Astronaut Matthias Maurer marks his first 100 days in space
Sunday, 27 February 2022 02:27
Happy 100 days in space to ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer. The first-time space flier marked the milestone on 19 February 2022 and what a busy 100-days it been.
In a Twitter post marking the milestone, Matthias wrote, "100 days may sound like a lot, but it feels like I've only just arrived."
Even before launching for his Cosmic Kiss mission on a SpaceX Dragon as part of Crew-3, Matthi Scientists reveal 4.4 million galaxies in a new map
Sunday, 27 February 2022 02:27
Durham University astronomer collaborating with a team of international scientists have mapped more than a quarter of the northern sky using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a pan-European radio telescope.
The map reveals an astonishingly detailed radio image of more than 4.4 million objects and a very dynamic picture of our Universe, which now has been made public for the first time. New evidence proves acceleration of quasar outflows at scale of tens of parsecs
Sunday, 27 February 2022 02:27
Dr. HE Zhicheng and his coworkers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences created a new way to measure the physical properties of galactic ionized gas, and discovered the acceleration of quasar outflows at the scale of tens of parsecs for the first time. Their paper was published on Science Advances
According to modern theories on ga Webb Mirror Alignment continues successfully
Sunday, 27 February 2022 02:27
Webb continues on its path to becoming a focused observatory. The team has successfully worked through the second and third out of seven total phases of mirror alignment. With the completion of these phases, called Segment Alignment and Image Stacking, the team will now begin making smaller adjustments to the positions of Webb's mirrors.
After moving what were 18 scattered dots of starligh Deep neural network to find hidden turbulent motion on the Sun
Sunday, 27 February 2022 02:27
Scientists developed a neural network deep learning technique to extract hidden turbulent motion information from observations of the Sun. Tests on three different sets of simulation data showed that it is possible to infer the horizontal motion from data for the temperature and vertical motion. This technique will benefit solar astronomy and other fields such as plasma physics, fusion science, Xplore banks $16.2 million for space-as-a-service
Saturday, 26 February 2022 17:15
Space-as-a-service startup Xplore has brought in $16.2 million to date including venture capital funding and contracts.
The post Xplore banks $16.2 million for space-as-a-service appeared first on SpaceNews.
Russia halts Soyuz launches from French Guiana
Saturday, 26 February 2022 16:17
Roscosmos announced Feb. 26 that it is halting cooperation with Europe on Soyuz launches from French Guiana and withdrawing its personnel from the launch site in response to European sanctions for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Sierra Space to study Dream Chaser landings in Japan
Saturday, 26 February 2022 13:00
Sierra Space has signed an agreement to study future landings of its Dream Chaser vehicle at a Japanese airport.
The post Sierra Space to study Dream Chaser landings in Japan appeared first on SpaceNews.
Russia suspends space launches from French Guiana over sanctions
Saturday, 26 February 2022 07:07
Russia is suspending space launches from
French Guiana and withdrawing its technical personnel in response to EU sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the space agency said Saturday.
"In response to EU sanctions against our enterprises, Roskosmos is suspending cooperation with European partners over organizing space launches from the Kourou cosmodrome and withdrawing its technical US-Russia tensions spill into space, but ISS safe -- for now
Saturday, 26 February 2022 01:27
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has placed a question mark over the future of the International Space Station, long a symbol of post Cold War cooperation, where astronauts and cosmonauts proudly live and work side-by-side.
The outpost was the subject of a menacing Twitter thread by Russian space agency head Dmitry Rogozin, who warned Thursday that US sanctions could "destroy our cooperation" an James Webb Telescope adjustments bring stars more into focus
Saturday, 26 February 2022 01:27
NASA announced Friday that it completed another step in its alignment process of the new James Webb Space Telescope, bringing its test images more into focus.
The space agency said it completed the second and third of a seven-phase process to bring the telescope's 18 mirrors into proper alignment. NASA said it will now begin making smaller adjustments to the mirrors to make images even SpaceX launches batch of Starlink satellites from California
Friday, 25 February 2022 21:13
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Friday and carried 50 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink internet constellation.
A SpaceX webcast showed the rocket's upper stage deploying the satellites a little over an hour after the 9:12 a.m. liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The satellites will use their own thrusters to move into their operational orbits over a period of weeks.
The first stage successfully landed on a "droneship" in the Pacific Ocean. It was the fourth successful launch and landing of the reusable booster.
Starlink is a space-based system that SpaceX has been building for years to bring internet access to underserved areas of the world.
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has close to 2,000 Starlink satellites orbiting Earth at an altitude of 340 miles (550 kilometers).
Explore further
© 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
SpaceX makes its case for space sustainability with latest Starlink launch
Friday, 25 February 2022 19:45
SpaceX launched another set of Starlink satellites Feb. 25 as the company argues its satellite constellation is consistent with the safe and sustainable use of low Earth orbit.
The post SpaceX makes its case for space sustainability with latest Starlink launch appeared first on SpaceNews.
Previous invasion of Ukraine had serious repercussions for the space sector
Friday, 25 February 2022 18:43
While Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could have important space policy ramifications, the impact is not likely to be as significant as shifts that occurred in the wake Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.
The post Previous invasion of Ukraine had serious repercussions for the space sector appeared first on SpaceNews.
More spaceports, more problems
Friday, 25 February 2022 18:06
State and local authorities pushing new projects seem undeterred by many obstacles or the fact that more than half of 13 FAA-licensed spaceports in the United States have yet to host a launch.
The post More spaceports, more problems appeared first on SpaceNews.