Canada proposes to develop robotic lunar rover for Artemis
Monday, 10 April 2023 11:01
As Canada celebrates its first astronaut to go to the moon, it is starting a new project that could eventually enable a Canadian to walk on the lunar surface.
Report recommends allowing “learning period” for commercial human spaceflight safety regulations to expire
Monday, 10 April 2023 10:13
A new report recommends that current restrictions on the FAA’s ability to regulate safety for people flying on commercial spacecraft be allowed to expire later this year.
13 volcanoes seen from space
Monday, 10 April 2023 09:00
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Have you ever wondered what a volcano looks like from space? Today, we’re counting down our picks of the most impressive volcanoes around the world – captured by satellites. Our countdown includes Mount Fuji, Mount Mayon and Mount Vesuvius. Satellites orbiting 800 km above us can monitor volcanoes. They can provide real-time data on volcanic activity and can even help disaster response efforts post-eruption.
Safran to provide GNSS simulation solutions for Xona's LEO constellation
Monday, 10 April 2023 06:12
Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
Orolia, a Safran Electronics and Defense company, has partnered with Xona Space Systems to develop support for Xona's Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) constellation and navigation signals in its Skydel-powered simulation and testing products. Xona is developing PULSAR - a high-performance positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service enabled by a commercial constellation of dedicated LEO satellites.
Orolia, a Safran Electronics and Defense company, has partnered with Xona Space Systems to develop support for Xona's Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) constellation and navigation signals in its Skydel-powered simulation and testing products. Xona is developing PULSAR - a high-performance positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service enabled by a commercial constellation of dedicated LEO satellites. SmartSat funds research projects for Space Qualification Mission Waratah Seed
Monday, 10 April 2023 06:12
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Australia's largest space research centre, is committing over AU$1 million to support the development of new space technology that will be tested in space as payloads on the Waratah Seed WS-1 (Waratah Seed) spacecraft, Australia's first space qualification-focused ride-share mission, due to take its maiden flight later in 2023. The SmartSat NSW Node an
SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Australia's largest space research centre, is committing over AU$1 million to support the development of new space technology that will be tested in space as payloads on the Waratah Seed WS-1 (Waratah Seed) spacecraft, Australia's first space qualification-focused ride-share mission, due to take its maiden flight later in 2023. The SmartSat NSW Node an NTT and SES offer satellite-based Edge and Private 5G network solutions
Monday, 10 April 2023 06:12
London, UK (SPX) Apr 06, 2023
NTT Ltd., a leading global IT infrastructure and services company, and SES, a leading global content connectivity service provider via satellite, today announced a multi-year partnership to use SES satellites to deliver NTT's Edge as a Service to enterprise customers. The collaboration will bring together NTT's expertise in networking and enterprise managed services with SES's unique satellite c
NTT Ltd., a leading global IT infrastructure and services company, and SES, a leading global content connectivity service provider via satellite, today announced a multi-year partnership to use SES satellites to deliver NTT's Edge as a Service to enterprise customers. The collaboration will bring together NTT's expertise in networking and enterprise managed services with SES's unique satellite c Northrop Grumman developing military communications satellite for 2025 launch
Sunday, 09 April 2023 20:46
Northrop Grumman is developing a geostationary communications satellite that will compete against a Boeing design in a military procurement estimated to be worth $2.4 billion.
NASA's TEMPO spacecraft hitched a ride with Intelsat's 40e satellite on a SpaceX rocket
Sunday, 09 April 2023 08:22
Space Coast FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida, on Friday, April 7th, at 12:30 a.m. EDT, with the Intelsat 40e (IS-40e), a high-throughput geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies and operated by Intelsat, while hosting NASA's TEMPO spacecraft.
Intelsat 40e will be positioned at 91 de
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida, on Friday, April 7th, at 12:30 a.m. EDT, with the Intelsat 40e (IS-40e), a high-throughput geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies and operated by Intelsat, while hosting NASA's TEMPO spacecraft.
