As Artemis I launch nears, more Orions on horizon
Thursday, 27 October 2022 15:50
The Orion spacecraft could be on its first trip to the moon on the Artemis I mission in less than a month, but teams at Kennedy Space Center continue to prep the next capsules planned for human missions, the first of which could fly in just over 18 months.
Meanwhile Lockheed Martin, the capsule's prime contractor for the first five Artemis flights won a new NASA contract this month to build out another three spacecraft.
"This order includes spacecraft, mission planning and support, and takes us into the 2030s," said Lisa Callahan, vice president and general manager for Commercial Civil Space at Lockheed Martin. "We're on the eve of a historic launch kicking off the Artemis era and this contract shows NASA is making long-term plans toward living and working on the moon, while also having a forward focus on getting humans to Mars."
Artemis I is targeting its next launch attempt as early as Nov. 14. The flight will send the Space Launch System rocket topped with Orion from KSC's Launch Pad 39-B on a weeks-long mission that will have it orbit the moon several times and fly farther than, and return to Earth faster than any previous human-rated spacecraft.
D-Orbit signs launch contract with AAC SpaceQuest
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
Space logistics and transportation company D-Orbit announced the signing of a launch contract with AAC SpaceQuest, the US subsidiary of AAC Clyde Space. SpaceQuest is a well-established satellite manufacturer and operator specialized in small satellite technologies and space data services.
The agreement covers the launch and deployment of an initial two satellites, based on SpaceQuest's ne
Space logistics and transportation company D-Orbit announced the signing of a launch contract with AAC SpaceQuest, the US subsidiary of AAC Clyde Space. SpaceQuest is a well-established satellite manufacturer and operator specialized in small satellite technologies and space data services.
The agreement covers the launch and deployment of an initial two satellites, based on SpaceQuest's ne UCF researcher receives NASA award to develop revolutionary rocket engine technology
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
A University of Central Florida researcher has received NASA funding to further develop a novel rocket engine system that could revolutionize space travel.
The project focuses on rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs), which are powered by continuous Mach 5 explosions that rotate around the inside of the engine and are sustained by hydrogen and oxygen propellants fed into the system in
A University of Central Florida researcher has received NASA funding to further develop a novel rocket engine system that could revolutionize space travel.
The project focuses on rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs), which are powered by continuous Mach 5 explosions that rotate around the inside of the engine and are sustained by hydrogen and oxygen propellants fed into the system in NASA inflatable heat shield finds strength in flexibility
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Hampton VA (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
How does something that looks like a stack of orange inner tubes covered in a black tarp survive temperatures reaching 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it plunges through the atmosphere? An upcoming technology demonstration uses advanced materials to make a heat shield that's tougher than it looks.
Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) technology has been in development for more
How does something that looks like a stack of orange inner tubes covered in a black tarp survive temperatures reaching 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit as it plunges through the atmosphere? An upcoming technology demonstration uses advanced materials to make a heat shield that's tougher than it looks.
Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) technology has been in development for more Claro Brasil to Extend 4G and 5G-Ready Mobile Services Across Amazon Region with SES's O3b mPOWER
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
With unprecedented demand for high-powered mobile connectivity in the most isolated communities of the Amazon, SES has signed a multiyear capacity renewal with Claro Brasil, through Embratel, its corporate solutions division, to enable the delivery of enhanced 4G/5G-ready services via its O3b mPOWER network, SES's next-gen medium earth orbit (MEO) communications system, in at least eight of 23 c
With unprecedented demand for high-powered mobile connectivity in the most isolated communities of the Amazon, SES has signed a multiyear capacity renewal with Claro Brasil, through Embratel, its corporate solutions division, to enable the delivery of enhanced 4G/5G-ready services via its O3b mPOWER network, SES's next-gen medium earth orbit (MEO) communications system, in at least eight of 23 c Spice innovation for Earth with the SeRANIS mission
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
LuxSpace, a subsidiary of space and technology group OHB SE, and the University of German Armed Forces Munich just signed a contract for the dtec.bw SeRANIS (Seamless Radio Access Network for Internet of Space) small satellite mission.
This UniBw M mission provides the world's first publicly accessible multifunctional experimental laboratory in orbit and will use the LuxSpace built Triton-
LuxSpace, a subsidiary of space and technology group OHB SE, and the University of German Armed Forces Munich just signed a contract for the dtec.bw SeRANIS (Seamless Radio Access Network for Internet of Space) small satellite mission.
This UniBw M mission provides the world's first publicly accessible multifunctional experimental laboratory in orbit and will use the LuxSpace built Triton- Airbus and Salam join forces for High Altitude Platform Station connectivity services
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Farnborough UK (SPX) Oct 25, 2022
Airbus' HAPS Connectivity Business has signed a strategic partnership with Salam, a leading Saudi telecommunications and ICT company and part of the Mawarid Media and Communications Group (MMCG), to progress the development of private networks, IoT applications, disaster management solutions and other connectivity and high-altitude Earth observation services from the stratosphere to serve the Ki
Airbus' HAPS Connectivity Business has signed a strategic partnership with Salam, a leading Saudi telecommunications and ICT company and part of the Mawarid Media and Communications Group (MMCG), to progress the development of private networks, IoT applications, disaster management solutions and other connectivity and high-altitude Earth observation services from the stratosphere to serve the Ki PickNik Robotics wins Space Force contract for on-orbit capture
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
PickNik Robotics has won a SpaceWERX contract to work on robotics for the US Space Force. In addition, the company recently won a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract for continued work on supervised autonomy for space robotics, as well as a Colorado Advanced Industries Accelerator (AIA) grant for space robotics.
