An ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS) designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is the first scientific instrument to be delivered for integration onto the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moon […]
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Spacecraft Look Back On Our Cosmic Home
Thirty years ago, on 14 February 1990, NASA’s Voyager 1 had completed its exploration of the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn and was just about to venture even farther, towards […]
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First Commercial Moon Delivery Assignments to Advance Artemis
NASA has finalized the first 16 science experiments and technology demonstrations, ranging from chemistry to communications, to be delivered to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. Scheduled to fly […]
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Astronomers Award Education Prize to Deborah Byrd
At its 235th semiannual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the biggest and most established organization of professional astronomers in North America, named the recipients of its […]
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The Salt of the Comet
More than 30 years ago, the European comet mission Giotto flew past Halley’s comet. The Bernese ion mass spectrometer IMS, led by Prof. em. Hans Balsiger, was onboard. A key […]
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Interstellar Journey of Life’s Building Block Phosphorus Unveiled
Phosphorus, present in our DNA and cell membranes, is an essential element for life. But how it became available on the early Earth when life appeared here about 4 billion […]
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Ariane’s 250th Mission is a Success. TIBA-1 and INMARSAT GX5 Are in Orbit
Arianespace has successfully orbited two geostationary satellites: TIBA-1, for Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the Government of Egypt; and GX5 for the operator Inmarsat. […]
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Leading Planetary Defence Experts announce 21,443 reasons to test asteroid deflection
The co-founder of Asteroid Day, the global movement that helps protect the world from dangerous Asteroids, the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research […]
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Beyond Jupiter, Researchers Discover a ‘Cradle of Comets’
Comets are known to have a temper. As they swoop in from the outer edges of our solar system, these icy bodies begin spewing gas and dust as they venture […]
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30 Years in Space: a look at SpaceNews’ legacy
On July 20, 1989, the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush, stood on the steps of the National Air and Space Museum and announced his administration’s intent to return humans to the moon and eventually send crews to Mars. At about the same time Bush was announcing his Space Exploration Initiative, what was then known as the Times Journal Company was making plans for a new weekly newspaper that would cover the growing space field.
