Axiom mission arrives at ISS
Saturday, 09 April 2022 14:49
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four private astronauts arrived at the International Space Station April 9 for a scheduled eight-day stay.
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Space tourism: the arguments in favor
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
To its many detractors, space tourism amounts to nothing more than joy-rides for the global super rich that will worsen the planet's climate crisis.
But the nascent sector also has supporters, who, while not rejecting the criticism outright, argue the industry can bring humanity benefits too.
- More research opportunities -
The first argument is that private spaceflights, in additio SpaceX launches first private astronaut mission to ISS
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
With its 13th launch of the year on Friday, SpaceX will make history, sending the first private crew of astronauts to the International Space Station for a week to conduct dozens of science experiments.
The Ax-1 mission is scheduled to lift off at 11:17 a.m. EDT on a previously flown Falcon 9 rocket that will launch from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The miss ISRO likely to launch seven satellites during current year: Govt
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch seven satellites during the current year and the expenditure towards the realisation of satellites is nearly Rs 490 crore, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
"ISRO has successfully launched the Earth Observation Satellite EOS-4 onboard PSLV-C52 on February 14, 2022 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, along w Brazilian Space Chief Says Nations Should Think Long-Term, Keep Space Out of Geopolitics
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
Countries should think long-term about space cooperation, as there are many things on which they could work together regardless of geopolitical tensions, Carlos Moura, the president of the Brazilian Space Agency, told Sputnik.
"I believe that, especially in space, we should think long term cooperation, scientific cooperation," Moura said on the sidelines of the Space Symposium. "There are A Beacon in the Galaxy: Updated Arecibo Message for Potential FAST and SETI Projects
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
An updated, binary-coded message has been developed for transmission to extraterrestrial intelligences in the Milky Way galaxy. The proposed message includes basic mathematical and physical concepts to establish a universal means of communication followed by information on the biochemical composition of life on Earth, the Solar System's time-stamped position in the Milky Way relative to known gl Eclipse Over Texas: Live From Waco To Celebrate April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
A total solar eclipse will take place on April 8, 2024 and Texas is an ideal location for viewing this rare celestial display. Lowell Observatory is teaming with the City of Waco, Baylor University, and Discovery on a public event, Eclipse Over Texas 2024. This will include an onsite celebration at Baylor University's McLane Stadium in Waco, as well as virtual programming that people around the New Solar observations could help develop better solar thermometer
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
A sophisticated new observation of a cool zone on the surface of the sun could help scientists develop a new kind of solar thermometer.
A team of astrophysicists led by researchers from the University of Glasgow are the first to use observations from the ALMA observatory in Chile to estimate the temperature of a solar prominence.
Solar prominences are zones of plasma on the surface o US, Russia Should Cooperate on Leveraging Private Investment for Space Programs - Expert
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
Russia and the United States along with other countries should cooperate on leveraging private investment to develop human spaceflight programs as governments struggle with tight budgets, said Greg Autry, professor of space leadership at Arizona State University's Thunderbird School of Global Management.
"I think it is time for Russia to fully embrace the commercial future of space. With i Ten new gravitational waves found in LIGO-Virgo's O3a data
Saturday, 09 April 2022 04:04
In the last seven years, scientists at the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration (LVC) have detected 90 gravitational waves signals. Gravitational waves are perturbations in the fabric of spacetime that race outwards from cataclysmic events like the merger of binary black holes (BBH). In observations from the first half of the most recent experimental run, which continued for six months in 2019, the collabor Vega C to launch Sentinel-1C in 2023
Friday, 08 April 2022 21:50
The European Space Agency will launch its Sentinel-1C radar imaging satellite on a Vega C rocket in 2023 as the agency continues to study potential impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on that launch vehicle.
Differences between the Moon's near and far sides linked to colossal ancient impact
Friday, 08 April 2022 17:35
The face that the Moon shows to Earth looks far different from the one it hides on its far side. The nearside is dominated by the lunar mare—the vast, dark-colored remnants of ancient lava flows. The crater-pocked far side, on the other hand, is virtually devoid of large-scale mare features.
SpaceX launches 3 visitors to space station for $55M each
Friday, 08 April 2022 16:06
SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week's stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world's most expensive tourist destination.
It's SpaceX's first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA.
Arriving at the space station Saturday are an American, a Canadian and an Israeli who run investment, real estate and other companies. They're paying $55 million apiece for the rocket ride and accommodations, all meals included.
Russia has been hosting tourists at the space station—and before that the Mir station—for decades.
Mission design of an aperture-synthetic interferometer system for space-based exoplanet exploration
Friday, 08 April 2022 15:58
The search for extraterrestrial life and exploration of "another Earth" is an eternal theme for humans and inspires generations of planetary scientists. It not only improves our understanding of the formation and evolution of planets during the formation of a star system but also helps scientists to investigate the possible conditions and criteria of the existence of life. In the past 30 years, scientists have discovered more than 4,000 exoplanets, but exploration still has a long way to go.
Due to the far distance, searching for exoplanets requires high sensitivity and high resolution.
First private mission launches for International Space Station
Friday, 08 April 2022 15:05
The first fully private mission to the International Space Station blasted off from Florida Friday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space.
The partnership has been hailed by NASA, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialize the region of space known as "Low Earth Orbit," leaving the agency to focus on more ambitious endeavors deeper into the cosmos.
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