Firefly Aerospace to Launch Alpha FLTA005 for NASA on June 26
Monday, 24 June 2024 21:51
Firefly Aerospace, Inc., a space transportation company, has announced its Alpha Flight 5 (FLTA005) mission, named Noise of Summer, scheduled to launch no earlier than June 26. The launch window will open at 9 p.m. PST.
"The Firefly team has rapidly matured our Alpha rocket and our responsive launch operations to deliver the dependable one-metric-ton rocket the market is demanding," said B Pegatron 5G Elevates Cargo Ship Networks with Satellite Integration
Monday, 24 June 2024 21:51
Pegatron 5G, a leader in system integration in Taiwan, addressed the challenges and development opportunities of 5G O-RAN at the Open RAN Summit. The company also highlighted 5G O-RAN applications in smart factories, energy management, and education.
For the maritime industry, Pegatron 5G introduced an application integrating low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite signals into a 5G network for ca Space radiation can damage satellites - my team discovered that a next-generation material could self-heal when exposed to cosmic rays
Monday, 24 June 2024 21:51
The space environment is harsh and full of extreme radiation. Scientists designing spacecraft and satellites need materials that can withstand these conditions.
In a paper published in January 2024, my team of materials researchers demonstrated that a next-generation semiconductor material called metal-halide perovskite can actually recover and heal itself from radiation damage.
Meta Heart failure in space: scientists calculate potential health threats facing future space tourists in microgravity
Monday, 24 June 2024 21:51
Space exploration has always captivated our imagination, offering the promise of discovering new worlds and pushing the boundaries of human capability. As commercial space travel becomes more accessible, individuals with various underlying health conditions-including heart failure-may soon be among those venturing beyond Earth's atmosphere. This raises critical questions about the impact of spac Designing for outer space
Monday, 24 June 2024 21:51
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A new MIT course this spring asked students to design what humans might need to comfortably work in and inhabit space. The time for these creations is now. While the NASA Apollo missions saw astronauts land on the moon, collect samples, and return home, the missions planned under Artemis, NASA's current moon exploration program, include establishing long-term bases China performs successful test towards reusable rocket goal
Monday, 24 June 2024 21:51
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), the nation's leading space contractor, conducted a significant technological test on Sunday, bringing the company closer to its goal of building the nation's first reusable carrier rocket.
The state-owned conglomerate announced that one of its subsidiaries, the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, used an experimental rocket to per China lunar probe to return to Earth with samples
Monday, 24 June 2024 21:51
A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the Moon is expected to return to Earth on Tuesday, capping a technically complex 53-day mission heralded as a world first.
Beijing has not disclosed the spacecraft's estimated arrival time, but experts say it will likely touch down in a barren expanse of desert in the northern Inner Mongolia region at around midday (0400 GMT).
It com Webb spots giant star clusters shaping galaxy in early universe
Monday, 24 June 2024 21:51
The James Webb space telescope has discovered massive clusters of stars in the early universe so huge and densely packed that they influenced how their galaxy formed, astronomers said on Monday.
The five clumps of stars, known as globular proto-clusters, are the earliest ever observed, dating back to 460 million years after the Big Bang when the universe was three percent its current age. 
U.S. Space Command ready for potential Russian satellite attack, general says
Monday, 24 June 2024 19:08
Europe aims to end space access crisis with Ariane 6’s inaugural launch
Monday, 24 June 2024 16:05
Webb captures star clusters in Cosmic Gems arc
Monday, 24 June 2024 14:00
An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to discover gravitationally bound star clusters when the Universe was 460 million years old. This is the first discovery of star clusters in an infant galaxy less than 500 million years after the Big Bang.
Could we put data centers in space?
Monday, 24 June 2024 13:42
Artificial intelligence has taken the world by storm lately. It also requires loads of band-end computing capability to do the near-miraculous things that it does. So far, that "compute," as it's known in the tech industry, has been based entirely on the ground. But is there an economic reason to do it in space? Some people seem to think so, as there has been a growing interest in space-based data centers. Let's take a look at why.
Space-based data centers have several advantages over ground-based ones. The first and most obvious is the near-unlimited amount of space in space. Second, there are plenty of potential options for novel power and cooling technologies that can't exist back on Earth. Third, using a space-based data center as a relay point for information could cut down on lag in data transfer between continents. Let's look at each in turn.
One of the significant constraints for data centers is space—they require large amounts of it, and it is expensive in the areas where they are most needed (i.e.