NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will map and analyze moon water
Thursday, 31 October 2024 04:22
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2024
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission is poised to answer longstanding questions about the distribution and composition of water on the Moon. While scientists have long suspected the presence of lunar water, the details of where it resides, its forms, and its movement across the Moon's surface remain unknown.
Launching next year, Lunar Trailblazer will circle the Moon to create a high-resolutio
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission is poised to answer longstanding questions about the distribution and composition of water on the Moon. While scientists have long suspected the presence of lunar water, the details of where it resides, its forms, and its movement across the Moon's surface remain unknown.
Launching next year, Lunar Trailblazer will circle the Moon to create a high-resolutio Water extraction from Moon rocks advances for astronaut support
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 30, 2024
Water extraction in space is critical for expanding human exploration of the Solar System. Led by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), a new technique is being validated to harvest water from the Moon. Through the LUWEX research project, dedicated to testing lunar water extraction and purification for in-situ resource use, researchers at the Technical University (TU) Braunschweig have conducted la
Water extraction in space is critical for expanding human exploration of the Solar System. Led by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), a new technique is being validated to harvest water from the Moon. Through the LUWEX research project, dedicated to testing lunar water extraction and purification for in-situ resource use, researchers at the Technical University (TU) Braunschweig have conducted la Uranus moon Miranda may hold a hidden ocean below its surface
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Laurel MD (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
A recent study indicates that Uranus' small moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging prior assumptions about the moon's formation and characteristics and positioning it among a select few worlds in our solar system with potential habitats for life.
"To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising," said Tom Nordheim, a planetary scie
A recent study indicates that Uranus' small moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging prior assumptions about the moon's formation and characteristics and positioning it among a select few worlds in our solar system with potential habitats for life.
"To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising," said Tom Nordheim, a planetary scie Shenzhou XIX Crew Joins Tiangong Space Station for Crew Rotation
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
The crew of China's Shenzhou 19 mission successfully docked with the Tiangong space station on Wednesday, commencing their tenure aboard the orbital outpost. Mission Commander Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe, along with Lieutenant Colonels Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were warmly greeted by the Shenzhou 18 crew, initiating a five-day transition period before the current occupants return to Earth early next week.
The crew of China's Shenzhou 19 mission successfully docked with the Tiangong space station on Wednesday, commencing their tenure aboard the orbital outpost. Mission Commander Senior Colonel Cai Xuzhe, along with Lieutenant Colonels Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were warmly greeted by the Shenzhou 18 crew, initiating a five-day transition period before the current occupants return to Earth early next week. SpaceX liftoff is 201st mission to expand its Starlink constellation
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Miami FL (UPI) Oct 31, 2024
SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit after previously launching 200 similar missions.
A Falcon 9 rocket fitted with 23 Starlink satellites launched into low-Earth orbit on time at approximately 5:10 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The space mission's live-stream began minutes prio
SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit after previously launching 200 similar missions.
A Falcon 9 rocket fitted with 23 Starlink satellites launched into low-Earth orbit on time at approximately 5:10 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The space mission's live-stream began minutes prio Official opening of the DLR BALIS test centre
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
As part of its BALIS project, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has inaugurated a pioneering test facility in Empfingen dedicated to advancing fuel cell propulsion systems for various modes of transportation. The BALIS project focuses on developing fuel cell systems with an output of approximately 1.5 megawatts, aimed at future applications in shipping and aviation.
This state-of-the-art f
As part of its BALIS project, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has inaugurated a pioneering test facility in Empfingen dedicated to advancing fuel cell propulsion systems for various modes of transportation. The BALIS project focuses on developing fuel cell systems with an output of approximately 1.5 megawatts, aimed at future applications in shipping and aviation.
This state-of-the-art f Ariel spacecraft prepares for rigorous tests at Airbus facility
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Paris, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
The European Space Agency's Ariel mission has officially entered its assembly phase at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse, France. The structural model of the Ariel spacecraft, designed to advance our understanding of distant exoplanet atmospheres, is now under construction. This model will undergo intense tests that are critical to validating the spacecraft's readiness for the conditions it w
The European Space Agency's Ariel mission has officially entered its assembly phase at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse, France. The structural model of the Ariel spacecraft, designed to advance our understanding of distant exoplanet atmospheres, is now under construction. This model will undergo intense tests that are critical to validating the spacecraft's readiness for the conditions it w eROSITA detects unique temperature and shape variations in the Local Hot Bubble
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
A recent study from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) has mapped significant variations in temperature across the Local Hot Bubble (LHB), a low-density region surrounding our Solar System filled with hot gas emitting in soft X-rays. This discovery, based on the eROSITA All-Sky Survey data, suggests that ancient supernova events expanded and heated this bubble. Additiona
A recent study from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) has mapped significant variations in temperature across the Local Hot Bubble (LHB), a low-density region surrounding our Solar System filled with hot gas emitting in soft X-rays. This discovery, based on the eROSITA All-Sky Survey data, suggests that ancient supernova events expanded and heated this bubble. Additiona NASA to launch innovative solar coronagraph to Space Station
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
NASA's Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is ready to launch to the International Space Station to reveal new details about the solar wind including its origin and its evolution.
