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Sunday, 25 December 2022 11:55
NASA begins construction on asteroid-detecting space telescope
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Washington DC (UPI) Dec 23, 2021
Construction is set to begin on NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor, a space telescope designed to search for hard-to-find comets and asteroids that approach the area near Earth.
The NEO Surveyor passed a technical programmatic review and will now move into the construction phase.
"The mission supports the objectives of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) at NASA He
Construction is set to begin on NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor, a space telescope designed to search for hard-to-find comets and asteroids that approach the area near Earth.
The NEO Surveyor passed a technical programmatic review and will now move into the construction phase.
"The mission supports the objectives of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) at NASA He
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Friday, 23 December 2022 15:19
Video: Flight control, space weather and debris: What an astronaut needs to know
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Recently, Andreas Mogensen, now getting ready for his "Huginn" mission to the ISS in 2023, stopped by ESA's ESOC mission control center in Darmstadt, Germany, to meet with some of the experts who keep our satellites flying.
Andreas usually works at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston as an ISS "capcom," and we don't often see him in Europe. A few months back, while returning to Germany for some training at ESA's Astronaut Center in Cologne, we seized the opportunity to ask him if he'd like to stop over in Darmstadt for a look behind the scenes at mission control, and he immediately answered, "yes!"
Andreas studied aeronautical engineering with a focus on "guidance, navigation and control of spacecraft" and we thought he'd be delighted to meet with the teams at mission control doing precisely that sort of work for our robotic missions.
We figured he'd also enjoy meeting colleagues from our Space Safety program, especially the ones working on space debris and space weather, as these are crucial areas that influence the daily life of astronauts on the ISS.
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:56
Astronomers may have uncovered how galaxies change their shape
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Perth, Australia (SPX) Dec 18, 2022
Researchers may have answered a decades-old question about galaxy evolution, leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate their research.
Ever since the Hubble Sequence, that classifies galaxy morphologies, was invented in 1926, astronomers have been refining our understanding of galaxy evolution and morphology as our technology advances.
By the 1970's, research
Researchers may have answered a decades-old question about galaxy evolution, leveraging the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate their research.
Ever since the Hubble Sequence, that classifies galaxy morphologies, was invented in 1926, astronomers have been refining our understanding of galaxy evolution and morphology as our technology advances.
By the 1970's, research
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:56
Kepler's first exoplanet is spiraling toward its doom
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Princeton NJ (SPX) Dec 20, 2022
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an aging star. The doomed world appears destined to spiral closer and closer to its expanding star until they collide, obliterating the first exoplanet discovered by the Kepler space telescope.
The discovery offers new insights into the slow process of planetary orbital
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an aging star. The doomed world appears destined to spiral closer and closer to its expanding star until they collide, obliterating the first exoplanet discovered by the Kepler space telescope.
The discovery offers new insights into the slow process of planetary orbital
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:56
Astronomers identify the ancient heart of the Milky Way galaxy
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Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Dec 22, 2022
A group of MPIA astronomers has managed to identify the "poor old heart of the Milky Way" - a population of stars left over from the earliest history of our home galaxy, which resides in our galaxy's core regions. For this feat of "galactic archaeology", the researchers analyzed data from the most recent release of ESA's Gaia Mission, using a neural network to extract metallicities for two milli
A group of MPIA astronomers has managed to identify the "poor old heart of the Milky Way" - a population of stars left over from the earliest history of our home galaxy, which resides in our galaxy's core regions. For this feat of "galactic archaeology", the researchers analyzed data from the most recent release of ESA's Gaia Mission, using a neural network to extract metallicities for two milli
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:56
392D CTS completes its first USEUCOM-focused SPACE FLAG exercise
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Schriever SFB CO (SPX) Dec 22, 2022
The 392d Combat Training Squadron under Delta 1, Space Training and Readiness Command, recently completed SPACE FLAG 23-1, which provided combat training to both U.S. and Coalition forces. SPACE FLAG 23-1, which ran from Dec. 5-16, was the third Coalition SPACE FLAG and the 16th iteration of the SPACE FLAG exercise series. 23-1 was the first in the SPACE FLAG program to exercise combat tactics i
The 392d Combat Training Squadron under Delta 1, Space Training and Readiness Command, recently completed SPACE FLAG 23-1, which provided combat training to both U.S. and Coalition forces. SPACE FLAG 23-1, which ran from Dec. 5-16, was the third Coalition SPACE FLAG and the 16th iteration of the SPACE FLAG exercise series. 23-1 was the first in the SPACE FLAG program to exercise combat tactics i
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:56
NASA sets table for safe air taxi flights
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Beau Holder and Laura Mitchell for AFRC news
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2022
Tabletop exercises allow researchers to explore options and test scenarios in fields from military strategy and cybersecurity to disaster response planning. Now, NASA is using tabletop exercises to test how electric air taxis will fit safely into the national airspace - allowing passengers to one day hop across town or to a neighboring city by using new highway
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2022
Tabletop exercises allow researchers to explore options and test scenarios in fields from military strategy and cybersecurity to disaster response planning. Now, NASA is using tabletop exercises to test how electric air taxis will fit safely into the national airspace - allowing passengers to one day hop across town or to a neighboring city by using new highway
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:56
Momentus announces 2nd Services Agreement with CUAVA
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San Jose CA (SPX) Dec 22, 2022
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, has announced an agreement with the Australian Research Council Training Centre for CubeSats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, and their Applications (CUAVA) for the transportation of the Waratah Seed WS-1 CubeSat to low-Earth orbit in October 2023.
The Wara
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, has announced an agreement with the Australian Research Council Training Centre for CubeSats, Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles, and their Applications (CUAVA) for the transportation of the Waratah Seed WS-1 CubeSat to low-Earth orbit in October 2023.
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:56
Iridium introduces its latest IoT data service
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McLean VA (SPX) Dec 22, 2022
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has announced the service introduction of Iridium Messaging TransportSM (IMTSM), a two-way cloud-native networked data service optimized for use over Iridium Certus and designed to make it easier to add satellite connections to existing or new IoT solutions.
IMT provides an IP data transport service unique to the Iridium network, designed for smal
Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has announced the service introduction of Iridium Messaging TransportSM (IMTSM), a two-way cloud-native networked data service optimized for use over Iridium Certus and designed to make it easier to add satellite connections to existing or new IoT solutions.
IMT provides an IP data transport service unique to the Iridium network, designed for smal
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Friday, 23 December 2022 10:56
Mini satellite helps Macao students learn about space
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Cotai, Macao (XNA) Dec 22, 2022
China recently deployed a mini satellite to a low-Earth orbit to help students in the Macao Special Administrative Region learn about spaceflight activities.
The 12-kilogram satellite, named Macao Student Science Satellite 1, was released into orbit by the Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft on Sunday, Ho Iat-seng, chief executive of the Macao SAR, announced on Tuesday as the region marked its 23r
China recently deployed a mini satellite to a low-Earth orbit to help students in the Macao Special Administrative Region learn about spaceflight activities.
The 12-kilogram satellite, named Macao Student Science Satellite 1, was released into orbit by the Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft on Sunday, Ho Iat-seng, chief executive of the Macao SAR, announced on Tuesday as the region marked its 23r
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