Orlando FL (SPX) Mar 31, 2022
When a natural or humanitarian disaster occurs halfway around the world, the U.S. Space Force (USSF) aims to send a rocket filled with food, water and other essential supplies to the site in one hour. With the help of UCF researchers, they may be able to achieve this goal within the next decade. UCF is one of seven universities to receive funding through the USSF's University Consortium Re

Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
AstroAccess, an organization dedicated to promoting disability inclusion in space exploration alongside Space Frontier Foundation, an organization dedicated to the diversification and democratization of space, announced today that they will be flying a second cohort of disabled Ambassadors on a Zero Gravity Corporation flight later this year. During the parabolic flight, the Ambassadors ex

Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
ATLANT 3D Nanosystems announces today the collaboration with ESA BIC to further advance the development of ATLANT 3D Nanofabricator 0G systems, the first-ever zero gravity R and D system that allows selective area direct write atomic layer precision. ATLANT 3D will develop a space-certified Nanofabricator 0G with the goal of going to the International Space Station (ISS) in future missions

Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
A partnership to enhance Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and ensure a sustainable use of space has been formed between SES, the world's leading satellite-based content connectivity solutions provider, and NorthStar Earth and Space (NorthStar), the first commercial service to monitor space from space, both companies announced today. Together with NorthStar, the teams will be working to la

Green Bank WV (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
In the quest to identify the origins of one of astronomy's biggest mysteries - fast radio bursts (FRBs) - Canada's world-renowned telescope, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), is getting backup. Supported by approximately $10 million in grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the CHIME/FRB Outriggers project has now secured funding to complete the constr

Fairbanks AS (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
An international team of scientists has proved that Mercury, our solar system's smallest planet, has geomagnetic storms similar to those on Earth. The research by scientists in the United States, Canada and China includes work by Hui Zhang, a space physics professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. Their finding, a first, answers the question of whether ot

Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 01, 2022
The rover engineers better understand the minor issue that occurred after our weekend activities. While we're still in the same location, they can fix the issue in this plan. Our arm activities in the previous plan executed successfully. Today we focused on recovering the mast activities, as well as getting bonus, additional contact science at this location before driving. The pediment cap

Beijing (Sputnik) Apr 01, 2022
China has successfully launched a Long March (Chang Zheng) 11 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province in the country's north-west on Wednesday and deployed three Tianping-2 satellites into orbit, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said. The launch was carried out at 10:29 a.m. local time (02:29 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch center, CA

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2021
Blue Origin launched the fourth crewed mission of its New Shepard rocket Thursday morning from Texas, carrying a crew of six to the edge of space and back. The successful liftoff followed a 48-hour delay due to poor weather conditions at the launch site. The NS-20 mission lifted off at 8:58 a.m. CDT from the company's launch facility near Van Horn, Texas, toting five space touris

Promontory UT (SPX) Apr 01, 2022
Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin successfully performed the final full-scale ground test of the abort motor for NASA's Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System (LAS) at Northrop Grumman's Promontory test facility. The 17-foot-tall abort motor is one of three motors comprising the LAS that sits atop the Orion spacecraft aboard NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and is designed to increase as