Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2022
During this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, three Chinese astronauts onboard the country's space station has, for the first time, eaten fresh lettuce they planted themselves in space, along with mooncakes and other delicious food. The three astronauts entered the Tiangong space station in June. They brought seeds, including those of lettuce, and cultivated them in the space station. Afte

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
As part of NASA's efforts to address orbital debris, the agency is funding research proposals from three university-based teams over the next year to analyze the economic, social, and policy issues associated with space sustainability. Orbital debris consists of human-made objects orbiting Earth that no longer serve a purpose, including mission-related and fragmentation debris, nonfunction

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
Beyond Gravity ignites the next stage on its way to privatization: In addition to Launchers and Satellites, Lithography is established as a third division. The business with apertures and stabilizers for the production of microchips has grown strongly in recent years and is showing promising development. Furthermore, the support functions in the company will be reorganized into Finance, HR and C

Wenchang, China (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
China successfully sent a new satellite into space from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan on Tuesday. The satellite, Zhongxing-1E, was launched at 9:18 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a modified version of the Long March-7 carrier rocket and entered the planned orbit successfully. It will provide high-quality voice, data, radio and television transmission

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
Euroconsult has announced that its affiliate, Southern Aerospace and Telecom Consulting (Satconsult) has contracted with KTSAT to provide expert oversight throughout the build of Koreasat 6A satellite. The contract marks the third time that KTSAT will put its trust in Satconsult's depth of expertise to support the monitoring and control of the manufacturing process and advise on best practices f

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
Following the suspension of OneWeb's launches in March 2022, OneWeb and Arianespace have reached an agreement pursuant to which performance of the Launch Services Agreement may be resumed in the future. The terms of the settlement are confidential. Arianespace is supporting OneWeb on its upcoming launches; including the performance of Dispenser Supply Services for two launches to be perfor

Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support, has signed a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with Momentus Inc.(NASDAQ: MNTS) to explore launching its LizzieSat satellites utilizing Moment

Boston MA (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
Astronomers agree that planets are born in protoplanetary disks - rings of dust and gas that surround young, newborn stars. While hundreds of these disks have been spotted throughout the universe, observations of actual planetary birth and formation have proved difficult within these environments. Now, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have developed a ne

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
Morpheus Space, the leading provider of in-space mobility systems, has announced the close of a $28M Series A funding round led by space exclusive VC, Alpine Space Ventures. Alpine was joined by Morpheus Ventures, and existing investors - Vsquared Ventures, Lavrock Ventures, Airbus Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Pallas Ventures, and Techstars Ventures who returned from the company's Seed Round. Morph

Bochum, Germany (SPX) Sep 15, 2022
Cosmic rays seem to surround us everywhere. This is precisely what makes it difficult to find its sources. It would be helpful if we could trace their path through space. A new programme can help. An international research team has developed a computer programme that can simulate the transport of cosmic rays through space. The researchers hope it will help them solve the mystery of the sou