Geospatial intelligence companies struggle to educate customers about their capabilities
Friday, 10 September 2021 16:19
The good news for the Earth observation industry is that their capabilities to collect and analyze imagery are better than ever. The bad news for the industry is that many prospective customers don’t understand those capabilities.
Largest virtual universe free for anyone to explore
Friday, 10 September 2021 12:26
Forget about online games that promise you a "whole world" to explore. An international team of researchers has generated an entire virtual universe, and made it freely available on the cloud to everyone.
Uchuu (meaning "outer space" in Japanese) is the largest and most realistic simulation of the universe to date. The Uchuu simulation consists of 2.1 trillion particles in a computational cube an unprecedented 9.63 billion light-years to a side. For comparison, that's about three-quarters the distance between Earth and the most distant observed galaxies.
Week in images: 6 - 10 September 2021
Friday, 10 September 2021 12:05
Week in images: 6 - 10 September 2021
Discover our week through the lens
SpaceX to raise bar for space tourism with Inspiration4 launch
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Orlando FL (UPI) Sep 10, 2021
SpaceX plans to reach new heights, literally, for space tourism Wednesday by launching the Inspiration4 mission from Florida - the first all-private spaceflight to orbit the Earth.
Two men and two women are scheduled to lift off in a Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center as early as 1 a.m. EDT.
The mission is the brainchild of American businessman Jared Isa
SpaceX plans to reach new heights, literally, for space tourism Wednesday by launching the Inspiration4 mission from Florida - the first all-private spaceflight to orbit the Earth.
Two men and two women are scheduled to lift off in a Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center as early as 1 a.m. EDT.
The mission is the brainchild of American businessman Jared Isa NASA innovations will help US meet sustainable aviation goals
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 10, 2021
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined federal government and industry leaders Thursday at a White House event highlighting sustainable aviation and the administration's focus on medium- and long-term goals to combat climate change.
The event highlighted a plan to reduce aviation carbon emissions through production of more than three billion gallons of sustainable fuel by 2030. Officials fr
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson joined federal government and industry leaders Thursday at a White House event highlighting sustainable aviation and the administration's focus on medium- and long-term goals to combat climate change.
The event highlighted a plan to reduce aviation carbon emissions through production of more than three billion gallons of sustainable fuel by 2030. Officials fr ESO captures best images yet of peculiar "dog-bone" asteroid
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 10, 2021
Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), a team of astronomers have obtained the sharpest and most detailed images yet of the asteroid Kleopatra. The observations have allowed the team to constrain the 3D shape and mass of this peculiar asteroid, which resembles a dog bone, to a higher accuracy than ever before. Their research provides clues as to how this aste
Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), a team of astronomers have obtained the sharpest and most detailed images yet of the asteroid Kleopatra. The observations have allowed the team to constrain the 3D shape and mass of this peculiar asteroid, which resembles a dog bone, to a higher accuracy than ever before. Their research provides clues as to how this aste Earthlike planets in other solar systems? Look for moons
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Urbana IL (SPX) Sep 10, 2021
Finding an exact copy of the Earth somewhere in the universe sounds like a far-fetched notion, but scientists believe that because Earth happened in our solar system, something similar is bound to exist someplace else. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher Siegfried Eggl and his colleagues say orbiting moons may play a key role in keeping planets habitable over long periods and iden
Finding an exact copy of the Earth somewhere in the universe sounds like a far-fetched notion, but scientists believe that because Earth happened in our solar system, something similar is bound to exist someplace else. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researcher Siegfried Eggl and his colleagues say orbiting moons may play a key role in keeping planets habitable over long periods and iden Parker Solar Probe team sheds new light on structure, behavior of inner solar system dust
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Laurel MA (SPX) Sep 10, 2021
Scientists using data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe have assembled a comprehensive picture of the structure and behavior of the large cloud of space dust that swirls through the innermost solar system - and the new insight offers clues to similar clouds around stars across the universe.
Research teams led by Jamey Szalay of Princeton University and Anna Pusack of University of Colorado, L
Scientists using data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe have assembled a comprehensive picture of the structure and behavior of the large cloud of space dust that swirls through the innermost solar system - and the new insight offers clues to similar clouds around stars across the universe.
Research teams led by Jamey Szalay of Princeton University and Anna Pusack of University of Colorado, L Winds delay South Australian launch attempt
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2021
UPDATE: Friday's launch attempt was delayed due to strong upper winds. - The Australian Government has given regulatory approval for a commercial rocket launch to take place from a newly licensed launch facility in South Australia.
