Researchers at SLAC use purified liquid xenon to search for mysterious dark matter particles
Sitting a mile below ground in an abandoned gold mine in South Dakota is a gigantic cylinder holding 10 tons of purified liquid xenon closely watched by more than 250 scientists around the world. That tank of xenon is the heart of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, an effort to detect dark matter - the mysterious invisible substance that makes up 85% of the matter in the universe.
"People hav Redwire, Bradford Space and SSC to jointly develop commercial orbital debris removal service
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space infrastructure for the next generation space economy, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with both Bradford Space and the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) to develop a commercial orbital debris removal service. Through this collaboration, Redwire will expand the development team and add extensive space robotics and guidance, navigatio MDA announces second commercial sale of space robotics technology to Axiom Space
MDA Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has announced the second commercial sale of its products derived from Canadarm3 technology to Axiom Space.
The new contract is for the delivery of 62 payload interface pairs for Axiom Space's Axiom Station. The interfaces will provide mechanical, electrical, and data Maxar awarded G-EGD contract renewal to provide mission-ready imagery for US Govt
Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, has been awarded an Option Year 3 contract renewal by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (G-EGD) program. The contract, which began September 1, 2022, is valued at $44 million. This is the third of three opt Spaced Ventures petition for SpaceX shares hits $11.4 million
In a little over a week, the crowdfunding platform Spaced Ventures has obtained pledges of $11.4 million from 758 individuals eager to invest in SpaceX.
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Lander companies prepare to shoot for the moon
The first launches of commercial landers to the moon under CLPS are slated late this year or early next, marking an important milestone for a 2018 NASA program that saw one of its awardees file for bankruptcy this summer.
Maxar offering new space-monitoring service to help track objects in orbit
Maxar Technologies has received regulatory approval to use its satellites to monitor the space environment and sell that data commercially.
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Mars is littered with 15,694 pounds of human trash from 50 years of robotic exploration
People have been exploring the surface of Mars for over 50 years. According to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, nations have sent 18 human-made objects to Mars over 14 separate missions. Many of these missions are still ongoing, but over the decades of Martian exploration, humankind has left behind many pieces of debris on the planet's surface.
I am a postdoctoral research fellow who studies ways to track Mars and Moon rovers. In mid-August 2022, NASA confirmed that the Mars rover Perseverance had spotted a piece of trash jettisoned during its landing, this time a tangled mess of netting. And this is not the first time scientists have found trash on Mars. That's because there is a lot there.
New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune's rings in decades
NASA fuels moon rocket in leak test ahead of next launch try
