Mission control GO for Juice launch
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 10:30At ESA’s mission control, before the launch comes the pre-launch briefing – and the all-important group photo. This is the team that will fly Juice to Jupiter with four planetary flybys of Earth and Venus, then switching orbit from Jupiter to its largest moon, Ganymede, followed by a tour of the icy, complex Jovian system comprising a whopping 35 lunar flybys.
Never before has a mission switched orbit from a planet other than our own to one of its moons. Radiation at Jupiter will be extreme. Light at the
Juice electromagnetic fields and antennas aligned for Jupiter science
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 10:10Flying instruments to Jupiter represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Europe’s space scientists. But that translated to a challenge for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, mission: could all the varied instruments aboard, plus antennas and onboard systems, even end up working together properly without interference? Would in-situ instruments really be measuring the space around Jupiter, or just the influence of their host spacecraft?
Purdue offering new online Hypersonics Graduate Certificate
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 06:41Purdue University, a wellspring for hypersonics research, is moving to help fill the need for people trained in the field with a new 100% online Hypersonics Graduate Certificate. The program is designed for working professionals in engineering and management who want to develop a competitive edge by gaining graduate-level knowledge in hypersonics. "The demand for this kind of knowledge has
NRO awards contract extension to Kleos
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 06:41Kleos Space Inc. (Kleos), subsidiary of Kleos Space S.A. ASX: KSS, a space-powered defense and intelligence technology company, has been awarded the Stage Two option on its current contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) as part of the Strategic Commercial Enhancements Broad Agency Announcement (SCE BAA) Framework. The NRO is responsible for maintaining global vigilance in t
NASA unveils 'Mars' habitat for year-long experiments on Earth
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 06:41Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand - NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth's neighbor. The facility, created for three planned experiments called the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA), is located at the US space agency's massive r
AFRL conducts first flight experiments for communications in terahertz band
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 06:41Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers successfully conducted flight experiments Dec. 2- 6, 2022, in Rome, New York to prove the viability of communications at radio frequencies above 300 gigahertz, or GHz, known in research communities as terahertz, or THz, band. Over three days of flight experiments, researchers from AFRL's Information Directorate, in collaboration with Northrop G
China releases rocket rideshare schedule in 2023, 2024
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has recently announced its rocket rideshare program schedule for the years 2023 and 2024. The program will consist of nine launch opportunities, with launch windows spanning from August 2023 to the fourth quarter of 2024. According to CASC, the carrier rockets for the program will be developed by its subsidiaries, the China Academy
China's 3D printed afterburning liquid rocket engine tested during recent mission
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25Tianbing Technology has made a breakthrough in rocket technology with the successful first flight of the Tianlong-2 liquid carrier rocket. The rocket used the liquid oxygen kerosene engine TH-11V, which was independently developed by Tianbing Technology. This engine is the world's first closed-cycle supplementary combustion engine that uses 3D printing technology. During the 285-second fli
NASA Boosts Open Science through Innovative Training
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25NASA is awarding a total of $6.5 million to U.S. institutions for education and training in open science. The promise of open science is that NASA research and data should be more collaborative, accessible, inclusive, and transparent for everyone from the scientist and student to the city manager and citizen. The agency's Open-Source Science Initiative (OSSI) is promoting change in the ope
Rocket Lab moves CubeSat from Virginia to New Zealand
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25Aerospace manufacturer Rocket Lab announced that it is moving its planned launch of NASA storm-monitoring CubeSats from Virginia to New Zealand. The company said Monday that the two launches, which had been scheduled to take place at the company's launch complex in Wallops Island, Va., will instead be moved to Mahia, New Zealand. The first launch is scheduled for no earlier than
Curiosity software upgrade complete: Sol 3796
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25As Ken noted in his recent blog, our beloved rover spent much of the last week completing a software upgrade while the science team met virtually to synthesize and discuss results. That upgrade has been completed successfully, and Curiosity was back to work characterizing a local canyon in an effort to study the composition and sedimentology of the geologic units above "Tapo Caparo." While
Exceeding 20 Million: LAMOST Releases Its DR10 Data
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25The LAMOST DR10 (v1.0 version) dataset was officially released to domestic astronomers and international partners on March 31, 2023. This dataset contains more than 22.29 million spectra, which is 2.9 times the sum of the spectra released by all other survey projects in the world. LAMOST has become the first survey project with released spectra exceeding 20 million. The DR10 dataset is a c
Viasat real-time Earth antennas integrated on Microsoft Azure Orbital
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, has announced through a collaboration with Microsoft Azure Orbital, the global Viasat Real-Time Earth (RTE) ground service is now accessible through the Azure marketplace. Five RTE sites will be equipped with high-speed connectivity directly to the Azure cloud platform. Satellite operators are able to schedule passes on RTE anten
New findings that map the universe's cosmic growth support Einstein's theory of gravity
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 02:25For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos. Unlike ancient philosophers imagining the universe's origins, modern cosmologists use quantitative tools to gain insights into the universe's evolution and structure. Modern cosmology dates back to the early 20th century, with the development of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Now, researchers from t
Space Force to propose plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications
Wednesday, 12 April 2023 00:10In an effort to keep up with the ever-increasing demands of U.S. military services, the Space Force will propose a new plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications.