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  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 NASA has launched a pilot program to evaluate how Earth science data from commercial small-satellite constellations could supplement observations from the agency's fleet of orbiting Earth science missions. On Sept. 28, the agency awarded sole-source contracts to acquire test data sets from three private sector organizations. NASA's Earth Science Division in Washington issued blanket purchase agreements for the "Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot" program. Under these a ... read more |
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SwRI scientists study Saturn's rings to discover downpourSan Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 Using some of the Cassini spacecraft's final measurements, Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered that complex organics rain down from Saturn's rings into its upper atmosphere. Cass ... more  
Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in KazakhstanHouston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Eart ... more  
Raytheon's SeeMe satellite system to help situational awarenessWashington (UPI) Oct 3, 2018 Raytheon has delivered the first Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements satellite to DARPA. ... more  
Curiosity Rover to Temporarily Switch 'Brains'Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 04, 2018 Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, this week commanded the agency's Curiosity rover to switch to its second computer. The switch will enable engineers to do a det ... more |
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While seeking Planet X, astronomers find a distant solar system objectManoa HI (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 Astronomers have discovered a new object at the edge of our solar system. The new extremely distant object far beyond Pluto has an orbit that supports the presence of a larger Planet X. The ne ... more 
Groundbreaking Science Emerges from Ultra-Close Orbits of SaturnPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2018 New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA's Cassini spacecraft represents a huge leap forward in our understanding of the Saturn system - especially the mysterious, never-before-explored r ... more  
Britain and Australia enter into space agreementLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 The United Kingdom and Australia will co-operate on activities including communications technologies, space situational awareness and satellite navigation, Science Minister Sam Gyimah announced this ... more 
NASA, UAE Space Agency sign arrangement for cooperation in human spaceflightBremen, Germany (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 NASA and the UAE Space Agency (UAESA) signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) Monday, Oct. 1, that outlines cooperation across a range of areas related to space exploration and human spaceflight. Th ... more 
First UAE Astronaut to Fly to ISS for 11-Day Mission on April 5, 2019Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 04, 2018 The first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 5, 2019, and will return to Earth on April 16, 2019, the ISS launch schedule, share ... more |
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Parker Solar Probe Changed the Game Before it Even LaunchedGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 On Oct. 3, 2018, Parker Solar Probe performed the first significant celestial maneuver of its seven-year mission. As the orbits of the spacecraft and Venus converged toward the same point, Parker So ... more  |
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Newly detected microquasar gamma-rays 'call for new ideas'Los Alamos AZ (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 The first-ever detection of highly energetic radiation from a microquasar has astrophysicists scrambling for new theories to explain the extreme particle acceleration. A microquasar is a black hole ... more 
CREDO's first light: The global particle detector begins its collection of scientific dataWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 Now everyone can become co-creator and co-user of the largest detector of cosmic ray particles in history - as well as a potential co-discoverer. All you need is a smartphone and the CREDO Detector ... more  
NATO demands answers on Russia missilesBrussels (AFP) Oct 3, 2018 NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday demanded Moscow prove it is complying with a landmark Cold War nuclear arms reduction treaty, as concerns grow over a new Russian missile system. ... more 
NASA skeptical on sabotage theory after mystery ISS leakWashington (AFP) Oct 3, 2018 NASA expressed doubts Wednesday over a theory floated in Russia that a tiny hole that caused an air leak on the International Space Station was the result of sabotage. ... more  
Hayabusa-2 drops another lander on the surface of RyuguWashington (UPI) Oct 3, 2018 Hayabusa-2, Japan's asteroid-orbiting probe, has put another miniature lander on the surface of Ryugu. ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
Three members of the Expedition 56 crew returned safely to Earth Thursday from the International Space Station, where they spent months providing hands-on support for scientific research in low-Earth orbit, working to keep the orbiting laboratory fully operational, and performing three spacewalks.
NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold, and cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev of the Russian spa ... more |
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 Kirkenes, Norway (SPX) Oct 01, 2018 
On Thursday 27 September Nammo successfully completed the first launch of Nucleus, a sounding rocket powered by its new hybrid rocket motor.
