Astra, Exotrail win satellite propulsion orders
Friday, 28 April 2023 18:15
Astra Space and Exotrail have won orders for satellite electric propulsion systems as they work to scale up production of those products.
Spaceport Cornwall expands facilities following Virgin Orbit failure
Friday, 28 April 2023 17:24
Spaceport Cornwall, which provided the runway for Virgin Orbit’s failed launch from the U.K. in January, opened a new operations facility April 27 to attract more businesses in the wake of its flagship customer’s bankruptcy.
UAE astronaut exits ISS for first Arab space walk
Friday, 28 April 2023 14:26
Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi stepped out of the International Space Station (ISS) Friday for the first space walk by an Arab astronaut, a moment touted by the UAE as a "milestone".
Alneyadi, 41, dubbed the "Sultan of Space" by his alma mater, become the first Arab astronaut to embark on a six-month space mission when he blasted off for the ISS in early March aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
On Friday, he undertook "the first Arab spacewalk in history," wearing a space suit that bears the Emirati flag, said the United Arab Emirates' Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), calling it "a new historic milestone".
Footage live-streamed by NASA showed the UAE astronaut exiting an ISS hatch.
"Sultan Alneyadi has egressed the hatch, the first ever space walk by an Arab astronaut," NASA said.
The space walk will last for around six hours and thirty minutes, according to MBRSC and NASA.
Alongside NASA's Stephen Bowen, Alneyadi will "change the Radio Frequency Group unit and prepare for the installation of solar panels," the Emirati astronaut said in a Twitter post carried by the official WAM news agency.
What is the Fluidic Telescope?
Friday, 28 April 2023 13:19
The Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE) project team, jointly led by NASA and Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, envisions a way to make huge circular self-healing mirrors in-orbit to further the field of astronomy.
Week in images: 24-28 April 2023
Friday, 28 April 2023 12:15
Week in images: 24-28 April 2023
Discover our week through the lens
Work continues to deploy Juice RIME antenna
Friday, 28 April 2023 10:40
Juice’s ice-penetrating RIME antenna has not yet been deployed as planned. During the first week of commissioning, an issue arose with the 16-metre-long Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna, which is preventing it from being released from its mounting bracket.
Preparing for Space: ESA's Astronaut Training
Friday, 28 April 2023 09:00
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently training five astronaut candidates for future missions to the International Space Station and beyond. Their training programme consists of three phases: The first phase is basic training, which covers medical exams, fitness assessments, and space programmes and systems. The second phase, the pre-assignment training, is advanced training in specific areas such as systems training, vehicle training, robotics and EVA-training. The third phase is mission-specific training, which is tailored to the tasks and experiments that astronauts will perform during their mission. ESA's astronaut training programme also includes training for exploration of
Asteroid's comet-like tail is not made of dust, solar observatories reveal
Friday, 28 April 2023 08:47
A weird asteroid has just gotten a little weirder.
We have known for a while that asteroid 3200 Phaethon acts like a comet. It brightens and forms a tail when it's near the Sun, and it is the source of the annual Geminid meteor shower, even though comets are responsible for most meteor showers. Scientists had blamed Phaethon's comet-like behavior on dust escaping from the asteroid as it's Pentagon leaks suggest China developing ways to attack satellites
Friday, 28 April 2023 08:47
The recent leak of Pentagon documents included the suggestion that China is developing sophisticated cyber attacks for the purpose of disrupting military communication satellites. While this is unconfirmed, it is certainly possible, as many sovereign nations and private companies have considered how to protect from signal interference.
Nearly every aspect of our lives is enabled by satelli China to develop satellite constellation for deep space exploration
Friday, 28 April 2023 08:47
China will develop a satellite constellation named Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge, to provide communications, navigation and remote-sensing services for deep space exploration, according to a senior Chinese space expert.
Speaking at the First International Deep Space Exploration Conference held in Hefei, the capital of east China's Anhui Province, Wu Yanhua, chief designer of the major project Space exploration for betterment of humankind
Friday, 28 April 2023 08:47
Monday marked China's eighth Space Day, a day to celebrate the country's achievements in space exploration and research, and ponder how to carry forward the spirit of space exploration for the benefit of humankind.
China designated April 24 as Space Day in 2016 to mark the launch of the country's first satellite, Dongfanghong 1 on the same day in 1970.
As the backbone of the air spac China to promote space science progress on five themes
Friday, 28 April 2023 08:47
China is planning to promote its space science development on five major themes, including research on habitable planets, and biological and physical sciences in space, a senior Chinese space expert said Tuesday.
China is making a national plan suggesting the deployment of more scientific satellites in the country's space program to yield leading breakthroughs globally on themes such as th Raytheon unveils next-gen intelligent electro-optical sensing capability
Friday, 28 April 2023 08:47
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has announced the launch of RAIVEN, a revolutionary electro-optical intelligent-sensing capability, which will enable pilots to have faster and more precise threat identification.
RAIVEN can identify objects optically and spectrally simultaneously in real-time - a single electro-optical/infrared, or EO/IR, system has never been able to do this before. Earth from Space: Blooming California
Friday, 28 April 2023 07:00
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Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 8 April 2023, this image shows Los Angeles and part of the hinterland in Southern California. China to establish organization to coordinate international moon base
Friday, 28 April 2023 06:59
China National Space Administration will soon set up an organization to oversee and coordinate the China-led International Lunar Research Station.