US intelligence satellite launched from California
Monday, 18 April 2022 06:57
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COMSPOC executive to join DoD space policy office
Monday, 18 April 2022 04:00 Write a comment
Travis Langster, vice president and general manager of COMSPOC, will be leaving the company to join the Defense Department as principal director of DoD space policy
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China sending up next space station crew in June
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SpaceX launches NROL-85 spy satellite for U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite into orbit April 17 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
NASA to roll back SLS for repairs
Saturday, 16 April 2022 22:10 Write a comment
NASA announced late April 16 it will roll back the Space Launch System from the launch pad for various repairs, further delaying the rocket's long-anticipated first launch.
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Shenzhou-13 astronauts return to Earth after 182-day mission
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Three astronauts safely returned to Earth April 15 after spending a national record 182 days in orbit, completing China’s second crewed space station mission.
On National Security | The moon emerging as the next frontier for military operations
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As NASA pushes forward to get humans back on the moon, questions have emerged on what this means for the Space Force and what role it might play in lunar activities.
Far side: the moon’s use as a new astronomical site
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Astronomers have always sought out remote and isolated spots from which their precision observations of the surrounding universe can be made. Now, add one more far-flung location – the moon.
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Diverse life forms may have evolved earlier than previously thought
Saturday, 16 April 2022 07:31 Write a comment
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers that challenges the conventional view of when life began.
For the study, published in Science Advances, the research team analysed a fist-sized rock from Quebec, Canada, estimated to be between 3.75 and 4.28 billion years old. In an earlier Nature paper*, the team found tiny Hughes announces distribution agreement with OneWeb Technologies
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Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, has announced it signed a distribution agreement with OneWeb Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of OneWeb, to deliver managed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The agreement follows the launch of the industry's first managed L MetOp-SG-B weather satellite: Scatterometer flies through tests
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The flight model of the Scatterometer Antenna Subsystem (SAS) of the MetOp Second Generation meteorological satellites has been officially delivered after four months of extensive testing at the Airbus facility in Madrid. It will now be transferred to Airbus in Friedrichshafen (Germany) where it will be integrated into the satellite along with the other instruments.
The SAS protoflight mod Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
Saturday, 16 April 2022 06:28 Write a comment
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, ending China's longest crewed mission as it continues its quest to become a major space power.
The Shenzhou-13 spacecraft was the latest mission in Beijing's drive to rival the United States, after landing a rover on Mars and sending probes to the Moon.
Live footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed the caps Oldest evidence of Mayan calendar found in Guatemala
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The oldest evidence of the Maya calendar has been excavated at San Bartolo, Guatemala, found among fragments of painted murals.
Acording to a new study, two fragments with a "7 deer" date notation date to between 300 and 200 BCE, based on radiocarbon dating.
Authors of the study said that the finding "represents a day in the 260-day divinatory calendar used throughout Mesoamerica NASA ready for Ax-1 return and Crew-4 launch
Friday, 15 April 2022 22:08 Write a comment
NASA says it’s gearing up for a rapid-fire series of events on the International Space Station that includes the return of a private astronaut mission and the launch of a new long-duration crew of American and European astronauts.
ReOrbit and TransAstra sign spacecraft development and logistics contracts
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TransAstra, a provider of breakthrough orbital logistics and space domain awareness solutions, and ReOrbit, a provider of software-defined small satellites for beyond LEO missions, announced today that they have signed binding contracts for initial spacecraft development and orbital logistics services.
Under these contracts, TransAstra will provide mission definition and engineering analys