How to build better extraterrestrial robots
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 10:11
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Running on the beach versus a paved road can change an athlete's stride, speed and stability. Alter the force of gravity, and that runner may break their personal record or sink into the ground. Researchers have to consider such parameters when designing extraterrestrial rovers and landers - which can trawl where no person has stepped foot. To better inform this work, a multi-institutional team Omnispace and Lacuna showcase NGSO IoT satellite connectivity
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Omnispace, the company redefining global mobile connectivity, together with communications leader Viasat (NASDAQ: VSAT) and Lacuna Space, have demonstrated a first-of-its-kind, global, open standards-based internet of things (IoT) service which could pave the way for a range of IoT and direct to device (D2D) satellite services.
Omnispace successfully demonstrated its non-geostationary (NGS Arlington Capital Partners to acquire Exostar from Thoma Bravo
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Arlington Capital Partners ("Arlington"), a Washington, DC-based private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Exostar, LLC ("Exostar"), a leader in trusted, secure business collaboration in highly regulated industries including aerospace and defense, healthcare and life sciences, from Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Exostar Pl Cybersecurity firm Xage gets $17 million contract to protect Space Force networks
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 09:00
China narrows field for low-cost space station cargo missions
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 08:10
Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned NASA probe
Wednesday, 27 September 2023 06:39 Write a comment
After a seven-year wait, NASA scientists on Tuesday finally pried open a space probe carrying the largest asteroid samples ever brought back to Earth, finding black debris.
Researchers "found black dust and debris on the avionics deck of the OSIRIS-REx science canister when the initial lid was removed today," the US space agency said, though without specifying whether they definitely belonged to the asteroid.
Scientists are eagerly awaiting researching the bulk of the sample, which will require "intricate disassembly" of the probe.
OSIRIS-REx launched in 2016, landing on the asteroid Bennu and collected roughly nine ounces (250 grams) of dust from its rocky surface.
Even that small amount, NASA has said, should "help us better understand the types of asteroids that could threaten Earth."
It ended its 3.86-billion-mile (6.21-billion-kilometer) journey after touching down in the desert in the western state of Utah on Sunday, following a high-stakes, fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere.
Space Force selects university partner to evaluate classified ground systems software
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 23:03
NASA offers choice of contract type for ISS deorbit vehicle
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 22:55
After setting new record for responsive launch, Space Force eyes next challenge
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 21:27
Listening to the radio on the far side of the moon
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 16:02 Write a comment
There are unexplored regions of the universe—and there are also unexplored times. In fact, there's a nearly 400-million-year gap in our universe's history that we've never seen: a time before stars known as the Dark Ages. To investigate that era, researchers want to pick up a particular radio signal that can't be measured from Earth.
The first step to listening for it is a pathfinder project known as the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night, or LuSEE-Night. The experiment is slated to head to the moon in 2025, where it will test technology in the harsh lunar environment.
The project is a collaboration between NASA and the Department of Energy, with partners from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Brookhaven National Laboratory (lead DOE lab), UC Berkeley, and the University of Minnesota.
The Race for More Space: The flawed logic behind making space a 17th Critical Infrastructure
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:21
Space Critical Infrastructure: Breaking the Binary Debate and a Call for Space Council Action
Tuesday, 26 September 2023 15:02
Andreas Mogensen becomes International Space Station commander
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ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen became commander of the International Space Station (ISS) on September 26, 2023, in a traditional ceremony in which the departing commander, Sergey Prokopyev, handed over the symbolic key of the Space Station. Mogensen is the sixth European to take on the role of ISS commander.
Mogensen will serve as commander for the rest of his Huginn mission until early 2024. During his command, he will be responsible for overseeing the crew's activities and ensuring the safety and operation of the Space Station.
