NASA's Psyche fires up its sci-fi-worthy thrusters
Wednesday, 22 May 2024 16:24
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft passed its six-month checkup with a clean bill of health, and there's no holding back now. Navigators are firing its futuristic-looking electric thrusters, which emit a blue glow, nearly nonstop as the orbiter zips farther into deep space.
The spacecraft launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on Oct. 13, 2023. After leaving our atmosphere, Psyche made the most of its rocket boost and coasted beyond the orbit of Mars.
NASA report identifies cost-effective approaches to dealing with orbital debris
Wednesday, 22 May 2024 15:57
First Space Station missions for new ESA astronauts
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ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher announces the first two astronaut missions for the new ESA astronaut class of 2022 on the first day of the Space Council, held in Brussels on 22 and 23 May 2024.
ESA's most recent class of astronauts selected in 2022 includes Sophie Adenot, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois, and Marco Sieber. They recently completed one year of basic training and graduated as ESA astronauts on 22 April at ESA's European Astronaut Centre in Germany, making them eligible for spaceflight. During their missions aboard the International Space Station, ESA astronauts will engage
French, Belgian astronauts named next Europeans to fly to ISS
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France's Sophie Adenot and Belgium's Raphael Liegeois will be the first two from a new class of European astronauts to blast off to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency said Wednesday.
Adenot will join the crew onboard the ISS, around 400 kilometers (250 miles) above Earth, in 2026 for a six-month mission, after which she will be replaced by Liegeois.
The pair were among five new European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts selected in 2022 out more than 20,000 applicants.
"I am very happy to fly first," Adenot told AFP in an interview from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The 41-year-old engineer and helicopter pilot will become the second French woman onboard the ISS, after Claudie Haignere in 2001.
DoD forecasts about $1.7 billion in commercial satcom buys over the coming year
Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:27
Airbus to build ESA’s Vigil space weather forecasting mission
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Twelve countries sign the Zero Debris Charter
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How Artemis astronauts will be protected from solar storms
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ESA signs contracts for commercial space cargo return service
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ESA has signed two contracts with European industry to develop a commercial service capable of transporting cargo to and from the International Space Station in low Earth orbit by 2030.
ESA selects Thales Alenia Space and The Exploration Company for commercial cargo program
Wednesday, 22 May 2024 14:00
Why are the Department of Defense and Space Force talking about buying foreign space technology?
Wednesday, 22 May 2024 13:30
Redwire to lead Mars imaging study for NASA
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Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space infrastructure, has been awarded a NASA/JPL contract to study a Redwire-led commercial Mars spacecraft. The project will use Redwire's spacecraft technology to provide surface imagery for industry and government customers, potentially supporting future Mars exploration missions.
"This presents an exciting opportunity to advance scientific ASU researchers address methane mystery of exoplanet
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In the effort to understand a warm gas-giant exoplanet, Arizona State University researchers have helped uncover its secrets.
WASP-107b has puzzled astronomers for some time, but recent findings with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope have provided new insights into its unusual characteristics.
A key revelation in the exploration of WASP-107b is the unex NASA Tool Gets Ready to Image Faraway Planets
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A technology demo on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help increase the variety of distant planets scientists can directly image.
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help pave the way in the search for habitable worlds outside our solar system by testing new tools that block starlight, revealing planets hidden by the glare of their pa Complete Stellar Collapse: Unusual Star System Shows Quiet Death of Stars
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University of Copenhagen astrophysicists have presented evidence that massive stars can collapse into black holes without a supernova explosion. Their study focused on a binary star system, VFTS 243, which suggests that stars can completely collapse under their own gravity.
Massive stars usually end their lives in supernova explosions, ejecting energy and mass into space. However, this new