SpaceX takes second shot at launching biggest rocket
Thursday, 20 April 2023 07:55
SpaceX prepared to launch the biggest and most powerful rocket Thursday, working nonstop after the first shot at a test flight fizzled earlier in the week.
The nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship was poised to blast off from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. SpaceX's Elon Musk gave 50-50 odds of the spacecraft reaching orbit on its debut.
None of the rocket will be recovered. Instead, if all goes well, the first-stage booster, dubbed Super Heavy, would drop into the Gulf of Mexico.
'Awesome' solar eclipse wows viewers in Australia, Indonesia
Thursday, 20 April 2023 07:26!['Awesome' solar eclipse wows viewers in Australia, Indonesia](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2023/awesome-solar-eclipse.jpg "The sun and moon are photographed near Exmouth, Australia, during a solar eclipse on Thursday, April 20, 2023. The lucky few in the path of the hybrid solar eclipse will either get plunged into the darkness of a total eclipse or they'll see a "ring of fire" as the sun peeks out from behind the moon. Credit: Aaron Bunch/AAP Image via AP")
Under a cloudless sky, 20,000 eclipse chasers crowded a tiny outpost to watch a rare solar eclipse plunge part of Australia's northwest coast into brief midday darkness Thursday while temporarily cooling the tropical heat.
SpaceX counts down toward Thursday launch of Starship rocket
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 19, 2023
SpaceX will again attempt to launch the first test flight of its fully integrated Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket on Thursday.
The launch from SpaceX Starbase in Texas is slated for no sooner than Thursday, with a 62-minute launch window beginning at 8:28 a.m. CST.
The test flight is highly anticipated because it represents a crucial step toward sending a manned mission b
SpaceX will again attempt to launch the first test flight of its fully integrated Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket on Thursday.
The launch from SpaceX Starbase in Texas is slated for no sooner than Thursday, with a 62-minute launch window beginning at 8:28 a.m. CST.
The test flight is highly anticipated because it represents a crucial step toward sending a manned mission b VERTIGO concludes with telecom data transmission on a laser link at record high power
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Cannes, France (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and its partners are pleased to announce that the VERTIGO project has concluded with the successful demonstration of a high-power optical data transmission system at the Thales laboratory in Palaiseau, France.
This is a key success for the development of future geostationary communication satellites using optic
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and its partners are pleased to announce that the VERTIGO project has concluded with the successful demonstration of a high-power optical data transmission system at the Thales laboratory in Palaiseau, France.
This is a key success for the development of future geostationary communication satellites using optic Google selects SpaceChain into its Startups Program
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
New York NY (SPX) Apr 13, 2023
SpaceChain has been accepted into the Google for Startups program. The Google program is designed for early-stage companies such as SpaceChain to help build a sustainable, successful business over the long-term by providing the support, services and technology to do so.
Under the Google for Startups program, SpaceChain will be able to strengthen its position in leading data and transaction
SpaceChain has been accepted into the Google for Startups program. The Google program is designed for early-stage companies such as SpaceChain to help build a sustainable, successful business over the long-term by providing the support, services and technology to do so.
Under the Google for Startups program, SpaceChain will be able to strengthen its position in leading data and transaction SatixFy and Presto Engineering test rad-hard space-grade ASICs
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
SatixFy has announced a strategic partnership with Presto Engineering, a recognized expert in ASIC design and semiconductor engineering and production services. This partnership supports SatixFy's growth of the Satellites constellation-based communication market by developing high-quality, space-grade and radhard (radiation hardened) ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits).
ASICs
SatixFy has announced a strategic partnership with Presto Engineering, a recognized expert in ASIC design and semiconductor engineering and production services. This partnership supports SatixFy's growth of the Satellites constellation-based communication market by developing high-quality, space-grade and radhard (radiation hardened) ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits).
ASICs Inside the "space factory"
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
Bigger. And even better. That's the trajectory of Space Systems Operations - aka the "space factory" - since its 2002 opening outside Tucson, Arizona.
Run by Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies, the space factory covers over 49,000 square feet. Inside are dozens of clean rooms housing space simulating technologies to support production and testing of complex
Bigger. And even better. That's the trajectory of Space Systems Operations - aka the "space factory" - since its 2002 opening outside Tucson, Arizona.
