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Wednesday, 19 April 2023 10:56
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 18, 2023
Here in Toronto, the weather feels like summer. But in Gale Crater it's coming towards the end of Autumn. At this time of year, we enter Aphelion Cloud Belt season, when we see regular formation of water-ice clouds. While not as striking as the twilight clouds earlier in the year, these clouds form every Mars year at around the same time and last for many months, making this the perfect opportun
Here in Toronto, the weather feels like summer. But in Gale Crater it's coming towards the end of Autumn. At this time of year, we enter Aphelion Cloud Belt season, when we see regular formation of water-ice clouds. While not as striking as the twilight clouds earlier in the year, these clouds form every Mars year at around the same time and last for many months, making this the perfect opportun NASA satellite's elusive green lasers spotted at work
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
The green light streaking across the cloudy sky was something that Daichi Fujii had never seen before. The museum curator's motion-detecting cameras were set up near Japan's Mount Fuji to capture meteors, allowing him to calculate their position, brightness, and orbit. But the bright green lines that appeared on a video taken Sept. 16, 2022, were a mystery.
Then Fujii looked closer. The be
The green light streaking across the cloudy sky was something that Daichi Fujii had never seen before. The museum curator's motion-detecting cameras were set up near Japan's Mount Fuji to capture meteors, allowing him to calculate their position, brightness, and orbit. But the bright green lines that appeared on a video taken Sept. 16, 2022, were a mystery.
Then Fujii looked closer. The be India approves construction of its own LIGO
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
The Indian government has granted the final approvals necessary for construction to begin on LIGO-India, a nearly identical version of the twin LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) facilities that made history after making the first direct detection of ripples in space and time known as gravitational wavesin 2015. The Indian government will spend about $320 million to build
The Indian government has granted the final approvals necessary for construction to begin on LIGO-India, a nearly identical version of the twin LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) facilities that made history after making the first direct detection of ripples in space and time known as gravitational wavesin 2015. The Indian government will spend about $320 million to build Space Force "Simple Formula to Go Fast in Space Acquisition"
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Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a memorandum April 5, outlining the U.S. Space Force's plan to transform its architecture to a more proliferated and resilient form.
"Today our space systems are increasingly under threat," Calvelli said. "Strategic competitors want to deny our advantage in space during a potentia
Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a memorandum April 5, outlining the U.S. Space Force's plan to transform its architecture to a more proliferated and resilient form.
"Today our space systems are increasingly under threat," Calvelli said. "Strategic competitors want to deny our advantage in space during a potentia SwRI joins new NASA institute to qualify, certify additive manufacturing methods
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San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
Southwest Research Institute will contribute to a new NASA institute to improve understanding and enable rapid certification of metal parts created using advanced additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. The Institute for Model-based Qualification and Certification of Additive Manufacturing (IMQCAM) will work to improve computer models of additively manufactured metal parts and expand their utili
Southwest Research Institute will contribute to a new NASA institute to improve understanding and enable rapid certification of metal parts created using advanced additive manufacturing (AM) techniques. The Institute for Model-based Qualification and Certification of Additive Manufacturing (IMQCAM) will work to improve computer models of additively manufactured metal parts and expand their utili Musk says he is out to create 'truth-seeking' AI
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San Francisco (AFP) April 18, 2023
Elon Musk is out to counter Microsoft and Google artificial intelligence efforts with "truth-seeking AI" that shuns political correctness, he said during an interview aired late Monday.
The billionaire boss of Twitter and Tesla voiced anew his concerns about the danger of AI, saying it has "the potential of civilizational destruction."
He said he was also worried that the ChatGPT bot cre
Elon Musk is out to counter Microsoft and Google artificial intelligence efforts with "truth-seeking AI" that shuns political correctness, he said during an interview aired late Monday.
The billionaire boss of Twitter and Tesla voiced anew his concerns about the danger of AI, saying it has "the potential of civilizational destruction."
He said he was also worried that the ChatGPT bot cre Russian cosmonauts take spacewalk outside of ISS
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Washington DC (UPI) Apr 18, 2023
Two Russian cosmonauts are conducting a more than six-hour spacewalk Tuesday night outside the International Space Station in their third attempt to move a radiator and an experiment module.
Two Russian cosmonauts are conducting a more than six-hour spacewalk Tuesday night outside the International Space Station in their third attempt to move a radiator and an experiment module. Mission Ax-2 set to launch stem cells to space
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
Cedars-Sinai investigators, in collaboration with Axiom Space of Houston, are sending stem cells to space in early May to explore whether microgravity can make it easier and more efficient to produce large batches of stem cells.
This is the first of a series of missions funded by NASA where, for the first time, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) will be manufactured in space by astrona
Cedars-Sinai investigators, in collaboration with Axiom Space of Houston, are sending stem cells to space in early May to explore whether microgravity can make it easier and more efficient to produce large batches of stem cells.
This is the first of a series of missions funded by NASA where, for the first time, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) will be manufactured in space by astrona Stuttgart students launch self-built rocket into space
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Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
The Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) student team at the University of Stuttgart spent around three years developing, manufacturing, and testing its hybrid rocket. In mid-April, the rocket will be launched into space from the Esrange rocket launch site near Kiruna in Sweden. If all goes well, the students will set a new world altitude record for student-built rockets.
The hybrid rocket is
The Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) student team at the University of Stuttgart spent around three years developing, manufacturing, and testing its hybrid rocket. In mid-April, the rocket will be launched into space from the Esrange rocket launch site near Kiruna in Sweden. If all goes well, the students will set a new world altitude record for student-built rockets.
The hybrid rocket is Calnetix Technologies' high-speed blower system installed on ISS
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Cerritos CA (SPX) Apr 19, 2023
Calnetix Technologies has announced that their Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (FBCO2) high-speed blower system was successfully installed by NASA on the International Space Station (ISS). The magnetically levitated blower system is providing the airflow for the FBCO2 system in a microgravity space environment and has been operating continuously since February 22nd.
"Having our first magn
Calnetix Technologies has announced that their Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (FBCO2) high-speed blower system was successfully installed by NASA on the International Space Station (ISS). The magnetically levitated blower system is providing the airflow for the FBCO2 system in a microgravity space environment and has been operating continuously since February 22nd.
"Having our first magn NASA warns of near-term cost growth on Mars Sample Return
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NASA’s effort to return samples from Mars could require $250 million more than currently planned over the next two years, putting more pressure on the agency’s overall science portfolio.
Space Forge reveals plans for U.S. manufacturing
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Space Forge announced plans April 19 to expand its U.S. presence to include manufacturing.
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Smooth sailing, Euclid
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The Euclid satellite embarked on the next leg of the 1.5 million km long journey to space from where it will unlock the mysteries of the dark Universe.
Clouds for your eclipse? NASA experiment will fly kite to rise above
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Imagine you traveled thousands of miles to see a total solar eclipse, but as the Moon began moving in front of the Sun, the sky grows cloudy, blocking your view of the unique celestial spectacle.
That's what happened to University of Hawaii astronomer Shadia Habbal—several times.
After traveling all the way to Antarctica on her latest expedition to study the inner part of the Sun's outer atmosphere—the corona—Habbal was met with clouds once again.
