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November 05, 2018
IRON AND ICE
NASA'S OSIRIS-REx zooms in on Bennu



Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
This set of 16 images shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's steady approach toward the asteroid Bennu during the last half of October 2018. From Oct. 12 to Oct. 29, the long-range PolyCam camera took one optical navigation image per day, except on Oct. 16 and 17 when PolyCam was not scheduled to take images. The spacecraft was approximately 27,340 miles (44,000 km) from Bennu for the first image - a distance several thousand miles greater than the circumference of the Earth. The last image was taken f ... read more

TIME AND SPACE
One step closer to complex quantum teleportation
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
For future technologies such as quantum computers and quantum encryption, the experimental mastery of complex quantum systems is inevitable. Scientists from the University of Vienna and the Austrian ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Quantum on the edge: Light shines on new pathway for quantum technology
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 02, 2018
Scientists in Australia have for the first time demonstrated the protection of correlated states between paired photons - packets of light energy - using the intriguing physical concept of topology. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Russia plans to carry out 17 space launches in 2018
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2018
Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos will carry out 17 space launches in 2018 and over 35 launches in 2019, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin told Sputnik. "If this year we have only 17 laun ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Russia to hold 2 new space launches in wake of Soyuz failure
Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018
Russia approved two new space launches for 2018 after it scrapped the launch of Soyuz-FG that forced a U.S. astronaut and Russian cosmonaut to eject from their spacecraft. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Hole in Soyuz MS-09 hull could have been drilled before launch
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2018
The day before, the chairman of the emergency commission assigned to investigate the incident said that the accident involving the Soyuz-FG was caused by a faulty sensor on one of the rocket's side ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Roscosmos, NASA to adjust ISS program to fit with lunar missions
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2018
Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, along with NASA, may revise the logic of experiments conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) so that their results could be used during explora ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Experience high-res science in first 8K footage from space
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Fans of science in space now can experience fast-moving footage in even higher definition as NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) deliver the first 8K ultra high definition (UHD) video of astronauts ... more
IRON AND ICE
New insights on comet tails are blowing in the solar wind
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Engineers and scientists gathered around a screen in an operations room at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., eager to lay their eyes on the first data from NASA's STEREO spacecraft. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
GRACE-FO resumes data collection
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 05, 2018
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission has resumed collecting science-quality data and planned in-orbit checks after successfully completing a switchover to a backu ... more
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SPACEMART
Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite now operational over Asia Pacific
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Telesat reports that its new Telstar 18 VANTAGE high throughput satellite (HTS) is fully operational at 138 degrees East and has entered commercial service. Telstar 18 VANTAGE was launched by a Spac ... more
GPS NEWS
China successfully launches 41st BeiDou Navigation System Satellite
Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2018
China successfully launched the BeiDou-3 satellite, the 41st satellite to join the nation's BeiDou navigation system, atop the Long March 3B carrier rocket, the China Aerospace Science and Technolog ... more
GPS NEWS
China launches BeiDou-3 navigation satellite into highest orbit yet
Xichang (XNA) Nov 05, 2018
China's home-grown global satellite navigation system came a step closer to completion Thursday with the launch of another BeiDou-3 satellite at 11:57 p.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, ... more
TECH SPACE
Atomic path from insulator to metal messier than thought
Durham NC (SPX) Nov 02, 2018
Researchers have peeked behind the curtain of the ultrafast phase transition of vanadium dioxide and found its atomic theatrics are much more complicated than they thought. It's a material that has ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Small rockets are taking off
New York (AFP) Nov 2, 2018
In mid-November, a company called Rocket Lab will try to send six small satellites into orbit around Earth - a fairly banal undertaking, save for the size of the launch rocket. ... more


