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World’s First Astronaut with a Disability Hopes to Inspire Others as He Begins Training

The world’s first astronaut with a disability, former UK Paralympian, John McFall, has arrived in Germany to begin feasibility studies at the European Astronaut Centre.

20 Jun 2023

SES Space & Defense Delivers Satellite Connectivity to AWS Modular Data Center for the U.S. Department of Defense

SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, today announced the availability of flexible, secure, and reliable satellite-powered network connectivity for AWS Modular Data Center. AWS Modular Data Center m...

8 Jun 2023

CSIRO Telescope Offers New Insight into Cosmic Mystery

Researchers using a telescope owned and operated by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have detected a ‘fast radio burst’ in a nearby galaxy that questions what we know about how the phenomena form.

26 May 2023

A Stitch in Time: The Knitted Satellite of the Future

Two UK-based space companies, Oxford Space Systems (OSS) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), have come together to build a knitted satellite that is compact and lightweight on launch, and when in orbit, it unfurls a 3-meter parabolic reflector, or to be more precise and technical, wrapped rib antenna mounted to a CarbSAR satellite.

19 May 2023

SES and TESAT to Develop Payload for Europe’s First Quantum Cryptography LEO Satellite System EAGLE-1

EAGLE-1 consortium lead SES announces a new key partner, TESAT, responsible for developing and integrating the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) payload for the EAGLE-1 satellite.

12 May 2023

Argonne Fellow Seeks to Unravel Deeper Insights into the History of the Universe

The universe began 13.8 billion years ago, but scientists are still striving to understand its origin.

4 May 2023

IU Researchers and Collaborators Seek to Better Understand the Physics of Our Universe

For the last six years, Indiana University researchers and collaborators from around the world have sought to answer important questions about the most basic laws of physics that govern our universe.

12 Apr 2023

Artemis II: NASA’s Return to the Moon

Having successfully completed phase one of its Artemis program in December, NASA has recently announced its new crew intentions for Artemis II. The crew, consisting of Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will embark on a 10-day flight test to ascertain and validate the conditions for a future moon landing and plans for humans to live and work in deep space.

From NASA 6 Apr 2023

Rare Glimpse of Wolf-Rayet Star from James Webb Telescope

One of the first observations made by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in June 2022 was the uncommon sight of a Wolf-Rayet star, which is one of the brightest, largest, and briefly detectable stars known.

15 Mar 2023

The World’s Most Sensitive Measuring Instruments for Radioactivity

Researchers have set out to answer questions about dark matter, neutrinos, the working of stars and what was going on in the universe during the first minutes following the Big Bang. However, a lot of skill and very sensitive detectors are required to find the answers.

23 Feb 2023