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  Mojave CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 January blues? Not a problem in Mojave as VSS Unity successfully completed her seventh glide flight! It's been a few months since our last flight, during which we worked through a planned period of focused ground time. This involved extensive analysis, testing and small modifications to ensure vehicle readiness for the higher loads and forces of powered test flight. [Today] we tested that work by pushing Unity's atmospheric capabilities hard, touching top-end glide speeds as pilots Mark 'For ... read more |
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NanoRacks Begins Third International Space Station External Platform Mission In Extreme Space EnvironmentHouston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 This morning, the NanoRacks External Platform (NREP) was reinstalled on the outside of the International Space Station, initiating the commercial platform's third customer mission. The External Plat ... more 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports ULA Launch in Support of National SecuritySacramento CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully supported the launch of a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. The mission, known as NROL-47, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base ... more  
Deep, buried glaciers spotted on MarsMiami (AFP) Jan 11, 2018 Buried glaciers have been spotted on Mars, offering new hints about how much water may be accessible on the Red Planet and where it is located, researchers said Thursday. ... more 
Opportunity takes right at the fork and has successful battery testPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 15, 2018 Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned upstream of a fork in the flow channels. After some deliberatio ... more |
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Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the MoonMountain View CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 The SETI Institute and the Mars Institute have announced the discovery of small pits in a large crater near the North Pole of the Moon, which may be entrances to an underground network of lava tubes ... more  
NASA Calculated Heavy Rainfall Leading to California MudslidesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 Winter rains falling on recently burned ground triggered deadly mudslides in Santa Barbara County, California on January 9. NASA calculated the amount of rain fall between January 8 and 10, 2018 and ... more 
NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission surpasses expectations flying to new heights in 2017Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 In the cold vacuum of space, four satellites travel through the darkness, cruising around Earth at speeds up to 22,300 miles per hour. These spacecraft comprise NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale miss ... more 
GeoCarb: A New View of Carbon Over the AmericasPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 15, 2018 A new NASA Earth science mission in the early stages of design may achieve a transformational advance in our understanding of the global carbon cycle by mapping concentrations of key carbon gases fr ... more  
Champagne box-sized satellite launched to probe distant planetParis (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 France launched a champagne box-sized mini satellite into Earth orbit on Friday to study a mysterious, juvenile planet system in our Milky Way galaxy, mission controllers said. ... more  
CETel to provide fibre-like connectivity via SES Networks' MEO fleetCologne, Germany (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 CETel, a leading German service provider of global managed end-to-end communications solutions, has signed a five-year contract with SES Networks to connect new exploration and production sites in A ... more  
NASA team first to demonstrate x-ray navigation in spaceGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 In a technology first, a team of NASA engineers has demonstrated fully autonomous X-ray navigation in space - a capability that could revolutionize NASA's ability in the future to pilot robotic spac ... more |
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 NASA fosters STEM education through CubeSat classes 
Champagne box-sized satellite to probe distant planetParis (AFP) Jan 11, 2018 France is set to launch a champagne box-sized mini satellite into Earth orbit on Friday to study a mysterious, juvenile planet system in our Milky Way galaxy, mission controllers said. ... more  
China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into spaceXichang, China (XNA) Jan 15, 2018 China on Friday sent twin satellites into space on a single carrier rocket to help its BeiDou system provide navigation and positioning services to countries along the Belt and Road by late 2018. ... more  
With headbands, sensor socks, wearable tech seeks medical inroadsLas Vegas (AFP) Jan 12, 2018 Want to manage your stress? A "neurofeedback" headband could help. Need to be sure your elderly father is taking his medication? Attach a sensor to his sock. ... more |
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New discovery could improve brain-like memory and computingMinneapolis MN (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 From various magnetic tapes, floppy disks and computer hard disk drives, magnetic materials have been storing our electronic information along with our valuable knowledge and memories for well over ... more  
The atomic dynamics of rare everlasting electric fieldsDurham NC (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 By ricocheting neutrons off the atoms of yttrium manganite (YMnO3) heated to 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit, researchers have discovered the atomic mechanisms that give the unusual material its rare elect ... more  
Pentagon mum on fate of secret satelliteWashington (AFP) Jan 11, 2018 The mystery surrounding the fate of a secret military satellite deepened Thursday when the Pentagon refused to answer even simple questions about whether the mission to launch it had gone awry. ... more 
Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried IcePasadena CA (JPL) Jan 11, 2018 Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars' surface are exposed in faces of eroding slopes. These eight scarps, ... more 
Scientist's work may provide answer to Martian mountain mysteryDallas TX (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 By seeing which way the wind blows, a University of Texas at Dallas fluid dynamics expert has helped propose a solution to a Martian mountain mystery. Dr. William Anderson, an assistant professor of ... more  
Scientists take viewers to the center of the Milky WayHuntsville AL (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 A new visualization provides an exceptional virtual trip - complete with a 360-degree view - to the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. This project, made using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray ... more 
Space telescopes provide 3-D journey through Orion NebulaBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have combined visible and infrared vision of the Hubble (http://www.nasa.gov/hubble) and Spitzer (http://www.spitze ... more |
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 Organic molecule benzonitrile detected in space  
Researchers catch supermassive black hole burpingBoulder CO (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then "burping" - not once, but twice. CU Boulder Assistant Profess ... more 
ASU astronomers to build space telescope to explore nearby starsTempe AZ (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 In 2021, a spacecraft the size of a Cheerios box will carry a small telescope into Earth orbit on an unusual mission. Its task is to monitor the flares and sunspots of small stars to assess how habi ... more  
Magnetic coil springs accelerate particles on the SunGottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 Why does the Sun sometimes accelerate preferentially helium-3 and iron into space? Researchers have for the first time observed helical solar flares as a source. In April and July 2014, the Su ... more |
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A Japanese astronaut has sparked hilarity back on Earth after he claimed to have grown nine centimetres in space, making him worried he would not squeeze into the capsule home.