Nucleus launched at 14:16: local time from Andoya Space Center in Northern Norway, and reached an altitude of 107.4 km. That made it not only the first rocket powered by a Norwegian motor design to cross the Karman line, the commonly recognized border ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 04, 2018 
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, this week commanded the agency's Curiosity rover to switch to its second computer. The switch will enable engineers to do a detailed diagnosis of a technical issue that has prevented the rover's active computer from storing science and some key engineering data since Sept. 15.
Like many NASA spacecraft, Curiosity was de ... more |
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 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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 London, UK (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
The United Kingdom and Australia will co-operate on activities including communications technologies, space situational awareness and satellite navigation, Science Minister Sam Gyimah announced this week.
The Memorandum of Understanding, signed at the International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany, provides a framework for collaborative activities and the exchange of information, ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2018 
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have appointed a board to investigate an instrument anomaly aboard the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 17 weather satellite currently in orbit.
During postlaunch testing of the satellite's Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument, it was discovered that the instrument's infrared detectors cannot b ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 
The display screens of modern televisions, cell phones and computer monitors rely on liquid crystals - materials that flow like liquids but have molecules oriented in crystal-like structures.
However, liquid crystals may have played a far more ancient role: helping to assemble Earth's first biomolecules. Researchers reporting in ACS Nano have found that short RNA molecules can form liquid ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 
Astronomers have discovered a new object at the edge of our solar system. The new extremely distant object far beyond Pluto has an orbit that supports the presence of a larger Planet X.
The newly-found object, called 2015 TG387, was announced by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center on October 1. A paper with the full details of the discovery has also been submitted to ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 
When nitrogen-based fertilizers flow into water bodies, the result can be deadly for marine life near shore, but what is the effect of nitrogen pollution far out in the open ocean?
A 130-year-old brain coral has provided the answer, at least for the North Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States. By measuring the nitrogen in the coral's skeleton, a team of researchers led by ... more |
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 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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 Denver CO (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 
At this week's International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen, Germany, Lockheed Martin experts revealed the company's crewed lunar lander concept and showed how the reusable lander aligns with NASA's lunar Gateway and future Mars missions.
The crewed lunar lander is a single stage, fully reusable system that incorporates flight-proven technologies and systems from NASA's Orion space ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2018 
Hayabusa-2, Japan's asteroid-orbiting probe, has put another miniature lander on the surface of Ryugu.
The box-shaped lander, Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, or MASCOT, was designed by a team of engineers from Germany and France.
Engineers at the German Aerospace Center, DLR, confirmed MASCOT's safe landing on the asteroid's surface.
"It could not have gone better," MASCOT ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
NASA has launched a pilot program to evaluate how Earth science data from commercial small-satellite constellations could supplement observations from the agency's fleet of orbiting Earth science missions. On Sept. 28, the agency awarded sole-source contracts to acquire test data sets from three private sector organizations.
NASA's Earth Science Division in Washington issued blanket purcha ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
On Oct. 3, 2018, Parker Solar Probe performed the first significant celestial maneuver of its seven-year mission. As the orbits of the spacecraft and Venus converged toward the same point, Parker Solar Probe slipped in front of the planet, allowing Venus' gravity - relatively small by celestial standards - to twist its path and change its speed. This maneuver, called a gravity assist, reduced Pa ... more |
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 Kamuela HI (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
Nearly two decades after pioneering the technology on large telescopes, W. M. Keck Observatory is once again pushing the boundaries in the field of adaptive optics (AO) after receiving a powerful boost of support.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Observatory funding through their Mid-Scale Innovations Program to build a next-generation AO system on the Keck I telescope ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
Recent observations create a puzzle for astrophysicists: since the big bang, less galaxy clusters have formed over time than was actually expected. Physicists from the university of Bonn have now confirmed this phenomenon.
For the next three years, the researchers will analyze their data in even greater detail. This will put them in a position to confirm whether the theories considered val ... more |
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