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Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance Plan FireSat Constellation to Target Wildfires
Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance are working together to build a new satellite constellation to aid in global wildfire response, called the FireSat Constellation. The initiative has the expertise and support of Google Research, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Google’s charitable arm Google.org, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Minderoo Foundation. The full…
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China’s first precipitation measurement satellite starts operation
China’s first precipitation measurement satellite in a low-inclination orbit, the Fengyun-3G (FY-3G), was officially put into operation on Wednesday, according to China Meteorological Administration. Launched on April 16, 2023, FY-3G is mainly used in precipitation climatology research and systematic precipitation monitoring of disastrous weather. The satellite can provide three-dimensional structure information of precipitation in regions…
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China launches Chang’e-6 to retrieve samples from moon’s far side
A Long March-5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 spacecraft, blasted off from its launchpad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the coast of China’s southern island province of Hainan on Friday afternoon. The Chang’e-6 mission is tasked with collecting and returning samples from the moon’s mysterious far side, the first endeavor of its kind in…
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Ship 30 set to Static Fire next week as Flight 4 Preparations Continue
SpaceX has rolled out Ship 30 to complete its engine testing campaign and has completed Booster 13’s cryogenic proof testing. Meanwhile, upgrades and preparations continue ahead of Flight 4, which could happen by the end of May. Ship 30 Engine Testing See Also SpaceX Starship Section L2 SpaceX/Starship Section Click here to Join L2 Ship…
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NASA hasn’t landed on the Moon in decades—China just sent its third in six years
China is going back to the Moon for more samples. On Friday the country launched its largest rocket, the Long March 5, carrying an orbiter, lander, ascent vehicle, and a return spacecraft. The combined mass of the Chang’e-6 spacecraft is about 8 metric tons, and it will attempt to return rocks and soil from the…
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News from the Press Site: Boeing approaches first astronaut mission with Starliner
In this week’s edition of News from the Press Site, Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Rachel Jewett, Senior Managing Editor for Via Satellite, and Joey Roulette, U.S. Business of Space Correspondent for Reuters. The panel discusses the pending launch of Boeing’s first crewed Starliner mission to the International Space Station, NASA’s Office of…
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AI in space: Karpathy suggests AI chatbots as interstellar messengers to alien civilizations
On Thursday, renowned AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, formerly of OpenAI and Tesla, tweeted a lighthearted proposal that large language models (LLMs) like the one that runs ChatGPT could one day be modified to operate in or be transmitted to space, potentially to communicate with extraterrestrial life. He said the idea was “just for fun,” but…
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China’s Lunar Mission: Expert outlines the goals of Chang’e-6 moon mission
Ge Ping, a key official at the China National Space Administration, has the details about the Chang-e-6 mission. GE PING, Deputy Director, Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center, China National Space Administration “The main task for the Chang’e 6 mission is to return samples from the far side of the moon. The pre-selected landing area…
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China Lunar Exploration: How the country’s most powerful carrier rocket, the Long March-5, is assembled
China’s most powerful carrier rocket, the Long March-5, is crucial to the launch of the Chang’e 6 mission. Here is how this Hercules of a rocket is assembled. Before the Long March 5 Y-8 carrier rocket became this tall and sturdy sight that so many have flocked to see. It was first in pieces, in…
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Robotic probe launched to lunar far side
A Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket, carrying the Chang’e 6 robotic lunar probe, blasts off on Friday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province. SU DONG/FOR CHINA DAILY The Chang’e 6 robotic probe, tasked with the world’s first attempt to retrieve samples from the moon’s far side, embarked on its historic journey on…