IAC 2022: ESA DG and Directors meet the press
Monday, 19 September 2022 09:00
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The world's largest global space event takes place in Paris from 18 to 22 September 2022 and ESA, of course, will be there!
Watch the replay of the first live coming from the International Astronautical Congress with the ESA Director General and several Directors talking to the press. They will answer questions from journalists while focusing on ESA’s strategy, Agenda 2025 and the ambitious package that will be put forward at the ESA Ministerial Council in November.
France to increase space spending by 25%
Monday, 19 September 2022 08:16
France will increase spending on national and European space programs as the European Space Agency works to secure commitments for its own significant budget increase.
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Satellite imaging companies look for growth in data analytics
Monday, 19 September 2022 06:55
NGA's Dave Gauthier said Sept. 15 the agency has a growing appetite for new types of analytics services offered by the private sector
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NASA pursues astronaut Lunar Landers for future Artemis missions
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2022
NASA is seeking proposals for sustainable lunar lander development and demonstration as the agency works toward a regular cadence of Moon landings. Through Artemis missions, NASA is preparing to return humans to the Moon, including the first woman and first person of color, for long-term scientific discovery and exploration.
Under the solicitation, Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Dev
NASA is seeking proposals for sustainable lunar lander development and demonstration as the agency works toward a regular cadence of Moon landings. Through Artemis missions, NASA is preparing to return humans to the Moon, including the first woman and first person of color, for long-term scientific discovery and exploration.
Under the solicitation, Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Dev Researchers pioneer new technique that could help determine habitability of planets
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 18, 2022
Our sun is surrounded by multi-million-degree plasma called the corona, beautifully visible during a total solar eclipse.
About once a day, a magnetic explosion on the sun will send a chunk of the corona hurtling into interplanetary space. This is called a coronal mass ejection (CME) and scientists believe that this almost certainly happens on other stars.
Average CMEs will produce a
Our sun is surrounded by multi-million-degree plasma called the corona, beautifully visible during a total solar eclipse.
About once a day, a magnetic explosion on the sun will send a chunk of the corona hurtling into interplanetary space. This is called a coronal mass ejection (CME) and scientists believe that this almost certainly happens on other stars.
Average CMEs will produce a Quest to uncover intricacies of exoplanet atmospheres reaches important milestone
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Exeter UK (SPX) Sep 18, 2022
The quest to uncover intricacies of the atmospheres of faraway planets has reached an important milestone.
An international team, including astrophysicists from the University of Exeter, is taking lessons and techniques learned from Earth climate science to pave the way to robustly model atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars, aiding in the search for potentially habitable exoplanet
The quest to uncover intricacies of the atmospheres of faraway planets has reached an important milestone.
An international team, including astrophysicists from the University of Exeter, is taking lessons and techniques learned from Earth climate science to pave the way to robustly model atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars, aiding in the search for potentially habitable exoplanet Twisted magnetic fields can reveal how protobinary systems, Tatooine planets form
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Columbia MD (SPX) Sep 18, 2022
Twisted magnetic fields around binary systems can reveal how the stellar system came together.
Circumbinary planets - planets that orbit around two stars, like the fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine and its two suns - exist in the Universe, and are sometimes referred to as Tatooine planets. Systems in which two stars rotate around each other, called binary star systems, are incredibly com
Twisted magnetic fields around binary systems can reveal how the stellar system came together.
Circumbinary planets - planets that orbit around two stars, like the fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine and its two suns - exist in the Universe, and are sometimes referred to as Tatooine planets. Systems in which two stars rotate around each other, called binary star systems, are incredibly com Satellite IM welcomes users to first fully decentralized Web3 communications platform
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022
Satellite IM, a fully decentralized peer-to-peer communications platform at the forefront of data privacy, has announced the launch of their communications platform that will allow users to chat directly in a secure, serverless and feature rich environment. The application is a first-of-its-kind, Web3 native social application that gives users full and exclusive ownership of their data.
De
Satellite IM, a fully decentralized peer-to-peer communications platform at the forefront of data privacy, has announced the launch of their communications platform that will allow users to chat directly in a secure, serverless and feature rich environment. The application is a first-of-its-kind, Web3 native social application that gives users full and exclusive ownership of their data.
