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  Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2019 Beijing plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade, state media reported Wednesday, citing a top space official. China aims to achieve space superpower status and took a major step towards that goal when it became the first nation to land a rover on the far side of the moon in January. It now plans to build a scientific research station on the moon's south pole within the next 10 years, China National Space Administration head Zhang Ke ... read more |
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New Air Force science and technology strategy puts focus on speedArlington VA (AFNS) Apr 18, 2019 Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson unveiled a new and ambitious Science and Technology Strategy designed to better identify, develop and deploy breakthrough technologies, April 17. The ... more  
FEDOR Space Rescuer: Roscosmos 'Trains' Anthropomorphic Robot for Manned MissionMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 15, 2019 Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia have received FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) anthropomorphic robot for its potential use ... more 
NASA 'Nose' importance of humans, robots exploring togetherGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 NASA is sending humans forward to the Moon, this time to stay. Upcoming expeditions to the Moon will require making every moment of astronaut time outside the safety of the Gateway in orbit and luna ... more  
InSight lander captures audio of first likely 'quake' on MarsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2019 NASA's Mars InSight lander has measured and recorded for the first time ever a likely "marsquake." The faint seismic signal, detected by the lander's Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure ... more |
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Turkey says understands NATO concerns over Russian missile dealIstanbul (AFP) April 19, 2019 Turkey is "taking into account" NATO concerns over its Russian missile deal, the country's foreign minister said on Friday, in more conciliatory remarks over a purchase stoking tensions between Washington and Ankara. ... more  
Percepto launches its all-in-one aerial solution for autonomous operationsCanberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Percepto has announced that it has launched its all-in-one aerial solution for autonomous security, safety and inspection missions in Australia, following the completion of a series of successful li ... more  
Bolivian Space Agency takes broadband internet to new heightsSint-Niklaas, Belgium (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has announced that it has deployed a Newtec Dialog hub for the Agencia Boliviana Espacia (A ... more  
The Satellite Applications Catapult partners with Infostellar to provide improved ground station accessTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Infostellar has partnered with leading ground systems manufacturers to simplify the StellarStation integration process for new users. Partnered ground systems manufacturers include Innovative Soluti ... more  
What Earth's gravity reveals about climate changePotsdam, Germany (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 On March 17, 2002, the German-US satellite duo GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) were launched to map the global gravitational field with unprecedented precision. After all, the missio ... more |
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 Necrophagy: A means of survival in the Dead Sea  
Oil-eating bacteria found at the bottom of the oceanWashington (UPI) Apr 12, 2019 Scientists have discovered oil-eating bacteria in the planet's deepest oceanic trench, the Mariana Trench. ... more  |
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SpaceX to launch cargo resupply mission despite Crew Dragon mishapWashington (UPI) Apr 22, 2019 The "anomaly" experienced by SpaceX's Crew Dragon over the weekend won't affect the company's planned space station resupply mission. ... more 
China opens Chang'e-6 for international payloads, asteroids nextBeijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 China announced the cooperation plan for its future Chang'e-6 mission, offering to carry a total of 20-kg solicited payloads, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday. ... more  
Debris of Satellite Destroyed by India May Threaten ISS - Russian MoDMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2019 When India tested its anti-satellite weapons, more than 100 fragments of destroyed spacecraft were created; in the future, these fragments could pose a threat to the ISS, the Russian Defence Ministr ... more  
The Third Installment of the SpaceFund Reality (SFR) ratingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 The third installment of our SpaceFund Reality (SFR) rating is focused on space habitats. With this rating we begin to move into areas that are more obviously related to the SpaceFund mission of sup ... more 
UNH scientists find auroral 'speed bumps' are more complicatedDurham NH (SPX) Apr 24, 2019 Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center find that "speed bumps" in space, which can slow down satellites orbiting closer to Earth, are more complex than originally though ... more |
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 Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed new concept of fire extinguisher optimized for space-use; named Vacuum Extinguish Method (VEM).
VEM is based on the completely "reverse" operation of widely-used fire extinguisher, namely, spraying extinguisher agent(s) into the firing point. VEM is sucking the flame as well as c ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) April 21, 2019 
A mysterious but apparently serious incident occurred Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Florida involving the SpaceX capsule intended to carry American astronauts into space late this year, the private company and NASA announced.
