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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 |
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![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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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![]() ![]() Advancing Technology for Aeronautics ![]() ![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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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![]() ![]() European Space Agency turns to private sector to deliver cargo shuttle serving the ISS ![]() ![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() ![]() SWOT takes unprecedented view of global sea levels ![]() ![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 |
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![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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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