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November 08, 2023
ROCKET SCIENCE
Pioneering satellite refueling technology could extend missions indefinitely



London, UK (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
In an ambitious move to address the escalating issue of space debris, the UK Space Agency has earmarked 2 million pounds for research into satellite refueling capabilities that could significantly extend mission lifespans and curtail the proliferation of orbital debris. The funding targets feasibility studies that will explore practical strategies for refueling a UK-led debris removal mission, alongside examining the prospects for replenishing commercial satellites already in orbit. ... read more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Euclid space telescope delivers first scientific images
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
Euclid, ESA's newest space telescope with strong German participation, released its first colour photos from space today. Never before has a telescope been able to take such sharp astronomical image ... more
SPACEMART
Foxconn awards Exolaunch with contract to deploy the group's first satellites
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 07, 2023
Exolaunch has signed a launch services agreement (LSA) with Hon Hai Technology Group ("Foxconn") to provide mission management, integration services orbital deployment hardware and services for Foxc ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solestial receives NASA SBIR Ignite contracts for next generation solar array
Tempe AZ (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
Solestial, Inc. has been awarded $849,954 for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research ("SBIR") contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA"). The winning proposal ti ... more
TECH SPACE
World-first Zero Debris Charter goes live
Paris (ESA) Nov 07, 2023
More satellites were launched in the last few years than the entire six decades of space exploration. 130 million pieces of space debris larger than a millimetre orbit Earth, threatening satellites ... more
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AEROSPACE


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CLIMATE SCIENCE
New dossier showcases how space is driving a greener future on Earth
Paris (ESA) Nov 07, 2023
The role that space can play in a greener future for us all is high on the agenda at the ESA Space Summit. A new 'green dossier' to be released alongside the event in Seville on 6-7 November showcas ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Starlink mission brings SpaceX's orbital launch count to 80 missions so far in 2023
Space Coast FL (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
Five minutes after midnight, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into carrying 23 more Starlink V2 Mini satellites at 12:05 a.m. EST (0505 UTC) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space La ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
James Hansen study warns Earth warming faster than previously thought
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 2, 2023
A new study led by James Hansen, a scientist responsible for raising public consciousness about climate change in the 1980s, suggests global temperatures are increasing faster than expected. ... more
MARSDAILY
The Ones Who Make Curiosity Go: Sols 4001-4003
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 08, 2023
Earth planning date: Monday, November 6: It is a time of milestones for Curiosity, with the passage of Sol 4000 over the weekend (celebrated here and here) and the start of her sixth solar conjuncti ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Collaborating with Public Innovators to Accelerate Space Exploration
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
With the successful launch and landing of Artemis I in 2022, NASA set the stage for a new era of space exploration. Together, NASA and its partners will lead humanity to the Moon and prepare for the ... more

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SPACEMART


European Space Agency turns to private sector to deliver cargo shuttle serving the ISS

MICROSAT BLITZ
Ireland's first satellite on its way to launch
Paris (ESA) Nov 08, 2023
After years of development with the support of the ESA Education programme, the Educational Irish Research Satellite 1 (EIRSAT-1) is set to launch in November, marking Ireland's first steps into spa ... more
VSAT NEWS
Ovzon receives follow-on order for SATCOM-as-a-Service valued at 1.8 MUSD
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
Ovzon has received a 1.8 MUSD follow-on order to provide three months of SATCOM-as-a-Service in Europe with an estimated start date in December 2023. This award is a follow-on order to the 4.8 ... more
GPS NEWS
PASSport project testing
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 07, 2023
Ports are heavily trafficked areas with many entry points operating nonstop, which exposes them to vulnerabilities that may cause failures or disruptions in their daily operations, thus degrading th ... more
EARLY EARTH
Ancient 450-million-year-old organism finds new life in Softbotics
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 07, 2023
Researchers in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with paleontologists from Spain and Poland, used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic re ... more
ICE WORLD
How a climate model can illustrate and explain ice-age climate variability
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Nov 03, 2023
Although humankind is responsible for the current global climate warming, our planet has constantly been undergoing natural climate fluctuations throughout the past. Possible forcing mechanisms for ... more
WATER WORLD


