Houston TX (SPX) Aug 04, 2023
There's no question that sending human beings to space is an extraordinarily difficult and perilous proposition. Since human space exploration began just over 60 years ago, 20 people have died - 14 in the NASA space shuttle tragedies of 1986 and 2003, three cosmonauts during the 1971 Soyuz 11 mission, and three astronauts in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire in 1967. Given how complicated human

Beijing (XNA) Aug 04, 2023
Chinese space scientists have revealed in a paper how the country's lunar probe Chang'e-7, supported by a hopping detector, may go about investigating the water-ice in the shadow pit near the south pole of the moon. China plans to launch the Chang'e-6 to land on the moon in around 2024 to collect samples from the far side of the moon, before sending the Chang'e-7 probe around 2026 to imple

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2023
In a notable development within the space-tech domain, Solestial and Atomos Space recently declared a joint sales accord centered around Solestial's innovative solar blankets. Atomos has pledged to acquire a minimum of 20 kilowatts from these unique, radiation-hardened solar utilities. This collaboration is poised for an official debut by February 2024. At that time, Atomos's premiere miss

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 04, 2023
With nearly 170 million residents, Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated nations in the world. Nearly half of its residents work on or live around farms, and rice crops are critical to feeding that population. So when researchers from the University of Washington and Bangladesh's Ministry of Agriculture joined forces to use data from NASA and its partners to help the country's ri

Sendai, Japan (SPX) Aug 04, 2023
The ionosphere, that expansive layer suspended between 60 and over 600 kilometers above Earth, plays a pivotal role in safeguarding crucial communication systems, satellites, and the vital ozone layer. A recent simulation study delves deeper into the intricacies of this region, particularly its interaction with high-energy electrons. Tohoku University's geophysicist Yuto Katoh spearheaded

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2023
IBM, in partnership with Hugging Face, has released its advanced geospatial foundation model developed using NASA's satellite data, marking it as the most extensive geospatial model on the Hugging Face platform. Notably, it's also the premier open-source AI foundation model that boasts a collaborative creation process with NASA. The contemporary world of climate science is characterized by

Jerusalem (SPX) Aug 01, 2023
A research team led by Prof. Yossi Paltiel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with groups from HUJI, Weizmann and IST Austria new study reveals the influence of nuclear spin on biological processes. This discovery challenges long-held assumptions and opens up exciting possibilities for advancements in biotechnology and quantum biology. Scientists have long believed that nuclear spin had

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2023
Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled its Hypersonics Capability Center (HCC) in Elkton, Maryland. This innovative facility is primed to deliver cutting-edge propulsion systems that will propel hypersonic missiles at speeds surpassing Mach 5. In response to the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) increasing need for long-range and swift-response weapons, the HCC is purpose-built as a ne

Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2023
Boeing on Monday said its Starliner spaceship will now be ready to carry out its first crewed flight by March - though the actual launch date will depend on space calendar constraints. The troubled program has experienced numerous postponements but was finally meant to send astronauts to the International Space Station on July 21. During testing, however, Boeing engineers identified new

Image: With Portugal in the grip of a heatwave, a wildfire broke out on 5 August south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission, shows the fire on 7 August.