Nanoavionics builds first nanosatellite for Promethee's EO constellation
Friday, 29 April 2022 06:02
Satellite operator Promethee has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics to build the first nanosatellite for the French company's planned constellation of Earth observation nanosatellites and image analysis platform. "ProtoMethee-1" will be based on NanoAvionics' flight-proven 16U nanosatellite bus M16P.
In addition to the satellite with onboard camera and propulsion, NanoAvionics will HyPrSpace raises 1M euro in seed funding to develop reusable hybrid micro-launcher
Friday, 29 April 2022 06:02
HyPrSpace, a startup specializing in the design of space launchers, has announced that it has raised euro 1.1 million from the Geodesic fund, the French Tech Seed fund managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance as part of France 2030, and private investors. This funding will allow the startup to strengthen its teams to accelerate the development of its OB-1 reusable launcher, and t AST SpaceMobile announces collaboration with Globe Telecom
Friday, 29 April 2022 06:02
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network designed to be accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has announced a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") with Globe Telecom, Inc. ("Globe") (NASDAQ: GTMEF).
Globe is a leading digital platform in the Philippines, serving consumers and businesses' telecommunications Discovery of 30 exocomets in a young planetary system
Friday, 29 April 2022 06:02
For the past thirty years, the star ss Pictoris has fascinated astronomers because it enables them to observe a planetary system in the process of formation. It is made up of at least two young planets, and also contains comets, which were detected as early as 1987.
These were the first comets ever observed around a star other than the Sun. Now, an international research team headed by Ala Revenge of the Wheels Sol 3458
Friday, 29 April 2022 06:02
While angular, pointy rocks have damaged the rover's wheels since early in the MSL mission, sometimes the wheels damage rocks as the rover drives over them. As seen especially at the upper left side of this image, the bedrock was scraped and fractured by the rover during the Sol 3456 drive.
Unfortunately, that drive did not complete as planned, but the tactical team took advantage of the s Enigmatic Rock Layer in Mars' Gale Crater Awaits Measurements by the Curiosity Rover
Friday, 29 April 2022 06:02
Scientists have been studying the sediments within Mars' Gale crater for many years using orbital data sets, but thanks to the Curiosity rover driving across these deposits we can also obtain up-close observations and detailed measurements of the rocks, similar to field work done by geologists on Earth.
A new paper led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Catherine Weitz takes a Origin of complex cells started without oxygen
Friday, 29 April 2022 06:02
Since the 1960s, many experts have argued that the emergence of eukaryotes (cells containing a clearly defined nucleus) happened in response to the oxygenation of Earth's surface environment.
But a team led by the universities of Stanford and Exeter say recent advances in the Earth and life sciences challenge this view.
Their review says these breakthroughs "decouple" the emergence o Scientists study microorganisms on Earth to gain insight into life on other planets
Friday, 29 April 2022 06:02
In Oman, on the Persian Gulf, there is a large slab of ancient seafloor - including ultramafic rocks from Earth's upper mantle - called the Samail Ophiolite. These unique rocks not only provide valuable information about the ocean floor and Earth's upper mantle, they may also hold clues to life on other planets.
To find these clues, a team of scientists from Arizona State University, who a Space Force has insatiable demand for geospatial intelligence
Thursday, 28 April 2022 23:57
The U.S. Space Force plans to request funding in the 2024 budget for space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Space Force deputy chief of space operations.
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NASA and DLR to end SOFIA operations
Thursday, 28 April 2022 23:28
NASA and German space agency DLR announced April 28 they will end operations of an airborne astrophysics observatory in September.
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Op-ed | Advances in commercial space having geopolitical and national security implications
Thursday, 28 April 2022 21:00
It is becoming increasingly difficult to hide behind the “commercial” label when their work has geopolitical and national security implications.
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Canada looks to prosecute crimes on the moon
Thursday, 28 April 2022 19:13
Canadian lawmakers were set to vote Thursday on amending the nation's Criminal Code to allow for the prosecution of crimes committed on the moon.
The proposed change to the law—which was expected to be passed—was described in a 443-page budget implementation bill presented to Parliament this week.
Canada to prosecute crimes on the moon
Thursday, 28 April 2022 19:13Canadian lawmakers were set to vote Thursday on amending the nation's Criminal Code to allow for the prosecution of crimes committed on the moon.
The proposed change to the law—which was expected to be passed—was described in a 443-page budget implementation bill presented to Parliament this week.
Space Force sees room for more competitors in national security launch
Thursday, 28 April 2022 19:12
Gen. John Raymond said the the Space Force might consider working with more than two launch companies as more players enter the industry
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