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Arecibo replacement could support space situational awareness
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ESA and EU mend relations
WASHINGTON — After fraying relations in recent years, officials with the European Union and European...
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China's space tracking ship completes satellite launch monitoring...
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Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jan 20, 2021
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3D printing to pave the way for Moon...
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 22, 2021
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European Commission awards launch contracts for next generation...
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jan 22, 2021
This week the European Commission has awarded two contracts f...
China's first solar probe to be lofted in...
Nanjing (XNA) Jan 22, 2021
China's first solar probe, Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-...
Solar system formation in two steps
Oxford UK (SPX) Jan 22, 2021
An international team of researchers from the University of Oxford, LMU...
A Hot Spot on Jupiter
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 22, 2021
This composite image shows a hot spot in Jupiter's atmosphere. In...
GEM 63XL rocket motors will help launch ULA's...
Promontory UT (SPX) Jan 22, 2021
Northrop Grumman has conducted a validation ground test of an ext...
Satellite-powered app to spot loneliness in hotspots in...
London, UK (SPX) Jan 19, 2021
The satellite-enabled Care View application tackles social isolation...
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 22, 2021
Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the fir...
Framework agreement facilitates future slot bookings by ESA...
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2021
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus have agreed on servi...
NASA may limit its presence in Russia over...
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 22, 2021
NASA may cut its presence in Russia over the shrinking cooperation o...
Nanosatellite thruster emits pure ions
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 22, 2021
A 3D-printed thruster that emits a stream of pure ions could be a low-c...
Iodine thruster could slow space junk accumulation
For the first time ever, a telecommunications satellite has used an iodine propellant to change its ...
Earth from Space: Sardinia
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This week's edition of the Earth from Space programme features a Copernicu...
Sardinia, Italy
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Sardinia, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, is featured in this false-...
Google to shut down Loon
WASHINGTON — Google announced Jan. 21 it is shutting down Loon, a venture to provide wireless connec...
Green propellant successfully demonstrated on NASA mission
WASHINGTON — A recent NASA mission successfully demonstrated the performance of a non-toxic “green” ...
Northrop Grumman test fires solid motor for ULA’s...
WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman announced Jan. 21 it completed a static firing of the strap-on solid b...
Air Force Academy to produce more officers for...
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Space industry executive calls on Biden to keep...
WASHINGTON — The chief executive of Virgin Orbit’s sister company VOX Space called on the Biden adm...
NASA mission to test technology for satellite swarms...
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Astronomers estimate Titan's largest sea is 1,000-feet deep...
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3-D printing to pave the way for moon...
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Rocks show Mars once felt like Iceland
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Oldest carbonates in the solar system
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Juno maps water ice across northern Ganymede
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Airbus, Thales win second-generation Galileo satellite contracts
WASHINGTON — The European Commission announced Jan. 20 it will award contracts to Airbus Defence and...