Boston MA (SPX) Jul 12, 2022
Using the latest technologies currently available, it takes over 25,000 tons of rocket hardware and propellant to land 50 tons of anything on the planet Mars. So, for NASA's first crewed mission to Mars, it will be critical to learn how to harvest the red planet's local resources in order to "live off the land" sustainably. On June 24, NASA announced that an MIT team received first place i

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 12, 2022
Advanced Navigation, one of the world's most determined innovators in AI robotics, and navigation technology has announced its ambitions to be the first Australian company to reach the Moon through its development of two unique navigation systems. "The team is absolutely thrilled to see years of research in development progress into successful technology. We look forward to being the first

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2022
The MAHLI images acquired on Sol 3528 confirm that the APXS was well placed over the Avanavero drill tailings, and the APXS data look good so we are ready to drive away from this location. But first, we are planning a few more MAHLI and remote sensing observations. ChemCam will shoot its laser at a vein target named "Chiung" on the right side of the rover, then will acquire another RMI mos

Columbia MD (SPX) Jul 12, 2022
Scientists have long held that star formation creates ionized carbon giving vital information for understanding our universe. But a new study led by Universities Space Research Association's Robert Minchin, has shown that ionized carbon is also formed by galaxies moving through the hot gas of the Virgo cluster. Since the 1990's scientists have suspected that ionized carbon might be formed

Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 12, 2022
Brown dwarfs are known as "failed stars", owing to the lack of central hydrogen burning. They bridge the gap between planets and stars. Some brown dwarfs are found to maintain kilogauss magnetic fields and produce flaring radio emissions, similar to aurora on magnetized planets in solar system, arousing astronomers' curiosities about their field properties and dynamos. Radio emissions from

Paris (AFP) July 11, 2022
Thales, Qualcomm and Ericsson unveiled Monday a plan to allow smartphones to communicate directly with satellites, a "space-based network" they hope will bring connectivity to the entire globe. The three firms envisage launching hundreds of satellites with 5G capabilities to bring coverage to "extreme geographies or remote areas across seas". The plan would potentially cut out the base s

A test of the booster for SpaceX’s first orbital Starship vehicle July 11 ended with flames erupting unexpectedly from the base of the vehicle, triggering a fire at the pad.

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ABL Space Systems successfully test-fired the rocket it plans to launch on the company’s first flight in the next several weeks.

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A deep field of distant galaxies, some dating back to the first billion years after the Big Bang, is the first full-color image to come from the James Webb Space Telescope.

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Image: Webb’s first deep field