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September 28, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
Blue Origin to remain grounded for now following crash probe



Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2023
US aviation regulators said Wednesday that Blue Origin must complete "21 corrective actions" before it can resume launches, closing a probe into an uncrewed crash last year that set back Jeff Bezos's space company. The Federal Aviation Administration report into the September 12, 2022 "mishap" said failure of an engine nozzle caused by higher-than-expected engine operating temperatures caused the New Shepard rocket to fall back to the ground shortly after liftoff, even as the capsule carrying resear ... read more

OUTER PLANETS
Plot thickens in the hunt for a ninth planet
Clinton, NY (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
How many planets are there in the solar system? What laws govern their motion? These questions of antiquity led to the birth of astronomy and the dawn of science. Even today in the twenty-first cent ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Two Russians, American land back on Earth after ISS mission: Moscow
Moscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2023
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut landed back on Earth Wednesday after spending a year at the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's Roscosmos space agency said. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
SSC partners with Johns Hopkins for software best practices in protected SATCOM
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded a $10M University-Affiliated Research Center laboratory contract to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Lab (APL) to ensure software and cyber best ... more
SPACEMART
Sierra Space increases total investment to $1.7B with $290M Series B Funding
Louisville CO (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
Sierra Space, a leading pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space with $3.4 billion in customer contracts, announced today it has clos ... more
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AEROSPACE


Government and industry collaboration leads to first air taxi delivery

SPACE TRAVEL
ISS National Lab and Privateer announce Data and Information Sharing Partnership
Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory and Privateer Space, a leader in space decision intelligence and data infrastructure, announced a partnership to bring additional resources ... more
SPACEWAR
Phoenix assists ULA national security payload launch
Fitchburg WI (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
Phoenix LLC, an industry leader in neutron imaging, recently played a vital role in ensuring the safety of the successful launch of United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy rocket, which was carrying ... more
EXO WORLDS
Exploring the existence of life at higher temps
Syracuse NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
There are an estimated 8.7 million eukaryotic species on the planet. These are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. Although eukaryotes include the familiar a ... more
SPACEMART
Arlington Capital Partners to acquire Exostar from Thoma Bravo
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
Arlington Capital Partners ("Arlington"), a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Exostar, LLC ("Exostar"), a leader in trusted, secure business collaboration in highly reg ... more
TECTONICS
Earth's crust, tectonic plates gradually formed, geoscientists find
University Park PA (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
The Earth's crust continued a slow process of reworking for billions of years, rather than rapidly slowing its growth some 3 billion years ago, according to a Penn State-led research team. The new f ... more

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WATER WORLD


Water-watching satellite monitors warming ocean off California coast

EARTH OBSERVATION
Trio of Sentinel satellites map methane super-emitters
Paris (ESA) Sep 26, 2023
In the quest to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, detecting methane leaks - a potent contributor to global warming - has become increasingly vital. Researchers are harnessi ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future
Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
A new study shows unprecedented heat is likely to lead to the next mass extinction since the dinosaurs died out, eliminating nearly all mammals in some 250 million years time. The research, pu ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
The value of EO satellite data in tackling global threats
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
The European Space Agency's (ESA) EO4MULTIHA (High-Impact Multi-Hazards Science) initiative, a two-year project taking place as part of the ESA-EC Earth System Science Initiative, held its kick-off ... more
FARM NEWS
Using satellite data to enhance global food security
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
Accurate estimates and forecasts of crop area and yield play an important role in guiding policy decisions related to food security, especially in light of the growing impacts of climate change. IIA ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Big Earth Data can support sustainable development goals
Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
The Report on Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2023) was released by the Chinese side at the High-level Meeting on Global Development Initiative Cooperation Outcomes h ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION


Chinese researchers reveal how vegetation structure biases satellite observation

WHITE OUT
NASA tech lets scientists see snow-water through the trees
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
NASA scientists are testing a technology that could more accurately measure water stored in snow as seen from a satellite in orbit. Melting snow provides much of the water that the western Uni ... more
ABOUT US
Does a brain in a dish have moral rights?
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
No longer limited to the realm of science fiction, bio-computing is here, so now is the time to start considering how to research and apply this technology responsibly, an international group of exp ... more
MOON DAILY
Listening to the Radio on the Far Side of the Moon
Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
There are unexplored regions of the universe - and there are also unexplored times. In fact, there's a nearly 400-million-year gap in our universe's history that we've never seen: a time before star ... more
MOON DAILY
Heating and cooling space habitats isn't easy
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
China, India and the U.S. have all achieved landing on the Moon in the 2020s. Once there, their eventual goal is to set up a base. But a successful base - along with the spacecraft that will c ... more
IRON AND ICE
Hera takes wing
Paris (ESA) Sep 28, 2023
ESA's Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence seen with one of its two solar wings added, during its continuing test campaign at the ESTEC Test Centre in the Netherlands. The van-sized spacecraf ... more
IRON AND ICE
Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned NASA probe
Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2023
After a seven-year wait, NASA scientists on Tuesday finally pried open a space probe carrying the largest asteroid samples ever brought back to Earth, finding black debris. ... more
SATURN DAILY
New Simulations Shed Light on Origins of Saturn's Rings and Icy Moons
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
On a clear night, with a decent amateur telescope, Saturn and its series of remarkable rings can be seen from Earth's surface. But how did those rings come to be? And what can they tell us about Sat ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Monitoring of radio galaxy M87 confirms black hole spin
Shanghai, China (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
The nearby radio galaxy M87, located 55 million light-years from the Earth and harboring a black hole 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun, exhibits an oscillating jet that swings up and down ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Seeking Euclid's hidden stars: commissioning looks up
Paris (ESA) Sep 27, 2023
The Universe doesn't give up its secrets easily. There's a reason dark energy and dark matter have their names - although they (allegedly) make up 95% of the Universe, they do not emit, absorb or re ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Chandra rewinds story of Great Eruption of the 1840s
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
A new movie made from over two decades of data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows a famous star system changing with time, as described in our latest press release. Eta Carinae contains two ... more
ROBO SPACE
Moon and Mars test site for robotic missions
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
The Moon and Mars are stated targets of European and international space exploration. However, before humans embark on these journeys, robots will explore inhospitable areas, develop local resources ... more
SPACEMART
Intelsat expands Brazil infrastructure, delivers new services
McLean VA (SPX) Sep 28, 2023
Intelsat, operator of one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), has launched new services in Brazil that combine l ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Vega's fuel-free CubeSats to keep formation with wings
Paris (ESA) Sep 28, 2023
Spain's trio of ANSER CubeSats, due to fly on Europe's next Vega launcher, will fly like a flock of birds in orbit - in more ways than one. Keeping in formation by following their leader, the three ... more
IRON AND ICE
The OSIRIS-REx sample canister lid is removed
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
NASA scientists found black dust and debris on the avionics deck of the OSIRIS-REx science canister when the initial lid was removed today. The canister from the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule was ... more
EXO WORLDS
JWST's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
In a solar system called TRAPPIST-1, 40 light years from the sun, seven Earth-sized planets revolve around a cold star. Astronomers obtained new data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on TR ... more
EXO WORLDS
Possible hints of life found on distant planet - how excited should we be?
Nottingham UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
Data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shown that an exoplanet around a star in the constellation Leo has some of the chemical markers that, on Earth, are associated with living organis ... more
EXO WORLDS
Study sheds new light on strange lava worlds
Columbus OH (SPX) Sep 27, 2023
Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system. To date, nearly 50% of all rocky e ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio returning to Earth after record 371 days in space
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 27, 2021
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station early Wednesday, bringing an end to American astronaut Frank Rubio's U.S. record-setting 371-day mission in space. ... more
EXO WORLDS
New insights into the atmosphere and star of an exoplanet
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
Astronomers led by a team at Universite de Montreal has made important progress in understanding the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system, which was first discovered in 2016 amid speculation it ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe passes system integration review
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 26, 2023
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) marked the completion of an important step on the path to spacecraft assembly, test, and launch operations this week at Johns Hopkins Applied P ... more
MARSDAILY
Big Fan of Rock Bands: Sols 3960-3961
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 26, 2023
Earth planning date: September 25, 2023: Despite a few bumps in the road, Curiosity tenaciously pushed on and has finally arrived at the intriguing light- and dark-toned bands. I am sure that I can ... more
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