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Thursday, 19 August 2021 06:57
ISRO soon to carry out static test of solid fuel engine for small rocket
New Delhi (IANS) Aug 19, 2021
The Indian space agency is gearing up to test the solid fuel motor of its small rocket under development, said a senior official.
The official also said the space agency is planning to fly the small rocket - Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) - before the end of this year itself with an Indian earth observation satellite.
The SSLV is being designed to have a carrying capacity of a
The Indian space agency is gearing up to test the solid fuel motor of its small rocket under development, said a senior official.
The official also said the space agency is planning to fly the small rocket - Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) - before the end of this year itself with an Indian earth observation satellite.
The SSLV is being designed to have a carrying capacity of a
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Thursday, 19 August 2021 06:57
NASA awards grants in Break the Ice Lunar Challenge
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 19, 2021
As NASA prepares to go to the Moon with the Artemis program, in-situ resource utilization is paramount, and there is no hotter commodity than water. To that effect, 13 teams from across the United States have won a share of a $500,000 prize in a competition that asked for ideas for digging and hauling icy Moon "dirt" - or regolith.
NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge opened in November 20
As NASA prepares to go to the Moon with the Artemis program, in-situ resource utilization is paramount, and there is no hotter commodity than water. To that effect, 13 teams from across the United States have won a share of a $500,000 prize in a competition that asked for ideas for digging and hauling icy Moon "dirt" - or regolith.
NASA's Break the Ice Lunar Challenge opened in November 20
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Thursday, 19 August 2021 06:57
Firefly Aerospace selects Redwire as key mission partner in 2023 Lunar lander mission
Jacksonville FL (SPX) Aug 19, 2021
Redwire, a leader in mission critical space solutions and high reliability components for the next generation space economy, has been awarded a subcontract from Firefly Aerospace to provide avionics and critical navigation systems for their Blue Ghost lunar lander.
Firefly Aerospace was awarded a contract to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the
Redwire, a leader in mission critical space solutions and high reliability components for the next generation space economy, has been awarded a subcontract from Firefly Aerospace to provide avionics and critical navigation systems for their Blue Ghost lunar lander.
Firefly Aerospace was awarded a contract to deliver a suite of 10 science investigations and technology demonstrations to the
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Thursday, 19 August 2021 06:57
Mapping the Universe's Earliest Structures with COSMOS-Webb
Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2021
When NASA's James Webb Space Telescope begins science operations in 2022, one of its first tasks will be an ambitious program to map the earliest structures in the universe. Called COSMOS-Webb, this wide and deep survey of half-a-million galaxies is the largest project Webb will undertake during its first year.
With more than 200 hours of observing time, COSMOS-Webb will survey a large pat
When NASA's James Webb Space Telescope begins science operations in 2022, one of its first tasks will be an ambitious program to map the earliest structures in the universe. Called COSMOS-Webb, this wide and deep survey of half-a-million galaxies is the largest project Webb will undertake during its first year.
With more than 200 hours of observing time, COSMOS-Webb will survey a large pat
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Thursday, 19 August 2021 06:57
Cloud data bursts from space move astronauts closer to Mars
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 19, 2021
When Michael Collins peeked out a portal on the Apollo 11's command module, orbiting the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic lunar walk below, he saw a blue and white planet with no borders. It struck him that humans would have a better future if political leaders also could see the world that way - as a whole globe - and learn to collaborate.
But he wouldn'
When Michael Collins peeked out a portal on the Apollo 11's command module, orbiting the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic lunar walk below, he saw a blue and white planet with no borders. It struck him that humans would have a better future if political leaders also could see the world that way - as a whole globe - and learn to collaborate.
But he wouldn'
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Thursday, 19 August 2021 06:57
BRICS to set up remote-sensing satellite network
Beijing (XNA) Aug 19, 2021
China will work with Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa to establish a network of remote-sensing satellites to help to deal with global challenges such as climate change, major disasters and environmental deterioration.
The heads of national space agencies in BRICS countries met on Wednesday via video link and signed the Agreement on the Cooperation on BRICS Remote Sensing Satellite Co
China will work with Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa to establish a network of remote-sensing satellites to help to deal with global challenges such as climate change, major disasters and environmental deterioration.
The heads of national space agencies in BRICS countries met on Wednesday via video link and signed the Agreement on the Cooperation on BRICS Remote Sensing Satellite Co
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Thursday, 19 August 2021 06:43
23rd SpaceX commercial resupply mission launches bone, plant, and materials studies to ISS
The 23rd SpaceX cargo resupply services mission carrying scientific research and technology demonstrations to the International Space Station is targeted to launch in late August from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Wednesday, 18 August 2021 13:21
International Space Station experiment expands DNA research toolkit using CRISPR
Studying DNA repair is key to future space exploration, which could expose humans to risk of DNA damage caused by radiation. Conditions in space also could affect the way the body repairs such damage, potentially compounding that risk.
Thanks to the work of four students, a team of researchers, and the first use in space of the CRISPR genome editing technique, a recent investigation aboard the International Space Station successfully generated breaks in the DNA of a common yeast, directed the method of repair, and sequenced the patched-up DNA to determine whether its original order was restored.
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Wednesday, 18 August 2021 12:00
Ariane 5 upper stage for Webb heads for Europe's Spaceport
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The upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket which will launch the James Webb Space Telescope is on its way to Europe’s Spaceport
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Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
Fast changes between the solar seasons resolved by new sun clock
Warwick UK (SPX) Aug 18, 2021
Violent activity on our Sun leads to some of the most extreme space weather events on Earth, impacting systems such as satellites, communications systems, power distribution and aviation. The roughly 11 year cycle of solar activity has three 'seasons', each of which affects the space weather felt at Earth differently: (i) solar maximum, the sun is active and disordered, when space weather is sto
Violent activity on our Sun leads to some of the most extreme space weather events on Earth, impacting systems such as satellites, communications systems, power distribution and aviation. The roughly 11 year cycle of solar activity has three 'seasons', each of which affects the space weather felt at Earth differently: (i) solar maximum, the sun is active and disordered, when space weather is sto
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