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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 31, 2018 A planet-encircling dust storm on Mars, which was first detected May 30 and halted operations for the Opportunity rover, continues to abate. With clearing skies over Opportunity's resting spot in Mars' Perseverance Valley, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, believe the nearly 15-year-old, solar-powered rover will soon receive enough sunlight to automatically initiate recovery procedures - if the rover is able to do so. To prepare, the Opportunity mission t ... read more |
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NASA competition aims to convert carbon dioxide on Mars into useful productsHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 When astronauts begin exploring Mars, they'll need to use local resources, freeing up launch cargo space for other mission-critical supplies. Carbon dioxide is one resource readily abundant within t ... more  
India readies baby rockets to tap small satellites' marketNew Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2018 The ISRO is developing a small rocket of not more than 100 tons that can send a 500 kg satellite into a 500 km orbit. The ISRO, which is earning around $40 million annually through launching small s ... more 
Space station reports 'leak', crew not in dangerMoscow (AFP) Aug 30, 2018 The International Space Station crew on Thursday was repairing a small "leak" most likely caused by a collision with a small meteorite, the head of the Russian space agency said, adding the incident presented no danger. ... more  
Ironing out the difficulties of moving fluids in spaceHouston TX (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 Fluid flows downhill - at least it does on Earth. Fluid movement becomes much more complicated in space, and that creates challenges for systems that rely on pumping fluids around for thermal contro ... more |
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Hubble observes energetic light show at Saturn's north poleWashington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 Astronomers using the Hubble Space telescope have taken a series of images featuring the fluttering auroras at the north pole of Saturn. The observations were taken in ultraviolet light and the resu ... more  
Solar eruptions may not have slinky-like shapes after allDurham NH (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 As the saying goes, everything old is new again. While the common phrase often refers to fashion, design, or technology, scientists at the University of New Hampshire have found there is some truth ... more 
When cars fly? Japan wants airborne vehicles to take offTokyo (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 It might sound like pie in the sky, but Japan's government is banking on a future with flying cars, launching an initiative Wednesday with the private sector to develop futuristic vehicles. ... more  
Russian military successfully test-fires new interceptor missileMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2018 According to the Russian Defense Ministry's statement, the new missile interceptor has reliably confirmed its performance specifications and successfully accomplished the set task by destroying a si ... more  
Pentagon official cautions India over buying Russian armsWashington (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 A top Pentagon official cautioned India on Wednesday that there are no guarantees for a special waiver from US sanctions if it buys new weapons platforms from Russia. ... more |
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The world's lowest-cost global communications networkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 Swarm has created the world's smallest two-way communication satellites to enable low-cost, space-based connectivity anywhere in the world. Swarm was born out of our obsession with a long-stan ... more  |
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Maxar's SSL selected by NASA to explore commercial satellite assembly and manufacturing in LEOPalo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 SSL, a Maxar Technologies company reports it has been selected by NASA to perform a study exploring the use of commercial habitats in space as satellite manufacturing facilities. In support of ... more  
A new permafrost gas mysteriumCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 In a new scientific article published in the journal Nature Communications a group of scientists led by University of Copenhagen authors shows that thawing permafrost releases a high amount and dive ... more 
Structural fluctuation evaluation in substances from measurement dataKumamoto, Japan (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Microstructure analysis of materials is a key technology for new material research. Using an information extraction technique called sparse modeling, a collaboration of researchers led by Professor ... more  
China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsulesBeijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program. Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comp ... more 
Lockheed Martin begins final assembly on NASA's OrionDenver CA (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Technicians have completed construction on the spacecraft capsule structure that will return astronauts to the Moon, and have successfully shipped the capsule to Florida for final assembly into a fu ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 29, 2018 
For the first time in five decades, a NASA astronaut candidate has resigned from training, the US space agency said Tuesday.
Robb Kulin resigned from NASA effective August 31 for personal reasons, spokeswoman Brandi Dean said, declining to provide further details.
It's not an easy gig to get - some 18,000 people routinely seek the 12 spots that open each year.
Kulin, who joined his ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2018 
The ISRO is developing a small rocket of not more than 100 tons that can send a 500 kg satellite into a 500 km orbit. The ISRO, which is earning around $40 million annually through launching small satellites of foreign customers, aims to increase its revenue manifold by using the baby rocket.
