Zoom into the Tarantula Nebula
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 13:00
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This video takes the viewer on a journey that zooms through space to reveal the Tarantula Nebula.
Thousands of never-before-seen young stars are spotted in the stellar nursery called 30 Doradus, captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. It is nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula for the appearance of its dusty filaments in previous telescope images, the nebula has long been a favourite for astronomers studying star formation. In addition to young stars, Webb reveals distant background galaxies, as well as the detailed structure and composition of the nebula’s gas and dust.
Webb captures a cosmic tarantula
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 13:00
Thousands of never-before-seen young stars are spotted in a stellar nursery called 30 Doradus, captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula for the appearance of its dusty filaments in previous telescope images, the nebula has long been a favourite for astronomers studying star formation. In addition to young stars, Webb reveals distant background galaxies, as well as the detailed structure and composition of the nebula’s gas and dust.
South Korean lunar orbiter succeeds in critical trajectory correction maneuver
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:36
South Korea’s first robotic lunar orbiter is looping back to the moon from the L1 Lagrange point after successfully conducting a critical trajectory correction maneuver Sept.
What's being done to protect astronauts from radiation in deep space?
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:30
In 1982, author James Michener published his sprawling novel "Space." In it, he describes a fictional Apollo 18 mission to the moon. While the astronauts are on the surface, the sun unleashes a huge storm, trapping them outside of their protective capsule.
Chinese astronauts successfully grow rice in space
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:20
Rice is one of the world's staple crops. It is regularly eaten by more than half the world's population. And now, it's been grown in microgravity, on board the newly launched Chinese Wentian space laboratory.
Wentian launched in July and joined up with the Tianhe module of China's new space station. Its original complement of eight experiments included one that attempted to grow rice in microgravity.
Rice typically grows to 3 to 4 feet over four months, and the stalks on Wentian have not been able to complete their entire maturation cycle since the experiment started in July. However, they seem to be on track compared to their Earth-bound counterparts.
There were actually two types of rice launched as part of the experiment. A tall shoot variety reached almost 30 centimeters in the first month of growth, and a dwarf variety reached around 5 cm. Both of these growth amounts are on par for these particular rice varieties on Earth.
Space Compass and Skyloom sign term sheet to bring optical data relay services to EO market
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:06
Skyloom and Space Compass (a newly formed joint venture between NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT) has announced that the companies signed a term sheet aimed to launch the first geostationary-based (GEO) data relay service over Asia that will leverage Skyloom's cutting-edge communication and networking systems for the purpose of serving the rapidly growing Earth-Observation (EO) market for real-time, hig A space race, a new Cold War or a bit of both
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:06
NASA has delayed the launch of the Artemis I new moon program until at least Sept 19 after cancelling a planned launch on Saturday. The decision on Saturday was the second time in a week that the launch was scrapped.
The first time it was cancelled was on Aug 29 because one of the four engines was not "cold enough" for take-off minutes before Artemis I was set to blast off to the moon. The AFA Air, Space, Cyber Conference set for Sept 19-21
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 12:06
The Air Force Research Laboratory will highlight some of its newest technologies during the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 19-21, 2022, at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
This year's theme is "America's Air and Space Forces - Yesterday, today and tomorrow (75 years in the defense of our nation)." Attendees can ex 
Martian rock-metal composite shows potential of 3D printing on Mars
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 11:21
A little Martian dust appears to go a long way. A small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with a titanium alloy made a stronger, high-performance material in a 3D-printing process that could one day be used on Mars to make tools or rocket parts.
The parts were made by Washington State University researchers with as little as 5% up to 100% Martian regolith, a black powdery substance meant to mimic the rocky, inorganic material found on the surface of the red planet.
While the parts with 5% Martian regolith were strong, the 100% regolith parts proved brittle and cracked easily. Still, even high-Martian content materials would be useful in making coatings to protect equipment from rust or radiation damage, said Amit Bandyopadhyay, corresponding author on the study published in the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology.
mu Space reveals a 10-Year Plan to build a Space Supply Chain in Thailand and Southeast Asia
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 08:40
mu Space and Advance Technology Co., Ltd., a satellite manufacturer and satellite communication service provider, reveals plans to advance the business in the next 10 years. The company announced their intentions to continue to invest in building a network for the aerospace industry with aims to being a leading aerospace manufacturer in Southeast Asia.
mu Space intends to build a supply ch ISRO demonstrates new technology with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 08:40
An IAD, designed and developed by VSSC, has been successfully test flown in a Rohini sounding rocket from TERLS, Thumba at 12.20 pm Saturday Sep 3. The IAD was initially folded and kept inside the payload bay of the rocket. At around 84 km altitude, the IAD was inflated and it descended through atmosphere with the payload part of sounding rocket.
The pneumatic system for inflation was deve Study of Sample Brought Back by Chang'e-5 Unveils Formation of Nanophase Iron on the Moon
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 08:40
By studying lunar soil brought back by China's Chang'e-5 probe, researchers found reliable evidence of disproportionation origin of nanophase iron on the moon, according to a study published on Nature Astronomy on Thursday.
The peer-reviewed study was conducted by the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Kunming University of Science and Technology.
Researc China launches new test satellites via Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 08:40
China sent two new test satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Tuesday.
The CentiSpace 1-S3/S4 test satellites were launched by a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket at 10:24 am (Beijing Time) and they have entered the planned orbit successfully.
This was the 17th flight mission of the Kuaizhou 1A rockets, according to the launch center.
+ SpaceX launches 51 Starlink satellites, orbital transfer vehicle
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 08:40
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 51 Starlink satellites to orbit as well as an orbital transfer vehicle for another company on Sunday night from Port Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, one day after NAA scrapped a mission to the moon.
The payload was sent into a low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at 10:09 p.m. EDT.
The first stage separated and landed on th