Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
Astroscale Japan Inc., part of Astroscale Holdings Inc., has been chosen by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to participate in Phase II of the Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) program. This initiative is among the first globally to focus on the removal of large-scale space debris. "We are deeply honored to have been selected as the commercial partner of the ne

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2024
Exolaunch has provided its deployment services for NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) satellite, marking the company's first satellite deployment for NASA and its 28th mission overall. The event took place on April 23 at 1000 NZT / 2200 UTC from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, utilizing Rocket Lab's "Beginning of the Swarm" mission. The ACS3 satellite, bu

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 02, 2024
The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW) seeks to unveil the elusive low-frequency radio sky, previously inaccessible to ground-based telescopes due to the Earth's ionosphere and challenging for traditional space missions because of the requirement for enormous telescopes to capture meter- to kilometer-scale wavelengths. These low frequencies are vital for studying exoplanetary and st

Bangkok (AFP) May 1, 2024
Microsoft said Wednesday it would create Thailand's first data centre region to boost cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure, promising AI training to more than 100,000 Thais to develop tech. Bangkok is a key economic player in Southeast Asia, but it has lagged behind Indonesia and Singapore when it comes to the tech industry. Thailand had an "incredible opportunity to build a

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ESA's newly graduated astronauts reach the end of one year of rigorous basic astronaut training. Discover the journey of Sophie Adenot, Rosemary Coogan, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Raphaël Liégeois, Marco Sieber, and Australian Space Agency astronaut candidate Katherine Bennell-Pegg. Selected in November 2022, the group began their training in April 2023.

Basic astronaut training provides the candidates with an overall familiarisation and training in various areas, such as spacecraft systems, spacewalks, flight engineering, robotics and life support systems as well as survival and medical training. They received astronaut certification at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre on 22 April 2024.

Following certification,