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CAPSTONE Slated for Launch Into Lunar Orbit

CAPSTONE, the pathfinder for NASA’s lunar outpost, will test an orbit around the Moon that has never been flown before.

Planets of the Solar System

Planets of the Solar System

Mirrors Aligned: Webb Telescope’s First Full-Color Images Due in July

We're counting down to the release of the Webb Telescope’s first full-color images!

Filaprom on the Western Limb

Filaprom on the Western Limb

A Sea of Stars Like Sequins

Near the center of the Milky Way lies this star-studded globular cluster, called Terzan 9 in the constellation Sagittarius.

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What it's like to see the Earth From Space

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 05:16:08 GMT

Take a few minutes to relax and chill out as you watch these beautiful views of planet Earth seen from the International Space Station (ISS). Thanks for watching - why not support this channel and...

Efficient satellite downlink with a Ka band dual circular polarization transmitter

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Low earth orbit (LEO) satellites are being increasingly used for environmental monitoring of the earth, as well for logistic purposes, such as the navigation of...

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spots rocket impact site on Moon

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred March 4, with NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter later spotting the...

NASA Announces Launch Delay for Its Psyche Asteroid Mission

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 An independent assessment team will review possible options for next steps, including estimated costs. NASA announced Friday the Psyche asteroid mission, the agency's...

Arecibo Observatory scientists help unravel surprise asteroid mystery

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Orlando FL (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 When asteroid 2019 OK suddenly appeared barreling toward Earth on July 25, 2019, Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin and the team at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico...

Second helpings of Mercury

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Paris (ESA) Jun 24, 2022 The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its second gravity assist of planet Mercury, capturing new close-up images as it steers closer towards Mercury orbit in 2025. The...

NASA EXPRESS Racks achieve 1 million hours of service on ISS

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 NASA science research on the International Space Station reached an extraordinary milestone June 14. The vital, versatile EXPRESS Racks - properly known as "EXpedite...

Curiosity latest drilling attempt a success - Sols 3514-3516

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 24, 2022 The MSL team is very happy this week, because our first drill attempt since last November was successful! This Front Hazcam image shows the drill being extracted from...

Multiple Lab Analyses of Antarctic Minerals Offer a Better Understanding of Mars

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 23:13:54 GMT

Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Results of multiple and complementary lab analyses of minerals found in samples of material from Antarctica could give scientists a better understanding of the surface...

Views Of The Moon - Lunar Images Taken From Orbit by Nasa Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:10:31 GMT

Enjoy a different view of the Moon every minute with these incredible and unique images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LRO spacecraft. Earth From Space Live Video: Hi Thanks for joining us...

Views Of The Moon - Lunar Images Taken From Orbit by Nasa Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:30:52 GMT

Enjoy a different view of the Moon every minute with these incredible and unique images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LRO spacecraft. Earth From Space Live Video: Hi Thanks for joining us...

Space-enabled 5G to help reach remote and dangerous places

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:52:00 GMT

Engineers have used converged satellite and terrestrial networks to communicate with a nimble four-legged robot designed to explore environments that are too risky for people to access

NASA Awards Facilities Engineering Design, Inspection Services Contract

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:55:00 GMT

NASA has awarded the Facilities Engineering Design and Inspection Services (FEDIS) II contract to Vanguard Pacific LLC of Foley, Alabama, to provide architect and engineering design services at the...

NASA Announces Launch Delay for Psyche Asteroid Mission

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:41:00 GMT

NASA announced Friday that the Psyche asteroid mission – the agency’s first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid – will not make its planned 2022 launch attempt

For the first time NanoAvionics has sold one of its orbital satellites

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Columbia IL (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Mission integrator and smallsat bus manufacturer NanoAvionics has sold, for the first time, one of its operational satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) including ongoing...

Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon for NASA

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Long Beach CA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) is preparing to launch a satellite to the Moon for NASA as early as June 27th. The launch will take place from Rocket Lab Launch...

