New Chinese commercial spaceport to host first launch next year
Friday, 24 February 2023 14:02
A launch tower for commercial launches will be completed by the end of the year near China’s coastal Wenchang spaceport and begin hosting regular missions in 2024.
Week in images: 20-24 February 2023
Friday, 24 February 2023 13:06
Week in images: 20-24 February 2023
Discover our week through the lens
Russia launches crew-less Soyuz to ISS as replacement
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:50
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 23, 2021
Russia launched an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on Thursday to replace one that leaked coolant after it was struck by a meteoroid last year, stranding two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut in space.
The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was launched with 948 pounds of supplies for the astronauts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:24 p.m. EST, which was br
Russia launched an unmanned Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on Thursday to replace one that leaked coolant after it was struck by a meteoroid last year, stranding two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut in space.
The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft was launched with 948 pounds of supplies for the astronauts from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:24 p.m. EST, which was br SuperCam's AI capabilities enhanced with AEGIS upgrade
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:50
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 24, 2023
As Perseverance celebrates its second anniversary on Mars, our team is reflecting on the rover's remarkable journey so far. In the past two years, Perseverance has collected 18 Martian samples, traversed over 9 miles, transmitted over 200,000 images to Earth, supported the Ingenuity helicopter with its 42 flights, and much more.
Now, after spending nearly 6 weeks creating the Three Forks s
As Perseverance celebrates its second anniversary on Mars, our team is reflecting on the rover's remarkable journey so far. In the past two years, Perseverance has collected 18 Martian samples, traversed over 9 miles, transmitted over 200,000 images to Earth, supported the Ingenuity helicopter with its 42 flights, and much more.
Now, after spending nearly 6 weeks creating the Three Forks s Galactic Energy to launch rockets from the sea
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:50
Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
Galactic Energy, a private space company based in Beijing, plans to make its first sea-based launch this summer, which could be the first by a private Chinese firm if successful. According to Xia Dongkun, a vice-president at Galactic Energy, the company has scheduled the launch of one of its Ceres 1 rockets in the Yellow Sea
Galactic Energy, a private space company based in Beijing, plans to make its first sea-based launch this summer, which could be the first by a private Chinese firm if successful. According to Xia Dongkun, a vice-president at Galactic Energy, the company has scheduled the launch of one of its Ceres 1 rockets in the Yellow Sea Ryugu Asteroid sample reveals organic-rich composition, first analysis shows
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:50
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
Asteroid Ryugu has a rich complement of organic molecules, according to a NASA and international team's initial analysis of a sample from the asteroid's surface delivered to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft. The discovery adds support to the idea that organic material from space contributed to the inventory of chemical components necessary for life.
Organic molecules are the building
Asteroid Ryugu has a rich complement of organic molecules, according to a NASA and international team's initial analysis of a sample from the asteroid's surface delivered to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft. The discovery adds support to the idea that organic material from space contributed to the inventory of chemical components necessary for life.
