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  Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2023 Relativity Space announced on Twitter that their expendable Terran 1 rocket has secured a launch license and is targeting liftoff on March 8 from Space Launch Complex 16 (SLC-16), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida. The launch window is between 1:00-4:00 p.m. ET (1800-2100 GMT). The 110-foot (33-meter) Terran 1 will undergo a crucial launch test on the "Good Luck, Have Fun" (GLHF) mission before it launches commercial payloads. According to Relativity, the rocket is "the lar ... read more |
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NASA, SpaceX delay Sunday Crew-6 flight until MondayWashington DC (UPI) Feb 22, 2023 NASA and SpaceX announced that its manned Crew-6 flight scheduled to liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday has been delayed 24 hours so engineers can work their way through what has been described as "minor issues." ... more 
Flight Crew Arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for Crew-6 MissionSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 21, 2023 The crew arrived on a NASA Gulfstream business jet from their home base at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and safely landed at the Launch and Landing Fac ... more
SpaceX Endeavour's crew arrive at KSC ahead of launchWashington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2023 An international team of astronauts and scientists arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, ahead of a six-month science mission to the International Space Station set to blast off on Sunday. ... more 
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, part of Inmarsat programWashington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2023 SpaceX on Friday completed its second launch of the day, sending a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit from Florida as part of its Inmarsat program. ... more |
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DoD invests additional $1.5M toward 3D-printed hypersonic rocket engineWashington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2023 The Department of Defense awarded a $1.5 million contract to New Frontier Aerospace to continue its work on a 3D printed rocket engine. ... more 
Inmarsat-6 F2 marks 12th SpaceX launch of 2023Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 19, 2023 SpaceX completed a launch doubleheader Friday night, February 17. When an Airbus-built communications satellite soared into orbit at 10:59 p.m. EST (0359 GMT on February 18) Friday from Cape Canaver ... more 
SpaceX faces a $175,000 penalty for failure to report launch data to FAASpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 19, 2023 The United States' Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $175,000 civil penalty to SpaceX for failing "to submit launch collision analysis trajectory data directly to the FAA before t ... more 
Japan's H3 rocket fails to leave the launch padSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 17, 2023 Another setback for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Japan's H3 rocket was scheduled to lift off from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan at 10:37 a.m. Japan Standard Time on February 17th. ... more |
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Japan aborts launch of new flagship rocketWashington DC (UPI) Feb 17, 2023 Japan on Thursday aborted the launch of its next-generation H3 rocket. An English translator for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which was broadcasting the launch, said that the main engine ... more  
China's space station experiments pave way for new space technologyBeijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 Multiple engineering experiments are currently underway, or poised to begin, at a cabinet on China's space station which is in a near-Earth orbit. These experiments aim to acquire know-how that can ... more 
Japan's new rocket fails to blast offTokyo (AFP) Feb 17, 2023 Japan's next-generation rocket failed to launch on Friday after an apparent ignition problem, the national space agency said. ... more 
NASA, Boeing target April for manned Starliner test flightWashington DC (UPI) Feb 17, 2023 NASA and Boeing said Friday they aim to launch the first manned test flight mission of the CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station in April. ... more |
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SpaceX launches 51 Starlink satellites from CaliforniaWashington DC (UPI) Feb 17, 2023 SpaceX launched 51 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Friday. The payload lifted off as scheduled aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 11:12 a.m. PT, 2:12 p.m. ET. ... more 
China solicits logos for manned space missions in 2023Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 The China Manned Space Agency began to solicit logos on Wednesday for the country's upcoming crewed space missions, marking the first open logo solicitation of its manned space program. The ev ... more 
The roar and crackle of Artemis 1Washington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2023 When the Artemis 1 mission was launched by NASA's Space Launch System, SLS, in November, it became the world's most powerful rocket, exceeding the thrust of the previous record holder, Saturn , by 1 ... more 
SpaceX halts plans to convert oil rigs into floating offshore launch padsSpace Coast FL (SPX) Feb 16, 2023 After speaking at the Federal Aviation Administration Commercial Space Transportation Conference on February 8, President and COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell told reporters that SpaceX has abandoned ... more 
Two crews set for Tiangong station in '23Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 China will launch two crews to work on its Tiangong space station this year, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The agency published schedules for the Shenzhou XVI and XVII mission cr ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2023 
NASA's Perseverance rover will celebrate its second anniversary on the surface of Mars Saturday, Feb. 18. Since arriving at Jezero Crater in 2021, the six-wheeled, nuclear-powered rover has been examining geologic features and collecting samples of the Red Planet that are central to the first step of the NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return campaign. Scientists want to study Marti ... more |
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 Bengaluru, Inida (SPX) Feb 20, 2023 
The Chandrayaan-3 lander has successfully passed its EMI/EMC test, which took place from January 31 to February 2, 2023, at the U R Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru.