NASA's Dawn asteroid mission ends as fuel runs out

MARSDAILY
Water cycle along the northern rim of Hellas Basin throughout Mars' history
Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2018
The northeastern rim region of Hellas impact basin, located in the southern hemisphere of Mars, contained numerous ephemeral lakes throughout Mars' history, a new study reveals. A new paper publishe ... more
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RAY GUNS
Lockheed Martin's missile defense laser concept continues toward development
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine month, $25.5 million contract extension to continue development of its Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile interceptor concept. This ... more
SPACEWAR
US must prepare to go on offensive in space says Mattis
Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 01, 2018
The US armed forces must utilize the framework of their new Space Command, announced earlier this year by President Donald Trump to go on the offensive to maintain military supremacy in the heavens, ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Soyuz launch failed due to assembly problem: Russia
Korolyov, Russia (AFP) Nov 1, 2018
Russia said on Thursday the launch of a Soyuz rocket failed last month because of a sensor that was damaged during assembly at the Baikonur cosmodrome but insisted that the spacecraft remains reliable. ... more
TECH SPACE
NASA team investigates ultrafast laser machining for multiple spaceflight applications
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2018
An ultrafast laser that fires pulses of light just 100 millionths of a nanosecond in duration could potentially revolutionize the way that NASA technicians manufacture and ultimately assemble instru ... more
IRON AND ICE
Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt comes to end
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2018
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system's earliest chapter. Dawn missed scheduled communications sessions with NASA's Deep ... more
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Experience high-res science in first 8K footage from space
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Fans of science in space now can experience fast-moving footage in even higher definition as NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) deliver the first 8K ultra high definition (UHD) video of astronauts living, working and conducting research from the International Space Station. The same engineers who sent high-definition (HD) cameras, 3D cameras, and a camera capable of recording 4K footage ... more
+ Roscosmos, NASA to adjust ISS program to fit with lunar missions
+ Russia plans first manned launch to ISS Dec 3 after accident
+ Thrusters with additively manufactured components qualified to fly humans on Orion spacecraft
+ Plant hormone makes space farming a possibility
+ Installing life support the hands-free way
+ US-Russia space cooperation to go on despite Soyuz launch mishap
+ Escape capsule with Soyuz MS-10 crew hit ground 5 times before stopping
Hole in Soyuz MS-09 hull could have been drilled before launch
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2018
The day before, the chairman of the emergency commission assigned to investigate the incident said that the accident involving the Soyuz-FG was caused by a faulty sensor on one of the rocket's side blocks during the disengagement from the central block. The hole in the hull of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft could have been drilled before the launch at the Baikonur space center, Russian Deputy ... more
+ Russia plans to carry out 17 space launches in 2018
+ Russia to hold 2 new space launches in wake of Soyuz failure
+ Rocket Lab enters high frequency launch operations
+ NASA conducts a 'BOO-tiful' RS-25 engine test
+ Russian experts to disassemble Soyuz-FG rocket for inspection prior to launch
+ All RS-25 flight controllers delivered for first four flights of NASA's SLS rocket
+ Soyuz launch failed due to assembly problem: Russia


Water cycle along the northern rim of Hellas Basin throughout Mars' history
Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 02, 2018
The northeastern rim region of Hellas impact basin, located in the southern hemisphere of Mars, contained numerous ephemeral lakes throughout Mars' history, a new study reveals. A new paper published in Astrobiology examines a region where depressions may have been hosted ponding water that originated from different sources, including precipitation, fluvial transportation and ground water. ... more
+ NASA launches a new podcast to Mars
+ Five things to know about InSight's Mars landing
+ NASA will keep trying to contact stalled Mars rover Opportunity
+ Naturally occurring 'batteries' fueled organic carbon synthesis on Mars
+ Mars Express keeps an eye on curious cloud
+ Desert test drive for Mars rover controlled from 1,000 miles away
+ Third ASPIRE test confirms Mars 2020 parachute a go
China's space programs open up to world
Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2018
When German scientists were conducting micro-gravity experiments on China's recoverable satellite in the 1980s, Chinese space engineer Tang Bochang was busy solving technical problems, while carefully keeping Chinese secrets. Tang joined the China Academy of Space Technology in 1970, the same year China launched its first satellite. He has participated in the development of returnable sate ... more
+ China's commercial aerospace companies flourishing
+ China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
+ China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
+ China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
+ China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
+ China to launch space station Tiangong in 2022, welcomes foreign astronauts
+ China solicits international cooperation experiments on space station
Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite now operational over Asia Pacific
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Telesat reports that its new Telstar 18 VANTAGE high throughput satellite (HTS) is fully operational at 138 degrees East and has entered commercial service. Telstar 18 VANTAGE was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on September 10 and will serve growing demand for mobility, enterprise and telecom services across the Asia Pacific region. Bu ... more
+ How Max Polyakov from Zaporozhie develops the Ukrainian space industry
+ SpaceFund launches the world's first space security token to fund the opening of the high frontier
+ ESA on the way to Space19+ and beyond
+ Ministers endorse vision for the future of Europe in space
+ Space industry entropy
+ European Space Talks: we need more space!
+ Source reveals timing of OneWeb satellites' debut launch on Soyuz
Atomic path from insulator to metal messier than thought
Durham NC (SPX) Nov 02, 2018
Researchers have peeked behind the curtain of the ultrafast phase transition of vanadium dioxide and found its atomic theatrics are much more complicated than they thought. It's a material that has fascinated scientists for decades for its ability to shift from being an electrical insulator to a conductor. The study, which appears Nov. 2 in the journal Science, is a collaboration between r ... more
+ NASA team investigates ultrafast laser machining for multiple spaceflight applications
+ Eye-tracking glasses provide a new vision for the future of augmented reality
+ Super-computer brings 'cloud' to astronauts in space
+ NUS researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight supermaterial
+ Disorder plays a key role in phase transitions of materials
+ Spaced-out nanotwins make for stronger metals
+ Bose-Einstein condensate generated in space for the first time


NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope, passes planet-hunting torch
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2018
After nine years in deep space collecting data that indicate our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets - more planets even than stars - NASA's Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. NASA has decided to retire the spacecraft within its current, safe orbit, away from Earth. Kepler leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outsi ... more
+ Rocky and habitable - sizing up a galaxy of planets
+ Some planetary systems just aren't into heavy metal
+ Giant planets around young star raise questions about how planets form
+ Plan developed to characterize and identify ocean worlds
+ Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields
+ Ultra-close stars discovered inside a planetary nebula
+ Superflares From Young Red Dwarf Stars Imperil Planets
SwRI team makes breakthroughs studying Pluto orbiter mission
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 25, 2018
A Southwest Research Institute team using internal research funds has made several discoveries that expand the range and value of a future Pluto orbiter mission. The breakthroughs define a fuel-saving orbital tour and demonstrate that an orbiter can continue exploration in the Kuiper Belt after surveying Pluto. These and other results from the study will be reported this week at a workshop on fu ... more
+ ALMA maps temperature of Jupiter's icy moon Europa
+ NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains
+ WorldWide Telescope looks ahead to New Horizons' Ultima Thule glyby
+ Europa plume sites lack expected heat signatures
+ Icy moon of Jupiter, Ganymede, shows evidence of past strike-slip faulting
+ Icy warning for space missions to Jupiter's moon
+ New Horizons sets up for New Year's flyby of Ultima Thule


'Robust' coral produces amino acids to defend against bleaching
Washington (UPI) Nov 2, 2018
Some coral reefs have a stronger genetic makeup to fight off bleaching, a recent study said. Researchers recently discovered that so-called "robust" coral, which includes certain brain corals and mushroom corals, are capable of producing special amino acids that prevent bleaching. Other coral, like "complex" coral, have a special relationship with microalgae called Symbiodinium, ... more
+ Millions in Mexico City see water supply cut off for days
+ Oceans heating faster than previously thought: study
+ Earth's oceans have absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought
+ Palau plans sunscreen ban to save coral
+ New technologies in the ocean energy sector
+ Increasing frequency of ocean storms could alter kelp forest ecosystems
+ Cephalopods could become an important food source in the global community
China launches BeiDou-3 navigation satellite into highest orbit yet
Xichang (XNA) Nov 05, 2018
China's home-grown global satellite navigation system came a step closer to completion Thursday with the launch of another BeiDou-3 satellite at 11:57 p.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, in the southwestern Sichuan Province. Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, it is the 41st of the BeiDou navigation system, and will work with 16 other Beidou-3 satellites already in orbit ... more
+ China successfully launches 41st BeiDou Navigation System Satellite
+ China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
+ Army researchers' technique locates robots, soldiers in GPS-challenged areas
+ Boeing to provide technical work on JDAM GPS-guided bombs
+ New Study Tracks Hurricane Harvey Stormwater with GPS
+ Lockheed awarded $1.4B for first GPS IIIF satellites
+ China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites


