No 'eureka moment': the evolution of climate science
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 08:13
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What if Earth's atmosphere was infused with extra carbon dioxide, mused amateur scientist Eunice Foote in an 1856 research paper that concluded the gas was very good at absorbing heat.
"An atmosphere of that gas would give to our earth a high temperature," she wrote in the study, published in the American Journal of Science and Arts and then swiftly forgotten.
The American scientist a German startups launch mini-rocket challenge to SpaceX and co.
Wednesday, 04 August 2021 06:40 Write a comment
Car-manufacturing powerhouse Germany is rushing to join the private sector space race as it looks to ride a boom in mini-launchers for small satellites and compete with major US firms such as SpaceX.
Three projects in particular are making Germany a serious player in the race to provide mini-launchers for the increasing number of small satellites which observe the Earth and provide connectivity for the internet of things and smart vehicles.
At the end of July, German company Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) carried out a first successful test of its "RFA One" rocket, igniting the engine for eight seconds at its development site in Kiruna, Sweden.
The rocket's "staged combustion" system is used by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, but is yet to be rolled out in Europe.
Russia’s forests store more carbon than previously thought
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Russia has the largest area of forest on the planet, with more than a fifth of the world's trees. A new study, led by Russian scientists using data from ESA’s Climate Change Initiative, has produced new estimates of biomass contained in Russian forests, and confirms that the vast forested area is storing more carbon than previously estimated.
SpaceLink to improve International Space Station comms with relay satellites
Tuesday, 03 August 2021 17:35 Write a comment
Significantly faster communications could be coming to the International Space Station in 2024, after SpaceLink won funding to test its incoming relay satellites.
Starliner glitch delays launch
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A problem with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle scrubbed a launch attempt Aug. 3, pushing back its uncrewed test flight by at least a day.
Modern civilization would be lost without GPS
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Aircraft, cars, trucks, trains and ships rely on GPS for location data, while GPS timing signals underpin cellular communications and financial transactions.
Boeing delays key uncrewed test flight to ISS
Tuesday, 03 August 2021 14:36 Write a comment
Boeing said Tuesday it was delaying an uncrewed flight of its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), pushing back a key test it last attempted in 2019.
The spaceship had been due to launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket built from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:20 pm Eastern time (1720 GMT).
"We're confirming today's #Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2 launch is scrubbed," Boeing Space tweeted.
Boeing said more details would be forthcoming soon, but a weather update in the morning had placed the chances of launch at only 50 percent.
The test flight was supposed to take place Friday but had to be rescheduled after a Russian science module inadvertently fired its thrusters following docking with the ISS, pushing the orbital outpost off kilter.
LIVE WEBINAR – Space Innovation: The Trends Revolutionizing Aerospace
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With the advent of private astronauts, commercial space traffic, and inventions such as the reusable Falcon rocket, the space industry is revolutionizing — one innovation at a time.
Mediterranean continues to bake
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This map generated using data from Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows the temperature of the land surface on 2 August 2021. NASA begins launch preparations for first mission to the Trojan asteroids
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Mystery surrounds Chinese private rocket launch attempt
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Chinese private firm iSpace conducted a launch of a Hyperbola-1 solid rocket early Tuesday but status of the mission is currently unknown.
Russia to stop using ISS by 2028, create own National Space Station
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Russia is planning to stop using the International Space Station by 2028 and create a national space station instead given risks posed by ISS worn-out equipment, state space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday.
The corporation's Scientific and Technical Council held a meeting earlier in the day.
"After reviewing the current state of the Russian section of the ISS, the council of chief Boeing attempts uncrewed test flight to ISS a second time
Tuesday, 03 August 2021 10:49 Write a comment
Boeing will be aiming to get its spaceflight program back on track Tuesday with an uncrewed flight of its Starliner capsule to the International Space Station (ISS), after its last such test in 2019 ended in failure.
The spaceship is due to launch on an Atlas V rocket built by the United Launch Alliance from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:20 pm Eastern time (1720 GMT). Nauka Module incident caused by software failure
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The sudden activation of engines of Russia's Nauka multipurpose laboratory module at the International Space Station (ISS) was triggered by a software failure that was quickly fixed, Russia's ISS segment chief, Vladimir Solovyov, explained on Friday.
"The mechanic aspect of the docking was reliable, without any remarks registered. This resulted in the closure of both docking mechanisms: th Rocket Lab launches US Space Force mission
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Rocket Lab, the leading launch provider and space systems company, has successfully launched a research and development satellite to orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF). The mission was Rocket Lab's fourth launch for the year and its 21st Electron mission overall.
The mission, named 'It's a Little Chile Up Here', launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia P