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NASA AI Generative Design

NASA has turned to AI to generate the design of components to use during space flight that reduce the amount of materials used, and thus weight, while also being better at stress and bearing. The designs reduced stress factors by 10 times and weight by 66%.

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Distilled Water Space Propulsion

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Commercial space company Momentus successfully used a distilled water based propulsion system called Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) to raise the altitude of a satellite in orbit.

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GPS Additional Features

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Other than the main tracking feature of GPS, the system can also be used to detect and monitor in a range of additional and unique situations. The amount of snow on the ground can be measured from GPS signal noise, it can used to detect earthquakes, monitor volcanoes, and to analyse the atmosphere.

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Sun Smile

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Happy Friday! Here is a picture of the sun smiling! :-)

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Unofficially Using Starlink For Positioning

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Todd Humphreys from the University of Texas has figured out how to unofficially piggyback on Starlink synchronisation sequences and repurpose them as a positioning system with 30 metre accuracy.

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Android 14 Satellite Connectivity

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Android 14, coming late 2023, will include the ability to connect to satellite based internet services.

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James Webb Telescope First Images

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NASA released the first set of images captured by the new James Webb telescope, and they are incredible!

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GoPro Space Selfie

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NanoAvionics launched a cubesat with an extendible selfie arm and used a GoPro to capture a mega space selfie!

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Private Moon Orbit Mission

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An upcoming satellite moon mission launched by private company Rocket Labs and funded by NASA will deliver a satellite in a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the moon. The mission is designed to test this stable orbit around the moon, which will later be used by NASA to launch a lunar space station.

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Moon Plants

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Researchers at the University of Florida have successfully grown plants in soil from the moon. The research used soil samples collected during the Apollo 11, 12, & 17 missions to test how well thale cress could or would grow in the extra-terrestrial soil. The cress was a champ and grew in the lunar soil, albeit it at a slower rate than in earth soil, while dealing with metabolic and oxidative stress.

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