China sending up next space station crew in June
Sunday, 17 April 2022 17:41
SpaceX launches NROL-85 spy satellite for U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
Sunday, 17 April 2022 12:45
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite into orbit April 17 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
NASA to roll back SLS for repairs
Saturday, 16 April 2022 22:10
NASA announced late April 16 it will roll back the Space Launch System from the launch pad for various repairs, further delaying the rocket's long-anticipated first launch.
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Shenzhou-13 astronauts return to Earth after 182-day mission
Saturday, 16 April 2022 18:55
Three astronauts safely returned to Earth April 15 after spending a national record 182 days in orbit, completing China’s second crewed space station mission.
On National Security | The moon emerging as the next frontier for military operations
Saturday, 16 April 2022 16:00
As NASA pushes forward to get humans back on the moon, questions have emerged on what this means for the Space Force and what role it might play in lunar activities.
Far side: the moon’s use as a new astronomical site
Saturday, 16 April 2022 11:11
Astronomers have always sought out remote and isolated spots from which their precision observations of the surrounding universe can be made. Now, add one more far-flung location – the moon.
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Diverse life forms may have evolved earlier than previously thought
Saturday, 16 April 2022 07:31
London, UK (SPX) Apr 14, 2022
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers that challenges the conventional view of when life began.
For the study, published in Science Advances, the research team analysed a fist-sized rock from Quebec, Canada, estimated to be between 3.75 and 4.28 billion years old. In an earlier Nature paper*, the team found tiny
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers that challenges the conventional view of when life began.
For the study, published in Science Advances, the research team analysed a fist-sized rock from Quebec, Canada, estimated to be between 3.75 and 4.28 billion years old. In an earlier Nature paper*, the team found tiny Hughes announces distribution agreement with OneWeb Technologies
Saturday, 16 April 2022 07:31
Germantown MD (SPX) Apr 06, 2022
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, has announced it signed a distribution agreement with OneWeb Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of OneWeb, to deliver managed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The agreement follows the launch of the industry's first managed L
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, has announced it signed a distribution agreement with OneWeb Technologies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of OneWeb, to deliver managed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The agreement follows the launch of the industry's first managed L MetOp-SG-B weather satellite: Scatterometer flies through tests
Saturday, 16 April 2022 07:31
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Apr 07, 2022
The flight model of the Scatterometer Antenna Subsystem (SAS) of the MetOp Second Generation meteorological satellites has been officially delivered after four months of extensive testing at the Airbus facility in Madrid. It will now be transferred to Airbus in Friedrichshafen (Germany) where it will be integrated into the satellite along with the other instruments.
The SAS protoflight mod
The flight model of the Scatterometer Antenna Subsystem (SAS) of the MetOp Second Generation meteorological satellites has been officially delivered after four months of extensive testing at the Airbus facility in Madrid. It will now be transferred to Airbus in Friedrichshafen (Germany) where it will be integrated into the satellite along with the other instruments.
The SAS protoflight mod Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
Saturday, 16 April 2022 06:28
Beijing (AFP) April 16, 2022
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, ending China's longest crewed mission as it continues its quest to become a major space power.
The Shenzhou-13 spacecraft was the latest mission in Beijing's drive to rival the United States, after landing a rover on Mars and sending probes to the Moon.
Live footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed the caps
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, ending China's longest crewed mission as it continues its quest to become a major space power.
The Shenzhou-13 spacecraft was the latest mission in Beijing's drive to rival the United States, after landing a rover on Mars and sending probes to the Moon.
Live footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed the caps Oldest evidence of Mayan calendar found in Guatemala
Saturday, 16 April 2022 06:28
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2021
The oldest evidence of the Maya calendar has been excavated at San Bartolo, Guatemala, found among fragments of painted murals.
Acording to a new study, two fragments with a "7 deer" date notation date to between 300 and 200 BCE, based on radiocarbon dating.
Authors of the study said that the finding "represents a day in the 260-day divinatory calendar used throughout Mesoamerica
The oldest evidence of the Maya calendar has been excavated at San Bartolo, Guatemala, found among fragments of painted murals.
Acording to a new study, two fragments with a "7 deer" date notation date to between 300 and 200 BCE, based on radiocarbon dating.
Authors of the study said that the finding "represents a day in the 260-day divinatory calendar used throughout Mesoamerica NASA ready for Ax-1 return and Crew-4 launch
Friday, 15 April 2022 22:08
NASA says it’s gearing up for a rapid-fire series of events on the International Space Station that includes the return of a private astronaut mission and the launch of a new long-duration crew of American and European astronauts.
ReOrbit and TransAstra sign spacecraft development and logistics contracts
Friday, 15 April 2022 21:46
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 15, 2022
TransAstra, a provider of breakthrough orbital logistics and space domain awareness solutions, and ReOrbit, a provider of software-defined small satellites for beyond LEO missions, announced today that they have signed binding contracts for initial spacecraft development and orbital logistics services.
Under these contracts, TransAstra will provide mission definition and engineering analys
TransAstra, a provider of breakthrough orbital logistics and space domain awareness solutions, and ReOrbit, a provider of software-defined small satellites for beyond LEO missions, announced today that they have signed binding contracts for initial spacecraft development and orbital logistics services.
Under these contracts, TransAstra will provide mission definition and engineering analys Moon dust Neil Armstrong collected sells for more than $500,000
Friday, 15 April 2022 21:46
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 15, 2022
Moon dust Neil Armstrong collected in 1969 has sold for more than $500,000 at auction after NASA lost legal battles over its ownership.
Five samples of the NASA-verified moon dust and the NASA container they're held in from the Apollo 11 mission sold for $504,375 on Wednesday, which was far below pre-auction estimate of between $800,000 and $1.2 million, according to the auction house Bonh
Moon dust Neil Armstrong collected in 1969 has sold for more than $500,000 at auction after NASA lost legal battles over its ownership.
Five samples of the NASA-verified moon dust and the NASA container they're held in from the Apollo 11 mission sold for $504,375 on Wednesday, which was far below pre-auction estimate of between $800,000 and $1.2 million, according to the auction house Bonh Sols 3444-3445: The curious case of cross-cutting ridges
Friday, 15 April 2022 21:46
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2022
Tosol's plan is focusing on examination of the linear ridges that cross-cut the local terrain. These raised ridges look like boxes with their lids cut off and mostly buried in the local bedrock, and all we can see are the vertical box faces sticking up out of the ground.
How these structures actually form is an active area of investigation, and we hope the data we gather tosol will help us
Tosol's plan is focusing on examination of the linear ridges that cross-cut the local terrain. These raised ridges look like boxes with their lids cut off and mostly buried in the local bedrock, and all we can see are the vertical box faces sticking up out of the ground.
How these structures actually form is an active area of investigation, and we hope the data we gather tosol will help us