Join us for a fireside chat with Lori Garver & Jim Bridenstine
Saturday, 26 November 2022 18:07
Together for the first time. She's a longtime SLS critic who served a decade in senior NASA roles under Clinton and Obama. He's a Republican ex-congressman who ran NASA for three years under Trump.
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India’s PSLV rocket launches nine satellites in final mission of 2022
Saturday, 26 November 2022 14:39
India’s space agency ISRO launched a one-ton Earth observation satellite and eight nanosatellites to sun-synchronous polar orbit Nov.
NASA's Orion capsule enters far-flung orbit around moon
Saturday, 26 November 2022 09:15
Orion enters lunar distant retrograde orbit
Friday, 25 November 2022 22:44
NASA’s Orion spacecraft entered a high-altitude orbit around the moon Nov. 25 in the latest major step in the Artemis 1 uncrewed test flight.
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Milestone for JWST exoplanet observations: atmosphere properties in more detail than ever before
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Nov 23, 2022
Observations of the exoplanet WASP-39b with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have yielded a wealth of information about the planet's atmosphere - a whole new level of observational data, and a harbinger of how JWST will shape the study of exoplanet atmospheres in the future. The detailed infrared spectra taken with three of JWST's four instruments contain information about atmospheric chemi

Tianzhou 4 deploys minisatellite
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
China has recently conducted an in-orbit test of a robotic cargo spacecraft to deploy miniature satellites, according to a project insider.
In the test that took place on Nov 14, the Tianzhou 4 cargo ship, which was on its journey back to Earth, deployed a CubeSat named SmartSat 3A into a low-Earth orbit about 380 kilometers above the ground, said Liu Likun, founder and CEO of Smart Satell

Shenzhou XV to begin mission to space soon
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
China will conduct its Shenzhou XV manned spaceflight in coming weeks, sending three astronauts into orbit for a six-month stay inside the country's Tiangong space station.
The Long March 2F carrier rocket, which will haul the Shenzhou XV into space, was moved to a service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Desert on Monday. It will undergo final chec

China aims to establish new global partnership in space exploration, innovation: CNSA
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Haikou, China (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
China is aiming to establish a new global partnership in space exploration and innovation, in an effort to build a community with shared future for humanity in outer space, according to a statement issued by the China National Space Administration on Monday.
The statement was issued during the United Nations/China Global Partnership Workshop on Space Exploration and Innovation, which opene

Chen Dong sets national record for longest time in space
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
Chen Dong has set a new record for the most cumulative days living and working in space by a Chinese astronaut.
The China Manned Space Agency said on Tuesday that the two-time space traveler, who is onboard China's orbiting Tiangong space station, has become the first Chinese to stay in orbit for more than 200 days.
Together with two other astronauts, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, Chen was

Sidus Space signs MOU with Capital C for maritime satellite development
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 23, 2022
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with Capital C.
As part of the agreement, Sidus will assist in developing, delivering, and maintaining surveillance and tracking systems with sof

EchoStar and Maxar amend agreement for Hughes JUPITER 3 satellite production
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Germantown MD (SPX) Nov 23, 2022
EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) has announced an amended agreement with Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) for production of the EchoStar XXIV satellite, also known as JUPITER 3. The satellite, designed for EchoStar's Hughes Network Systems division, is under production at Maxar's facility in Palo Alto, CA. The amended agreement compensates EchoStar for past production delays by provi

NASA's Orion spacecraft set to enter lunar orbit
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 25, 2021
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft is expected to begin its orbit around the moon on Friday afternoon, following its launch earlier in the week.
Orion will perform an engine burn at 4:52 p.m. EST on Friday, which should send it into a distant retrograde orbit around the moon. The distant term refers to the altitude. The spacecraft will orbit approximately 50,000 miles above the lunar sur

Exploring the duality of gravity and gauge theory
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 18, 2022
The gauge/gravity duality states that gravity and quantum spacetime emerge from a quantum gauge theory, which lives at the boundary between both theories. Over the past 25 years, this duality, with concrete instances uncovered by string theory, has revolutionised our understanding of systems ranging from black holes, to matter made up of strongly interacting quantum particles featuring intricate

DAF outlines space acquisition philosophy, priorities, tenets
Friday, 25 November 2022 19:15
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 23, 2022
Honorable Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, released a memorandum Oct. 31 that aims to cement the Department of the Air Force's space acquisition top priorities, philosophy, and tenets.
The document highlights DAF's need to prioritize driving speed into acquisitions, building resilient space architectures, and integrating the space
