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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 China's PIESAT-1, a unique constellation of remote-sensing satellites arranged in a wheel-like formation, has successfully acquired high-precision topographic data using multi-baseline interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technology. This achievement marks China's first in-orbit application of this advanced mapping system, according to an announcement made by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Earlier in March, China too ... read more |
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Star trackers emerge as new tool for high-precision space debris detectionCoimbra, Portugal (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 Neuraspace, a trailblazer in space traffic management (STM), has entered into a collaborative effort with Arcsec, a well-known supplier of star trackers. The alliance aims to employ Arcsec's star tr ... more  
Space Development Agency partners with SpiderOak for OrbitSecureWashington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2023 Space cybersecurity firm SpiderOak has secured an Other Transactional Authority agreement with the Space Development Agency (SDA). The contract aims to explore the integration of SpiderOak's OrbitSe ... more  
Rocket Lab Moves Into System Integration Phase for NASA's Mars MissionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has entered a crucial phase in its collaboration with NASA on the ESCAPADE mission, a project aiming to study Mars' hybrid magnetosphere. The company announced that the twin spa ... more  
Planetary Scientist Alan Stern Joins Virgin Galactic for Research MissionSan Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 Dr. Alan Stern, a leading planetary scientist and the Associate Vice President of Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Space Science Division, will fly aboard the VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic's comme ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin Ventures backs HawkEye 360 with $10M in latest funding round  
TRIDENT drill integrated into VIPER lunar roverLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 Engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, together with the team from Honeybee Robotics in Altadena, California, are gearing up to incorporate the latest addition to NASA's first robotic ... more |
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Psyche's 3.6 billion kilometre journey to the centre of the Earth via it's namesakeCanberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 Psyche was the Greek goddess of the soul, born a mere mortal and later married to Eros, the God of love. Who knows why the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis gave her name to a celestial object ... more 
Searching for concentrated biosignatures in an ancient, Martian mud lakeTucson AZ (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 A landmark discovery by a collaborative team led by the Planetary Science Institute's Alexis Rodriguez has unveiled evidence of sedimentary plains created by aquifer drainage within Martian collapse ... more  
Grasping the three-dimensional morphology of kilonovaeDarmstadt, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 An advanced new three-dimensional (3D) computer simulation of the light emitted following a merger of two neutron stars has produced a similar sequence of spectroscopic features to an observed kilon ... more 
New Siena Galaxy Atlas delivers improved measurements of almost 400,000 nearby galaxiesWashington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 Astronomers have created a detailed atlas of almost 400,000 galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood. The Siena Galaxy Atlas was compiled using data from NSF's NOIRLab telescopes, and is designed to be t ... more |
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NASA conducts 1st hot fire of new RS-25 Certification Test SeriesBay St. Louis MS (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 NASA conducted the first hot fire of a new RS-25 test series Oct. 17, beginning the final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated set of the engines for the SLS (Space Launc ... more |
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PKU astronomers shed light on evolutionary paths of supermassive black holes and their host galaxiesBeijing, China (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 A new paper entitled "Evolutionary Paths of Active Galactic Nuclei and Their Host Galaxies," published on August 17, 2023, in Nature Astronomy, provides critical new insights on the co-evolution of ... more 
Ancient diamonds shine light on the evolution of EarthJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Oct 19, 2023 The analysis of ancient, superdeep diamonds dug up from mines in Brazil and Western Africa, has exposed new processes of how continents evolved and moved during the early evolution of complex life o ... more  
Israel expedites Iron Beam deployment amid escalating costs of missile defenseSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2023 In the face of increasing rocket attacks and large-scale border incursions from Gaza, resulting in thousands dead, Israel is pressed to reconsider its defense strategies. The costs associated with o ... more 
India wants a space station by 2035, moon mission by 2040Washington DC (UPI) Oct 17, 2023 The Indian government wants an Indian space station by the year 2035 and a crewed Indian mission to land on the moon by 2040. ... more |
 New SwRI chamber simulates harsh acoustic environment of rocket launches 
India plans manned Moon mission, space stationNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 18, 2023 India plans to send a man to the Moon and set up a space station by 2040, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, as the country ramps up its space programme. ... more |
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International team reveals source of largest ever Mars quakeOxford UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2023 A global team of scientists have announced the results of an unprecedented collaboration to search for the source of the largest ever seismic event recorded on Mars. The study, led by the University ... more 
