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  Washington (AFP) May 18, 2019 On December 11, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed a directive ordering NASA to prepare to return astronauts to the Moon "followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations." The dates fixed by the space agency are 2024 for the Moon and Mars in 2033, but according to experts and industry insiders, reaching the Red Planet by then is highly improbable barring a Herculean effort on the scale of the Apollo program in the 1960s. "The Moon is the proving ground for our eventual mission to M ... read more |
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India's 2nd Moon Mission to Be Cheaper than Half of Avengers Endgame's BudgetNew Delhi (Sputnik) May 20, 2019 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started to offer details about its most ambitious space mission to date, Chandrayaan 2, in bits and pieces, indicating that the agency is known for ... more  
NASA Team Teaches Algorithms to Identify LifeGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2019 If you've seen dental plaque or pond scum, you've met a biofilm. Among the oldest forms of life on Earth, these ubiquitous, slimy buildups of bacteria grow on nearly everything exposed to moisture a ... more  
China launches new BeiDou navigation satelliteXichang (XNA) May 20, 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 11:48 p.m. Friday. Launched on a Long Marc ... more  
Here's Looking at You! Astrobee's First Robot Completes Initial Hardware Checks in SpaceMoffett Field CA (SPX) May 19, 2019 NASA astronaut Anne McClain performs the first series of tests of an Astrobee robot, Bumble, during a hardware checkout. To her right is the docking station that was installed in the Kibo module on ... more |
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Lunar South Pole Atlas Is Reference for Mission PlannersHouston TX (SPX) May 19, 2019 The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), managed by Universities Space Research Association (USRA), has a new online resource available for the Moon's south pole. Given NASA's recent direction to im ... more 
NASA Taps 11 American Companies to Advance Human Lunar LandersWashington DC (SPX) May 19, 2019 NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman a ... more 
Mars 2020 Is Coming TogetherPasadena CA (JPL) May 20, 2019 An engineer inspects the completed spacecraft that will carry NASA's next Mars rover to the Red Planet, prior to a test in the Space Simulator Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasaden ... more 
Fly over Mount Sharp on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) May 20, 2019 Ever wanted to visit Mars? A new animated video shows what it would be like to soar over Mount Sharp, which NASA's Curiosity rover has been climbing since 2014. This video highlights several r ... more 
Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life?Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2019 In 2020, NASA and European-Russian missions will look for evidence of past life on Mars. But while volcanic, igneous rock predominates on the Red Planet, virtually the entire Earth fossil record com ... more |
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Downstream Gateway: bringing space down to EarthParis (ESA) May 20, 2019 ESA is launching its Downstream Gateway, a 'one-stop shop' service for all downstream opportunities, creating links between new and emerging business sectors and the capabilities being developed in ... more  |
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NASA's New Horizons Team Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science ResultsLaurel MD (SPX) May 17, 2019 NASA's New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69. Analyzing just the first set ... more 
Tug-of-war drives magnetic north sprintParis (ESA) May 16, 2019 As far as we know, Earth's magnetic north has always wandered, but it has recently gained new momentum and is making a dash towards Siberia at a pace not seen before. While this has some practical i ... more  
Louisiana-based Geocent's Advanced Aerospace Materials to Fly Aboard International Space StationMetairie LA (SPX) May 16, 2019 Geocent, LLC, a national Information Technology and Engineering firm with its headquarters in Louisiana, was informed by NASA that its innovative materials for radiation shielding and thermal barrie ... more  
Planet-Hunter CubeSat Images Los AngelesPasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2019 A small satellite designed to hunt for new planets beyond the solar system recently looked down at Earth to capture an image of California's "City of Stars." The greater Los Angeles area stand ... more  
China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missionsBeijing (XNA) May 17, 2019 China has developed a number of new-generation carrier rockets to take the country's space industry to the next level. b>The Long March-7 br> /b> The Long March-7 is a medium-sized carrier r ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 19, 2019 
In an effort to increase the ability to provide astronauts nutrients on long-duration missions as the agency plans to sustainably return to the Moon and move forward to Mars, the Veg-PONDS-02 experiment is currently underway aboard the International Space Station.
