Rogozin says Crew Dragon safe for Russian cosmonauts
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:47
The head of Roscosmos says he is now satisfied that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is safe enough to carry Russian cosmonauts, clearing a major obstacle for an agreement to exchange seats between Soyuz and commercial crew vehicles.
A world without access to space
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2021
Over the last several years we have been yelling and screaming about the existential threat of space debris on our ability to conduct space commerce, but the world is not listening. Instead, several organizations continue to add new spacecraft to the near-Earth space environment while totally ignoring the ultimate consequences.
Just over the past 18 months the population of low-orbiting ac
Over the last several years we have been yelling and screaming about the existential threat of space debris on our ability to conduct space commerce, but the world is not listening. Instead, several organizations continue to add new spacecraft to the near-Earth space environment while totally ignoring the ultimate consequences.
Just over the past 18 months the population of low-orbiting ac NASA Mars Rover and Helicopter models to go on national tour
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 26, 2021
Catch Mars mania as a traveling exhibit visits more than a dozen towns across the U.S. with lifelike models of NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter.
While NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter are hard at work exploring Mars hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, their "twin" models will be visiting museums as part of the "Roving With Perseverance" roadsh
Catch Mars mania as a traveling exhibit visits more than a dozen towns across the U.S. with lifelike models of NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter.
While NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter are hard at work exploring Mars hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, their "twin" models will be visiting museums as part of the "Roving With Perseverance" roadsh NASA awards $15M for asteroid hunting telescopes on Maui
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Hilo HI (SPX) Oct 26, 2021
The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) received a $15 million NASA grant to continue its world-leading efforts to discover Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) and Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs).
IfA's Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) atop Haleakala currently finds nearly as many NEOs and PHAs as the rest of the world's observatories combined,
The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) received a $15 million NASA grant to continue its world-leading efforts to discover Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) and Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs).
IfA's Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) atop Haleakala currently finds nearly as many NEOs and PHAs as the rest of the world's observatories combined, International workshop seeks to turn plans for crewed lunar observatory into reality
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Nashville TN (SPX) Oct 26, 2021
Karan Jani, research assistant professor of physics and astronomy, co-chaired the first international workshop focused on gravitational wave detection on the moon. The workshop builds on Jani's recent studies that make the case for building a crewed, lunar-based observatory.
"We are at the dawn of a new space age, with the moon at the center of our campaign for the next several years," Jan
Karan Jani, research assistant professor of physics and astronomy, co-chaired the first international workshop focused on gravitational wave detection on the moon. The workshop builds on Jani's recent studies that make the case for building a crewed, lunar-based observatory.
"We are at the dawn of a new space age, with the moon at the center of our campaign for the next several years," Jan Breakthrough Listen releases analysis of previously detected signal
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 26, 2021
An intriguing candidate signal picked up last year by the Breakthrough Listen project has been subjected to intensive analysis that suggests it is unlikely to originate from the Proxima Centauri system. Instead, it appears to be an artifact of Earth-based interference from human technologies, the Breakthrough Initiatives announced Monday. Two research papers, published in Nature Astronomy, discu
An intriguing candidate signal picked up last year by the Breakthrough Listen project has been subjected to intensive analysis that suggests it is unlikely to originate from the Proxima Centauri system. Instead, it appears to be an artifact of Earth-based interference from human technologies, the Breakthrough Initiatives announced Monday. Two research papers, published in Nature Astronomy, discu Neutron star collisions are a "goldmine" of heavy elements, study finds
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 26, 2021
Most elements lighter than iron are forged in the cores of stars. A star's white-hot center fuels the fusion of protons, squeezing them together to build progressively heavier elements. But beyond iron, scientists have puzzled over what could give rise to gold, platinum, and the rest of the universe's heavy elements, whose formation requires more energy than a star can muster.
A new study
Most elements lighter than iron are forged in the cores of stars. A star's white-hot center fuels the fusion of protons, squeezing them together to build progressively heavier elements. But beyond iron, scientists have puzzled over what could give rise to gold, platinum, and the rest of the universe's heavy elements, whose formation requires more energy than a star can muster.
A new study US Army, Navy hold 3 successful tests in bid to advance hypersonic weapons'
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 25, 2021
Last month, the Pentagon successfully tested an air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of moving five times faster than the speed of sound.
The US Navy and Army tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes on Wednesday, the Pentagon said.
All three tests were successful, it added.
The US Navy has confirmed that it conducted a weapons test with the Army that demonstrated advan
Last month, the Pentagon successfully tested an air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of moving five times faster than the speed of sound.
The US Navy and Army tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes on Wednesday, the Pentagon said.
All three tests were successful, it added.
