Astronauts assemble: reserve reunion
Thursday, 23 November 2023 09:06
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Members of the reserve of ESA's astronaut class of 2022 visit the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne. A satellite’s death spiral
Thursday, 23 November 2023 08:04
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A satellite’s death spiral California lawmakers ask NASA not to cut Mars budget
Thursday, 23 November 2023 06:36
Miami FL (UPI) Nov 23, 2023
A group of California lawmakers on Wednesday asked NASA and Administrator Bill Nelson to rethink the space agency's budget cuts that they believe will cost jobs and scientific advances.
In a letter to NASA, California's Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler; Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Judy Chu and Republican Reps. Mike Garcia and Young Kim warned the proposed funding cuts
A group of California lawmakers on Wednesday asked NASA and Administrator Bill Nelson to rethink the space agency's budget cuts that they believe will cost jobs and scientific advances.
In a letter to NASA, California's Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler; Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Judy Chu and Republican Reps. Mike Garcia and Young Kim warned the proposed funding cuts Deformable Mirrors in Space: Key Technology to Directly Image Earth Twins
Thursday, 23 November 2023 06:36
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2023
Finding and studying Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars is critical to understand whether we are alone in the universe. To study such planets and assess if they can sustain life, it is necessary to directly image them. However, these planets are difficult to observe, since light from the host star hides them with its glare. A coronagraph instrument can be used to remove the glare light fro
Finding and studying Earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars is critical to understand whether we are alone in the universe. To study such planets and assess if they can sustain life, it is necessary to directly image them. However, these planets are difficult to observe, since light from the host star hides them with its glare. A coronagraph instrument can be used to remove the glare light fro SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
Thursday, 23 November 2023 06:36
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 22, 2021
SpaceX lofted 23 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Wednesday morning after pushing the launch back twice. This was the third Falcon 9 launch in just over 4 days and the latest in a series of Starlink launches for the company.
The Falcon 9 rocket rumbled into motion from the Cape's Space Complex 40 and lifted off at 2:47 a.m. EST amid a brilliant fie
SpaceX lofted 23 Starlink internet satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Wednesday morning after pushing the launch back twice. This was the third Falcon 9 launch in just over 4 days and the latest in a series of Starlink launches for the company.
The Falcon 9 rocket rumbled into motion from the Cape's Space Complex 40 and lifted off at 2:47 a.m. EST amid a brilliant fie Sam Altman's return ushers in new era at OpenAI
Thursday, 23 November 2023 06:36
San Francisco (AFP) Nov 22, 2023
Sam Altman's shock return as chief executive of OpenAI late Tuesday - days after being sacked - caps a chaotic period that highlighted deep tensions at the heart of the Artificial Intelligence community.
The board that fired Altman from his role as CEO of the ChatGPT creator has been almost entirely replaced following a rebellion by employees, cementing his position at the helm of the firm
Sam Altman's shock return as chief executive of OpenAI late Tuesday - days after being sacked - caps a chaotic period that highlighted deep tensions at the heart of the Artificial Intelligence community.
The board that fired Altman from his role as CEO of the ChatGPT creator has been almost entirely replaced following a rebellion by employees, cementing his position at the helm of the firm Autonomous excavator creates 3D map of rocks to build 19-foot-tall wall
Thursday, 23 November 2023 06:36
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 22, 2021
An autonomous excavator developed by researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland, has successfully constructed 19.6-foot-tall and 130-foot-long wall.
The excavator, named HEAP, scans rocks to determine their size, shape and center of gravity. An algorithm then determines the best location to place each rock.
"Using sensors, the excavator can au
An autonomous excavator developed by researchers at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland, has successfully constructed 19.6-foot-tall and 130-foot-long wall.
The excavator, named HEAP, scans rocks to determine their size, shape and center of gravity. An algorithm then determines the best location to place each rock.
"Using sensors, the excavator can au NASA awards $2.3 million to study growing food in lunar dust
Thursday, 23 November 2023 06:36
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 22, 2021
NASA has awarded $2.3 million to scientists to study how to grow vegetation in lunar soil as human exploration prepares to go beyond Earth's atmosphere, scientists said Tuesday.
Researchers say their priorities are advancing work that will grow organisms in lunar soil as part of the Thrive in DEep Space, or TIDES, program.
"The ultimate goal of the TIDES initiative is to enable l
NASA has awarded $2.3 million to scientists to study how to grow vegetation in lunar soil as human exploration prepares to go beyond Earth's atmosphere, scientists said Tuesday.
Researchers say their priorities are advancing work that will grow organisms in lunar soil as part of the Thrive in DEep Space, or TIDES, program.
"The ultimate goal of the TIDES initiative is to enable l Dwarf galaxies use 10-million-year quiet period to churn out stars
Thursday, 23 November 2023 06:36
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Nov 23, 2023
If you look at massive galaxies teeming with stars, you might be forgiven in thinking they are star factories, churning out brilliant balls of gas. But actually, less evolved dwarf galaxies have bigger regions of star factories, with higher rates of star formation.
Now, University of Michigan researchers have discovered the reason underlying this: These galaxies enjoy a 10-million-year del
If you look at massive galaxies teeming with stars, you might be forgiven in thinking they are star factories, churning out brilliant balls of gas. But actually, less evolved dwarf galaxies have bigger regions of star factories, with higher rates of star formation.
Now, University of Michigan researchers have discovered the reason underlying this: These galaxies enjoy a 10-million-year del China’s Landspace aims to build a stainless steel rocket
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 22:08
Viasat warns satellite power limit review would hurt GEO innovation
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 20:10
NASA uses two worlds to test future Mars helicopter designs
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 20:07
For the first time in history, two planets have been home to testing future aircraft designs. In this world, a new rotor that could be used with next-generation Mars helicopters was recently tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, spinning at near-supersonic speeds (0.95 Mach). Meanwhile, the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has achieved new altitude and airspeed records on the Red Planet in the name of experimental flight testing.
Members of Congress seek increase in Mars Sample Return funding
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 18:38
NASA acknowledges possibility of short-term post-ISS gap
Wednesday, 22 November 2023 11:22
