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  Washington (AFP) Aug 24, 2024 SpaceX is coming to Boeing's rescue. The legacy company needing aid from an upstart rival is hardly welcome news to the aerospace giant. Because of problems with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, two astronauts who rode on it to the International Space Station in June will finally return to Earth on a vessel built by Elon Musk's SpaceX. NASA's announcement Saturday of that plan represents a blow - even a humiliation - for Boeing, a historic partner of the American space agency. It could ... read more |
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Flawed Boeing mission crew to return to Earth with rival SpaceXHouston (AFP) Aug 24, 2024 Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner will have to stay six more months and return home with rival SpaceX, NASA said Saturday, in a fresh public relations blow to the crisis-hit aviation giant. ... more 
SpaceX will bring stranded Boeing Starliner crew home in FebruaryWashington DC (UPI) Aug 24, 2024 Boeing Starliner crewmembers Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stranded aboard the International Space Station since June, will remain there until February, NASA administrators announced Saturday. ... more 
Blue Origin's NS-26 launch set for August 29 with six crew membersLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2024 Blue Origin is gearing up for its eighth human spaceflight, the NS-26 mission, scheduled to launch on Thursday, August 29, from the company's Launch Site One in West Texas. The launch window is set ... more 
Lessons from Amazon and FedEx can inform satellite and spacecraft managementAtlanta GA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 Most space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently. Whether it was a weather satellite or a human-crewed module like Apollo, nearly ... more |
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NASA's DART impact alters Dimorphos' shape and orbit significantlyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2024 A recent study reveals that NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, which collided with the asteroid moon Dimorphos in 2022, permanently altered both its shape and its orbit. The ... more |
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Meteor shower characteristics linked to early comet formation conditionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 A global team of 45 scientists studying meteor showers has uncovered that comets break apart in different ways when nearing the Sun, with these variations tied to the environments where the comets i ... more 
NASA and JAXA exchange asteroid samplesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2024 NASA has transferred a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample, collected by its OSIRIS-REx mission, to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as part of an asteroid sample exchange. The handove ... more 
Airbus ships 3rd Orion Service Module to NASA for Artemis 3 lunar missionParis, France (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 The third European Service Module (ESM-3) for NASA's Orion spacecraft has departed from Airbus' Bremen, Germany, facilities, bound for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This module will be integrated ... more  
Ancient binary star system found traveling from Milky Way's Outer HaloLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 26, 2024 A team of researchers has identified a rare binary star system, estimated to be around 10 billion years old, that has traveled from the remote regions of the Milky Way's halo to our local stellar ne ... more |
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Kenneth Possenriede Joins Rocket Lab Board of DirectorsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) announced the addition of Kenneth (Ken) Possenriede to its Board of Directors. Mr. Possenriede, who brings with him extensive financial and industry experience, j ... more |
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Cluster concludes with controlled reentry over South PacificParis, France (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 On September 8, 2024, the first of four satellites from ESA's long-running Cluster mission will reenter Earth's atmosphere, descending over the South Pacific Ocean's Uninhabited Area. This event mar ... more 
Beyond Gravity joins MDA AURORATM supply chain with constellation computersZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 Beyond Gravity, a prominent supplier to the space industry, has been selected by MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA) to be part of the supply chain for MDA AURORATM, a pioneering product line facilitating the ... more  
Liquid Intelligent to expand 5G services across Africa and the Middle EastLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies, has announced a strategic partnership with Globalstar, a U.S.-based leader in connectivity, to roll out advanced 5G so ... more  
One Planet Group strengthens collaboration with Starfish International in The GambiaParis, France (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 Starfish International, an organization committed to empowering girls in The Gambia, recently welcomed a second delegation from One Planet Group to experience first ... more |
 
Polaris Dawn team collaborates with MCG physicians to investigate vision loss in spaceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2024 Physicians at the Medical College of Georgia (MCG) at Augusta University are collaborating with the Polaris Dawn mission, part of the Polaris Program's series of human spaceflights, to explore the c ... more  
NASA's EXCITE mission prepared for scientific balloon flightGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 23, 2024 Scientists and engineers are ready to fly an infrared mission called EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) to the edge of space. EXCITE is designed to study atmospheres around exoplan ... more  
Sentinel-2C encapsulated in Vega rocket for upcoming launchParis, France (SPX) Aug 26, 2024 As the countdown to the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite on September 4th progresses, the team at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, has completed a crucial step by sealing t ... more 
Polaris Revealed to Have Spotted Surface in New Detailed ObservationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 New research conducted with Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array has unveiled intricate details about the North Star, Polaris, including a spotted su ... more |
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HySpex Payloads Successfully Complete Key Diurnal Stratospheric FlightBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 Sceye, an aerospace company known for its expertise in material science and High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS), has announced the successful completion of a diurnal stratospheric flight, marking ... more 
Potential seen for US-China space relationsBeijing (XNA) Aug 22, 2024 China's recent retrieval of the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon has renewed talks about the possibilities of the United States and China joining in space-based research programs aim ... more 
AzurX Space Ventures and ICE Back Space Intelligence in Expanding Global Nature Mapping DatasetLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 Space Intelligence, a leader in high-precision nature mapping using satellite data, has announced the successful closing of its Series A funding round. This round was spearheaded by new investors Az ... more  
CropX and CNH Industrial Collaborate on API for Enhanced Precision FarmingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 CropX Ltd., a leading provider of digital agriculture solutions, and CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNH), a major player in agricultural machinery and technology, have introduced a new application progr ... more |
Enhanced Dryland Monitoring Through Combined Remote Sensing TechniquesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 In dryland regions, where vegetation is scarce, scientists have developed advanced "external eyes" to monitor these vital ecosystems. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricul ... more 
Precision Rice Mapping Enhanced with Satellite Data by Sun Yat-sen University ResearchersSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 Scientists at Sun Yat-sen University have developed a pioneering framework that integrates advanced satellite data with rice growth stages, significantly improving the accuracy of paddy rice mapping ... more 
Compact Spherical Air Bearings Streamline Satellite Attitude Control TestingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2024 As the number of active satellites in orbit continues to surge, with estimates from Harvard-Smithsonian's Jonathan McDowell placing the count at over 10,000 as of July, the demand for efficient sate ... more  
TrustPoint Secures $3.8M in SpaceWERX Direct-to-Phase II ContractsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 TrustPoint has been awarded two Direct-to-Phase II contracts by SpaceWERX, valued at a combined $3.8 million. These contracts are aimed at advancing the company's GPS-independent ground control segm ... more |
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Brice Grunert: The Great Campaign of the Great LakesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 Brice Grunert, assistant professor at Cleveland State University in Ohio, is a member of NASA's PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) validation science team. The team, called PACE Radiom ... more 
EarthCARE Lidar Reveals Detailed Vertical Profiles of Atmospheric ParticlesParis, France (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 Launched in May, ESA's EarthCARE satellite has quickly demonstrated its capabilities, delivering initial images from three of its four scientific instruments. Attention is now focused on the atmosph ... more 
EarthDaily Analytics Secures $1.7M Contract with Malaysia's MySpatial for Advanced Geospatial SolutionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 EarthDaily Analytics ("EDA") has entered into a $1.7 million contract with MySpatial, a prominent geospatial mapping company in Malaysia that serves both government and private sectors. The agreemen ... more 
Kuva Space launches first commercial hyperspectral satellite Hyperfield-1 via SpaceXBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 22, 2024 Finnish company Kuva Space has successfully launched its first commercial microsatellite, Hyperfield-1, aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 smallsat rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Califo ... more |
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