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  Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 21, 2023 The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station successfully launched on Sunday, carrying the first Saudi citizens, Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, and Ali Al-Qarni, a fighter pilot, to the orbiting outpost. This marked the maiden voyage of Saudis to space, an event that had been due to take place on the same day. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket roared into the sky from Kennedy Space Center on Florida's east coast on a mission organized by Axiom Space. The Saudi astrona ... read more |
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Space missions set to improve solar storm forecastsReading UK (SPX) May 19, 2023 Satellites launched into outer space could send back improved warnings of dangerous solar storms thanks to a breakthrough in the way scientists use space weather measurements. Experts from the ... more  
Arlula secures $2.2 million in seed funding to enable global space data accessSydney, Australia (SPX) May 19, 2023 Australian space tech startup Arlula reports it has raised AUD$2.2 million (USD$1.5 million) to expand access to Earth Observation (EO) data and imagery, allowing individuals, small businesses and l ... more  
NASA begins feedback process for Moon to Mars ArchitectureWashington DC (SPX) May 19, 2023 As NASA builds a blueprint for human exploration throughout the solar system for the benefit of humanity, efforts to advance the agency's Moon to Mars architecture concept development approach are u ... more 
'Startup Nation' Israel hopes to ride out stormJaffa, Israel (AFP) May 19, 2023 The global economic slowdown and domestic political turmoil have not impaired the long-term prospects of Israel's vaunted hi-tech industry, officials and insiders say, despite a recent decline in hiring in the sector. ... more |
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NASA selects winners, announces final phase of Space Food ChallengeWashington DC (SPX) May 19, 2023 NASA has announced eight winning teams and awarded $750,000 in prizes in the second phase of the agency's Deep Space Food Challenge. The winning teams will move on to compete in the third and final ... more 
Pair of NASA weather satellites to launch from New ZealandWashington DC (UPI) May 20, 2023 A new pair of NASA weather satellites is ready for a ride into Earth orbit Monday from New Zealand. The launch time for the mission, called "Coming to a Storm Near You," is 1:30 a.m. EDT. Call ... more  
Astronomers want your help hunting for asteroidsTucson AZ (SPX) May 19, 2023 Anyone can become an asteroid hunter thanks to a new program launched by astronomers at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. As part of the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey, the ... more  
After SpaceX, NASA taps Bezos's Blue Origin to build Moon landerWashington (AFP) May 19, 2023 Two years after awarding Elon Musk's SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander. ... more |
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NASA selects Blue Origin as 2nd Artemis Lunar Lander ProviderWashington DC (SPX) May 19, 2023 To develop a human landing system for the agency's Artemis V mission to the Moon, NASA has selected Blue Origin of Kent, Washington. Through Artemis, NASA will explore more of the Moon than ever bef ... more 
Georgia Tech to lead NASA Center on Lunar Research and ExplorationAtlanta GA (SPX) May 19, 2023 Georgia Tech researchers have been selected by NASA to lead a $7.5 million center that will study the lunar environment and the generation and properties of volatiles and dust. The Center for Lunar ... more 
NASA releases new solar eclipse educational materialsGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2023 To help learners of all ages understand how to safely observe the Oct. 14, 2023, annular solar eclipse and the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, NASA has released a new set of resources for educat ... more  
Chinese astronomers transform understanding of Milky Way's spiral structureNanjing, China (SPX) May 19, 2023 Chinese astronomers have recently transformed our understanding of the spiral structure of the Milky Way. They determined that it is more like a common multiple-arm galaxy, rather than a special gal ... more |
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An X-ray look at the heart of powerful quasarsLondon, UK (SPX) May 19, 2023 Researchers have observed the X-ray emission of the most luminous quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history, known as SMSS J114447.77-430859.3, or J1144 for short. The new perspectiv ... more  
Beidou launches fifty-sixth Beidou navigation satelliteBeijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2023 The fifty-sixth Beidou navigation satellite, developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, recently took to the skies. The satellite is part of the geostation ... more 
Inmarsat selects SWISSto12's HummingSat for I-8 satellites to power L-Band networkLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 19, 2023 Inmarsat, a world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced that SWISSto12, one of Europe's fastest growing aerospace providers, will develop its new eighth-generation of spac ... more  
TransAstra receives Space Force contract to explore in-orbit propulsion systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2023 U.S. orbital logistics and space mining company TransAstra Corporation announced Friday that the U.S. Space Force has awarded it a Phase One Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to exp ... more |
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US FCC signs off on Viasat acquisition of InmarsatCarlsbad CA (SPX) May 19, 2023 Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, are pleased that Viasat's proposed acquisition of I ... more 
Terran Orbital building satellite manufacturing facilityIrvine CA (SPX) May 19, 2023 Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP) and W. P. Carey have broken ground this morning on a 94,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility located at 4 Goodyear in Irvine, Calif. In part ... more  
Is the US in a space race against ChinaMaxwell AFB AL (The Conversation) May 19, 2023 Is the US in a space race against Chinas proclaiming the rise of a new "space race" between the U.S. and China have become common in news coverage following many of the exciting launches in recent y ... more  
A new tool for deforestation detectionBeijing, China (SPX) May 19, 2023 Every second, the planet loses a stretch of forest equivalent to a football field due to logging, fires, insect infestation, disease, wind, drought, and other factors. In a recently published ... more |
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