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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 17, 2024
Swinburne University of Technology has been chosen to provide essential technology for a groundbreaking national mission: Australia's first lunar rover. As part of the $42 million Australian Space Agency project, the ELO2 Consortium will design, build, and operate the Australian-made rover, "Roo-ver," on the Moon's surface. Swinburne's Space Technology and Industry Institute (STII) will pl
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 17, 2024
ispace, inc. (ispace) (TOKYO: 9348), a global leader in lunar exploration, and Magna Petra, a pioneering company focused on the extraction and return of helium-3 isotopes from the Moon, have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance sustainable resource exploration on the lunar surface. The agreement outlines plans for both companies to contribute to the growth of the lunar economy b
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2024
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has uncovered critical details about planetary system formation by detecting a dense concentration of dust grains outside the orbits of two known planets in the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star PDS 70. These findings, led by Kiyoaki Doi, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and former Ph.D. student at the Nat
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 17, 2024
New findings from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope challenge our understanding of planet formation by confirming a longstanding puzzle initially uncovered by the Hubble Space Telescope over two decades ago. The discovery highlights that planet-forming discs persisted far longer in the Universe's early days, even in conditions once deemed inhospitable for planet growth. In 2003,
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 21, 2024
One of two scheduled Falcon 9 rocket launches lifted off early Saturday with one going up in California but aborted in Florida. The launch of four Astranis satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station originally was scheduled for about midnight Friday, with backup opportunities until 2:28 a.m. But just as the rocket's nine engines fired, SpaceX officials announced that it would be
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024
Vast has announced an agreement with SpaceX to conduct two human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station (ISS) using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft. The missions, dependent on NASA's selection of Vast for private astronaut missions (PAM), will mark the fifth and sixth PAMs ever awarded by NASA, further positioning Vast as a key player in commercial space explorati
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024
Galactic Energy, a Beijing-based private rocket manufacturer, successfully conducted its fourth sea-based launch of the Ceres 1 carrier rocket on Thursday. According to the company, the rocket lifted off at 6:18 pm from a mobile launch platform in the Yellow Sea near Shandong province. The mission placed four satellites into a low-Earth orbit approximately 850 kilometers above the Earth.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2024
The Moon's surface is coated in a gritty layer known as lunar regolith, composed of gravel, pebbles, and fine dust. Astronauts during the Apollo missions discovered that this fine, powdery dust - electromagnetically charged due to solar and cosmic radiation - clings stubbornly to surfaces, including gloves, boots, and spacecraft, and is highly abrasive. This poses a significant challenge for NAS
Bandwagon 2 launch

SpaceX launched 30 satellites Dec. 21 on the second in a series of dedicated rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits.

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Electron Strix launch

A Rocket Lab Electron successfully launched a radar satellite for Synspective Dec.

Retired military weather satellite breaks up

Friday, 20 December 2024 22:07
DMSP spacecraft

A defunct military weather satellite has broken up in orbit and created more than 50 pieces of debris, the latest in a series of similar incidents.

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Gateway: Wired for deep space

Friday, 20 December 2024 13:07

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