NASA selects Axiom Space for third private astronaut mission to ISS
Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:38
NASA has approved plans by Axiom Space to fly a third private astronaut mission to the International Space Station as soon as November, although with no details yet about who will go on the flight.
DoD seeking seamless military-commercial satellite communications
Thursday, 16 March 2023 21:33
Prototype telescope launched to the International Space Station
Thursday, 16 March 2023 19:23
A prototype telescope designed and built by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers has been launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida to the International Space Station (ISS).
Known as the Stellar Occultation Hypertemporal Imaging Payload (SOHIP), the telescope uses LLNL patented-monolithic optics technology on a gimbal to observe and measure atmospheric gravity waves and turbulence.
Satellite powered by 48 AA batteries and a $20 microprocessor shows a low-cost way to reduce space junk
Thursday, 16 March 2023 17:10
Common sense suggests that space missions can only happen with multimillion-dollar budgets, materials built to withstand the unforgiving conditions beyond Earth's atmosphere, and as a result of work done by highly trained specialists.
But a team of engineering students from Brown University has turned that assumption on its head.
They built a satellite on a shoestring budget and using off-the-shelf supplies available at most hardware stores. They even sent the satellite—which is powered by 48 Energizer AA batteries and a $20 microprocessor popular with robot hobbyists—into space about 10 months ago, hitching a ride on Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket.
Examining the state of suborbital space science
Thursday, 16 March 2023 15:07
Think there's nothing to learn through suborbital flight and that space science is only done in orbit? Think again.
Recently, a group of school students in Canada asked the question: do Epi-Pens work in space? These are epinephrine-loaded injectors used to help people with allergies survive a severe attack.
To get an answer, the class at St Brother André Elementary School worked with NASA, the University of Ottawa, and the non-profit Cubes in Space program to launch some Epi-Pens on suborbital flights aboard a rocket and a high-altitude balloon.
Virgin Orbit pausing all work, reportedly furloughs staff
Thursday, 16 March 2023 14:49
LEO constellations are starting to disrupt GEO capacity contracts
Thursday, 16 March 2023 14:11
Satellite broadband customers are increasingly demanding shorter-term contracts to hold out for better prices in a market set for a flood of low Earth orbit capacity, according to executives of regional satellite operators.
Student-built satellite uses 'beach ball' for an antenna
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
Scientists and engineers at the University of Arizona have built instruments for three NASA telescopes, led two deep space missions and made it possible to see farther back in space and time than ever before. Adding to this list of space exploration accomplishments is a different type of project - one led entirely by students.
Near the university's main campus, students gather inside a cle Building on Luna and Mars with StarCrete the double stength concrete
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
Building infrastructure in space is currently prohibitively expensive and difficult to achieve. Future space construction will need to rely on simple materials that are easily available to astronauts, StarCrete offers one possible solution. The scientists behind the invention used simulated Martian soil mixed with potato starch and a pinch of salt to create the material that is twice as strong a New Horizons team discusses discoveries from the Kuiper Belt
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
More than 5 billion miles from Earth and 17 years into a mission that included the first close-up exploration of Pluto and the first encounter with a planetary building block in the Kuiper Belt, NASA's New Horizons continues to shed light on the mysterious planets and smaller bodies of the outer solar system.
Launched in January 2006, the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past Pluto and its m Study finds ocean currents may affect rotation of Europa's icy crust
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
NASA scientists have strong evidence that Jupiter's moon Europa has an internal ocean under its icy outer shell - an enormous body of salty water swirling around the moon's rocky interior. New computer modeling suggests the water may actually be pushing the ice shell along, possibly speeding up and slowing down the rotation of the moon's icy shell over time.
Scientists have known that Euro Prototype spacesuit for future NASA mission to Moon unveiled
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
NASA and the private aerospace company Axiom Space unveiled a prototype on Wednesday of the next-generation spacesuit that astronauts will wear on the next walk on the Moon.
The suit revealed at an event at the Johnson Space Center in Houston features greater flexibility and thermal protection than those worn by the Apollo astronauts who first stepped foot on the lunar surface more than 50 y Crossing Off Our Liens at Tapo Caparo: Sols 3769-3770
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
Today's 2-sol plan wraps up our remaining drill campaign and workspace liens at Tapo Caparo.
Our weekend plan ran successfully though we had a known issue which caused several of our remote sensing activities planned for the weekend to not execute.
Today's plan was therefore jam packed with recovering any remaining remote sensing observations of our area and some contact science. LeoLabs expands space safety coverage with new site in Argentina.
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
LeoLabs the world's leading commercial provider of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services and low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping, has announced Argentina as the site for its next space radar. The Argentina Space Radar (AGSR) represents a critical addition to LeoLabs growing global constellation of S-band, phased-array sensors strategically distributed across the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, GMV will develop the future Galileo Second Generation capabilities
Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:36
The European Space Agency (ESA) acting on behalf of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) and in the name of the European Union represented by the European Commission (COM) has awarded technology multinational GMV a contract for the development of the Galileo Second Generation System Test Bed (G2STB).
The G2STB will provide ESA with a key system verification and validat