Blue Origin flies payloads on latest New Shepard flight
Thursday, 26 August 2021 14:53
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Blue Origin launched a New Shepard suborbital vehicle Aug. 25 on a mission carrying research and educational payloads as the company prepares for its next crewed flight.
Mynaric debuts space laser terminal with sights on U.S. expansion
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German antenna maker Mynaric unveiled a new optical satellite terminal Aug. 25 amid its push into the U.S laser communications market.
Experiment to grow miniature human tissue on the International Space Station
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![University of Zurich and Airbus to grow Miniature Human Tissue on the International Space Station (ISS)](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2021/university-of-zurich-a.jpg "Launch of the re-supply mission Space X CRS-20 from Cape Canaveral, USA on March 6, 2020: The first UZH-Airbus experiment "Organoids in Space" is transported to the ISS. Credit: NASA")
The process for the joint 3D Organoids in Space project originated from the University of Zurich (UZH) researchers Oliver Ullrich and Cora Thiel. Together with Airbus, the two pioneers in research on how gravity affects and regulates human cells have developed the process to project maturity. The Airbus Innovations team led by project manager Julian Raatschen has developed the hardware and is providing access to the International Space Station (ISS). It took the project partners only three years from idea to the first production test in space. During this time, they completed various test phases and overcame highly competitive internal selection processes.
Geospatial intelligence giving supply chain clarity in uncertain times
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From hiking the price of cars to impacting the readiness of militaries, the havoc that COVID-19 wreaks across supply chains is far-ranging and sometimes surprising.
Webb completes testing and prepares for trip to Europe's Spaceport
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The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed its final tests and is being prepared for shipment to its launch site at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Join our online event: Galileo Second Generation Industry Day on 7th September
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As work proceeds on Europe's Galileo Second Generation satellites, the European Space Agency is pleased to announce the Galileo Second Generation Industry Day 2021 online event on Tuesday 7 September.
Manned Mars mission viable if it doesn't exceed four years, concludes international research team
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Sending human travelers to Mars would require scientists and engineers to overcome a range of technological and safety obstacles. One of them is the grave risk posed by particle radiation from the sun, distant stars and galaxies.
Answering two key questions would go a long way toward overcoming that hurdle: Would particle radiation pose too grave a threat to human life throughout a round trip to the red planet? And, could the very timing of a mission to Mars help shield astronauts and the spacecraft from the radiation?
Rocket Lab closes lower in first day on Nasdaq
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Shares in small launch vehicle and spacecraft developer Rocket Lab dropped in their first day of trading Aug. 25, but the company’s chief executive says it remains focused on its long-term plans enabled by going public.
Space Station 360 – Columbus module (in French with English subtitles available)
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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet takes you on a tour of the International Space Station like no other. Filmed with a 360 camera, the Space Station 360 series lets you explore for yourself alongside Thomas’s explanation – starting with Europe’s science laboratory, Columbus.
Columbus is not the Station’s largest module, but it is one of the best equipped. It is the place where European astronauts conduct most of their work on board and has an external platform that allows experiments to be exposed to the vacuum of space. In addition to science racks, Columbus offers storage space and even
NASA Technologies slated for testing on Blue Origin's New Shepard
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While there won't be humans on Blue Origin's 17th New Shepard mission, the fully reusable launch vehicle will carry technologies from NASA, industry, and academia aboard. The agency's Flight Opportunities program supports six payload flight tests, which are slated for lift off no earlier than Aug. 26 from the company's Launch Site One in West Texas.
For some innovations, this is just one o NASA Head Nelson hopes US-Russian cooperation on ISS will continue beyond 2030
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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has told Sputnik that he hopes cooperation between the United States and Russia on the International Space Station (ISS) will continue beyond 2030.
When asked whether he expects the ISS relationship to be extended, Nelson said: "Yes. To 2030. And Russia is our partner on the ISS".
"I'm very hopeful and very optimistic that this extraordinary relationshi StarLab Oasis opens in Abu Dhabi
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Nanoracks, the world's leading provider of commercial access to space, is pleased to announce the launch of a new Space AgTech company, StarLab Oasis. This expansion highlights Nanoracks commitment to address the growing problems of desertification, climate change, water scarcity and food security. The research on the impact of harsh space environments and arid Earth conditions on agriculture, l Making space-based research more affordable-with a little help from the Girl Scouts
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Using ants, plants, and even brine shrimp, a group of Girl Scouts will be among the first researchers to help test a new autonomous research platform on the International Space Station (ISS) that is helping to expand the affordability of microgravity research.
The Faraday Research Facility, developed by ISS U.S. National Laboratory Commercial Service Provider ProXopS, LLC., will launch on Film and cultures fly on SpaceX CR23 cargo resupply mission
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Samples of the Biofilms experiment are headed to the International Space Station on the SpaceX CR23 cargo resupply mission this weekend to help maintain astronaut and material safety in space.
A common piece of advice of the past 18 months has been to make sure you wash your hands thoroughly. This is because microorganisms are easily spread across common surfaces like door handles and ligh Mars helicopter sees potential rover road ahead
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Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite photograph or two from their mission. For Ken Farley, the project scientist for NASA's Perseverance rover, one of his current favorites is a color image of "South Seitah," an area the mission's science team had considered potentially worthy of a rover visit. The agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the image during its 12th and most recent f