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Week in images: 08-12 July 2024

Friday, 12 July 2024 12:10
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Week in images: 08-12 July 2024

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Earth from Space: Hainan Strait

Friday, 12 July 2024 07:00
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Hainan Strait in southern China. Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Hainan Strait in southern China.
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Real-life 'stillsuit': Dune-inspired upgrade for spacesuits allow astronauts to recycle urine into water
Side view of the whole system, worn as a backpack. Credit: Karen Morales

Astronauts on spacewalks famously have to relieve themselves inside their spacesuits. Not only is this uncomfortable for the wearer and unhygienic, it is also wasteful, as—unlike wastewater on board the International Space Station (ISS)—the water in urine from spacewalks is not recycled.

A solution for these challenges would be full-body 'stillsuits' like those in the blockbuster Dune franchise, which absorbed and purified water lost through sweating and urination, and recycled it into . Now, this sci-fi is about to become reality, with a prototype novel collection and for spacesuits.

The design, by researchers from Cornell University, is published in Frontiers in Space Technology.

"The design includes a vacuum-based external catheter leading to a combined forward-reverse osmosis unit, providing a continuous supply of potable water with multiple safety mechanisms to ensure astronaut well-being," said Sofia Etlin, a research staff member at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University, and the study's first author.

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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 09, 2024
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leader in space-based data, analytics, and space services, has been awarded a CA $1.41 million contract by the Government of Canada (GoC) to provide global automatic identification system (AIS) ship tracking data. The one-year agreement includes options for two additional years, potentially increasing the total value to nearly CA $4.23 million. "We are pr
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
Fleet Space Technologies, a leading Australian space exploration company, has announced the deployment of its comprehensive mineral exploration solution, ExoSphere, to support Barrick Gold's copper exploration efforts at the Reko Diq project in Pakistan. Utilizing advanced space technology, AI, and 3D multiphysics, ExoSphere is creating detailed 3D subsurface maps of groundwater systems and copp
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
On July 7, 2024, NOAA's GOES-U completed its final engine burn, successfully entering geostationary orbit 22,236 miles above the Earth's equator. Following this achievement, the satellite has been renamed GOES-19. GOES satellites are initially designated with a letter before launch, which is then changed to a number once they reach geostationary orbit. GOES-U was launched on June 25, 2024,
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 09, 2024
China has deployed several remote sensing satellites to support rescue and relief efforts after a dike breach on Friday at Dongting Lake in central Hunan Province. The China Centre For Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA) reported that Gaofen-3 02, Gaofen-3 03, Gaofen-1, and Gaofen-4 satellites are providing real-time monitoring of the affected areas. CRESDA confirmed th
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Ariane 6 cuts a vertical path up, up and away Image: Ariane 6 cuts a vertical path up, up and away
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Ariane 6 defies gravity in breathtaking first flight Image: Ariane 6 defies gravity in breathtaking first flight
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