Webb spies Chariklo ring system with high-precision technique
Thursday, 26 January 2023 03:51
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In an observational feat of high precision, scientists used a new technique with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to capture the shadows of starlight cast by the thin rings of Chariklo. Chariklo is an icy, small body, but the largest of the known Centaur population, located more than 2 billion miles away beyond the orbit of Saturn. Chariklo is only 160 miles (250 kilometers) or ~51 times smalle Hawkeye 360 lunches Cluster 6 satellites aboard inaugural Rocket Lab Electron flight from Virginia
Thursday, 26 January 2023 03:51 Write a comment
HawkEye 360 Inc., the world's leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, announced that its Cluster 6 next-generation satellites have successfully deployed to orbit aboard the inaugural Rocket Lab Electron flight from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Communication with the satellit Lamborn named chair of House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 22:02 Write a comment
Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Republican representing Colorado Springs, was named chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee.
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New NASA safety system enables Rocket Lab launch from Wallops
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 20:41 Write a comment
A revolutionary NASA flight safety system has enabled a new era of space transportation with the successful flight of Rocket Lab U.S.'s Electron rocket Jan. 24, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
This mission, the first Electron launch from the United States, was enabled by NASA's work in developing the NASA Autonomous Flight Termination Unit (NAFTU), a critical piece of flight safety technology required for this mission.
Lucy spacecraft set to encounter new asteroid target
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 20:16 Write a comment
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will add another asteroid encounter to its 4-billion-mile journey. On Nov. 1, 2023, the Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission will get a close-up view of a small main belt asteroid to conduct an engineering test of the spacecraft's innovative asteroid-tracking navigation system.
ESA is no longer planning to send astronauts to China’s Tiangong space station
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 15:13 Write a comment
ESA’s director general says the agency does not have the budgetary capacity nor the political intention to send its astronauts to China’s space station.
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ESA chief vows to restore Europe's access to space
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Giant iceberg breaks away from Antarctic ice shelf
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 13:45 Write a comment
Satellite imagery confirms an enormous iceberg, around five times the size of Malta, has finally calved from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. The new berg, estimated to be around 1550 sq km and around 150 m thick, calved when the crack known as Chasm-1 fully extended northwards severing the west part of the ice shelf.
This crack was first revealed to be extending in early 2012 after having been dormant for some decades. After several years of desperately clinging on, image data from the Copernicus Sentinel missions visually confirm the calving event.
Spaceflight books dedicated Isar Aerospace launch in 2026
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 13:01 Write a comment
U.S.-based launch services provider Spaceflight said Jan. 25 it has booked a dedicated launch in 2026 from Isar Aerospace, the German rocket developer aiming to perform the first test flight of its Spectrum vehicle this year.
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Astrobotic completes Peregrine testing
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 12:29 Write a comment
Astrobotic Technologies said that it has completed testing of its Peregrine lunar lander and it ready to ship it to Cape Canaveral for launch.
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Printed nerves for a satellite
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 10:10 Write a comment
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Printed nerves for a satellite Astronomers confirm age of most distant galaxy with oxygen
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 09:48 Write a comment
A new study led by a joint team at Nagoya University and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan has measured the cosmic age of a very distant galaxy. The team used the ALMA radio telescope array to detect a radio signal that has been travelling for approximately 97% of the age of the Universe. This discovery confirms the existence of galaxies in the very early Universe found by the James Rocket Lab launches first Electron mission from US
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 09:48 Write a comment
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has launched its 33rd Electron rocket and first mission from Virginia. The "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission lifted off at 18:00 EST on January 24th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The mission deployed three satellites to a 550km orbit for leading radio frequency geospati ESA’s digital Historical Archives open online
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 08:01 Write a comment
We’re marking 20 years of the European Centre for Space Records in ESA ESRIN, Frascati, one of the physical homes of the ESA Archives, by giving access to our digital holdings in a new web portal.
Rocket Lab launches first Electron mission from US soil
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 05:48 Write a comment
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has launched its 33rd Electron rocket and first mission from Virginia. The "Virginia is for Launch Lovers" mission lifted off at 18:00 EST on January 24th from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) at Virginia Space's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport within NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The mission deployed three satellites to a 550km orbit for leading radio frequency geospati