SpaceX delays launch of 46 Starlink satellites
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 06:27
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2023
SpaceX on Tuesday delayed its latest effort to populate the low Earth orbit with Internet communication satellites.
The company announced on Twitter that the launch of 46 new Starlink satellites, originally scheduled for Tuesday morning would be delayed 24 hours as it was now targeting a launch window of 9:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday from the Vandenberg Space Station in California.
SpaceX on Tuesday delayed its latest effort to populate the low Earth orbit with Internet communication satellites.
The company announced on Twitter that the launch of 46 new Starlink satellites, originally scheduled for Tuesday morning would be delayed 24 hours as it was now targeting a launch window of 9:40 a.m. EDT on Wednesday from the Vandenberg Space Station in California. Radio silence suggests failure of Japan Moon landing
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 06:27
Tokyo (AFP) April 25, 2023
A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed.
Ispace said that it could not establish communication with the unmanned Hakuto-R lunar lander after its expected landing time, a frustrating end to a mission that began with a launch from the United States over four months
A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said Wednesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed.
Ispace said that it could not establish communication with the unmanned Hakuto-R lunar lander after its expected landing time, a frustrating end to a mission that began with a launch from the United States over four months Hypersonix to partner with Rocket Lab for hypersonic tests
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 06:27
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2023
Hypersonix USA, Inc is partnering with established launch provider Rocket Lab USA, Inc for the first launch of DART AE.
Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU's) hypersonic and high-cadence testing capabilities (HyCAT) project and its mission partners are prototyping a suite of modern, low-cost, high-cadence, dual-use airborne testing platforms (vehicles) that provide data that accelerates the eva
Hypersonix USA, Inc is partnering with established launch provider Rocket Lab USA, Inc for the first launch of DART AE.
Defense Innovation Unit's (DIU's) hypersonic and high-cadence testing capabilities (HyCAT) project and its mission partners are prototyping a suite of modern, low-cost, high-cadence, dual-use airborne testing platforms (vehicles) that provide data that accelerates the eva Thales seizes control of ESA satellite in first Cybersecurity Exercise of its kind
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 06:27
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 25, 2023
The European Space Agency (ESA) challenged cybersecurity experts in the space industry ecosystem to disrupt the operation of the agency's OPS-SAT demonstration nanosatellite. Participants used a variety of ethical hacking techniques to take control of the system used to manage the payload's global positioning system, attitude control system1 and onboard camera.
Unauthorised access to these
The European Space Agency (ESA) challenged cybersecurity experts in the space industry ecosystem to disrupt the operation of the agency's OPS-SAT demonstration nanosatellite. Participants used a variety of ethical hacking techniques to take control of the system used to manage the payload's global positioning system, attitude control system1 and onboard camera.
Unauthorised access to these Astraea launches new satellite tasking capabilities with major satellite imagery providers
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 06:27
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 20, 2023
Astraea, Inc., a platform for spatiotemporal data and analytics, announces a new ordering service offering access to advanced satellite imagery sources from providers like Planet Labs PBC, among others. With the launch of the ordering service, Astraea customers get scalable access to the most advanced commercial satellite imagery on the market.
By providing access to all of the world's bes
Astraea, Inc., a platform for spatiotemporal data and analytics, announces a new ordering service offering access to advanced satellite imagery sources from providers like Planet Labs PBC, among others. With the launch of the ordering service, Astraea customers get scalable access to the most advanced commercial satellite imagery on the market.
By providing access to all of the world's bes Russian cosmonauts delay ISS spacewalk
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 06:27
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2023
Russian cosmonauts have delayed a spacewalk to move one of the airlock systems aboard the International Space Station from one module to another.
The delay was announced by Russia's state space exploration company Roscosmos Monday.
In a statement on Telegram, Roscosmos said the extravehicular activity "was postponed, tentatively, to the beginning of May due to the need for a more
Russian cosmonauts have delayed a spacewalk to move one of the airlock systems aboard the International Space Station from one module to another.
The delay was announced by Russia's state space exploration company Roscosmos Monday.
In a statement on Telegram, Roscosmos said the extravehicular activity "was postponed, tentatively, to the beginning of May due to the need for a more SpaceX's Starship launch: successful failure of most powerful rocket in history
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Maxwell AFB AL (SPX) Apr 26, 2023
On April 20, 2023, a new SpaceX rocket called Starship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico three minutes into its first flight ever. SpaceX is calling the test launch a success, despite the fiery end result. As a space policy expert, I agree that the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" - the term SpaceX uses when its rockets explode - was a very successful failure.
b>The most powerful rocket eve
On April 20, 2023, a new SpaceX rocket called Starship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico three minutes into its first flight ever. SpaceX is calling the test launch a success, despite the fiery end result. As a space policy expert, I agree that the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" - the term SpaceX uses when its rockets explode - was a very successful failure.
b>The most powerful rocket eve How to land on a planet safely
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2023
When a lander descends toward the moon - or a rocky planet, asteroid, or comet - the exhaust plume of the rocket interacts with the surface, causing erosion and kicking up regolith particles. The resulting blanket of dusty debris can create a dangerous brownout effect, limiting visibility and potentially damaging the spacecraft or nearby equipment.
