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- Thin cool surface skin boosts ocean’s carbon uptake ESA · 25 Oct 2024 New research, partially funded by ESA, reveals that the cool ‘ocean skin’ allows oceans to absorb more atmospheric carbon dioxide than previously thought. These findings could enhance global carbon assessments, shaping m...
- Hubble Sees a Celestial Cannonball NASA · 25 Oct 2024 The spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is IC 3225. It looks remarkably as if it was launched from a cannon, speeding through space like a comet with a tail of gas streaming from its disk behind i...
- Seven ways navigation tech contributes to sustainability ESA · 25 Oct 2024 What does satellite navigation have to do with sustainable development? Quite a lot, in fact. Satnav and other positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies provide critical data that support green solutions acro...
- Crew-8 Home At Last, But One is Hospitalized SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Oct 2024 The four-person crew of the NASA/SpaceX Crew-8 mission is back on terra firma once again, two months later than planned. The quartet splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near...
- Earth from Space: Northern Ohio ESA · 25 Oct 2024 This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image showcases the rich agricultural landscape of northern Ohio in the mid-western of the United States.
- Astra wins DIU contract to support Rocket 4 development SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2024 Astra has won a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit worth up to $44 million to support development of its Rocket 4 launch vehicle.
- Back on Earth: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Splashes Down Off Florida NASA · 25 Oct 2024 NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission successfully splashed down at 3:29 a.m. EDT Friday, off Pensacola, Florida, concluding a nearly eight-month science mission and the agency’s eighth commercial crew rotation mission to the Int...
- Discussions Underway to Relax Geo-Return for European Launcher Challenge European Spaceflight · 25 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency aims to adopt a “Fair Contribution” policy for funding awarded as part of its European Launcher Challenge. If approved, funding will be allocated based on the outcome of the competition, allowin...
- Sinister Solar System NASA · 24 Oct 2024 Our universe is full of mysterious sights. Explore some of our most frightful finds from past Halloweens.
- Sols 4341-4342: A Bumpy Road NASA · 24 Oct 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 After Curiosity’s busy weekend, the team is ready for another day of planning. We are able to take advantage of the Earth-Mars time offset to full plan on both sols of our plan...
- University of New Hampshire to build NOAA solar wind sensors SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 SAN FRANCISCO — The University of New Hampshire, Durham, will build sensors to study solar winds under a $24.3 million contract announced Oct. 24. The Solar Wind Plasma Sensor contract,
- SpaceX launches more satellites for NRO’s proliferated constellation SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 A Falcon 9 deployed the fourth batch of satellites as the National Reconnaissance Office continues to expands its low Earth orbit architecture
- Challenges facing Space Force and commercial industry: Gen. Guetlein’s candid take SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 The vice chief of the Space Force said the service is committed to greater transparency with its commercial and international partners
- NRO readies open call for satellite remote sensing SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – The National Reconnaissance Office will invite companies to propose remote sensing capabilities on an ongoing basis. In the past, the agency responsible for designing, building and
- NASA delays decision on Chandra and Hubble cuts SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 NASA has deferred any plans to reduce operations of two major space telescopes as a cost-cutting move until after the agency receives its final appropriations for fiscal year 2025.
- An Orange Blue Moon NASA · 24 Oct 2024 Clouds curling around the full “blue” moon gives the night sky an eerie feel in this image from Aug. 19, 2024. As seen here, a blue moon is not actually blue; the third full moon in a season with four full Moons is calle...
- NASA Chief AI Officer on the Federal Executive Forum: How Agencies Are Strategizing About AI NASA · 24 Oct 2024 Listen to Chief AI Officer Dave Salvagnini represent NASA in a Federal Executive Forum webinar on “Artificial Intelligence Strategies in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024.” Featuring Chief AI Officers and techn...
- NASA Science on Health, Safety to Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 24 Oct 2024 Projects include the NASA JPL-managed quantum communication experiment known as SEAQUE
- Educator Night at the Museum of the North: Activating Science in Fairbanks Classrooms NASA · 24 Oct 2024 The NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) set out to activate science in Fairbanks classrooms in early October at the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North annual Educators’ Night. This free Fall s...
- Boeing Built Intelsat 33e Satellite Breaks Apart in GEO The Launch Pad · 24 Oct 2024 Boeing Built Intelsat 33e Satellite Breaks Apart in GEO
- NASA Set To Make Mars Sample Return Mission Decision By End-of-Year The Launch Pad · 24 Oct 2024 NASA Set To Make Mars Sample Return Mission Decision By End-of-Year
- NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation Jet Propulsion Laboratory · 24 Oct 2024 Among the 15 projects receiving grants are two from JPL.
