Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause
Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:49
Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years Thursday, the company said, after an "enhancement period" to make safety upgrades to its fleet.
It was the fifth time the space tourism company brushed the boundary of space, and has been billed as the final test before commercial operations can begin in late June, with members of the Italian Air Force as the first paying customers.
"Touchdown, VSS Unity!" the company tweeted, referring to the name of the company's spaceplane. "Our crew and spaceship are back on Earth after landing smoothly at Spaceport America, New Mexico."
The mission "was a fantastic achievement for everyone at Virgin Galactic," added CEO Michael Colglazier, in a statement.
The Unity 25 mission flew four of the company employees to an altitude of just over 54 miles (87 kilometers) above sea level.
Virgin Galactic makes first suborbital spaceflight in nearly two years
Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:49
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle flew to space for the first time in nearly two years May 25 on what the company projected to be the vehicle’s final test flight before commencing commercial operations.
The soot line: A new way to expand the search for habitable planets
Thursday, 25 May 2023 15:29
Viasat’s Inmarsat acquisition clears all regulatory hurdles
Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:56
Viasat has secured all regulatory clearances needed to buy British satellite operator Inmarsat after getting unconditional approval from the European Commission May 25.
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket launches seven satellites, one unaccounted for
Thursday, 25 May 2023 13:14
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket put seven satellites, including one equipped with synthetic aperture radar, into sun-synchronous orbit May 25, although an eighth cubesat is believed to have not deployed properly.
South Korea launches homegrown rocket after delay
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket on Thursday, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch just hours before lift-off.
It marks the third launch of the Nuri, which successfully put test satellites into orbit last year after a failed 2021 attempt saw the rocket's third-stage engine burn out too early.
Wednesday's launch was called off over Boost for the quantum internet
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
Quantum networks connect quantum processors or quantum sensors with each other. This allows tap-proof communication and high-performance distributed sensor networks. Between network nodes, quantum information is exchanged by photons that travel through optical waveguides. Over long distances, however, the likelihood of photons being lost increases dramatically.
As quantum information canno Space Hero and Partners Launch Innovative Space Village, Boosting Space Tourism
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
In a major development in space tourism and entertainment, Space Hero, in partnership with the Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) and One Digital Entertainment, has announced the ambitious Space Village project. This project involves the creation of 10 futuristic space-themed landmarks in different locations worldwide, providing unique attractions for space enthusiasts and the general Bennu and some of the biggest science questions of our generation
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
This week, NASA's OSIRIS-REx science team is meeting as a whole for the last time before the sample of asteroid Bennu arrives on Earth. This occasion marks the last chance for the group to convene to make sure team members, lab facilities, and sample-analysis techniques are working as expected and ready for the delivery of Bennu's rocks this September.
In the post below, Jason Dworkin, OSI Kleos enters into broad partnership with General Atomics
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
Kleos Space S.A. (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) has announced a strategic partnership with General Atomics Commonwealth Computer Research, Inc (GA-CCRI), a renowned global technology and defense company. This collaboration marks a significant milestone that will deliver benefits to Kleos and General Atomics customers and stakeholders globally.
As part of this partnership, Kleos will integrate Ancient northern ocean on Mars evidenced by in situ observations of marine sedimentary rocks
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
An international research team led by Professor Long Xiao from the School of Earth Sciences of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) discovered the presence of marine sedimentary rocks on the surface of Mars for the first time by comprehensively analyzing the scientific data obtained by the multispectral camera (MSCam) carried by the Zhurong rover. The relevant research results were published A deep underground lab could hold key to habitability on Mars
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
Tunnels deep underground in North Yorkshire are providing a unique opportunity to study how humans might be able to live and operate on the Moon or on Mars.
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have launched the Bio-SPHERE project in a unique research facility located 1.1 km below the surface, in one of the deepest mine sites in the UK. The project investigates how scientific and me Asymmetry in laws of physics could shed light on our existence
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
For generations, physicists were sure the laws of physics were perfectly symmetric. Until they weren't.
Symmetry is a tidy and attractive idea that falls apart in our untidy universe. Indeed, since the 1960s, some kind of broken symmetry has been required to explain why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe - why, that is, that any of this exists at all.
But pinning do First components of Mobile Launcher 2 arrive at KSC
Thursday, 25 May 2023 10:33
The first components for a new mobile launch platform for NASA’s Space Launch System, which has suffered extensive cost and schedule overruns, have arrived at the Kennedy Space Center.
South Korea launches homegrown rocket after delay (Update)
Thursday, 25 May 2023 08:20
South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket on Thursday, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch just hours before lift-off.
It marks the third launch of the Nuri, which successfully put test satellites into orbit last year after a failed 2021 attempt saw the rocket's third-stage engine burn out too early.
Wednesday's launch was called off over a computer communication error which was resolved by Thursday, allowing the launch—a key step forward for the country's burgeoning space program—to go ahead.
The three-stage rocket, more than 47 meters (155 feet) long and weighing 200 tons, soared into the sky from the Naro Space Center in South Korea's southern coastal region, leaving a huge trail of white smoke.