Busek scales thruster production for Airbus OneWeb satellites

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Natick MA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 The in-space propulsion firm Busek Co. confirmed its supply of BHT-350 Hall effect thrusters for a range of missions supported by Airbus OneWeb Satellites (AOS). The...

BlackSky awarded Five-Year Joint Artificial Intelligence Center Contract for AI Data Readiness

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Herndon VA (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 BlackSky Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was awarded a basic order agreement from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) to create and optimize data sets for use...

NASA Mars Orbiter Releasing One of Its Last Rainbow-Colored Maps

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 24, 2022 Scientists are about to get a new look at Mars, thanks to a multicolored 5.6-gigapixel map. Covering 86% of the Red Planet's surface, the map reveals the distribution...

Fine-grained rocks at Hogwallow Flats

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 24, 2022 Perseverance's exploration of the Hawksbill Gap area of the Jezero Delta continues! The rover has abraded at two different locations over the last few weeks. First, the...

Drilling Again - Sols 3512-3513

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 24, 2022 Today was an exciting day of planning (and not just because of the thunderstorms here in southern California!). We planned a full drill of Avanavero, our first drill in...

China launches new batch of remote sensing satellites

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Xichang (XNA) Jun 24, 2022 China successfully launched three new remote sensing satellites from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Thursday. The satellites...

Lunar science stirring on Mount Etna

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Paris (ESA) Jun 24, 2022 This image comes to you from Mount Etna, Sicily, where a lunar analog study focusing on robotic exploration is currently unfolding. The project - named the ARCHES...

A novel crystal structure sheds light on the dynamics of extrasolar planets

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Lemont IL (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 For decades, scientists have looked to the strange worlds beyond our solar system to understand more about our home planet. A team of researchers using the resources of...

How do you process space data and imagery in low earth orbit?

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 Aerospace organizations around the globe, including Axiom Space, are developing new ideas for how humans will explore, conduct research, and do business in low Earth...

Beyond Gravity launches its own start-up program "Launchpad"

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 24, 2022 The international space supplier Beyond Gravity is launching its own start-up program "Launchpad" in October 2022. The incubator supports young start-ups and...

Chinese scientists help Africa combat land degradation

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 On June 16, the 28th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, China's national home event was held in Beijing, where Chinese scientists released an online...

MIT engineers devise a recipe for improving any autonomous robotic system

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Boston MA (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 Autonomous robots have come a long way since the fastidious Roomba. In recent years, artificially intelligent systems have been deployed in self-driving cars, last-mile...

Irvine scientists observe effects of heat in materials with atomic resolution

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:12:01 GMT

Irvine CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2022 As electronic, thermoelectric and computer technologies have been miniaturized to nanometer scale, engineers have faced a challenge studying fundamental properties of the...

Week in images: 20-24 June 2022

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:00:00 GMT

Week in images: 20-24 June 2022 Discover our week through the lens

ILA 2022 in images

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:32:00 GMT

Photo highlights from the ‘Space for Earth’ space pavilion at ILA, the Berlin Air and Space Show, from 22 to 26 .June 2022

NASA to Discuss Psyche Asteroid Mission

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:16:00 GMT

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday to provide an update on the agency’s mission to study the Pysche asteroid. Audio of the briefing will livestream on the agency’s website

Second helpings of Mercury

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 02:00:00 GMT

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made its second gravity assist of planet Mercury, capturing new close-up images as it steers closer towards Mercury orbit in 2025

Earth from Space: Lake Balkhash

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 01:00:00 GMT

Lake Balkhash, the largest lake in Central Asia, is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission

ESA – made of people

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:12:00 GMT

Image: ESA – made of people

This month in orbit: May’s space science

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT

Vital research into health, climate, materials and more continues with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and colleagues aboard the Space Station this month. Get up to date with what was on their...

NASA Sets Live Launch Coverage for CAPSTONE Mission to Moon

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:40:00 GMT

NASA will air live launch coverage of the agency’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE), the first spacecraft to fly a specific unique...

ISS Daily Summary Report – 6/23/2022

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 09:00:11 GMT

Payloads: BioLab: The Biological Experiment Laboratory in Columbus (Biolab) centrifuge rotor A and B belts were replaced, and reference Experiment Containers (ECs) were installed into the Biolab...

