Space
Colonizing the moon and Mars; space-based mining missions; using rockets to travel between continents in under an hour—this page covers the trends and news that will guide the future of space.
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canadians-can-watch-a-beautiful-meteor-shower-this-weekend-1.6610336
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Ctvnews
This weekend, Canadians will be able to catch a mesmerizing light show when they look up.
On Sunday at around 8:05 p.m. EDT, the Orionid meteor shower is expected to start reaching its peak, CNN reports.
The shower started Sept. 26 and is expected to last until Nov. 22, but the best chance at...
On Sunday at around 8:05 p.m. EDT, the Orionid meteor shower is expected to start reaching its peak, CNN reports.
The shower started Sept. 26 and is expected to last until Nov. 22, but the best chance at...
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/17/japan-to-launch-worlds-first-wooden-satellite-to-combat-space-pollution
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Theguardian
Japanese scientists have created one of the world's most unusual spacecraft - a tiny satellite that is made of timber.The LignoSat probe has been built of magnolia wood, which, in experiments carried out on the International Space Station (ISS), was found to be particularly stable and resistant...
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https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2024/03/08/space-force-eyes-expanded-network-of-neighborhood-watch-satellites/
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C4isrnet
The Space Force said it may develop a new constellation of domain awareness satellites to detect and track objects in geosynchronous orbit, about 22,000 miles above Earth.Space Systems Command — the service's acquisition arm — is in the early phases of planning for the capability, according to...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/business/dealbook/the-cost-of-nuclear-war-in-space.html
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Nytimes
Just before the Russian-Ukrainian war reached its two-year milestone today, U.S. intelligence agencies warned that Russia might aim a nuclear weapon at an unusual target: not any place on Earth, but satellites orbiting in space.Putting a weapon into orbit is not just a military threat. It's also...
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https://www.the-scientist.com/bio-business/pharma-looks-to-outer-space-to-boost-drug-rd--68183
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The-scientist
On a cool December afternoon in 2018, on a viewing platform at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida, Jordan Greco watched his research project leave planet Earth. As chief scientific officer of the Connecticut-based biotech LambdaVision, he had spent years developing a...
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https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/watch-balloon-like-space-station-module-explode-on-purpose-during-1st-full-scale-burst-test
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Livescience
That's one big bang for space station safety. Sierra Space deliberately blew up its first full-scale space station module prototype recently to get ready for future space missions that could take place as soon as 2030, the company announced on Monday (Jan. 22). The blast was equivalent to using 164 sticks of dynamite, officials said in an e-mailed statement to Space.com.
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https://gizmodo.com/ula-vulcan-centaur-rocket-first-launch-space-nasa-1851133937
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Gizmodo
On Monday, January 8, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur could finally perform its first flight. ULA has been a rock in the spaceflight industry since its founding in 2006, and with this pending launch, the company is ready to take its next bold step into space. Here's what you should know...
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https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/mike-gold-we-are-looking-at-flying-an-indian-into-space/20231208.htm
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Rediff
'It's vital that over the next 10 years, that India, the US and the Artemis Accords family of nations come together to ensure that we not only return humanity to the moon, but that we build the technology that will allow us stay there permanently.''And then go on to Mars.' IMAGE: Bill Nelson with Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma (retd), the first Indian to travel to space at the VITM Auditorium in Bengaluru, November 29, 2023.
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https://www2.cbn.com/news/us/recruiting-crisis-gop-lawmakers-grill-service-branches-over-woke-perception-military
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is experiencing one of the worst recruiting shortfalls in 50 years. In fiscal year 2023, the military branches collectively missed their recruiting goals by approximately 41,000 recruits.
Earlier this week, representatives from each, testified before the House Armed...
Earlier this week, representatives from each, testified before the House Armed...
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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/08/18/pentagon-set-allow-calculator-use-military-entrance-exam-recruiting-slumps.html
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Military
The Pentagon is planning a change that will allow applicants to use calculators on the military's entrance exam -- a timed test that gauges academic aptitude and dictates what jobs in the military, if any, they are qualified for, three defense officials told Military.com.
The change in the Armed...
The change in the Armed...
