50 years ago, NASA's Copernicus set the bar for space astronomy
Fitted with the largest ultraviolet telescope ever orbited at the time as well as four co-aligned X-ray instruments, Copernicus was arguably NASA's first dedicated multiwavelength astronomy observatory.
"The two spacecraft share institutional connections, too," notes Swift Principal Investigator S. Bradley Cenko at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Rice, NASA extend Space Act Agreement | Rice News | News and Media Relations | Rice University
NASA and Rice University officials met at the university's campus today to formally extend their agreement to share research efforts and educational outreach.
The new umbrella Space Act Agreement (SAA) covers participation by Rice and NASA personnel in joint research opportunities, STEM engagement and educational activities.
Voyager turns 45: What the iconic mission taught us and what's next | Space
Forty-five years ago, on Aug.
Voyager 2 is now 12.1 billion miles (19.5 billion kilometers) away and still sending back data on the distant and unknown heliopause, and scientists are beginning to wonder how long the iconic space probe can keep going.
Now over 14.5 billion miles (23.3 billion km) away, Voyager 1 is the farthest artificial object from Earth. But Voyager 2 is arguably more iconic because of its incredible multidecade tour of the giant planets.
X-ray experiment set for 15-minute flight to space to study supernova remnants | Space
A NASA-funded sounding rocket mission is all set to make a short trip to space to test new technologies and collect new information from remains of an exploded star.
The High-Resolution Microcalorimeter X-ray Imaging, or Micro-X, experiment is set to launch Aug. 21 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
How scientist established a two-stage solar f | EurekAlert!
image: The visualization of four features during the existence of an active region. The x-axis represents time and its unit is a sample, where "0" represents the start time of an active region, and the time gap between adjacent times is 1.5 h. The y-axis represents the value of a feature.
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft undocks from ISS with over 1,800 kg of supplies; see pics | Space
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft undocked with the International Space Station (ISS) on August 19 and is now heading for a splashdown into the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Florida.
SpaceX said that the capsule will cover a 28-hour-long journey before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere for splashdown at 12:17 am IST on August 21.
Firefly Aerospace targets Sept. 11 for second Alpha rocket launch | Space
Firefly's Alpha rocket is ready to launch again after a major anomaly during its debut flight in 2021.
Firefly Aerospace finished a static fire test of its small satellite launcher Wednesday (Aug. 17) and set a launch date for the Alpha rocket's second attempt to reach orbit for Sept. 11.
Beyond Elon Musk: Why humanity should think twice before buying into his vision of the future | ...
Tesla and SpaceX have brought big technological changes, and arguably made the future more dynamic, but one observer says those initiatives can come at a cost to society, especially when we venerate flawed leaders.
By Kristen Cabrera August 19, 2022 2:13 pm Business & Your Money , Tech & Innovation , Texas Standard Original
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China launches latest group of Yaogan 35 spy satellites | Space
China launched three classified remote sensing satellites on Friday (Aug. 19), which are joining three earlier sets of Yaogan 35 series reconnaissance satellites in orbit.
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 1:37 p.m. EDT (1737 GMT, 1:37 a.m. local time) on Aug. 19 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province carrying the three satellites designated as the Yaogan 35 (04 group).
Yesterday, @NASA announced the selection of four astrophysics concept missions for further study. All would complem… https://t.co/RZrmE7dvnp NASAUniverse (from Greenbelt, MD) Fri Aug 19 21:01:01 +0000 2022
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Four mission proposals from the agency's Explorer Program have been selected for further study! One of the proposa… https://t.co/GrVHsX5LXO NASA_Marshall (from Huntsville, Alabama USA) Thu Aug 18 21:40:00 +0000 2022
After evaluation, @NASA plans to select one Mission of Opportunity & one Medium Explorer in 2024 for implementation… https://t.co/pZFbeAoTcP Dr_ThomasZ (from Washington, DC) Thu Aug 18 20:37:23 +0000 2022
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