Momentus to provide delivery service for RIDE! Space
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with RIDE! Space for transportation and orbital delivery services in the first quarter of 2024.
RIDE! Space will be flying its Gaindesat and Djibouti payloads on a single mission.
"We are thrilled to mark this his Sidus Space reports registered direct offering and concurrent private placement for $2M
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU)has entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors for the purchase and sale of 2,000 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, stated value $1,000 per share in a registered direct offering. The shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are initially convertible into an aggregate of 19,700,552 shares of common stock NASA Tank Venting in Microgravity Challenge
Friday, 13 October 2023 03:13
As space travel extends to greater duration and distance, missions may require a propellant refill in space. To achieve this, spacecraft may require larger tanks and efficient refueling along with tanks that have the capability of isolating propellant from ullage fluid (a gas and vapor mixture) during a vent.
The goal of this Challenge is to develop a novel solution for the venting of ulla NASA set to journey to a metal-rich asteroid
Thursday, 12 October 2023 18:53
It's a world like no other: a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants of a small planet, or perhaps an entirely new type of celestial body unknown to science.
A NASA probe is set to blast off Friday bound for Psyche, an object 2.2 billion miles (3.5 billion kilometers) away that could offer clues about the interior of planets like Earth.
"We've visited either in person or robotically worlds made of rock, worlds made of ice and worlds made of gas.
China is planning to double the size of its space station
Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:28
The International Space Station (ISS) will be retired in 2030 after more than 32 years of continuous service. Naturally, there are questions regarding what will replace this station, which has served as a bastion for vital research and inter-agency cooperation in space. In the past, China has indicated that their Tiangong ("heavenly palace") space station will be a successor and rival to the ISS, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform to conduct research in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). As part of this plan, China recently announced plans to double the size of Tiangong in the coming years.
This announcement was shared last Wednesday, October 4th, during the 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2023) in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), three new modules will be added to Tiangong, which currently consists of the Tianhe Core Cabin Module (CMM) and two Laboratory Cabin Modules (LCM)—Wenhian ("Quest for the Heavens") and Mengtian ("Dreaming of the Heavens").
Sensitive instruments to explore metal-rich asteroid
Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:28
At the very center of the Earth is a core of metal—so hot and so deep down as to be unreachable and impossible to study directly. But we might learn more about it and the cores of other Earth-like planets by studying the asteroid Psyche. Based on observations made through telescopes, it is believed to consist of 60% metal, probably an iron and nickel alloy. Looking a bit like a potato and measuring about 150x250 km, Psyche may be the innermost core of a planet that, following a violent collision with another object, was stripped of its outer crust.
NASA is scheduled to send a mission to Psyche on Oct. 13. It will be NASA's fourteenth Discovery Program mission. Preparations started in 2017 with launch planned for 2022, but due to the corona pandemic, NASA was unable to complete the necessary testing in time.
Startup GuardianSat gets research grant for satellite self-defense technology
Thursday, 12 October 2023 16:20
Commercial Interruption: Space wargame exposes risk of dangerous escalation
Thursday, 12 October 2023 15:41
[Webinar] We’re Hiring: Attracting and Retaining Space Talent
Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:14
We’re Hiring: Attracting and Retaining Space Talent Webinar
Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:14How to make roads on the Moon
Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:01
When astronauts return to the lunar surface they are probably going to be doing more driving than walking – but to keep billowing moondust at bay they are going to need roads. An ESA project reported in today’s Nature Scientific Reports tested the creation of roadworthy surfaces by melting simulated moondust with a powerful laser.
One small step towards lunar roads, a potentially giant leap for creating infrastructure on the moon
Thursday, 12 October 2023 14:00
It may be possible to create paved roads and landing pads on the moon by using lasers to melt lunar soil into a more solid, layered substance, reports a proof-of-concept study in Scientific Reports. Although these experiments were carried out on Earth using a substitute for lunar dust, these findings demonstrate the viability of the technique and suggest it could be replicated on the moon. However, further work may be needed to refine the process, according to the authors.
Moon dust poses a significant challenge to lunar rovers as, due to the low levels of gravity, it tends to float around when disturbed and can damage equipment. Therefore, the infrastructure such as roads and landing pads will be essential to mitigate dust issues and facilitate transport on the moon.
Hera asteroid mission on show
Thursday, 12 October 2023 13:32
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Hera asteroid mission on show Viasat has enough throughput on ViaSat-3 Americas to avoid replacement
Thursday, 12 October 2023 12:47
