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  Cape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 After two failed attempts this summer, NASA was busy Monday completing final preparations for the launch of its new mega Moon rocket, now scheduled for early Wednesday from Florida. The Artemis 1 mission, a test flight without astronauts, represents the first step in the US space agency's plan to build a lasting presence on the Moon, and taking lessons from there to prepare for a future voyage to Mars. Named after the sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, the new space program comes 50 years aft ... read more |
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AFRL awards contract for pioneering spacecraft in region of MoonKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC to demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the region of the Moon, suppor ... more 
CAPSTONE initial insertion at the Moon executed as plannedWestminster CO (SPX) Nov 13, 2022 CAPSTONE made its initial insertion into the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) on Sunday, November 13th. Two smaller correction maneuvers will take place this week to ensure the spacecraft is confi ... more  
Improving the performance of electrodeless plasma thrusters for space propulsionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 A Tohoku University researcher has increased the performance of a high-power electrodeless plasma thruster, moving us one step closer to deeper explorations into space. Innovations in terrestr ... more 
Phantom Space conducts successful stage hot fire test for new rocketTucson AZ (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 Phantom Space Corporation (Phantom), a space applications company providing launch services and satellite manufacturing to business and government clients, has announced a successful stage hot fire ... more |
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NASA returning to the Moon with mega rocket launchCape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 Third time's the charm? ... more 
Advanced Space leads Lunar pathfinder efforts for NASAWestminster CO (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, announced CAPSTONE successfully completed the initial insertion maneuver into a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) on Sunday, November 13 ... more 
Beyond Gravity passes CDR for critical mechanism for NASA's GatewayZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 The Gateway space station, an essential element of NASA's Artemis program, will serve as humanity's first space station in lunar orbit supporting crewed and uncrewed missions to the surface of the M ... more 
An overview of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the MoonWashington (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to take off on Wednesday, is a 25-and-a-half day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back. ... more |
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NASA's CAPSTONE probe overcomes malfunction, reaches orbit around the moonWashington DC (UPI) Nov 14, 2021 NASA's CAPSTONE CubeSat probe arrived in orbit around the moon Sunday night in a major win for the space agency following a major engine malfunction over the summer that nearly derailed the mission. ... more 
ASU microsat will be launched as part of NASA'S Artemis 1 missionTempe AZ (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 A satellite designed by ASU researchers to detect evidence of water-ice on the moon will begin its journey through space on NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to launch later this month. NASA ... more 
Why go back to the MoonWashington (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 On September 12, 1962, then US president John F. Kennedy informed the public of his plan to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. ... more 
To the Moon and beyond: NASA's Artemis programCape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 15, 2022 The Artemis program is NASA's plan to return humans to the Moon as a stepping stone for an eventual voyage to Mars. ... more |
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The road to the MoonParis, France (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 The birth of a spacecraft takes many years from design through to assembly, testing and launch. Here we speak to Airbus engineer Paolo Artusio about how the ESM-1, the European Service Module which ... more  
SFL contracted for 15 additional HawkEye 360 RF geolocation microsatellitesToronto, Canada (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has been contracted to support development of Clusters 7 through 11 in the HawkEye 360 radio frequency (RF) geolocation microsatellite constellation. Under the Flex Pro ... more  
AST SpaceMobile deploys largest-ever commercial communications array in LEOMidland TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS) has completed deployment of the communications array for its test satellite, BlueWalker 3 ("BW3"), in orbit. BW3 is the largest-ever commerci ... more  
Gediz Vallis Ridge Rising: Sols 3650-3652Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 11, 2022 Curiosity is continuing to climb towards a Gediz Vallis ridge viewing spot, and we can already get a glimpse of it rising in the distance. In today's plan we will collect a large stereo Mastcam mosa ... more 
'Like the Moon': Astronauts flock to Spanish isle to trainLos Volcanes Natural Park, Spain (AFP) Nov 12, 2022 Kneeling on the edge of a deep crater, astronaut Alexander Gerst uses a chisel to collect a sample of volcanic rock which he carefully puts inside a white plastic bag. ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC to demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the region of the Moon, supporting a resurgence of interest in lunar exploration and development across civil, commercial and international space agencies.
AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate awarded the contract to support th ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
Phantom Space Corporation (Phantom), a space applications company providing launch services and satellite manufacturing to business and government clients, has announced a successful stage hot fire test at Spaceport America in New Mexico.
Phantom's pathfinder test stage, equipped with a single Hadley engine supplied by Ursa Major, completed a 60 second hot fire test to validate first and s ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 11, 2022 
Curiosity is continuing to climb towards a Gediz Vallis ridge viewing spot, and we can already get a glimpse of it rising in the distance. In today's plan we will collect a large stereo Mastcam mosaic of the parts of Gediz Vallis ridge that were visible to us today, and this image combined with the ones we hope to collect from our end of drive location on Monday, will help the team decide if we ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022 
China launched the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft on Saturday morning to transport fuel and supplies to the country's orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a news release that a Long March 7 rocket carrying the robotic cargo ship blasted off at 10:03 am at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province.
After a 11-minute fli ... more |
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 Boca Raton FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
AE Industrial Partners, LP ("AEI"), a leader in space investing and a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense and government services, space, power and utility services, and specialty industrial markets, has completed its majority stake investment in York Space Systems ("York" or "the Company"), an independent provider of small satellites, satellite components and turnkey mission ... more |
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 Midland TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS) has completed deployment of the communications array for its test satellite, BlueWalker 3 ("BW3"), in orbit. BW3 is the largest-ever commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit and is designed to communicate directly with cellular devices via 3GPP standard frequencies at 5G speeds.
Now that it has been unfolded, the s ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 
Observations and simulations of 237 white dwarfs strengthen the evidence that planets and stars rapidly form together and become planetary systems. An international team of astronomers and planetary scientists, including Tim Lichtenberg of the University of Groningen's Kapteyn Institute, published their findings on Monday in Nature Astronomy.
Planets form in a disk of hydrogen, helium and ... 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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 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 12, 2022 
Wheelchair struggles, scarce drinking water, $15 sandwiches and hotel price-gouging at the COP27 climate summit have sparked anger and forced host country Egypt into damage-control mode, participants at the two-week meet said.
Organising a UN climate conference - which brings together up to 35,000 people from 195 countries each year - is a world-class logistical challenge, and veterans of ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2022 
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will be further developed and feature better compatibility and interoperability coordination with the world's other navigation systems, including the GPS system of the United States, Russia's GLONASS system and the Galileo system of the European Union, an official said during the World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit in Zhejiang province on Wedn ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 
NASA's Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to take off on Wednesday, is a 25-and-a-half day voyage beyond the far side of the Moon and back.
The meticulously choreographed uncrewed flight should yield spectacular images as well as valuable scientific data.
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 Paris (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 Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact on 27 September 2022 at 01:14 CEST. Current data show that DART shortened Dimorphos' original 11 hour and 55 minute orbit around Didymos by about 32 minutes.
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 11, 2022 
China launched a Long March 6A carrier rocket to send a multirole satellite into orbit on Saturday morning, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The State-owned space contractor said in a news release that the rocket blasted off at 6:52 am at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province and transported the Yunhai 3 satellite into its preset orbit.
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 15, 2022 
Solar Orbiter has spotted a 'tube' of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the Sun's magnetic field. The observation provides an intriguing new addition to the zoo of features revealed by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission, especially since the snake was a precursor to a much larger eruption. The snake was seen on 5 September 2022, as Solar Orbiter was approaching the Sun for a close ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 14, 2022 
The Subaru Telescope successfully demonstrated engineering first light with a new instrument that will use about 2400 fiberoptic cables to capture the light from heavenly objects. Full operation is scheduled to start around 2024. The ability to observe thousands of objects simultaneously will provide unprecedented amounts of data to fuel Big Data Astronomy in the coming decade.
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 11, 2022 
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, packing so much mass into so little space that nothing - not even light - can escape their gravitational pull once it gets close enough. Understanding black holes is key to unravelling the most fundamental laws governing the cosmos, because they represent the limits of two of the best-tested theories of physics: the theory of general rela ... more |
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