The small satellite launch vehicles (SSLV) will not require a mission control center to launch sat ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 31, 2018 
A planet-encircling dust storm on Mars, which was first detected May 30 and halted operations for the Opportunity rover, continues to abate.
With clearing skies over Opportunity's resting spot in Mars' Perseverance Valley, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, believe the nearly 15-year-old, solar-powered rover will soon receive enough sunlight to automatic ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program.
Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space.
Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
Swarm has created the world's smallest two-way communication satellites to enable low-cost, space-based connectivity anywhere in the world.
Swarm was born out of our obsession with a long-standing problem: connectivity is prohibitively expensive and not universally accessible.
The need for connectivity has never been greater. It's a problem that affects rural areas and developing cou ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Researchers have developed a compact imaging system that can measure the shape and light-reflection properties of objects with high speed and accuracy. This 5D hyperspectral imaging system - so-called because it captures multiple wavelengths of light plus spatial coordinates as a function of time - could benefit a variety of applications including optical-based sorting of products and identifyin ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
A Southwest Research Institute scientist is using big data to help the scientific community characterize exoplanets, particularly alien worlds orbiting nearby stars. Of particular interest are exoplanets that could harbor life.
"At first scientists focused on temperatures, looking for exoplanets in the 'Goldilocks zone' - neither too close nor too far from the star, where liquid water coul ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Mission team members were thrilled - if not a little surprised - that New Horizons' telescopic Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) was able to see the small, dim object while still more than 100 million miles away, and against a dense background of stars.
Taken Aug. 16 and transmitted home through NASA's Deep Space Network over the following days, the set of 48 images marked the team' ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2018 
Keeping an eye on our waters is more important than ever, as widespread drought continues to sweep Europe this summer.
Earth's changing sea levels are crucial indicators of how our environment is fairing, but monitoring it manually can be a labour-intensive, expensive, and at times even dangerous task.
Coastal areas provide additional complications, as shifting seabeds and currents m ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
UK industry will benefit from a Pounds 92 million injection to design a national alternative to the EU's Galileo satellite system, ensuring UK security post Brexit.
The money has been allocated from the Pounds 3 billion Brexit readiness fund announced at last year's Budget and will be rolled out over the coming months.
Satellite navigation systems like GPS are increasingly important for ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) found the first direct evidence of surface-exposed water ice in permanently shaded regions (PSRs) on the Moon.
"We found that the distribution of ice on the lunar surface is very patchy, which is very different from other planetary bodies such as Mercury a ... more |
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 Andalusia, Spain (SPX) Aug 28, 2018 
There is just over two months to go until asteroid 2015 TB145 approaches Earth once again, just as it did in 2015 around the night of Halloween, an occasion which astronomers did not pass up to study its characteristics. This dark object measures between 625 and 700 metres, its rotation period is around three hours and, in certain lighting conditions, it resembles a human skull.
An asteroi ... more |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
The integration of Sentinel-6A, the first of two satellites to continue measuring sea levels from 2020, has reached a new milestone and its critical phase: the propulsion module has been "mated" with the main structure of the satellite at Airbus.
In a complex operation, the Airbus satellite specialists hoisted the approximately five-metre-high satellite platform with pin-point precision ov ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 29, 2018 
It was Aug. 14, 2017, just one week before the Moon would cross paths with the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow across the United States. The entire country buzzed with anticipation for the fleeting chance to see the corona, the Sun's tenuous outer atmosphere.
But the wait was uniquely nerve-wracking for a group of scientists at Predictive Science Inc., a private research company in San D ... more |
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 Charleston SC (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Occasionally a star or other celestial object may have the misfortune of passing too close to a neighboring black hole, resulting in the object being ripped apart by the black hole's extreme tidal forces.
During such violent "tidal disruption events" (TDEs), the object being disrupted is simultaneously stretched and compressed in opposing directions. If the object happens to be a white dwa ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (The Conversation) Aug 30, 2018 
Philosophers have debated the nature of "nothing" for thousands of years, but what has modern science got to say about it? In an interview with The Conversation, Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, explains that when physicists talk about nothing, they mean empty space (vacuum).
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