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NASA+ is the space agency's very own streaming platform

Engadget | 2023-07-28, 07:53

NASA is launching its very own streaming platform called NASA+ sometime this summer. While the space agency already livestreams launches and other events on its website, NASA+ will feature not just live broadcasts, but also collections of original video

Leaf Space raises €20m to expand ground station network

The Engineer | 2023-07-28, 07:40

Subject to finalisation, the Italian provider of ground segment services for satellite operators can also draw on a €15m loan from the European Investment Bank. Launched in 2014, Leaf Space is the world’s second largest Ground Segment-as-a-Service (GSaaS)

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida, setting up next mission on the same day

Florida Today | 2023-07-28, 06:43

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket vaulted from Florida with a batch of Starlink satellites early Friday, making way for another launch less than a day later. ...

Space Coast launch schedule

Sun Sentinel | 2023-07-28, 06:04

The Space Coast saw a record number of launches from the two facilities with 57 in 2022. Space Launch Delta 45 commander Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said in January that there could be between 86 and 92 potential launches in 2023. Check back for the latest

Watch NASA’s cinematic trailer for its upcoming streaming service

Digital Trends | 2023-07-28, 05:55

Eager to deliver the best content to space fans, NASA is about to overhaul its online presence with a new streaming service and fresh designs across all of its websites. The U.S. space agency dropped a trailer (below) for the new NASA+ streaming service on

SpaceX launches Starlink 6-7 mission from Cape Canaveral in Florida

Florida Today | 2023-07-28, 05:50

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the company's 6-7 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 12:01 a.m. EDT Friday, July 28. ...

Two dead after Caboolture mid-air plane crash

A man and a woman in their 60s have died after a collision between two aircraft at Caboolture Airfield. They were flying in one of the light planes, while the other pilot was not seriously injured. ...

Have We Seen the First Glimpse of Supermassive Dark Stars?

Universe Today | 2023-07-28, 04:54

A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examines what are known as dark stars, which are estimated to be much larger than our Sun, are hypothesized to have existed in the early universe, and are allegedly powered

ISS Daily Summary Report – 7/26/2023 (NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Public Technologies | 2023-07-28, 04:51

) Payloads: Confocal Space Microscopy: The temperature logger was removed from Confocal Space Microscopy and the measurements were reported to the ground. The Confocal Space Microscope is a JAXA facility that provides fluorescent images of biological samples

Secret Sky: An inverse black-drop effect

Astronomy | 2023-07-28, 03:50

In some planetary observations, imperfect seeing can be a

Astronomers Find a Rare “Einstein Cross”

Universe Today | 2023-07-28, 03:05

Gravitational lensing is one of astronomy’s great wonders: a natural lens that magnifies the distant universe. Sometimes a lensing system takes the shape of a so-called “Einstein Cross”. Those are rare and amazingly useful ways to study

Blue Alchemist to make solar cells on the Moon using moondust

New Atlas | 2023-07-28, 02:49

With the aim of allowing astronauts to live off the land as much as possible when they return to the Moon, NASA has awarded Blue Origin a US$35-million Tipping Point contract to develop the company's Blue Alchemist process to make solar cells out of lunar

Live updates: SpaceX counting down to Starlink launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida

Florida Today | 2023-07-28, 02:19

Follow live updates as SpaceX targets Thursday for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and Starlink internet satellites from Cape Canaveral in Florida. ...

Cantwell Bill to Help Cleanup 900,000+ Pieces of Dangerous Space Junk Heads to Full Senate (Maria Cantwell)

Public Technologies | 2023-07-28, 02:01

) 07.27.23 Cantwell Bill to Help Cleanup 900,000+ Pieces of Dangerous Space Junk Heads to Full Senate ORBITS Act would demonstrate technologies to clear dangerous orbital debris that threatens astronauts and satellites ? and even crashed into a Washington

NASA and DARPA Award Contract for a Nuclear Engine to Lockheed Martin

Universe Today | 2023-07-28, 01:18

NASA plans to send astronauts to Mars in the coming decade. This presents many challenges, not the least of which is the distance involved and the resulting health risks. To this end, they are investigating and investing in many technologies, ranging from life

Argentina es el 28.º signatario de los Acuerdos de Artemis (NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Public Technologies | 2023-07-28, 00:54

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The Many Routes to a NASA Internship (NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Public Technologies | 2023-07-28, 00:02

) Looking to start your career at NASA as an intern but don't know where to begin? NASA offers multiple paths to become a NASA intern, and many of them have unique opportunities and are available to different types of students. We've put together this handy

Cantwell, Hickenlooper ORBITS Act to Clean Up Space Junk Heads to Full Senate (US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation)

Public Technologies | 2023-07-28, 00:02

) ORBITS Act would support technologies to clear the nearly 1 million pieces of dangerous orbital debris that endanger astronauts and satellites Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation passed the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS)

With salons shut down, Afghan women lose key income, and the last safe space: activist

CBC | 2023-07-27, 23:58

When the Taliban government shut down beauty salons in Afghanistan, women lost more than a place to get their hair and nails done, says Mahbouba Seraj. ...

Need to image an asteroid close up? There's an AMIGO for that

Phys Dot Org | 2023-07-27, 23:46

There are so many asteroids. Just in our own backyard, we've found over 30,000 Near Earth asteroids. Exploring them using traditional methods and launching a custom-made mission, like Hayabusa or OSIRIS-REx, would almost certainly be cost-prohibitive. So how

Aeolus reentry: The breakdown

Phys Dot Org | 2023-07-27, 23:46

After a remarkable life in orbit, Aeolus is out of fuel and out of time—it's returning to Earth this week. Planned and built before any regulations were put in place on "end-of-life" disposal, the Earth explorer was designed to naturally return through our

How to change an agency’s culture

Federal News Radio | 2023-07-27, 22:51

Culture has no precise definition, yet people are always trying to change it. For federal agencies and businesses alike, the new mode of partial telework has produced a culture change. That is, if culture is in part an organizations shared set of expectations.

Another space for the Swanton Historical Society? Heavy rains start discussion.

no EC St Albans Messenger | 2023-07-27, 22:46

SWANTON — While July’s floods largely missed Franklin County, water damage from the downpour has prompted a larger discussion about the Swanton Historical Society’s place in the Swanton Library’s basement. Swanton Historical Society President Jason Barney said

Titanium Clouds Engulf This Ultrahot Neptune-like Planet

New York Times | 2023-07-27, 22:40

A cosmic mirror of sorts, this planet is the first of its size and location to be discovered with an atmosphere. ...

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