Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2024
For four years, the Martian "Mole" HP3 experiment made notable contributions to planetary research on Mars. Named after the burrowing animal, the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3), developed by the German Aerospace Center and European partners, was deployed on Mars in January 2019 as part of NASA's InSight mission. Its goal was to dig up to five meters into the Martian soil and mea

London, UK (SPX) Oct 30, 2024
PCI Geomatics Enterprise Inc. (DBA CATATLYST), a long-standing leader in Earth observation, has announced that its Normalized Radar Backscatter (NRB) product now meets Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) standards, marking it as CEOS compliant. This accomplishment highlights CATALYST's work with top-tier space agencies, including Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA, t

London, UK (SPX) Oct 29, 2024
BAE Systems (LON:BA) recently demonstrated successful tracking of M-Code signals using its Increment 2 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver, powered by the company's Next-Generation Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). This development marks a major advancement under the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment (Inc) 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) program, which

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2024
"I'm thirsty," a visitor told a towering humanoid robot standing 1.7 meters tall and weighing 65 kilograms at the 7th World Voice Expo in Hefei, East China's Anhui province. Without hesitation, the sleek black humanoid robot identified the coffee bottle from two other objects on the desk and handed it to the visitor. "Powered by the large language model, our second-generation humanoi

Peterson SFB CO (SPX) Oct 29, 2024
The first U.S. Space Force Global Force Management Sourcing Conference was held at Peterson Space Force Base, Oct. 22-24. It was hosted and led by U.S. Space Operations Command. The conference brought together component field commands, Space Force leadership, field commands, mission area teams, and allies and partners to communicate requirements to influence USSF Force Generation, prioriti

Washington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2024
On Oct. 24, NASA reconnected with the Voyager 1 spacecraft after a brief pause in communications. The spacecraft recently turned off one of its two radio transmitters, and the team is now working to determine what caused the issue. The transmitter shut-off seems to have been prompted by the spacecraft's fault protection system, which autonomously responds to onboard issues. For example, if

Jiuquan, China (AFP) Oct 30, 2024
Three Chinese astronauts including the country's only woman spaceflight engineer entered the Tiangong space station on Wednesday following an early morning launch into orbit. The Shenzhou-19 mission took off with its trio of space explorers at 4:27 am (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Xinhua and state broadcaster CCTV reported. Among the crew

Nantong, China (AFP) Oct 30, 2024
Dressed in a pristine white knit top, Robyn Qiu cut an incongruous figure in her parents' dusty, hangar-like metal hardware factory in eastern China as she gestured excitedly while an assistant filmed her on a smartphone. The 29-year-old is one of many second-generation factory owners fighting to elevate the country's manufacturing sector, pitting digital native skillsets against the rising

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 29, 2024
SpaceX scrubbed Tuesday's launch of 20 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California until Wednesday. SpaceX will now attempt to launch the satellites at 7:07 a.m. EDT with a backup time of 7:21 a.m on Wednesday. The launch was originally scheduled for 7:44 a.m. on Tuesday but was called off nearly an hour before the flight. SpaceX gav