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Russia finds ISS hole made deliberately: space chief![]() Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2018 Russian investigators looking into the origin of a hole that caused an oxygen leak on the International Space Station have said it was caused deliberately, the space agency chief said. A first commission had delivered its report, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, said in televised remarks late Monday. "It concluded that a manufacturing defect had been ruled out which is important to establish the truth." Rogozin said the commission's main line of inquiry was tha ... read more |
Extremely distant Solar System object foundWashington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2018 Carnegie's Scott Sheppard and his colleagues - Northern Arizona University's Chad Trujillo, and the University of Hawaii's David Tholen - are once again redefining our solar system's edge. They disc ... more
Maxar's SSL selected by NASA to develop critical technologies for on-orbit servicingPalo Alto, CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2018 SSL, has been selected by NASA for two separate public-private partnerships to develop two vital "Tipping Point" spacecraft technologies. NASA's Tipping Point awards are designed to foster the devel ... more
SpaceX uses dumping to drive Russia out of space launch market claims RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2018 Elon Musk, the co-owner and CEO of the US aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, has been using dumping on the space launch market in order to crowd out Russia, head of Russia's State Space Corporation Rosc ... more
Animal study suggests deep space travel may significantly damage GI function in astronautsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2018 Simulations with animal models meant to mirror galactic cosmic radiation exposure to astronauts are raising red flags for investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) about the healt ... more |
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China planning probes, manned missions, ultimately a base on moon - Space ChiefBeijing (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2018 China's lunar program is setting ambitious goals, including exploring both lunar poles by 2030 and, further in the future, sending manned missions to the moon and establishing a permanent base there ... more
Reflecting on Europe's commanding role in spaceParis (ESA) Oct 02, 2018 ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst will take over the role of International Space Station commander from NASA astronaut Drew Feustel 3 October. This marks the start of expedition 57 and second half of Al ... more
Firmware at the blink of an eye: Scientists develop new technology of alloy steel rollingMoscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 A research team from the NUST MISIS Department of Pressure Metal Treatment has developed a new technology which simplifies the process of hot rolling seamless pipes made of alloy and high-alloy stee ... more
Chip-sized device could help manufacturers measure laser power in real timeWashington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 Lasers play roles in many manufacturing processes, from welding car parts to crafting engine components with 3D printers.* To control these tasks, manufacturers must ensure that their lasers fire at ... more
Precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achievedTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 Researchers in Japan have found a way to create innovative materials by blending metals with precision control. Their approach, based on a concept called atom hybridization[1], opens up an unexplore ... more |
![]() A new carbon material with Na storage capacity over 400mAh/g
Graphene helps protect photocathodes for physics experimentsArgonne, IL (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 Transforming light into electricity is no mean feat. Some devices, like solar cells, use a closed circuit to generate an electric current from incoming light. But another class of materials, called ... more |
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Magnetic field milestoneTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 Physicists from the Institute for Solid State Physics at the University of Tokyo have generated the strongest controllable magnetic field ever produced. The field was sustained for longer than any p ... more
Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturingSaint Louis MO (SPX) Sep 27, 2018 Calcium carbonate is found nearly everywhere, in sidewalk cement, wall paint, antacid tablets and deep underground. Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have used a unique set of state-of ... more
UCF selling experimental Martian dirt - $20 a kilogram, plus shippingOrlando FL (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 The University of Central Florida is selling Martian dirt, $20 a kilogram plus shipping. This is not fake news. A team of UCF astrophysicists has developed a scientifically based, standardized ... more
New Horizons Team Rehearses For New Year's FlybyLaurel MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 You never know what you're going to see when you visit a world for the first time - particularly when it's on the solar system's most distant frontier - but you can get ready to see it. NASA's ... more
Russia's lunar exploration program should be part of internatinal projectMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 01, 2018 Russia's lunar exploration program should be a part of an international project, as none of major space powers is capable to explore Earth's only permanent natural satellite without support of other ... more |
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Russia finds ISS hole made deliberately: space chief Moscow (AFP) Oct 2, 2018
Russian investigators looking into the origin of a hole that caused an oxygen leak on the International Space Station have said it was caused deliberately, the space agency chief said.
A first commission had delivered its report, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, said in televised remarks late Monday.
"It concluded that a manufacturing defect had been ruled ... more |
SLS chief engineer driven by 'challenge' of building rocket Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 02, 2018
Space Launch System (SLS) Chief Engineer Garry Lyles received the 2018 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) George M. Low Award for Space Transportation. AIAA cited Lyles "visionary leadership" in the development of NASA's SLS rocket.
"Building the world's most powerful rocket has been challenging," Lyles said. "There is tremendous complexity in how all the pieces and ... more |
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Software finds the best way to stick a Mars landing Boston MA (SPX) Oct 01, 2018
Selecting a landing site for a rover headed to Mars is a lengthy process that normally involves large committees of scientists and engineers. These committees typically spend several years weighing a mission's science objectives against a vehicle's engineering constraints, to identify sites that are both scientifically interesting and safe to land on.
