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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2024
In a groundbreaking study, Chinese scientists have harnessed the capabilities of the science satellite SDGSAT-1 to address the challenges posed by modern illumination sources in urban environments. This research, spearheaded by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, represents a significant step forward in the management of urban light pollution. P
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Fixing space-physics mistake enhances satellite safety
The Van Allen radiation belts provide a natural analog to artificial radiation belts that could occur after a high-altitude nuclear explosion. In this image, the red lines circling Earth is an artificial belt of high intensity, and the yellow regions are the natural belts; LEO/MEO/GEO refer to low-Earth orbit, medium Earth orbit and geostationary Earth orbit. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Correcting 50-year-old errors in the math used to understand how electromagnetic waves scatter electrons trapped in Earth's magnetic fields will lead to better protection for technology in space.

Webb unlocks secrets of primeval galaxy

Monday, 04 March 2024 14:00
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Looking deep into space and time, two teams using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old Universe was only about 430 million years old.

SpaceX set to launch new crew to ISS

Monday, 04 March 2024 11:52
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Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) March 4, 2024
Three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are due to blast off Sunday night from Florida for a six-month mission on the International Space Station. After an attempt was called off Saturday night due to strong winds, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is due to lift the travelers into orbit at 10:53 pm (0353 GMT Monday) from the Kennedy Space Center. If forced to abort before launch agai
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Kennedy Space Center, United States (AFP) March 3, 2024
A planned launch on Saturday of a mission to take three American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station was scrubbed due to poor weather. SpaceX announced that the launch was delayed, and NASA said the agency would now target Sunday at 10:53 pm (0353 GMT Monday) for liftoff. The SpaceX Crew Dragon named Endeavour is to carry the four atop a Falcon 9 rocket
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San Francisco (AFP) March 1, 2024
Elon Musk has launched a legal case against OpenAI, the AI firm he helped to set up in 2015, accusing its leaders of a "betrayal" of its founding mission. The tycoon, who left OpenAI in 2018, argued in documents filed in a San Francisco court late Thursday that the firm was always intended as a nonprofit entity. But he said recent boardroom changes meant OpenAI was now effectively a subs
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Paris (AFP) March 1, 2024
Extraction of Earth's natural resources could surge 60 percent by 2060, imperilling climate goals and economic prosperity, the UN said Friday, calling for dramatic changes in energy, food, transport and housing. Enormous expansion of infrastructure, energy demand and consumer consumption over the last half century, particularly in wealthier countries, has driven a tripling of the world's us
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Four new astronauts head to the International Space Station for a 6-month stay
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule with a crew of four on a mission to the International Space Station lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, March 3, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/John Raoux

Four astronauts headed to the International Space Station on Sunday where they will oversee the arrivals of two new rocketships during their half-year stint.

SpaceX's Falcon rocket blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying NASA's Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps and Russia's Alexander Grebenkin.

The should reach the orbiting lab on Tuesday.

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Washington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2024
NASA and SpaceX said they have postponed the launch of the Crew-8 mission to Sunday. The manned mission to the International Space Station was initially scheduled to lift off Saturday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, but SpaceX posted an update on X Saturday evening that it is standing down due to elevated winds at the launch site and in the flight track of the spacecr
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024
In a significant milestone for lunar exploration, NASA has once again left its mark on the Moon, facilitated by the historic landing of Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander, Odysseus. This event, occurring on February 22, 2024, not only underscores the evolving landscape of space exploration partnerships but also represents the resilience and innovative spirit driving the new era of lunar explorati
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 04, 2024
Earth planning date: Friday, March 1, 2024: The "Mineral King" drill hole did not quite reach the target depth that we typically desire to ensure that we have enough sample in the drill stem to deliver to our internal CheMin and SAM instruments. However, based on the information we did have (see details in the Sol 4110 blog), we proceeded with delivery to CheMin, and got the good news yest
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