COPERNICAL on LinkedIn: Falcon 9 returns to flight with Starlink launch (2024)

ULA launches top-secret Space Force payload on Atlas V rocket, Washington DC (UPI) Jul 30, 2024 The United Launch Alliance saw its Atlas V rocket liftoff from Florida for a national security mission on Tuesday morning. The Atlas V lifted off from Launch Complex 41, south of Kennedy Space Center, at 6:45 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, carrying a top-secret payload for the U.S. Space Force. "Payload fairing jettison is confirmed by Atlas V from the edge of space to expose the spacecraf, : Washington DC (UPI) Jul 30,

One year on 'Mars': Inside NASA's ultra-realistic isolation study, Kelly Haston, who led the CHAPEA-1 mission, says spending a year in a simulated Mars habitat has made her reconsider the reality of life on the Red Planet. Sealed inside a habitat in Texas and cut off from the outside world for over a year, Kelly Haston was the commander of a first-of-its-kind simulation for NASA to prepare for a future mission to Mars. From conducting mock "Marswalks" to tending to a vertical garden, and occasionally

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Repair kit for NASA's NICER mission heading to space station, This image, obtained June 8, 2018, shows NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) on the International Space Station, where it studies neutron stars and other X-ray sources. NICER is about the size of a washing machine. The sunshades of its X-ray concentrators are visible as an array of circular features. Credit: NASA NASA will deliver a patch kit for NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the

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United Launch Alliance and SpaceX get $1.8 billion boost in Space Force contracts, , :

A new path to creating element 116 paves the way for heavier atoms, Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2024 Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have a notable history in element discovery, being credited with 16 of the 118 known elements. Recently, they've taken a critical step towards creating a new one: element 120. An international team led by Berkeley Lab's Heavy Element Group announced the production of superheavy element 116 using a, : Los Angeles CA

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Scientists examine Earth's early life and environmental interactions over 500 million years, Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2024 The atmosphere, ocean, and life on Earth have interacted over the past 500 million years, creating conditions that supported early organisms. An interdisciplinary team has detailed this co-evolutionary history in a perspective article published in the multidisciplinary open-access journal National Science Review (Oxford University Press, Impact Factor 20.7). "One of our tasks was to

Azimuth Space Program Joins Special Warfare Orientation, Colorado Springs CO (AFNS) Jul 28, 2024 As the largest commissioning source for the Space Force, the Academy offers an array of space-related programs. This summer, cadets joined their ROTC peers for the third consecutive year for the Azimuth space education and training program. During the three-week session, participants visited commercial industry partners, launched rockets with the Blue Horizon Rocketry Club, operated satellites w, : Colorado

SynMax lands NGA pilot project for advanced geospatial MDA tool Theia, Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2024 SynMax, a leader in geospatial analytics, has secured a pilot project from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for its advanced Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) tool, Theia. This state-of-the-art tool leverages extensive maritime data from Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) and integrates over ten key maritime data sources, powered by SynMax's proprietary AI. "Theia marks a significan, : Los Angeles

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