NASA to Discuss Status of Artemis I Moon Mission

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:47:00 GMT

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EDT Friday, June 24, to discuss next steps for the Artemis I mission with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency’s...

Lunar science stirring on Mount Etna

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:38:00 GMT

Image: Lunar science stirring on Mount Etna

BepiColombo surveys Mercury’s rich geology

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 07:00:00 GMT

Image: BepiColombo surveys Mercury’s rich geology

Methane levels surged in 2020 despite lockdowns

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 05:45:00 GMT

Levels of methane, the second most important greenhouse gas in our atmosphere, continued their unrelenting rise in 2020 despite the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of...

A modern space race needs to be built on sustainability

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Manchester UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 Researchers have called for a more sustainable approach to the UK's National Space Strategy in a new publication from The University of Manchester, On Space. Based...

China looks set to build space solar power station

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Xian, China (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 China has made a milestone advance in its effort to build a solar power station in space to convert the sunlight in outer space into an electrical supply to drive the...

A Long History of Flowing Water Recorded in Clay-Bearing Sediments on Mars

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 A region on Mars may have been repeatedly habitable until relatively late in Martian history, says a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Catherine...

ESA boosts the satellite-enabled 5G media market

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 Film fans, gamers and future metaverse users will be able to experience high-quality videos, games and extended reality environments live and uninterrupted from anywhere, as...

NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Views of a Changing Mars Landscape

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2022 Striking rock formations documented by the rover provide evidence of a drying climate in the Red Planet's ancient past. For the past year, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover...

NASA announces Artemis Concept Awards for nuclear power on Moon

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to advance space nuclear technologies. The agencies have selected three design concept proposals for...

First Ariane 5 launch of 2022 is a success for Malaysia and India clients

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 06:50 pm local time, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana...

Lockheed Martin partners with US Indo-Pacific Command in Multi-Domain Experiments

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 Lockheed Martin paired its DIAMONDShield battle management system with four Virtualized Aegis Weapon System (VAWS) nodes deployed across hundreds of miles to...

Globalstar announces successful launch of spare satellite

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Covington LA (SPX) Jun 21, 2022 Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT), a leading provider of satellite-powered innovation, has announced the successful launch of the FM-15 spare satellite from Cape...

easyJet signs up for space-enabled digital skies

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2022 Passengers on board commercial airline easyJet will speed to their destinations faster and greener, thanks to an ESA-backed initiative to digitalise the skies. The Iris...

Key milestones achieved in Manned-Unmanned Teaming for future air power

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Paris, France (SPX) Jun 22, 2022 The ability to task unmanned systems from a manned aircraft is an important force multiplier in Airbus' vision for future air power, with a wide range of applications...

China launches new test satellite

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 23, 2022 China on Wednesday sent a new satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Tianxing-1 test satellite was launched by a Kuaizhou-1A...

NASA's Webb to Uncover Riches of the Early Universe

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 For decades, telescopes have helped us capture light from galaxies that formed as far back as 400 million years after the big bang - incredibly early in the context of...

You can help scientists study the atmosphere on Jupiter

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 A new citizen science project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with support from NASA, allows volunteers to play an important role in...

Exploring globular clusters with the lens of asteroseismology

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:29:16 GMT

Bologna, Italy (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 Asteroseismology - one of the most fascinating and sophisticated methods for measuring the mass of stars, and by extension, their age - can also be successfully used...

Meet the ESA Teach with Space Experts

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 02:35:00 GMT

Learn something new with leading space experts during the ESA Teach with Space Online Conference. Hear from the people working in cutting-edge fields, from space travel to the Moon to cleaning up...

Ariane 5 orbits Malaysian, Indian telecoms payloads

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 02:15:00 GMT

Ariane 5 has delivered two telecommunications satellites, MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24, into their planned geostationary transfer orbits

The names for the new Astro Pi computers can now be revealed!

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 01:02:00 GMT

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