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Paris, France (SPX) Jul 11, 2024
ESA's Hera asteroid mission, designed for planetary defense, has successfully undergone a crucial phase in its test campaign by being placed back in its transport container. The spacecraft will remain at the ESTEC Test Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, until the end of August. During this period, Hera's container was used for a global leak test to confirm the integrity of its propulsio
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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 11, 2024
The recent test flight of the SQX-1 Y8, a commercial carrier rocket developed by the Chinese private aerospace firm i-Space, ended in failure on Thursday. The rocket launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 7:40 am Beijing Time. Shortly after liftoff, the SQX-1 Y8 exhibited abnormal performance, leading to an unsuccessful mission. The SQX-1, also known
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2024
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been awarded a significant contract to continue providing cargo mission engineering and integration services for NASA's International Space Station (ISS) Program and Artemis campaign. The contract, which holds a total potential value of $476 million, includes a base performance period of two years. The primary work will be conducted at Leidos' facilities in Webster, Texas
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2024
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) has announced the completion of a new manufacturing facility in Phoenix, Arizona. This facility will handle the final assembly of the Company's next-generation Delta spaceships, with production slated to start in Q1 2025. The initial team, comprising Virgin Galactic's technical operations and manufacturing personnel, is currently preparing the fa
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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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Ariane 6 defies gravity in breathtaking first flight Image: Ariane 6 defies gravity in breathtaking first flight
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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
Thursday, 11 July 2024 11:00

Mpemba effect at Concordia

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Freezing boiling water in Concordia against the sunset Image: Freezing boiling water in Concordia against the sunset
Thursday, 11 July 2024 11:20

YPSat: the view from Ariane 6

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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.

Thursday, 11 July 2024 07:20

NASA researchers battle biofilm in space

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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.
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