"Earlier today, SpaceX conducted a series of engine tests on a Crew Dragon test vehicle on our test stand at Landing Zone 1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida," a SpaceX spokesm ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
NASA has named a University of Colorado Boulder team a finalist in a competition to design a greenhouse for use on Mars.
The annual NASA BIG Idea Challenge is set for April 23-24 in Hampton, Virginia; it calls on student groups at universities across the country to develop solutions to vexing space problems. The event changes each year, and the 2019 contest is seeking innovative ideas for ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2019 
Beijing plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade, state media reported Wednesday, citing a top space official.
China aims to achieve space superpower status and took a major step towards that goal when it became the first nation to land a rover on the far side of the moon in January.
It now plans to build a scientific researc ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
The third installment of our SpaceFund Reality (SFR) rating is focused on space habitats. With this rating we begin to move into areas that are more obviously related to the SpaceFund mission of supporting "frontier enabling" technologies. While the launch database showed a field that is over crowded, many other critical sectors of the space economy are not, and some are frankly, wide open.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2019 
When India tested its anti-satellite weapons, more than 100 fragments of destroyed spacecraft were created; in the future, these fragments could pose a threat to the ISS, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
"On 27 March, India successfully tested anti-satellite weapons, as a result of the destruction of the spacecraft, more than 100 fragments were formed in the altitude range from 100 to 1, ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2019 
Scientists have discovered oil-eating bacteria in the planet's deepest oceanic trench, the Mariana Trench.
An international team of researchers, including scientists from Britain, China and Russia, used a submersible to collect microbial samples from the trench, which bottoms out at 6.8 miles below sea level. For reference, the peak of Mount Everest is 5.5 miles above sea level.
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2019 
More than 10 years since its discovery, (225088) 2007 OR10 is the largest minor planet in our solar system without a name, and the 3 astronomers who discovered it want the public's help to change that. In an article published by The Planetary Society today, Meg Schwamb, a planetary scientist who helped discover 2007 OR10, announced a campaign inviting the public to pick the best name to submit t ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Apr 24, 2019 
Climate change and ocean warming threaten coral reefs and disrupt the harmonious relationship between corals and their symbiotic algae, a process known as "coral bleaching." However, a new study conducted by scientists at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa and the California Academy of Sciences revealed soft tissues that cover the rocky coral skeleton promote the recovery of corals followin ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 
China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 10:41 p.m. Saturday.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, it is the 44th satellite of the BDS satellite family and the first BDS-3 satellite in inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit.
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Dust can be a nuisance - on Earth and the Moon. Astronauts exploring the Moon's South Pole will need a way to help keep pesky lunar dust out of hard to reach places.
A team at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida may have the solution. The technology launched to the space station April 17, 2019, from Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia as part of the Materials Intern ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 23, 2019 
Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left our own mark on an asteroid for the first time: Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped a copper projectile at very high speed in an attempt to form a crater on asteroid Ryugu. A much bigger asteroid impact is planned for the coming decade, involving an international double-spacecraft mission.
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 Paris (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Synspective and Arianespace have signed a contract to launch the satellite StriX-a, Synspective's first SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) demonstrator satellite.
On April 18, 2019, Arianespace announced the signing of a launch service contract with Synspective for the launch of the satellite StriX-a (with a liftoff mass of approximately 150 kg.) into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) in 2020.
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 Pune, India (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 
The Sun is the brightest object in the sky which is probably the most studied object. Surprisingly, it still hosts mysteries which scientists have been trying to unravel for decades, for example, the origin of coronal mass ejections which can potentially affect the Earth. Led by Dr. Divya Oberoi and his Ph.D. students, Atul Mohan and Surajit Mondal, a team of scientists at the National Centre fo ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 01, 2019 
What looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars, revealed in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Officially named Westerhout 40 (W40), the butterfly is a nebula - a giant cloud of gas and dust in space where new stars may form. The butterfly's two "wings" are giant bubbles of hot, interstellar gas blowing from the hottest, most mas ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 23, 2019 
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have managed to build a cascading silicon peashooter - a smaller, more precise atomic beam collimator.
The technology could be used to produce exotic quantum phenomena for scientists to study or to improve devices like atomic clocks or accelerometers, a smartphone component.
"A typical device you might make out of this is a next ... more |
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