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  Arlingtonw VA (SPX) May 04, 2023 AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has been awarded a $10 million contract by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to co-design and co-develop conceptual designs and engineering development units of Mars Sample Recovery Helicopter flight systems. Future efforts could include detailed design, build, and test of qualification and flight hardware. The helicopters build upon the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter design heritage and feature upgraded robotics to supplement aerial mobility. AeroVironment ... read more |
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SpaceX lights up night skies with early Thursday Falcon 9 launchMiami FL (UPI) May 4, 2023 SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 56 Starlink satellites early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. ... more  
Innovative NASA alloy used for 3D printed rocketCleveland OH (SPX) May 03, 2023 In March, the Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket lit up the night sky as it launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the first launch of a test rocket made entirely from 3 ... more  
First pair of Terran Orbital developed spacecraft now operating in GEO orbitBoca Raton FL (SPX) May 04, 2023a Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, has announced mission success for the first pair of Terr ... more  
Cosmology: On the trail of a mysterious force in spaceMunich, Germany (SPX) May 04, 2023 When Edwin Hubble observed distant galaxies in the 1920s, he made the groundbreaking discovery that the universe is expanding. It was not until 1998, however, that scientists observing Type Ia supe ... more |
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Scientists find link between photosynthesis and 'fifth state of matter'Chicago IL (SPX) May 04, 2023 Inside a lab, scientists marvel at a strange state that forms when they cool down atoms to nearly absolute zero. Outside their window, trees gather sunlight and turn them into new leaves. The two se ... more  
Spire Global launches a space-powered weather insights platform for the maritime industryVienna VA (SPX) May 03, 2023 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has announced the launch of its new Deep Navigation Analytics (DNA) Platform, a centralized, space-powered hub that delivers essential insights to maritime stakeholde ... more 
Star swallows planet in first glimpse of Earth's likely endParis (AFP) May 3, 2023 Scientists said Wednesday that they have observed a dying star swallowing a planet for the first time, offering a preview of Earth's expected fate in around five billion years. ... more 
The ultra-fast space winds that shape the evolution of galaxiesBologna, Italy (SPX) May 04, 2023 They are called UFOs, but aliens have nothing to do with them. They are the ultra-fast outflows: space winds that emerge from the surroundings of supermassive black holes and blow at speeds close to ... more |
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Momentus signs contract to carry hosted payload for Hello SpaceSan Jose CA (SPX) May 04, 2023 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) has signed an agreement with Hello Space, an internet of things (IoT) through satellite tech company, to carry a hosted payload of a demo deployer carrying four pocketqu ... more  
What will the Artemis Moon base look like?Colorado Springs, United States (AFP) May 4, 2023 The next time NASA goes to the Moon, it intends to stay. Under the Artemis program, the US space agency plans to maintain a human presence, for the very first time, on a celestial body other than Earth. ... more  
Do your homework to prep for the 2023 and 2024 eclipses and beyondWashington DC (SPX) May 04, 2023 This year and next, Americans will have the extraordinary opportunity to witness two solar eclipses as both will be visible throughout the continental U.S. On Oct. 14, 2023, the moon will obscure al ... more  
US senators launch renewed push to thwart ChinaWashington (AFP) May 3, 2023 US senators announced a major cross-party effort Wednesday to combat China's growing global influence by limiting the flow of investment and state-of-the-art technology to the Asian giant while deterring any potential threat to Taiwan. ... more |
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Brushing Ubajnara: Sols 3819-3820Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2023 Tactical planning started an hour and a half later than usual this morning, because we had to wait for better-illuminated Navcam images of the Ubajara block (seen at bottom center in this image). Th ... more 
Czech Republic latest nation to sign on to NASA's moon-focused Artemis AccordsMiami FL (UPI) May 4, 2023 The Czech Republic on Wednesday became the 24th country to sign NASA's Artemis Accords, a set of principles for countries participating in the American space program to return astronauts to the moon. ... more 
Astronomers find distant gas clouds with leftovers of the first starsMunich, Germany (SPX) May 04, 2023 Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first stars in the Universe. They detected three distant gas clouds wh ... 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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Ground wide angle camera array detects prompt optical emission of gamma-ray burstBeijing, China (SPX) May 03, 2023 Researchers led by Dr. XIN Liping from the Space-based Multi-band Astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) research team, National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( ... more 
Examining a Potential Drill Spot: Sols 3817-3818Pasadena CA (JPL) May 03, 2023 Our weekend drive got us into a good position to attempt to examine a block we might attempt to drill. We don't dive right in; we have to make sure this is in fact where we want to drill. This means ... more 
Sidus Space and Lulav Space team up for navigation and control of lunar spacecraftCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 03, 2023 Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, pro ... more 
Alberta researcher to help select samples to bring back from MarsEdmonton, Canada (SPX) May 03, 2023 A University of Alberta researcher is among a group of scientists choosing which samples NASA's rover Perseverance will gather on Mars to bring back for analysis on Earth. For this mission, "r ... more |
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