NASA Invites Media to Witness World’s First Planetary Defense Test
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 14:38
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, will impact its target asteroid—which poses no threat to Earth—at 7:14 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 26. Saturn V was loud but didn't melt concrete
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 14:16
The Saturn V carried man to the moon and remains the most powerful rocket to successfully launch to orbit. It captures the imagination—but sometimes, it might capture a bit too much imagination. Abundant internet claims about the acoustic power of the rocket suggest that it melted concrete and lit grass on fire over a mile away.
Such ideas are undeniably false. In The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, researchers from Brigham Young University used a physics-based model to estimate the acoustic levels of the Saturn V. They obtained a value of 203 decibels, which matched the very limited data from the 1960s.
To put that number into perspective, commercial jet engines range from around 120 to 160 decibels.
"Decibels are logarithmic, so every 10 decibels is an order of magnitude increase," said author Kent L.
Connecting the Dots | Regulating space power plants
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 12:00
While concepts for space-based solar power plants have been around for decades, the economics have not added up. That could be changing with the advent of renewable rockets and advancing in-orbit assembly capabilities.
Wobbling droplets in space confirm late professor's theory
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 12:00
Ithaca NY (SPX) Aug 19, 2022
At a time when astronomers around the world are reveling in new views of the distant cosmos, an experiment on the International Space Station has given Cornell researchers fresh insight into something a little closer to home: water.
Specifically, the space station's microgravity environment illuminated the ways that water droplets oscillate and spread across solid surfaces - knowledge that
At a time when astronomers around the world are reveling in new views of the distant cosmos, an experiment on the International Space Station has given Cornell researchers fresh insight into something a little closer to home: water.
Specifically, the space station's microgravity environment illuminated the ways that water droplets oscillate and spread across solid surfaces - knowledge that US Navy military sealift command awards Inmarsat 10-year wideband follow-on contract
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 12:00
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 19, 2022
Inmarsat Government has announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded Inmarsat Government the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) Next Generation Wideband (NGW) Follow-On (FO) Contract for worldwide end-to-end commercial satellite communications services.
An Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, the ceiling value of the award is $578M ove
Inmarsat Government has announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded Inmarsat Government the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) Next Generation Wideband (NGW) Follow-On (FO) Contract for worldwide end-to-end commercial satellite communications services.
An Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, the ceiling value of the award is $578M ove Plate tectonics drives ocean oxygenation
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 12:00
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 19, 2022
Until now, it has been assumed that the oxygenation of the oceans over geological timescales has mainly been driven by atmospheric oxygen levels. However, a new study published in Nature on June 27 2022 suggests otherwise.
Work by scientists at the Biogeosciences Laboratory (CNRS/UBFC), together with their colleagues at the University of California's Department of Earth and Planetary Scien
Until now, it has been assumed that the oxygenation of the oceans over geological timescales has mainly been driven by atmospheric oxygen levels. However, a new study published in Nature on June 27 2022 suggests otherwise.
Work by scientists at the Biogeosciences Laboratory (CNRS/UBFC), together with their colleagues at the University of California's Department of Earth and Planetary Scien Leanspace and Valispace team up to demonstrate the power of Digital Continuity in space mission management
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
Logan UT (SPX) Aug 23, 2022
Numerous software tools are typically required throughout a space mission; from the mission conceptualization and satellite design, to testing the hardware, to running operations. Still today, this technology stack consists of independent systems that don't talk to each other, requiring manual movement of data, limiting automation and forcing engineering teams to work with different data sets.
Numerous software tools are typically required throughout a space mission; from the mission conceptualization and satellite design, to testing the hardware, to running operations. Still today, this technology stack consists of independent systems that don't talk to each other, requiring manual movement of data, limiting automation and forcing engineering teams to work with different data sets. Webb's Jupiter images showcase auroras, hazes
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 23, 2022
With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on. Now, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the planet. Webb's Jupiter observations will give scientists even more clues to Jupiter's inner life.
"We hadn't really expected it to be this good, to be honest," said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater,
With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on. Now, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the planet. Webb's Jupiter observations will give scientists even more clues to Jupiter's inner life.
"We hadn't really expected it to be this good, to be honest," said planetary astronomer Imke de Pater, Perseverance Soon Heads to 'Enchanted Lake'
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 23, 2022
After an extended stay at "Wildcat Ridge," the Perseverance team is preparing to head southwest to another sedimentary outcrop on the Jezero Crater delta called Enchanted Lake. This site has enchanted our science team since we first visited it back April.
