HELSINKI — China launched 12 satellites early Wednesday for an on-orbit computing project led by startup ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab.
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 12:12 a.m. Eastern (0412 UTC) May 14 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch…
Category: 2. Space
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Rocket Lab to launch NASA astrophysics smallsat mission
WASHINGTON — NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch a small NASA astrophysics spacecraft that will study galaxies at ultraviolet wavelengths.
NASA announced May 14 it awarded a task order to Rocket Lab for the launch of the Aspera mission on…
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Arabsat seeks Telesat Lightspeed capacity as Starlink expands into Saudi Arabia
TAMPA, Fla. — Saudi Arabia-based geostationary operator Arabsat signed a deal May 14 for broadband capacity from Telesat’s proposed low Earth orbit constellation, a day after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced approval to sell LEO services…
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Team Astrobiology At NASA Has Given Up
Keith’s note: Here we go again. With all the things being cut at NASA, you’d think that the NASA Astrobiology team would at least try and stand up and show their relevance. Guess again.
- The top story on NASA.gov Wednesday night is: “Another…
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Simulating the Universe's Wildest Forces
How can the universe’s turbulence influence the Earth? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of scient
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Webb Detects Crystalline Water Ice in Debris Disk around Young, Sun-Like Star
Water ice heavily influences the formation of giant planets and may also be delivered by comets to fully formed rocky planets. Using data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope,…
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Eclipses, Auroras, and the Spark of Becoming: NASA Inspires Future Scientists
In the heart of Alaska’s winter, where the night sky stretches endlessly and the aurora dances across the sky in a display of ethereal beauty, nine undergraduate students from across the United States were about to embark on a…
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NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission
NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to launch the agency’s Aspera mission, a SmallSat to study galaxy formation and evolution, providing new insights into how the universe works.
The selection is part of NASA’s
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Kepler demonstrates space-to-ground optical links for proposed relay network
TAMPA, Fla. — Canada’s Kepler Communications announced May 14 that it has successfully demonstrated optical data links between a prototype satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) and a partner’s ground station for the first time.
Mina…
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