|
|
|
  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have announced an to consider collaborating on international space exploration. As a first step, JAXA and Toyota have reached agreement to further cooperate on and accelerate their ongoing joint study*1 of a manned, pressurized rover*2 that employs fuel cell electric vehicle technologies. Such a form of mobility is deemed necessary for human exploration activities on the lunar surface. Even with the limited amount ... read more |
 |
Astronauts who survived Soyuz scare ready for new launch despite glitchesBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 13, 2019 Astronauts who survived an abortive Soyuz launch said Wednesday they were confident about their upcoming flight to the International Space Station despite some last-minute malfunctions. ... more  
NASA chief acknowledges more trouble with SLS rocketWashington (AFP) March 13, 2019 The US space agency NASA on Wednesday cast a shadow on the future of its new heavy-lift rocket, the SLS - acknowledging development delays on a project that is already years behind. ... more  
CesiumAstro raises $12M to develop faster comms for aerospace platformsAustin, TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 CesiumAstro, Inc., pioneer of "out-of-the-box" high-performance multi-beam active phased array communication systems for space and airborne platforms, has announced the closing of a $12.4 million Se ... more  
China is overtaking US in artificial intelligence: researchersWashington (AFP) March 13, 2019 China is poised to overtake the United States in artificial intelligence with a surge in academic research on the key technology, an analysis published Wednesday showed. ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Previous Issues | Mar 13 | Mar 12 | Mar 11 | Mar 08 | Mar 07 |
|
|
|
|
|
 
Objects in the rear-view mirror may appear interestingPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2019 In the current plan, we start with a dust devil survey to look for them while they are still in season. This is followed by a ChemCam investigation "Schiehallion" and an RMI mosaic on "Motherwell." ... more 
NASA is with you when you fly, even on MarsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 According to the 1958 law that established NASA, where the first "A" in NASA stands for aeronautics, the agency is charged with solving the problems of flight within the atmosphere. But the la ... more  
Asteroid Bennu is rotating faster over timeWashington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 In late 2018, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft arrived at Bennu, the asteroid it will be studying and sampling over t ... more  
Hypergiant teams with Arch Mission to create interplanetary internet nodesAustin TX (SPX) Mar 12, 2019 Hypergiant Galactic Systems and Arch Mission has announced a partnership to launch a series of satellites to Lagrangian orbital locations around the solar system, that will serve as the first relay ... more  
Founding members sign Square Kilometre Array Observatory TreatyCape Town, South Africa (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Countries involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project have come together in Rome, Italy for the signature of the international treaty establishing the intergovernmental organisation that wi ... more |
|
 Massive hyper-runaway star ejected from Milky Way's disk  
Tied in knots: New insights into plasma behavior focus on twists and turnsPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Whether zipping through a star or a fusion device on Earth, the electrically charged particles that make up the fourth state of matter better known as plasma are bound to magnetic field lines like b ... more  |
|
|
|
Will artificial intelligence be the future of music?Austin (AFP) March 12, 2019 They may never be able to fill a stadium for a rock concert, but computers are making inroads in the music industry, capable of producing songs - and convincingly so - as illustrated at the South by Southwest festival in Texas. ... more  
One step closer to a clock that could replace GPS and GalileoSussex UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Scientists in the Emergent Photonics Lab (EPic Lab) at the University of Sussex have made a breakthrough to a crucial element of an atomic clock - devices which could reduce our reliance on satellit ... more 
Business with human and robotic explorationParis (ESA) Mar 12, 2019 Space is profitable - each euro spent on the International Space Station produces 1.8 euros added value to European economies. Research in low Earth orbit has already contributed to the econom ... more  
Thank Earth's Magnetic Field for Water That Gives You LifeCanberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 A study by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) on the magnetic fields of planets has found that most planets discovered in other solar systems are unlikely to be as hospitable to ... more  
Floating ideas for an airlock near the MoonParis (ESA) Mar 14, 2019 Assembly of a new habitable structure near the Moon, known as the Gateway, is scheduled to begin in 2023. The international project will allow humans to explore farther than ever before and it bring ... more |
|
|
 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Today, March 12, ILV Soyuz was rolled out from the processing facility to the launch pad. The medium launch vehicle Soyuz-FG integrated with the Crew Transportation spacecraft (CTS) Soyuz MS-12 is erected on the launch pad of Area No.1 ("Gagarin's launch pad") of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Activities under the program of the first launch day have begun.
Specialists of RSC Energia and o ... more |
|
 Washington (AFP) March 13, 2019 
The US space agency NASA on Wednesday cast a shadow on the future of its new heavy-lift rocket, the SLS - acknowledging development delays on a project that is already years behind.
