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Webb sees Crab Nebula in new light
Although the Crab Nebula is one of the best-studied supernova remnants, questions about its progenitor, the nature of the explosion, and the composition of its ejecta still remain unanswered. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is on the case as it sleuths for any clues that remain within the supernova remnant. Webb’s infrared sensitivity, combined with data previously collected by other telescopes, is offering astronomers a more comprehensive understanding of the still-expanding scene.
Marking 25 Years since Deep Space 1 kickstarted Ion propulsion
On Oct. 24, 1998, NASA launched the Deep Space 1 spacecraft. Managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, Deep Space 1 served as a testbed for 12 new technologies, including solar electric, also known as ion propulsion, for use in future deep space and interplanetary missions. The spacecraft, the first in NASA's New Millennium program, flew by asteroid Braille and comet B Adtran Rolls Out Dual-Source Timing Solutions for GNSS Security
Adtran has unveiled its latest synchronization solutions, fortified with Satellite Time and Location (STL) technology, in a bid to tackle the vulnerabilities increasingly plaguing GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). The move aims to significantly enhance the robustness of critical timing infrastructures against jamming and spoofing attacks.
The company's OSA 5405-S PT NASA-ISRO radar mission to provide dynamic view of forests, wetlands
NISAR will help researchers explore how changes in Earth's forest and wetland ecosystems are affecting the global carbon cycle and influencing climate change. Once it launches in early 2024, the NISAR radar satellite mission will offer detailed insights into two types of ecosystems - forests and wetlands - vital to naturally regulating the greenhouses gases in the atmosphere that are driving glo South Korea's KERI Develops Pioneering Thermoelectric Technology for Space Probes
Researchers from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI)-Drs. SuDong Park, Byungki Ryu, and Jaywan Chung-have formulated a new approach to thermoelectric efficiency and engineered a high-efficiency, multistage thermoelectric power generator module. This development has implications for the performance of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs), key power sources for space pro Rogue wins AFWERX contract for innovative space inspection technology
Rogue Space Systems Corporation, an emerging name in space servicing solutions, has been awarded a Direct-to-Phase II contract by AFWERX, an initiative of the U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF). The contract focuses on the incorporation of sensor fusion technology, designed to address key challenges in ensuring safe close-proximity operations in space.
Founded in 2020, Rogue has been a Boeing pencils in anytime after April 1st for next Crew Flight Test
NASA and Boeing have moved their timelines, setting an April launch date for the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) to the International Space Station (ISS). The decision for the slight delay from a March target was taken during a launch manifest evaluation, factoring in upcoming crew rotations and cargo resupply missions scheduled for this spring.
Upon satisfying NASA's stringent saf Mouse embryos grown in space for first time: Japan researchers
Mouse embryos have been grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicating it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space, a group of Japanese scientists said.
The researchers, including Teruhiko Wakayama, professor of University of Yamanashi's Advanced Biotechnology Centre, and a team from the Japan Aerospace Space Agency (JAXA), sent frozen mouse embryos on board a rocket to the ISS in August 2021.
Astronauts thawed the early-stage embryos using a special device designed for this purpose and grew them on the station for four days.
"The embryos cultured under microgravity conditions developed" normally into blastocysts, cells that develop into the fetus and placenta, the scientists said.
The experiment "clearly demonstrated that gravity had no significant effect," the researchers said in a study that was published online in the scientific journal iScience on Saturday.
Terran Orbital receives $7M addition to Tranche 1 contract
Lockheed Martin has awarded Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) an Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) to host additional payloads. The contract modification adds $7.7M to an existing satellite design and manufacturing program. This addition was awarded following a successful Critical Design Review (CDR) earlier this year. The modification incorporates additional previously anticipated scope i Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago, study suggests
Venus, a scorching wasteland of a planet according to scientists, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth, a new study found. The finding sets up tantalizing scenarios regarding the possibility of early life on Venus, its evolutionary past and the history of the solar system.
Writing in Nature Astronomy, a team of scientists led