Organic molecules are the building Squishy outer shell may be resurfacing Venus
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:50
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
Earth and Venus are rocky planets of about the same size and rock chemistry, so they should be losing their internal heat to space at about the same rate. How Earth loses its heat is well known, but Venus' heat flow mechanism has been a mystery. A study that uses three-decade-old data from NASA's Magellan mission has taken a new look at how Venus cools and found that thin regions of the planet's
Earth and Venus are rocky planets of about the same size and rock chemistry, so they should be losing their internal heat to space at about the same rate. How Earth loses its heat is well known, but Venus' heat flow mechanism has been a mystery. A study that uses three-decade-old data from NASA's Magellan mission has taken a new look at how Venus cools and found that thin regions of the planet's Colossal sky map shows over one billion glowing galaxies
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:50
Kitt Peak AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
The largest two-dimensional map of the sky ever made has grown even larger with the tenth data release from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys - a monumental six-year survey covering nearly half the sky. This new data release adds increased sky and wavelength coverage to the already completed surveys made with data from NSF's NOIRLab telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona and Cerro
The largest two-dimensional map of the sky ever made has grown even larger with the tenth data release from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys - a monumental six-year survey covering nearly half the sky. This new data release adds increased sky and wavelength coverage to the already completed surveys made with data from NSF's NOIRLab telescopes at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona and Cerro The effects of Aurora Borealis on energy grids with the addition of renewables
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:50
Norman OK (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
As the world transitions toward more renewable energy resources and deals with the consequences of a changing climate, the resiliency of energy infrastructure is becoming ever more urgent. University of Oklahoma researcher Paul Moses, Ph.D., has received a Faculty Early CAREER Development award from the National Science Foundation to better understand how chaotic grid disturbances from events li
As the world transitions toward more renewable energy resources and deals with the consequences of a changing climate, the resiliency of energy infrastructure is becoming ever more urgent. University of Oklahoma researcher Paul Moses, Ph.D., has received a Faculty Early CAREER Development award from the National Science Foundation to better understand how chaotic grid disturbances from events li Luxembourg taps into SES's O3b mPOWER for defense and disaster recovery
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:50
Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
Luxembourg has selected SES's O3b mPOWER system to serve as the resilient satcom infrastructure for defense, security, and disaster recovery in the country and beyond. The MEO Global Services program, valued at 195 million euro over 10 years, will enable the acquisition and operation of O3b mPOWER services, pending approval by the Luxembourg parliament.
Luxembourg has selected SES's O3b mPOWER system to serve as the resilient satcom infrastructure for defense, security, and disaster recovery in the country and beyond. The MEO Global Services program, valued at 195 million euro over 10 years, will enable the acquisition and operation of O3b mPOWER services, pending approval by the Luxembourg parliament. Samsung unveils satcom solution for smartphones
Friday, 24 February 2023 12:09
Samsung Electronics said Feb. 23 it had secured a new standardized 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) modem that enables direct smartphone-satellite communications in locations where there is no cellular network connectivity.
NASA plans to start work this year on first Gateway logistics mission
Friday, 24 February 2023 11:49
NASA anticipates starting work later this year on the first cargo mission for the lunar Gateway, three years after awarding SpaceX a contract for such missions.
ESA invites you to satnav summer school in Sweden
Friday, 24 February 2023 11:17
This year’s ESA/JRC International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) will take place in July in Kiruna, Sweden.
Luxembourg Announces Intent to Leverage SES's O3b mPOWER for Europe and NATO
Friday, 24 February 2023 10:24
Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
The Government of Luxembourg has announced that it will use SES's O3b mPOWER system as a crucial resilient satcom infrastructure for Luxembourg, its partners, and NATO in the areas of defense and security, disaster recovery, and more. The program, MEO Global Services (MGS), valued at 195 million euro over 10 years, will authorize the acquisition and operation of O3b mPOWER services, subject to a
The Government of Luxembourg has announced that it will use SES's O3b mPOWER system as a crucial resilient satcom infrastructure for Luxembourg, its partners, and NATO in the areas of defense and security, disaster recovery, and more. The program, MEO Global Services (MGS), valued at 195 million euro over 10 years, will authorize the acquisition and operation of O3b mPOWER services, subject to a New research models concept for data transport using train of satellites
Friday, 24 February 2023 10:24
Urbana IL (SPX) Feb 24, 2023
Although the Pony Express lasted only a short time in the mid-1800s before being outperformed by the transcontinental telegraph, it inspired a concept for a string of small satellites to transport data from Mars to Earth and help alleviate the data logjam currently occurring in the Deep Space Network.
"The Solar System Pony Express is a mission concept that aims to augment the data transmi
Although the Pony Express lasted only a short time in the mid-1800s before being outperformed by the transcontinental telegraph, it inspired a concept for a string of small satellites to transport data from Mars to Earth and help alleviate the data logjam currently occurring in the Deep Space Network.
"The Solar System Pony Express is a mission concept that aims to augment the data transmi