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NASA Advances Climate Research with New Earth System Explorers Program Proposals
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NASA has selected four new proposals for concept studies as part of its Earth System Explorers Program, aimed at enhancing our understanding of key Earth science areas such as greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean currents, and global ice changes.
These investigations align with recommendations from the 2017 Decadal Survey by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine International SWOT Mission Can Improve Flood Prediction
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A partnership between NASA and the French space agency, the satellite is poised to help improve forecasts of where and when flooding will occur in Earth's rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.
Rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are like our planet's arteries, carrying life-sustaining water in interconnected networks. When Earth's water cycle runs too fast, flooding can result, threatening lives and propert OTPS calls for community feedback to shape lunar non-interference policies
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NASA's Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) is soliciting input from the lunar community through a new Lunar Non-Interference Questionnaire to aid in developing a framework for managing lunar activities without interference. No funding or solicitations are expected to follow this survey.
Established in November 2021 within the NASA Administrator's office, OTPS collaborates acr Exploring asteroid Apophis using miniature satellites
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The scenario could be lifted straight from a disaster novel: On Friday, April 13, 2029-a date that alone might evoke unease-the asteroid known as (99942) Apophis will make a remarkably close approach to Earth, missing us by just 30,000 kilometers. Visible as a mere speck of light in the night sky from places like Wurzburg, this proximity provides a unique observational opportunity.
Apophis Chang'e 6 mission successfully achieves lunar orbit
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The Chang'e 6 probe has successfully entered lunar orbit, the China National Space Administration confirmed. The spacecraft executed a critical braking maneuver under the guidance of experts at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center and achieved lunar orbit at 10:12 am on Wednesday.
This operation was essential to slow the probe, which weighed 8.35 metric tons and had traveled nearly 113 hou Boeing's Starliner flight delayed again for oxygen tank valve replacement
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Boeing's Starliner crew flight test has been pushed back another week as United Launch Alliance plans to replace a part of the spacecraft.
The test launch is now set for 6:16 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Station Florida on May 17, a week later than the date set earlier this week after the initial launch was scrubbed due to concerns about an oxygen relief valve, NASA said Tuesday. SpaceX Starlink flight lifts off in Florida; 2nd launch of day planned for California later
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SpaceX on Wednesday launched 23 Starlink satellites from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Florida.
A second launch is set for Wednesday evening in California.
The Florida liftoff of 23 of the satellites had been pushed back to 2:42 p.m. from its originally scheduled lift-off of 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday. It was live-streamed.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the California launch from Va AI in Earth observation: a force for good
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The upcoming launch of the Φsat-2 mission is a prime example of the pioneering work that ESA does in the field of AI in Earth observation.
But when it comes to AI, hopes and fears abound in equal measure. In this interview, ESA’s Rochelle Schneider sets the record straight on how this transformational technology is improving access to crucial information on the state and future of our planet.
SpaceX blasts off on 35th Space Coast launch of the year
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SpaceX keeps lining them up and knocking them out with an afternoon launch from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying another 23 of the company's Starlink internet satellites lifted off at 2:42 p.m. Eastern time from KSC's Launch Pad 39-A.
It's the second launch this week after a Starlink launch midday Monday from nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
It marks the third launch of the first-stage booster, which previously flew on the Crew-8 human spaceflight and one Starlink mission. It managed another recovery landing downrange in the Atlantic Ocean on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
This marks the 35th launch from the Space Coast with all but two coming from SpaceX.
United Launch Alliance had the other two launches and is awaiting its third with the Crew Flight Test mission to send up astronauts on board Boeing's CST-100 Starliner atop an Atlas V. Teams scrubbed that launch attempt on Monday night because of a valve issue on the Atlas V's upper Centaur stage.
Teams decided to roll the Atlas V back to ULA's Vertical Integration Facility to replace the valve and now that launch is targeting no earlier than May 17.
Study reveals medieval Arab scientist Ibn al-Haytham's major influence on optics and physics
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Recent research by the University of Sharjah and the Warburg Institute delves into the contributions of the 11th century scientist, al-H?asan Ibn al-Haytham, better known by his Latinized name Alhazen, highlighting his critical role in advancing optical sciences. His seminal work, the Book of Optics or Kitab al-Manazir, originally written in Arabic, laid foundational principles that have influen