Planet Labs advances satellite communication with NASA CSP ground tests
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52In an innovative stride within the aerospace industry, Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has recently concluded a pivotal phase in their collaboration under NASA's Communications Services Project (CSP). This marks a significant milestone as they work to refine inter-satellite communication technologies, specifically satellite-to-satellite links. As a key player in the domain of daily Earth data a
Sidus Space secures new agreement for LizzieSat data sales
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52Sidus Space, a Space and Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) provider listed on NASDAQ (SIDU), has successfully inked a new deal to commercialize the data anticipated from its forthcoming LizzieSat satellite array. The company, known for its diversified space services, plans to employ a suite of instruments on the LizzieSat satellites, designed to capture a wide array of data through hyperspectral, multisp
Tech giants jockey for position at dawn of AI age
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52Whether they sell smartphones, ads or computer chips, the heavyweights of Silicon Valley have everything to prove to investors looking to see who is best placed in the race to dominate the generative artificial intelligence market. "If you're a company, and you don't have an AI message, you're not going to be in business very long," says independent industry analyst Jack Gold. "Everyone
SQX-2Y rocket demonstrates vertical take-off and landing capabilities
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52In a significant step for China's burgeoning commercial space sector, a new reusable rocket has achieved a critical flight test milestone, performing a vertical take-off and landing sequence with precision. The SQX-2Y rocket, developed by Beijing-based i-Space, executed the maneuver flawlessly, signaling China's advancing capabilities in an area dominated by select space-faring entities. O
China launches Long March 7A carrier rocket
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52China launched a Long March 7A carrier rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Friday night to deploy an experimental satellite, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. The State-owned conglomerate said in a news release the rocket blasted off at 10:54 pm and soon transported the satellite, named Communication Technology Demonstrator 10, into a pr
SwRI-led Lucy mission shows Dinkinesh asteroid is actually a binary
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52New images captured by NASA's Lucy spacecraft confirmed that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary, two asteroids that orbit a common center of mass. The SwRI-led mission will now fly by 11 asteroids in its 12-year mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Dinkinesh was meant to be the first asteroid that Lucy flew by but ended up being the first two. "Dinkinesh really did live u
Texas physicists play key role in milestone moment toward development of nuclear clock
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52An international research team involving Dr. Olga Kocharovskaya , a distinguished professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A and M University, has taken a major step toward development of a new generation of atomic clocks with mind-blowing potential affecting fundamental science and various industries, from nuclear physics to satellite navigation and telecommunications.
Early production continues on Advanced Upper Stage for SLS
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52Technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed a major portion of a weld confidence article for the advanced upper stage of NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. The hardware was rotated to a horizontal position and moved to another part of the facility Oct. 24. The weld confidence article forms part of the liquid oxygen tank for the SLS rocket's explorati
Research to Study Liver Regeneration in Space will fly on SpaceX CRS-29
Monday, 06 November 2023 03:52The human liver is a superhero among organs. It works to rid the body of toxins and is capable of regeneration-a unique trait that has fascinated scientists for eons, as evidenced by Prometheus in Greek mythology, who continuously has his liver ripped out by an eagle only for it to regrow the next day as a form of eternal punishment. However, due to the aging process and the hazardous nature of
New commercial space bill addresses mission authorization and SSA
Sunday, 05 November 2023 22:09NASA delays Artemis lunar rover award by four months
Saturday, 04 November 2023 22:53Endeavour assembly at Science Center starts with lifting 52-ton rockets into place
Saturday, 04 November 2023 17:50The space shuttle Endeavour's twin giant rockets will be hoisted by crane next week and affixed into place atop the craft's aft skirts in a first step of assembling a full-stack configuration of the shuttle at the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.
The two solid rocket motors—each weighing 104,000 pounds and the size of a Boeing 757 fuselage—were transported by truck in early October from Mojave Air and Space Port to the science center in South Los Angeles.
"It's actually pretty exciting. This is the first big tall pieces of the stack going into the building," California Science Center President Jeffrey Rudolph said. Each solid rocket motor measures 116 feet and makes up most of the length of the 149-foot solid rocket boosters. At liftoff, the white solid rocket boosters were set underneath Endeavour's wings and produced more than 80% of the lift during takeoff.
On Monday, the motors will be moved from their current location—next to the museum's dining terraces—a few hundred feet closer to the construction site.
The first significant action begins Tuesday, when the science center will lift the first solid rocket motor into place.
In US capital, selfies with asteroid hinting at Earth's origins
Saturday, 04 November 2023 08:28In a hushed room of a museum in Washington, cameras and cell phones focus on a tiny piece of rock, no larger than a piece of gravel. The fragment might seem insignificant, but it is a sample taken from the asteroid Bennu, which scientists are studying in the hope of discovering if asteroids actually brought the building blocks of life - carbon and water - to Earth. Exhibited to the pub