Intelsat 40e will be positioned at 91 de Juice testing - down to the wire
Sunday, 09 April 2023 08:22
Paris (ESA) Apr 06, 2023
Preparing the Juice mission to Jupiter has involved testing for all kinds of contingencies, down to the smallest of scales. This microscopic view shows surface damage to a tiny silver interconnector after being exposed to erosive atomic oxygen known to be found surrounding Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
Due to launch on 13 April to begin an eight-year journey to the largest planet in the Solar S
Preparing the Juice mission to Jupiter has involved testing for all kinds of contingencies, down to the smallest of scales. This microscopic view shows surface damage to a tiny silver interconnector after being exposed to erosive atomic oxygen known to be found surrounding Jupiter's moon Ganymede.
Due to launch on 13 April to begin an eight-year journey to the largest planet in the Solar S New book explores possibilities of colonizing planets, moons and beyond
Sunday, 09 April 2023 05:55
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
Dan Razvan Popoviciu new book New Worlds: Colonizing Planets, Moons and Beyond (published by Bentham Science) explores the possibilities of transforming humanity into a multi-planetary species, while also sounding an alarm about our long-term future. It emphasizes the importance of efficiently using Earth's resources and expanding beyond the planet's borders.
In the book, Popoviciu discuss
Dan Razvan Popoviciu new book New Worlds: Colonizing Planets, Moons and Beyond (published by Bentham Science) explores the possibilities of transforming humanity into a multi-planetary species, while also sounding an alarm about our long-term future. It emphasizes the importance of efficiently using Earth's resources and expanding beyond the planet's borders.
In the book, Popoviciu discuss NASA awards innovative concept studies for science, exploration
Sunday, 09 April 2023 05:55
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
Technology in development today could radically change the future of air and space exploration. Nearly silent electric aircraft could ferry people and packages around cities, a sprawling radio telescope array on the far side of the Moon could reveal new secrets about the universe, and astronauts on long-duration missions could grow their own medicines to protect their health.
These concept
Technology in development today could radically change the future of air and space exploration. Nearly silent electric aircraft could ferry people and packages around cities, a sprawling radio telescope array on the far side of the Moon could reveal new secrets about the universe, and astronauts on long-duration missions could grow their own medicines to protect their health.
These concept An unprecedented journey to Jupiter
Sunday, 09 April 2023 05:55
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
Is there life beyond Earth - perhaps even in the Solar System? This fundamental question continues to motivate the scientific community worldwide. On 13 April 2023, a spacecraft will set off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on a long research journey to address this and many other questions. A journey like no other - the European Space Agency's JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer (JUICE)
Is there life beyond Earth - perhaps even in the Solar System? This fundamental question continues to motivate the scientific community worldwide. On 13 April 2023, a spacecraft will set off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on a long research journey to address this and many other questions. A journey like no other - the European Space Agency's JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer (JUICE) Hubble sees possible runaway black hole creating a trail of stars
Sunday, 09 April 2023 05:55
New Haven CT (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
There's an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to the Moon in 14 minutes. This supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 20 million Suns, has left behind a never-before-seen 200,000-light-year-long "contrail" of newborn stars, twice the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy. It's likely the re
There's an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to the Moon in 14 minutes. This supermassive black hole, weighing as much as 20 million Suns, has left behind a never-before-seen 200,000-light-year-long "contrail" of newborn stars, twice the diameter of our Milky Way galaxy. It's likely the re Webb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A
Sunday, 09 April 2023 05:55
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains that the star leaves behind can be even more dramatic. A new mid-infrared image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope provides one stunning example. It shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), created by a stellar explosion 340 years ago from Earth's perspective. The image displays vivid colors and intricate structures beggin
The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains that the star leaves behind can be even more dramatic. A new mid-infrared image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope provides one stunning example. It shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), created by a stellar explosion 340 years ago from Earth's perspective. The image displays vivid colors and intricate structures beggin The Sun is a normal star after all
Sunday, 09 April 2023 05:55
Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) Apr 07, 2023
With data from Kepler (NASA), Gaia (ESA) and SOHO (NASA/ESA) satellites, a team1, led by Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA2) researcher Angela Santos, seems to have put an end to the idea that the Sun might not be a regular "sun-like" star. The results were published in Astronomy and Astrophysics3.
Although it might seem odd to try to find out if the Sun is a sun-like star,
With data from Kepler (NASA), Gaia (ESA) and SOHO (NASA/ESA) satellites, a team1, led by Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA2) researcher Angela Santos, seems to have put an end to the idea that the Sun might not be a regular "sun-like" star. The results were published in Astronomy and Astrophysics3.
Although it might seem odd to try to find out if the Sun is a sun-like star,