Second helpings of Mercury
Friday, 24 June 2022 08:00
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its second gravity assist of planet Mercury, capturing new close-up images as it steers closer towards Mercury orbit in 2025.
NASA: Give us back our moon dust and cockroaches
Friday, 24 June 2022 07:27
NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back.
The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the lunar rock contained any sort of pathogen that posed a threat to terrestrial life.
Parallel Paths for Space Sustainability
Friday, 24 June 2022 07:20
The United States' announcement of a ban on destructive ASAT tests set the stage for a UN meeting on reducing space threats.
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Earth from Space: Lake Balkhash
Friday, 24 June 2022 07:00
Lake Balkhash, the largest lake in Central Asia, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
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ESA – made of people This month in orbit: May’s space science
Friday, 24 June 2022 06:00
Vital research into health, climate, materials and more continues with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and colleagues aboard the Space Station this month. Get up to date with what was on their schedule with May’s space science summary.
OneWeb to resume launches in fourth quarter
Thursday, 23 June 2022 21:08
OneWeb, the broadband megaconstellation company whose launch plans were disrupted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, expects to resume launches late this year, an executive said June 23.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter releasing one of its last rainbow-colored maps
Thursday, 23 June 2022 19:43
Scientists are about to get a new look at Mars, thanks to a multicolored 5.6-gigapixel map. Covering 86% of the Red Planet's surface, the map reveals the distribution of dozens of key minerals. By looking at mineral distribution, scientists can better understand Mars' watery past and can prioritize which regions need to be studied in more depth.
The first portions of this map were released by NASA's Planetary Data System. Over the next six months, more will be released, completing one of the most detailed surveys of the Martian surface ever made.
NASA wraps up moon rocket test; to set launch date after fix
Thursday, 23 June 2022 18:39
NASA said Thursday it has finished testing its huge moon rocket and will move it back to the launch pad in late August.
A date for the first flight will be set after a leak that popped up during a dress rehearsal is fixed, the space agency said.
SatixFy names CEO to lead its public company transformation
Thursday, 23 June 2022 17:47
SatixFy named David Ripstein as CEO June 23 to lead the satcoms equipment maker’s planned transformation into a public company.
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Hughes and OneWeb deploy high-speed internet for U.S. military at remote Arctic base
Thursday, 23 June 2022 17:46
A Hughes-OneWeb prototype network at Thule, Greenland, is fast enough to enable video conferencing, streaming video and interactive games.
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Op-ed | There’s no perfect Space Traffic Management framework
Thursday, 23 June 2022 14:56
Space traffic management should be about mitigating risk, not eliminating it.
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First Ariane 5 flight of 2022 launches two satellites for Asia-Pacific
Thursday, 23 June 2022 14:03
Arianespace launched a pair of satellites aiming to improve broadband coverage in the Asia-Pacific region June 22 on the Ariane 5 rocket’s first flight of the year.
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Lunar science stirring on Mount Etna
Thursday, 23 June 2022 13:38
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Lunar science stirring on Mount Etna On National Security | DoD’s buying habits a continuing source of frustration
Thursday, 23 June 2022 13:00
Over the course of just six months, three senior defense officials responsible for technology programs announced they were stepping down, voicing disappointment in a culture they view as an impediment to innovation.