- NASA Funds Open-Source Software Underpinning Scientific Innovation NASA · 24 Oct 2024 NASA has awarded $15.6 million in grant funding to 15 projects supporting the maintenance of open-source tools, frameworks, and libraries used by the NASA science community, for the benefit of all. The agency’s Open-Sour...
- NASA Releases Economic Impact Report for Fiscal Year 2023 NASA · 24 Oct 2024 In fiscal year 2023, NASA investments supported 66,208 jobs in the state of California, generated $18.5 billion in economic output and $1 billion in tax revenue to the state’s economy. Overall, NASA generated an estimate...
- India’s Targets Lunar South Pole For Chandrayaan-4 Lunar Sample Return Mission The Launch Pad · 24 Oct 2024 India’s Targets Lunar South Pole For Chandrayaan-4 Lunar Sample Return Mission
- SpaceX launches 4th batch of Starshield satellites for the NRO on its 100th Falcon 9 rocket of 2024 Spaceflight Now · 24 Oct 2024 The NROL-167 mission is the fourth launch to add satellites to the National Reconnaissance Office’s so-called “proliferated architecture” constellation. Liftoff happened at 10:13 a.m. PDT (1:13 p.m. EDT, 1713 UTC).
- China's Deep Blue Aerospace Targets 2027 For First Suborbital Tourism Flights The Launch Pad · 24 Oct 2024 China's Deep Blue Aerospace Targets 2027 For First Suborbital Tourism Flights
- Aerospace Corporation Lays Out Key Space Issues for Next Administration SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Oct 2024 The Aerospace Corporation is out with a set of 16 papers identifying key space issues facing the next Administration and Congress, whoever wins the election. Space Agenda 2025 covers a...
- Proba-1’s T-plus 23 years in orbit ESA · 24 Oct 2024 Proba-1’s T-plus 23 years in orbit
- 329th ESA Council: Media information session ESA · 24 Oct 2024 Watch the replay of the media briefing in which ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher updates journalists on the key decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting, held in Paris on 23 and 24 October 2024.
- Statement from NASA’s Janet Petro on FY23 Economic Impact Report NASA · 24 Oct 2024 America is returning to the Moon with our sights set on Mars, and NASA is leading the way. Along with our industry and international partners, we’re advancing scientific research, inspiring the next generation of explore...
- NASA Science on Health, Safety to Launch on 31st SpaceX Resupply Mission NASA · 24 Oct 2024 New science experiments for NASA are set to launch aboard the agency’s SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The six investigations aim to contribute to cutting-edge discove...
- New Report Shows NASA’s $75.6 Billion Boost to US Economy NASA · 24 Oct 2024 NASA’s work, including its Moon to Mars exploration approach, is advancing science and technology for the Artemis Generation, while also driving significant economic growth across the United States, the agency announced...
- America is at risk of high impact GPS jamming and spoofing from space SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 “There is every reason to believe China’s BeiDou global navigation satellite system has the ability to imitate American GPS signals and those of Europe’s Galileo,” said Professor Todd Humphreys of
- Environmentally sustainable space transport ESA · 24 Oct 2024 Ariane 6 cuts a vertical path up, up and away
- SUAS Partners with T-Minus for Ireland’s First Commercial Rocket Launch European Spaceflight · 24 Oct 2024 Irish startup SUAS Aerospace has signed an agreement with T-Minus to perform Ireland’s first commercial rocket launch. SUAS Aerospace was founded in 2022 with the goal of developing a commercial launch facility on Irish...
- Introducing New Mexico’s Space Valley SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – New Mexican leaders in arts, academia and culture have joined forces to establish the SpaceValley Foundation, a nonprofit seeking to expand the state’s space innovation ecosystem.
- Aerospace report recommends greater DOD support of commercial space capabilities SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 The Defense Department should step up support of commercial space companies to take advantage of capabilities that might otherwise be lost, a new report concludes.
- China’s Deep Blue Aerospace reveals suborbital tourism plans SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Deep Blue Aerospace targets providing suborbital tourism flights starting in 2027. Deep Blue Aerospace is currently developing its Nebula-1 reusable orbital rocket and is preparing
- Blue Origin conducts first flight of second human-rated New Shepard SpaceNews · 24 Oct 2024 Blue Origin carried out the first flight of a new model of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Oct. 23, a mission the company called “nominal and on target” despite going to a slightly lower altitude than past flights.