The drive to "Enchanted Lake" is expected to begin in the next few days with arrival in early September.
Before beginning the driv
After an extended stay at "Wildcat Ridge," the Perseverance team is preparing to head southwest to another sedimentary outcrop on the Jezero Crater delta called Enchanted Lake. This site has enchanted our science team since we first visited it back April.
The drive to "Enchanted Lake" is expected to begin in the next few days with arrival in early September.
Before beginning the driv Surprising details leap out in Webb Telescope Jupiter images
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2022
The latest images of Jupiter from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are stunners. Captured on July 27, the infrared images - artificially colored to make specific features stand out - show fine filigree along the edges of the colored bands and around the Great Red Spot and also provide an unprecedented view of the auroras over the north and south poles.
One wide-field image presents a
The latest images of Jupiter from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are stunners. Captured on July 27, the infrared images - artificially colored to make specific features stand out - show fine filigree along the edges of the colored bands and around the Great Red Spot and also provide an unprecedented view of the auroras over the north and south poles.
One wide-field image presents a NASA scientists study how to remove planetary photobombers
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 23, 2022
Imagine you go to a theme park with your family and you ask a park employee to take a group photo. A celebrity walks by in the background and waves at the camera, stealing the focus of the photo. Surprisingly, this concept of "photobombing" is relevant to astronomers looking for habitable planets, too.
When scientists point a telescope at an exoplanet, the light the telescope receives coul
Imagine you go to a theme park with your family and you ask a park employee to take a group photo. A celebrity walks by in the background and waves at the camera, stealing the focus of the photo. Surprisingly, this concept of "photobombing" is relevant to astronomers looking for habitable planets, too.
When scientists point a telescope at an exoplanet, the light the telescope receives coul Breaking in a new planet
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 23, 2022
The harder you hit something - a ball, a walnut, a geode - the more likely it is to break open. Or, if not break open, at least lose a little bit of its structural integrity, the way baseball players pummel new gloves to make them softer and more flexible. Cracks, massive or tiny, form and bear a silent, permanent witness to the impact.
Studying how those impacts affect planetary bodies, a
The harder you hit something - a ball, a walnut, a geode - the more likely it is to break open. Or, if not break open, at least lose a little bit of its structural integrity, the way baseball players pummel new gloves to make them softer and more flexible. Cracks, massive or tiny, form and bear a silent, permanent witness to the impact.
Studying how those impacts affect planetary bodies, a Skyrora completes second stage static fire engine test
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
Edinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Aug 23, 2022
The first vertical rocket launch from British soil moved a vital step closer this month as UK rocket company Skyrora successfully completed the static fire test of the second stage of its flagship Skyrora XL orbital vehicle.
The monumental event, at Discover Space UK at Machrihanish Airbase on the Mull of Kintyre, was the largest integrated stage test in the UK for 50 years, since the days
The first vertical rocket launch from British soil moved a vital step closer this month as UK rocket company Skyrora successfully completed the static fire test of the second stage of its flagship Skyrora XL orbital vehicle.
The monumental event, at Discover Space UK at Machrihanish Airbase on the Mull of Kintyre, was the largest integrated stage test in the UK for 50 years, since the days China launches new satellite via Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
Xichang (XNA) Aug 23, 2022
China on Tuesday successfully launched a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The Chuangxin-16 satellite, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was launched at 10:36 am (Beijing Time) by a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.
The satellite will mainly be used for scientific e
China on Tuesday successfully launched a new satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The Chuangxin-16 satellite, developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was launched at 10:36 am (Beijing Time) by a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully.
The satellite will mainly be used for scientific e 103rd successful rocket launch breaks record
Tuesday, 23 August 2022 10:58
Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 23, 2022
The Long March carrier rocket family, China's backbone launch vehicle fleet, has set a new record for successful consecutive launches after a Long March 2D launch over the weekend, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor.
The rocket blasted off at 1:37 am Saturday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province and l
The Long March carrier rocket family, China's backbone launch vehicle fleet, has set a new record for successful consecutive launches after a Long March 2D launch over the weekend, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor.
The rocket blasted off at 1:37 am Saturday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province and l