After 15 Years, 1,000 Tests, Orion's Heat Shield Ready to Take the Heat
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2022
When Artemis I launched on Wednesday, Nov. 16, NASA's new mega Moon rocket carried the Orion spacecraft?- uncrewed, for now - into orbit for the first time, and a new era of lunar exploration began. It's a big moment for NASA and the world. And, yet, one of the people whose work will be tested at the next crucial step - bringing Orion home safely - isn't nervous at all.
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When Artemis I launched on Wednesday, Nov. 16, NASA's new mega Moon rocket carried the Orion spacecraft?- uncrewed, for now - into orbit for the first time, and a new era of lunar exploration began. It's a big moment for NASA and the world. And, yet, one of the people whose work will be tested at the next crucial step - bringing Orion home safely - isn't nervous at all.
Jeremy Vander Kam i Smart Dragon 3 rocket makes maiden flight
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2022
The Smart Dragon 3, a new solid-propellant carrier rocket, made its maiden flight on Friday afternoon, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), the country's leading space contractor.
The rocket blasted off at 2:35 pm from a ship in the Yellow Sea and launched 14 satellites into orbit during its flight, the State-owned conglomerate said in a news release.
The
The Smart Dragon 3, a new solid-propellant carrier rocket, made its maiden flight on Friday afternoon, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), the country's leading space contractor.
The rocket blasted off at 2:35 pm from a ship in the Yellow Sea and launched 14 satellites into orbit during its flight, the State-owned conglomerate said in a news release.
The Let's try that again Amapari: Sols 3677-3679
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 12, 2022
On Wednesday, we uplinked a drill plan, to drill the target "Amapari" in the Marker Band. Coming into planning this morning, we learned that the drill was only able to penetrate 7 mm into the hard rock here, and this was not deep enough for the drill to collect sample that could be analyzed by CheMin and SAM. Fortunately, the RPs examined the workspace this morning and found a second similar are
On Wednesday, we uplinked a drill plan, to drill the target "Amapari" in the Marker Band. Coming into planning this morning, we learned that the drill was only able to penetrate 7 mm into the hard rock here, and this was not deep enough for the drill to collect sample that could be analyzed by CheMin and SAM. Fortunately, the RPs examined the workspace this morning and found a second similar are Curved spacetime in the lab
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2022
According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, space and time are inextricably connected. In our Universe, whose curvature is barely measurable, the structure of this spacetime is fixed. In a laboratory experiment, researchers from Heidelberg University have succeeded in realising an effective spacetime that can be manipulated.
In their research on ultracold quantum gases, they were able to
According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, space and time are inextricably connected. In our Universe, whose curvature is barely measurable, the structure of this spacetime is fixed. In a laboratory experiment, researchers from Heidelberg University have succeeded in realising an effective spacetime that can be manipulated.
In their research on ultracold quantum gases, they were able to China's FAST telescope reveals unprecedented details of Milky Way
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2022
The vast space between billions of stars in the Milky Way is not empty, but filled with thin interstellar medium.
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), or the "China Sky Eye," Chinese scientists revealed the unprecedented details of the Galactic interstellar medium.
Led by Han Jinlin, a scientist with the National Astronomical Observatories of China,
The vast space between billions of stars in the Milky Way is not empty, but filled with thin interstellar medium.
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), or the "China Sky Eye," Chinese scientists revealed the unprecedented details of the Galactic interstellar medium.
Led by Han Jinlin, a scientist with the National Astronomical Observatories of China, Astronomers report most distant known galaxies, detected and confirmed by JWST
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2022
An international team of astronomers has discovered the earliest and most distant galaxies confirmed to date using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope captured light emitted by these galaxies more than 13.4 billion years ago, which means the galaxies date back to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was only 2% of its current age.
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An international team of astronomers has discovered the earliest and most distant galaxies confirmed to date using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The telescope captured light emitted by these galaxies more than 13.4 billion years ago, which means the galaxies date back to less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was only 2% of its current age.
