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March 06, 2024
SPACE TRAVEL
New NASA astronauts graduate, eying Moon -- and Mars



JSC, Texas (AFP) March 5, 2024
After two years of rigorous training, ten Americans officially became astronauts on Tuesday, and are now eligible for planned NASA missions to the International Space Station, the Moon, and - if all goes well - to Mars. Two Emiratis who trained alongside them also graduated Tuesday during a ceremony at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Members of the class, nicknamed "The Flies," were selected from more than 12,000 applicants in 2021 and their training included simulated spacewalking, robot ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Astronauts arrive at International Space Station for swap
Washington (AFP) March 5, 2024
Three US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut arrived Tuesday at the International Space Station for a six-month mission on board the orbiting laboratory. ... more
SPACEWAR
As Russian Threats Grow, King Warns U.S. Space Command of American Vulnerabilities
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
In a move to address vulnerabilities in America's space infrastructure, U.S. Senator Angus King (Ind. ME) has emphasized the urgency of bolstering defenses against potential threats to the nation's ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
BAE Systems and EDF launch MethaneSAT to revolutionize global methane emissions monitoring
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
BAE Systems (LON: BA) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have successfully launched MethaneSAT, a cutting-edge satellite designed to provide unprecedented insights into methane emissions acros ... more
SPACEWAR
BlackSky Secures Major Contract to Advance DoD's Moving Target Analysis
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
In a significant development for defense technology and space-based surveillance, BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the U.S. Department of Def ... more
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SPACE.WIRE
TECH.WIRE
NUKE.WIRE
CHIP TECH
AI-enabled atomic robotic probe to advance quantum material manufacturing
Singapore (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have pioneered a new methodology of fabricating carbon-based quantum materials at the atomic scale by integrating scanning probe microscopy ... more
TECH SPACE
BrainChip Boosts Space Heritage with Launch of Akida into Low Earth Orbit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), a leader in neuromorphic AI technology, has successfully launched its Akida AI system into low earth orbit on the Optimus-1 spacecraft. T ... more
ROBO SPACE
Building bionic jellyfish for ocean exploration
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Jellyfish can't do much besides swim, sting, eat, and breed. They don't even have brains. Yet, these simple creatures can easily journey to the depths of the oceans in a way that humans, despite all ... more
ENERGY TECH
Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusion
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
In the predawn hours of Sept. 5, 2021, engineers achieved a major milestone in the labs of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), when a new type of magnet, made from high-temperature superc ... more

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ROCKET SCIENCE


Australia's first orbital launch facility license awarded to Bowen Spaceport

SPACEMART
Iridium to Boost Secure Global Navigation with Satelles Acquisition
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM), a global provider of satellite voice and data communication, disclosed its agreement to acquire Satelles, Inc., a company at the forefront of satellite-ba ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
NASA to demonstrate miniature CubeSat swarm technology
Vandenberg AFP CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
Preparations are underway for a new, small spacecraft technology demonstration that will test cost-efficient swarm capabilities - the ability for multiple spacecraft to communicate and perform coord ... more
TECH SPACE
Optimus satellite launch marks a new era for Australia and satellite servicing
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
Space Machines Company announced the successful launch of Optimus, Australia's most significant private satellite to date, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Califor ... more
TECH SPACE
PYXIS satellite set to enhance satellite technology
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Axelspace Corporation, a Tokyo-based leader in the microsatellite sector, has announced the scheduled launch of its latest demonstration satellite, PYXIS. The launch is set to take place on March 4, ... more
TECH SPACE
Scientists at uOttawa reveal how light behaves in formless solids
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2024
For a long time, it was thought that amorphous solids do not selectively absorb light because of their disordered atomic structure. However, a new uOttawa study disproves this theory and shows that ... more
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TECH SPACE


