South Korea touts Artemis Accords as a way to settle international space issues
Thursday, 19 August 2021 06:03
South Korea’s vice foreign minister said last week that the most effective way to settle space disputes is through an international diplomatic framework like the Artemis Accords.
South Korea’s Satrec Initiative to build constellation of high-resolution Earth observation satellites
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 13:43
In the first step toward building its own constellation of Earth observation satellite, Satrec Initiative will send the high-resolution SpaceEye-T imaging satellite into low Earth orbit by the first quarter of 2024.
International Space Station experiment expands DNA research toolkit using CRISPR
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 13:21
Studying DNA repair is key to future space exploration, which could expose humans to risk of DNA damage caused by radiation. Conditions in space also could affect the way the body repairs such damage, potentially compounding that risk.
Thanks to the work of four students, a team of researchers, and the first use in space of the CRISPR genome editing technique, a recent investigation aboard the International Space Station successfully generated breaks in the DNA of a common yeast, directed the method of repair, and sequenced the patched-up DNA to determine whether its original order was restored.
Former Momentus CTO reveals competing space logistics venture
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 13:20
TransAstra, a startup founded by Joel Sercel, the former Momentus chief technology officer, is raising money for a competing space logistics venture.
Spaceborne Computer-2 shows results on space station
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 12:00
After completing the first round of experiments on the International Space Station’s second-generation Spaceborne Computer, Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Microsoft executives say they have clearly demonstrated the value of processing data in orbit and funneling it into the cloud.
Ariane 5 upper stage for Webb heads for Europe's Spaceport
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 12:00
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The upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket which will launch the James Webb Space Telescope is on its way to Europe’s Spaceport Firefly hires former SpaceX, Blue Origin engineer as COO
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 07:12
Firefly Aerospace has hired a former SpaceX and Blue Origin engineer as its new chief operating officer to guide the company’s shift from development to production, although exactly when the company’s first launch will take place remains unclear.
Curiosity Mars Rover explores a changing landscape
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
Images of knobbly rocks and rounded hills are delighting scientists as NASA's Curiosity rover climbs Mount Sharp, a 5-mile-tall (8-kilometer-tall) mountain within the 96-mile-wide (154-kilometer-wide) basin of Mars' Gale Crater. The rover's Mast Camera, or Mastcam, highlights those features in a panorama captured on July 3, 2021 (the 3,167th Martian day, or sol, of the mission).
This locat NASA benefits from Lunar surface simulant testing
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
To safely reach the Moon, a lunar lander must fire its rocket engines to decelerate the spacecraft for a soft touchdown. During this process, the engine exhaust stirs up regolith - the dust and rocks on the lunar surface - creating a host of potential challenges, from destabilizing the lander to damaging instruments and reducing visibility.
To dig into this problem, a team from NASA's Kenn NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completes 12th Mars flight
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completed its 12th flight on Mars, officials said early Tuesday, as it scouts out the Martian terrain for the Perseverance land rover.
The 4-pound autonomous aircraft flew over the South Seitah region of the Red Planet, traveling a total of 1,476 feet round trip at a height of nearly 33 feet for 169 seconds, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said via Twitter. Saturn makes waves in its own rings
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
In the same way that earthquakes cause our planet to rumble, oscillations in the interior of Saturn make the gas giant jiggle around ever so slightly. Those motions, in turn, cause ripples in Saturn's rings.
In a new study accepted in the journal Nature Astronomy, two Caltech astronomers have analyzed those rippling rings to reveal new information about the core of Saturn. For their study, Celestial Sleuth corrects historical record on Gegenschein discovery
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
The discovery of the gegenschein-a faint nighttime glow that appears as a diffuse brightening at the anti-sun, the point in the sky exactly opposite the sun-has usually been attributed to French Jesuit astronomer Esprit Pezenas in 1730.
Now, Texas State University astronomer, physics professor emeritus and Texas State University System Regents' Professor Donald Olson has applied his distin Astronomers find a 'break' in one of the Milky Way's spiral arms
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
Scientists have spotted a previously unrecognized feature of our Milky Way galaxy: A contingent of young stars and star-forming gas clouds is sticking out of one of the Milky Way's spiral arms like a splinter poking out from a plank of wood. Stretching some 3,000 light-years, this is the first major structure identified with an orientation so dramatically different than the arm's.
Astronom Most detailed-ever images of galaxies revealed using LOFAR
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
The universe is awash with electromagnetic radiation, of which visible light comprises just the tiniest slice. From short-wavelength gamma rays and X-rays, to long-wavelength microwave and radio waves, each part of the light spectrum reveals something unique about the universe.
The LOFAR network captures images at FM radio frequencies that, unlike shorter wavelength sources like visible li Delivery partner sought to inspire the next generation of space enthusiasts
Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:26
As we work towards establishing commercial vertical and horizontal small satellite launches from UK spaceports from 2022, the UK Space Agency is undertaking a programme of educational activity to inspire young people, particularly those from under-represented groups, to engage with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) subjects. We hope to inspire the next generation of British