Spaceflight readies its largest satellite contracted to date, Amazonia-1, for Launch
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Seattle WA (SPX) Feb 18, 2021
Spaceflight Inc has provided details about the upcoming launch of its largest customer satellite launch to date, the Amazonia-1 spacecraft. To accommodate the nearly 700-kilogram satellite, Spaceflight purchased an entire NewSpace India Limited's (NSIL) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The mission, named PSLV-C51/ Amazonia-1, is targeted for launch at the end of February from Satish Dhawan
Spaceflight Inc has provided details about the upcoming launch of its largest customer satellite launch to date, the Amazonia-1 spacecraft. To accommodate the nearly 700-kilogram satellite, Spaceflight purchased an entire NewSpace India Limited's (NSIL) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The mission, named PSLV-C51/ Amazonia-1, is targeted for launch at the end of February from Satish Dhawan Arch Mission Foundation announces first in series of Earth Archives
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2021
The Arch Mission Foundation, a nonprofit designed to preserve human heritage forever, has successfully placed the first in a series of terrestrial Earth Archives. The Lava Library is the longest lasting time capsule ever deployed on Earth, and follows the placement of Arch Mission's Lunar Library on the Moon in 2019.
The Arch Mission Foundation creates and maintains ultra-long-term data st
The Arch Mission Foundation, a nonprofit designed to preserve human heritage forever, has successfully placed the first in a series of terrestrial Earth Archives. The Lava Library is the longest lasting time capsule ever deployed on Earth, and follows the placement of Arch Mission's Lunar Library on the Moon in 2019.
The Arch Mission Foundation creates and maintains ultra-long-term data st French village says 'non' to Elon Musk's space-age internet
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Saint-Senier-De-Beuvron, France (AFP) Feb 19, 2021
To realise his dream of satellite-powered internet, tech billionaire Elon Musk needs to install antennas around the world. In northern France, a village hopes he'll decide to keep those antennas far away.
Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron, population 350, is none too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk's Starlink project for broadband from space.
"This project is totally new.
To realise his dream of satellite-powered internet, tech billionaire Elon Musk needs to install antennas around the world. In northern France, a village hopes he'll decide to keep those antennas far away.
Saint-Senier-de-Beuvron, population 350, is none too thrilled to have been picked as a ground station for Musk's Starlink project for broadband from space.
"This project is totally new. Air Force awards UToledo $12.5 million to develop space-based solar energy sheets
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
Toledo OH (SPX) Feb 17, 2021
The military is adding fuel to the momentum of physicists at The University of Toledo who are advancing new frontiers in thin-film, highly efficient, low-cost photovoltaic technology to ensure a clean energy future.
The U.S. Air Force awarded UToledo $12.5 million to develop photovoltaic energy sheets that would live in space and harvest solar energy to transmit power wirelessly to Earth-b
The military is adding fuel to the momentum of physicists at The University of Toledo who are advancing new frontiers in thin-film, highly efficient, low-cost photovoltaic technology to ensure a clean energy future.
The U.S. Air Force awarded UToledo $12.5 million to develop photovoltaic energy sheets that would live in space and harvest solar energy to transmit power wirelessly to Earth-b Several tech payloads from ISS National Lab on Northrop Grumman CRS-15
Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:44
KSC FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2021
On Saturday, February 20, no earlier than 12:36 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Cygnus spacecraft on an Antares rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), marking its 15th mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program.
The launch, which will take place from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, will deliver thousands of pounds of critical
On Saturday, February 20, no earlier than 12:36 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman is scheduled to launch its Cygnus spacecraft on an Antares rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), marking its 15th mission under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program.
The launch, which will take place from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, will deliver thousands of pounds of critical Earth from Space: Lusaka, Zambia
Thursday, 18 February 2021 09:00
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lusaka – the capital and largest city of Zambia.
Touchdown: NASA's Perseverance rover ready to search for life on Mars
Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:23
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2021
After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover survived a nail-biting landing phase to touch down gently on the surface of Mars on Thursday, ready to embark on its mission to search for the signs of ancient microbial life.
"Touchdown confirmed," said operations lead Swati Mohan at around 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT), as mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasade
After seven months in space, NASA's Perseverance rover survived a nail-biting landing phase to touch down gently on the surface of Mars on Thursday, ready to embark on its mission to search for the signs of ancient microbial life.
