Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6-month mission
Monday, 05 December 2022 07:47
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Australia starts building 'momentous' radio telescope
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Australia on Monday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say will eventually become one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world.
When complete, the antennas in Australia and a network of dishes in South Africa will form the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a massive instrument that will aim to untangle mysteries about the creation of stars, galaxies and extraterrestrial life.
The idea for the telescope was first conceived in the early 1990s, but the project was plagued by delays, funding issues and diplomatic jockeying.
U.S. Space Force chief: The use of space technology in Ukraine ‘is what we can expect in the future’
Sunday, 04 December 2022 15:41 Write a comment
The war in Ukraine has put on display military forces’ growing reliance on satellites and has created incentives to disrupt opponents’ access to space systems, said Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations of the U.S.
SpaceX rolls out new business line focused on military satellite services
Saturday, 03 December 2022 14:25 Write a comment
SpaceX on Dec. 2 revealed a new business segment called Starshield aimed at U.S. national security government agencies.
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Space Force establishes component at U.S. Central Command
Friday, 02 December 2022 21:09 Write a comment
U.S. Central Command on Dec. 2 activated a Space Force component known as U.S. Space Forces-Central
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The world finally has its first 'parastronaut'. Can we expect anyone to be able to go to space one day?
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The European Space Agency made history last week with the announcement of the first "parastronaut," 41-year-old UK citizen John McFall.
He is the first candidate selected for the Parastronaut Feasibility project, described by ESA as a "serious, dedicated and honest attempt to clear the path to space for a professional astronaut with a physical disability."
McFall, a former Paralympic sprinter, had his right leg amputated after a motorcycle accident at age 19.
Most of us are familiar with images of grueling astronaut selection tests and training from movies such as The Right Stuff. ESA seeks to answer the practical question of what changes to training and equipment need to be made for a physically disabled person to travel to space.
How are astronauts selected?
NASA first selected astronauts, the Mercury Seven, in 1959.
OneWeb aims to deploy a record 40 satellites in SpaceX mission
Friday, 02 December 2022 13:08 Write a comment
OneWeb said SpaceX is slated to launch 40 of its satellites as early as Dec. 6 to complete almost 80% of its low Earth orbit broadband constellation.
Week in images: 28 November - 02 December 2022
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Week in images: 28 November - 02 December 2022
Discover our week through the lens
FCC grants partial approval for Starlink second-generation constellation
Friday, 02 December 2022 10:56 Write a comment
The FCC has partially approved SpaceX’s application for the second generation of its Starlink constellation, allowing the company to launch up to a quarter of the proposed 30,000 satellites while deferring action on the rest.
Green City Makers wins top prize at Copernicus Masters
Friday, 02 December 2022 10:06 Write a comment
Green City Makers wins top prize at Copernicus Masters
Orion begins return leg of Artemis 1 mission
Friday, 02 December 2022 08:34 Write a comment
NASA’s Orion spacecraft started its trip back to Earth Dec. 1 with the first of two maneuvers that will put the spacecraft on course for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in a week and a half.
Earth from Space: the moraines of Malaspina
Friday, 02 December 2022 08:00 Write a comment
The remarkable moraine patterns of Malaspina Glacier – the largest piedmont glacier in the world – are featured in this false-colour image acquired by Copernicus Sentinel-2.
Webb tracks clouds on Saturn’s moon Titan
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Image:
These are images of Saturn’s moon Titan, captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam instrument on 4 November 2022. The image on the left uses a filter sensitive to Titan’s lower atmosphere. The bright spots are prominent clouds in the northern hemisphere. The image on the right is a color composite image. Click here for an annotated version of this image.
Titan is the only moon in the Solar System with a dense atmosphere, and it is also the only planetary body other than Earth that currently has rivers, lakes, and seas. Unlike Earth, however, the
Southern hemisphere's biggest radio telescope begins search for ET signatures
Friday, 02 December 2022 05:55 Write a comment
Breakthrough Listen has begun observations using a powerful new instrument deployed to the MeerKAT radio telescope in the remote Karoo region of South Africa. The new search for technosignatures - indicators of technology developed by extraterrestrial intelligence - expands the number of targets searched by a factor of 1,000.
The astronomers and engineers on the Breakthrough Listen team ha NASA to cancel GeoCarb Mission, expands greenhouse gas portfolio
Friday, 02 December 2022 05:55 Write a comment
NASA announced Monday it intends to cancel development of its GeoCarb mission, and instead implement a plan for pursuing alternate options to measure and observe greenhouse gases.
Newer options to make key greenhouse gas measurements are emerging that were not previously available for the agency when considering GeoCarb. For example, NASA's newest instrument that launched in July to the In