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Rocket Lab launches new constellation-class star tracker
Apr 14, 2023 (SPX)
The new ST-16HV star tracker is an attitude determination sensor based on Rocket Lab's existing high-performance ST-16RT2 star tracker that has been evolved for...
Humans need Earth-like ecosystem for deep-space living
Apr 13, 2023 (SPX)
Dubbed the Pancosmorio theory - a word coined to mean "all world limit" - it was described in a paper published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. "F...
NASA Boosts Open Science through Innovative Training
Apr 12, 2023 (SPX)
The agency's Open-Source Science Initiative (OSSI) is promoting change in the openness and speed of access to scientific information by supporting new training ...
Russia will use International Space Station 'until 2028'
Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)
In July last year, Moscow said it was leaving the International Space Station "after 2024" as ties unravelled between the Kremlin and the West over Moscow's mil...
Orion stretches its wings ahead of first crewed Artemis mission
Apr 11, 2023 (SPX)
Orion will have four total solar wings, drawing in 11 kilowatts of power from the Sun to provide the spacecraft with propulsion, thermal control, and electrical...
Practice makes perfect
Apr 11, 2023 (ESA)
Along with every astronaut mission comes its own selection of scientific experiments that are carried out during the stay on the International Space Station. As...
NASA awards innovative concept studies for science, exploration
Apr 07, 2023 (SPX)
These concepts are among six selected for continued study under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. The new round of Phase II awards fund six ...
New book explores possibilities of colonizing planets, moons and beyond
Apr 07, 2023 (SPX)
In the book, Popoviciu discusses how various planets, moons, and asteroids in the Solar System can provide important resources and become potential new home wor...
May 8 launch for private mission to ISS with Saudi astronauts
Apr 06, 2023 (AFP)
Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, will become the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and will be joined on the mission by fellow Saudi Ali Al-Qa...
Makenzie Lystrup named first female director of Goddard Space Flight Center
Apr 06, 2023 (UPI)
Lystrup will begin serving in the role immediately, succeeding Dave Mitchell, who has resumed his role as the chief program management officer at NASA's headqua...
Improving the accuracy of orbit prediction and position error covariance prediction
Apr 04, 2023 (SPX)
Firstly, the author introduced the collision analysis model. In the collision analysis, orbit prediction and covariance prediction were conducted according to t...
NASA, Boeing aiming for July launch of Starliner space capsule
Mar 29, 2023 (AFP)
The CST-100 Starliner mission, which had previously been planned for April, will take place no earlier than July 21, the officials said. "We've deliberated and ...
Russia's only female cosmonaut praises ISS mission
Mar 23, 2023 (AFP)
The orbital station is one of the few remaining areas of cooperation between Moscow and Washington amid a breakdown of ties since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine....
THE NEW GUYS: The Historic Class of Astronauts that Changed the Face of Space Travel
Mar 21, 2023 (SPX)
This class, nicknamed "The New Guys," consisted of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Guy Bluford, the first African American in space; El Onizuka, ...
Virgin Orbit suspends operations, in wake of failed orbital launch
Mar 16, 2023 (UPI)
The company confirmed the "company-wide operational pause" to CNBC and the BBC while saying it would provide "an update on go-forward operations in the coming w...
SpaceX cargo resupply mission CRS-27 scheduled for launch Tuesday
Mar 14, 2023 (UPI)
The Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 8:30 p.m. EST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its launch will be livestreamed by SpaceX. The commercia...
NASA SpaceX Crew-5 splashes down after 5-month mission
Mar 12, 2023 (AFP)
The SpaceX "Endurance" capsule carried Koichi Wakata of Japan, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada. It splashed down...
China to revamp science, tech in face of foreign 'suppression'
Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)
A broad restructuring document announced by China's cabinet on Tuesday and set to be approved by the country's parliament this week will refocus the Ministry of...
DLR goes all in with new technology at the Startup Factory
Mar 06, 2023 (SPX)
DLR's cutting-edge research is expanding the boundaries of what is possible - from future sustainable mobility and energy generation to new insights through mis...
SpaceX Dragon crew enter International Space Station
Mar 03, 2023 (AFP)
The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft arrived at the orbiting station at 0640 GMT on Friday, the US space agency said in a statement. NASA's Stephen Bowen and ...
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