"Touchdown confirmed," said operations lead Swati Mohan at around 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT), as mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasade Mars landing will mark many firsts in space exploration
Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:23
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2021
NASA's planned landing of the Mars rover Perseverance at 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday will begin a process to advance exploration and understanding of the Red Planet by leaps and bounds - if all goes well.
New landing technology being employed is vital to future missions, especially if humans are ever to set foot on Mars, Steve Jurczyk, NASA's acting administrator, said in an interview Wedne
NASA's planned landing of the Mars rover Perseverance at 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday will begin a process to advance exploration and understanding of the Red Planet by leaps and bounds - if all goes well.
New landing technology being employed is vital to future missions, especially if humans are ever to set foot on Mars, Steve Jurczyk, NASA's acting administrator, said in an interview Wedne Mars 2020 - a virtual visit to Jezero Crater
Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:23
Berlin, Germany (DLR) Feb 18, 2021
Today, on the evening of 18 February 2021, NASA's Mars 2020 mission has safely landed the rover 'Perseverance' in Jezero Crater at 21:55 (CET). With these image products, the landing site of the most powerful of all Mars rovers to date can be explored on screen. The interactive map of Jezero Crater was created by researchers at Freie Universitat Berlin (FUB) using pre-processed data acquired by
Today, on the evening of 18 February 2021, NASA's Mars 2020 mission has safely landed the rover 'Perseverance' in Jezero Crater at 21:55 (CET). With these image products, the landing site of the most powerful of all Mars rovers to date can be explored on screen. The interactive map of Jezero Crater was created by researchers at Freie Universitat Berlin (FUB) using pre-processed data acquired by First black hole ever detected is more massive than we thought
Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:23
Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 19, 2021
Cygnus X-1, a binary star system first discovered in 1964, comprises one of the closest black holes to Earth. New observations of this black hole, the first ever detected, have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe's most mysterious objects.
An international team, including researchers from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (
Cygnus X-1, a binary star system first discovered in 1964, comprises one of the closest black holes to Earth. New observations of this black hole, the first ever detected, have led astronomers to question what they know about the Universe's most mysterious objects.
An international team, including researchers from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( New form of crystalline ice may help learn about hydrogen bonds
Thursday, 18 February 2021 03:23
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2021
Using neutron diffraction, scientists have characterized the crystalline structure of a newly named ice form, ice XIX.
Researchers described the exotic ice form in a new paper, published Thursday in the journal Nature Communications.
Almost all naturally occurring frozen water on planet Earth, whether ice or snow, exists in the hexagonal crystal form called ordinary ice - or ice
Using neutron diffraction, scientists have characterized the crystalline structure of a newly named ice form, ice XIX.
Researchers described the exotic ice form in a new paper, published Thursday in the journal Nature Communications.
Almost all naturally occurring frozen water on planet Earth, whether ice or snow, exists in the hexagonal crystal form called ordinary ice - or ice NASA confirms Perseverance rover has landed on Mars
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 23:41
Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2021
NASA said Thursday that the Perseverance rover has touched down on the surface of Mars after successfully overcoming a risky landing phase known as the "seven minutes of terror."
"Touchdown confirmed," said operations lead Swati Mohan at around 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT) as mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory headquarters erupted in cheers.
The autonomously-guided pr
NASA said Thursday that the Perseverance rover has touched down on the surface of Mars after successfully overcoming a risky landing phase known as the "seven minutes of terror."
"Touchdown confirmed," said operations lead Swati Mohan at around 3:55 pm Eastern Time (2055 GMT) as mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory headquarters erupted in cheers.
The autonomously-guided pr Quebec invests in Telesat Lightspeed constellation
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 21:53
SAN FRANCISCO – The Quebec government will invest 400 million Canadian dollars ($315.5 million) in Telesat’s Lightspeed low-Earth orbit communications network. MDA will produce the constellation’s phased array antennas. And Thales Alenia Space will manufacture the satellites in Quebec, under a memorandum of understanding announced Feb.
U.S. Space Command to recommend investments in space infrastructure
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 21:34
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military over decades has built extensive infrastructure to move troops and equipment around the world. It may now need to start thinking about investing in foundation technologies to support future activities in space, said Lt.
Perseverance lands on Mars
Wednesday, 17 February 2021 21:10
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars Feb. 18, completing a nearly seven-month journey from Earth and beginning a years-long exploration of the red planet.
Perseverance touched down at Jezero Crater on Mars at 3:55 p.m.