Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 26, 2022
The origin of water on our planet is a hot question: Water has immense implications for plate tectonics, climate, the origin of life on Earth, and potential habitability of other Earth-like planets. In a recent study in Physical Review Letters, a Skoltech professor and his Chinese colleagues suggest a chemical compound that - although now extinct - could have preserved water deep underground in

Plans to host the first orbital launches from the United Kingdom this year are moving ahead despite uncertainty about when regulators will grant licenses for those launches.

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Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022
China will explore the moon's polar regions and is mulling over a manned lunar landing in the coming five years, according to a white paper released on Friday. The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," said China will continue its studies and research "on the plan for a human lunar landing." A new-generation manned spacecraft will be developed to support it

Long Beach CA (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
Rocket Lab has been selected by NASA as one of twelve companies to provide launch services for the agency's Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions, providing new opportunities for science and technology payloads and fostering a growing U.S. commercial launch market. VADR is a five-year program with a maximum total budget for $300 million in launch contracts. R

New Delhi (IANS) Jan 28, 2022
Rocket maker Skyroot Aerospace Private Ltd's Vikram-1 rocket is slated to lift off from a mobile launch pad or transporter, erector and launcher (TEL), a top company official said. The Hyderabad-based company is planning to test launch its rocket with a couple of satellites by the end of this year, he added. "Our maiden rocket launch will be with a couple of satellites from a mobile launc

Washington DC (UPI) Jan 28, 2021
China said Friday that it expects to sign a space agreement with Russia by the end of this year that will include construction of a joint lunar research facility. "We are intensively engaged in negotiations and have basically reached a consensus. The agreement is quite possible to be signed as soon as possible this year," China National Space Administration Vice Administrator Wu Yanhua

Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
An international team including researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Geneva as well as the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS analyzed the atmosphere of one of the most extreme known planets in great detail. The results from this hot, Jupiter-like planet that was first characterized with the help of the CHEOPS space

Yokohama, Japan (SPX) Jan 28, 2022
Humans experience the world in three dimensions, but a collaboration in Japan has developed a way to create synthetic dimensions to better understand the fundamental laws of the Universe and possibly apply them to advanced technologies. They published their results on January 28, 2022 in Science Advances. "The concept of dimensionality has become a central fixture in diverse fields o

Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022
China will improve space debris monitoring in the next five years to ensure the safe, stable and orderly operation of the space system, according to a white paper on the country's space activities released Friday. The white paper titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective" was released by the State Council Information Office. According to the white paper, China will strengthen

Beijing (XNA) Jan 28, 2022
China will carry out more space science exploration in the next five years, said a white paper on the country's space activities released Friday. The white paper, titled "China's Space Program: A 2021 Perspective," was released by the State Council Information Office. It says that China will continue with the research and development of programs such as the satellite for space gravit