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  Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2021 U.S.-based Rocket Lab Electron successfully launched a pair of NASA storm-monitoring satellites from New Zealand on Monday. The Rocket Like A Hurricane mission with two CubeSats on board launched shortly after 1 p.m. Monday from Rocket Lab Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula on the archipelago nation's east coast. "After 36 launches, we're still not sick of this view," Rocket Lab said in the caption of a tweet with a photo of the rocket lifting off. The mission deployed two of four C ... read more |
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The Mystery of the Glass Substance in the Chang'e-5 Lunar SoilBeijing, China (SPX) May 07, 2023 Glass is typically associated with floor-to-ceiling windows, colorful crafts, and electronic screens. However, it is not only a crucial man-made material but also a naturally occurring substance fou ... more  
NASA: Up to 4 of Uranus' moons could have waterWashington DC (UPI) May 5, 2023 NASA scientists concluded that four of Uranus' largest moons likely contain an ocean layer of water between its core and icy crust. ... more  
Control, Cooperation, Classification remain focus of DOD's Space PolicyWashington DC (SPX) May 05, 2023 The assistant secretary of defense for space policy told senators yesterday that his office is "laser focused" on three priorities: space control, space cooperation and space classification. " ... more  
Earth from Space: Farming the desertParis (ESA) May 07, 2023 The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west of the border with Tunisia. Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click o ... more |
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ESA releases image of Earth showing detailed weather patternsWashington DC (UPI) May 4, 2023 The European Space Agency and Eumetsat on Thursday released a detailed image of the Earth and its weather patterns from the Meteostat Third Generation Imager-1 satellite. ... more  
Check And Double Check: Sols 3821-3822Pasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2023 Earth planning day - Friday, May 5th, 2023. We continue our triage of the "Ubajara" potential drill site in this plan. In the last plan, we brushed the surface and did some further investigation of ... more  
Exciton fission - one photon in, two electrons outBerlin, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2023 "When pentacene is excited by light, the electrons in the material rapidly react," explains Prof. Ralph Ernstorfer, a senior author of the study. "It was an open and very disputed question whether a ... more  
Sidus Space's external flight test returns radiation and structural integrity data for AU ExperimentCape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 07, 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 |
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Lockheed Martin Space announces changes designed to enhance speed and effectivenessDenver CO (SPX) May 07, 2023 The Space business area within Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has announced upcoming changes in order to promote greater effectiveness in delivering on customer missions, support growth and innovation, ... more  
Tianzhou-5 cargo craft separates from China's space stationBeijing, China (SPX) May 07, 2023 The China Manned Space Agency announced on Friday that the Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft successfully separated from China's space station at 3:26 p.m. Beijing Time. The spacecraft, which had been sup ... more 
Satellite Data, Applications Flowing Through SERVIR to Southeast AsiaGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2023 More than 50 million people in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar draw water for drinking and agriculture from the Mekong River. With customized tools that use NASA observations and data ... more 
Alexandrite laser crystals from Europe for space applicationsHannover, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2023 Alexandrite laser crystals are well suited for use in earth observation satellites. They are robust and enable laser systems with a tunable output wavelength. In the European Horizon 2020 project GA ... more |
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The mysterious origins of Martian meteoritesPasadena CA (SPX) May 05, 2023 In August 1865, a 10-pound rock fell from space to Earth, landing with a bang in the remote village of Sherghati, India. After being recovered by witnesses to the event, the stone passed into the po ... more  
Hunting for life's building blocks at minus 250 degrees CelsiusLeiden, Netherlands (SPX) May 05, 2023 Searching for life's building blocks lightyears away is an important task of the James Webb Space Telescope. But how does it know what to look for? PhD student Marina Gomes Rachid is offering a help ... more 
Aerovironment awarded $10M JPL to co-design and develop two helicopters for Mars Sample Return missionArlingtonw 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 ... more 
The Moon's heart revealed for the first timeParis, France (SPX) May 05, 2023 Half a century after Apollo 11 initiated the first lunar surveys, a collaborative team of scientists from CNRS, University of the Cote d'Azur, Cote d'Azur Observatory, Sorbonne University, and Paris ... more |
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Conservation groups sue US regulator over SpaceX launchesWashington (AFP) May 1, 2023 US conservation groups on Monday announced they are suing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for not doing enough to protect the environment from SpaceX's Starship program. ... more 
Massive radio array to search for ET signals from other civilizationsMountain View CA (SPX) May 02, 2023 One of the world's most powerful radio telescope arrays is joining the hunt for signals from other galactic civilizations. The National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), si ... more 
SpaceX lifts another 56 Starlink satellites into lower Earth orbitWashington DC (UPI) May 4, 2023 SpaceX carried another 56 Starlink Internet satellites into space from the Cape Canaveral Space Station on Thursday morning, its 27th orbital mission on its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket this year. ... more  
Prep in the pool for Europe's next astronautsCologne, Germany (AFP) May 4, 2023 A new cohort of astronauts at the European Space Agency's training centre in Cologne, Germany, can expect to see time in both the pool and the classroom as they get ready to head into orbit. ... more |
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