The Space Launch System program is being run much as the Apollo and space shuttle mission were handled in the days of old.
But Wednesday's announcement illustrates how quickly NASA has embraced a new era dom ... more |
|
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
According to the 1958 law that established NASA, where the first "A" in NASA stands for aeronautics, the agency is charged with solving the problems of flight within the atmosphere.
But the law doesn't say which planet's atmosphere.
In that spirit, when the decision was made to add a small helicopter to the Mars 2020 rover mission to the Red Planet, experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion L ... more |
|
 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
|
|
 Valley Forge PA (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has developed a new LTE-over-Satellite system designed to provide connectivity to remote regions, including areas without cellphone coverage, boats off-shore, or during natural disasters like hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, catastrophic floods or volcanoes. New hotspots connect existing phones to satellites for reliable 4G connections.
"When disaster strikes, cell phone ... more |
|
 Austin, TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
CesiumAstro, Inc., pioneer of "out-of-the-box" high-performance multi-beam active phased array communication systems for space and airborne platforms, has announced the closing of a $12.4 million Series A funding round led by Airbus Ventures.
Additional investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton Venture Fund, Lavrock Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, and Analog Devices ... more |
|
|
 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
Researchers have spotted the formation sites of planets around a young star resembling our Sun. Two rings of dust around the star, at distances comparable to the asteroid belt and the orbit of Neptune in our solar system, suggest that we are witnessing the formation of a planetary system similar to our own.
The solar system is thought to have formed from a cloud of cosmic gas and dust 4.6 ... more |
|
 Laurel MD (SPX) Mar 11, 2019  Cross your eyes and break out the 3D glasses! NASA's New Horizons team has created new stereo views of the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule - the target of the New Horizons spacecraft's historic New Year's 2019 flyby, four billion miles from Earth - and the images are as cool and captivating as they are scientifically valuable.
The 3D effects come from pairing or combining images ... more |
|
|
 Quito (AFP) March 8, 2019 
A new breeding ground for endangered hammerhead sharks has been found in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's government said.
This natural refuge off the island of Santa Cruz is home to about 20 of the sharks, the environment ministry said.
It is the second such refuge detected in the archipelago. The first, found in 2017, was shown to host around 30 hammerheads.
At the new one, researc ... more |
|
 Sussex UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Scientists in the Emergent Photonics Lab (EPic Lab) at the University of Sussex have made a breakthrough to a crucial element of an atomic clock - devices which could reduce our reliance on satellite mapping in the future - using cutting-edge laser beam technology. Their development greatly improves the efficiency of the lancet (which in a traditional clock is responsible for counting), by 80% - ... more |
|
|
 Paris (ESA) Mar 14, 2019 
Assembly of a new habitable structure near the Moon, known as the Gateway, is scheduled to begin in 2023. The international project will allow humans to explore farther than ever before and it brings new opportunities for European design in space.
In late 2018, ESA commissioned two consortia - one led by Airbus and the other by Thales Alenia Space - to undertake parallel studies into the d ... more |
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Just as dust gathers in corners and along bookshelves in our homes, dust piles up in space too. But when the dust settles in the solar system, it's often in rings. Several dust rings circle the Sun. The rings trace the orbits of planets, whose gravity tugs dust into place around the Sun, as it drifts by on its way to the center of the solar system.
The dust consists of crushed-up remains f ... more |
|
|
 Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2019 
New maps that use information from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite reveal nitrogen dioxide emission being released into the atmosphere in cities and towns across the globe.
Air pollution is a global environmental health problem that is responsible for millions of people dying prematurely every year. With air quality a serious concern, the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite was launched ... more |
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
The four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft are flying out of their element. The spacecraft have just completed a short detour from their routine science - looking at processes within Earth's magnetic environment - and instead ventured outside it, studying something they were not originally designed for.
For three weeks, MMS studied the solar wind - the stream of supersonic charged parti ... more |
|
|
 Cape Town, South Africa (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Countries involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project have come together in Rome, Italy for the signature of the international treaty establishing the intergovernmental organisation that will oversee the delivery of the world's largest radio telescope.
Ministers, Ambassadors and other high-level representatives from over 15 countries have gathered in the Italian capital for the si ... more |
|
 Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
Physicists have used a seven-qubit quantum computer to simulate the scrambling of information inside a black hole, heralding a future in which entangled quantum bits might be used to probe the mysterious interiors of these bizarre objects.
Scrambling is what happens when matter disappears inside a black hole. The information attached to that matter - the identities of all its constituents, ... 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 |
