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  Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 Virgin Galactic successfully launched and landed its Unity spacecraft by rocket power, completing its first powered flight in almost four years. Richard Branson's space company shared a photo of the SpaceShipTwo model spacecraft as it blasted into the air above the Mojave Air and Space Port before going supersonic and landing safely. "VSS Unity completed her first supersonic, rocket-powered flight this morning in Mojave, California. Another great test flight, another step closer to being ... read more |
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SpaceX Dragon arrives at ISS with material samples and new testing facilityEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 On Wednesday, the SpaceX Dragon that launched April 2 arrived at the International Space Station to deliver more than 5,800 pounds of research investigations, cargo and supplies, including NASA's Ma ... more  
Rocket Lab 'Its Business Time' launch window to open 20 April 2018 NZTHuntington Beach CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed it will open a 14-day launch window this month to conduct the company's first fully commercial launch. The mission, named 'It's Business Time', in ... more 
Student Launch Teams Rendezvous in Huntsville for NASA CompetitionHuntsville AL (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 The public and media are invited as 54 student teams compete in NASA's 18th annual Student Launch, near the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday, April 7. ... more  
Space Maid: Robot Harpoon and Net System to Attempt Space CleanupMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018 Humanity has grown accustomed to autonomous cleaning robots since the Roomba's debut in 2002. Now, we might have an upgrade: scientists have sent a prototype satellite equipped with a net and harpoo ... more |
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SSL to provide of critical capabilities for Europa Flyby MissionPalo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 SSL has been selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and build critical equipment for a spacecraft that will explore Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The award reflects SSL's leadershi ... more  
From car engines to exoplanetsLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 Chemical models developed to help limit the emission of pollutants by car engines are being used to study the atmospheres of hot exoplanets orbiting close to their stars. The results of a collaborat ... more  
New satellite method enables undersea estimates from spaceEast Boothbay ME (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences researchers have developed a statistical method to quantify important ocean measurements from satellite data, publishing their findings in the journal Global Bi ... more 
Ancient origins of viruses discoveredSydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Research published in Nature has found that many of the viruses infecting us today have ancient evolutionary histories that date back to the first vertebrates and perhaps the first animals in existe ... more 
The Viking, the dragon and the god of thunderParis (ESA) Apr 03, 2018 Scandinavian mythology stories are rich in fantastic creatures, and a Nordic astronaut is about to write a new chapter as Space Viking Andreas Mogensen monitors the arrival of the Dragon cargo vesse ... more |
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 Berkeley Lab scientists print all-liquid 3-D structures  
High-sensitivity 3-D technique unveiled using single-atom measurementsBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 29, 2018 Researchers at Griffith University working with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have unveiled a stunningly accurate technique for scientific measurem ... more  |
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Twisting graphene into spiralsKyoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 It's probably the smallest spring you've ever seen. Researchers from Kyoto University and Osaka University report for the first time in the Journal of the American Chemical Society the success ... more  
Satellites, supercomputers, and machine learning provide real-time crop type dataUrbana IL (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 Corn and soybean fields look similar from space - at least they used to. But now, scientists have proven a new technique for distinguishing the two crops using satellite data and the processing powe ... more  
Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductorBoston MA (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 Plastics are excellent insulators, meaning they can efficiently trap heat - a quality that can be an advantage in something like a coffee cup sleeve. But this insulating property is less desirable i ... more 
Cargo-packed Dragon arrives at space stationTampa (AFP) April 4, 2018 SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station, packed with food, gear and science experiments for the astronauts living in orbit. ... more 
Astrophysicists map the infant Universe in 3D and discover 4000 early galaxiesLiverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 Astronomers have announced one of the largest 3D maps of the infant Universe, in a presentation at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool. A team led by Dr David Sobral of Lan ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018  Virgin Galactic successfully launched and landed its Unity spacecraft by rocket power, completing its first powered flight in almost four years.
Richard Branson's space company shared a photo of the SpaceShipTwo model spacecraft as it blasted into the air above the Mojave Air and Space Port before going supersonic and landing safely.
