PickNik Robotics to work with Sierra Space on space robotics
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 09:15
Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
PickNik Robotics, a leader in robotics software and engineering services, has announced that it is collaborating with the team at Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company with 1,100 employees, more than 500 missions and over 30 years of space flight heritage. The collaboration will explore implementation of robotic autonomy and controllability for autonomous maintenance of space habitat
PickNik Robotics, a leader in robotics software and engineering services, has announced that it is collaborating with the team at Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company with 1,100 employees, more than 500 missions and over 30 years of space flight heritage. The collaboration will explore implementation of robotic autonomy and controllability for autonomous maintenance of space habitat US astronaut ends record-long spaceflight in Russian capsule
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:26
A NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war.
Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency's Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, who also spent the past year in space.
US astronaut ends record-long spaceflight in Russian capsule (Update)
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:26A NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war.
Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency's Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, who also spent the past year in space.
US astronaut ends record spaceflight with Russian ride home
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:26A NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war.
Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside the Russian Space Agency's Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, who also spent the past year in space.
Martian brain freeze
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:00
New views from ESA’s Mars Express reveal fascinating ice-related features in Mars’ Utopia region – home to the largest known impact basin not only on the Red Planet, but in the Solar System.
AIP report: Harassment, discrimination in astronomy takes many forms
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
The existence of harassment and discrimination in academia has been well documented across a variety of fields of study. A report from the American Institute of Physics goes beyond the numbers to examine types of harassment experienced by members of the astronomy community over the span of a decade, highlighting the pervasiveness of the issue.
The AIP Longitudinal Survey of Astronomy Gradu
The existence of harassment and discrimination in academia has been well documented across a variety of fields of study. A report from the American Institute of Physics goes beyond the numbers to examine types of harassment experienced by members of the astronomy community over the span of a decade, highlighting the pervasiveness of the issue.
The AIP Longitudinal Survey of Astronomy Gradu Astronomers find galactic "fruit, vegetable garden" outside Milky Way
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
Beijing (XNA) Mar 30, 2022
Using China's gigantic optical telescope, astronomers have discovered a record number of small compact galaxies outside the Milky Way where star formation is taking place at a rapid pace.
With the help of the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), a team of researchers under the aegis of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Using China's gigantic optical telescope, astronomers have discovered a record number of small compact galaxies outside the Milky Way where star formation is taking place at a rapid pace.
With the help of the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST), a team of researchers under the aegis of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Orbex and FORCE Technology to develop advanced rocket engine testing
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
Forres, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2022
Orbex and FORCE Technology have been awarded a new contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to further develop an X-Ray Inspection System for rocket engines.
The system will enable the two firms to carry out non-destructive, high-energy X-ray inspections of Orbex's large-scale 3D-printed rocket engines prior to flight, using advanced technology to eliminate any internal flaws. It will
Orbex and FORCE Technology have been awarded a new contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to further develop an X-Ray Inspection System for rocket engines.
The system will enable the two firms to carry out non-destructive, high-energy X-ray inspections of Orbex's large-scale 3D-printed rocket engines prior to flight, using advanced technology to eliminate any internal flaws. It will SENER and Aerdron team up to develop drone to fly on Mars
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 29, 2022
The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded SENER Aeroespacial the AERIAL project to design an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone capable of flying in the low density, pressure and temperature of the Martian atmosphere. AERIAL is the European proposal to conquer the Martian skies by increasing and improving the capabilities of classic ground exploration vehicles (rover) and avoiding dealing with the c
The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded SENER Aeroespacial the AERIAL project to design an unmanned aerial vehicle or drone capable of flying in the low density, pressure and temperature of the Martian atmosphere. AERIAL is the European proposal to conquer the Martian skies by increasing and improving the capabilities of classic ground exploration vehicles (rover) and avoiding dealing with the c Long March 6A blasts off in Shanxi
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
Taiyuan, China (XNA) Mar 30, 2022
China conducted the maiden flight of its Long March 6A carrier rocket on Tuesday afternoon at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The 50-meter rocket blasted off at 5:50 pm from a newly constructed launch tower at the Taiyuan launch center, roaring up into the dusk sky. It transported two satellites-Pujiang 2 and
China conducted the maiden flight of its Long March 6A carrier rocket on Tuesday afternoon at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.