Ini Sidus Space selects Exolaunch for LizzieSat Deployment
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 12, 2022
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, recently signed an agreement with Exolaunch to use their CarboNIX separation system to deploy LizzieSatTM satellites during the LizzieSat rideshare missions with SpaceX in 2023 and 2024. This agreemen
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing combined with commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection, recently signed an agreement with Exolaunch to use their CarboNIX separation system to deploy LizzieSatTM satellites during the LizzieSat rideshare missions with SpaceX in 2023 and 2024. This agreemen New nanosatellite tests autonomy in space
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 12, 2022
In May 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-5 mission into orbit. The mission contained a collection of micro and nanosatellites from both industry and government, including one from MIT Lincoln Laboratory called the Agile MicroSat (AMS).
AMS's primary mission is to test automated maneuvering capabilities in the tumultuous very low-Earth orbit (VLEO) environment, startin
In May 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-5 mission into orbit. The mission contained a collection of micro and nanosatellites from both industry and government, including one from MIT Lincoln Laboratory called the Agile MicroSat (AMS).
AMS's primary mission is to test automated maneuvering capabilities in the tumultuous very low-Earth orbit (VLEO) environment, startin Orbital Assembly announces hosted payload services with variable gravity on Pioneer Space Station
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 12, 2022
Orbital Assembly (OA) is announcing a new program and mission design as well as planning services for station-class hosted payloads" on the company's micro and artificial gravity space stations.
"The International Space Station has a multi-year backlog of companies and institutions seeking to conduct paid research projects in space and the demand is increasing," says Rhonda Stevenson, CEO
Orbital Assembly (OA) is announcing a new program and mission design as well as planning services for station-class hosted payloads" on the company's micro and artificial gravity space stations.
"The International Space Station has a multi-year backlog of companies and institutions seeking to conduct paid research projects in space and the demand is increasing," says Rhonda Stevenson, CEO China's new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity
Monday, 12 December 2022 07:17
Bloomington IN (SPX) Dec 12, 2022
The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.
On Nov. 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from China's Gobi Desert carrying three taikonauts - the Chinese word for astronauts. Six hours later, they reached their destination, China's recently completed space station, called Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace" in Mandarin. The three ta
The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.
On Nov. 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from China's Gobi Desert carrying three taikonauts - the Chinese word for astronauts. Six hours later, they reached their destination, China's recently completed space station, called Tiangong, which means "heavenly palace" in Mandarin. The three ta Watch live launch of Meteosat Third Generation Imager-1
Monday, 12 December 2022 06:50
On 13 December, the first of a new generation of satellites designed to revolutionise weather forecasting in Europe will take to the skies. ESA and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) invite you to follow the live coverage for the launch of the first Meteosat Third Generation satellite starting from 19:40 CET on ESA Web TV.
Japanese startup launches historic Moon mission
Monday, 12 December 2022 00:24
Washington (AFP) Dec 11, 2022
A Japanese startup's spacecraft was launched to the Moon on Sunday in the country's first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company.
The launch was carried out by Elon Musk's SpaceX at Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida after two postponements for additional pre-flight checks.
The spacecraft, produced by Tokyo-based startup ispace and carrying a UAE-built r
A Japanese startup's spacecraft was launched to the Moon on Sunday in the country's first-ever lunar mission and the first of its kind by a private company.
The launch was carried out by Elon Musk's SpaceX at Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida after two postponements for additional pre-flight checks.
The spacecraft, produced by Tokyo-based startup ispace and carrying a UAE-built r Orion splashes down after record-setting voyage around the Moon
Sunday, 11 December 2022 18:12
Washington (AFP) Dec 11, 2022
NASA's Orion space capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific on Sunday, completing the Artemis 1 mission -- a more than 25-day journey around the Moon with an eye to returning humans there in just a few years. After racing through the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 40,000 kilometers per hour (25,000 mph), the uncrewed capsule floated down to the sea with the help of three large red and white parachutes, as seen on NASA TV.
NASA's Orion space capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific on Sunday, completing the Artemis 1 mission -- a more than 25-day journey around the Moon with an eye to returning humans there in just a few years. After racing through the Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 40,000 kilometers per hour (25,000 mph), the uncrewed capsule floated down to the sea with the help of three large red and white parachutes, as seen on NASA TV. NASA's Orion capsule blazes home from test flight to moon
Sunday, 11 December 2022 17:25
NASA's Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.
NASA Orion capsule safely blazes back from moon, aces test
Sunday, 11 December 2022 17:25NASA's Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby.