China's manned moon landing possible before 2030: scientist
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
It is "entirely possible" for China to perform a crewed lunar landing before 2030, said a senior Chinese scientist in deep-space exploration.
"I personally think that as long as the technological research for manned moon landing continues, and as long as the country is determined (to achieve the goal), it is entirely possible for China to land people on the moon before 2030, " Ye Peijian NASA's next-generation asteroid impact monitoring system goes online
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
The new system improves the capabilities of NASA JPL's Center for Near Earth Object Studies to assess the impact risk of asteroids that can come close to our planet.
To date, nearly 28,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) have been found by survey telescopes that continually scan the night sky, adding new discoveries at a rate of about 3,000 per year. But as larger and more advanced survey tele Evidence emerges for dark-matter free galaxies
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
An international team of astronomers led by researchers from the Netherlands has found no trace of dark matter in the galaxy AGC 114905, despite taking detailed measurements over a course of fourty hours with state-of-the-art telescopes. They will present their findings in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
When Pavel Mancera Pina (University of Groningen and ASTRON, the Ne Growing trend shows demand for maintenance students at commercial space firms
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
Aviation Maintenance Science (AMS) students have been drawing attention in recent years from a new suitor: commercial space companies.
With at least 16 students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's AMS program hired at SpaceX and Blue Origin within the past six years, program leaders credit a steady evolution in the aviation and aerospace sectors - namely, the commercial space boom: an i AST SpaceMobile provides update on BlueWalker 3 launch timing
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has provided updated timing for the launch of its next satellite, BlueWalker 3.
As discussed on the recent Third Quarter 2021 Business Update call and disclosed in its third quarter Form 10-Q, AST SpaceMobile had been evaluating whether to rebook th DoD space agency making contingency plans in case Congress doesn’t pass a budget
Monday, 06 December 2021 22:33
The Space Development Agency’s plans to launch 20 satellites and procure an additional 126 over the coming year could be derailed if Congress doesn’t pass a budget when temporary funding expires in February, SDA director Derek Tournear said Dec.
Rocket flies high over Norway in scientist's atmosphere experiment
Monday, 06 December 2021 21:17
A NASA sounding rocket soared high from a launchpad in Norway on Wednesday morning in a decades-old quest to understand the cause of a persistent dense patch of upper atmosphere on Earth's sun-facing side.
The Cusp Region Experiment-2, or C-REX-2, is headed by space physicist Mark Conde of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and funded by NASA.
NASA's 10 new astronauts: pilots, doctor, physicist, cyclist
Monday, 06 December 2021 20:03
BAE Systems to supply space-qualified microchips for DoD programs
Monday, 06 December 2021 19:30
BAE Systems received a Defense Department contract to qualify a new version of integrated circuit chips for use space electronics, the company announced Dec. 6
The SpaceNews Awards 2021: Meet the nine winners
Monday, 06 December 2021 18:15
In such a remarkable year for commercial, civil and military space, picking winners wasn’t easy. In the end, SpaceNews editors, reporters and trusted advisers agreed on nine individuals, organizations and trends deserving recognition.
REPLAY: The SpaceNews Awards and year-end panel discussion
Monday, 06 December 2021 17:10
The SpaceNews Awards are held each year to recognize achievements in space commerce, exploration and stewardship.
Astra to perform next launch from Cape Canaveral
Monday, 06 December 2021 14:38
Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space announced Dec. 6 that it will conduct its next launch from a pad at Cape Canaveral in January, carrying a set of cubesats for NASA.
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Webb fuelled for launch Arianespace expands Galileo constellation to 28 satellites
Monday, 06 December 2021 14:10
Arianespace successfully launched another two satellites for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system Dec. 4, growing the constellation to 28 in orbit.
European space firm to build small, reusable launcher
Monday, 06 December 2021 14:03
European space firm ArianeGroup will develop a small, reusable carrier rocket to compete with SpaceX, the pioneer of the technology, France's economy minister said Monday.
The launch vehicle should be operational by 2026, Bruno Le Maire said in a visit to ArianeGroup's large rocket testing facility in Vernon, northwest France.
Le Maire admitted that Europe was "behind the curve on reusable launchers".
"We didn't believe in it. We fell behind our American partners who developed Space X and Falcon 9, and we must narrow the gap," he said.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has become a major leader in the sector, with its rockets taking satellites and astronauts into orbit.
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