The 50-meter rocket blasted off at 5:50 pm from a newly constructed launch tower at the Taiyuan launch center, roaring up into the dusk sky. It transported two satellites-Pujiang 2 and Embry-Riddle developed instruments headed for space
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
As Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Engineering Physics senior Josh Milford works toward a career in space science, he is already gaining specialized hands-on experience building, calibrating and configuring instruments that will fly aboard satellites due to launch early next month. The project is a culmination of multi-year work that progressed throughout the pandemic.
"While working
As Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Engineering Physics senior Josh Milford works toward a career in space science, he is already gaining specialized hands-on experience building, calibrating and configuring instruments that will fly aboard satellites due to launch early next month. The project is a culmination of multi-year work that progressed throughout the pandemic.
"While working Koons on the Moon -- sculptures to be placed on lunar surface
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
New York (AFP) March 29, 2022
American pop artist Jeff Koons is to send sculptures to the Moon later this year on a spacecraft blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, his gallery said Tuesday.
Koons, one of the most celebrated and expensive living artists, is famed for kitsch pieces such as "Ballon Dog" and "Rabbit," and his work is exhibited in galleries around the world.
His latest project "Moon Phas
American pop artist Jeff Koons is to send sculptures to the Moon later this year on a spacecraft blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, his gallery said Tuesday.
Koons, one of the most celebrated and expensive living artists, is famed for kitsch pieces such as "Ballon Dog" and "Rabbit," and his work is exhibited in galleries around the world.
His latest project "Moon Phas Mounds of ice in craters give new insight into Mars' past climate
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
Newly discovered deposits of layered ice in craters scattered around Mars' southern hemisphere provide insights into how the planet's orientation controlled the planet's climate over the past 4 million years, according to a new study. The findings help scientists understand what controlled Mars' past climate, which is essential for predicting when the planet could have been habitable.
The
Newly discovered deposits of layered ice in craters scattered around Mars' southern hemisphere provide insights into how the planet's orientation controlled the planet's climate over the past 4 million years, according to a new study. The findings help scientists understand what controlled Mars' past climate, which is essential for predicting when the planet could have been habitable.
The Sols 3428-3429 has the science definitely overflowing
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2022
Unfortunately, our weekend drive stalled, so this morning we found ourselves still at Friday's workspace. Fortunately, it was an understood issue... and this was a good place to spend some extra time and fill our science glass with amazing data!
This workspace ("Hartle Loup") has examples of different textures, bands of "vuggy" (the little holes or pits that you can see in the above image)
Unfortunately, our weekend drive stalled, so this morning we found ourselves still at Friday's workspace. Fortunately, it was an understood issue... and this was a good place to spend some extra time and fill our science glass with amazing data!
This workspace ("Hartle Loup") has examples of different textures, bands of "vuggy" (the little holes or pits that you can see in the above image) Pluto's giant ice volcanos may have formed from multiple eruption events
Wednesday, 30 March 2022 06:54
Laurel MD (SPX) Mar 30, 2022
Scientists on NASA's New Horizons mission team have determined multiple episodes of cryovolcanism may have created some kinds of surface structures on Pluto, the likes of which are not seen anywhere else in the solar system. Material expelled from below the surface of this distant, icy planet could have created a region of large domes and rises flanked by hills, mounds and depressions. New Horiz
Scientists on NASA's New Horizons mission team have determined multiple episodes of cryovolcanism may have created some kinds of surface structures on Pluto, the likes of which are not seen anywhere else in the solar system. Material expelled from below the surface of this distant, icy planet could have created a region of large domes and rises flanked by hills, mounds and depressions. New Horiz