Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2024
NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is advancing through post-deployment testing, with mission operators carefully reviewing data to evaluate the performance of the spacecraft's composite booms. Following the successful deployment of both the booms and solar sail, the spacecraft continues to experience slow tumbling in orbit due to the deactivation of its attitude control system. P

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2024
Phase Four, a leader in next-generation electric propulsion solutions for satellites, has announced the commercialization of its monopropellant multi-mode propulsion systems. Using their Maxwell Block III, Phase Four's technology supports electric propulsion capabilities for various mission needs, utilizing either ASCENT or hydrazine chemical propellants. The company plans to begin taking orders

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 23, 2024
China successfully launched a Long March 2C rocket on Wednesday, delivering a new group of Yaogan-43 remote-sensing satellites into orbit. The launch occurred at 9:09 am Beijing Time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, marking the 542nd flight of the Long March rocket series. The Yaogan-43 03 group will conduct tests on new technologies for low-orbit satellite con

Urbana IL (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
Parachutes have many applications, decelerating everything from skydivers to supersonic-speed scientific payloads. Regardless of what a parachute is slowing down, two things remain constant: the parachute must withstand large amounts of force, and it is crucial to ensuring the safety of whatever it's carrying. To choose parachute materials that do their jobs effectively, it's important to fully

London, UK (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
Space Solar, a leading company in space-based solar power, has partnered with Transition Labs to provide Reykjavik Energy with electricity from the world's first space-based solar power plant. This plant, expected to be operational by 2030, will have an initial capacity of 30 MW. Space Solar's new solar power system will orbit the Earth, capturing solar energy and transmitting it wirelessl

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 23, 2024
China's Shenzhou XIX spacecraft is set to launch soon, transporting three astronauts to the Tiangong space station, according to a statement from the China Manned Space Agency. On Tuesday afternoon, the spacecraft and its Long March 2F rocket were moved to the service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. The agency confirmed that the launch systems are in excell

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 23, 2024
X-Bow Systems Inc. (X-Bow), a leading provider of advanced manufactured solid rocket motors (SRMs) and defense technologies, has successfully completed the third flight of its Bolt Rocket. This launch featured the XB-32 motor, the largest Advanced Manufactured Solid Propellant (AMSP) motor flown to date, utilizing X-Bow's patented manufacturing technology. This milestone confirms the scalability

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have emerged as one of the most innovative financial assets in recent years. NFTs represent ownership of unique digital assets, such as art, music, virtual real estate, and more, stored securely on the blockchain. The explosion of the NFT market has revolutionized how people buy, sell, and trade digital items, making it a popular investment strategy. The appeal o

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
Solar filaments, the dramatic thread-like structures visible in the Sun's chromosphere, may hold crucial insights into one of the most significant space weather phenomena: Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). These immense bursts of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun can eject billions of tons of material into space. When CMEs reach Earth's magnetosphere, they have the potential to trigger geomag

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024
A century after Edwin Hubble's pivotal discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way, the Gemini North telescope has captured a mesmerizing image of the Perseus Cluster, one of the largest galaxy clusters known. This detailed image, taken by the International Gemini Observatory, highlights the individual galaxies within the cluster, shedding light on their characteristics and the cosmic puzzle of d