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☆ Rocket Lab delays first U.S. launch, cuts revenue forecast
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Rocket Lab USA Inc (RKLB.O) cut its revenue forecast for the fourth quarter on Monday after it delayed the first launch of its Electron rocket from U.S. soil to January, sending its shares down about 5% in extended trading. The rocket maker said that due to the delay, revenue for the mission will be recognized in the first quarter. The delay in documentation left two days in a 14-day launch window which were unsuitable for "Virginia Is For Launch Lovers" mission due to bad weather, the company added. Rocket Lab, which has been launching rockets from New Zealand, cut its fourth-quarter revenue forecast to between $46 million and $47 million from $51 million to $54 million. Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini GanguliOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ China's rules for "deepfakes" to take effect from Jan. 10
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SHANGHAI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - China's new rules for content providers that alter facial and voice data will take effect from Jan. 10, its cyberspace regulator said, as it looks to more tightly scrutinize so-called "deepfake" technology and services. The regulations from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) issued late on Sunday provide for people to be protected from being impersonated without their consent by deepfakes - images that are virtually indistinguishable from the original, and easily used for manipulation or misinformation. The CAC said the move was aimed at curbing risks that might arise from activities provided by such platforms that use deep learning or virtual reality to alter any online content, what the regulator calls "deep synthesis service providers", and to also promote the industry's healthy development. Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Set to Attempt Return as First Artemis Mission Ends
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The final leg of NASA’s inaugural Artemis mission is expected to unfold Sunday as the spacecraft the agency sent to orbit the moon tries to return to Earth. The crew module on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Orion spacecraft is slated to land under parachutes in the Pacific Ocean around 12:40 p.m. ET Sunday, off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California, according to NASA’s re-entry plan.

☆ NASA’s Artemis I Moon Mission Concludes With Orion Splashdown in the Pacific
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Orion spacecraft returned to Earth after a nearly monthlong voyage that took it to orbit the moon, concluding a test flight that the agency deemed a success and helping to reinvigorate its ambitions for deep-space exploration. After facing intense heat when it hurtled through the atmosphere, the Orion crew module—a gumdrop-shaped vehicle that astronauts are expected to travel in during future missions—landed in the Pacific Ocean under parachutes at 12:40 p.m. ET on Sunday, the agency said. The splashdown was west of Baja California in Mexico.

☆ NASA Prepares for Orion Spacecraft Splashdown to Conclude Artemis I Mission
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

NASA’s Artemis moon mission is set to conclude this weekend when the agency attempts to return part of the Orion spacecraft to Earth, a maneuver that will expose the vehicle to intense heat after a nearly monthlong journey. The crew module on the agency’s Orion spacecraft is expected to land under parachutes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California in Mexico around 12:40 p.m. ET on Sunday, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

☆ Jeff Bezos’s Space Company Bids Again for NASA Moon Lander, After SpaceX Win
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, said it is part of a group that has bid to develop a lunar lander. Jeff Bezos‘s space company said it is making another run at the moon, after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration chose rival SpaceX to handle a high-profile lunar mission last year. Blue Origin LLC, the space company Mr. Bezos founded and has backed, said Tuesday in a tweet that it is part of a group that submitted a bid to develop a lunar lander capable of transporting NASA astronauts to the surface of the moon on future missions for Artemis, the agency’s space-exploration program. Blue Origin’s partners on its bid include Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co.

☆ China Clamps Down on Internet as It Seeks to Stamp Out Covid Protests
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Liza Lin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

SINGAPORE—China’s internet watchdog instructed tech companies to expand censorship of protests and moved to curb access to virtual private networks this week, as a government clampdown succeeds in keeping most protesters off the streets after nationwide demonstrations erupted over the weekend against the country’s strict Covid policies. The Cyberspace Administration of China issued guidance to companies on Tuesday, including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd., the Chinese owner of short video apps TikTok and Douyin, asking them to add more staff to internet censorship teams, according to people familiar with the matter. The companies were also asked to pay more attention to content related to the protests, particularly any information being shared about demonstrations at Chinese universities and a fire in the western Xinjiang region that triggered the nationwide backlash over Covid policies.

