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December 02, 2022
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Tiangong space station open to world



Beijing (XNA) Dec 01, 2022
Over the past 19 years, from China's first manned space mission Shenzhou V to the latest Shenzhou XV launch, the nation's space endeavors have progressed from a single-astronaut mission to the long-term stay of several astronauts in space. The number of astronauts one spaceship can carry has increased from one to three, and the length of time the astronauts stay in space has expanded from just 23 hours to six months. When the Shenzhou XV spacecraft docks with the space station, the three astronaut ... read more

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China ready to implement moon landing project
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Dec 01, 2022
China has made breakthroughs in the development of the new-generation crewed spaceship, new-generation manned carrier rocket, moon lander, and moon landing spacesuit, stepping closer to its moon lan ... more
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Pulsar Fusion funded by the UK Govt to construct a nuclear based space engine
London, UK (SPX) Dec 01, 2022
Pulsar Fusion, a UK rocket company that has seen its advanced space engines tested in the UK and Switzerland earlier this year, has been awarded funding from the UK Space Agency to develop 'Integrat ... more
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China's six astronauts in two missions make historic gathering in space
Beijing (XNA) Dec 01, 2022
The six Chinese astronauts from the Shenzhou XIV and Shenzhou XV missions marked a historic moment on Wednesday as they met inside the country's Tiangong space station. It was the first time t ... more
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Arianespace Ariane 6 to launch Intelsat satellites
Toulouse, France (SPX) Dec 01, 2022
Arianespace signed a contract with longtime customer Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads, IS-41 and IS-44, using the heavy-lift Ariane 64 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana in 2025. This ... more
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SpaceX again postpones Japanese moon lander launch
Washington (AFP) Dec 1, 2022
SpaceX on Wednesday postponed the launch of the world's first private lander to the Moon, a mission undertaken by Japanese firm ispace. ... more
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China latest astronaut crew docks at the Tiangong Space Station
Beijing (AFP) Nov 30, 2022
China on Tuesday launched the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft carrying three astronauts to its space station, where they will complete the country's first-ever crew handover in orbit, state news agency Xinhua reported. ... more
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NASA selects Rocket Lab to launch TROPICS Mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 24, 2022
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by NASA to launch the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) miss ... more
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Arianespace supporting the European Union's Copernicus program with Vega C
Paris (ESA) Dec 01, 2022
On November 29, 2022, Arianespace announced having signed with the European Commission (Directorate General for Defence, Industry and Space), a contract for the procurement of five launch services w ... more
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China successfully reignites rocket engine
Beijing (XNA) Nov 29, 2022
China's rocket scientists and engineers have been working on creating reusable rockets for several years and have recently made substantial progress. The latest advance was the successful re-ignitio ... more
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China to provide training for foreign astronauts
Beijing (XNA) Nov 29, 2022
The China Manned Space Agency is doing preparatory work for the training of foreign astronauts to fly aboard the nation's Tiangong space station, said Ji Qiming, assistant director of the agency. ... more
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China recruits new reserve astronauts, open to those from Hong Kong, Macao
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Nov 29, 2022
China is projected to recruit 12 to 14 new reserve astronauts, and the selection, which started in September, is open, for the first time, to payload experts from Hong Kong and Macao, according to t ... more
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China to launch Shenzhou XV on Tuesday
Beijing (XNA) Nov 29, 2022
China will launch the three astronauts of the Shenzhou XV mission to the space station on Tuesday night, according to a program official. Ji Qiming, assistant director of the China Manned Spac ... more

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China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 29, 2021
China on Tuesday launched its six-month Shenzhou 15 mission, carrying three astronauts to the country's newly completed space station. ... more
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Germany contributes four billion euros and remains key partner of European spaceflight
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 26, 2022
On 22 and 23 November 2022, the ministers and government representatives of the 22 member states of the European Space Agency ESA met at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris to set the course for j ... more
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China lays out plan for future deep space exploration
Beijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2022
China has made an ambitious road map for its future lunar exploration programs, including an international scientific outpost, according to the programs' chief planner. Wu Weiren, an academician of ... more
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China aims to establish new global partnership in space exploration, innovation: CNSA
Haikou, China (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
China is aiming to establish a new global partnership in space exploration and innovation, in an effort to build a community with shared future for humanity in outer space, according to a statement ... more
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SpaceX sends another Dragon full of cargo and science to ISS
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Nov 26, 2022
SpaceX's 26th commercial resupply mission for NASA is on its way to the International Space Station. Carrying more than 7,700 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo, the ... more
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Chen Dong sets national record for longest time in space
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
Chen Dong has set a new record for the most cumulative days living and working in space by a Chinese astronaut. The China Manned Space Agency said on Tuesday that the two-time space traveler, ... more
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Space belongs to humanity, come share it with China
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
At the UN/China space exploration and innovation partnership conference on Monday, the China National Space Administration raised eight issues in the keynote speech delivered by its deputy director ... more
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Shenzhou XV to begin mission to space soon
Beijing (XNA) Nov 23, 2022
China will conduct its Shenzhou XV manned spaceflight in coming weeks, sending three astronauts into orbit for a six-month stay inside the country's Tiangong space station. The Long March 2F c ... more
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Airbus and ArianeGroup sign Ariane 6 transition batch contract in Spain
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 23, 2022
Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract for the next transition batch of Ariane 6 large carbon fibre structures. The contract includes the manufacturing and supply of innovative, large, lightw ... more
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SpaceX Falcon 9 carries Eutelsat communications satellite in final launch
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 23, 2021
A SpaceX rocket carrying a communications satellite blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday night on a mission that will allow improved internet connectivity for passengers aboard ships and planes. ... more
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Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 02, 2022
When NASA's Viking 1 lander touched down on the surface of Mars nearly 50 years ago, its cameras imaged a boulder-strewn surface of elusive origin. New research led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Alexis Rodriguez shows the landing site may be on the margins of a megatsunami deposit, formed when a 3-kilometer asteroid impacted a northern Martian ocean about 3.4 billion years ago. ... more
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NASA Orion capsule reaches farthest distance from Earth in lunar orbit
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 29, 2022
NASA's Orion space capsule reached its farthest distance from Earth on Monday and successfully completed the first half of a mission that aims to ultimately return American astronauts to the moon. "Just over an hour ago, Orion set another record clocking its maximum distance from Earth at 270,000 miles," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced at 5 p.m. EST on Monday from Johnson Space Ce ... more
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The PI's Perspective: Extended Mission 2 Begins!
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 01, 2022
New Horizons remains healthy from its position deep in the Kuiper Belt, even as it speeds farther from the Earth and Sun by about 300 million miles per year! The spacecraft, which began its second extended mission on Oct. 1, also continues its record-length hibernation that began June 1 and ends March 1. Hibernation, which takes place in spacecraft "spin mode," saves fuel and wear and tear ... more
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Southern hemisphere's biggest radio telescope begins search for ET signatures
Vanderbijlpark, South Africa (SPX) Dec 02, 2022
Breakthrough Listen has begun observations using a powerful new instrument deployed to the MeerKAT radio telescope in the remote Karoo region of South Africa. The new search for technosignatures - indicators of technology developed by extraterrestrial intelligence - expands the number of targets searched by a factor of 1,000. The astronomers and engineers on the Breakthrough Listen team ha ... more
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Pulsar Fusion funded by the UK Govt to construct a nuclear based space engine
London, UK (SPX) Dec 01, 2022
Pulsar Fusion, a UK rocket company that has seen its advanced space engines tested in the UK and Switzerland earlier this year, has been awarded funding from the UK Space Agency to develop 'Integrated nuclear fission-based power systems for electric propulsion' The project will be supported by Southampton and Cambridge Universities and Nuclear AMRC. Pulsar Fusion, based in Bletchley, Buck ... more
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China's six astronauts in two missions make historic gathering in space
Beijing (XNA) Dec 01, 2022
The six Chinese astronauts from the Shenzhou XIV and Shenzhou XV missions marked a historic moment on Wednesday as they met inside the country's Tiangong space station. It was the first time that six Chinese were in a space station at the same time and the first in-orbit gathering of two Chinese crews. After about two hours of preparatory work following the docking of the Shenzhou XV ... more
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Geologist studies asteroids and moondust to decode the history of the solar system
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 01, 2022
Michelle Thompson is a geologist. But while "geo" means earth, she studies things that are decidedly unearthly, or at least extraterrestrial: the moon and asteroids. "I study space weathering: how space environments affect tiny mineral particles on planetary surfaces," said Thompson, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences in Purdue University ... more
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Bothell WA (SPX) Sep 16, 2022
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NATO chief says up to Germany if it gives Ukraine Patriot missiles
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Webb Space Telescope, Keck team up to study Saturn's moon Titan
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 02, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has turned its infrared cameras on Saturn's moon Titan, giving astronomers another eye on the largest and one of the most unusual moons in the solar system. The only satellite with a dense atmosphere, it's also the only world besides Earth that has standing bodies of liquid on its surface, including rivers, lakes and seas - though the liquid is thought ... more
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