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Wednesday, 12 January 2022 08:43
Almost a Million Stars and Counting: Mapping the history of the Milky Way with APOGEE and beyond
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 12, 2022
On December 6th 2021, scientists from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released the largest-ever detailed census of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy, with the complete release of data from its Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE).
"For the last decade we have been working to map the Milky Way, and measure extremely detailed properties of the stars within it,"

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Wednesday, 12 January 2022 08:43
Sol 3350-3352: A Rock Under the Wheel
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2022
We are back into our planning routine after the Christmas break. In fact, this was the third plan in the new year, and the third plan that Curiosity executes within the Roraima quadrant my colleague introduced a few days ago. While we are getting used to new sounds of our names, we are marvelling at the landscape in front of us, which is very diverse, both in the rover workspace and in the walls

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Wednesday, 12 January 2022 08:43
NASA's InSight enters safe mode during regional Mars dust storm
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 12, 2022
NASA's InSight lander is stable and sending health data from Mars to Earth after going into safe mode Friday, Jan. 7, following a large, regional dust storm that reduced the sunlight reaching its solar panels. In safe mode, a spacecraft suspends all but its essential functions.
The mission's team reestablished contact with InSight Jan. 10, finding that its power was holding steady and, whi

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Wednesday, 12 January 2022 08:43
Airbus to develop the Power Management and Distribution System for key Lunar Gateway module
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 12, 2022
Airbus Crisa, an affiliate company of Airbus, has signed a contract for the development of the Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) with Northrop Grumman.
Airbus Crisa is a Spanish company founded in 1985 to design and manufacture electronic equipment and software for space applications, and engineering projects for ground stations

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Wednesday, 12 January 2022 08:43
NASA prepares SLS for first crewed Artemis missions
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 12, 2022
by Tracy McMahan for MSFC News
As teams continue to prepare NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for its debut flight with the launch of Artemis I, NASA and its partners across the country have made great progress building the rocket for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis mission. The team is also manufacturing and testing major parts for Artemis missions III, IV and V.
"The Space La

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Wednesday, 12 January 2022 08:43
Mangata Networks announces funding for satellite edge computing network
Phoenix AZ (SPX) Jan 12, 2022
Mangata Networks has closed a $33 million Series A round led by US-based venture capital firm Playground Global to continue its mission to transform the way the world interacts with information. This closing manifests the truly global nature of the organization with other major investors including Temasek which is headquartered in Singapore, ktsat from South Korea, Scottish Enterprise in the UK,

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Wednesday, 12 January 2022 08:43
Astroscale U.S. and Orbit Fab sign first on-orbit satellite fuel sale agreement
Denver CO (SPX) Jan 12, 2022
Orbit Fab, the Gas Stations in Space refueling service provider and Astroscale U.S. Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. and market leader in securing long-term orbital sustainability, has announced a commercial agreement to refuel Astroscale's Life Extension In-Orbit (LEXI) Servicer in geostationary orbit (GEO); LEXI is the first satellite designed to be refueled.
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Tuesday, 11 January 2022 13:23
E.T.s may be headed toward Earth, but are we ready for them?

Twenty years from now we might get a call from aliens. In 2017, a powerful radio transmission was aimed at exoplanet GJ 273b, thought to be able to support life. Its message, sent by the alien-hunting group Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence International, contained instructions on how to understand Earthling math, music and time. If it lands on intelligent alien ears once it arrives in about a decade, E.T.
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Tuesday, 11 January 2022 13:28
Europa Clipper imaging system captures breathtaking 'first light' images

ASU scientists and engineers building the Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS) for NASA's Europa Clipper passed a major hurdle recently by capturing the first successful test images from this complex infrared camera, known as "first light" images.
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Tuesday, 11 January 2022 13:33
Simulated image shows how NASA's Roman could expand on Hubble's deepest view
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