Study reveals how supernovae collisions ignite the birth of stars and planets in the north celestial pole loopWashington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2023 In a study examining the dynamics of neutral hydrogen gas within the North Celestial Pole (NCP) Loop, scientists have uncovered an unforeseen revelation - a collision between two supernova shells ha ... more 
BlackSky wins Air Force research contract to track vehicles in real time from spaceHerndon VA (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a competitive U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory AFWERX Direct to Phase 2 contract, funded by the Space Development Agency, to build an automated target rec ... more  
Leading scientists, philosophers identify nature's missing evolutionary lawWashington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 A paper in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes "a missing law of nature," recognizing for the first time an important norm within the natural world's workings. ... more |
Beyond the Frigid Void: Per Wimmer's Adventures in the Shadows of the KnownLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2023 Imagine, if you dare, a realm where temperatures dive to an unearthly 55 degrees below Celsius. A place where every breath feels like a thousand icy needles, and the vast expanse of Earth seems an e ... more 
Lucy continues approach to Asteroid Dinkinesh for November 1 encounterSan Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 Since NASA's Lucy spacecraft first imaged the asteroid Dinkinesh on Sept. 3, 2023, Lucy has traveled over 33 million miles (54 million km) and is now 4.7 million miles (7.6 million km) away from the ... more 
Hypervelocity impact experiments probe the origin of organics on the dwarf planet CeresPittsburgh PA (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 One of the most exciting findings from NASA's Dawn mission is that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter, hosts complex organics. The discovery of aliphat ... more 
Eclipse on Earth, Exploration on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 16, 2023 On Saturday, October 14th, an annular eclipse will be visible across much of North, Central, and South America. Although Perseverance won't see this event from Mars, it's no stranger to Martian ecli ... more |
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HALO Space successfully completes second battery of test flightsMadrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 16, 2023 HALO Space, the space tourism company with which GMV collaborates, recently carried out the second round of test flights for its space tourism trips in the dry lake of Cuddeback (California, USA), a ... more 
Cliffhangers go by the name of 'Stand By' in Mission Ops: Sols 3980-3981Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 17, 2023 Earth planning date: Monday, October 16, 2023: We are just at the first steps of the next drilling campaign, as regular readers of this blog will certainly have spotted already. The last plan had th ... more 
Accelerating interoperability standards for commercial lunar infrastructureWashington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2023 Lunar exploration is expanding at a rapid pace, and a robust lunar economy within the next decade is coming quickly into focus. It's clear that many shareable, scalable commercial systems will be ne ... more
Lab instrument now on two-billion-mile journey to the metallic asteroid PsycheLivermore CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 An instrument designed and built by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers departed Earth last week on a two-billion-mile, nearly six-year journey through space to explore a rare, ... more |
Taking a Rain Check: Sols 3977-3979Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 17, 2023 Earth planning date: Friday, October 13, 2023: It's been an exciting week in space - Conor already mentioned the news from OSIRIS-REX on Wednesday and just before I logged on for my shift this morni ... more  
Webb detects tiny quartz crystals in clouds of hot gas giantWashington DC (SPX) Oct 17, 2023 Catching a glimpse of one of the most common and familiar minerals on Earth rarely merits a Webb detects tiny quartz crystals in clouds of hot gas giant. Quartz is found in beach sands, building sto ... more 
US astronaut gets used to Earth after record-setting 371 days in spaceHouston (AFP) Oct 14, 2023 After spending more than a year in space, Frank Rubio now has to get used to that pesky thing Earthlings call gravity. ... more  
Skygazers watch 'Ring of Fire' eclipse over Western HemisphereAlbuquerque, United States (AFP) Oct 15, 2023 Skygazers across the Americas turned their faces upwards Saturday for a rare celestial event: an annular solar eclipse. ... more |
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NASA asteroid sample contains life-critical water and carbonHouston (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 A sample collected from the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu contains abundant water and carbon, NASA revealed on Wednesday, offering more evidence for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space. ... more 
How to make roads on the MoonParis (ESA) Oct 13, 2023 When astronauts return to the lunar surface they are probably going to be doing more driving than walking - but to keep billowing moondust at bay they are going to need roads. An ESA project reporte ... more 
Preparing To Drill: Sols 3975-3976Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 13, 2023 Earth planning date: Wednesday, October 11, 2023: Planning today started 90 minutes later than usual thanks to the data downlink containing the information we needed to assemble the plan not arrivin ... more 
Work starts on telescope to assist lunar missionsChangchun, China (XNA) Oct 13, 2023 China on Wednesday started the construction of a 40-meter-aperture radio telescope in the Changbai Mountain area in the northeastern province of Jilin, to support future lunar and deep-space probe m ... more |
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