ESA’s second online Space Physician Training Course (SPTC) took place from 18 – 19 January 2022, attracting almost 60 participants from across Europe and the world.

The SPTC is run by ESA’s space medicine team and gives medical doctors the opportunity to learn more about space medicine and supporting astronauts’ health from ESA’s leading experts.

NASA expects that retiring the International Space Station in favor of leasing capacity on commercial space stations will ultimately save the agency up to $1.8 billion per year.

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London, UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
Nuclear power's role in cutting carbon emissions will be a major topic at SMR and Advanced Reactor 2022 in Atlanta, Reuters Events announced today. The world's foremost event for advanced and small modular reactors (SMRs) will take place in the Georgia state capital on May 24 and 25, bringing together more than 500 experts together in a sector that could be key in the global fight against

Edinburgh UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2022
In partnership with Google, in a widely attender Google Earth Outreach webinar, Earth Blox demonstrated its ability to provide near-instantaneous cloud powered access and analysis of satellite imagery in a no-code user interface (UI), opening access to Earth observation (EO) data to non-experts of every sector like never before. Launched in 2019, Earth Blox seeks to make "EO data accessibl

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 04, 2022
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Vienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 03, 2022
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Hanover NH (SPX) Jan 27, 2022
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Washington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2021
SpaceX and NASA officials are investigating a lag in parachute openings during the return of the company's Dragon capsules from the International Space Station with cargo and astronauts, the organizations said during a teleconference Friday. The return of such capsules was never in jeopardy, and the landing systems performed well during 24 cargo missions and three crewed splashdowns, Sp

Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 07, 2022
America's favorite red monster may not be interested in rocks, but Perseverance can't wait to keep exploring the rocks on Mars! How does the rover study rocks up-close? The Mars2020 Perseverance rover is equipped with several instruments that help it investigate the surface of Mars. The PIXL and SHERLOC spectrometers both sit on the Robotic Arm. In addition to measuring spectra and t

Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Feb 07, 2022
An international team of astronomers has discovered a pair of asteroids that split off from their parent body a mere 300 years ago. The duo is exceptional because it is the youngest known "asteroid pair" by at least a factor of ten, it passes close to Earth's orbit, and it has properties that are hard to explain given its young age. The majority of asteroids in our solar system reside in t