☆ Fact Check-Artemis I capsule entering low-Earth orbit before heading to Moon is not proof of flat Earth
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The Artemis I Orion capsule entered low-Earth orbit prior to making a maneuver toward the Moon. Users pointed to the curved trajectory, seemingly moving away from the Moon, as proof that the capsule went off course. Per ESA, a low Earth orbit was done to allow mission control to perform final checks before departing toward the Moon (here). A photo showing the Artemis I Orion capsule flying past the moon in its trajectory is not proof the earth is flat, as online posts say. The spacecraft performed a low Earth orbit before completing a translunar injection toward the Moon.

☆ China to punish internet users for ‘liking’ posts in crackdown after zero-Covid protests
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong CNN Business —Internet users in China will soon be held liable for liking posts deemed illegal or harmful, sparking fears that the world’s second largest economy plans to control social media like never before. China’s internet watchdog is stepping up its regulation of cyberspace as authorities intensify their crackdown on online dissent amid growing public anger against the country’s stringent Covid restrictions. For the first time, it states that “likes” of public posts must be regulated, along with other types of comments. This year, the country’s strict zero-Covid policy and Xi’s securing of a historic third term have sparked discontent and anger among many online users. “Cyberspace policing by Chinese authorities is already beyond measure, but that does not stop brave Chinese citizens from challenging the regime,” he said.

But it's much higher compared to the U.S. companies' issuance of $17.3 billion and Europe's $16.4 billion so far. Internally, China has a lower inflation environment and loosening monetary policy, equity market valuation is more resilient," said Mandy Zhu, head of China Global Banking - UBS. OVERSEAS LISTINGS DROPHowever, Chinese companies' listings overseas have dropped sharply this year. The data showed that IPO issuances on the mainland fell just 11%, while Chinese listings in U.S. and Europe slumped 97% and 81%, respectively. She added that a recovery in the U.S. market listings will take a longer time, given the uncertainty over U.S.-China relations.

☆ NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Makes Close Approach to Moon During Artemis Flight
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

NASA’s Orion spacecraft approached the moon Monday morning, the agency said, as it maneuvered to enter a lunar orbit where it is expected to spend close to a week. Orion sped just 81 miles above the far side of the moon shortly before 8 a.m. ET, according to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration live stream. That distance is expected to be the nearest the uncrewed ship will come to the lunar surface during the nearly 26-day Artemis I mission that began Wednesday, when NASA blasted Orion into space on top of a powerful Space Launch System rocket.

☆ Artemis I Moon Launch Attempt Set for Early Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

NASA will try to get its enormous moon rocket off a launchpad for a third time early Wednesday morning after technical problems stymied earlier attempts. The mission is a critical jumping-off point for Artemis, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s multiyear agency program to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972 and set the stage for broader agency space-exploration efforts.

☆ NASA Preps Artemis I Moon Mission for Early Morning Launch
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Piece of Challenger Space Shuttle Found by Documentary Crew Off Florida Coast
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A dive team working on a documentary discovered part of the space shuttle Challenger off the coast of Florida. A section of the space shuttle Challenger was found on the ocean floor more than three decades after it exploded moments after liftoff, killing all seven crew members. National Aeronautics and Space Administration leaders confirmed Thursday that footage shot by a documentary film crew earlier this year showed a section of the Challenger.

☆ Piece of Challenger Space Shuttle Found By Documentary Crew Off Florida Coast
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ South Africa's new ground station to help NASA track space flights
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Wendell Roelf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MATJIESFONTEIN, South Africa Nov 8 (Reuters) - A new deep-space ground station being built in South Africa's semi-desert Karoo region will come online by 2025 to help track history-making NASA missions to the moon and beyond, space agency officials said Tuesday. The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) will establish, operate and maintain the station. South Africa has committed an initial 70 million rand ($3.93 million) to build the infrastructure and communications needed to ready the site, part of the government's investment in building its space infrastructure and research base. "NASA would not come to South Africa if they didn't feel that we have capacities to do the work in partnership with them," said Phil Mjwara, director general at South Africa's department of science and innovation. ($1 = 17.8206 rand)Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ China Docks Final Module to Space Station
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Karen Hao | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HONG KONG—China has successfully docked the final module to its space station, marking a milestone in Beijing’s long-coveted ambition of becoming a world-leading space power. The 23-ton module, dubbed Mengtian, or “Dreaming of the Heavens,” lifted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on China’s southern island province of Hainan on Monday, according to China’s National Space Administration. It docked 13 hours later to the first two modules—the core module, Tianhe (“Harmony of the Heavens”), and the first research module, Wentian (“Quest for the Heavens”).

