Rice from space promises robust new varieties
Friday, 04 November 2022 09:29
Mutated rice seeds brought from space may provide new species on Earth and result in higher yields than their terrestrial counterparts. At a scientific research demonstration base in Wuhan, Hubei province, workers from Hubei Jinguang Agricultural Technology Co recently completed harvesting space rice from 20 hectares of paddies where they had planted seeds from China's Shenzhou-12 manned space m Mars's crust more complex, evolved than previously thought
Friday, 04 November 2022 09:29
Early crust on Mars may be more complex than previously thought-and it may even be similar to our own planet's original crust.
The Martian surface is uniformly basaltic, a product of billions of years of volcanism and flowing lava on the surface that eventually cooled. Because Mars did not undergo full-scale surface remodeling like the shifting of continents on Earth, scientists had though Saltzman formally elevated to Space Force's highest position - Chief of Space Operations
Friday, 04 November 2022 09:29
Pledging to build on the Space Force's achievements while also infusing the nascent service with new approaches, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman was officially installed Nov. 2 as Chief of Space Operations, the service's highest-ranking military post and only the second person to hold the position in the Space Force's history.
In remarks during a solemn "Change of Responsibility" ceremony in which Terran Orbital receives $100M investment from Lockheed Martin
Friday, 04 November 2022 09:29
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries, announced that it has entered into a note and warrant purchase agreement pursuant to which Terran Orbital received a $100 million investment from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) in exchange for convertible notes and warrants issued by Bye-Bye Biomass: forest monitoring satellite departs for final testing before launch
Friday, 04 November 2022 09:29
Biomass, the European Space Agency's (ESA) forest measuring satellite has left the Airbus Defence and Space site in Stevenage and is on its way to Toulouse for final testing ahead of launch.
The comprehensive environmental test programme for the spacecraft will include thermal vacuum tests, mechanical vibration, acoustic and electromagnetic compatibility testing to replicate the conditions Earth from Space: Nushagak Bay, Alaska
Friday, 04 November 2022 08:00
The complex and diverse landscape that surrounds Nushagak Bay in Alaska is featured in this true-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
O3b mPower service debut pushed later into 2023
Friday, 04 November 2022 01:16
Four of the six O3b mPower broadband satellites that SES had planned to launch this year with SpaceX won’t be ready until early 2023, the operator said Nov. 3 as it recorded strong growth in its networks business.
Arkisys offers to send U.S. hosted payloads to on-orbit Port
Friday, 04 November 2022 00:46
Arkisys is inviting U.S. companies with Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer funding to test payloads or subsystems in low Earth orbit.
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First manned flight of Boeing Starliner delayed until April
Thursday, 03 November 2022 22:39
The first manned flight of Boeing's Starliner space capsule has been postponed again, and is now scheduled for April, NASA announced Thursday.
The US space agency wants to establish a second means of transport to the International Space Station (ISS) for its astronauts, with the SpaceX capsule already in service.
But Boeing has suffered a series of setbacks that significantly delayed its SpaceX launches broadcast satellite to serve Europe, Africa, Middle East
Thursday, 03 November 2022 22:39
SpaceX Thursday put the Hotbird 13G satellite into orbit for Eutelsat to bolster broadcast systems across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
In a statement Eutelsat said, "Once into orbit and positioned, the satellite Eutelsat Hotbird 13G will, with its twin Eutelsat Hotbird 13F launched on Oct. 15, reinforce and enhance the broadcast of more than a thousand television channels into ho NRO to sign deals with commercial providers of hyperspectral imaging
Thursday, 03 November 2022 21:02
The NRO plans to soon release a request for proposals for commercial hyperspectral satellite data
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Civilian space traffic management office coming along, but ‘don’t expect magic’
Thursday, 03 November 2022 20:15
OSC Director Richard DalBello said the standup of a civilian space traffic management office is moving along, but cautioned progress will be incremental
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First Starliner crewed flight further delayed
Thursday, 03 November 2022 19:39
NASA has delayed the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle with astronauts on board, a slip that will push back the spacecraft’s first operational mission into 2024.
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How NASA's Roman telescope will scan for show stopping explosions
Thursday, 03 November 2022 17:21
NASA Armstrong develops tech to bring space launch to any airport
Thursday, 03 November 2022 15:22