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  Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 China has stated the United States is in no position to unilaterally set thresholds for emergency collision after the US rejected the charge its Starlink satellites endangered China's space station. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily news briefing on Thursday, saying such rhetoric by the US did not show a responsible attitude as a major country strong in aerospace. Washington, in an official note verbale to the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs in V ... read more |
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Moon should be privatised to end global poverty says 'Space Invaders' reportLondon, UK (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2022 The protection of the Moon is clearly stated in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST) - an international document that prohibits any state to appropriate the space rock or other celestial bodies. ... more 
Rocket set to hit Moon was built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomersWashington (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into the Moon in early March was built by China, not SpaceX. ... more  
Mars rover Perseverance notches a year of science, tech achievementsWashington DC (UPI) Feb 14, 2021 The Mars rover Perseverance and its feisty sidekick helicopter Ingenuity have set records and pushed new frontiers for interplanetary space exploration since landing on the Red Planet one year ago this Friday. ... more 
The devil's in the detailParis (ESA) Feb 11, 2022 Chaotic mounds, wind-sculpted ripples and dust devil tracks: this image shows a fascinating and otherworldly landscape near Hooke Crater in Mars' southern highlands. The image was taken by the ... more |
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New Horizons team puts names to the places on ArrokothLaurel MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 Three prominent features on the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth - the farthest planetary body ever explored, by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft - now have official names. Proposed by the New Horizo ... more 
Valentine's Day on Mars as Curiosity marks Sol 3387Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2022 Our Curious robotic explorer is spending another Valentine's Day in faraway Gale crater, Mars. For the first time since 2019, Curiosity has a NASA-built MRV (Martian Rover Valentine)! Although Perse ... more  
Psyche, the iron giant of asteroids, may be less iron than researchers thoughtProvidence RI (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock than scientists have surmised, according to a new study by researchers from ... more  
Warps drive disruptions in planet formation in young solar systemsWarwick UK (SPX) Feb 07, 2022 A new study from the University of Warwick demonstrates the impact of passing stars, misaligned binary stars and passing gas clouds on the formation of planets in early star systems. Scientists have ... more 
In Place at RimplasPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 11, 2022 Three abrasions and four sample cores later, the rover has finally departed the Seitah area and is embarking on the return leg of the crater floor campaign. One major difference between the "out" tr ... more |
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China to make 6 human spaceflights, rocket's maiden flight in 2022: blue bookBeijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 China will make six manned space flights in 2022 to complete the building of its space station and see the maiden flight of Long March-6A, the country's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and l ... more 
Final moments of planetary remnants seen for first timeWarwick UK (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 The moment that debris from destroyed planets impacts the surface of a white dwarf star has been observed for the first time by astronomers at the University of Warwick. They have used X-rays ... more 
Advanced Space, USAF sign deal to collaborate on Cislunar ActivitiesWestminster CO (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 Advanced Space LLC., a leading space solutions company, has entered into a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles D ... more 
Sidus Space books slew of news orders for hardware and servicesCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 Sidus Space, Inc., a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection is pleased to announce that it has received over $1.5 milli ... more  
New soft robot morphs from a ground to air vehicle using liquid metalBlacksburg VA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter. The rotors start spinning, and the vehicle flies away. Looking at it more closely, what do ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2022 
Our Curious robotic explorer is spending another Valentine's Day in faraway Gale crater, Mars. For the first time since 2019, Curiosity has a NASA-built MRV (Martian Rover Valentine)! Although Perseverance and Curiosity won't be able to visit each other, they will certainly be sending love over the red horizons.
On this Valentine's Day, Curiosity is planning a full workload with ChemCam LI ... more |
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 Westminster CO (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 
Advanced Space LLC., a leading space solutions company, has entered into a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, and the Spacecraft Technology Division to share data collected from cislunar space through the CAPSTONE mission.
Advanced Space owns and operates the CAPSTONE mission going to the Mo ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 
Three prominent features on the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth - the farthest planetary body ever explored, by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft - now have official names.
Proposed by the New Horizons team and approved by the International Astronomical Union, the new feature names follow a theme set by "Arrokoth" itself, which means "sky" in the Powhatan/Algonquin Native American language.
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 
A team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) in Chile have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System. This candidate planet is the third detected in the system and the lightest yet discovered orbiting this star. At just a quarter of Earth's mass, the planet is also one of the lightest exopl ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 11, 2022 
Ten years ago this week, 13 February 2012, ESA opened a new era of independent access to space with the flawless inaugural flight of its small launcher Vega. Flying from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, Vega has gone on to earn a reputation for precision and versatility in anticipation of a more capable version, Vega-C.
Placing medium-sized satellites into the low Earth polar orbits th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 11, 2022 
China will make six manned space flights in 2022 to complete the building of its space station and see the maiden flight of Long March-6A, the country's first carrier rocket powered by a solid and liquid engine.
Ma Tao, deputy director of the Space Department of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), revealed on Wednesday China's rocket launch plan at a press confer ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Feb 15, 2022 
The asteroid 16 Psyche, which NASA intends to visit with a spacecraft in 2026, may be less heavy metal and more hard rock than scientists have surmised, according to a new study by researchers from Brown and Purdue universities.
Psyche, which orbits the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is the largest of the M-type asteroids, which are composed chiefly of iron and nickel a ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 04, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate is partnering with The University of New Mexico (UNM) to establish a center for directed energy studies, a congressionally-funded endeavor.
The Directed Energy Center will be based at UNM and jointly managed by UNM's School of Engineering and UNM's Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM). AFRL is recognized as the nation's ... more |
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 Peterson SFB CO (SPX) Feb 08, 2022 
The fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) satellite built by Lockheed Martin, has been operationally accepted by the U.S. Space Force less than a year after being launched into orbit.
The early missile warning satellite is a "Go-Fast" success story, completing all on-orbit testing with accelerated analysis, resulting in a 40% improvement over GEO-1 thro ... more |
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 Maunakea HI (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
Space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fueling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn. A University of Leicester-led team has found that Saturn is unique among planets observed to date in that some of its aurorae are generated by swirling winds within its own atmosphere, and not just from the planet's surrounding magnetosphere.
The study, which is based on observations ma ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Feb 09, 2022 
A research team from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces reports to have found the key to controlled fabrication of cerium oxide mesocrystals. The research is a step forward in tuning nanomaterials that can serve a wide range of uses -including solar cells, fuel catalysts and even medicine.
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 Rocklin CAA (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 
Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC) the leader in providing artificial gravity technologies enabling humanity to work, play and thrive in the space ecosystem has raised an additional $1 million to advance its space station facility development.
The company raised the funds on the Netcapital (Reg CF) crowdfunding site after its first successful funding round in 2021. This round is scheduled ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 
Scientists have produced the largest and most accurate virtual representation of the Universe to date. An international team of researchers, led by the University of Helsinki, and including members from Durham University in the UK, used supercomputer simulations to recreate the entire evolution of the cosmos, from the Big Bang to the present. The findings are published in the Monthly Notices of ... more |
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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Feb 10, 2022 
Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter. The rotors start spinning, and the vehicle flies away. Looking at it more closely, what do you think you would see? What mechanisms have caused it to morph from a land vehicle into a flying quadcopter? You might imagine gears and belts, perhaps a series of tiny servo motors that pulled all ... more |
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 Cochstedt, Germany (SPX) Feb 11, 2022 
What happens when the radio connection to a drone is interrupted? How can drones fly autonomously even in congested traffic? These and other questions were addressed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in the final phase of its City Air Traffic Management (City-ATM) project.
The researchers focused on investigating traffic scenarios in which a la ... more |
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