SWOT takes unprecedented view of global sea levels

WATER WORLD
Study links changes in global water cycle to higher temperatures
St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 03, 2023
It's a multi-billion dollar question: What will happen to water as temperatures continue to rise? There will be winners and losers with any change that redistributes where, when and how much water i ... more
TIME AND SPACE
A milestone moment toward development of nuclear clock
College Station TX (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
An international research team involving Dr. Olga Kocharovskaya , a distinguished professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A and M University, has taken a major step toward deve ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA awards medal to worm logotype designer Richard Danne
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 6, 2023
NASA awarded Richard Danne on Monday with the Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for his outstanding work creating and launching NASA's red worm logotype, which made its debut in the 1970s before being retired decades later. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Inspiring the Next Generation with Student Challenges and Learning Opportunities
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
Creativity and curiosity are strongly tied to NASA's missions and vision. Many of the agency's public opportunities foster these traits by engaging students and educators. Participants of all ages a ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Reaching New Frontiers in Science Supported by Public Participation
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
NASA's Science Mission Directorate seeks knowledge and answers to profound questions that impact all people. Through competitions, challenges, crowdsourcing, and citizen science activities, NASA col ... more
IRON AND ICE
SwRI-led Lucy observes first-ever contact binary orbiting an asteroid
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
After the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, the team discovered that it is even more "marvelous" as its newly discovered satellite is now shown to be a ... more
MOON DAILY
Propelling NASA closer to the Moon and Mars with Open Innovation
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
NASA is leading humanity's return to the Moon through Artemis. Artemis will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon and explore more of the lunar surface than ever before, using i ... more
MOON DAILY
Deploying and demonstrating navigation aids on the lunar surface
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
NASA is developing lunar navigation beacons to be deployed on spacecraft or the lunar surface to aid in localization and help future space vehicles determine position, velocity, and time to high acc ... more
EXO WORLDS
An ammonia trail to exoplanets
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
They reveal the origin of wine, the age of bones and fossils, and they serve as diagnostic tools in medicine. Isotopes and isotopologues - molecules that differ only in the composition of their isot ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Calling all Eclipse Enthusiasts: Become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador!
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
Are you an astronomy enthusiast or undergraduate student with a passion for sharing space science? We are excited to share with you a wonderful opportunity to become an official NASA Partner Eclipse ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Europe's Euclid space telescope releases first images
Darmstadt, Germany (AFP) Nov 7, 2023
The first images from Europe's Euclid space telescope were released on Tuesday, showing a nebula resembling a horse's head, never-before-seen distant galaxies and even "circumstantial evidence" of elusive dark matter. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
New nanosatellite to test novel AI technologies on board
Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
After more than two years of development, the nanosatellite SONATE-2 is about to be launched. The lift-off into orbit by a rocket is expected in March 2024. The satellite was designed and built by a ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
Detect gravitational waves with an interferometric seismometer array on lunar nearside
Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 08, 2023
In a groundbreaking development of China's manned lunar missions, the China National Space Administration is calling for possible experiments to leverage the Moon's unique properties in science. Und ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Europe to hold competition to build space cargo ship
Seville, Spain (AFP) Nov 6, 2023
The European Space Agency announced Monday it would hold a competition between firms to build a ship to deliver cargo to the International Space Station, in a potential first step towards independent missions carrying astronauts. ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
CNES, Pasteur Inst and SupBiotech sending "Cerebral Ageing" experiment to ISS
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 07, 2023
Scheduled for early November, the Cerebral Ageing experiment will depart for the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, inside a Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 launcher. ... more
MARSDAILY
Curiosity rover clocks 4,000 sols on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 07, 2023
Four thousand Martian days after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, NASA's Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science. The rover recently drilled its 39th sample then d ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA seeks input for future lunar surface resource utilization demo
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 07, 2023
As NASA ushers in an exciting era of long-term exploration on the Moon with Artemis, new strategies are being formulated to determine how technology, infrastructure, and operations will function tog ... more
TIME AND SPACE
NASA discovers record-breaking black hole 13.2 billion light-years from Earth
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 6, 2021
NASA has discovered a record-breaking colossal black hole, formed after the big bang, using the space agency's "cosmic magnifying glass." ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Early production continues on Advanced Upper Stage for SLS
New Orleans LA (SPX) Nov 06, 2023
Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed a major portion of a weld confidence article for the advanced upper stage of NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. Th ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China launches Long March 7A carrier rocket
Beijing (XNA) Nov 06, 2023
China launched a Long March 7A carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Friday night to deploy an experimental satellite, according to China Aerospace Science and Tec ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Scholars Probe Lunar Mysteries: Solar Wind Interaction Explored
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 03, 2023
In a recent comprehensive review published in Space: Science and Technology, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beihang University have synthesized the current understanding and pr ... more
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