NASA awards contracts for NOAA Coronagraph Instrument Phase A Study
Wednesday, 03 May 2023 11:00
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NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected five firms for the Space Weather Next Lagrange 1 Series (L1 Series) Coronagraph (COR) Phase A Study. These contracted firms will provide services to help meet the objectives of NOAA's L1 Next Series.
The firms selected are Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL), Laurel, Maryland; EO Vista, Acton, M Deep-learning system explores materials' interiors from the outside
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Maybe you can't tell a book from its cover, but according to researchers at MIT you may now be able to do the equivalent for materials of all sorts, from an airplane part to a medical implant. Their new approach allows engineers to figure out what's going on inside simply by observing properties of the material's surface.
The team used a type of machine learning known as deep learning to c Hughes launches new HughesNet plans for small businesses
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Hughes Network Systems has announced new HughesNet plans for small businesses in the U.S. The new satellite internet service plans include features like business-grade support, express repair and free installation to support the needs of small businesses for network availability and high performance.
The plans also include low-latency HughesNet Fusion plans that seamlessly blend Geostation ESA’s Astronaut Class of 2022 | first news conference
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ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois and Marco Sieber took up duty at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) on 3 April 2023 to be trained to the highest level of standards as specified by the International Space Station partners.
Watch the replay of their first news conference from EAC in Cologne, Germany.
Plutonium availability constrains plans for future planetary missions
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NASA may not have enough plutonium available to power a mission to Uranus recommended by the latest decadal survey until the latter half of the 2030s.
ESA astronaut candidates of the class of 2022
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ESA's astronaut candidates of the class of 2022 at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.
The five candidates are Sophie Adenot, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois, and Marco Sieber. The group is part of the 17-member astronaut class of 2022, selected from 22 500 applicants from across ESA Member States.
The astronaut candidates will be trained to the highest level for future space missions. Basic training includes learning about space exploration, technical and scientific disciplines, space systems and operations, as well as spacewalks and survival training.
Euclid arrives at launch site
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ESA’s Euclid spacecraft finished its ocean cruise safe and sound on 30 April at Port Canaveral in Florida. Subsequently, the satellite was moved by road to the Astrotech facility near Cape Canaveral.
TTTech: Secure networking for safety-critical space systems
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Ambitious international programs like NASA Artemis are leading the way into the next era of space exploration and human space flight driven by new technologies and commercial partnerships.
Artemis 1 cubesat nearing end of mission
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A cubesat launched as a secondary payload on Artemis 1 may end its operations at the end of the month unless it can get its propulsion system working.
Air Force to launch Link 16 tactical communications cubesat
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A U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory cubesat equipped with a Link 16 tactical communications radio will launch to low Earth orbit as early as June on the SpaceX Transporter 8 rideshare.
Satellite manufacturer LeoStella focused on defense market as commercial demand softens
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LeoStella, a manufacturer of small satellites, is pursuing U.S.
European space giants join forces for IRIS²
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Europe’s largest space companies have banded together to bid for a role in the European Union’s proposed multi-orbit connectivity constellation.
New video series captures team working on NASA's Europa Clipper
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Destined for Jupiter's icy moon Europa, the Europa Clipper spacecraft—the largest NASA has ever flown on an interplanetary mission—is being readied to launch in October 2024. Between now and then, thousands of hours of work will go into assembling and testing the spacecraft to ensure it's hardy enough to survive a six-year 1.6-billion-mile (2.6 billion kilometer) journey and sophisticated enough to perform a detailed science investigation of this mysterious moon.
ESA extends AI and cloud computing to space
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Despite the rain trickling down the windows, the atmosphere in this room is bright. Twelve teams are gathered in ESA's ESTEC technology centre to explore how we can use the latest developments in AI and advanced computing to make satellites smarter. To make them more reactive, agile and independent.
African space agencies have the potential to lead the global space race
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African nations have the potential to become leading competitors in the space industry due to the continent’s rapidly expanding space industry, the amount of institutional knowledge already available, and its large youth population poised to become the next generation of space innovators.