This test is crucial for satellite missions as it ensures the satellite subsystems' functionality in the space environment and their compatibility with the expected electromagnetic levels. It is considered a significant miles ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Feb 22, 2023 
The red streaks crisscrossing the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, are striking. Scientists suspect it is a frozen mixture of water and salts, but its chemical signature is mysterious because it matches no known substance on Earth.
A team led by the University of Washington may have solved the puzzle with the discovery of a new type of solid crystal that forms when water and tabl ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Feb 23, 2023 
The CARMENES program, led by a consortium of Spanish and German research institutions, in which the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) is a partner, has released 20,000 observations of more than 300 stars. These measurements led to the discovery of 59 planets, with a dozen being potentially habitable. This spectroscopic data set was obtained at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain and is n ... more |
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 Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2023  Relativity Space announced on Twitter that their expendable Terran 1 rocket has secured a launch license and is targeting liftoff on March 8 from Space Launch Complex 16 (SLC-16), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida. The launch window is between 1:00-4:00 p.m. ET (1800-2100 GMT).
The 110-foot (33-meter) Terran 1 will undergo a crucial launch test on the "Good Luck, Have Fun ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 16, 2023 
Multiple engineering experiments are currently underway, or poised to begin, at a cabinet on China's space station which is in a near-Earth orbit. These experiments aim to acquire know-how that can support more experimental possibilities and human survival in outer space.
The Space Basic Experiment Cabinet mounted on the country's space lab module Mengtian is carrying its first group of fi ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2023 
Asteroid Ryugu has a rich complement of organic molecules, according to a NASA and international team's initial analysis of a sample from the asteroid's surface delivered to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft. The discovery adds support to the idea that organic material from space contributed to the inventory of chemical components necessary for life.
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2023  The United States on Monday criticized China's reported use of military-grade laser light against a Philippine coast guard vessel in the disputed South China Sea last week, which left the ship's crew temporarily blinded.
State Department Ned Price said the Chinese coastguard's "conduct was provocative and unsafe, resulting in the temporary blindness of the crew members."
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 Bratislava (AFP) Feb 9, 2023 
Germany will give Bratislava two sets of the MANTIS air defence system to protect Slovakia's eastern border with Ukraine, the Slovak defence ministry said Thursday.
"Slovakia will receive the systems free of charge and permanently," the ministry spokeswoman Martina Kakascikova told AFP.
"The training of Slovak soldiers to use the system will begin in the coming months," Slovak Defence M ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2023 
Although it is relatively small, Enceladus - the sixth largest of Saturn's 83 moons - has been considered by astronomers to be one of the more compelling bodies in our solar system.
Enceladus stands apart from other celestial bodies because of both its appearance and its behavior. It has the whitest and most reflective surface that astronomers have yet observed. And it's known for spraying ... more |
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 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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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2023 
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a dead star using an effect known as gravitational microlensing, first predicted by Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity, and first observed by two Cambridge astronomers 100 years ago.
The international team, led by the University of Cambridge, used data from two telescopes to measure how light from a distant star bent around a white d ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 23, 2023 
Astronomers have discovered the first evidence for giant black holes in dwarf galaxies on a collision course. This result from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has important ramifications for understanding how the first wave of black holes and galaxies grew in the early universe.
Collisions between the pairs of dwarf galaxies identified in a new study have pulled gas towards the giant blac ... more |
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 Gerroa, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2023  SpaceDaily, a leading news organization covering space exploration, astronomy, and technology, has implemented ChatGPT's technology, along with simple rules lists and innovative software development, to streamline its imaging process.
The combination of these technologies has enabled SpaceDaily to generate filenames for image files based on their captions and vice versa, while also enablin ... more |
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 Berlin (AFP) Feb 24, 2023  Russia is in talks with a Chinese drone maker to supply it with self-explosive drones that could be deployed in Ukraine, German magazine Der Spiegel reported Friday.
The magazine said it has seen information indicating that Russia's military is negotiating with Chinese drone manufacturer Xi'an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology to produce such drones for Moscow on a large scale.
The ... more |
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