|
|
|
  Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 The launch of Parker Solar Probe, the mission that will get closer to the Sun than any human-made object has ever gone, is quickly approaching, and on June 27, 2018, Parker Solar Probe's heat shield - called the Thermal Protection System, or TPS - was installed on the spacecraft. A mission 60 years in the making, Parker Solar Probe will make a historic journey to the Sun's corona, a region of the solar atmosphere. With the help of its revolutionary heat shield, now permanently attached to the spac ... read more |
 |
 
Mars to Pamper Gazers With Stunning Sight Amid NASA's Dust Storm ConcernsWashington DC (Sputnik) Jul 06, 2018 On July 27 and several days afterwards, the Red Planet will become especially visible due to a so-called "opposition," with Earth coming equally close both to Mars and the sun, international media r ... more  
Jupiter's moons create uniquely patterned aurora on the gas giant planetWashington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 New images from the Juno spacecraft show an unusual "footprint" of Jupiter's moons on their parent planet's aurorae. The data reveal that, rather than casting one "shadow" in Jupiter's aurorae, the ... more  
Successful Flight Testing Of Crew Escape System - Technology DemonstratorNew Delhi (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 ISRO carried out a major technology demonstration July 05, 2018, the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology relevant for human spaceflight. ... more 
Europa's Ocean AscendingPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2018 This animation demonstrates how deformation in the icy surface of Europa could transport subsurface ocean water to the moon's surface. This is just one of several simulated behaviors reported ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Previous Issues | Jul 05 | Jul 04 | Jul 03 | Jul 02 | Jun 29 |
|
|
|
|
|
 
Major Collision Changed the Milky Way GalaxyNew York NY (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 An international team of astronomers has discovered an ancient and dramatic head-on collision between the Milky Way and a smaller object, dubbed the "Sausage" galaxy. The cosmic crash was a defining ... more  
Rough terrain? No problem for beaver-inspired autonomous robotBuffalo NY (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Autonomous robots excel in factories and other manmade spaces, but they struggle with the randomness of nature. To help these machines overcome uneven terrain and other obstacles, University a ... more  
New experimental results from the largest and most sophisticated stelleratorWashington DC (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 An international team of scientists is running tests on the largest and most sophisticated stellerator, the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment. This complex machine is housed at the Max-Planck-Instit ... more  
Study provides insight into the physics of the Higgs particleBonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Physicists at the University of Bonn have succeeded in putting a superconducting gas into an exotic state. Their experiments allow new insights into the properties of the Higgs particle, but also in ... more 
Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore under water environmentsBoston MA (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 In nature, cockroaches can survive underwater for up to 30 minutes. Now, a robotic cockroach can do even better. Harvard's Ambulatory Microrobot, known as HAMR, can walk on land, swim on the surface ... more |
|
 Dragon Now Installed To Station For Month-Long Stay 
'Cataclysmic' collision shaped Uranus' evolutionDurham UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Uranus was hit by a massive object roughly twice the size of Earth that caused the planet to tilt and could explain its freezing temperatures, according to new research. Astronomers at Durham ... more  |
|
|
|
NASA seeks new ways to handle trash for deep space missionsWashington DC (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Life aboard the International Space Station requires extreme measures in efficiency to preserve resources, reduce waste, repurpose materials, and recycle water and breathable air. Regular cargo resu ... more 
US Asks Russia to Fix Its Broken Toilet on ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 04, 2018 NASA has renewed a contract with Energia Rocket and Space Corporation on the maintenance and repair of a series of components of the lavatory onboard the US segment of the International Space Statio ... more  
Molecular oxygen in comet's atmosphere not created on its surfaceLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as some suggested, but may be from its body. The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft escorte ... more 
Successful second deep space maneuver for OSIRIS-REx confirmedGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 New tracking data confirms that NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully completed its second Deep Space Maneuver (DSM-2) on June 28. The thruster burn put the spacecraft on course for a series of ... more 
NASA's NuSTAR mission proves superstar Eta Carinae shoots cosmic raysGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 A new study using data from NASA's NuSTAR space telescope suggests that Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years, is accelerating particles to high energie ... more |
|
|
 New Delhi (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 
ISRO carried out a major technology demonstration July 05, 2018, the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology relevant for human spaceflight.
The Crew Escape System is an emergency escape measure designed to quickly pull the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance from the launch vehicle in the event of a launch abort.
... more |
|
 Beijing (XNA) Jul 03, 2018 
China aims to develop a new series of small, medium, large and heavy-lift Long March carrier rockets by 2030 to meet the demands of its space operations, according to an expert.