Run by Raytheon Missiles and Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies, the space factory covers over 49,000 square feet. Inside are dozens of clean rooms housing space simulating technologies to support production and testing of complex PickNik Robotics and Motiv Space Systems partner for advanced robotics development
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 14, 2023
PickNik Robotics, a leader in advanced robot arm software solutions, and Motiv Space Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of space-rated robotic systems, motor controllers, and mechanisms, has announced a partnership to develop advanced robotics for space applications. The partnership aims to advance In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities through the integrat
PickNik Robotics, a leader in advanced robot arm software solutions, and Motiv Space Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of space-rated robotic systems, motor controllers, and mechanisms, has announced a partnership to develop advanced robotics for space applications. The partnership aims to advance In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities through the integrat Improving how robots communicate with people
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
College Park MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2023
Robots are machines that can sense the environment and use that information to perform an action. You can find them nearly everywhere in industrialized societies today. There are household robots that vacuum floors and warehouse robots that pack and ship goods. Lab robots test hundreds of clinical samples a day. Education robots support teachers by acting as one-on-one tutors, assistants and dis
Robots are machines that can sense the environment and use that information to perform an action. You can find them nearly everywhere in industrialized societies today. There are household robots that vacuum floors and warehouse robots that pack and ship goods. Lab robots test hundreds of clinical samples a day. Education robots support teachers by acting as one-on-one tutors, assistants and dis Seeking Innovative Concepts for Next-Generation Antennas
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 16, 2023
DARPA is soliciting disruptive ideas from small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors for novel antenna designs, materials, manufacturing, or processing as the first topic issued under the agency's Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) initiative.
The topic area aims to explore new designs that would offer significantly increased performance
DARPA is soliciting disruptive ideas from small businesses and nontraditional defense contractors for novel antenna designs, materials, manufacturing, or processing as the first topic issued under the agency's Bringing Classified Innovation to Defense and Government Systems (BRIDGES) initiative.
The topic area aims to explore new designs that would offer significantly increased performance D-Orbit launches ION's tenth Orbital Transportation Mission
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched Guardian, the 10 th commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION).
The OTV lifted off on April 14th, 2023, at 23:48 p.m. PDT (April 15th, 2023 at 06:48 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Californi
Space logistics and orbital transportation company D-Orbit launched Guardian, the 10 th commercial mission of their proprietary orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) ION Satellite Carrier (ION).
The OTV lifted off on April 14th, 2023, at 23:48 p.m. PDT (April 15th, 2023 at 06:48 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Californi Nova Space to offer Space Professional Development Program for AWS Employees
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
Pure Capital Solutions' Nova Space subsidiary is providing Amazon Web Services (AWS) employees with space education, an exclusive digital learning platform, and digital credentials.
Nova Space will provide access to its Space Professional Development Program, an award winning virtual space education workforce development program, integrated with proprietary training technology in a seamles
Pure Capital Solutions' Nova Space subsidiary is providing Amazon Web Services (AWS) employees with space education, an exclusive digital learning platform, and digital credentials.
Nova Space will provide access to its Space Professional Development Program, an award winning virtual space education workforce development program, integrated with proprietary training technology in a seamles China and Brazil to expand cooperation in space development
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:20
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 18, 2023
On April 14, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula, Zhang Kejian, director of China National Space Administration, signed the "People's Republic of China Supplementary Protocol between the Government and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Cooperative Development of Earth Resources Satellite 06 and the 2023-2032 China National Space Administration and Br
On April 14, under the witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula, Zhang Kejian, director of China National Space Administration, signed the "People's Republic of China Supplementary Protocol between the Government and the Federative Republic of Brazil on Cooperative Development of Earth Resources Satellite 06 and the 2023-2032 China National Space Administration and Br Ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica hits new record
Thursday, 20 April 2023 06:00
A report, publishing today, states that ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica has increased fivefold since the 1990s, and now accounts for a quarter of sea-level rise.
Wanted: new ideas to live off Moon resources
Thursday, 20 April 2023 05:06
Making use of the very first resources of another world would be a major feat for our species, bringing us closer to living in space to stay. But reaching such a milestone will take sustained inventiveness and effort – so ESA invites your ideas to help make it happen.