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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2024
NextNav (Nasdaq: NN), a leader in advanced positioning, navigation, timing (PNT), and 3D geolocation, has announced receiving a new award from the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT). This award will support real-world field tests of NextNav's 3D PNT technologies, designed to provide critical infrastructure with reliable PNT information when GPS is unavailable or compromised due to envi
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2024
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed red sprites in Earth's upper atmosphere from the International Space Station on June 3, 2024. The bright red flashes (more easily seen by clicking on the photo to see a larger version) are a less understood phenomena associated with powerful lightning events and appear high above the clouds in the mesosphere. Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), includin

YPSat: the view from Ariane 6

Thursday, 11 July 2024 11:20
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YPSat looks back to Earth from atop Ariane 6

If there had been an astronaut aboard the historic first launch of Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher, this is what they would have seen: images and videos from key phases of the flight were captured by the YPSat payload, a project led and undertaken by ESA Young Professionals in their own time.

Mpemba effect at Concordia

Thursday, 11 July 2024 11:00
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Freezing boiling water in Concordia against the sunset Image: Freezing boiling water in Concordia against the sunset

NASA researchers battle biofilm in space

Thursday, 11 July 2024 07:20
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NASA Marshall Researchers Battle Biofilm in Space
The biofilm mitigation research team at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center assembled its own test stand to undertake a multi-month assessment of a variety of natural and chemical compounds and strategies for eradicating biofilm accretion caused by bacteria and fungi in the wastewater tank assembly on the International Space Station.

Hera in the doghouse

Thursday, 11 July 2024 06:40
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 09, 2024
ICEYE, a global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite operations for Earth Observation, has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to bolster their collaboration in remote sensing for national security and defense. This agreement reinforces ICEYE's ongoing support for Ukraine since 2022. Under the Memorandum, ICEYE will ensure that imagery o
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 09, 2024
Scout Space Inc., a prominent in-space observation service provider specializing in space security and comprehensive Space Domain Awareness (SDA), has announced its selection to participate in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) Consortium. Scout was chosen by DARPA based on its proposal focused
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
A team, including a University of Michigan astronomer, has discovered a promising exoplanet, LHS 1140 b, which may be an ice or water world within the habitable zone. The study, led by Universite de Montreal, indicates that LHS 1140 b is unlikely to be a mini-Neptune, a type of small gas giant. Located about 48 light-years away in the constellation Cetus, this exoplanet is one of the most
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
Exolaunch, a global leader in launch mission management, integration, and satellite deployment services, has successfully deployed four satellites aboard the maiden flight of Arianespace's Ariane 6. The launch took place on Tuesday, July 9 at 1600 GFT from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. This mission, representing customers ESA, NASA, and Spacemanic, underscores Exolaunch's piv
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London, UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2024
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and MIT have developed a novel technique to ensure microbial therapeutics remain effective under extreme conditions. These advancements are pivotal for applications in space exploration, healthcare, and agriculture. Extremophiles, microorganisms thriving in harsh environments like Yellowstone's hot springs and Antarctica's icy depths, offer insig
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