Space News
ABB gets $30 million order for EarthDaily imaging payloads
Space News - 16 Feb 2022 23:58
Switzerland-based technology provider ABB said Feb. 16 it is supplying multispectral imaging systems for EarthDaily Analytics' (EDA) planned fleet of 10 satellites. The post ABB gets $30 million order for EarthDaily imag...
NASA probe snaps stunning photos of crescent Jupiter and its moon Ganymede
SPACE.com - 16 Feb 2022 03:05
Data captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft is revealing incredible new images of Jupiter and its moon Ganymede.
European Union advances broadband constellation despite negative assessments
Space News - 16 Feb 2022 13:52
The European Union is moving ahead with its proposed broadband constellation despite two negative internal assessments. The post European Union advances broadband constellation despite negative assessments appeared first...
Space Force to examine U.S. military needs for low-orbiting surveillance satellites
Space News - 16 Feb 2022 02:46
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has directed the Space Force to look broadly at military requirements for overhead surveillance that could be met by commercial constellations of satellites in low Earth orbit. The post ...
New atomic clock loses only one second every 300 billion years
SPACE.com - 16 Feb 2022 23:00
A group of physicists has announced one of the highest performance atomic clocks ever made.
Can a planet have a mind of its own?
Phys.org - 16 Feb 2022 22:56
The collective activity of life--all of the microbes, plants, and animals--have changed planet Earth.
The First Image From NASA's new X-ray Observatory
Universe Today - 16 Feb 2022 22:51
It's first light for one of the newest space observatories! The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer team has released their first image, taken after a month-long commissioning phase for the spacecraft. And it's a beauty. ...
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Update 16 February, 2022 - Awaiting a Cargo Delivery
SpaceRef - 16 Feb 2022 21:51
A Russian resupply ship is targeting the International Space Station for a cargo delivery early Thursday....
How did Earth get its water? Moon rocks suggest it might have been here all along.
SPACE.com - 16 Feb 2022 21:45
The water that Earth has may have been here since the planet formed, and not delivered later by collisions with icy comets, a new study finds.
Final space shuttle crewmates among three entering Astronaut Hall of Fame
SPACE.com - 16 Feb 2022 20:45
An astronaut who launched on the first space shuttle to fly with a full crew and two crew members who flew on the last space shuttle to launch will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Josef Aschbacher's speech at the ESA Council meeting
ESA - 16 Feb 2022 20:30
Video: 00:12:41 ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher speaks at the start of the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level, part of the Space Summit in Toulouse, on 16 February 2022. Watch the other Space Summit videos.
Luca Parmitano presents the European Astronauts' Manifesto
ESA - 16 Feb 2022 20:00
Video: 00:08:47 ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano presents the European Astronauts' Manifesto during the Space Summit in Toulouse, on 16 February 2022. Watch the other Space Summit videos.
Rocket poised to hit moon is Chinese, not SpaceX Falcon 9, student observations confirm
SPACE.com - 16 Feb 2022 19:48
A group of students has confirmed that a rocket stage poised to hit the moon next month is from a Chinese Long March launcher, not a SpaceX Falcon 9 as originally thought.
James Webb telescope going through cooling process
Phys.org - 16 Feb 2022 19:05
Cooling things down in space is trickier than it might sound. But that is exactly the process the James Webb telescope is going through right now. Getting down to cryogenic temperature is imperative for its infrared imag...
Lego Star Wars Imperial Light Cruiser review
SPACE.com - 16 Feb 2022 18:53
Hunt down the Mandalorian with the Lego Star Wars Imperial Light Cruiser.
Scientists spot supermassive black hole hiding inside thick cosmic dust
SPACE.com - 16 Feb 2022 18:01
A supermassive black hole masked by a cloud of cosmic dust was found at the center of an active galaxy in new images from the European Southern Observatory.
Supermassive black hole caught hiding in a ring of cosmic dust
Phys.org - 16 Feb 2022 18:00
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO's VLTI) has observed a cloud of cosmic dust at the center of the galaxy Messier 77 that is hiding a supermassive black hole. The findings have ...
Colorado Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station
NASA Breaking news - 16 Feb 2022 17:47Op-ed | How America Can Become a Leader in Cleaning Up Space
Space News - 16 Feb 2022 17:00
The United States needs to implement a holistic Space Environment Management (SEM) program, and the most important missing element of that program is the development of remediation capabilities that can remove debris fro...
Exploring new worlds
ESA - 16 Feb 2022 17:00
Video: 00:02:19 As part of Agenda 2025, ESA will take preparatory steps towards a sample return mission from the moons of giant planets, and will foster innovation by challenging commercial companies to develop a next ge...
Fresh from the ISS: How high school students are leading an experiment on space-made yogurt
Phys.org - 16 Feb 2022 16:30
It's probably no surprise that keeping healthy in space is incredibly important. And without the typical resources found on Earth, creative solutions have to be explored.