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https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4085526-no-private-space-colonies-will-not-be-dystopian-hellscapes/
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Thehill
The idea of pulling up stakes and moving to a space colony to start a new life is a compelling one. SpaceX's Elon Musk wants to build a city of a million people on Mars. Jeff Bezos wants to build free-flying colonies, first envisioned by Gerard K. O'Neill, that can sustain even more people. Space...
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https://www.techspot.com/news/102482-florida-home-hit-possible-debris-international-space-station.html
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Techspot
What just happened? Space agencies constantly monitor and often direct debris entering the Earth's atmosphere, usually determining the risk of damage to be minimal. Most material burns up in the atmosphere, and what does reach the surface usually lands in the ocean. However, that wasn't the case for one Florida resident.
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https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-launches-new-climate-mission-to-study-ocean-atmosphere/
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Nasa
NASA's satellite mission to study ocean health, air quality, and the effects of a changing climate for the benefit of humanity launched successfully into orbit at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday.
Known as PACE, the Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9...
Known as PACE, the Plankton, Aerosol, Climate, ocean Ecosystem satellite, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9...
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https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2024/04/03/LSST-camera-dark-matter-dark-energy/2951712185409/
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Upi
Scientists have big expectations for a really big space camera. The 3,200-megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time camera will reveal what so far has remained unseen and only exists in scientific theory -- dark matter and dark energy. The U.Department of Energy's Office of Science has supported the development of the LSST camera to obtain new insights into how natural forces make the universe what it is.
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https://www.theblock.co/post/268582/industry-leaders-see-hong-kong-as-next-bitcoin-etf-hub-amid-us-approval-anticipation
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Theblock
if the U.approves such ETFs. Yat Siu, chairman of web3 investor Animoca Brands, told The Block that the encouraging stance of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission toward digital assets sets a decent stage for potential spot bitcoin ETFs. "If you look at what the SFC had said about I think a month ago, it says that it was open to widen access to digital assets," Siu said.
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https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/01/space-force-days-away-from-releasing-its-commercial-strategy/
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The Space Force is about to release a strategy that lays out what exactly the service needs from the space industry and how it plans to approach procurement and integration of commercial capabilities. Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, deputy chief of space operations for operations, cyber, and nuclear, said on Jan.
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https://hackaday.com/2024/01/30/the-past-present-and-future-of-inflatable-space-habitats/
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Recently, a prototype inflatable space station module built by Sierra Space exploded violently on a test stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Under normal circumstances, this would be a bad thing. But in this case, Sierra was looking forward to blowing up their handiwork. In...
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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j548xp/corporations-are-ready-to-build-moon-villages-our-laws-are-not
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Vice - Motherboard
Moon community concepts are being developed by federal space agencies and private spaceflight companies. What legal, economic, and social frameworks should apply to these communities?
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https://www.dcclothesline.com/2023/10/11/post-america-veterans-attending-army-navy-game-in-december-in-massachusetts-are-having-hotel-reservations-cancelled-b-c-rooms-leased-out-to-illegal-aliens-refugees/
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Serious question: if our nation is being invaded by illegal aliens, what's the point of funding an Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines/Space Force? [Army-Navy game hotel reservations canceled due to influx of migrants in Massachusetts, CBS News, October 2023]:.
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https://www.space.com/34455-planet-nine-discovery-coming-soon.html
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Space.com
Planet Nine's days of lurking unseen in the dark depths of the outer solar system may be numbered.
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https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2023/11/18/spacex-loses-contact-with-starship-declared-lost-after-it-reaches-space-for-the-first-time/
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Irishtimes
SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, reached space for the first time on Saturday but was presumed to have failed minutes later. It was Starship's second test after its first attempt to reach space ended in an explosion earlier this year. The two-stage rocket ship blasted off from the Elon Musk-owned company's Starbase launch site near Boca Chica in Texas, east of Brownsville, at 1pm Irish time, on a planned 90-minute uncrewed flight into space.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/outer-space-gold-rush-wall-155827359.html
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Yahoo
The moon is increasingly seen as a national security issue, with countries including the U.S. and China, as well as a number of private firms, honing in on its strategic location and large deposits of critical minerals and water. Morgan Stanley’s analysts dubbed China’s recent landing on the far side of the moon a “Sputnik moment” for the U.S., and said the event is lik