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Two crews set for Tiangong station in '23

Thursday, 16 February 2023 11:46
Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023
China will launch two crews to work on its Tiangong space station this year, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency published schedules for the Shenzhou XVI and XVII mission crews on Wednesday, saying that the Shenzhou XVI team will leave for the Tiangong station in May while their counterparts in the Shenzhou XVII mission will fly to the massive orbiting outpost in October
Dubai UAE (SPX) Feb 16, 2023
Celebrating our second year orbiting the red Planet, the Emirates Mars Mission 'Hope Probe', the first Arab-led planetary exploration mission, is transitioning to a new orbit. The orbital transfer will allow the Hope Probe to fly within approximately 150 Km and capture unprecedented data on Deimos, the smaller and outermost of the two natural satellites of Mars. The new historical move wil
Houston (SPX) Feb 16, 2023
Lunar Resources, the pioneering space industrial company, and Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering with market-leading expertise in terrestrial pipeline transportation systems, have been awarded a grant by NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. This award funds a feasibility study for the Lunar South Pole Oxygen Pipeline (LSPoP), a pipeline at the South Pole of the Mo
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 16, 2023
When neutron stars collide they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until recently, is shaped like a perfect sphere. Although how this is possible is still a mystery, the discovery may provide a new key to fundamental physics and to measuring the age of the Universe. The discovery was made by astrophysicists from the University of Copenhagen and has just been published in th
Honolulu HI (SPX) Feb 16, 2023
Searching through existing data spanning 9 billion years, a team of researchers led by scientists at University of Hawai?i at Manoa has uncovered the first evidence of "cosmological coupling" -a newly predicted phenomenon in Einstein's theory of gravity, possible only when black holes are placed inside an evolving universe. Astrophysicists Duncan Farrah and Kevin Croker led this ambitious
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 16, 2023
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is soliciting flight projects for in-space production applications focused on advanced materials and manufacturing. This research announcement seeks concepts to utilize the space-based environment of the orbiting laboratory to further applications that can bring value to humanity and enable business models in space. In-space product
Wuhan, China (SPX) Feb 16, 2023
China will employ BeiDou satellite-based augmentation system (BDSBAS) to provide high-precision positioning service in railway survey and construction, according to the China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co., Ltd. Four satellite-based and 12 ground-based observation stations will be set up along the Wufeng-Enshi railway section in central China's Hubei Province. This is the

Virgin Galactic aircraft returns to flight

Thursday, 16 February 2023 11:32
VMS Eve in flight

The carrier aircraft for Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceplane made its first flight in more than a year Feb.

Acoustic inspection

Thursday, 16 February 2023 11:13
Acoustic inspection Image: Acoustic inspection
History of landslides and road network in southern Italy

A new ground motion service utilising Copernicus satellite data is being used by the Italian road agency to detect and monitor unstable ground – helping improve nationwide road infrastructure safety.

History of landslides and road network in southern Italy

A new ground motion service utilising Copernicus satellite data is being used by the Italian road agency to detect and monitor unstable ground – helping improve nationwide road infrastructure safety.

Boeing opens SLS EUS production facility

Wednesday, 15 February 2023 23:48
EUS Gray Box ribbon cutting

Boeing has opened the production facility where it will build a new upper stage for an upgraded version of the Space Launch System.

Europe’s ambitions for a sovereign connectivity constellation are now in the hands of industry, the European Parliament said Feb.

Members of the 18th Space Defense Squadron and the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command’s sensor manager cell, discuss tactics during an exercise at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: U.S. Space Command

The Defense Department’s space policy office is drafting a congressionally mandated report explaining how the U.S.

“Someone’s on the move,” Jeffrey Lewis tweeted on Feb. 23, 2022, the day before Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

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