Launching in November 2024 aboard SpaceX's 31st commercial resupply services mission, CODEX will be robotically installed on the exterior of the space station. As a solar coronagraph, CODEX will block out the b
NASA's Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) is ready to launch to the International Space Station to reveal new details about the solar wind including its origin and its evolution.
Launching in November 2024 aboard SpaceX's 31st commercial resupply services mission, CODEX will be robotically installed on the exterior of the space station. As a solar coronagraph, CODEX will block out the b Evidence mounts for dark energy from black holes
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Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
Almost 14 billion years ago, at the very beginning of the Big Bang, a mysterious energy drove an exponential expansion of the infant universe and produced all known matter, according to the prevailing inflationary universe theory.
That ancient energy shared key features of the current universe's dark energy, which is the largest mystery of our time by at least one objective standard: It ma
Almost 14 billion years ago, at the very beginning of the Big Bang, a mysterious energy drove an exponential expansion of the infant universe and produced all known matter, according to the prevailing inflationary universe theory.
That ancient energy shared key features of the current universe's dark energy, which is the largest mystery of our time by at least one objective standard: It ma Scientists challenge fundamental spin-statistics assumptions in atomic collisions
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
Since the first X-ray image of a comet was taken in 1996, researchers have intensely studied charge exchange in collisions between highly charged ions and atoms or molecules, a process critical for astrophysical modeling. In simulating observed X-ray spectra, astrophysicists depend on precise atomic data, where spin statistics are traditionally considered a fundamental guideline.
A new stu
Since the first X-ray image of a comet was taken in 1996, researchers have intensely studied charge exchange in collisions between highly charged ions and atoms or molecules, a process critical for astrophysical modeling. In simulating observed X-ray spectra, astrophysicists depend on precise atomic data, where spin statistics are traditionally considered a fundamental guideline.
A new stu DTU researchers reveal record-fast-spinning neutron star in the Milky Way
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
In a remarkable discovery, researchers from DTU Space have identified one of the universe's fastest-spinning neutron stars using an X-ray telescope stationed on the International Space Station (ISS). This small yet massive object, part of an "X-ray binary star system" called 4U 1820-30, lies in the Sagittarius constellation near the center of the Milky Way.
"We were studying thermonuclear
In a remarkable discovery, researchers from DTU Space have identified one of the universe's fastest-spinning neutron stars using an X-ray telescope stationed on the International Space Station (ISS). This small yet massive object, part of an "X-ray binary star system" called 4U 1820-30, lies in the Sagittarius constellation near the center of the Milky Way.
"We were studying thermonuclear Lockheed Martin enhances space portfolio with Terran Orbital acquisition
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has successfully completed its acquisition of Terran Orbital, a prominent provider of modular spacecraft and mission services for the aerospace and defense sectors. This acquisition, including subsidiary Tyvak International, builds on a long-standing collaboration between Lockheed Martin and Terran Orbital, which has previously spanned various projects, including Spac
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has successfully completed its acquisition of Terran Orbital, a prominent provider of modular spacecraft and mission services for the aerospace and defense sectors. This acquisition, including subsidiary Tyvak International, builds on a long-standing collaboration between Lockheed Martin and Terran Orbital, which has previously spanned various projects, including Spac NanoAvionics MP42 satellite survives impact with object in orbit
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Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
Our MP42 satellite, which launched into low Earth orbit (LEO) two and a half years ago aboard the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission, recently took an unexpected hit from a small piece of space debris or micrometeoroid. The impact created a 6 mm hole, roughly the size of a chickpea, in one of its solar panels.
Despite this damage, the satellite continued performing its mission without interruption, a
Our MP42 satellite, which launched into low Earth orbit (LEO) two and a half years ago aboard the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission, recently took an unexpected hit from a small piece of space debris or micrometeoroid. The impact created a 6 mm hole, roughly the size of a chickpea, in one of its solar panels.
Despite this damage, the satellite continued performing its mission without interruption, a 
