Study finds ocean currents may affect rotation of Europa's icy crust
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
NASA scientists have strong evidence that Jupiter's moon Europa has an internal ocean under its icy outer shell - an enormous body of salty water swirling around the moon's rocky interior. New computer modeling suggests the water may actually be pushing the ice shell along, possibly speeding up and slowing down the rotation of the moon's icy shell over time.
Scientists have known that Euro Prototype spacesuit for future NASA mission to Moon unveiled
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
NASA and the private aerospace company Axiom Space unveiled a prototype on Wednesday of the next-generation spacesuit that astronauts will wear on the next walk on the Moon.
The suit revealed at an event at the Johnson Space Center in Houston features greater flexibility and thermal protection than those worn by the Apollo astronauts who first stepped foot on the lunar surface more than 50 y Crossing Off Our Liens at Tapo Caparo: Sols 3769-3770
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
Today's 2-sol plan wraps up our remaining drill campaign and workspace liens at Tapo Caparo.
Our weekend plan ran successfully though we had a known issue which caused several of our remote sensing activities planned for the weekend to not execute.
Today's plan was therefore jam packed with recovering any remaining remote sensing observations of our area and some contact science. LeoLabs expands space safety coverage with new site in Argentina.
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
LeoLabs the world's leading commercial provider of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services and low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping, has announced Argentina as the site for its next space radar. The Argentina Space Radar (AGSR) represents a critical addition to LeoLabs growing global constellation of S-band, phased-array sensors strategically distributed across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, GMV will develop the future Galileo Second Generation capabilities
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
The European Space Agency (ESA) acting on behalf of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) and in the name of the European Union represented by the European Commission (COM) has awarded technology multinational GMV a contract for the development of the Galileo Second Generation System Test Bed (G2STB).
The G2STB will provide ESA with a key system verification and validat Axiom Space reveals design of Artemis spacesuit
Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:41
NASA and Axiom Space unveiled a prototype of the spacesuits that astronauts will wear on Artemis missions to the moon.
Northrop Grumman, IHI team up to bolster Japan’s space domain awareness capabilities
Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:02
Northrop Grumman and Japanese heavy-industry manufacturer IHI Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding March 15 to develop “small, highly maneuverable satellites and other solutions” that will help bolster Japan’s space domain awareness capabilities, particularly for geosynchronous orbit.
Benchmark signs contracts for metal plasma thrusters
Thursday, 16 March 2023 01:00
Benchmark Space Systems announced contracts to sell around two dozen metal plasma thrusters based on technology the Burlington, Vermont-based startup acquired last year.
Virgin Orbit pauses operations
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 22:00
Launch vehicle company Virgin Orbit has paused its operations and furloughed its staff for at least a week as it deals with financial issues.
Voyager Space acquires ZIN Technologies to support Starlab development
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 21:40
Voyager Space has acquired engineering company ZIN Technologies to help build up expertise needed for its Starlab commercial space station.
NanoAvionics to build three more IoT satellites for OQ Technology
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:08
WASHINGTON — OQ Technology of Luxembourg, which raised $13 million in September to build out a small constellation of 5G narrowband nanosatellites for so-called Internet of Things connectivity, ordered three additional satellites from Kongsberg NanoAvionics.
NanoAvionics to build three more NB-IoT satellites for OQ Technology
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:08OQ Technology of Luxembourg, which raised $13 million in September to build out a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) constellation, ordered three additional satellites from Kongsberg NanoAvionics.
Engineers keep an eye on fuel supply of NASA's oldest Mars orbiter
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 19:28
Measuring the fuel supply on Odyssey, a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge, is no easy task.
Since NASA launched the 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter to the Red Planet almost 22 years ago, the spacecraft has looped around Mars more than 94,000 times. That's about the equivalent of 1.37 billion miles (2.21 billion kilometers), a distance that has required extremely careful management of the spacecraft's fuel supply.
Future NASA moonwalkers to sport sleeker spacesuits
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:54
Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade.
Exactly what that looks like remained under wraps. The company designing the next-generation spacesuits, Axiom Space, said Wednesday that it plans to have new versions for training purposes for NASA later this summer.
Quadsat raises $9.6 million for antenna-testing drones
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:56
Danish startup Quadsat said March 15 it has raised 9 million euros ($9.6 million) to expand a business that uses drones as stand-ins for satellites to test and calibrate antennas on the ground.