NASA to decide Saturday on return of stranded astronauts
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Washington (AFP) Aug 24, 2024
NASA is expected to decide Saturday whether two astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner should return on that craft - or brace for a longer wait to fly home with rival SpaceX.
The latter solution would not only create a fresh public relations headache for Boeing, but possibly result in astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spending a total of
NASA is expected to decide Saturday whether two astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner should return on that craft - or brace for a longer wait to fly home with rival SpaceX.
The latter solution would not only create a fresh public relations headache for Boeing, but possibly result in astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spending a total of Blue Origin's NS-26 launch set for August 29 with six crew members
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2024
Blue Origin is gearing up for its eighth human spaceflight, the NS-26 mission, scheduled to launch on Thursday, August 29, from the company's Launch Site One in West Texas. The launch window is set to open at 8:00 AM CDT / 1300 UTC, with live coverage starting 40 minutes prior on BlueOrigin.com.
The NS-26 mission will be crewed by six passengers: Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr.
Blue Origin is gearing up for its eighth human spaceflight, the NS-26 mission, scheduled to launch on Thursday, August 29, from the company's Launch Site One in West Texas. The launch window is set to open at 8:00 AM CDT / 1300 UTC, with live coverage starting 40 minutes prior on BlueOrigin.com.
The NS-26 mission will be crewed by six passengers: Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr. Lessons from Amazon and FedEx can inform satellite and spacecraft management
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Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
Most space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently. Whether it was a weather satellite or a human-crewed module like Apollo, nearly every spacecraft was deployed and performed its one-off mission completely on its own.
But today, space industry organizations are exploring missions with many satellites working together. For
Most space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently. Whether it was a weather satellite or a human-crewed module like Apollo, nearly every spacecraft was deployed and performed its one-off mission completely on its own.
But today, space industry organizations are exploring missions with many satellites working together. For Scout Space to test novel SDA sensors on Dawn Aerospace Spaceplane
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
Scout Space Inc., a prominent provider of in-space observation services focusing on space security and autonomous solutions, is set to achieve a major milestone with the first demonstration of an innovative Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capability in very low Earth orbit (vLEO). This demonstration, named "Morning Sparrow," will take place aboard a reusable, taskable, sub-orbital spaceplane platfo
Scout Space Inc., a prominent provider of in-space observation services focusing on space security and autonomous solutions, is set to achieve a major milestone with the first demonstration of an innovative Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capability in very low Earth orbit (vLEO). This demonstration, named "Morning Sparrow," will take place aboard a reusable, taskable, sub-orbital spaceplane platfo Relationships with Space Colonists
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Bethesda, MD (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
One day soon we may have long-term orbiting colonies circling the planet in microgravity space stations with complete, self-sustained ecosystems, governance bodies and a completely independent society that operates as a sovereign entity.
The relationship between on-Earth societies and colonists would likely be complicated. Several factors would shape this relationship, including the very d
One day soon we may have long-term orbiting colonies circling the planet in microgravity space stations with complete, self-sustained ecosystems, governance bodies and a completely independent society that operates as a sovereign entity.
The relationship between on-Earth societies and colonists would likely be complicated. Several factors would shape this relationship, including the very d NASA and Boeing Prepare for Critical Starliner Return Review
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
NASA and Boeing's engineering teams are conducting extensive data analysis as they approach a significant decision regarding the Starliner spacecraft's return from the International Space Station (ISS). This decision, which will determine if Starliner will return to Earth with astronauts on board, is anticipated no earlier than Saturday, Aug. 24. The determination will follow an agency-level rev
NASA and Boeing's engineering teams are conducting extensive data analysis as they approach a significant decision regarding the Starliner spacecraft's return from the International Space Station (ISS). This decision, which will determine if Starliner will return to Earth with astronauts on board, is anticipated no earlier than Saturday, Aug. 24. The determination will follow an agency-level rev NASA and JAXA exchange asteroid samples
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2024
NASA has transferred a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample, collected by its OSIRIS-REx mission, to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as part of an asteroid sample exchange. The handover took place during a ceremony on Aug. 22 at JAXA's Sagamihara campus in Japan.
This exchange follows the November 2021 event when JAXA provided NASA with a sample from asteroid Ryugu, retrieved
NASA has transferred a portion of the asteroid Bennu sample, collected by its OSIRIS-REx mission, to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as part of an asteroid sample exchange. The handover took place during a ceremony on Aug. 22 at JAXA's Sagamihara campus in Japan.
This exchange follows the November 2021 event when JAXA provided NASA with a sample from asteroid Ryugu, retrieved Proposed technique for large-scale water production on the Moon
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
Water is vital for human survival on the lunar surface, making it a significant focus of research. A team led by Prof. WANG Junqiang at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has introduced a novel approach to generate substantial amounts of water through a reaction between lunar regolith and endogenous hydrogen.