Tying Knots Inside Lasers

ROBO SPACE
We've been here before: AI promised humanlike machines - in 1958
St Louis MO (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced to the world in 1958 in a brief news story buried deep in The New York Times. The story cited the U.S. Navy ... more
ICE WORLD
Speed record for glacier fracture helps reveal the physics of ice sheet collapse
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
There's enough water frozen in Greenland and Antarctic glaciers that if they melted, global seas would rise by many feet. What will happen to these glaciers over the coming decades is the biggest un ... more
ICE WORLD
UMaine researchers use GPS-tracked icebergs in novel study to improve climate models
Orono ME (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. The environmen ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission docks with International Space Station
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 5, 2024
A SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station early Tuesday, more than 24 hours after it launched from the Florida coast with three American astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut onboard. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou 17 astronauts complete China's first in-space repair job
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
In a significant milestone for China's space exploration efforts, the Shenzhou XVII mission astronauts conducted a critical repair operation during their second spacewalk at the Tiangong space stati ... more
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MARSDAILY
Study determines the original orientations of rocks drilled on Mars
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
As it trundles around an ancient lakebed on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is assembling a one-of-a-kind rock collection. The car-sized explorer is methodically drilling into the Red Planet's surfa ... more
MOON DAILY
ispace Europe and CDS Partner to Deploy Advanced Localization Tech on the Moon
Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
ispace EUROPE S.A., a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of ispace, inc., has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding with Control Data Systems SRL (CDS). This collaboration is aimed at develo ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA Names Winners in Lunar Gateway Packing and Storing Challenge
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
Humans living in space have confronted the challenge of maximizing the physical space available to them. As NASA works to return astronauts to the Moon with its Art ... more
MARSDAILY
Curiosity successfully drills 40 holes on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 04, 2024
Earth planning date: Friday, March 1, 2024: The "Mineral King" drill hole did not quite reach the target depth that we typically desire to ensure that we have enough sample in the drill stem to deli ... more
OUTER PLANETS
NASA's Juno Mission Measures Oxygen Production at Europa
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have calculated the rate of oxygen being produced at the Jovian moon Europa to be substantially less than most previous studies. Published on March 4 i ... more
OUTER PLANETS
Solved at Pitt: What are Saturn's rings made of?
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
On a given night, the Allegheny Observatory might be hosting an open house, a lecture given by astronomy experts, educational programs for kids or tours set aside specifically for teachers and their ... more
EXO WORLDS
JWST images dispersing gas in a planet-forming disk for first time
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
An international team of astronomers, led by Naman Bajaj from the University of Arizona, has utilized the unparalleled capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to provide new insights i ... more
EXO WORLDS
Bayesian network analysis sheds light on sci-fi and real-world exoplanet representation
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
A team from the St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science and the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences has utilized Bayesian network analysis to quantitatively examine th ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE
Multiple Spacecraft Tell the Story of One Giant Solar Storm
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 05, 2024
April 17, 2021, was a day like any other day on the Sun, until a brilliant flash erupted and an enormous cloud of solar material billowed away from our star. Such outbursts from the Sun are not unus ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
SpaceX launches new crew to ISS
Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) March 4, 2024
Three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off Sunday night from Florida for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. ... more
MOON DAILY
Japan Moon lander put to sleep after surviving lunar night
Tokyo (AFP) March 2, 2024
Japan's Moon lander has been put back to sleep after it surprisingly survived the freezing, two-week lunar night, the country's space agency said, with another operation attempt scheduled for later this month. ... more
MOON DAILY
Could fiber optic cable help scientists probe the deep layers of the moon?
Albany NY (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
An increasing number of seismologists are using fiber optic cables to detect seismic waves on Earth-but how would this technology fare on the Moon, and what would it tell us about the deep layers of ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA largely satisfied with Intuitive Machines lunar deliveries despite 'challenges'
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
In a significant milestone for lunar exploration, NASA has once again left its mark on the Moon, facilitated by the historic landing of Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, Odysseus. This event, occur ... more
IRON AND ICE
The Rosetta odyssey: first ever comet-chaser
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Two decades ago, on March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft embarked on an audacious journey that would push the boundaries of human knowledge and technology. Launched ab ... more
SPACEMART
Sidus Space Sets Public Offering Price
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
Sidus Space, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIDU), a Space and Data-as-a-Service company, has announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 1,321,000 Class A common stock shares. Each share is priced ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Tiangong Space Station's Solar Wings Restored After Spacewalk Repair by Shenzhou XVII Team
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
The crew of Shenzhou XVII has marked a significant milestone in the history of China's manned space exploration by successfully completing their second spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station. ... more
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