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  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 On January 24, 2018, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) met to exchange their views on space exploration. The agencies signed a joint statement affirming their strong mutual interest in continued future cooperation in space exploration. Both agencies have established a strong and committed partnership throughout the many years of cooperation in all mission areas, including human exploration, Earth and space science, fundamental ae ... read more |
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Space station spacewalk postponed until mid-FebruaryWashington (UPI) Jan 29, 2018 What was to be the second of January's two spacewalks was scrubbed Monday and postponed until mid-February. ... more  
Updates on recovery attempts for NASA IMAGE missionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 After an amateur astronomer recorded observations of a satellite in high Earth orbit on Jan. 20, 2018, his initial research suggested it was the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration ... more  
Airbus selected by ESA for EGNOS V3 programParis, France (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the prime contractor to develop EGNOS V3, the next generation of the European Satellite Based Augmentation System (SBAS) planned to pro ... more  
China's first successful lunar laser ranging accomplishedBeijing (XNA) Jan 29, 2018 China has accomplished its first successful Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), with a 1.2-meter telescope laser ranging system. Based on the signals of laser pulses reflected by the lunar retro-reflec ... more |
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First Light for Planet Hunter ExTrA at La SillaGarching, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 A new national facility at ESO's La Silla Observatory has successfully made its first observations. The ExTrA telescopes will search for and study Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby red dwarf stars ... more  
NASA tests power system to support manned missions to MarsWashington DC (VOA) Jan 30, 2018 United States government agencies say the first tests of a very small nuclear power system designed for missions to Mars have been successful. The American space agency NASA and the Department ... more  
Oxygen accumulated in Earth's primordial oceans 250 million years before the atmosphereWashington (UPI) Jan 25, 2018 Oxygen began accumulating in early Earth's oceans some 250 million years before it first showed up in the atmosphere some 2.45 billion years ago. ... more  
NASA's GOLD powers on for the first timeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, mission powered on the GOLD instrument for the first time after launch on Jan. 28, 7:23 p.m. EST. The systems engineers successf ... more  
Globalsat acquires stake in Peru VSAT provider ST2Lima, Peru (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Globalsat Group, the multi-company entity specializing in mobile satellite service (MSS) throughout the western hemisphere, has entered a definitive agreement to purchase a majority stake in the Per ... more 
New method for synthesizing novel magnetic materialKrasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 Scientists from Siberian Federal University (SFU) together with their colleagues from the Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Siberian Department of Russian Academy of Sciences and Kir ... more 
Scientists achieve high power with new smaller laserToyohashi, Japan (SPX) Jan 26, 2018 An international team of scientists has produced the first high-powered, randomly polarised laser beam with a "Q switch" laser, which typically emits pulses of light so brief that they're measured i ... more |
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Qatar in talks for Russian S-400 missile systemsMoscow (AFP) Jan 25, 2018 Qatar is finalising a deal to buy Russian S-400 air defence systems, the isolated Gulf state's ambassador to Moscow said Thursday. ... more  
UN Security Council to inspect 'Iranian-made' missile debrisUnited Nations, United States (AFP) Jan 26, 2018 The UN Security Council will travel to Washington on Monday to inspect debris from missiles allegedly provided by Iran to Yemen's Huthi rebels and hold meetings at the White House, diplomats said. ... more  
A new family of aerodynamic configurations of hypersonic airplanesBeijing, China (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Hypersonic vehicles, which flight at Mach numbers lager than five (flight velocity more than 6000 km/h), will serve as a more convenient and efficient transport tool than present subsonic airplanes ... more  |
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Interstellar fullerenes may help find solutions for Earthly mattersKazan, Russia (SPX) Jan 30, 2018 Fullerenes were first discovered by Harry Kroto in the 1970s, a feat for which he and his colleagues received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Recently, they have been found in winds emitted by red giant ... more  
Making fuel cells for a fraction of the costRiverside CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Fuel cells have the potential to be a clean and efficient way to run cars, computers, and power stations, but the cost of producing them is limiting their use. That's because a key component of the ... more  
Artificial agent designs quantum experimentsInnsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 We carry smartphones in our pockets, the streets are dotted with semi-autonomous cars, but in the research laboratory experiments are still being designed by people. However, this could change soon. ... more  
On the rebound as nanoparticles self-healLemont IL (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Our bodies have a remarkable ability to heal from broken ankles or dislocated wrists. Now, a new study has shown that some nanoparticles can also "self-heal" after experiencing intense strain, once ... more  
Brexit prompts EU to move satellite site to SpainBrussels (AFP) Jan 29, 2018 The EU formally decided on Wednesday to move a satellite monitoring base from Britain to Spain after Brexit to "preserve security". ... more  
Rare 'super blood blue moon' visible on Jan 31Miami (AFP) Jan 28, 2018 A cosmic event not seen in 36 years - a rare "super blood blue moon" - may be glimpsed January 31 in parts of western North America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Australia. ... more 
NASA Poised to Topple a Planet-Finding BarrierGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 NASA optics experts are well on the way to toppling a barrier that has thwarted scientists from achieving a long-held ambition: building an ultra-stable telescope that locates and images dozens of E ... more |
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SpaceX CEO Sets Date for First Falcon Heavy Rocket LaunchWashington (Sputnik) Jan 28, 2018 The first flight of Falcon Heavy, the powerful rocket manufactured by the US Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) company, is planned for February 6, the company's founder and CEO Elon Musk said ... more 
Rocket Lab successfully circularizes orbit with new Electron kick stageAuckland, New Zealand (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Rocket Lab, a US aerospace company with operations in New Zealand, has successfully tested a previously unannounced kick stage on the Still Testing Electron launch vehicle, using it to circularize t ... more 
Ariane 5 delivers SES-14 and Al Yah 3 to orbitKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 29, 2018 SES and Yahsat have confirmed that both satellites (SES-14 and Al Yah 3) have been acquired and are operating in orbit nominally, despite a trajectory deviation experienced during VA241 launch. ... more 
Microbes may help astronauts transform human waste into foodUniversity Park PA (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 Human waste may one day be a valuable resource for astronauts on deep-space missions. Now, a Penn State research team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to gr ... more |
 University Park PA (SPX) Jan 29, 2018 
Human waste may one day be a valuable resource for astronauts on deep-space missions. Now, a Penn State research team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food with a series of microbial reactors, while simultaneously minimizing pathogen growth.
"We envisioned and tested the concept of simultaneously treating astronauts' waste with microbes whi ... more |
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 Elfordstown, Ireland (SPX) Jan 24, 2018 
US space launch provider Rocket Lab successfully reached orbit this weekend with the test flight of its second Electron orbital launch vehicle 'Still Testing' deploying 3 client satellites safely into space. The separation of the payload from the rocket was remotely tracked and monitored from Elfordstown Earthstation in Cork. This is the first time a satellite orbital insertion has been monitore ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 
Pluto hogs the spotlight in the continuing scientific debate over what is and what is not a planet, but a less conspicuous argument rages on about the planetary status of massive objects outside our solar system. The dispute is not just about semantics, as it is closely related to how giant planets like Jupiter form.
Johns Hopkins University astrophysicist Kevin Schlaufman aims to settle t ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 25, 2018 
Spacecraft landing on Jupiter's moon Europa could see the craft sink due to high surface porosity, research by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Robert Nelson shows.
Nelson was the lead author of a laboratory study of the photopolarimetric properties of bright particles that explain unusual negative polarization behavior at low phase angles observed for decades in association wi ... more |
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