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  Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released a new policy paper that explores future opportunities in cislunar space-essentially, the space inside the moon's orbit and the orbital area around the moon. Cislunar Development: What to Build- and Why discusses the possible applications for cislunar space-for example, outposts on the moon, extraterrestrial mining operations, interplanetary waystations-and determines the infrastructure that will be needed to realize t ... read more |
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Simulated Countdown Another Step Toward Exploration Mission-1Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 25, 2018 "NTD you are GO to proceed with the count." With words such as these, NASA Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson will authorize the NASA Test Director, whose call sign is NTD, to proceed with l ... more  
Meet the nuclear-powered spaceships of the futureMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2018 Spaceships using conventional hydrogen-oxygen fuel will be able to take people to the moon, Mars or Venus. But human exploration of other planets in our solar system, and beyond it, will require the ... more  
China calls for ideas on design of manned lunar landingBeijing (XNA) Apr 25, 2018 China on Monday called for submissions from the public with creative approaches for the design of its manned lunar landing and ascent vehicles. According to Zhou Jianping, chief designer of Ch ... more  
Space smash: simulating when satellites collideParis (ESA) Apr 25, 2018 Satellites orbiting Earth are moving at many kilometres per second - so what happens when their paths cross? Satellite collisions are rare, and their consequences poorly understood, so a new project ... more |
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Mission to Mars? here's one hazard you haven't consideredWashington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 The hazards of space flight are well known: freezing temperatures, the vacuum of space, radiation, isolation. But there's a lesser-known risk getting the attention of researchers - a possible danger ... more  
China Space Agency chief says he expects visit by Russia's RoscosmosColorado Springs (Sputnik) Apr 20, 2018 China anticipates a visit by the Russia's state space agency Roscosmos, China National Space Administration Secretary-General Tian Yulong told Sputnik that they anticipate the visit of "Probab ... more 
China's Chang'e-4 relay satellite named "Queqiao"Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 25, 2018 The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe expected to land on the far side of the Moon later this year, has been named "Queqiao" - magpie bridge. The name was announced by the China Na ... more  
Structured light and nanomaterials open new ways to tailor light at the nanoscaleHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 23, 2018 What happens when you excite novel assemblies of nanomaterials using structured light? Joint research between Tampere University of Technology (TUT) (Finland) and University of Tubingen (Germany) ha ... more 
Invertebrates inspire first fully 3-D printed active materials for robotsAdelphi MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 To overcome the material rigidity and actuation limitations in current robotic systems, a joint U.S. Army Research Laboratory and University of Minnesota research project sought inspiration from inv ... more |
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 Physicists gain control over transitions between different states of matter  
When superconductivity disappears in the core of a quantum tubeGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 Predicting the behaviour of electrons in a material is not easily done. Physicists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), ETH Zurich and EPFL replaced the electrons with ultra-cold neutral lithium a ... more  |
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For heavy lifting, use exoskeletons with cautionColumbus OH (SPX) Apr 23, 2018 You can wear an exoskeleton, but it won't turn you into a superhero. That's the finding of a study in which researchers tested a commercially available exoskeleton - a mechanical arm attached ... more 
Study recommends strong role for national labs in 'second laser revolution'Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2018 A new study calls for the U.S. to step up its laser R and D efforts to better compete with major overseas efforts to build large, high-power laser systems, and notes progress and milestones at the D ... more  
Machine learning enables development of new diamond-like carbonHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 Customised carbon surfaces can be used in areas such as medical science and water purification. Researchers at Aalto University and Cambridge University have made a significant breakthrough in ... more 
NanoRacks space station airlock "Bishop" completes CDR, moves to fab stageWebster TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 The NanoRacks Space Station Airlock Module "Bishop" met another major milestone with completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) on March 20 and 21, 2018 in Houston, Texas. This milestone begins ... more 
Vostochny Cosmodrome preps for first tourist visitVostochny Cosmodrome, Russia (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2018 Foreign tourists interested in checking out the inner workings of Russia's brand new spaceport, or making a selfie against the backdrop of a rocket as it blasts off into space will soon get their ch ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Apr 19, 2018  Standard flat imagery of space science is a thing of the past for researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center and Procter and Gamble Co. (P and G). Using the International Space Station's newly upgraded microscope, the Light Microscopy Module (LMM), scientists can now see microscopic particles in 3-dimensional images.
On April 12, researchers first viewed the particles, called colloids, in ... more |
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 Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2018 
Foreign tourists interested in checking out the inner workings of Russia's brand new spaceport, or making a selfie against the backdrop of a rocket as it blasts off into space will soon get their chance, with Moscow tour operators working on the excursion details.
