GMV supplies a Galileo 2nd gen radio frequency constellation simulator
Thursday, 06 May 2021 07:02
The technology multinational GMV is playing a key role in the Galileo Second Generation (shortened to G2G). GMV has been selected to lead the consortium that will supply a Radio Frequency Constellation Simulator covering both the 1 st and 2 nd Galileo Generation. Galileo is Europe's global, civil, satellite-based navigation and positioning system. Galileo First Generation (shortened to G1G), run MAMA focuses on 5G space-enabled communications for advanced mobility
Thursday, 06 May 2021 07:02
The Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association (MAMA) has announced it has received the first in a series of investments that will enable Michigan to take a leadership role in developing 5G Space-Enabled Communications for Advanced Mobility, or SECAM, for commercial and government users.
With MAMA as the lead of the public-private collaboration, the SECAM Research and Development Project NASA Marshall team on Earth enables science success in orbit
Thursday, 06 May 2021 07:02
Inside humanity's orbiting outpost is a buzz of activity as explorers, pilots, doctors, and scientists from around the world conduct experiments, maintain the facility, and develop new technologies.
Recently a group of seven astronauts and cosmonauts completed the largest long-duration crew mission in the space station's history, and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and the astronauts who arrive Space aged: wine matured aboard ISS expected to sell for $1mn
Thursday, 06 May 2021 07:02
If a bottle of Petrus 2000 that Christie's is selling tastes out of this world it might be because it aged for 14 months aboard the International Space Station.
Christie's hopes the bottle, now up for grabs in a private sale, will fetch $1 million, which would make it the most expensive wine ever sold.
The bottle is one of a batch of 12 that European startup Space Cargo Unlimited sent in UBCO researcher uses geology to help astronomers find habitable planets
Thursday, 06 May 2021 07:02
Astronomers have identified more than 4,000, and counting, confirmed exoplanets - planets orbiting stars other than the sun - but only a fraction have the potential to sustain life.
Now, new research from UBC's Okanagan campus is using the geology of early planet formation to help identify those that may be capable of supporting life.
"The discovery of any planet is pretty exciting, Juice arrives at ESA’s technical heart
Thursday, 06 May 2021 07:00
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, has come ‘home’ to ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands to undergo an extreme environment test in Europe’s largest thermal vacuum chamber to prepare for its journey to the outer Solar System.
Touchdown! SpaceX successfully lands Starship rocket
Thursday, 06 May 2021 01:52
SpaceX managed to land its prototype Starship rocket at its Texas base without blowing it up on Wednesday, the first time it has succeeded in doing so in five attempts.
The test flight represents a major win for the hard-charging company, which eventually wants to carry crew inside Starship for missions to Mars.
"Starship landing nominal!" tweeted founder Elon Musk triumphantly, after th Blue Origin will fly first crew to space in Julyw
Thursday, 06 May 2021 01:52
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will send its first crew to space on July 20 and is offering one of the seats to the winner of an online auction, the company said Wednesday.
The trip will last a total of ten minutes, four of which passengers will spend above the Karman line that marks the recognized boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.
"We've been perfecting our ability to launch, land Starship survives test flight
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 22:17
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Starship prototype successfully carried out a brief suborbital flight May 5 after four previous vehicles were destroyed during or shortly after landing.
The Starship SN15 vehicle lifted off from SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas, test site at 6:24 p.m.
Media Invited to Virtual Briefing as NASA’s Webb Prepares for Launch
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 19:51
Media will have the opportunity to see the iconic golden mirror of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope open for the last time on Earth during a virtual briefing Tuesday, May 11, at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). Blue Origin will fly first crew to space in July
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 18:35
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will send its first crew to space on July 20 and is offering one of the seats to the winner of an online auction, the company said Wednesday.
The trip will last a total of ten minutes, four of which passengers will spend above the Karman line that marks the recognized boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.
"We've been perfecting our ability to launch, land and repeat," a video accompanying the announcement said.
"Our next launch will be the first time astronauts will fly aboard New Shepard."
The reusable suborbital rocket system was named after Alan Shepard, who sixty years ago on Wednesday became the first American in space.
New Shepard has successfully carried out 15 uncrewed test runs launching from its facility in the Guadalupe Mountains of West Texas.
Blue Origin to fly first people on New Shepard in July
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 17:30
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin announced May 5 that it will fly people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for the first time July 20, and will auction off one of the seats on that launch.
The company said that, after years of test flights without anyone on board, it will start flying people on New Shepard.
KSAT rapidly expands KSATlite small satellite network
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 17:28
SAN FRANCISCO — KSAT is rapidly installing antennas around the world to keep pace with the dramatic rise in small satellite activity.
In 2021 alone, Norway-based KSAT is on track to add 42 antennas to KSATlite, its network that supports small satellite constellations.
Hughes and OneWeb get U.S. Air Force contract for Arctic broadband
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 16:12
TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has contracted low Earth orbit broadband venture OneWeb to demo managed satcom services in strategic Arctic locations.
Project prime contractor Hughes Network Systems, a OneWeb investor supplying parts of its ground segment, will test the services between certain U.S.
U.S. Air Force to investigate aborted ICBM test flight
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 16:03
WASHINGTON — An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, experienced a ground abort during the terminal countdown, the Air Force Global Strike Command said May 5.