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  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 21, 2022 SpaceX launched three missions in just over 36 hours, including two from Florida's Space Coast with most recent a two-stage Falcon 9 early Sunday. The third rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:27 a.m. carrying a communications satellite for Louisiana-based Globalstar. Earlier, the company founded by billionaire Elon Musk launched 53 Starlink internet satellites at 12:09 p.m. Friday Eastern time from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and then sent in ... read more |
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches for its 13th time, a record for the companyWashington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2021 A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off on its record 13th launch on Friday afternoon as it sent 53 Starlink satellites into orbit. ... more 
Three-stage engine of China's new manned carrier rocket to enter prototype developmentBeijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2022 A three-stage engine of China's new generation manned carrier rocket will go to prototype sample development, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The long-dist ... more 
NASA fully loads Artemis 1 rocket with fuel in successful 'wet' rehearsalWashington DC (UPI) Jun 21, 2022 NASA's fourth attempt Monday to complete a practice launch day exercise for its huge uncrewed moon rocket Artemis 1 was deemed a success at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Crews were able ... more 
Vega-C set for inaugural launchParis (ESA) Jun 19, 2022 ESA's new medium-lift Vega-C rocket is nearly ready for its inaugural flight, with its four fully-stacked stages now ready for payload integration, final checks and launch from Europe's Spaceport in ... more |
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China's deep space exploration laboratory starts operationBeijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2022 China's deep space exploration laboratory has started operations, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Tuesday. Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the University of ... more 
FAA requires SpaceX to make environmental changes to Starbase in TexasWashington DC (UPI) Jun 13, 2021 The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said SpaceX will be required to make more than 75 changes to the orbital launch program at its Starbase launch site in Texas after determining there would be some environmental impacts to the surrounding area. ... more 
Astra rocket fails to deliver 2 small satellites after launch, NASA saysWashington DC (UPI) Jun 12, 2022 NASA said a rocket carrying two small weather satellites failed Sunday, preventing the inauguration of a technology that would have helped better forecast hurricanes. The rocket by California- ... more 
South Korea launches domestically-developed space rocketSeoul (AFP) June 21, 2022 South Korea launched its first domestically-developed space rocket on Tuesday, the government said, the country's second attempt after a launch last October failed. ... more |
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Shenzhou XIV taikonauts to conduct 24 medical experiments in spaceBeijing (XNA) Jun 10, 2022 Taikonauts of the Shenzhou XIV crew will carry out 24 in-orbit medical experiments during their six-month stay in China's space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency on Thursday. ... more 
Artemis II engine section moves to final assemblyNew Orleans LA (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 On May 24, 2022, the core stage production team moved the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket engine section for Artemis II to the core stage final integration area at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility ... more 
NASA Supplier Completes Manufacturing Artemis III SLS Booster MotorsPromontory UT (SPX) Jun 09, 2022 The 10 Space Launch System (SLS) rocket motor segments that will help launch the Artemis III crew on their mission to land on the Moon are complete. Teams finished manufacturing the segments for the ... more 
NASA Marshall Team Delivers Tiny, Powerful 'Lunar Flashlight' Propulsion SystemHuntsville AL (SPX) Jun 09, 2022 Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have built some of the largest rocket engines ever to light up the icy reaches of space. Now Marshall and its commercial part ... more |
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NRL CIRCE spacecraft to be part of historic UK launchWashington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2022 A joint U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)/ U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) experiment is preparing to measure Earth's ionosphere and particle radiation environment as part o ... more 
SpaceX launches Nilesat 301 satellite, recovers Falcon 9 first stageWashington DC (UPI) Jun 8, 2021 SpaceX on Wednesday launched a communications satellite and recovered its Falcon 9 rocket at sea. ... more 
UK and US to launch Joint Mission Aboard UK's first Virgin Orbit orbital flightLong Beach CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2022 Satellite launch company Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) announces today that a joint mission between the United Kingdom's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory and the United States Naval Research ... more 
CIRCE space weather suite announced for first UK satellite launchLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2022 The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's (Dstl) miniaturised space weather instrumentation suite will be one of the payloads aboard Virgin Orbit which is targeting the first UK satellite laun ... more
Shenzhou XIV astronauts transporting supplies into space stationBeijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2022 Crew members of the Shenzhou XIV spaceflight have begun to transport living and mission supplies to the Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency said in a ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2022 
Associate professor Vincent Chevrier at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences was awarded $100,000 to study the stability and distribution of clathrate hydrates and clathrasils on the surface of Mars in hopes of discovering a source of methane.
