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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 03:53
Space exploration made lighter, more flexible with new product from Nicomatic
Horsham PA (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
Nicomatic, the Pennsylvania-based provider of creative interconnect solutions, announces the release of a new product line for use in spacecraft: Flat Flexible Cables for Space. The flat flexible cable technology allows for lighter, more flexible space exploration of both satellites and spacecraft in low earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit, and beyond. Nicomatic's new product line has contributed
Nicomatic, the Pennsylvania-based provider of creative interconnect solutions, announces the release of a new product line for use in spacecraft: Flat Flexible Cables for Space. The flat flexible cable technology allows for lighter, more flexible space exploration of both satellites and spacecraft in low earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit, and beyond. Nicomatic's new product line has contributed
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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 03:53
NASA's NuSTAR Makes Illuminating Discoveries With 'Nuisance' Light
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 02, 2022
For almost 10 years, NASA's NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) X-ray space observatory has been studying some of the highest-energy objects in the universe, such as colliding dead stars and enormous black holes feasting on hot gas. During that time, scientists have had to deal with stray light leaking in through the sides of the observatory, which can interfere with observations much
For almost 10 years, NASA's NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array) X-ray space observatory has been studying some of the highest-energy objects in the universe, such as colliding dead stars and enormous black holes feasting on hot gas. During that time, scientists have had to deal with stray light leaking in through the sides of the observatory, which can interfere with observations much
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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 03:53
What's happening in the depths of distant worlds?
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
The physics and chemistry that take place deep inside our planet are fundamental to the existence of life as we know it. But what forces are at work in the interiors of distant worlds, and how do these conditions affect their potential for habitability?
New work led by Carnegie's Earth and Planets Laboratory uses lab-based mimicry to reveal a new crystal structure that has major implicatio
The physics and chemistry that take place deep inside our planet are fundamental to the existence of life as we know it. But what forces are at work in the interiors of distant worlds, and how do these conditions affect their potential for habitability?
New work led by Carnegie's Earth and Planets Laboratory uses lab-based mimicry to reveal a new crystal structure that has major implicatio
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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 03:53
New astrobiology research predicts life 'as we don't know it'
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
The search for alien life has been restricted to using life on Earth as the reference, essentially looking for "life as we know it" beyond Earth. For astrobiologists looking for life on other planets, there are simply no tools for predicting the features of "life as we don't know it."
In new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team of scienti
The search for alien life has been restricted to using life on Earth as the reference, essentially looking for "life as we know it" beyond Earth. For astrobiologists looking for life on other planets, there are simply no tools for predicting the features of "life as we don't know it."
In new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a team of scienti
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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 03:53
Sols 3401-3402: Sand, Boulders and Ridges, Oh My
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 02, 2022
Curiosity has been picking her way through sand, sharp boulders and ridges to find a way up onto the Greenheugh pediment. We briefly explored the pediment more than 600 sols ago, before resuming our traverse over the Mount Sharp group sedimentary rocks that we have been driving over since ~sol 750.
The science team is excited to drive up onto and investigate the very different looking rock
Curiosity has been picking her way through sand, sharp boulders and ridges to find a way up onto the Greenheugh pediment. We briefly explored the pediment more than 600 sols ago, before resuming our traverse over the Mount Sharp group sedimentary rocks that we have been driving over since ~sol 750.
The science team is excited to drive up onto and investigate the very different looking rock
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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 03:53
NASA Announces Launch Options for 2022 Student Launch Competition
Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 02, 2022
NASA's 2022 Student Launch rocketry challenge will provide both in-person and virtual opportunities for the competition's culminating event. The in-person option will include a two-day event, with hardware checks Friday, April 22, and launch day Saturday, April 23, in Huntsville, Alabama. If rain is a factor April 23, a makeup day is scheduled for Sunday, April 24.
Alternatively, Launch Di
NASA's 2022 Student Launch rocketry challenge will provide both in-person and virtual opportunities for the competition's culminating event. The in-person option will include a two-day event, with hardware checks Friday, April 22, and launch day Saturday, April 23, in Huntsville, Alabama. If rain is a factor April 23, a makeup day is scheduled for Sunday, April 24.
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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 03:53
Atlas V rocket launches new NOAA weather satellite
Orlando DC (UPI) Mar 02, 2022
NASA launched the latest in an advanced series of weather satellites, the GOES-T, from Florida on Tuesday to improve weather forecasting over the Pacific and western United States.
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V lifted off as planned into a mostly sunny sky at 4:38 p.m. EST from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Meteorologists around the world are looking forward to
NASA launched the latest in an advanced series of weather satellites, the GOES-T, from Florida on Tuesday to improve weather forecasting over the Pacific and western United States.
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V lifted off as planned into a mostly sunny sky at 4:38 p.m. EST from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Meteorologists around the world are looking forward to
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Tuesday, 01 March 2022 17:47
NASA to launch sophisticated weather satellite
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 1, 2021
NASA plans to launch the latest in an advanced series of weather satellites, the GOES-T, from Florida on Tuesday to improve weather forecasting over the Pacific and western United States.
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket is prepared for liftoff during a two-hour window starting at 4:38 p.m. EST from Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Meteorologists around th
NASA plans to launch the latest in an advanced series of weather satellites, the GOES-T, from Florida on Tuesday to improve weather forecasting over the Pacific and western United States.
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket is prepared for liftoff during a two-hour window starting at 4:38 p.m. EST from Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Meteorologists around th
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Tuesday, 01 March 2022 17:47
Russian-European Mars rover 'very unlikely' to launch this year
Paris (AFP) March 1, 2022
A Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars is "very unlikely" to launch this year due to sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency said.
The launch of the Rosalind Franklin rover, whose mission is to drill into Martian soil to seek out signs of life, was originally planned for 2020 but postponed due to Covid-19 and technical delays.
In January the ESA
A Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars is "very unlikely" to launch this year due to sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency said.
The launch of the Rosalind Franklin rover, whose mission is to drill into Martian soil to seek out signs of life, was originally planned for 2020 but postponed due to Covid-19 and technical delays.
In January the ESA
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Tuesday, 01 March 2022 13:00
How the Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station prepares for GOES-T satellite launch
With the upcoming launch of NOAA's new GOES-T satellite, staff at ground stations such as NOAA's Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station (WCDAS) located at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility are in full swing preparing for the event.
Although Wallops launches smaller rockets as well as research aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, and high-altitude balloons, the facility also supports NOAA's satellite tracking and commanding capabilities.
We spoke with Gregory Johnson, a GOES Ground System Engineer, and Jesse Speidel, Chief of Operations, about just what goes on at Wallops before and after a satellite launch.
First however, they explained that ground stations, like Wallops, are basically radio stations that communicate with satellites from the ground by transmitting and receiving radio waves via large parabolic antennas. Wallops tracks many satellites orbiting Earth this way, as well as deep space satellites that monitor solar activity. The ground stations can send commands to the satellites as well as receive data from them that they then send to be processed.
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