Albedo expands staff and facilities
Thursday, 08 June 2023 10:30
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Albedo also announced the opening June 8 of a Broomfield facility large enough to build three to four satellites simultaneously.
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NASA concerned Starship problems will delay Artemis 3
Thursday, 08 June 2023 08:45 Write a comment
NASA has growing concerns that the lunar lander version of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle will not be ready in time for the Artemis 3 mission in late 2025, given the amount of work needed to get the vehicle ready.
Cheops explores mysterious warm mini-Neptunes
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ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops confirmed the existence of four warm exoplanets orbiting four stars in our Milky Way. These exoplanets have sizes between Earth and Neptune and orbit their stars closer than Mercury our Sun.
These so-called mini-Neptunes are unlike any planet in our Solar System and provide a ‘missing link’ between Earth-like and Neptune-like planets that is not yet understood. Mini-Neptunes are among the most common types of exoplanets known, and astronomers are starting to find more and more orbiting bright stars.
Mini-Neptunes are mysterious objects. They are smaller, cooler, and more difficult to find than the so-called hot
Vulcan performs static-fire test
Thursday, 08 June 2023 00:44 Write a comment
United Launch Alliance carried out a static-fire test of its Vulcan Centaur rocket June 7, one of the final milestones before the vehicle’s first launch.
Nuview reveals backers including actor Leonardo DiCaprio
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 22:54 Write a comment
Nuview plans to launch, a Space Proof of Concept Satellite called Mr. Spoc, in a little more than two years.
Space Command seeks more efficient use of space-tracking and missile sensors
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In its new role overseeing the nation’s network of missile-defense sensors, U.S.
ESA launches AI project to monitor organic cotton supplies
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The European Space Agency has launched a demonstration project to show how artificial intelligence could use satellite data to help certify organic cotton farms in India to prevent fraud.
Airbus develops a system to extract oxygen and metal from lunar regolith
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 19:26 Write a comment
New technologies using material found in space are constantly popping up, sometimes from smaller companies and sometimes from larger ones. Back in 2020, one of the largest companies of them all announced a technology that could have significant implications for the future lunar exploration missions planned over the next ten years. The European aerospace giant Airbus developed the Regolith to OXYgen and Metals Conversion (ROXY) system.
ROXY creates not only oxygen, a resource vital for humans to breathe and also for rocket fuel, but also makes metals that can be used to manufacture tools, equipment, and even structures on the Moon. And it does it simply from the regolith that is present everywhere on the lunar surface.
Space colonies: How artificial photosynthesis may be key to sustained life beyond Earth
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 16:41 Write a comment
Life on Earth owes its existence to photosynthesis—a process which is 2.3 billion years old. This immensely fascinating (and still not fully understood) reaction enables plants and other organisms to harvest sunlight, water and carbon dioxide while converting them into oxygen and energy in the form of sugar.
Photosynthesis is such an integral part of Earth's functioning that we pretty much take it for granted. But as we look beyond our own planet for places to explore and settle on, it is obvious how rare and valuable the process is.
As my colleagues and I have investigated in a new paper, published in Nature Communications, recent advances in making artificial photosynthesis may well be key to surviving and thriving away from Earth.
The human need for oxygen makes space travel tricky. Fuel constraints limit the amount of oxygen we can carry with us, particularly if we want to do long-haul journeys to the moon and Mars. A one-way trip to Mars usually takes on the order of two years, meaning we can't easily send supplies of resources from Earth.
Parker Solar Probe flies into the fast solar wind and finds its source
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 14:00 Write a comment
NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) has flown close enough to the sun to detect the fine structure of the solar wind close to where it is generated at the sun's surface, revealing details that are lost as the wind exits the corona as a uniform blast of charged particles.
It's like seeing jets of water emanating from a showerhead through the blast of water hitting you in the face.
In a paper to be published in the journal Nature, a team of scientists led by Stuart D.
Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 13:49 Write a comment
A Chinese commercial launch firm conducted its second orbital mission Wednesday, sending a reported record 26 satellites into orbit.
Nicolas Bobrinsky on space safety | ESA Masterclass
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 13:00 Write a comment
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Satellites in orbit underpin our modern lives. They are used in many areas and disciplines, including space science, Earth observation, meteorology, climate research, telecommunication, navigation and human space exploration. However, as space activities have increased, a new and unexpected hazard has started to emerge: space debris.
If space debris – uncontrolled human-made objects such as spent upper stages of rockets and pieces of satellites – hits a satellite, it could cause serious damage, which can even end a mission (as has happened in the past). If debris crashes on Earth’s surface, it could potentially hit populated areas.
In this second video, Nicolas looks back on the first key
25 times Copernicus made the headlines
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 12:55 Write a comment
Twenty-five years ago, Copernicus set out to transform the way we see our planet. Now, well established as the largest environmental monitoring programme in the world, it returns a whopping 16 terabytes of high-quality data every single day. To mark a quarter-century of European success in space, we look back at a selection of 25 Copernicus highlights.
York Space Systems acquires Emergent Space Technologies
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 12:28 Write a comment
Satellite manufacturer York Space Systems announced June 7 it has acquired Emergent Space Technologies, a small business that develops flight software and engineering tools for space missions.
First Mars livestream: the movie
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First Mars livestream: the movie