Norishige Kanai, who is aboard the International Space Station, tweeted: "We had our bodies measured after reaching space, and wow, wow, wow, I had actually grown by as much as 9 centimetres (3.5 inches)!"
"I have ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Life-saving NASA Communications System Turns 20 Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018NanoRacks Begins Third International Space Station External Platform Mission In Extreme Space Environment  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jan 09, 2018NASA Deep Space Exploration Systems looks ahead to action-packed 2018 |
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January blues? Not a problem in Mojave as VSS Unity successfully completed her seventh glide flight!
It's been a few months since our last flight, during which we worked through a planned period of focused ground time. This involved extensive analysis, testing and small modifications to ensure vehicle readiness for the higher loads and forces of powered test flight.
[Today] we tested ... moreSacramento CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports ULA Launch in Support of National Security  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Dragon space truck set for departure from Space Station  Evry, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Arianespace begins building final 10 Ariane 5s ahead of Ariane 6 operational debut |
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 Miami (AFP) Jan 11, 2018 
Buried glaciers have been spotted on Mars, offering new hints about how much water may be accessible on the Red Planet and where it is located, researchers said Thursday.
Although ice has long been known to exist on Mars, a better understanding of its depth and location could be vital to future human explorers, said the report in the US journal Science.
"Astronauts could essentially just ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Jan 11, 2018Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice Dallas TX (SPX) Jan 12, 2018Scientist's work may provide answer to Martian mountain mystery Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 15, 2018Opportunity takes right at the fork and has successful battery test |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 08, 2018 
China is poised to begin a comprehensive lunar exploration program which is expected to kick off with the launch of the Long March 5 rocket in June. Professor Heino Falcke, an astrophysicist at Radboud University in the Netherlands, explained during an interview with Radio Sputnik why this mission is so important.
Radio Sputnik: Please tell us about your radio telescope, which you are plan ... more Wuhan, China (XNA) Jan 02, 2018China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket scheduled to launch in first half of 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology  Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040 |
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 Evry, France (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
Arianespace signed an agreement to launch two satellites for longtime customer Intelsat, one of the world's largest satellite operators. This continues the longstanding relationship between Intelsat and Arianespace that dates back to 1983.
The first launch will carry the Galaxy 30 satellite together with the Orbital ATK Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV- 2) as a stacked pair. Galaxy 30 will ... more Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2018Aerospace Workforce Training - National Mandate for 2018  London, UK (SPX) Jan 02, 2018Nationwide search begins for young space entrepreneurs  Moscow (AFP) Dec 29, 2017Russia restores contact with Angolan satellite |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 
In a technology first, a team of NASA engineers has demonstrated fully autonomous X-ray navigation in space - a capability that could revolutionize NASA's ability in the future to pilot robotic spacecraft to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond.
The demonstration, which the team carried out with an experiment called Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology, or ... more Paris (ESA) Jan 10, 2018ESA researching see-through metals  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 05, 2018NASA Holds 2nd Satellite Servicing Tech Day  Tokyo (Sputnik) Jan 09, 2018Japan's Aerospace Agency Developing Radar Detecting Space Micro-Debris |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2018 
Recent observations of a mysterious and distant object that emits intermittent bursts of radio waves so bright that they're visible across the universe provide new data about the source but fail to clear up the mystery of what causes them.
The observations by the Breakthrough Listen team at UC Berkeley using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia show that the fast radio ... more Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Iron-Rich Stars Host Shorter-Period Planets  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2018Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to Earth  Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Extraterrestrial Hypatia stone rattles solar system status quo |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018 
In just under a year - shortly after midnight Eastern Time on Jan. 1, 2019 - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will buzz by the most primitive and most distant object ever explored. New Horizons' encounter with Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, which orbits a billion miles beyond Pluto, will offer the first close-up look at such a pristine building block of the solar system - and will be performed in a ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017Study explains why Jupiter's jet stream reverses course on a predictable schedule  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2017New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper Belt  Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Does New Horizons' Next Target Have a Moon? |
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 The Hague (AFP) Jan 13, 2018 
Storm surges and tidal cycles caused record sea levels along the coast of the Netherlands last year, a Dutch marine institute has found.