"VSS Unity completed her first supersonic, roc ... more |
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 Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed it will open a 14-day launch window this month to conduct the company's first fully commercial launch. The mission, named 'It's Business Time', includes manifested payloads for Spire Global and GeoOptics Inc., built by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
The 14-day 'It's Business Time' launch window will open on Friday April 20, 2018 NZT. Durin ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018 
NASA has announced their intent to fund research which will send a swarm of Robot bees up to Mars to explore the red planet. Sputnik spoke to Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics at the University of Edinburgh, and former judge of the BBC's robot wars, about the 'swarm' technology format.
b>Sputnik: /b>What is it about the bee as an insect that would make it a good model for NASA's M ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2018 
The plunge back to Earth of a defunct Chinese space laboratory will not slow down Beijing's ambitious plans to send humans to the moon.
The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed Monday, was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station, but its problems highlight the difficulties of exploring outer space.
But China has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 03, 2018 
ESA's observatory to monitor electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere is on its way to the International Space Station. The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor is riding in the Dragon cargo vehicle that lifted off at 20:30 GMT (16:40 local time) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
A suite of instruments will search for high-altitude electrical discharges associated with storm ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a way to print 3-D structures composed entirely of liquids. Using a modified 3-D printer, they injected threads of water into silicone oil - sculpting tubes made of one liquid within another liquid.
They envision their all-liquid material could be used to construct liquid electron ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Research published in Nature has found that many of the viruses infecting us today have ancient evolutionary histories that date back to the first vertebrates and perhaps the first animals in existence.
The study, a collaboration between the University of Sydney, the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre, looked for RNA viruses in 18 ... more |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
SSL has been selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and build critical equipment for a spacecraft that will explore Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The award reflects SSL's leadership role in the space industry as a valued contractor supporting NASA mission needs and long-term commitment to accelerating innovation for the new space economy.
The Europa Clipper spacecraft, se ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
Marine animals such as mantis shrimp and squid have inspired a new mode of underwater navigation that allows for greater accuracy.
University of Queensland Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) scientists are part of a group of researchers who have developed the technique using imaging equipment that was sensitive to polarising light.
The researchers built polarisation sensors that were a ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Apr 03, 2018 
China on Friday sent twin satellites into space with a single carrier rocket, adding two more members for its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS).
The Long March-3B carrier rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 1:56 a.m. The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family.
The twin satellites are co ... more |
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 Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
NAU assistant professor of planetary science Christopher Edwards co-authored a paper recently published in Nature Geoscience that has generated interest among scientists in the field as well as in mainstream science news, such as Science Daily and Outer Places.
The researchers analyzed remote-sensing data from two lunar missions and concluded that water appears to be evenly spread across t ... more |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2018 
The Beatles are one of the greatest cultural phenomena to come from the 20th Century, yet many people are unaware of their impact on science.
In 'Here, There and Everywhere', inspired by the book 'La scienza dei Beatles' ('The science of the Beatles'), Viviana Ambrosi shows how the Fab Four can bring the study of celestial objects and the exploration of the universe closer to a large publi ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 03, 2018 
Scandinavian mythology stories are rich in fantastic creatures, and a Nordic astronaut is about to write a new chapter as Space Viking Andreas Mogensen monitors the arrival of the Dragon cargo vessel at the International Space Station next week. The passenger: a state-of-the-art lightning hunter.
For Andreas it all started with an interesting project during his mission to the Space Station ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 
Measurements of the three-dimensional structure of the earth, as opposed to the one-dimensional models typically used, can help scientists more accurately determine which areas of the United States are most vulnerable to blackouts during hazardous geomagnetic storms.
Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb the earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grid ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time precisely measured the distance to one of the oldest objects in the universe, a collection of stars born shortly after the big bang.
This new, refined distance yardstick provides an independent estimate for the age of the universe. The new measurement also will help astronomers improve models of stellar evolution. Star ... more |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Gravitational waves may be forged in the heart of the galaxy, says a new study led by PhD student Joseph Fernandez at Liverpool John Moores University. He sets out the work in a presentation on 3rd April at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool.
Gravitational waves (GWs) are small ripples in space-time that spread throughout the universe.
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