Neil Armstrong's huge souvenir collection to be auctioned
New York (AFP) Oct 31, 2018
Talk about a pack rat: thousands of things that Neil Armstrong saved over the course of a career that saw him become the first man to walk on the moon will be auctioned off this week. Nobody really knew the extent of the stuff Armstrong amassed during his 82 years on earth, not even the children of the man who made history with his feat on July 20, 1969. Some of the mementos are from his spa ... more
+ Maxar Technologies' MDA to design lunar rover concept for Canadian Space Agency
+ India successfully conducts crucial test of Moon lander
+ Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon
+ LGS Innovations' Laser Technology to Bring HD Video from the Moon
+ NASA seeks information for gateway cargo delivery services
+ NASA calls for instruments, technologies for delivery to the Moon
+ China plans to launch 'moon double' into space to illuminate streets
New insights on comet tails are blowing in the solar wind
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Engineers and scientists gathered around a screen in an operations room at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., eager to lay their eyes on the first data from NASA's STEREO spacecraft. It was January 2007, and the twin STEREO satellites - short for Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory - which had launched just months before, were opening their instruments' eyes for the first ... more
+ NASA'S OSIRIS-REx zooms in on Bennu
+ Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt comes to end
+ NASA's Dawn asteroid mission ends as fuel runs out
+ OSIRIS-REx captures 'super-resolution' view of Bennu
+ NASA's mission to Jupiter's trojans given the green light for development
+ FEFU astrophysicists studied asteroid 3200 Phaeton
+ OSIRIS-REx executes third asteroid approach maneuver


GRACE-FO resumes data collection
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 05, 2018
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission has resumed collecting science-quality data and planned in-orbit checks after successfully completing a switchover to a backup system in the microwave instrument (MWI) on one of the mission's twin spacecraft. The in-orbit checks include calibrations and other system tests, and are expected to continue until January, w ... more
+ Counting down to MetOp-C
+ Ozone hole modest despite optimum conditions for ozone depletion
+ A shortcut in the global sulfur cycle
+ What's in the air? There's more to it than we thought
+ Controlling future summer weather extremes still within our grasp
+ Getting the most out of atmospheric data analysis
+ Balloon measurements reveal dust particle properties in free troposphere over desert
Parker Solar Probe breaks record, becomes closest spacecraft to Sun
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 30, 2018
Parker Solar Probe now holds the record for closest approach to the Sun by a human-made object. The spacecraft passed the current record of 26.55 million miles from the Sun's surface on Oct. 29, 2018, at about 1:04 p.m. EDT, as calculated by the Parker Solar Probe team. The previous record for closest solar approach was set by the German-American Helios 2 spacecraft in April 1976. As the P ... more
+ Grant for solar physics aims to understand the Sun in its entirety
+ Scientist explores a better way to predict space weather
+ Students help scientist ID the sonic signatures of solar storms
+ Parker Solar Probe looks back at home
+ First "snapshot" of complete spectrum of solar neutrinos
+ School students identify sounds caused by solar storm
+ A break from the buzz: bees go silent during total solar eclipse


Quantum on the edge: Light shines on new pathway for quantum technology
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 02, 2018
Scientists in Australia have for the first time demonstrated the protection of correlated states between paired photons - packets of light energy - using the intriguing physical concept of topology. This experimental breakthrough opens a pathway to build a new type of quantum bit, the building blocks for quantum computers. The research, developed in close collaboration with Israeli colleag ... more
+ Galactic ghosts: Gaia uncovers major event in the formation of the Milky Way
+ First results from lucky spectroscopy, an equivalent technique to lucky imaging
+ Synchronized telescope dance puts limits on mysterious flashes in the sky
+ Time-lapse shows thirty years in the life of supernova 1987A
+ Artificial intelligence bot trained to recognize galaxies
+ Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way
+ Hubble reveals cosmic Bat Shadow in the Serpent's Tail
One step closer to complex quantum teleportation
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
For future technologies such as quantum computers and quantum encryption, the experimental mastery of complex quantum systems is inevitable. Scientists from the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences have succeeded in making another leap. While physicists around the world are trying to increase the number of two-dimensional systems, so-called qubits, researchers around A ... more
+ Most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a black hole
+ Hotspot discovery proves Canadian astrophysicist's black hole theory
+ JILA researchers see signs of interactive form of quantum matter
+ Astronomers spot signs of supermassive black hole mergers
+ Astronomers propose a new method for detecting black holes
+ How to weigh a black hole with the Webb Space Telescope
+ More goals in quantum soccer
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