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing,
When a lander descends toward the moon - or a rocky planet, asteroid, or comet - the exhaust plume of the rocket interacts with the surface, causing erosion and kicking up regolith particles. The resulting blanket of dusty debris can create a dangerous brownout effect, limiting visibility and potentially damaging the spacecraft or nearby equipment.
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, Rocket ignition test facility opens in Shaanxi
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2023
China has big plans to advance its space exploration and development, but whether those plans can become a reality depends on the capability of the country's carrier rockets, or more specifically, rocket engines.
China has some of the world's best rocket engines, ranging from huge ones lifting the Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket to small models elevating a craft from the lunar surface, but
China has big plans to advance its space exploration and development, but whether those plans can become a reality depends on the capability of the country's carrier rockets, or more specifically, rocket engines.
China has some of the world's best rocket engines, ranging from huge ones lifting the Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket to small models elevating a craft from the lunar surface, but NASA Retires Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 26, 2023
One of six instruments aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on the Red Planet's surface. NASA switched off one of its oldest instruments studying Mars on April 3, a step that's been planned since last year. Riding aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM, or the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, revealed minerals such
One of six instruments aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on the Red Planet's surface. NASA switched off one of its oldest instruments studying Mars on April 3, a step that's been planned since last year. Riding aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM, or the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, revealed minerals such Curiosity: Move slowly and don't break things: Sols 3810-3811
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 26, 2023
As the blog for sols 3807-3809 noted, we have cleared the canyon! The accompanying Left Navcam image shows the view back down the canyon, showing all those tricky rocks we had to climb over. You can even spot some wheel tracks further back down if you peer vey closely. We don't exactly have free-wheeling territory up ahead in our drive direction, but it is a little flatter.
This hopefully
As the blog for sols 3807-3809 noted, we have cleared the canyon! The accompanying Left Navcam image shows the view back down the canyon, showing all those tricky rocks we had to climb over. You can even spot some wheel tracks further back down if you peer vey closely. We don't exactly have free-wheeling territory up ahead in our drive direction, but it is a little flatter.
This hopefully NASA extracts oxygen from lunar soil simulant
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2023
As NASA works toward sending astronauts to the Moon through Artemis missions, one of the agency's primary goals is to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface. Resources like oxygen are crucial building blocks for making that vision a reality. In addition to using oxygen for breathing, it can also be used as a propellant for transportation, helping lunar visitors stay longer and ventu
As NASA works toward sending astronauts to the Moon through Artemis missions, one of the agency's primary goals is to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface. Resources like oxygen are crucial building blocks for making that vision a reality. In addition to using oxygen for breathing, it can also be used as a propellant for transportation, helping lunar visitors stay longer and ventu Pioneering research sheds new light on the origins and composition of planet Mars
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Bristol UK (SPX) Apr 26, 2023
A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the liquid core at the centre of Mars, furthering understanding of the planet's formation and evolution.
The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US, reveals the first-ever detections of sound waves travelling into the Martian core. Measurements from
A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the liquid core at the centre of Mars, furthering understanding of the planet's formation and evolution.
The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US, reveals the first-ever detections of sound waves travelling into the Martian core. Measurements from China releases first panoramic images of Mars
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2023
China published on Monday the first global panoramic images of Mars taken by the country's Tianwen 1 mission.
The color images include the Robinson projection, Mercator projection, azimuthal projection and orthographic projection of the Eastern and Western hemispheres of Mars, with a spatial resolution of 76 meters.
The images were jointly released by the China National Space Adminis
China published on Monday the first global panoramic images of Mars taken by the country's Tianwen 1 mission.
The color images include the Robinson projection, Mercator projection, azimuthal projection and orthographic projection of the Eastern and Western hemispheres of Mars, with a spatial resolution of 76 meters.
The images were jointly released by the China National Space Adminis China lunar samples gifted to Russia, France
Wednesday, 26 April 2023 04:10
Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2023
China has gifted lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e 5 mission to Russia and France to boost lunar research, according to the China National Space Administration.
The administration announced on Monday that 1.5 grams of lunar samples were presented to Russia during President Vladimir Putin's visit to China in February 2022. In return, Russia gave China a reciprocal amount from the 1970
China has gifted lunar samples retrieved by the Chang'e 5 mission to Russia and France to boost lunar research, according to the China National Space Administration.
The administration announced on Monday that 1.5 grams of lunar samples were presented to Russia during President Vladimir Putin's visit to China in February 2022. In return, Russia gave China a reciprocal amount from the 1970