The present method of growing plants in space uses seed bags, referred to as pillows, that astronauts push water into with a sy ... more |
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 Huntington Beach CA (SPX) May 13, 2019 
Rocket Lab announced Friday that its next flight will launch multiple spacecraft on a mission procured by satellite rideshare and mission management provider, Spaceflight. The launch window will open in June, with launch taking place from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
The mission is Rocket Lab's seventh Electron launch overall and the company's third for 201 ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 20, 2019 
An engineer inspects the completed spacecraft that will carry NASA's next Mars rover to the Red Planet, prior to a test in the Space Simulator Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
From the top down, and suspended by cables, is the complete cruise stage, which will power and guide the Mars 2020 spacecraft on its seven-month voyage to the Red Planet.
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 Beijing (XNA) May 17, 2019 
China has developed a number of new-generation carrier rockets to take the country's space industry to the next level.
b>The Long March-7 br> /b>
The Long March-7 is a medium-sized carrier rocket with high reliability and safety. It is designed to launch cargo vehicles during the construction of China's manned space station project and meet the long-term demand for upgrading manned carri ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019 
ESA is launching its Downstream Gateway, a 'one-stop shop' service for all downstream opportunities, creating links between new and emerging business sectors and the capabilities being developed in ESA programmes.
'Downstream' means all those activities based on space technology, or using a space-derived system in a space or non-space environment, that may result in an application, product ... more |
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 Metairie LA (SPX) May 16, 2019 
Geocent, LLC, a national Information Technology and Engineering firm with its headquarters in Louisiana, was informed by NASA that its innovative materials for radiation shielding and thermal barrier coatings were chosen to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to evaluate their potential applications for lunar habitation, long-term deep space missions such as Mars, and other unspecif ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 19, 2019 
If you've seen dental plaque or pond scum, you've met a biofilm. Among the oldest forms of life on Earth, these ubiquitous, slimy buildups of bacteria grow on nearly everything exposed to moisture and leave behind common tell-tale textures and structures identifying them as living or once-living organisms.
Without training and sophisticated microscopes, however, these biofilms can be diffi ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) May 17, 2019 
NASA's New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69. Analyzing just the first sets of data gathered during the New Horizons spacecraft's New Year's 2019 flyby of MU69 (nicknamed Ultima Thule) the mission team quickly discovered an object far more complex than expected. The team pu ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 16, 2019 
As our climate changes, the availability of freshwater is a growing issue for many people around the world. Understanding the water cycle and how the climate and human usage is causing shifts in natural cycling processes is vital to safeguarding supplies. While numerous satellites measure individual components of the water cycle, it has never been described as a whole over a particular region - ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) May 20, 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 11:48 p.m. Friday.
Launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket, it is the fourth BDS-2 backup satellite and the 45th satellite of the BDS satellite family.
After being sent to the geostationary earth orbit and in-orbit tests, it will be ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2019 
NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman and next man - on the Moon's south pole by 2024 and establish sustainable missions by 2028.
"To accelerate our return to the Moon, we are challenging our traditional ways of doing business. We wi ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 16, 2019 
Bedbugs are notoriously difficult to eradicate. Not even the fiery asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs could rid Earth of its bedbug infestation.
DNA analysis of some 30 different bedbug species showed the insect has been around for at least 115 million years.
Previously, scientists suggested bedbugs emerged between 50 and 60 million years ago. Bats were supposedly the b ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019 
A thorough understanding of the 'solid Earth' system is essential for deciphering the links between processes occurring deep inside Earth and those occurring nearer the surface that lead to seismic activity such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the rise of mountains and the location of underground natural resources. Thanks to gravity and magnetic data from satellites along with seismology, ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 15, 2019 
A NASA expert in space-weather phenomena has won a patent for an idea that, if fully implemented, would create the world's largest scientific instrument for detecting a condition that has caused power outages in the past.
Antti Pulkkinen, a scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and his team have started implementing the idea. They've installed scientific s ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) May 19, 2019 
As cosmologists and astrophysicists delve deeper into the darkest recesses of the universe, their need for increasingly powerful observational and computational tools has expanded exponentially. From facilities such as the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to supercomputers like Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Cori system at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) fa ... more |
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 Cracow, Poland (SPX) May 10, 2019 
Collisions of lead nuclei take place under extreme physical conditions. Their course can be described using a model which assumes that the transforming, extremely hot matter - the quark-gluon plasma - flows in the form of hundreds of streaks. Until now, the "fire streaks" seemed to be purely theoretical structures. However, the latest analysis of collisions of individual protons reinforces the h ... more |
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