Week in images: 05 - 09 April 2021
Thursday, 08 April 2021 13:48
Week in images: 05 - 09 April 2021
Discover our week through the lens
Soyuz crew blasts off; marking 60 years of spaceflight
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 9, 2021
A three-man crew will blast off to the International Space Station on Friday in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
Reminders of Gagarin's achievement were everywhere at the Russia-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei prepare
A three-man crew will blast off to the International Space Station on Friday in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
Reminders of Gagarin's achievement were everywhere at the Russia-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky and Pyotr Dubrov and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei prepare NASA seeks to create a better battery with SABERS
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Cleveland OH (SPX) Apr 08, 2021
Dealing with battery issues on our phones, tablets, or laptops can be frustrating. Although batteries are everywhere in everyday life, many still suffer breakdowns and failures. The minor inconvenience of needing to charge them more often could even turn into costly repairs or buying a new device altogether. Batteries in larger electronics, like hoverboards or cars, can even catch fire.
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Dealing with battery issues on our phones, tablets, or laptops can be frustrating. Although batteries are everywhere in everyday life, many still suffer breakdowns and failures. The minor inconvenience of needing to charge them more often could even turn into costly repairs or buying a new device altogether. Batteries in larger electronics, like hoverboards or cars, can even catch fire.
No COVID-19 Impact on Smallsat Market Mitigated by Funding Availability, Government Support
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2021
The latest update of "Prospects for the Small Satellite Market" was released this week by Euroconsult, forecasting further growth in the global supply and demand of government, commercial and academic satellites weighing up to 500 kg. The market intelligence report, now in its 7th edition, builds upon Euroconsult's previous iteration that accurately predicted more than 1,000 satellites would be
The latest update of "Prospects for the Small Satellite Market" was released this week by Euroconsult, forecasting further growth in the global supply and demand of government, commercial and academic satellites weighing up to 500 kg. The market intelligence report, now in its 7th edition, builds upon Euroconsult's previous iteration that accurately predicted more than 1,000 satellites would be Pentagon building autonomous daytime telescopes for tracking enemy satellites
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 08, 2021
While the Pentagon has cried foul over Russian space-based devices it claims are weapons, the US has tested its own identical devices for years. Their claims have served as the alarmist foundations for justifying the creation of the US Space Force and the militarization of space.
The US Air Force has invested in half a dozen advanced daytime ground-based telescopes it intends to use for tr
While the Pentagon has cried foul over Russian space-based devices it claims are weapons, the US has tested its own identical devices for years. Their claims have served as the alarmist foundations for justifying the creation of the US Space Force and the militarization of space.
The US Air Force has invested in half a dozen advanced daytime ground-based telescopes it intends to use for tr Air Force's hypersonic missile booster fails to launch from B-52 in first test
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021
The Air Force's first booster vehicle in a hypersonic weapons test this week failed to launch, the service said on Tuesday.
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress took off over the Point Mugu Sea Range in California on Monday with the intention of firing the first booster test vehicle for the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon program.
But the booster was not able to comp
The Air Force's first booster vehicle in a hypersonic weapons test this week failed to launch, the service said on Tuesday.
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress took off over the Point Mugu Sea Range in California on Monday with the intention of firing the first booster test vehicle for the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon program.
But the booster was not able to comp The fiery chief of Russia's troubled space programme
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Moscow (AFP) April 9, 2021
Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's troubled space agency Roscosmos, is hardly your typical bureaucrat.
Brash and brazen, the former diplomat has made his name with provocative tweets and boisterous claims.
But he is equally well-known for leading the once-prized Soviet space programme during years of corruption scandals and technological stagnation.
In 2014, Rogozin, then a deputy
Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia's troubled space agency Roscosmos, is hardly your typical bureaucrat.
Brash and brazen, the former diplomat has made his name with provocative tweets and boisterous claims.
But he is equally well-known for leading the once-prized Soviet space programme during years of corruption scandals and technological stagnation.
In 2014, Rogozin, then a deputy NASA certifies new launch control system for Artemis I
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 09, 2021
When NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the Artemis I mission, the amount of data generated by the rocket, spacecraft, and ground support equipment will be about 100 megabytes per second. The volume and speed of this information demands an equally complex and robust computer system to process and deliver that
When NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the Artemis I mission, the amount of data generated by the rocket, spacecraft, and ground support equipment will be about 100 megabytes per second. The volume and speed of this information demands an equally complex and robust computer system to process and deliver that DLR is creating the rocket fuels of the future
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 09, 2021
Sustainability and environmental compatibility are becoming increasingly important considerations in the space sector. In order to achieve these objectives, scientists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Lampoldshausen are developing fuels for next-generation space applications. The focus is on application-related properties such as improved environ
Sustainability and environmental compatibility are becoming increasingly important considerations in the space sector. In order to achieve these objectives, scientists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Lampoldshausen are developing fuels for next-generation space applications. The focus is on application-related properties such as improved environ Asteroid crater on Earth provides clues about Martian craters
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Apr 09, 2021
The almost 15-million-year-old Nordlinger Ries is an asteroid impact crater filled with lake sediments. Its structure is comparable to the craters currently being explored on Mars. In addition to various other deposits on the rim of the basin, the crater fill is mainly formed by stratified clay deposits.
Unexpectedly, a research team led by the University of Gottingen has now discovered a
The almost 15-million-year-old Nordlinger Ries is an asteroid impact crater filled with lake sediments. Its structure is comparable to the craters currently being explored on Mars. In addition to various other deposits on the rim of the basin, the crater fill is mainly formed by stratified clay deposits.
Unexpectedly, a research team led by the University of Gottingen has now discovered a NASA selects innovative, early-stage tech concepts for continued study
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2021
NASA encourages researchers to develop and study unexpected approaches for traveling through, understanding, and exploring space. To further these goals, the agency has selected seven studies for additional funding - totaling $5 million - from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The researchers previously received at least one NIAC award related to their proposals.
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NASA encourages researchers to develop and study unexpected approaches for traveling through, understanding, and exploring space. To further these goals, the agency has selected seven studies for additional funding - totaling $5 million - from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The researchers previously received at least one NIAC award related to their proposals.
"Creat More than 5,000 tons of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:49
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 09, 2021
Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give rise to shooting stars. Some of them reach the ground in the form of micrometeorites. An international program conducted for nearly 20 years by scientists from the CNRS, the Universite Paris-Saclay and the National museum of natural history with the support o
Every year, our planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give rise to shooting stars. Some of them reach the ground in the form of micrometeorites. An international program conducted for nearly 20 years by scientists from the CNRS, the Universite Paris-Saclay and the National museum of natural history with the support o Contained confinement
Thursday, 08 April 2021 12:01
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ESA-sponsored medical doctor Nick Smith snapped this photo of the storage containers at Concordia research station in Antarctica shortly before sunset, 8 April 2021. The dark blue line at the horizon is the shadow of the Earth.
The containers store food, recycling and the scientific samples of blood, saliva, and stool that Nick routinely takes. The units on the right are part of the summer camp, during which researchers sleep in tents.
Science for the benefit of space exploration does not only happen off planet. While some studies require the weightless isolation of the International Space Station, Antarctica also provides the
Soyuz launches new crew to International Space Station
Thursday, 08 April 2021 11:45
WASHINGTON — A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut arrived at the International Space Station April 9, a few hours after its launch from Kazakhstan.
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:42 a.m.