ESA explores cultivated meat for space food
Monday, 30 October 2023 12:15
As we look ahead to long-term space missions, one of the big challenges is figuring out how to provide healthy and sustainable food for astronauts. To tackle this, ESA supported two research teams to investigate the possibility of cultivating meat in space.
ESA's new dimension in printed circuit design
Monday, 30 October 2023 12:03
This microscopic X-ray animation shows one of the key technologies allowing advanced computer functionality to fit within the smartphone in your pocket: ‘microvias’ are laser drilled holes a small fraction of a millimetre in diameter. A typical high-density interconnect printed circuit board might possess thousands of microvias, which serve to connect multiple functional layers.
Space Force Col. Richard Kniseley to keynote SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards
Monday, 30 October 2023 12:00

Space Force to begin procurement of missile-tracking satellites for medium Earth orbit constellation
Monday, 30 October 2023 11:33

Webinar Replay | We’re Hiring: Attracting and Retaining Space Talent
Monday, 30 October 2023 06:15

Boeing pencils in anytime after April 1st for next Crew Flight Test
Monday, 30 October 2023 02:52
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2023
NASA and Boeing have moved their timelines, setting an April launch date for the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) to the International Space Station (ISS). The decision for the slight delay from a March target was taken during a launch manifest evaluation, factoring in upcoming crew rotations and cargo resupply missions scheduled for this spring.
Upon satisfying NASA's stringent saf

Rogue wins AFWERX contract for innovative space inspection technology
Monday, 30 October 2023 02:52
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 30, 2023
Rogue Space Systems Corporation, an emerging name in space servicing solutions, has been awarded a Direct-to-Phase II contract by AFWERX, an initiative of the U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF). The contract focuses on the incorporation of sensor fusion technology, designed to address key challenges in ensuring safe close-proximity operations in space.
Founded in 2020, Rogue has been a

South Korea's KERI Develops Pioneering Thermoelectric Technology for Space Probes
Monday, 30 October 2023 02:52
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 30, 2023
Researchers from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)-Drs. SuDong Park, Byungki Ryu, and Jaywan Chung-have formulated a new approach to thermoelectric efficiency and engineered a high-efficiency, multistage thermoelectric power generator module. This development has implications for the performance of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs), key power sources for space pro

NASA-ISRO radar mission to provide dynamic view of forests, wetlands
Monday, 30 October 2023 02:52
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2023
NISAR will help researchers explore how changes in Earth's forest and wetland ecosystems are affecting the global carbon cycle and influencing climate change. Once it launches in early 2024, the NISAR radar satellite mission will offer detailed insights into two types of ecosystems - forests and wetlands - vital to naturally regulating the greenhouses gases in the atmosphere that are driving glo

Adtran Rolls Out Dual-Source Timing Solutions for GNSS Security
Monday, 30 October 2023 02:52
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 30, 2023
Adtran has unveiled its latest synchronization solutions, fortified with Satellite Time and Location (STL) technology, in a bid to tackle the vulnerabilities increasingly plaguing GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The move aims to significantly enhance the robustness of critical timing infrastructures against jamming and spoofing attacks.
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Marking 25 Years since Deep Space 1 kickstarted Ion propulsion
Monday, 30 October 2023 02:52
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2023
On Oct. 24, 1998, NASA launched the Deep Space 1 spacecraft. Managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Deep Space 1 served as a testbed for 12 new technologies, including solar electric, also known as ion propulsion, for use in future deep space and interplanetary missions. The spacecraft, the first in NASA's New Millennium program, flew by asteroid Braille and comet B

NASA updates Commercial Crew planning manifest
Sunday, 29 October 2023 11:29
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 30, 2023
NASA and its industry partners Boeing and SpaceX are planning for the next set of missions to the International Space Station for the agency's Commercial Crew Program.
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the orbiting laboratory is targeted to launch no earlier than mid-February. The mission will carry NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, commander; Michael Barratt, pilot; and m

Tech agreement sets stage for U.S. private sector space launch sites in Australia
Sunday, 29 October 2023 11:29
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 30, 2023
The United States and Australia marked a significant milestone in their long partnership with the signing of a bilateral tech agreement Thursday.
The assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation at the U.S. State Department, C.S. Eliot Kang, and the Australian Ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, signed the U.S.-Australia Technology Safeguards Agreement in an
