Viasat to enter direct-to-device market with Ligado Networks
Friday, 03 March 2023 13:39
Viasat said March 2 it is partnering with Ligado Networks to break into the emerging market for providing satellite services directly to consumer smartphones and other devices.
Week in images: 27 February - 03 March 2023
Friday, 03 March 2023 13:19
Week in images: 27 February - 03 March 2023
Discover our week through the lens
SpaceX Dragon crew enter International Space Station
Friday, 03 March 2023 11:53
Four astronauts entered the International Space Station on Friday after their SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission successfully docked, a NASA livestream showed.
The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft arrived at the orbiting station at 0640 GMT on Friday, the US space agency said in a statement.
NASA's Stephen Bowen and Warren Hoburg, Russia's Andrey Fedyaev and Sultan al-Neyadi of the United Arab Emirates entered the station about two hours later, the livestream showed.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the spacecraft had blasted off to the station on Thursday after the launch was scrubbed just minutes before liftoff earlier in the week.
The crew will spend six months on the station, where they will conduct more than 200 science experiments and technology demonstrations, according to SpaceX.
The mission was the first space flight for Neyadi, Hoburg and Fedyaev.
Nozzle erosion blamed for Vega C launch failure
Friday, 03 March 2023 11:37
Europe plans to return the Vega C rocket to flight by the end of the year after concluding an eroded nozzle component caused the failure of its previous launch last December.
Astra identifies cause of last failed Rocket 3.3 launch
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:26
An investigation into a failed Astra launch last June concluded that a complex series of events caused a fuel leak that kept the rocket’s upper stage from reaching orbit.
Galactic explosion offers astrophysicists new insight into the cosmos
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope's first year of interstellar observation, an international team of researchers was able to serendipitously view an exploding supernova in a faraway spiral galaxy.
The study, published recently in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, provides new infrared measurements of one of the brightest galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood, NGC 1566, also kno Scientists believe they've found untapped helium reserves
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
The amount of helium in underground geological formations could satisfy thousands of years of global demand, researchers said in an article published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
Like other essential commodities, there are supply-side concerns for helium as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year. Sanctions and other restrictions mean supplies from Russia's Amur plant, ex Tech rivals chase ChatGPT as AI race ramps up
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
Chasing Microsoft, global tech giants have rolled out announcements on how they will implement ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence into their world leading platforms and applications, with YouTube the latest to present plans.
Here is a roundup of how the world's biggest tech companies plan to surf the AI wave:
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Microsoft has gone the furthest in pushing out generative A CHIPS Act just the first step in addressing threats to US leadership in advanced computing
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
When Liu He, a Chinese economist, politician, and "chip czar," was tapped to lead the charge in a chipmaking arms race with the United States, his message lingered in the air, leaving behind a dewy glaze of tension: "For our country, technology is not just for growth... it is a matter of survival."
Once upon a time, the United States' early technological prowess positioned the nation to ou China invests $1.9 bn in top chipmaker: report
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
China is pumping $1.9 billion into its top memory chipmaker, according to media reports, as US restrictions on semiconductor exports threaten Beijing's tech ambitions.
Semiconductor manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) is set to receive 12.9 billion yuan from the state-owned National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing government Drugs from the deep: scientists explore ocean frontiers
Friday, 03 March 2023 10:01
Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" - all tools used by scientists to scour the world's oceans for the next potent cancer treatment or antibiotic.
A medicinal molecule could be found in microbes scooped up in sediment, be produced by porous sponges or sea squirts - barrel-bodied creatures that c Media briefing on the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission
Friday, 03 March 2023 09:15
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The Independent Enquiry Commission tasked with analysing the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission shares its findings.
Earth from Space: Poyang Lake, China
Friday, 03 March 2023 08:00
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Poyang Lake in China’s Jiangxi Province during winter. Loss of flight VV22: Independent Enquiry Commission announces conclusions
Friday, 03 March 2023 06:10Press Release N° 7–2023
On Tuesday 20 December 2022, Arianespace announced the loss of the Vega-C VV22 mission after its launch at 22h47 local time in French Guiana (2h47 CET/1h47 GMT on 21 December 2022). The mission was carrying two payloads, Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 Earth observation satellites for Airbus Defence and Space.
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