Protecting dark and quiet skies from satellite constellation interference
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 14:46
If you've ever tried to star gaze in a residential or urban area, you know that a streetlight or even the lights from a nearby town can greatly interfere with your ability to identify Orion's Belt and see a rare comet or other celestial bodies. But what is more of a disappointment for us is a cosmic disruption for scientists and others in the space industry.
To preserve this vital characteristic of the universe, a new International Astronomical Union Centre for the Protection of the Dark Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference has been established.
Siegfried Eggl, faculty member in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Robert Gruendl in Illinois' Dept. of Astronomy have been selected to participate. They are both members of the Center for AstroPhysical Surveys in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at UIUC.
Lockheed Martin wins contract to build rocket for Mars Sample Return
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 11:30
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build a small rocket that will transport samples collected by the Perseverance rover into orbit around Mars.
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Lynk satellites connect with thousands of devices
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 10:00
Lynk Global satellites have connected with thousands of unmodified smartphones, tablets, internet-of-things devices and vehicles, the Fall Church, Virginia, startup announced Feb. 8.
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ESA seeks software ideas to bring smart satellites to life
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 07:00
If we were to talk about our bodies in the technical terms that we typically use to talk about spacecraft, our bones, muscles and ligaments would be our 'hardware', our brain the 'central processing unit (CPU)', and our nervous system the 'software'.
Search is on for young space entrepreneurs ahead of first UK rocket launches
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 06:52
UCF lands DOD award for advance hypersonic propulsion research
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 06:52
Arianespace to serve OneWeb's ambitions, will orbit 34 additional satellites with Soyuz
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 06:52
Protons are probably actually smaller than long thought
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 06:52
Researchers set record by preserving quantum states for more than 5 seconds
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 06:52
Scientists develop exceptional surface to explore exotic physics
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 06:52
Collaborative research project on quantum technology starts on the International Space Station
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 06:52
Tonga eruption sent ripples through Earth's ionosphere
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 06:52
NASA selects developer for rocket to retrieve first samples from Mars
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 04:45
Is the 'fine-tuned universe' an illusion?
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 04:45
Chemical history of the Milky Way revealed by new catalog of tens of millions of stars
Tuesday, 08 February 2022 04:45