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Thursday, 17 March 2022 03:18
Sols 3414-3416: Progress!
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2022
Over the weekend, we completed the planned drive with a relatively easy (by "Greenheugh Pediment" standards) traverse in the pediment. With lots of bedrock in the workspace, we quickly identified a contact science target for APXS and MAHLI, "Oosta," that was slightly less dusty than the surrounding bedrock and nicely layered.
We decided not to co-target ChemCam LIBS with the contact scienc
Over the weekend, we completed the planned drive with a relatively easy (by "Greenheugh Pediment" standards) traverse in the pediment. With lots of bedrock in the workspace, we quickly identified a contact science target for APXS and MAHLI, "Oosta," that was slightly less dusty than the surrounding bedrock and nicely layered.
We decided not to co-target ChemCam LIBS with the contact scienc
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Thursday, 17 March 2022 03:18
China tests rocket engine for upcoming space lab launches
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Beijing (XNA) Mar 17, 2022
A Chinese high-thrust oxyhydrogen rocket engine has completed a 520-second test in preparation for the upcoming launches of space station lab modules, its maker said on Wednesday.
Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the engine is designed for the core stage of the Long March-5 carrier rocket series, which will be used to launch two lab modules of China's or
A Chinese high-thrust oxyhydrogen rocket engine has completed a 520-second test in preparation for the upcoming launches of space station lab modules, its maker said on Wednesday.
Developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the engine is designed for the core stage of the Long March-5 carrier rocket series, which will be used to launch two lab modules of China's or
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Thursday, 17 March 2022 03:18
Carrier rocket preparing for its debut flight
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Beijing (XNA) Mar 17, 2022
Smart Dragon 3, a new model of solid-propellant carrier rocket, is scheduled to make its debut flight in September, according to a senior rocket scientist.
Engineers at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the country's major rocket maker, are building the first Smart Dragon 3, which will be launched for the model's first mission, said Jiang Jie, a senior rocket scientist at the
Smart Dragon 3, a new model of solid-propellant carrier rocket, is scheduled to make its debut flight in September, according to a senior rocket scientist.
Engineers at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, the country's major rocket maker, are building the first Smart Dragon 3, which will be launched for the model's first mission, said Jiang Jie, a senior rocket scientist at the
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Thursday, 17 March 2022 03:18
Developing design tools for outer space structures
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by Steve Martin for Purdue News
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 17, 2022
Achieving affordable space exploration will require lightweight structures for vehicles, solar arrays and antennas. Lightweight materials also will be used for components of structures like pressurized habitats, cryogenic tanks, landing gears and truss cages.
The problem is that NASA envisions that many of those structures will be made from tailorable
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 17, 2022
Achieving affordable space exploration will require lightweight structures for vehicles, solar arrays and antennas. Lightweight materials also will be used for components of structures like pressurized habitats, cryogenic tanks, landing gears and truss cages.
The problem is that NASA envisions that many of those structures will be made from tailorable
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Thursday, 17 March 2022 03:18
India maps out plan to increase satellite launches
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New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2022
The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (INSPACe) has started hiring people for top posts at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to take on new space missions and increase the manufacturing and launch of satellites.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to take its missions to another level with an increase in the number of satellite manufa
The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (INSPACe) has started hiring people for top posts at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to take on new space missions and increase the manufacturing and launch of satellites.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to take its missions to another level with an increase in the number of satellite manufa
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Thursday, 17 March 2022 03:18
ISS crews prepare for flow of visitors, rotations over next month
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Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2022
Crews on the International Space Station (ISS) will cope with almost unprecedented human congestion as 18 astronauts and cosmonauts arrive, work and depart from it over the next month, NASA ISS Operations Integration Manager Dina Contella said.
"[The] Soyuz launch on schedule on Friday [is] bringing three Russian crew members to the ISS and then returning [on March 30] with three ISS crew
Crews on the International Space Station (ISS) will cope with almost unprecedented human congestion as 18 astronauts and cosmonauts arrive, work and depart from it over the next month, NASA ISS Operations Integration Manager Dina Contella said.
"[The] Soyuz launch on schedule on Friday [is] bringing three Russian crew members to the ISS and then returning [on March 30] with three ISS crew
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Thursday, 17 March 2022 03:18
NASA extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2022
NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September. In the months ahead, history's first aircraft to operate from the surface of another world will support the Perseverance rover's upcoming science campaign exploring the ancient river delta of Jezero Crater. Along the way, it will continue testing its own capabilities to support the design of future Mars air v
NASA has extended flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter through September. In the months ahead, history's first aircraft to operate from the surface of another world will support the Perseverance rover's upcoming science campaign exploring the ancient river delta of Jezero Crater. Along the way, it will continue testing its own capabilities to support the design of future Mars air v
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Wednesday, 16 March 2022 16:09
'Visionary' US astrophysicist Eugene Parker dead at 94
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Eugene Parker, a pioneering American astrophysicist whose mathematical prediction that charged particles streamed from stars in a solar wind was met with disbelief before he was ultimately vindicated, has died aged 94, NASA said on Wednesday.
Parker was hailed as a visionary who laid the groundwork for the field of heliophysics, the science of understanding the Sun and its interactions with Earth and the solar system, including space weather.
In 2018, he became the first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name, NASA's Parker Solar Probe.
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Wednesday, 16 March 2022 17:31
NASA adds giant new dish to communicate with deep space missions
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There's a powerful new member of NASA's family of giant antennas that enable engineers and scientists on Earth to communicate with the growing number of spacecraft exploring our solar system.
Called Deep Space Station 53, or DSS-53, the 111-foot (34-meter) antenna is part of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN).
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Wednesday, 16 March 2022 20:07
Space telescope's image of star gets photobombed by galaxies
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