London, UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2021
TRUTHS, which stands for Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies, will provide a gold standard reference for satellites observing the Earth, Moon and Sun. Conceived by the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and funded by the UK Space Agency, TRUTHS is being developed by the European Space Agency (ESA). The satellite will be built by the UK space industry led

Boston MA (SPX) Nov 04, 2021
Today, we are experiencing the dramatic impacts that even a small increase in global temperatures can have on a planet's climate. Now, imagine an Earth 20 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than today. Earth likely experienced these temperatures at various times in the distant past and will experience them again hundreds of millions of years from now as the sun continues to brighten. Little i

Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 04, 2021
Weather forecast models have long struggled to integrate satellite observations of infrared radiation in cloudy regions of the sky. But in recent years, some satellite data providers have developed new techniques to integrate such data. A group of researchers from China, Japan, the US and the UK have performed a survey of best practice for the observation and use of this data, demonstrating sign

Jiuquan, China (XNA) Nov 04, 2021
China launched a group of remote-sensing satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday. The second group of the Yaogan-32 satellite family was launched by a Long March-2C rocket with an attached upper stage at 3:43 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit. This was the 394th mission of the Long March rocket series. span class="BDL

Boston MA (SPX) Nov 04, 2021
For all its brilliant complexity, the Milky Way is rather unremarkable as galaxies go. At least, that's how Mark Vogelsberger sees it. "Our galaxy has a couple features that might be a bit surprising, like the exact number of structures and satellites around it," Vogelsberger muses. "But if you average over a lot of metrics, the Milky Way is actually a rather normal place." He should know.

Bremen, Germany (SPX) Nov 04, 2021
AMADEE-20: That is the name of the simulated Mars mission of the Austrian Space Forum, which was carried out in the Israeli Negev Desert. More than 25 experiments were carried out there. Two projects from the University of Bremen, namely INTERTEAM and MarsLock, were also involved in the research. b>What are team processes like when the crew is on Mars? br> /b> The INTERTEAM project addre

Perth, Australia (SPX) Nov 04, 2021
Curtin University researchers have pinpointed the likely origin of a group of meteorites ejected from Mars, using a machine learning algorithm that analyses high-resolution planetary images. The new research, published in Nature Communications, identified meteorites that landed on Earth likely originated from Mars' Tooting crater, located in the Tharsis region, which is the largest volcani

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 04, 2021
The drive over the weekend was successful, gaining us more than 6 m in elevation - not bad for a weekend hike! Looking at this terrain, it is probably not surprising to you that looking uphill into the tilted bedrock slabs and thin resistant veins jutting up in all directions makes it hard to plan our next move. Indeed, today's drive will take us close to the area where we want to drill ne

Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Nov 04, 2021
Brisbane-based aerospace engineering start-up Hypersonix Launch Systems has chosen Siemens' Xcelerator portfolio of software to help design its sustainable and reusable hypersonic launch vehicle, Delta-Velos. Hypersonix plans to implement advanced aerodynamic and thermal modelling software from Siemens' Simcenter portfolio, which will play a key role in building certainty and reliability o

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 04, 2021
SpaceFund Inc has invested in the rapidly growing astrophysics start-up company Rhea Space Activity (RSA). SpaceFund's capital injection into RSA will energize the company's ongoing development of scientific and engineering infrastructure needed to create a holistic, world-leading Lunar Intelligence (LUNINT) capability as soon as 2024. This capability will yield a vital product for the com