Identifying probable sources of methane would be a critical step in advancing the exploration of Mars, as methane could be utilized to ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2022 
Chinese scientists have discovered that the majority of water found on the moon may have originated from its interior rather than from solar wind bombarding its surface with hydrogen ions that eventually formed water, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communication on Tuesday.
The discovery may provide critical clues to one of the most hotly debated questions regarding o ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 08, 2022 
The agency's mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon takes a big step forward as engineers deliver a major component of the spacecraft.
The main body of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has been delivered to the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Over the next two years there, engineers and technicians will finish assembling the craft by hand before testing it to make ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 16, 2021 
NASA announced Wednesday it discovered two rocky exoplanets similar to Earth orbiting a dwarf star near our solar system but are believed to both be too hot to sustain life as we know it.
The space agency's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, or TESS, said the planets are 33 light-years away, some of the closest rocky exoplanets ever found.
"Both planets rate in the to ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 19, 2022 
ESA's new medium-lift Vega-C rocket is nearly ready for its inaugural flight, with its four fully-stacked stages now ready for payload integration, final checks and launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Flight VV21 will lift off as soon as 7 July, pending suitable conditions for launch.
Vega-C represents a dramatic capability boost compared to its predecessor, Vega, which ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2022 
China's deep space exploration laboratory has started operations, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said Tuesday.
Co-established by the CNSA, Anhui Province and the University of Science and Technology of China, the laboratory is headquartered in Hefei, capital city of Anhui.
It has completed various preparatory work and entered a new stage of substantial operation and c ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2022 
Later this year, NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where remnants of the early solar system circle the sun. Once inside the asteroid belt, the spacecraft will zero in on Psyche, a large, metal-rich asteroid that is thought to be the ancient core of an early planet. The probe, named after its asteroid tar ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (AFRL) Jun 16, 2022 
Dr. Kelly Hammett, who has led the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate for the past six years, departed AFRL June 6 for his new assignment as director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO), both located on Kirtland AFB.
"I will miss bragging on the Directed Energy team, and all that we accomplished in the six years I was in the director's seat," said Hammett. ... more |
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 Ottawa (AFP) June 20, 2022  Canada's defense minister announced upgrades to Arctic air and missile defenses with the United States on Monday, citing growing threats from Russia and new technologies such as hypersonic missiles.
At a news conference at Canada's largest air base in Trenton, Ontario, Minister Anita Anand outlined Can$4.9 billion (US$3.8 billion) in military spending over the next six years.
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2022 
Saturn's moon Titan looks very much like Earth from space, with rivers, lakes, and seas filled by rain tumbling through a thick atmosphere. While these landscapes may look familiar, they are composed of materials that are undoubtedly different - liquid methane streams streak Titan's icy surface and nitrogen winds build hydrocarbon sand dunes.
The presence of these materials - whose mechani ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies. The device - an ultrathin silicon nanowire - could enable smaller, faster microelectronics with a heat-transfer-efficiency that surpasses current technologies.
Electronic devices powered by microchips that efficiently dissipate heat would in t ... more |
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 Amsterdam. Netherlands (SPX) Jun 08, 2022 
Clouds of ultralight particles can form around rotating black holes. A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard University now show that these clouds would leave a characteristic imprint on the gravitational waves emitted by binary black holes.
Black holes are generally thought to swallow all forms of matter and energy surrounding them. It has long been known, howeve ... more |
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 Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 
New scientific results confirm an anomaly seen in previous experiments, which may point to an as-yet-unconfirmed new elementary particle, the sterile neutrino, or indicate the need for a new interpretation of an aspect of standard model physics, such as the neutrino cross section, first measured 60 years ago. Los Alamos National Laboratory is the lead American institution collaborating on the Ba ... more |
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 Pompeii, Italy (AFP) June 10, 2022 
Under the amused gaze of many tourists, a robot dog wanders the ancient stone alleys of Pompeii's famous archaeological park.
Meet Spot, a friendly, yellow-and-black remote-controlled creature with a gangly gait who looks like a dog crossed with an insect - all wrapped up in a robot's body.
Spot's current mission at Pompeii is to inspect hard-to-access areas of the sprawling ruins, to ... more |
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 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) June 17, 2022 
Three people were killed on Friday in an unclaimed drone strike on a vehicle in Iraq's autonomous northern region of Kurdistan, medical and security officials said.
The drone "targeted a civilian car" in the city of Kalar in southeastern Kurdistan, said the security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"Three people were killed and a fourth, a Kurd from Syria, was seriously wound ... more |
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