For instance, a mission's science team ... more |
China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite Jiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018
China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday.
This is the second commercial launch by the Kuaizhou-1A rocket. The first launch in January 2017 sent three satellites into space.
The Kuaizhou-1A was developed by a rocket technology company under the China Aerospace Science and Industr ... more |
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How Max Polyakov from Zaporozhie develops the Ukrainian space industry Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 24, 2018 Despite the fact that only state organizations have the right to develop the space industry in Ukraine, Max Polyakov supports the sphere in the country. He and his Noosphere organize the events concerning the field's theme. ... more |
Chip-sized device could help manufacturers measure laser power in real time Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2018
Lasers play roles in many manufacturing processes, from welding car parts to crafting engine components with 3D printers.* To control these tasks, manufacturers must ensure that their lasers fire at the correct power.
But to date, there has been no way to precisely measure laser power during the manufacturing process in real time, while lasers are cutting or melting objects, for example. W ... more |
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Plans for European Astrobiology Institute Announced Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 27, 2018
Astrobiology, the study of the origin, evolution and future of life on Earth and beyond, is a multidisciplinary field that has expanded rapidly over the last two decades. Now, a consortium of organisations has announced plans to establish a European Astrobiology Institute (EAI) to coordinate astrobiology research in Europe.
The new institute is being created in accordance with the recommen ... more |
New Horizons Team Rehearses For New Year's Flyby Laurel MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2018
You never know what you're going to see when you visit a world for the first time - particularly when it's on the solar system's most distant frontier - but you can get ready to see it.
NASA's New Horizons science team recently wrapped up a three-day rehearsal of the busiest days around the mission's Dec. 31- Jan. 1 flyby of Ultima Thule, a Kuiper Belt object orbiting a billion miles beyon ... more |
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New York seeks to claw back 'Big Oyster' past New York (AFP) Sept 25, 2018 One sunny morning in New York, a dozen biologists and volunteers stand in knee-deep water, chucking net sacks of oyster shells down a human chain, before planting them in containers on the riverbed.
Why? To build an oyster reef.
The goal? To restore a billion oysters by 2035 to America's largest city - not as a delicacy for the dinner table but in an environmental bid to clean up its n ... more |
Lockheed awarded $1.4B for first GPS IIIF satellites Washington (UPI) Sep 27, 2018
Lockheed Martin has received a contract for the first two GPS IIIF satellites, Space Vehicles 11 and 12, which are follow-ons to the initial 10-satellites of the new GPS III constellation.
The contract, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defese, provides for engineering, space vehicle test bed and simulators, and production of GPS IIIF Space Vehicles 11 and 12. It also includes op ... more |
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China planning probes, manned missions, ultimately a base on moon - Space Chief Beijing (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2018
China's lunar program is setting ambitious goals, including exploring both lunar poles by 2030 and, further in the future, sending manned missions to the moon and establishing a permanent base there. The news comes as leaders of the US and Chinese space agencies said they were open to cooperation on research and missions.
Li Guoping, director of the Department of System Engineering of the ... more |
NASA's OSIRIS-REx executes first asteroid approach maneuver Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2018
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft executed its first Asteroid Approach Maneuver (AAM-1) today putting it on course for its scheduled arrival at the asteroid Bennu in December.
The spacecraft's main engine thrusters fired in a braking maneuver designed to slow the spacecraft's speed relative to Bennu from approximately 1,100 mph (491 m/sec) to 313 mph (140 m/sec).
The mission team will con ... more |
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How Earth sheds heat into space Boston MA (SPX) Sep 25, 2018
Just as an oven gives off more heat to the surrounding kitchen as its internal temperature rises, the Earth sheds more heat into space as its surface warms up. Since the 1950s, scientists have observed a surprisingly straightforward, linear relationship between the Earth's surface temperature and its outgoing heat.
But the Earth is an incredibly messy system, with many complicated, interac ... more |
Illuminating First Light Data from Parker Solar Probe Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 20, 2018
Just over a month into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned first-light data from each of its four instrument suites. These early observations - while not yet examples of the key science observations Parker Solar Probe will take closer to the Sun - show that each of the instruments is working well. The instruments work in tandem to measure the Sun's electric and magnetic fields, particle ... more |
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Neutron star jets shoot down theory Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 28, 2018
Astronomers have detected radio jets belonging to a neutron star with a strong magnetic field - something not predicted by current theory, according to a new study published in Nature.
The team, led by researchers at the University of Amsterdam, observed the object known as Swift J0243.6+6124 using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico and NASA's Swift space tel ... more |
A universe aglow: lyman-alpha emission across the entire sky Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 02, 2018
Deep observations made with the MUSE spectrograph on ESO's Very Large Telescope have uncovered vast cosmic reservoirs of atomic hydrogen surrounding distant galaxies. The exquisite sensitivity of MUSE allowed for direct observations of dim clouds of hydrogen glowing with Lyman-alpha emission in the early Universe?-?revealing that almost the whole night sky is invisibly aglow.
An unexpected ... more |
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