BlueWalker 3 launch window opens Aug. 15
Monday, 13 June 2022 15:16
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AST SpaceMobile said June 13 that SpaceX aims to launch the prototype for its cellphone-compatible broadband constellation in the week of Aug. 15.
NASA Discoveries Highlighted at American Astronomical Society Meeting
Monday, 13 June 2022 12:59 Write a comment
Scientists will discuss new research from NASA missions – on topics ranging from exoplanets to citizen science discoveries – at the 240th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Ariane 6 cryogenic disconnection systems pass key tests
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ESA’s new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is a critical step closer to inaugural launch, following completion of tests to validate launch pad/launcher systems that will keep the vehicle topped up with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in the critical moments before liftoff.
While on the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Ariane 6 relies on a “cryogenic connection system” of umbilical cords carrying its hydrogen and oxygen fuel – liquified at -250C and -180C respectively – as well as helium and nitrogen used for flushing and purging. The tests seen in this video showed that retraction
ESA centre to develop Europe’s space economy and promote commercialisation
Monday, 13 June 2022 10:30 Write a comment
Entrepreneurs, fledgling firms and established space companies are to receive a boost with the launch of the European Centre for Space Economy and Commerce.
GAO finds CASIS not making full use of advisory committee
Monday, 13 June 2022 10:28 Write a comment
The nonprofit that runs the national laboratory portion of the International Space Station is not making full use of the advisory group established after an independent review of the organization.
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Gaia data release 3 – press event
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Watch the replay of the press event for Gaia’s data release 3 on 13 June 2022.
Gaia experts and scientists present the findings and answer questions from journalists. Gaia is ESA’s mission to create the most accurate and complete multi-dimensional map of the Milky Way.
NASA loses two hurricane monitoring satellites on launch
Monday, 13 June 2022 07:39 Write a comment
Two small NASA satellites that were meant to study hurricane development failed to enter orbit Sunday when their Astra rocket shut off before reaching the necessary altitude, the US space agency said.
"After a nominal first stage flight, the upper stage of the rocket shut down early and failed to deliver the TROPICS CubeSats to orbit," NASA's Launch Services Program said on Twitter.
In a post to its website before the launch, NASA described the TROPICS CubeSats as a constellation of six "shoe-box sized" satellites that will "study the formation and development of tropical cyclones, making observations more often than what is possible with current weather satellites.
Gaia data release 3: exploring our multi-dimensional Milky Way
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Since its launch in 2013 ESA’s Gaia observatory has been mapping our galaxy from Lagrange point 2, creating the most accurate and complete multi-dimensional map of the Milky Way. By now two full sets of data have been released, the first set in 2016 and a second one in 2018. These data releases contained stellar positions, distances, motions across the sky, and colour information, among others. Now on 13 June 2022 a third and new full data set will be released. This data release will contain even more and improved information about almost 2 billion stars, Solar
Gaia sees strange stars in most detailed Milky Way survey to date
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Today, ESA’s Gaia mission releases its new treasure trove of data about our home galaxy. Astronomers describe strange ‘starquakes’, stellar DNA, asymmetric motions and other fascinating insights in this most detailed Milky Way survey to date.
Galileo – a new tool for science
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Every moment of every day, Europe’s constellation of Galileo navigation satellites that ring our planet transmits precisely shaped and timed signals, down through the atmosphere, reflecting back from Earth’s land, seas and ice and extending far out into space, as far as the Moon.
The June Council edition of ESA Impact is online
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ESA Impact June Council edition
Great images and videos of two ESA astronauts on the ISS, preparations for the Artemis mission to the Moon, and more
Astra launch of NASA TROPICS cubesats fails
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An Astra launch of two NASA cubesats to monitor tropical storms failed June 12 when the rocket’s upper stage shut down prematurely.
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DoD space agency to acquire 10 satellites for experiments in low Earth orbit
Sunday, 12 June 2022 13:34 Write a comment
The Space Development Agency is looking to acquire as many as 10 satellites to host military payloads for experiments in low Earth orbit.
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Left in the dust: The first golden age of citizen travel to outer space
Sunday, 12 June 2022 09:35 Write a comment
The first civilian in space was a Japanese newspaper reporter in 1990, Toyohiro Akiyama. Then, six months later, Helen Sharman, a distinguished British chemist won a radio contest, beating out more than 13,000 other British men and women. However, both have been denied inclusion in the commercial space tourism club.
"Citizen access to space is, tremendously important as a tourism niche and Women in space analogues demonstrate more sustainable leadership
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A new study based on Mars Desert Research Station commanders' reports reveals differences in female and male leadership behaviour. Although both genders are task-focused, women tend to be more positive. The genders also differ in their approach toward their team - while men focus on accomplishments, women emphasise mutual support. According to the author of the study, Inga Popovaite, a sociologi