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  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch June 24 from Florida with 24 satellites aboard - the first time the U.S. government has used the big rocket for such a mission. "The choice to use this rocket was actually part of the bigger strategy to get away from a sole source environment and into a competitive environment," said Col. Robert P. Bongiovi, director of the Air Force's Launch Systems Enterprise. Heavy military launches in recent years have used United Launch Alliance, a joi ... read more |
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NASA to open International Space Station to private astronautsWashington (UPI) Jun 7, 2019 At a press conference on Friday, NASA announced new opportunities for the private sector on the International Space Station and in low-Earth orbit. ... more 
NASA looks to Australia for its first-ever private commercial launch siteWashington DC (UPI) Jun 10, 2019 NASA is planning to sign its first-ever contract with a private commercial launch site - in Australia's remote Northern Territory. The space agency said it needs to conduct launches of suborbi ... more 
Unveiling technologies for future launch vehiclesParis (ESA) Jun 10, 2019 ESA safeguards Europe's guaranteed access to space through its Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, FLPP. FLPP weighs up the opportunities and risks of different launch vehicle concepts and asso ... more 
Ariane 6 development on trackParis (ESA) Jun 10, 2019 Europe's Ariane 6 launch vehicle is set to debut with a commercial mission in 2020 - industry is carrying out the final tests and starting production. The Ariane 6 launch zone at Europe's Spaceport ... more |
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Every Country Gets to Name an Exoplanet and Its Host StarMunich, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 Within the framework of its 100th anniversary commemorations, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) is organising the IAU100 NameExoWorlds global campaign that allows any country in the world t ... more  
'Best ever' simulation solves 40-year black hole mysteryParis (AFP) June 6, 2019 Scientists on Thursday unveiled the most detailed simulation of a black hole yet, solving a mystery dating back more than four decades over how the star-devouring monsters consume matter. ... more 
Planck Finds No New Evidence for Cosmic AnomaliesParis (ESA) Jun 10, 2019 ESA's Planck satellite has found no new evidence for the puzzling cosmic anomalies that appeared in its temperature map of the universe. The latest study does not rule out the potential relevance of ... more  
Accurate probing of magnetism with lightBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019 Probing magnetic materials with extreme ultraviolet radiation allows to obtain a detailed microscopic picture of how magnetic systems interact with light - the fastest way to manipulate a magnetic m ... more 
How acids behave in ultracold interstellar spaceBochum, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 Bochum-based researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Ruhr Explores Solvation (Resolv), together with cooperation partners from Nijmegen, have investigated how acids interact with water molecules ... more |
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The Second Moon RaceGerroa, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 The US and China are in an undeclared race back to the Moon. At first glance it's easy to dismiss China's efforts as being little more than what the US and Russia achieved decades ago. And whi ... more  |
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NASA opens space station to private astronauts, tourists and moreWashington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2019 NASA is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving commercial economy in low-Earth orbit. This move com ... more 
Trump says NASA should stop talking about going back to the MoonWashington (AFP) June 7, 2019 US President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that NASA should stop talking about going back to the Moon, which caused confusion since his administration aims to restart Moon landings by 2024. ... more  
Keep the orbital neighborhood cleanWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 More than 22,000 objects floating in space are currently being tracked by the U.S. Air Force. That number is expected to double within five years, due in large part to increased global demand for sa ... more  
ESA boost to new commercial space transportation servicesParis (ESA) Jun 10, 2019 Europe is part of a new era in space transportation with new commercial initiatives offering services to space, in space, and back from space springing up within the privately led and funded space s ... more 
NanoAvionics gets 10 million euros for for global IoT constellation developmentLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 NanoAvionics, an international nano-satellite missions integrator, and the consortium partners KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services) and Antwerp Space have been awarded EUR 10 million funding by the E ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2019 
NASA is opening the International Space Station for commercial business so U.S. industry innovation and ingenuity can accelerate a thriving commercial economy in low-Earth orbit.
This move comes as NASA focuses full speed ahead on its goal of landing the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024, where American companies also will play an essential role in establishing a sustainable pre ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 10, 2019 
Europe's Ariane 6 launch vehicle is set to debut with a commercial mission in 2020 - industry is carrying out the final tests and starting production. The Ariane 6 launch zone at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana is near completion.
Ariane 6's core stage is powered by the Vulcain 2.1 engine, its upper stage is powered by the reignitable Vinci engine. Strapped on to the core stage will be ... 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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 London, UK (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 
NanoAvionics, an international nano-satellite missions integrator, and the consortium partners KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services) and Antwerp Space have been awarded EUR 10 million funding by the European Commission's Horizon 2020, ESA's ARTES and private investors.
The funding is for the first demonstration of the pre-cursor stage of the Global Internet of Things (GIoT) nano-satellite co ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 
More than 22,000 objects floating in space are currently being tracked by the U.S. Air Force. That number is expected to double within five years, due in large part to increased global demand for satellite internet services and private companies' launching of more space objects to meet that demand.
So, what happens to those floating satellites and other space objects when they have outlive ... 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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 Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2019 
The rotation of the Earth is encouraging the mixing of water in Italy's picturesque Lake Garda, according to the findings of a new study.
Ventilation and water mixing are essential for lake ecosystems. New research, published this week in the journal Scientific Reports, suggests the rotation of the Earth aids water mixing in long, narrow lakes like Lake Garda.
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 Nanjing, China (XNA) Jun 10, 2019 
China's BeiDou-3 system, a global geolocation network, is expected to be completed in 2020, with a total of 35 satellites, researchers at a conference on the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) said.
China has deployed three systems, BDS-1, BDS-2 and BDS-3, to provide accurate positioning and navigation services to the world, said Jin Shuanggen, a researcher at Shanghai Astronomical O ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) June 7, 2019 
US President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that NASA should stop talking about going back to the Moon, which caused confusion since his administration aims to restart Moon landings by 2024.
"For all the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon - We did that 50 years ago," Trump tweeted from Air Force One while returning from a visit to Europe.
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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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 Munster, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2019 
The huge magnetic field which surrounds the Earth, protecting it from radiation and charged particles from space - and which many animals even use for orientation purposes - is changing constantly, which is why geoscientists keep it constantly under surveillance.
The old well-known sources of the Earth's magnetic field are the Earth's core - down to 6,000 kilometres deep down inside the Ea ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 06, 2019 
An international team of scientists led by Skoltech professor Tatiana Podladchikova developed a new 3D method for reconstructing space weather phenomena, in particular, shock waves produced by the Sun's energy outbursts. Their findings can help better understand and predict extreme space weather occurrences that affect the operation of engineering systems in space and on Earth. The results of th ... more |
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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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