Taiwanese company tiSPACE will conduct a test flight of its Hapith I - a 10m, two-stage, sub-orbital rocket - from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, which is operated by Southern Launch. The launch is now scheduled to take plac
UPDATE: Friday's launch attempt was delayed due to strong upper winds. - The Australian Government has given regulatory approval for a commercial rocket launch to take place from a newly licensed launch facility in South Australia.
Taiwanese company tiSPACE will conduct a test flight of its Hapith I - a 10m, two-stage, sub-orbital rocket - from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, which is operated by Southern Launch. The launch is now scheduled to take plac Eutelsat completes OneWeb equity investment
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 10, 2021
Eutelsat Communications confirms the closing of its $550m equity investment in OneWeb announced on April 27, 2021. Subject to completion of the subsequently announced investments in OneWeb by Bharti and Hanwha, Eutelsat will hold a 17.6% stake.
Rodolphe Belmer, Chief Executive Officer of Eutelsat, said: "We are delighted to close this investment in OneWeb, giving us a foothold in the Low E
Eutelsat Communications confirms the closing of its $550m equity investment in OneWeb announced on April 27, 2021. Subject to completion of the subsequently announced investments in OneWeb by Bharti and Hanwha, Eutelsat will hold a 17.6% stake.
Rodolphe Belmer, Chief Executive Officer of Eutelsat, said: "We are delighted to close this investment in OneWeb, giving us a foothold in the Low E Smart T-shirt measures astronauts' vital signs
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Cologne, Germany (SPX) Sep 10, 2021
At the end of October 2021, it will be time for German astronaut Matthias Maurer to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon. His first ISS mission has been named 'Cosmic Kiss'. Thirty-six experiments developed in Germany have been planned for his mission. One of them is Wireless Compose 2 (WICO2), which has been designed and prepared by the German Aerospace
At the end of October 2021, it will be time for German astronaut Matthias Maurer to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon. His first ISS mission has been named 'Cosmic Kiss'. Thirty-six experiments developed in Germany have been planned for his mission. One of them is Wireless Compose 2 (WICO2), which has been designed and prepared by the German Aerospace Smoke alarm, burning smell disrupt crew on International Space Station
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 9, 2021
Russian cosmonauts woke up to an emergency alarm Thursday in one of their service modules at the International Space Station.
Audio from NASA's television feed caught a French astronaut identifying a smell of burning plastic, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Russian space agency Roscosmos told state news agency TASS that the cosmonauts turned on an air purification s
Russian cosmonauts woke up to an emergency alarm Thursday in one of their service modules at the International Space Station.
Audio from NASA's television feed caught a French astronaut identifying a smell of burning plastic, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Russian space agency Roscosmos told state news agency TASS that the cosmonauts turned on an air purification s German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is ready for his first ISS mission - 'Cosmic Kiss'
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Sep 10, 2021
At the end of October 2021, the German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, together with the NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas H. Marshburn and Kayla Barron, are expected to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Dragon space capsule from the US company SpaceX. Maurer will spend approximately six months in microgravity and return to Earth in April 2022.
This will be the fir
At the end of October 2021, the German ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, together with the NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Thomas H. Marshburn and Kayla Barron, are expected to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on board a Dragon space capsule from the US company SpaceX. Maurer will spend approximately six months in microgravity and return to Earth in April 2022.
This will be the fir NASA Mars mission begins a new chapter of science with a new leader
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 10, 2021
Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley, has assumed leadership of NASA's first mission devoted to studying the Martian atmosphere. On Aug. 31, Curry started her new job as Principal Investigator of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission
Dr. Shannon Curry, planetary scientist and the deputy assistant director of planetary science at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley, has assumed leadership of NASA's first mission devoted to studying the Martian atmosphere. On Aug. 31, Curry started her new job as Principal Investigator of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, mission China releases first batch of gamma photon data from dark matter explorer
Friday, 10 September 2021 10:44
Beijing (XNA) Sep 10, 2021
China has released the first batch of gamma photon data obtained by the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), according to Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday.
The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) and the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Tuesday released the scientific data collected by the DAMPE, also known as Wukong or Monkey King.
China has released the first batch of gamma photon data obtained by the Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), according to Science and Technology Daily on Wednesday.
The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) and the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Tuesday released the scientific data collected by the DAMPE, also known as Wukong or Monkey King.