Virgin Orbit launches 'Straight Up' mission for US Space Force
Tuesday, 05 July 2022 11:12
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Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) has confirmed the success of its fourth consecutive satellite launch mission. This launch, named Straight Up, carried seven satellites to Low Earth Orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF), who procured this launch for the Rocket Systems Launch Program, with payloads provided by the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP). In support of its mission partne Kongsberg to acquire majority stake in NanoAvionics
Tuesday, 05 July 2022 10:32 Write a comment
Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace will acquire a majority stake in NanoAvionics in a deal that values the smallsat manufacturer at 65 million euros ($67 million).
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How to see Webb’s new images
Tuesday, 05 July 2022 08:30 Write a comment
As excitement mounts for the unveiling of Webb’s first full-colour images on Tuesday 12 July, here’s how to participate in the global celebration via ESA’s channels. Choose from watching a livestream, attending an in-person event, or joining our social media activities.
Terrae Novae: Earth orbit, Moon and Mars
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Terrae Novae is ESA’s exploration programme.
Terrae Novae is not only literally about exploring new worlds, but by describing the limitless opportunities for discovery, economic growth and inspiration it also expresses our ambitions for Europe’s future innovators, scientists and explorers.
This video shows the many exploration activities ESA is conducting or has planned in our Solar System, from the International Space Station to the Moon with the European Service Module and lunar Gateway modules for Artemis, and on to Mars with the Mars Sample Return campaign.
For more on ESA’s human and robotic exploration strategy see: https://www.esa.int/terraenovae
Earth orbit, Moon, Mars: ESA’s ambitious roadmap
Monday, 04 July 2022 14:25CAPSTONE heads to the moon
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A NASA-funded lunar cubesat is on its way to the moon July 4 after a series of burns by a Rocket Lab transfer stage.
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NASA satellite breaks from orbit around Earth, heads to moon
Monday, 04 July 2022 12:18 Write a comment
A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA's plan to land astronauts on the lunar surface again.
Watch: Earth Explorer 10 Consultation
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Watch: Earth Explorer 10 Consultation
On 5 July, follow the discussion on Harmony at the User Consultation Meeting for ESA's tenth Earth Explorer
Cosmic manatee accelerates particles from head
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Cosmic manatee accelerates particles from head What Are The Top 3 Celestial Events In 2022
Monday, 04 July 2022 05:24 Write a comment
Before we excite you with the 3 major celestial events scheduled to occur in 2022, let's figure out what celestial events are. These pertain to an astronomical field of interest that involves all celestial objects, including objects relating to visible heavens or the sky, such as the moon, sun, and stars. New Zealand joins ASAT testing ban
Sunday, 03 July 2022 23:33 Write a comment
The government of New Zealand has formally joined a U.S.-led ban on testing of destructive direct-ascent ASAT weapons in an effort to build momentum for a global prohibition on such tests.
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Floating in space might be fun, but TBone study shows it's hard on earthly bodies
Sunday, 03 July 2022 06:42 Write a comment
Ever wondered if you have anything in common with an astronaut? Turns out there are 206 things - your bones. It's these parts of our body that are the focus of a research study on bone loss in astronauts, and the important question of whether bone can be re-gained after returning to Earth.
The TBone study was started in 2015 by Dr. Steven Boyd, PhD, director of the McCaig Institute for Bon Physicists confront the neutron lifetime puzzle
Sunday, 03 July 2022 06:42 Write a comment
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of our left-handed universe. They designed a mind-bending experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to try to detect a particle that has been speculated but not spotted. If fo Processing photons in picoseconds
Sunday, 03 July 2022 06:42 Write a comment
Light has long been used to transmit information in many of our everyday electronic devices. Because light is made of quantum particles called photons, it will also play an important role in information processing in the coming generation of quantum devices. But first, researchers need to gain control of individual photons. Writing in Optica, Columbia Engineers propose using a time lens.
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