"The level has been rising gradually since 1890 by about 0.2 cm per year due to the melting of the ice and the warming up of the ocean," expert Fedor Baart, of the research organisation Deltares, said in a statement Friday.
"That means that, as a rule, ... more Leeds UK (SPX) Jan 11, 2018New depth limit for deep-sea marine burrows  Phnom Penh (AFP) Jan 11, 2018China lavishes cash on ally Cambodia with eyes on the Mekong  Toulouse, France (AFP) Jan 9, 2018French cop cleared over death of anti-dam protester |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 15, 2018 
China on Friday sent twin satellites into space on a single carrier rocket to help its BeiDou system provide navigation and positioning services to countries along the Belt and Road by late 2018.
The Long March-3B carrier rocket took off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 7:18 a.m.
The twin satellites are coded as the 26th and 27th satelli ... more Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Jan 12, 201818 satellites in exactEarth's real-time constellation now in service  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018'Quantum radio' may aid communications and mapping indoors, underground and underwater  Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017Raytheon to provide GPS-guided artillery shells |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 
The SETI Institute and the Mars Institute have announced the discovery of small pits in a large crater near the North Pole of the Moon, which may be entrances to an underground network of lava tubes. The pits were identified through analysis of imaging data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). If water ice is present, these potential lava tube entrances or "skylights" might allow futu ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Jan 11, 2018Funding runs dry for Indian Google X Prize lunar team  Washington DC (SPX) Jan 05, 2018Astronauts: Trump's proposed Lunar mission will take time  Beijing (XNA) Jan 02, 2018China Prepares for Breakthrough Chang'e 4 Moon Landing in 2018 |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 
Observations by NASA's Swift spacecraft, now renamed the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the mission's late principal investigator, have captured an unprecedented change in the rotation of a comet. Images taken in May 2017 reveal that comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak - 41P for short - was spinning three times slower than it was in March, when it was observed by the Discovery Channel Telesc ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 28, 2017NASA image showcases Ceres mountain named for Kwanzaa  Osaka, Japan (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Development on muon beam analysis of organic matter in samples from space  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017Arecibo radar returns with asteroid Phaethon images |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018 
In the cold vacuum of space, four satellites travel through the darkness, cruising around Earth at speeds up to 22,300 miles per hour. These spacecraft comprise NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, called MMS for short. Looking at electric and magnetic fields, hot plasmas, and high-energy particles, they have been charting the dynamic space environment around Earth for over two years. What ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 11, 2018Scientists examine how aerosol types influence cloud formation Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018NASA Calculated Heavy Rainfall Leading to California Mudslides Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 15, 2018GeoCarb: A New View of Carbon Over the Americas |
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 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 12, 2018 
Why does the Sun sometimes accelerate preferentially helium-3 and iron into space? Researchers have for the first time observed helical solar flares as a source.
In April and July 2014, the Sun emitted three jets of energetic particles into space, that were quite exceptional: the particle streams contained such high amounts of iron and helium-3, a rare variety of helium, as have been obser ... more Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Sounding rockets study space x-ray emissions and create polar mesospheric cloud  Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2018Eclipse megamovie projects seeks public's help analyzing 50,000 photos  Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2018Special star is a Rosetta Stone for understanding the sun's variability and climate effect |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
The SCHOTT melting team has started casting the first mirror segments that will make up the 39-meter primary mirror (M-1) of the European Large Telescope (ELT). To make the segments, liquid glass heated to over 1400 degrees Celsius will be poured directly into molds, and transferred into a cooling furnace and subjected to a ceramicization process lasting several weeks.
The result is ZERODU ... moreTempe AZ (SPX) Jan 12, 2018ASU astronomers to build space telescope to explore nearby stars  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 11, 2018New stellar streams confirm 'melting pot' history of the galaxy  Batavia IL (SPX) Jan 12, 2018Dark energy survey publicly releases first three years of data |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018 
How far away is that galaxy? Our entire understanding of the universe is based on knowing the distances to other galaxies, yet this seemingly-simple question turns out to be fiendishly difficult to answer. The best answer came more than 100 years ago from an astronomer who was mostly unrecognized in her time - and today, another astronomer has used Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data to make th ... more Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2018Supermassive Black Holes Can Overpower Even the Smallest Galaxies  Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 12, 2018Astronomers detect 'whirlpool' movement in earliest galaxies  Evanston IL (SPX) Jan 11, 2018Black hole breakthrough: new insight into mysterious jets |
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