Findin
Water is vital for human survival on the lunar surface, making it a significant focus of research. A team led by Prof. WANG Junqiang at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has introduced a novel approach to generate substantial amounts of water through a reaction between lunar regolith and endogenous hydrogen.
Findin UAH HERC rover team makes STEM outreach trip to Dominican Republic
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
Winning the 2024 Human Rover Explorer Challenge (HERC) provided an engineering student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, the opportunity to perform STEM outreach in the Dominican Republic (DR) this summer. UAH rover team THESEUS members traveled to the DR capital to give presentations to attendees at the Instituto Tecnologico de Sa
Winning the 2024 Human Rover Explorer Challenge (HERC) provided an engineering student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, the opportunity to perform STEM outreach in the Dominican Republic (DR) this summer. UAH rover team THESEUS members traveled to the DR capital to give presentations to attendees at the Instituto Tecnologico de Sa Study identifies key materials for shielding astronauts from Mars radiation
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2024
Researchers have pinpointed a range of materials, including specific plastics, rubber, synthetic fibers, and Martian soil (regolith), as effective options for shielding astronauts from harmful space radiation on Mars. These insights are critical for developing protective habitats and spacesuits, paving the way for extended Mars missions. The thin atmosphere and lack of a magnetic field on Mars l
Researchers have pinpointed a range of materials, including specific plastics, rubber, synthetic fibers, and Martian soil (regolith), as effective options for shielding astronauts from harmful space radiation on Mars. These insights are critical for developing protective habitats and spacesuits, paving the way for extended Mars missions. The thin atmosphere and lack of a magnetic field on Mars l NASA's DART impact alters Dimorphos' shape and orbit significantly
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2024
A recent study reveals that NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, which collided with the asteroid moon Dimorphos in 2022, permanently altered both its shape and its orbit. The impact deformed Dimorphos, creating a large crater and reshaping it to the extent that it disrupted the moon's natural evolutionary trajectory. Researchers now believe that Dimorphos might start "tumb
A recent study reveals that NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, which collided with the asteroid moon Dimorphos in 2022, permanently altered both its shape and its orbit. The impact deformed Dimorphos, creating a large crater and reshaping it to the extent that it disrupted the moon's natural evolutionary trajectory. Researchers now believe that Dimorphos might start "tumb Meteor shower characteristics linked to early comet formation conditions
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
A global team of 45 scientists studying meteor showers has uncovered that comets break apart in different ways when nearing the Sun, with these variations tied to the environments where the comets initially formed 4.5 billion years ago. The findings, recently published in the journal 'Icarus', suggest that these differences in comet disintegration are influenced by the conditions in the protopla
A global team of 45 scientists studying meteor showers has uncovered that comets break apart in different ways when nearing the Sun, with these variations tied to the environments where the comets initially formed 4.5 billion years ago. The findings, recently published in the journal 'Icarus', suggest that these differences in comet disintegration are influenced by the conditions in the protopla Airbus ships 3rd Orion Service Module to NASA for Artemis 3 lunar mission
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Paris, France (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
The third European Service Module (ESM-3) for NASA's Orion spacecraft has departed from Airbus' Bremen, Germany, facilities, bound for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This module will be integrated with the Crew Module in preparation for the Artemis III mission, which will see astronauts return to the lunar surface for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
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The third European Service Module (ESM-3) for NASA's Orion spacecraft has departed from Airbus' Bremen, Germany, facilities, bound for Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This module will be integrated with the Crew Module in preparation for the Artemis III mission, which will see astronauts return to the lunar surface for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
Constructed by Air Ancient binary star system found traveling from Milky Way's Outer Halo
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London, UK (SPX) Aug 26, 2024
A team of researchers has identified a rare binary star system, estimated to be around 10 billion years old, that has traveled from the remote regions of the Milky Way's halo to our local stellar neighborhood.
The international team, including experts from the University of Hertfordshire, the UK, Spain, and China, made the discovery while examining stars near Earth. They identified a pair
A team of researchers has identified a rare binary star system, estimated to be around 10 billion years old, that has traveled from the remote regions of the Milky Way's halo to our local stellar neighborhood.
The international team, including experts from the University of Hertfordshire, the UK, Spain, and China, made the discovery while examining stars near Earth. They identified a pair Study predicts gravitational waves from collapsing massive stars
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2024
The violent collapse of massive, rapidly spinning stars could generate detectable gravitational waves, according to new research published in 'The Astrophysical Journal Letters'. Scientists suggest that these waves, resulting from collapsing stars known as collapsars, are just waiting to be discovered by current observatories.
These gravitational waves are produced when stars, 15 to 20 tim
The violent collapse of massive, rapidly spinning stars could generate detectable gravitational waves, according to new research published in 'The Astrophysical Journal Letters'. Scientists suggest that these waves, resulting from collapsing stars known as collapsars, are just waiting to be discovered by current observatories.
These gravitational waves are produced when stars, 15 to 20 tim