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Friday, 18 February 2022 07:00
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The 3 m-long magnetometer boom of the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (Smile) is deployed under helium-filled balloons to simulate the weightlessness conditions of space.
Smile is a joint mission between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and will aim to build a more complete understanding of the Sun-Earth connection by measuring the solar wind and its dynamic interaction with the magnetosphere.
The structural and thermal model of the Smile payload module is currently undergoing testing at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Missions frequently come ‘home’ to ESA’s technical
Europe needs a crewed space vehicle, astronauts say
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 16, 2021
Europe needs its own crewed spaceship to build its space industry and talent, astronauts who gathered in France said in an official manifesto Wednesday.
Dozens of astronauts endorsed the statement that "we need to be able to count on our own autonomous access to space for humans," according to the manifesto presented at the 2022 European Space Summit in Toulouse.
It calls on Euro
Europe needs its own crewed spaceship to build its space industry and talent, astronauts who gathered in France said in an official manifesto Wednesday.
Dozens of astronauts endorsed the statement that "we need to be able to count on our own autonomous access to space for humans," according to the manifesto presented at the 2022 European Space Summit in Toulouse.
It calls on Euro Research project examines how humans live in space
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Feb 18, 2022
As long-distance space travel transforms from a science fiction fantasy to a near-future reality, humanity is faced with a complex challenge: Can people socially and culturally adapt to and survive spending years hurtling across the universe in a contained, artificial space?
Shawn Graham, a digital archaeologist and historian at Carleton University, is working with the International Space
As long-distance space travel transforms from a science fiction fantasy to a near-future reality, humanity is faced with a complex challenge: Can people socially and culturally adapt to and survive spending years hurtling across the universe in a contained, artificial space?
Shawn Graham, a digital archaeologist and historian at Carleton University, is working with the International Space Blue Origin to build more rockets amid expectations to tourist flights
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 18, 2022
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company says it will have to build more of its New Shepard rockets in order to meet the "very robust demand" for space tourism, the company's CEO said.
At the FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said the company had "thousands of people in the auction process" for tickets, indicating "very ro
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company says it will have to build more of its New Shepard rockets in order to meet the "very robust demand" for space tourism, the company's CEO said.
At the FAA Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said the company had "thousands of people in the auction process" for tickets, indicating "very ro Coca-Cola launching new Starlight drink 'inspired by space'
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2022
A new flavor of Coca-Cola is coming soon - a promotional announcement from Coca-Coca Thursday said, "From the furthest reaches of the galaxy, Coca-Cola Starlight is arriving."
The new limited edition drink, called Coca-Cola Starlight, features a taste the beverage maker calls unique, and will be offered in both regular and zero sugar and is expected to be available Feb. 21.
In a pres
A new flavor of Coca-Cola is coming soon - a promotional announcement from Coca-Coca Thursday said, "From the furthest reaches of the galaxy, Coca-Cola Starlight is arriving."
The new limited edition drink, called Coca-Cola Starlight, features a taste the beverage maker calls unique, and will be offered in both regular and zero sugar and is expected to be available Feb. 21.
In a pres Terran Orbital to build microsatellite program
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 18, 2022
Small-satellite pioneer Terran Orbital Corporation ("Terran Orbital") was awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to provide three microsatellite class satellites, launch procurement, integration, and operations in support of product demonstration.
"We are thrilled Terran Orbital will be part of another program with Lockheed Martin. This contract award provides an exciting opport
Small-satellite pioneer Terran Orbital Corporation ("Terran Orbital") was awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to provide three microsatellite class satellites, launch procurement, integration, and operations in support of product demonstration.
"We are thrilled Terran Orbital will be part of another program with Lockheed Martin. This contract award provides an exciting opport Preventing Lunar traffic jams
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 15, 2022
The moon is top of mind for many national space programs and private companies, with some planning to send humans back to the lunar surface as early as 2025.
In advance, scientists are launching satellites and other payloads to orbit the moon. But so far, no one has kept track of just how many artificial objects are already up there, or where they are at any given moment. Without a way to
The moon is top of mind for many national space programs and private companies, with some planning to send humans back to the lunar surface as early as 2025.
In advance, scientists are launching satellites and other payloads to orbit the moon. But so far, no one has kept track of just how many artificial objects are already up there, or where they are at any given moment. Without a way to Space sector set to create new jobs in Highland and Moray
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Moray, Scotland (SPX) Feb 18, 2022
Ambitious plans to create hundreds of high quality jobs and business opportunities by developing a North Highland and Moray 'space cluster' have received a 38,000 pound boost from the UK Space Agency.