Representatives from Roscosmos, Russia's space tourism industry and officials from Amur region's tourism ministry have met with ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
Southwest Research Institute scientists posit a violent birth of the tiny Martian moons Phobos and Deimos, but on a much smaller scale than the giant impact thought to have resulted in the Earth-Moon system. Their work shows that an impact between proto-Mars and a dwarf-planet-sized object likely produced the two moons, as detailed in a paper published in Science Advances.
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 Harbin, China (XNA) Apr 25, 2018 
The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe expected to land on the far side of the Moon later this year, has been named "Queqiao" - magpie bridge.
The name was announced by the China National Space Administration (CNSA)Tuesday, China's Space Day.
In a Chinese folktale, magpies form a bridge with their wings on the seventh night of the seventh month of the lunar calendar to ena ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 
The Aerospace Corporation's Center for Space Policy and Strategy (CSPS) released a new publication that explores the growing popularity of public-private partnerships. The policy paper, Public-Private Partnerships: Stimulating Innovation in the Space Sector, outlines a phased approach for strategizing, planning, and implementing such collaborative arrangements for space-based services and how to ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
To overcome the material rigidity and actuation limitations in current robotic systems, a joint U.S. Army Research Laboratory and University of Minnesota research project sought inspiration from invertebrates.
The U.S. Army uses robots that are structurally rigid, making them impractical when performing military operations in highly congested and contested urban environments, where covert ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
We know more about the surface of the moon that we do about the bottom of the ocean. The sea floor is an alien landscape, with crushing pressure, near-total darkness, and fluids wafting from cracks in the Earth's crust. It's also home to some weird animals that scientists are only just getting to know. Case in point: deep-sea expeditions and drones have revealed a giant group of octopuses and th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 
Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive odor, permeates the upper atmosphere of the planet Uranus - as has been long debated, but never definitively proven. Based on sensitive spectroscopic observations with the Gemini North telescope, astronomers uncovered the noxious gas swirling high in the giant planet's cloud tops. This result resolves a stubborn, long-standing my ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2018 
Just after the likely next head of US Pacific Command told Congress China's undersea warfare capability is one of the most pressing threats to the US, a new report says Beijing is establishing another base in the South China Sea for deploying manned and unmanned submersible vehicles.
The base would be located in Sanya, a city on the southern edge of China's Hainan island, Asia Times report ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is pleased to announce that the European Space Agency (ESA) has raised its membership level from Technical to Strategic - OGC's highest level of membership.
As a Strategic Member, ESA will participate in OGC's Planning Committee to provide leadership through the exploration of market and technology trends to ensure that OGC's activities remain effective and ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 25, 2018 
China on Monday called for submissions from the public with creative approaches for the design of its manned lunar landing and ascent vehicles.
According to Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China's manned space program, the aim is to find innovative ideas for the design of manned lunar surface landing and ascent vehicles.
Submissions should include new concepts, approaches, and techn ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 23, 2018 
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) mission has released its fourth year of survey data. Since the mission was restarted in December 2013, after a period of hibernation, the asteroid- and comet-hunter has completely scanned the skies nearly eight times and has observed and characterized 29,375 objects in four years of operations. This total includes 788 near-Ea ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 24, 2018 
The next Sentinel satellite for Europe's environmental monitoring Copernicus programme is poised for liftoff from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia.
The Sentinel-3B satellite has been at the cosmodrome since mid-March being readied for its ride into space on 25 April at 17:57 GMT (19:57 CEST).
After being sealed from view in the rocket fairing last week, it was rolled out to ... more |
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 Belfast UK (SPX) Apr 19, 2018 
A group of international scientists have met at Queen's University Belfast to finalise plans for a next generation telescope which will help to crack the mysteries of the Sun.
The revolutionary four-metre telescope is being designed to investigate the Sun at unprecedented resolution. It will allow scientists to identify structures as small as 30km, which is the equivalent to finding a poun ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 23, 2018 
What happens when you excite novel assemblies of nanomaterials using structured light? Joint research between Tampere University of Technology (TUT) (Finland) and University of Tubingen (Germany) has shown that carefully structured light and matching arrangements of metal nanostructures (so-called "plasmonic oligomers") can be combined to alter the properties of the generated light at the nanome ... more |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Apr 20, 2018 
Researchers playing with a cloud of ultracold atoms uncovered behavior that bears a striking resemblance to the universe in microcosm. Their work, which forges new connections between atomic physics and the sudden expansion of the early universe, will be published in Physical Review X and highlighted by Physics.
"From the atomic physics perspective, the experiment is beautifully described ... more |
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