☆ NASA says its annual economic output is triple the agency's budget
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Michael Sheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Astronauts flying on SpaceX's Crew-5 mission for NASA stand in front of the agency's worm logo during a countdown dress rehearsal on Oct. 2, 2022, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Thursday said its annual economic output is three times the size of its yearly budget. In a newly released study, NASA looked at fiscal year 2021, in which the agency had over 19,000 employees and a federal budget of $23.3 billion. According the report, NASA missions, research and more "generated a total economic output of more than $71.2 billion," with the agency's work supporting about 340,000 jobs in all 50 states and Washington, D.C."We're trying to point out just how penetrating, and almost incalculable, this [agency's] economic impact is," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told CNBC. And, as effective as NASA's return on taxpayer dollars may seem, Nelson argued that the economic impact report actually undersells the agency's value to the U.S. economy.

☆ SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Prepare Future Hardware for NASA’s Artemis Program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Companies behind NASA’s Artemis moon program—including SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corp.—are working on future missions as the agency prepares to try to get its first lunar rocket off the ground next month. Lockheed Martin said last week that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ordered three more of the Orion spaceship it has developed, and the agency plans to use them for the sixth through eighth Artemis missions. The latest order amounted to about $2 billion, according to Lockheed, which is now building Orions for the second through fifth Artemis flights.

☆ SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Prepare Future Hardware for NASA’s Artemis Moon Program
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Companies behind NASA’s Artemis moon program—including SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corp.—are working on future missions as the agency prepares to try to get its first lunar rocket off the ground next month. Artemis is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s effort to return astronauts to the surface of the moon for the first time since 1972, among other goals, using several space vehicles developed by a gaggle of large aerospace companies and smaller suppliers.

☆ Orionid Meteor Shower: When It Is and How to Watch the Peak
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Aylin Woodward | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Orionids, an exceptionally bright and speedy meteor shower, will be visible all over the world early Friday. The Orionid meteor shower will peak in the predawn hours of Friday morning, giving sky-watchers a chance to see what the National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronomers call one of the most beautiful of the 30 or so annual meteor showers. The Orionids are known for producing exceptionally bright and speedy meteors. Some move up to 41 miles per second, or about 148,000 miles an hour, as they streak through and burn up in the atmosphere.

☆ Astronaut James McDivitt, Commander of Apollo 9, Dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Astronaut James McDivitt , who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, has died. He was 93 years old. Mr. McDivitt died in his sleep on Oct. 13 surrounded by his family and friends in Tucson, Ariz., the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement Monday. The astronaut and Korean War veteran logged more than 14 days in space and was part of the crew that conducted the first U.S. spacewalk, NASA said.

☆ Now Even Science Grants Must Bow to ‘Equity and Inclusion’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Lawrence Krauss | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

America’s largest research funder in physical sciences isn’t the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or the National Science Foundation. It’s the Energy Department’s Office of Science, which gives money to university programs throughout the country and oversees the 10 major national laboratories, from Livermore to Los Alamos. Its brief includes energy and research into fundamental questions: the structure of matter, the nature of the cosmos, high-energy and nuclear physics with large accelerators, materials physics with X-ray synchrotrons, fusion and advanced scientific computers. And now, social justice.

☆ NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing DART Mission Deemed a Success
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Aylin Woodward | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The first mission to test a technology that one day might protect Earth from a catastrophic asteroid impact achieved its goal on Sept. 26, when a fast-moving spacecraft smashed into and changed the trajectory of a distant space rock, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Tuesday. NASA said the intentional collision between its uncrewed spacecraft and the 525-foot-wide asteroid, called Dimorphos, successfully shifted the asteroid’s orbit around a larger asteroid called Didymos.

☆ NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Completes Closest Flyby of Jupiter Moon Europa in Decades
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Aylin Woodward | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A National Aeronautics and Space Administration spacecraft gave scientists one of the closest-ever looks at an ice-covered moon orbiting Jupiter that the agency said is widely considered the most promising place to search for life beyond Earth. The craft named Juno buzzed by Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa, on Thursday, coming within 222 miles of its surface around 5:36 a.m. It is the first time the agency has glimpsed Europa that closely since its Galileo orbiter mission flew at a similar distance in 2000.

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