House hearing rehashes longstanding commercial space transportation issues
Friday, 18 June 2021 10:48
WASHINGTON — A House aviation subcommittee hearing on commercial space transportation June 16 plowed familiar ground, revisiting a wide range of issues that have yet to be resolved.
One of the few new topics addressed at the hearing by the House Transportation Committee’s aviation subcommittee dealt with the Federal Aviation Administration’s response to SpaceX’s violation of its launch license during the December launch of its Starship SN8 prototype.
LLNL/Tyvak space telescope goes into orbit
Friday, 18 June 2021 10:21
China launches new group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites
Friday, 18 June 2021 09:36
HELSINKI — China launched a group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites and one commercial satellite on a Long March 2C rocket early Friday.
Week in images: 14 - 18 June 2021
Friday, 18 June 2021 07:44
Week in images: 14 - 18 June 2021
Discover our week through the lens
ESA-led space propulsion test facility passed to UK owner
Friday, 18 June 2021 07:16
The UK’s new National Space Propulsion Facility has been declared open. ESA oversaw the design, assembly and commissioning of the facility – equipped to test-fire the most powerful classes of rocket engines used aboard spacecraft – which will now be managed by the UK Government’s Science and Technology Facilities Council.
Earth from Space: Tana River
Friday, 18 June 2021 07:00
The Tana River, Kenya’s longest river, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Astronauts board China's new space station for first time
Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
Beijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2021
Three Chinese astronauts have entered the core module of China's permanent space station to embark on their three-month mission, becoming the module's first occupants and pioneers in one of the nation's grandest space endeavors.
Major General Nie Haisheng, Major General Liu Boming and Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo floated into the core module, named Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens, at 6:48 pm o
Three Chinese astronauts have entered the core module of China's permanent space station to embark on their three-month mission, becoming the module's first occupants and pioneers in one of the nation's grandest space endeavors.
Major General Nie Haisheng, Major General Liu Boming and Senior Colonel Tang Hongbo floated into the core module, named Tianhe, or Harmony of Heavens, at 6:48 pm o Joint Livermore Tyvak space telescope goes into orbit
Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
Livermore CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2021
Thousands of images of Earth and space have been taken by a compact space imaging payload developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers and its collaborator Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
Known as GEOStare2, the payload has two space telescopes that together have taken more than 4,500 pictures for space domain awareness, astronomy and Earth observations that have be
Thousands of images of Earth and space have been taken by a compact space imaging payload developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers and its collaborator Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
Known as GEOStare2, the payload has two space telescopes that together have taken more than 4,500 pictures for space domain awareness, astronomy and Earth observations that have be US Space Force launches first tactically responsive launch mission
Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
Washington DC (AFNS) Jun 15, 2021
The U. S. Space Force successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 13 at 4:11 a.m. EDT, delivering a technology demonstration satellite to Low Earth Orbit.
Pegasus, the world's first privately-developed commercial space launch vehicle, is an air-launched three staged rocket carrie
The U. S. Space Force successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 13 at 4:11 a.m. EDT, delivering a technology demonstration satellite to Low Earth Orbit.
Pegasus, the world's first privately-developed commercial space launch vehicle, is an air-launched three staged rocket carrie South Australia startups target international space opportunities
Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Jun 18, 2021
All based in Adelaide, South Australia, the companies include Fleet Space Technologies, Inovor Technologies and Southern Launch.
Southern Launch has been approved to conduct three rocket test launches from its site at Whalers Way reserve on the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
The State Commission Assessment Panel has approved Southern Launch to build the infras
All based in Adelaide, South Australia, the companies include Fleet Space Technologies, Inovor Technologies and Southern Launch.
Southern Launch has been approved to conduct three rocket test launches from its site at Whalers Way reserve on the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.
The State Commission Assessment Panel has approved Southern Launch to build the infras Sierra Space and Rhodium Scientific exploring viability of science operations on Sierra Space Life Habitat
Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
Louisville CO (SPX) Jun 18, 2021
Sierra Space has announced the signing of a joint agreement with Rhodium Scientific, an innovative provider of space microgravity science mission and logistics services.
Specializing in space-based scientific research, Rhodium Scientific will test the viability of science operations on Sierra Space's LIFE habitat for scientific payloads planned to fly to space on a future CRS-2 mission.
Sierra Space has announced the signing of a joint agreement with Rhodium Scientific, an innovative provider of space microgravity science mission and logistics services.
Specializing in space-based scientific research, Rhodium Scientific will test the viability of science operations on Sierra Space's LIFE habitat for scientific payloads planned to fly to space on a future CRS-2 mission. Boost for UK space sector as new facility offers cheaper and greener rocket testing
Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
London, UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2021
The centre will allow UK companies and academics to test state-of-the-art propulsion engines which are used to move small satellites in space at a more affordable rate than having to go abroad. It will also allow new types of more sustainable propellants to be tested, such as Hydrogen Peroxide and Liquid Oxygen which are more environmentally friendly in sourcing, storage and combustion.
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The centre will allow UK companies and academics to test state-of-the-art propulsion engines which are used to move small satellites in space at a more affordable rate than having to go abroad. It will also allow new types of more sustainable propellants to be tested, such as Hydrogen Peroxide and Liquid Oxygen which are more environmentally friendly in sourcing, storage and combustion.
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Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 16, 2021
Scientists from ITMO University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have proven that small objects, just like big ones, are capable of perfect light absorption. The results of this research will be helpful in the development of new technologies for wireless transfer of energy and data. The paper was published in Laser and Photonics Reviews.
Light can interact with matter
Scientists from ITMO University and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have proven that small objects, just like big ones, are capable of perfect light absorption. The results of this research will be helpful in the development of new technologies for wireless transfer of energy and data. The paper was published in Laser and Photonics Reviews.
Light can interact with matter Young star system reveals gravitational instabilities of planet formation process
Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2021
A chaotic, young star system, located 400 light-years from Earth, has offered astronomers new insights into the planet formation process.
Observations of the stellar system Elias 2-27 - made using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA - confirmed the presence of significant gravitational instabilities, a phenomenon scientists have long suspected played an important
A chaotic, young star system, located 400 light-years from Earth, has offered astronomers new insights into the planet formation process.
Observations of the stellar system Elias 2-27 - made using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA - confirmed the presence of significant gravitational instabilities, a phenomenon scientists have long suspected played an important Operations Underway to Restore Payload Computer on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
Friday, 18 June 2021 03:56
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 18, 2021
computer halted on Sunday, June 13, shortly after 4 p.m. EDT. After analyzing the data, the Hubble operations team is investigating whether a degrading memory module led to the computer halt. The team is preparing to switch to one of several backup modules on Wednesday, June 16. The computer will then be allowed to run for approximately one day to verify that the problem has been solved. The tea
computer halted on Sunday, June 13, shortly after 4 p.m. EDT. After analyzing the data, the Hubble operations team is investigating whether a degrading memory module led to the computer halt. The team is preparing to switch to one of several backup modules on Wednesday, June 16. The computer will then be allowed to run for approximately one day to verify that the problem has been solved. The tea