The capacity of Chinese rockets would reach 140 tonnes for low-Earth orbit, 44 tonnes for Earth-Mars transfer orbit, 50 tonnes for Earth-Moon transfer orbit and 66 tonnes for geosynchronous transfer orbit in 2030, ... more |
|
|
 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 06, 2018 
On July 27 and several days afterwards, the Red Planet will become especially visible due to a so-called "opposition," with Earth coming equally close both to Mars and the sun, international media reported.
Although it generally occurs nearly every two years, this year is unique, as in light of a Martian year being almost twice as long and both planets orbiting more elliptically than circu ... more |
|
 Beijing (XNA) Jul 06, 2018 
China Wednesday launched a new space science program focusing on the origin and evolution of the universe, black holes, gravitational waves and relationship between the solar system and human.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced to develop a group of four satellites in the program.
The program includes a satellite named "Einstein-Probe (EP)", which is tasked with discover ... more |
|
|
 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
The Australian Space Agency commenced operations on July 1 2018 with the ambition of tripling the Australian space economy by 2030.
But with the Australian government investment of A$41 million, we should not expect anything like NASA (which has a budget more than 2,000 times greater).
On the contrary, the impetus for growth must come from the Australian space industry itself - and t ... more |
|
 Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 
Since the start of the space age, mankind has left its mark on the orbital pathways overhead...and not always for the better. Today, some 7,000 tonnes of artificial debris - a mass equivalent to the Eiffel Tower - orbit the planet.
This detritus, ranging from remnants of defunct or broken-up spacecraft to discarded rocket stages, whizzes by at a dizzying 8 km per second - a speed at which ... more |
|
|
 Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
A research team led by astronomers at the University of Warwick had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first of confirmed neutron star merger to remerge from behind the glare of the sun.
They were rewarded with the first confirmed visual sighting of a jet of material that was still streaming out from merged star exactly 110 days after that initial cataclysmic merger event was first ... more |
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 06, 2018 
This animation demonstrates how deformation in the icy surface of Europa could transport subsurface ocean water to the moon's surface.
This is just one of several simulated behaviors reported in a new study performed by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The study focused on linear features called "bands" and "groove lanes" found on Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede. Scienti ... more |
|
|
 Urbana IL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
Modern civilization relies on water's incompressibility - it's something we take for granted. Hydraulic systems harness the virtual non-compressibility of fluids like water or oil to multiply mechanical force. Bulldozers, cranes, and other heavy machinery exploit the physics of hydraulics, as do automobile brakes, fire sprinkler systems, and municipal water and waste systems.
It takes extr ... more |
|
 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
NEA Scout is a six-unit CubeSat that relies on an innovative solar sail for propulsion ... more |
|
|
 Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
It seems like everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Others want to go to an asteroid. Others just want to go someplace.
So, what is the easiest way to go anywhere in the Solar System? Well, most people don't know this, but the answer is to do it in stages. One smart way is to first go from the Earth's sur ... more |
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2018 
NASA's Dawn spacecraft reached its lowest-ever and final orbit around dwarf planet Ceres on June 6 and has been returning thousands of stunning images and other data.
The flight team maneuvered the spacecraft into an orbit that dives 22 miles (35 kilometers) above the surface of Ceres and viewed Occator Crater, site of the famous bright deposits, and other intriguing regions. In more than ... more |
|
|
 Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 
Airbus and Planet have entered into a partnership to facilitate access to each other's data and the co-development of new geospatial solutions, by establishing a framework agreement to explore opportunities for joint cooperation in new and existing markets, product offerings, sales and marketing efforts.
Both partners aim at providing a comprehensive suite of global satellite data at multi ... more |
|
 Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 
The launch of Parker Solar Probe, the mission that will get closer to the Sun than any human-made object has ever gone, is quickly approaching, and on June 27, 2018, Parker Solar Probe's heat shield - called the Thermal Protection System, or TPS - was installed on the spacecraft.
A mission 60 years in the making, Parker Solar Probe will make a historic journey to the Sun's corona, a region ... more |
|
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 
A new study using data from NASA's NuSTAR space telescope suggests that Eta Carinae, the most luminous and massive stellar system within 10,000 light-years, is accelerating particles to high energies - some of which may reach Earth as cosmic rays.
"We know the blast waves of exploded stars can accelerate cosmic ray particles to speeds comparable to that of light, an incredible energy boost ... more |
|
 Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Jul 05, 2018 
In a novel test of Einstein's theory of general relativity, an international group of astronomers has demonstrated that the theory holds up, even for a massive three-star system.
Einstein's theory states that all objects fall the same way despite their mass or composition, like a cannonball and apple falling off the Leaning Tower of Pisa and hitting the ground at the same time. While this ... more |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
