Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jul 20, 2022
Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support, is pleased to announce its growing relationship with Teledyne Marine, a part of Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:TDY), following a noteworthy Q

Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 20, 2022
In early January, Airbus Defence and Space announced that it had been selected by the FrancoAmerican start-up Loft Orbital to supply more than 15 satellite platforms, a contract that, according to French Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire,"demonstrates the vibrancy of New Space start-ups in France and the synergies throughout the space ecosystem when it comes to innovation on an industrial s

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 20, 2022
Soon the International Space Station will get a laser light terminal: Beams of invisible infrared light will soar through the atmosphere, capable of communicating pictures and videos from astronauts and experiments on the space station, thanks to NASA's brand-new laser terminal called ILLUMA-T (pronounced "ill-LOO-mah-TEA"). In May, ILLUMA-T (formally the "Integrated Laser Communications R

Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2022
As the world marvels over the first public images from the James Webb Space Telescope, Webb Deputy Project Manager for Technical Verification Paul Geithner is able to recall another first-of-its-kind moment: when the Webb team thought for a brief - blessedly brief - moment it had actually broken part of the observatory. A portion of the Webb structure, custom-made of graphite epoxy composi

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 19, 2021
NASA is delaying a major moon mission as it continues testing the spacecraft that will deliver a rover to the lunar surface in search of water, ice and other potential resources, the agency announced Tuesday. The launch of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, has been pushed back to November 2024, from its originally planned launch day of November 2023.

Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 20, 2022
Sustainable aircraft of the future are going to need propulsion systems that can use technology to generate power comparable to the equipment used in today's commercial jets. But creating such a complex system comes with a serious challenge: How do you safely test it under the high-altitude conditions where it would need to operate? One NASA facility, safely on the ground in Ohio, of

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 20, 2022
The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission will greatly expand our knowledge of the high-energy universe and recently passed two key milestones on its path to observing the cosmos. Nicknamed XRISM (pronounced "crism"), the mission is a collaboration between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA, with participation by ESA (the European Space Agency), to investigate the X-ra

Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2022
NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) in Hawthorne, California, to provide launch service for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission. The Roman Space Telescope is the top-priority large space mission recommended by the 2010 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. NLS II is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite

Berlin-Adlershof, Germany (SPX) Jul 20, 2022
Between June 2018 and November 2019, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 examined asteroid Ryugu, which is just under one kilometre in size, at close range. The spacecraft came into contact with Ryugu twice and collected samples from the asteroid's surface. "Hayabusa2 was and is one of the most complex missions in the history of research into the bodies of the Solar System," emphasises Anke

Center Of Applied Space Technology And Microgravity
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jul 20, 2022 An international research team led by ZARM scientist Dr. Cyprien Verseux has now identified a cyanobacteria subspecies that seems to be best suited for use in a biological life support system that would allow humans to survive on Mars. The results are described in the journal "Applied and Environmental Microbiology". At first glance, the inhospitable env