The US Navy has confirmed that it conducted a weapons test with the Army that demonstrated advan GOP senator wants more cash hypersonic missiles
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 25, 2021
Earlier this week, Western media alleged that China had carried out a missile test in the summer involving a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle. Beijing dismissed the claims, saying its test involved reusable rocket technology. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that the PRC had carried out not one, but two hypersonic missile tests.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has sugges
Earlier this week, Western media alleged that China had carried out a missile test in the summer involving a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicle. Beijing dismissed the claims, saying its test involved reusable rocket technology. On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that the PRC had carried out not one, but two hypersonic missile tests.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has sugges AFRL, industry launch revolutionary spacecraft technology
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Oct 25, 2021
The Air Force Research Laboratory has partnered with ThermAvant Technologies and Maxar Technologies to develop and deploy the next generation of spacecraft thermal control technology.
The groundbreaking technology, Oscillating Heat Pipes (OHPs), provides lightweight and highly efficient temperature control on higher power yet smaller spacecraft. The OHP was recently launched in the second
The Air Force Research Laboratory has partnered with ThermAvant Technologies and Maxar Technologies to develop and deploy the next generation of spacecraft thermal control technology.
The groundbreaking technology, Oscillating Heat Pipes (OHPs), provides lightweight and highly efficient temperature control on higher power yet smaller spacecraft. The OHP was recently launched in the second AFRL presents results from DSX spacecraft experiments
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Oct 25, 2021
Fifty scientists from Department of Defense laboratories, industry and research universities met virtually September 22 - 23, to discuss the initial findings from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft that completed a 23-month mission in May 2021.
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate located on Kirtland AFB, hos
Fifty scientists from Department of Defense laboratories, industry and research universities met virtually September 22 - 23, to discuss the initial findings from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft that completed a 23-month mission in May 2021.
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate located on Kirtland AFB, hos Air Force Materiel Command reaches IOC as servicing major command for USSF
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Wright-Patterson OH (SPX) Oct 25, 2021
The Air Force Materiel Command declared Initial Operational Capability for its support to the U.S. Space Force on Oct. 1, 2021. The IOC milestone means AFMC is well on its way to fully supporting the Space Force as its Servicing Major Command for Space Force-assigned Airmen.
The USAF and USSF took a series of steps over the past year in the designation of AFMC as Servicing MAJCOM for the U
The Air Force Materiel Command declared Initial Operational Capability for its support to the U.S. Space Force on Oct. 1, 2021. The IOC milestone means AFMC is well on its way to fully supporting the Space Force as its Servicing Major Command for Space Force-assigned Airmen.
The USAF and USSF took a series of steps over the past year in the designation of AFMC as Servicing MAJCOM for the U Astronomers provide 'Field Guide' to Exoplanets known as Hot Jupiters
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 08:33
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 25, 2021
Hot Jupiters - giant gas planets that race around their host stars in extremely tight orbits - have become a little bit less mysterious thanks to a new study combining theoretical modeling with observations by the Hubble Space Telescope.
While previous studies mostly focused on individual worlds classified as "hot Jupiters" due to their superficial similarity to the gas giant in our own so
Hot Jupiters - giant gas planets that race around their host stars in extremely tight orbits - have become a little bit less mysterious thanks to a new study combining theoretical modeling with observations by the Hubble Space Telescope.
While previous studies mostly focused on individual worlds classified as "hot Jupiters" due to their superficial similarity to the gas giant in our own so New far-out NASA 'travel' video: kayaking on Titan, skydiving on exoplanet
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 02:15
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 25, 2021
NASA knows people can't travel to exoplanets light-years away, but the space agency hopes a new, highly fictionalized video will inspire dreams of such far-off travel.
The video depicts wild, even wacky, scenes of people kayaking in deadly methane lakes on Saturn's moon Titan, skydiving on exoplanet HD 40307-g, which is 42 light-years away, and watching twin suns on Kepler-16b - 200 li
NASA knows people can't travel to exoplanets light-years away, but the space agency hopes a new, highly fictionalized video will inspire dreams of such far-off travel.
The video depicts wild, even wacky, scenes of people kayaking in deadly methane lakes on Saturn's moon Titan, skydiving on exoplanet HD 40307-g, which is 42 light-years away, and watching twin suns on Kepler-16b - 200 li Blue Origin, partners announce plans for private space station
Tuesday, 26 October 2021 02:15
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 25, 2021
Jeff Bezos announced plans on Monday for Blue Origin to run the world's first private space station called the Orbital Reef, which would serve as a space business park and a regular destination for space tourists.
Blue Origin will partner with a Sierra Nevada Corp. subsidiary called Sierra Space, along with Boeing, Redwire Space and Genesis Engineer to make the space station happen.
Jeff Bezos announced plans on Monday for Blue Origin to run the world's first private space station called the Orbital Reef, which would serve as a space business park and a regular destination for space tourists.
Blue Origin will partner with a Sierra Nevada Corp. subsidiary called Sierra Space, along with Boeing, Redwire Space and Genesis Engineer to make the space station happen.