"These three wins provide additional validation of
PickNik Robotics has won a SpaceWERX contract to work on robotics for the US Space Force. In addition, the company recently won a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract for continued work on supervised autonomy for space robotics, as well as a Colorado Advanced Industries Accelerator (AIA) grant for space robotics.
"These three wins provide additional validation of Thermal control designs keep astronauts cool on space station
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Beijing (XNA) Oct 27, 2022
For astronauts, staying cool and comfortable on China's Tiangong space station is no problem. The station orbits Earth in about 90 minutes at an altitude of 400 km. It experiences large fluctuations in temperature, ranging from 150 degrees Celsius when the station is exposed to the sun to minus 100 degrees Celsius when over the night side of the planet. So how to protect station residents from e
For astronauts, staying cool and comfortable on China's Tiangong space station is no problem. The station orbits Earth in about 90 minutes at an altitude of 400 km. It experiences large fluctuations in temperature, ranging from 150 degrees Celsius when the station is exposed to the sun to minus 100 degrees Celsius when over the night side of the planet. So how to protect station residents from e NASA Lucy spacecraft captures moon images and 'Terminator Mosaic'
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 26, 2021
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has captured new high resolution images of the Moon's Central Highlands surface taken while the spacecraft was between Earth and the Moon.
The Oct. 16 images were taken approximately 140,000 to 160,000 miles from the moon after Lucy flew by the Earth for its first of three gravity assists, the space agency said. They included a "Terminator Mosaic," as well as sing
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has captured new high resolution images of the Moon's Central Highlands surface taken while the spacecraft was between Earth and the Moon.
The Oct. 16 images were taken approximately 140,000 to 160,000 miles from the moon after Lucy flew by the Earth for its first of three gravity assists, the space agency said. They included a "Terminator Mosaic," as well as sing Trying to Avoid Nodules: Sols 3633-3634
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 27, 2022
The long Sol 3631 drive went well, leaving the rover near exposures of nodule-rich bedrock. Because we have examined the chemical composition of nodules recently, a goal for today's planning was to find patches of bedrock that are relatively nodule-free in order to look for changes in the "background" bedrock.
So the Sol 3633 plan starts with a couple APXS integrations on "Balata," a bedro
The long Sol 3631 drive went well, leaving the rover near exposures of nodule-rich bedrock. Because we have examined the chemical composition of nodules recently, a goal for today's planning was to find patches of bedrock that are relatively nodule-free in order to look for changes in the "background" bedrock.
So the Sol 3633 plan starts with a couple APXS integrations on "Balata," a bedro Arecibo Observatory scientists publish major study on near-earth asteroids
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Orlando FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
The largest paper ever published on radar observations of near-Earth asteroids has been released, compiling years' worth of data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Using delay-Doppler radar observations collected from the observatory between December 2017 and December 2019, the study includes 191 asteroids' radar cross sections and Doppler-frequency broadening. This data can be u
The largest paper ever published on radar observations of near-Earth asteroids has been released, compiling years' worth of data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Using delay-Doppler radar observations collected from the observatory between December 2017 and December 2019, the study includes 191 asteroids' radar cross sections and Doppler-frequency broadening. This data can be u New technique to determine age will open new era of planetary science
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
The coming decade is expected to bring a veritable bonanza for the science of planets: space missions are scheduled to bring back samples of rock from the moon, Mars, the Martian moon of Phobos, and a primitive asteroid. And scientists say there is a new technique for determining the age of rocks, meteorites, and even artifacts, that could help open up a new era of discovery.
A group with
The coming decade is expected to bring a veritable bonanza for the science of planets: space missions are scheduled to bring back samples of rock from the moon, Mars, the Martian moon of Phobos, and a primitive asteroid. And scientists say there is a new technique for determining the age of rocks, meteorites, and even artifacts, that could help open up a new era of discovery.
A group with Webb offers never-before-seen details of early universe
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:58
Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 27, 2022
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was specially designed to detect the faint infrared light from very distant galaxies and give astronomers a glimpse at the early universe. The nature of galaxies during this early period of our universe is not well known nor understood. But with the help of gravitational lensing by a cluster of galaxies in the foreground, faint background galaxies can be magnifi
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was specially designed to detect the faint infrared light from very distant galaxies and give astronomers a glimpse at the early universe. The nature of galaxies during this early period of our universe is not well known nor understood. But with the help of gravitational lensing by a cluster of galaxies in the foreground, faint background galaxies can be magnifi Solar Orbiter’s unprecedented view of the quiet corona
Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:00
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The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission has experienced its second close encounter with the Sun. It is delivering more stunning data, and at higher resolution than ever before.
The moment of closest approach took place on 12 October at 19:12 UTC (21:12 CEST), when Solar Orbiter was just 29% of the Earth’s distance from the Sun. This movie comes from 13 October, when the spacecraft’s Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) returned the highest resolution movie of the quiet corona ever taken with any instrument.
Each pixel on this movie spans 105 km on the surface of the Sun. This means that