De Intuitive Machines to go public on Nasdaq with acquisition company
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2022
Intuitive Machines, LLC ("Intuitive Machines" or the "Company"), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company founded in 2013, and Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: IPAX, IPAXU, IPAXW) ("Inflection Point"), a special purpose acquisition company, has announced that they have signed a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Intuitive Machines be
Intuitive Machines, LLC ("Intuitive Machines" or the "Company"), a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company founded in 2013, and Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: IPAX, IPAXU, IPAXW) ("Inflection Point"), a special purpose acquisition company, has announced that they have signed a definitive business combination agreement that will result in Intuitive Machines be Chinese scientists discover history of volcanic eruptions in Chang'e-5 landing region
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Beijing (XNA) Sep 18, 2022
A research team from China has discovered geological evidence of at least four layers of volcanic lava flows that flooded the landing region of the Chang'e-5 lunar exploration mission, according to a press release from the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
China's Chang'e-5 mission brought a total of 1,731 grams of lunar samples back to Earth at the e
A research team from China has discovered geological evidence of at least four layers of volcanic lava flows that flooded the landing region of the Chang'e-5 lunar exploration mission, according to a press release from the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
China's Chang'e-5 mission brought a total of 1,731 grams of lunar samples back to Earth at the e Scientists believe Mars rock samples contain organic matter
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 17, 2021
Scientists believe some of the recently-collected rock samples taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover likely contain organic matter.
The four most recent samples are all sedimentary rocks from an ancient river delta in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater, NASA confirmed this week.
They mark the first-ever sedimentary rocks gathered from another planet.
"The rocks that we have
Scientists believe some of the recently-collected rock samples taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover likely contain organic matter.
The four most recent samples are all sedimentary rocks from an ancient river delta in the Red Planet's Jezero Crater, NASA confirmed this week.
They mark the first-ever sedimentary rocks gathered from another planet.
"The rocks that we have The Perseverance robotic arm tightrope of abrasion proximity science
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 18, 2022
The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as a grain of sand. To achieve this, these instruments on the end of the robotic arm must be placed at a precise distance from the feature of interest - very close, but not too close. PIXL even has a "h
The SHERLOC and PIXL proximity science instruments on Perseverance have enabled more detailed observations of Martian chemistry and minerology than ever before. PIXL can isolate features as small as a grain of sand. To achieve this, these instruments on the end of the robotic arm must be placed at a precise distance from the feature of interest - very close, but not too close. PIXL even has a "h Jupiter to reach opposition, closest approach to Earth in 70 years
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2022
Stargazers can expect excellent views of Jupiter the entire night of Monday, Sept. 26 when the giant planet reaches opposition. From the viewpoint of Earth's surface, opposition happens when an astronomical object rises in the east as the Sun sets in the west, placing the object and the Sun on opposite sides of Earth.
Jupiter's opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear la
Stargazers can expect excellent views of Jupiter the entire night of Monday, Sept. 26 when the giant planet reaches opposition. From the viewpoint of Earth's surface, opposition happens when an astronomical object rises in the east as the Sun sets in the west, placing the object and the Sun on opposite sides of Earth.
Jupiter's opposition occurs every 13 months, making the planet appear la How gravity gives astronomers a powerful lens on the universe
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2022
In 1919 astronomers Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin captured photographic images of a total solar eclipse. The Sun was in the constellation Taurus at the time, and a handful of its stars could be seen in the photographs. But the stars weren't quite in their expected place. The tremendous gravity of the Sun had deflected the light of these stars, making them appear slightly out of place. It
In 1919 astronomers Arthur Eddington and Andrew Crommelin captured photographic images of a total solar eclipse. The Sun was in the constellation Taurus at the time, and a handful of its stars could be seen in the photographs. But the stars weren't quite in their expected place. The tremendous gravity of the Sun had deflected the light of these stars, making them appear slightly out of place. It Shenzhou astronauts carry out second spacewalk
Sunday, 18 September 2022 13:48
Beijing (XNA) Sep 18, 2022
Crew members on the Shenzhou XIV mission stepped out of their spacecraft for the second spacewalk on Saturday afternoon, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a brief news release that Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe opened an extravehicular activity hatch on the Tiangong space station at 1:35 pm and then floated out of the station. He was followed by mission commander Se
Crew members on the Shenzhou XIV mission stepped out of their spacecraft for the second spacewalk on Saturday afternoon, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The agency said in a brief news release that Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe opened an extravehicular activity hatch on the Tiangong space station at 1:35 pm and then floated out of the station. He was followed by mission commander Se