First research flight images from innovative balloon-borne telescope
Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
Astronomers have successfully launched a balloon-borne telescope which has begun capturing images of the Universe on its first research flight. The super pressure balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) was flown to the edge of space by a helium-filled NASA scientific balloon the size of a football stadium where it will help researchers investigate the mystery of dark matter.
SuperBIT h NASA marks Hubble's 33rd anniversary with detailed star-formation image
Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
NASA astronomers marked 33 years since the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope Thursday by releasing a high-quality image of the NGC 1333 star-forming region.
"Hubble's colorful view showcased through its unique capability to obtain images from ultraviolet to near-infrared light unveils an effervescent cauldron of glowing gasses and pitch-black dust stirred up and blown around by sever SwRI-led team observes Australian eclipse in preparation for 2024 US eclipse
Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
Scientists from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) led a team in the unique Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) experiment to image the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona, during a short solar eclipse on the opposite side of the Earth. Using four platforms in the northwest corner of Australia, the team successfully observed the million-degree solar corona at the April 20 eclip Perovskite solar cells protecting the Earth
Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
Last summer, metropolitan areas of Korea including Seoul were hit by an unprecedented heavy rainfall, which inundated various locations. Similarly, torrential downpours engulfed about one-third of Pakistan, leading to widespread flooding. New York State was not spared as it experienced heavy snowstorms in December of last year, with snowfall of more than one meter.
These events underscore ESA's technical centre expands
Friday, 21 April 2023 03:42
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The current expansion of ESA's technical heart, nestled beside North Sea dunes on the Netherlands coast, as seen from the air.
The European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, is ESA's single largest establishment and hub of Europe's space efforts. This is the place where European space missions are born, then guided through development while new technolo FCC adopts revised NGSO spectrum-sharing rules
Friday, 21 April 2023 00:57
The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules April 20 governing how fixed-satellite service operators in non-geostationary orbit share spectrum amid an unprecedented flood of proposed constellations.
U.S. Space Command announces new cooperation agreements with allies
Thursday, 20 April 2023 23:46
Space Force procurement command rebrands commercial space office
Thursday, 20 April 2023 23:18
Old NASA satellite plunges to Earth over Sahara Desert
Thursday, 20 April 2023 18:59
An old NASA satellite that studied the sun for more than a decade fell to Earth over the Sahara Desert, the space agency reported Thursday.
Our pledge to diversify the space industry workforce continues | Open Letter
Thursday, 20 April 2023 14:04
The results from the first year of Space Workforce 2030 activity are in and we are trending in a positive direction.
SpaceX Starship experiences rapid unscheduled disassembly 3 minutes after launch
Thursday, 20 April 2023 13:26
SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded on Thursday during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
The gigantic rocket successfully blasted off at 8:33 am Central Time (1333 GMT) from Starbase, the private SpaceX spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas.
The Starship capsule had been scheduled to separate from t Starship lifts off on first integrated test flight, breaks apart minutes later
Thursday, 20 April 2023 13:01
SpaceX’s first integrated Starship vehicle lifted off on a long-anticipated test flight April 20, only to tumble and break apart minutes later.
SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
Thursday, 20 April 2023 12:47
SpaceX's giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off Thursday on it first test flight and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
Elon Musk's company was aiming to send the nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. It carried no people or satellites.
Images showed multiple engines weren't working on the 33-engine rocket as it climbed from the launch pad, reaching as high as 24 miles (39 kilometers.)
The flight plan had called for the booster to peel away from the spacecraft minutes after liftoff, but that didn't happen. The rocket began to tumble and then exploded four minutes into the flight, plummeting into the gulf.
ESA’s technical centre expands
Thursday, 20 April 2023 11:38
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ESA’s technical centre expands NASA starts consortium for ISAM technologies
Thursday, 20 April 2023 11:06
NASA announced April 19 the creation of a new organization devoted to advancing technologies for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM).