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China to launch 200-plus spacecraft in 2023![]() Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2023 The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans to launch more than 200 spacecraft with over 60 space missions in 2023, according to a company report released Wednesday. The CASC report unveiled plans for the country's space science and technology activities in 2023. It said that the Tianzhou 6 cargo craft, the Shenzhou XVI and the Shenzhou XVII flight missions would take place within the year to improve China's capability of entering, using and exploring space. The BeiDo ... read more |
SpaceX rocket launches U.S. military satellite into orbitWashington DC (UPI) Jan 18, 2023 Elon Musk's SpaceX launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets Wednesday morning with a GPS satellite on board, part of a U.S. Space Force program to have a constellation of 32 navigation satellites orbiting the Earth. ... more
Vulcan rocket one step closer to launchDecatur AL (SPX) Jan 15, 2023 The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket has begun its journey to the launch site in preparation for the first test flight. The certification flight one (Cert-1) rocket was completed, ... more
Structural details of Long March 9 revealedBeijing (XNA) Jan 19, 2023 Chinese rocket researchers are now definite on the overall structural design for the nation's super-heavy carrier rocket, known as the Long March 9, a project insider said on Wednesday. Gu Min ... more
Sweden opens Mainland Europe's first spaceportWashington DC (UPI) Jan 13, 2023 Sweden on Friday inaugurated and officially opened Mainland Europe's first space facility for satellite launches. ... more |
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Update on "Start Me Up" mission anomalyLong Beach CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2023 Preliminary analysis of data from the Start Me Up mission has begun to shed light on the outcome of the January 9th flight and next steps to follow. The Start Me Up mission was the first orbit ... more
China's space industry hits new heightsBeijing (XNA) Jan 17, 2023 China's space industry had a busy year in 2022, the highlight of which was completion of one of the world's largest and most sophisticated orbiting infrastructures, the Tiangong space station. ... more
SEXBOMB being moved to Cornwall Space Port for hypersonic developmentsEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Jan 17, 2023 Space Engine Systems Inc. (SES) is a Canadian based company that claims to be a trucking company to anywhere in space and mainly focussed on the Lunar Mission. SES space planes use air breathi ... more
Arctic Sweden in race for Europe's satellite launchesEsrange Space Centre, Sweden (AFP) Jan 13, 2023 As the mercury drops to minus 20 Celsius, a research rocket lifts off from one of the world's northernmost space centres, its burner aglow in the twilight of Sweden's snowy Arctic forests. ... more |
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 11, 2023 SpaceX confirmed Wednesday its Dragon cargo spacecraft successfully splashed down off the coast of Florida after returning from the International Space Station. ... more
Rocket Lab sets new date for first Electron launch from U.S. soilWallops Island VA (SPX) Jan 11, 2023 Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced the launch window for its first Electron mission from U.S. soil is scheduled to open on January 23, 2023 with back-up dates extending through early F ... more
Private U.S. space company ABL fails to launch from AlaskaWashington DC (UPI) Jan 11, 2023 An effort to put a satellite launcher into low-Earth orbit from Alaska's Kodiak Island failed after the rocket crashed back to the launchpad, destroying the facility, private U.S. company ABL Space Systems said. ... more
First rocket launch of the New Year leaves Wenchang for spaceBeijing (XNA) Jan 10, 2023 China launched a Long March 7A rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province on Monday morning, sending three satellites into space as part of its first space mission of 2023. ... more |
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NASA selects experimental space technology concepts for initial studyWashington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2023 Imagine a future in space where pellet-beam propulsion systems speed up travel to other worlds, pipelines on the Moon transport oxygen between settlements, and Martian bricks grow on their own befor ... more
UK space chiefs vows to try again after failed rocket launchLondon (AFP) Jan 10, 2023 Space sector bosses on Tuesday said they were disappointed by the failure of the country's historic first attempt to launch satellites from UK soil but pledged to investigate and try again. ... more
SpaceX to launch 51 Starlink satellites after weather delayWashington DC (UPI) Jan 10, 2023 SpaceX is counting down to launch another group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit Tuesday night following a weather delay in California. ... more
SpaceX Dragon capsule to return to Earth on WednesdayWashington DC (UPI) Jan 10, 2023 The SpaceX Drago cargo spacecraft is expected to splash down on Wednesday off the Florida coast after successfully leaving the International Space Station on Monday. ... more
China's first private sector 2023 rocket launch up, up and awayBeijing (XNA) Jan 10, 2023 Galactic Energy, a private aerospace manufacturer in Beijing, launched its fifth Ceres 1 rocket on Monday afternoon, deploying five small satellites into orbit. The Ceres 1 Y5 rocket blasted o ... more |
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Ingenuity completes the A-Z tour of the Wright Brothers Field at Jezero Crater Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2023 NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has acquired a new image using its high-resolution color camera. The camera, which is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed approximately 22 degrees below the horizon, was used during the 38th flight of Ingenuity on January 11, 2023 (Sol 667 of the Perseverance rover mission). During the flight, Ingenuity traveled a horizontal distance of ... more |
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Lunar Flashlight team assessing spacecraft's propulsion system Washington DC (SPX) Jan 13, 2023
NASA's Lunar Flashlight mission successfully launched on Dec. 11, 2022, to begin its four-month journey to the Moon, where the small satellite, or SmallSat, will test several new technologies with a goal of looking for hidden surface ice at the lunar South Pole. While the SmallSat is largely healthy and communicating with NASA's Deep Space Network, the mission operations team has discovered that ... more |
Tumultuous migration on the edge of the Hot Neptune Desert Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 19, 2023
All kinds of exoplanets orbit very close to their star. Some look like the Earth, others like Jupiter. Very few, however, are similar to Neptune. Why this anomaly in the distribution of exoplanets? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS have observed a sample of planets located at the edge of this Hot Neptune Desert to u ... more |
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New small laser device can help detect signs of life on other planets College Park MD (SPX) Jan 17, 2023
As space missions delve deeper into the outer solar system, the need for more compact, resource-conserving and accurate analytical tools has become increasingly critical-especially as the hunt for extraterrestrial life and habitable planets or moons continues.
A University of Maryland-led team developed a new instrument specifically tailored to the needs of NASA space missions. Their mini ... more |
SpaceX rocket launches U.S. military satellite into orbit Washington DC (UPI) Jan 18, 2023
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched one of its Falcon 9 rockets Wednesday morning with a GPS satellite on board, part of a U.S. Space Force program to have a constellation of 32 navigation satellites orbiting the Earth.
The rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:24 a.m. EST carrying the fifth Lockheed Martin-made Space Vehicle 6 of the so-called GPS 3 constel ... more |
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China to launch 200-plus spacecraft in 2023 Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2023
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) plans to launch more than 200 spacecraft with over 60 space missions in 2023, according to a company report released Wednesday.
The CASC report unveiled plans for the country's space science and technology activities in 2023. It said that the Tianzhou 6 cargo craft, the Shenzhou XVI and the Shenzhou XVII flight missions would ta ... more |
Hera's time of trial Paris (ESA) Jan 20, 2023
One of last year's space highlights was the NASA DART mission's collision with Dimorphos (seen right), the small moon of the binary asteroid Didymos (seen left). The impact which measurably shifted the target asteroid's orbit around its primary while casting a plume of debris thousand of kilometres out into space.
Next comes ESA's Hera spacecraft which will return to the binary asteroid to ... more |
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Lockheed Martin and Rafael collaborate on high-energy laser system Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2022
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Ltd., of Israel, have signed a teaming agreement that includes jointly developing, testing and manufacturing High Energy Laser Weapon Systems (HELWS) in the U.S. and Israel. The future joint-development will be based on the assets that have been developed independently by RAFAEL and the Ministry of Defense's Directorate of Defense ... more |
Netherlands set to boost push for Patriot missile defenses in Ukraine Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2023
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Tuesday he intends to join German-US efforts to arm Ukraine with sophisticated Patriot air-defense systems, citing the "horrible" Russian missile strike on a Dnipro apartment building.
Rutte told President Joe Biden at a White House meeting that "we have the intention to join what you're doing with Germany on the Patriots project, the air-defense system. ... more |
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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 |
New system designs nanomaterials that conduct heat in specific ways Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2022
Computer chips are packed with billions of microscopic transistors that enable powerful computation, but also generate a great deal of heat. A buildup of heat can slow a computer processor and make it less efficient and reliable. Engineers employ heat sinks to keep chips cool, sometimes along with fans or liquid cooling systems; however, these methods often require a lot of energy to operate. ... more |
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Underground Italian lab searches for signals of quantum gravity Washington DC (SPX) Dec 20, 2022
For decades physicists have been hunting for a quantum-gravity model that would unify quantum physics, the laws that govern the very small, and gravity. One major obstacle has been the difficulty in testing the predictions of candidate models experimentally. But some of the models predict an effect that can be probed in the lab: a very small violation of a fundamental quantum tenet called the Pa ... more |
Can you trust your quantum simulator Boston MA (SPX) Jan 19, 2023
At the scale of individual atoms, physics gets weird. Researchers are working to reveal, harness, and control these strange quantum effects using quantum analog simulators - laboratory experiments that involve super-cooling tens to hundreds of atoms and probing them with finely tuned lasers and magnets.
Scientists hope that any new understanding gained from quantum simulators will provide ... more |
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ChatGPT bot 'for professional use' on the way San Francisco (AFP) Jan 11, 2023
Hot startup OpenAI on Wednesday initiated a waitlist for a professional and paid version of its software ChatGPT, which has sparked debate about artificial intelligence and the future of work.
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman teased an upcoming version of ChatGPT "geared for professional use" as media reports swirled that Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in the startup.
Microsoft, wh ... more |
Swift developing flight planning software for drones in urban environments San Clemente CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2023
Swift Engineering announced its Japanese Subsidiary, Swift Xi, signed an agreement with Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in a project called "Digital Infrastructure Development Project for Digital Transformation of Industries: Research and development on 3D spatial information infrastructures." Both Swift Tactical Systems and Swift Engineering will sup ... more |
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