A strategy to develop the cluster, funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL), was published last September by Caithness and North Sutherland
Ambitious plans to create hundreds of high quality jobs and business opportunities by developing a North Highland and Moray 'space cluster' have received a 38,000 pound boost from the UK Space Agency.
A strategy to develop the cluster, funded by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL), was published last September by Caithness and North Sutherland Secondary cratering on Earth: The Wyoming impact crater field
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 15, 2022
Several dozen small impact craters, 10-70-m in size, have been discovered in southeastern Wyoming. A team of U.S. and German geoscientists found these ancient craters in exposed sedimentary layers from the Permian period (280 million years ago).
After discovering the first craters, the team initially suspected that they are a crater-strewn field, formed by the breakup of an asteroid that e
Several dozen small impact craters, 10-70-m in size, have been discovered in southeastern Wyoming. A team of U.S. and German geoscientists found these ancient craters in exposed sedimentary layers from the Permian period (280 million years ago).
After discovering the first craters, the team initially suspected that they are a crater-strewn field, formed by the breakup of an asteroid that e Students with Perseverance receive messages from Mars
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2022
The first set of middle-schoolers in the agency's "You've Got Perseverance!" campaign was honored with a message from the Red Planet and a chat with the rover team at JPL.
A group of 20 young students who have shown the character trait that NASA's Perseverance rover is named for received messages of encouragement directly from that six-wheeled scientist on Mars.
Nominated by educator
The first set of middle-schoolers in the agency's "You've Got Perseverance!" campaign was honored with a message from the Red Planet and a chat with the rover team at JPL.
A group of 20 young students who have shown the character trait that NASA's Perseverance rover is named for received messages of encouragement directly from that six-wheeled scientist on Mars.
Nominated by educator Can a planet have a mind of its own?
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Rochester NY (SPX) Feb 18, 2022
The collective activity of life-all of the microbes, plants, and animals-have changed planet Earth.
Take, for example, plants: plants 'invented' a way of undergoing photosynthesis to enhance their own survival, but in so doing, released oxygen that changed the entire function of our planet. This is just one example of individual lifeforms performing their own tasks, but collectively having
The collective activity of life-all of the microbes, plants, and animals-have changed planet Earth.
Take, for example, plants: plants 'invented' a way of undergoing photosynthesis to enhance their own survival, but in so doing, released oxygen that changed the entire function of our planet. This is just one example of individual lifeforms performing their own tasks, but collectively having Latecoere strengthens its space activities through three cooperations with Airbus
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Toulouse, France (SPX) Feb 17, 2022
Latecoere, a leading partner of major international aircraft manufacturers and the European leader in satellite wiring, is strengthening its activity in the space industry thanks to three major cooperation projects with Airbus.
Latecoere designs, industrializes, produces and integrates electrical harnesses for three emblematic European space programs: the Eurostar Neo satellites, for both
Latecoere, a leading partner of major international aircraft manufacturers and the European leader in satellite wiring, is strengthening its activity in the space industry thanks to three major cooperation projects with Airbus.
Latecoere designs, industrializes, produces and integrates electrical harnesses for three emblematic European space programs: the Eurostar Neo satellites, for both NASA challenges students to discover what powers them
Friday, 18 February 2022 05:11
Cleveland OH (SPX) Feb 16, 2022
NASA is inviting students to participate in an essay contest to explore how it powers some of its most famous missions. The contest also encourages participants to learn something about themselves in the process. The Power to Explore Challenge, open to K-12 students in U.S. public, private, and homeschools, is accepting entries from Tuesday, Feb. 15 through Wednesday, April 13.
The competi
NASA is inviting students to participate in an essay contest to explore how it powers some of its most famous missions. The contest also encourages participants to learn something about themselves in the process. The Power to Explore Challenge, open to K-12 students in U.S. public, private, and homeschools, is accepting entries from Tuesday, Feb. 15 through Wednesday, April 13.
The competi Terran Orbital touts military and defense contracts ahead of going public
Thursday, 17 February 2022 23:27
Terran Orbital executives told investors the company is heavily weighted toward government work and expects significant revenues from defense and intelligence contracts
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Florida’s Space Coast is busier than ever, but there’s room for more
Thursday, 17 February 2022 22:00
Long the busiest space launch complex in the United States, Cape Canaveral and Kennedy extended their combined five-year streak as the busiest commercial, civil and military launch range in the world.
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