NeuralAgent and Miratlas jointly address atmospheric impediments to optical communications
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 23:58
German startup NeuralAgent GmbH is joining forces with French startup Miratlas SAS to address a vexing problem for satellite optical communications: transmitting data through Earth’s atmosphere.
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Connecting the Dots | Future space drugs
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 21:26
Pioneering space research is opening a new avenue for combating some of Earth’s most complex and devastating diseases.
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Future of space engineering is model-based
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 11:57
A hackathon challenged aerospace students to develop a detailed digital system model for a robotic assistant for astronauts on the Moon, able to identify key areas of interest in advance of any humans landing, guide them to their habitat and even rescue any moonwalkers in distress.
The winning team, from France’s Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, completed their task within just two weeks, using Model Based System Engineering to do so. This method involves creating digital models of space missions to manage their design, construction, test and operation – and has been highlighted by ESA Director General Josef
Fiscal year 2023 omnibus bill provides $25.4 billion for NASA
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 11:53
A fiscal year 2023 omnibus spending bill will provide NASA with nearly $25.4 billion, an increase of more than 5% from 2022 but less than what the agency requested.
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Enjoy ESA’s Impact over the last quarter!
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 10:35
Enjoy ESA’s Impact over the last quarter!
Welcome to this edition of ESA Impact, an interactive publication covering stories and images from the fourth quarter of 2022.
L3Harris To Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 10:05
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) and Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) together announced the signing of a definitive agreement for L3Harris to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $58 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.7 billion, inclusive of net debt.
This marks L3Harris' second acquisition announcement of 2022, demonstrating its continued focus on delivering crit Opportunities for media: ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 08:00
US space entities examine future space technology
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:51
Seventy professionals from the space ecosystem gathered for the Space Futures Workshop, Nov. 29-30, to examine future technologies and forge a path towards ensuring the U.S. maintains its advantage in the increasingly congested and contested space domain.
Convened by NewSpace New Mexico, the event held at the University of Colorado Boulder, marked the fifth time that U.S. Space Force leade First deep space biology experiment begins, follow along in real-time
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:51
NASA's BioSentinel has carried living organisms farther from Earth than ever before - more than one million miles. Aboard the shoebox-sized CubeSat are microorganisms, in the form of yeast - the very same yeast that makes bread rise and beer brew.
On Dec. 5, BioSentinel was 655,730 miles from Earth when the BioSentinel team at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley sent Building a powerhouse in deep space
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:51
Gateway will be humanity's first space station in lunar orbit and serve as an essential element of NASA's Artemis missions. As astronauts live and work on Gateway to enable sustained exploration and research in deep space, their efforts will be made possible by the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). A foundational component of the lunar outpost and the most powerful solar electric spacecraft ev STARCOM publishes Foundational Doctrine on Sustainment
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:51
Space Training and Readiness Command recently released its latest keystone-level Space Doctrine Publication - Space Doctrine Publication (SDP) 4-0, Sustainment - which articulates extant best practices and lessons learned for sustainment of space forces.
SDP 4-0 presents the United States Space Force's current body of knowledge pertaining to the sustainment of space forces and capabilities DOD Official: Norms Must be Established in Space
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:51
Last week, the United Nations approved a resolution calling on nations not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent antisatellite missile tests. The United States agreed to the resolution, while China and Russia were among just nine countries that voted against it.
Refraining from conducting those kinds of tests in space, in part, prevents the creation of new and dangerous space debris. DOD provides update on Mission to Identify 'Anomalous Phenomena'
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:51
In July, the DOD set up the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office to, among other things, identify 'unidentified anomalous phenomena' which might pose a threat to national security and the operations of both the military and other federal agencies.
"Unidentified anomalous phenomena," is anything in space, in the air, on land, in the sea or under the sea that can't be identified, and which m NanoAvionics to supply Constellr with two satellites to help saving 60 billion tons of water globally
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:51
Kongsberg NanoAvionics has signed a contract with thermal data provider Constellr to supply it with two of its flagship MP42 microsatellite buses. Having recently raised 10 million euros, Germany-based Constellr will use the two satellites to develop the world's first scalable water stress monitoring system.
Collaborating since the very early days of the German startup, NanoAvionics has al China's space sector set to rocket into future
Tuesday, 20 December 2022 07:51
Chen Li, who owns a restaurant in Longlou, a coastal township in China's southernmost province of Hainan, said he is grateful to the country's space industry because it has boosted business at his eatery in recent years.
"So many people came to Longlou before the launch of the Wentian space lab. There was 'a mountain of people, a sea of people'. A lot of tourists came to my restaurant to g