Renesas Electronics plays role in Japan's lunar landing mission
Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:53
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, reports that the company's radiation-hardened (rad-hard) integrated circuits (ICs) were integral to the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) spacecraft, which completed a lunar landing on January 20.
Operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), SLIM embarked on its journey to the M

Redwire joins forces with Blue Origin on Blue Ring Space Mobility Platform
Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:53
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has reports the company has been awarded a contract to develop and provide four Roll-Out Solar Array (ROSA) wings, along with multiple Argus cameras and Low Voltage Distribution Units (LVDUs) for Blue Origin's pioneering space mobility platform, Blue Ring.
Mike Gold, Redwire's Chief Growth Officer, expressed pride in the company's role as a "key mission enab

UK Space Agency Boosts Agri-tech Start-Up at Space Park Leicester
Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:53
Leicester UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
In a notable advancement for the agri-tech sector, the UK Space Agency has recently endorsed Messium, an agri-tech start-up, by accepting it onto its exclusive Geo Accelerator program. This move highlights the UK's commitment to fostering innovation in agricultural technology, particularly in the realm of reducing global agricultural waste.
Messium, established in May of the previous year,

Study reveals non-isotropic nature of tropospheric delays in GNSS
Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:53
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
Researchers from Shandong University of Science and Technology have published a study that sheds new light on the intricate nature of tropospheric delays impacting Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). This study, featured in the journal Satellite Navigation, goes beyond the traditional isotropic and anisotropic assumptions in tropospheric modeling, introducing a novel perspective on the n

Sols 4076-4077: Driving Into Springtime
Wednesday, 24 January 2024 17:53
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 24, 2024
Earth planning date: Monday, January 22, 2024: Here in Toronto (along with much of Canada and the United States), we've spent the last few weeks bathed in an icy blast of arctic air, which has been quite a dramatic contrast with the very mild winter that we've had up until now. However, it is starting to warm back up, not just here but on Mars as well. We're just past the halfway point of the cu

Into the Starfield
Wednesday, 24 January 2024 13:00
ESA has teamed up with Xbox and the epic space game Starfield for a spacesuit design competition that is out of this world.
Return to the labyrinth
Wednesday, 24 January 2024 09:00
Sentinel-1 and AI reveal 75% of fishing vessels not tracked
Wednesday, 24 January 2024 07:00
A groundbreaking study that combines satellite data and Artificial Intelligence has thrown new light on the number of vessels at sea. Astonishingly, the study reveals that around 75% of the world's industrial fishing vessels have previously been ‘dark’ to public tracking systems.
Salad in space? New study says it's not a healthy choice
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:41
Newark DE (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
Lettuce and other leafy green vegetables are part of a healthy, balanced diet - even for astronauts on a mission. It's been more than three years since the National Aeronautics and Space Administration made space-grown lettuce an item on the menu for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Alongside their space diet staples of flour tortillas and powdered coffee, astronauts can munch

Small solar sails could be the next 'giant leap' for interplanetary space exploration
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:41
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
Nearly 70 years after the launch of the first satellite, we still have more questions than answers about space. But a team of Berkeley researchers is on a mission to change this with a proposal to build a fleet of low-cost, autonomous spacecraft, each weighing only 10 grams and propelled by nothing more than the pressure of solar radiation. These miniaturized solar sails could potentially visit

Aqualunar Challenge Launches: UK-Canada Initiative for Lunar Water Purification
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:41
London, UK (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
The realm of space exploration is on the verge of a significant advancement with the introduction of the Aqualunar Challenge, a collaborative GBP1.2 million initiative between the UK and Canada, aimed at fostering the development of technologies for purifying water on the Moon. This challenge is a testament to the growing focus on making human habitation on the lunar surface a viable reality.

China hopes Chang'e 6 can return samples from Lunar Far Side
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:41
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2024
China is poised to take another significant step in lunar exploration with its upcoming Chang'e 6 mission, scheduled for later this year. This ambitious endeavor by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) aims to collect and return samples from the far side of the Moon, a feat not yet accomplished by any nation.
The Chang'e 6 spacecraft, a complex assembly comprising an orbiter, lan

Japan says 'possibility' Moon lander power can be restored
Tuesday, 23 January 2024 20:41
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 22, 2024
Japan switched off its Moon lander almost three hours after a historic touchdown to allow for a possible recovery of the craft when the sun hits its solar panels, the space agency said Monday.
With its unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission - dubbed "Moon Sniper" for the craft's precision landing capabilities - Japan became the fifth country to achieve a soft lunar lan
