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  Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 A decade ago, while still a PhD student at Cornell University, Zac Manchester imagined building chip-scale satellites that might work together to study Earth or explore space. On June 3, as NASA Ames Research Center announces the successful deployment of the largest swarm of ChipSats in history, Manchester, now an assistant professor at Stanford, is already envisioning the future of this technology. "This is like the PC revolution for space," said Manchester, who joined the aeronautics and astrona ... read more |
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All engines GO for Vega-C maiden flightKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 06, 2019 ESA is working with industry towards the maiden flight of Europe's new Vega-C launch vehicle in 2020 for more launches, with increased performance, to more orbits. Since the previous update on ... more 
Leading the New Space Age: Government backs ambitious plans for the UK in spaceDevon UK (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 The government is ensuring the UK plays a leading role in the New Space Age as part of its modern Industrial Strategy, with new support for domestic satellite launch capability and space weather for ... more 
Space Rider: Europe's reusable space transport systemParis (ESA) Jun 06, 2019 Initially proposed in 2016, ESA's Space Rider reentry vehicle provides a return to Earth and landing capability that compliments the existing launch options of the Ariane and Vega families. Having r ... more 
SpaceX Cargo Spacecraft Splashes Down in Pacific Ocean with Scientific ResearchWashington DC (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying 4,200 pounds of scientific experiments and other cargo back to Earth departed the International Space Station at 12:01 p.m. EDT Monday, and splashed down in t ... more |
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Exomoons may be home to extra-terrestrial lifeLincoln UK (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 Moons orbiting planets outside our solar system could offer another clue about the pool of worlds that may be home to extra-terrestrial life, according to an astrophysicist at the University of Linc ... more  
Cool, Nebulous Ring Around Milky Way's Supermassive Black HoleCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 Through decades of study, astronomers have developed a clearer picture of the chaotic and crowded neighborhood surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Our galactic ce ... more  
BlackSky Awarded NRO Contract for Commercial Imagery to Support U.S. Government Mission NeedsHerndon VA (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 BlackSky, a leading provider of geospatial intelligence, satellite imaging, and global monitoring services, announced it has been awarded a Study Contract through the National Reconnaissance Office ... more  
Robots activated by water may be the next frontierNew York NY (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 New research from the laboratory of Ozgur Sahin, associate professor of biological sciences and physics at Columbia University, shows that materials can be fabricated to create soft actuators - devi ... more 
The geometry of an electron determined for the first timeBasel, Switzerland (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 Physicists at the University of Basel are able to show for the first time how a single electron looks in an artificial atom. A newly developed method enables them to show the probability of an elect ... more |
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Army project develops agile scouting robotsResearch Triangle Park NC (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 In a research project for the U.S. Army, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley developed an agile robot, called Salto that looks like a Star Wars Imperial walker in miniature and may ... more  |
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Physicists Discover New Clue to Planet FormationMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 An international study led by the Monash School of Physics and Astronomy has discovered the first observational evidence for the existence of circumplanetary discs. The study published in the Astrop ... more 
BlackSky begins commercial operations, signs agreement with HawkEye 360San Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 At the USGIF-sponsored GEOINT Symposium in San Antonio, BlackSky, a leading provider of geospatial intelligence, satellite imaging, and global monitoring services, announced it has signed an agreeme ... more 
China conducts first sea-based space rocket launchBeijing (AFP) June 5, 2019 China launched a space rocket from sea for the first time on Wednesday, its space agency announced, the latest step in Beijing's push to become a major space power. ... more  
TESS first light on stellar physicsLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 Among the 32 thousand stars observed in short cadence in the first 2 months of science operations, asteroseismic data from the TESS space mission revealed 5 rare roAp stars, including the fastest pu ... more  
Ascent Abort-2 Preparations 'A Really Good Test Run' For Artemis 1Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 NASA is gearing up for a test of the system that will help keep astronauts safe when traveling to the Moon aboard agency's Orion spacecraft. The Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test will put Orion's la ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 29, 2019 
A pair of Russian cosmonauts completed a spacewalk on Wednesday to retrieve science experiments and carry out maintenance on the International Space Station.
Expedition 59 commander Oleg Kononenko and fellow cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin stepped out of the space station at 11:42 a.m. and returned about 6 hours later to close the hatch at 5:43 p.m. after completing the spacewalk, which was b ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 06, 2019 
Initially proposed in 2016, ESA's Space Rider reentry vehicle provides a return to Earth and landing capability that compliments the existing launch options of the Ariane and Vega families. Having recently completed system and subsystem preliminary design reviews, Space Rider is advancing quickly towards the Critical design review at the end of 2019.
Launched on Vega-C, Space Rider will se ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 06, 2019 
Scientists and engineers have a new plan for getting NASA InSight's heat probe, also known as the "mole," digging again on Mars. Part of an instrument called the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3), the mole is a self-hammering spike designed to dig as much as 16 feet (5 meters) below the surface and record temperature.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market.
They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more |
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 Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2019  NewSpace is a recently formed movement and philosophy that encompasses a globally emerging private spaceflight industry. This term is generally used in connection with a global private sector of new aerospace companies and ventures.
One primary objective is to develop faster, better and cheaper access to space and spaceflight technologies. This movement is thought to be a major driving for ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019 
Aluminum is one of the most promising materials for aeronautics and automobile industry. Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based composite materials.
Doping aluminum melt with nickel and lanthanum, scientists managed to create a material combining benefits of both composite materials and stan ... more |
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 Lincoln UK (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 
Moons orbiting planets outside our solar system could offer another clue about the pool of worlds that may be home to extra-terrestrial life, according to an astrophysicist at the University of Lincoln.
Exoplanets are planets outside our solar system and up to this point nearly 4,000 have been discovered. Only a small proportion of these are likely to be able to sustain life, existing in w ... more |
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 Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 21, 2019 
With less than a fifth of the Moon's mass, Pluto can still retain an atmosphere, though a tenuous envelope of gas produced by the periodical sublimation of nitrogen ices. A study that followed the evolution of Pluto's atmosphere for fourteen years shows its seasonal nature, and predicts that it will now start to condensate as frost.
This study1 was published in the journal Astronomy and As ... more |
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 Honiara (AFP) June 3, 2019 
Australia is to fund a $250 million (US$173 million) grants programme for the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday, as Canberra confronts growing Chinese influence in the region.
Morrison, in his first overseas trip since re-election two weeks ago, unveiled the package amid talks with Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.
It came in a three-pronged Canberr ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 27, 2019 
The output value of China's satellite navigation industry is expected to surpass 400 billion yuan (about 57.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2020, according to the ongoing 10th China Satellite Navigation Conference on Thursday.
"Currently, we have built the complete industry chain which is made up of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) basic products, application terminals and systems, ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 
NASA is gearing up for a test of the system that will help keep astronauts safe when traveling to the Moon aboard agency's Orion spacecraft. The Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) flight test will put Orion's launch abort system (LAS) to work in a high-flying, fast-paced trial without crew aboard.
The test paves the way for Artemis 2, the first flight of astronauts aboard Orion and the powerful new Spa ... more |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 
The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have enabled it to obtain the sharpest images of a double asteroid as it flew by Earth on 25 May. While this double asteroid was not itself a threatening object, scientists used the opportunity to rehearse the response to a hazardous Near-Earth Object (NEO), proving that ESO's front-line technology could be critical i ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 
The first minerals to form in the universe were nanocrystalline diamonds, which condensed from gases ejected when the first generation of stars exploded. Diamonds that crystallize under the extreme pressure and temperature conditions deep inside of Earth are more typically encountered by humanity. What opportunities for knowledge are lost when mineralogists categorize both the cosmic travelers a ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2019 
One of the big questions in solar physics is why the Sun's activity follows a regular cycle of 11 years. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), an independent German research institute, now present new findings, indicating that the tidal forces of Venus, Earth and Jupiter influence the solar magnetic field, thus governing the solar cycle.
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) May 30, 2019 
While we now know of thousands of exoplanets - planets around other stars - the vast majority of our knowledge is indirect. That is, scientists have not actually taken many pictures of exoplanets, and because of the limits of current technology, we can only see these worlds as points of light. However, the number of exoplanets that have been directly imaged is growing over time. When NASA's Jame ... more |
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 Evanston IL (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 
An international team has constructed the most detailed, highest resolution simulation of a black hole to date. The simulation proves theoretical predictions about the nature of accretion disks - the matter that orbits and eventually falls into a black hole - that have never before been seen.
The research will publish on June 5 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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