Kepler's 1607 Sunspot Sketches Shed Light on Early Solar Cycles
Sunday, 28 July 2024 23:31
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Researchers have utilized modern techniques to revisit Johannes Kepler's historic sunspot drawings from 1607, uncovering new insights into solar cycles prior to the grand solar minimum. Led by Nagoya University in Japan, the international team reexamined Kepler's observations using Sporer's law and modern statistical methods. They accurately pinpointed the sunspot group's position, identifying i China's Climate and Carbon Monitoring Satellites Now Operational
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China's new atmospheric environment monitoring satellite and terrestrial ecosystem carbon monitoring satellite are now officially operational, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
"During their in-orbit testing, these satellites demonstrated favorable application results across multiple areas, including ecological environment, forestry and grassland, geographic surv AST SpaceMobile Prepares to Ship First Five Commercial Satellites
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AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) has announced the completion of its first five commercial satellites, named Bluebirds. These satellites, each equipped with communications arrays spanning 693 square feet, are set to be shipped to Cape Canaveral in the first week of August. A 7-day launch window is scheduled for September.
"This is a momentous occasion for AST SpaceMobile. These first f USPACE introduces 6 new commercial optical satellites
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USPACE Technology Group Limited ("USPACE" [1725.HK]) has announced the launch of six new commercial optical satellites and related aerospace products. The Group aims to tap into the global market and attract more customers, focusing on the growing demand from emerging markets and SMEs. This marks a significant step in USPACE's efforts toward satellite mass production and commercialization, furth Senate spending bill pushes back on proposed NASA mission cuts
Sunday, 28 July 2024 18:22
SpaceX to move Dragon splashdowns back to West Coast
Sunday, 28 July 2024 12:07
SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 Starlink Mission
Saturday, 27 July 2024 18:03 Write a comment
SpaceX successfully launched 23 Starlink broadband satellites early Saturday morning, marking its return to flight operations after a brief hiatus due to a recent anomaly.
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:45 a.m. EDT, right within its planned four-hour launch window. SpaceX provided a live stream of the event, showcasing the rocket's journey t A cave discovered on the moon opens up new opportunities for settlement by humans
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Almost 55 years after the launch of Apollo 11—the first mission to land humans on the moon—scientists have found evidence of a large cave system near the landing site of those astronauts.
Using radar images taken by Nasa's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft in 2010, researchers have been able to determine that huge pits, found in images of the moon, may in fact be "skylights" to large caves and tunnels that sit beneath the lunar surface.
These could be incredibly valuable to future astronauts hoping to settle on the moon, acting as a convenient shelter for a lunar base.
The cave is accessible through a pit in the well-studied Mare Tranquillitatis (Sea of Tranquility). This is a large basin made mostly of basalt. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down in this region on July 20 1969.
While Mare Tranquillitatis isn't likely to be the first place humans try to settle on the moon, the existence of one cave makes the existence of others very likely, so scientists now expect there to be others in locations more suitable for human settlement.
Falcon 9 returns to flight with Starlink launch
Saturday, 27 July 2024 11:11
Spacecraft to swing by Earth, moon on path to Jupiter
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A spacecraft launched last year will slingshot back around Earth and the moon next month in a high-stakes, world-first maneuver as it pinballs its way through the solar system to Jupiter.
The European Space Agency's Juice probe blasted off in April 2023 on a mission to discover whether Jupiter's icy moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa are capable of hosting extra-terrestrial life in their vast, hidden oceans.
The uncrewed six-tonne spacecraft is currently 10 million kilometers (six million miles) from Earth.
But it will fly back past the moon and then Earth on August 19-20, using their gravity boosts to save fuel on its winding, eight-year odyssey to Jupiter.
Staff at the ESA's space operations center in Darmstadt, Germany began preparing for the complicated maneuver this week.
Gilmour Space to Start Hypersonic Flight Tests in 2025
Friday, 26 July 2024 21:58 Write a comment
Gilmour Space Technologies, an Australian launch services company, has announced a new suborbital flight test service targeted at commercial and defense customers needing hypersonic speeds above Mach 5.
"We've witnessed a surge in the research and development of hypersonic vehicles, materials, and other related technologies in recent years, especially since AUKUS (a trilateral security par SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket again
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SpaceX's stalwart Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared for launch after experiencing a rare failure earlier this month, officials said Thursday.
The rocket, a prolific launch vehicle that propels both satellites and astronauts into orbit, experienced an anomaly during a launch on July 11 in its second stage booster that meant it failed to deploy 20 Starlink satellites at a high enough altitude, NASA continues to delay return of Boeing Starliner, astronauts from ISS
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There still is no return date set for the Starliner astronauts aboard the International Space Station, officials with NASA and Boeing said Thursday.
NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich in a conference call Thursday morning said the agency has made significant progress in assessing the Starliner's return capability but there is no official plan to bring the astronauts home. Star Catcher Secures $12.25M Seed Funding to Revolutionize Space Energy
Friday, 26 July 2024 21:58 Write a comment
Star Catcher Industries, Inc. ("Star Catcher"), a leader in space-based energy generation, has successfully closed a $12.25 million seed funding round. The funding round was co-led by Initialized Capital and B Capital, with significant participation from Rogue VC. This investment will enable the company to build the Star Catcher Network, the world's first space-based energy grid, aimed at elimin From Garuda to Pioneering Nepal's Space-Tech Industry
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In the Himalayan nation of Nepal, two innovators, Mohan Tamang and Akrit Dhungel, are making history with Mach24Orbitals, the country's first space-tech startup.
Previously, Dhungel and Tamang led the Garuda project, which launched Nepal's first rocket on March 20, 2021. This project earned the Nancy Squires Team Spirit Award at the Spaceport America Cup 2021. Using potassium nitrate and s