to be examined pixel by pixel. The scene may look both familia ... more 
Edge Computing has given wings to low Earth orbit satellite communicationDaegu, South Korea (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 Two research teams, one led by Professor Jeongho Kwak of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at DGIST (President Kuk Yang) and the other by Professor Jihwan Choi of the Dep ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 12, 2022 
Dennis Tito, an American entrepreneur who in 2001 became the first person to pay for their own space voyage, said Wednesday he plans to fly with his wife Akiko on a future SpaceX mission around the Moon.
The voyage will take place after Elon Musk's company has finished developing its prototype Starship rocket and has flown a first commercial flight that will include Japanese billionaire Yusa ... more |
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 Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Oct 19, 2022 
Relativity Space, the first company to 3D print rockets and build the largest metal 3D printers in the world, has detailed its plans to operate one of the largest rocket engine test facilities in the United States. Through an agreement with NASA, Relativity is significantly expanding its facilities and infrastructure at NASA's historic Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi.
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 21, 2022 
According to new research, Mars may have been born a blue and water-covered world, long before the Earth had even finished forming. The discovery could open a window for scientists on an overlooked chapter in Martian history.
In a recent study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, a team of researchers, including several from Arizona State University, found that Mars's earliest ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 11, 2022 
Propellant injection work on the Mengtian space lab, the second lab component of China's Tiangong space station, was conducted on Monday morning at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that the lab module has undergone ground tests at the center and will undergo checks of its functions along with ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 20, 2021 
SpaceX successfully launched its latest round of Starlink satellites Thursday, bringing the total number in orbit to more than 3,500, the company confirmed in a celebratory post.
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:50 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The rocket was carrying a batch of 54 satellites into low-Earth orbit, the fourth shell of the ... more |
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 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Satellites are increasingly becoming network nodes of the internet. Terrestrial nodes are integrated via fibre optic networks, and satellites can only keep up with current developments on the ground if they are also optically networked. European Commission programmes such as the 'Secure Connectivity Initiative' depend on this technology, as do many commercial networks such as Starlink or Oneweb, ... more |
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 Jerusalem (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
The climate crisis presents a huge challenge to all people on Earth. It has led many scientists to look for exo-planets, planets outside our solar system that humans could potentially settle. The James Webb Space Telescope was developed as part of this search to provide detailed observational data about earth-like exo-planets in the coming years.
A new project, led by Dr. Assaf Hochman at ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 17, 2022 
ESA's Mars Express has captured the rare moment of Mars' small moon Deimos passing in front of Jupiter and its four largest moons - the focus of ESA's upcoming Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer launching next year. Celestial alignments like these enable a more precise determination of the martian moons' orbits.
Since arriving in orbit at the Red Planet in 2003, Mars Express routinely observes the ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular periodic variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean that affects the climate of much of the tropics and subtropics. This natural phenomenon is important to study because of the socioeconomic impacts it can have on matters such as food security, agricultural production, human health and water resource ... more |
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 Mexico City (AFP) Oct 10, 2022 
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday denied that a space cooperation agreement signed with Russia last year would help Moscow spy on North America.
The pact was inked before Russia's invasion of Ukraine and "now a scandal is being made because there's talk that Mexico is allowing Russian satellites to be used to spy on Mexican and North American airspace," Lopez Obrador to ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 18, 2021 
James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, has died, the space agency said in a statement. He was 93.
McDivitt "passed away peacefully in his sleep" in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday as he was surrounded by family and friends, NASA said.
Throughout his decade working with NASA, McDivitt spent 14 days in space and took part in missions t ... more |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2022 
Ateam of scientists led by Arecibo Observatory and the University of Central Florida has measured a change in the rotation period of the potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon, a future spacecraft target.
Phaethon is just the 11th asteroid with a measured change in its rotation period, and it is the largest of them.
The discovery is an example of progress in global e ... more |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, reports that NASA has exercised an option to extend its contract with Planet under the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program through September 2023.
Planet has been providing data to NASA scientists and federally funded researchers under this program since 2018 and the company looks forward ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2022 
The countdown has begun! Exactly one year from today, the first of two major solar eclipses just six months apart will occur over the Americas. On October 14, 2023, the Moon will pass directly between Earth and the Sun but will cover only 90% of the brilliant solar disk. The remaining 10% will appear as a blazing "ring of fire" around the Moon's dark silhouette.
This annular (Latin for rin ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2022 
Astronomers have observed the brightest flash of light ever seen, from an event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth and was likely triggered by the formation of a black hole.
The burst of gamma-rays - the most intense form of electromagnetic radiation - was first detected by orbiting telescopes on October 9, and its afterglow is still being watched by scientists across the wor ... more |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Oct 13, 2022 
Tiny dust molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the most widespread organic molecules in the universe and important astronomical tools. For instance, they are considered to be fundamental building blocks of prebiotic compounds, which may have played a key role in the origin of life. PAH molecules produce extremely bright emission bands in the infrared region when t ... more |
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