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Swedish Space Corporation to introduce a new service for easy access to space Torggatan, Sweden (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 SSC is currently developing Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden with both new capabilities and services. A testbed for reusable rockets is currently being established, and SSC aims at launching small satellites in a couple of years. In addition, SSC is now introducing a new flight ticket service for suborbital space flights, accessible and affordable for both current and new types of customers. The new concept introduces both the opportunity to fly fractional payloads, ranging from only a few ... read more |
Providing access to space through innovation Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 As the space domain continues to grow, so does the need for access to space. The U.S. Air Force and Space Command are powered by innovation. Because of this, Vandenberg Air Force Base is conti ... more Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has announced it is working with QinetiQ on two key projects as it enters the Belgian space ... more New York NY (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 Breakthrough Listen - the astronomical program searching for signs of intelligent life in the universe - has submitted two publications to leading astrophysics journals, describing the analysis of i ... more Braunschweig, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and five European companies have teamed up in the RETro Propulsion Assisted Landing Technologies (RETALT) project to join ... more |
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Man's first steps on the Moon, reported live by AFP Paris (AFP) June 17, 2019 It was 10:56 pm at mission control in Houston on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon. ... more Houston (AFP) June 16, 2019 Moon rocks look rather nondescript - they are often gray in color - but for NASA planetary scientist Samuel Lawrence, they are the "most precious materials on Earth." ... more Ames IA (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 Researchers at the University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey have found that data gathered from orbiting satellites can provide more accurate information on the impact of large earthquakes, ... more Philadelphia PA (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 Most people think of water as existing in only one of three phases: Solid ice, liquid water, or gas vapor. But matter can exist in many different phases--ice, for example, has more than ten known ph ... more Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 RBC Signals, the multi-national provider of flexible and cost-effective space communication services, reports it is the recipient of a U.S. Air Force (USAF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ... more |
'Fewer but newer' nuclear arms in the world Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 New research suggests the wispy clouds found 18 miles above the Marian surface are made of icy dust produced by meteors hitting the Red Planet's atmosphere. ... more |
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Politics, lack of support, funding have foiled US plans to return to moon Washington DC (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 Mankind's first steps on the moon a half-century ago were followed by three more years of lunar missions. And then, a standstill. Neither the United States nor any nation on Earth has sent a m ... more Colombo, Sri Lanka (Sputnik) Jun 18, 2019 Raavana-1 satellite was launched by the United States under the "Birds-3 satellite launch to International Space Station project." The project is a UN initiative to help countries launch their first ... more Washington DC (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 Space travel technology may seem to have stalled since the Apollo and space shuttle eras, but private industry is now fueling rapid innovation. Reusable rockets, commercialized by SpaceX and u ... more Washington (AFP) June 15, 2019 Who will take the giant leap for womankind? ... more Paris (AFP) June 14, 2019 When Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, he became the biggest live television star in history. ... more |
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NASA Invests $45M in US Small Businesses for Space Tech Development Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 American businesses will help NASA land astronauts on the Moon in five years and establish a sustainable presence there, as part of the agency's larger Moon to Mars exploration approach. NASA has selected 363 proposals from small businesses and research institutions across 41 states to help advance the types of capabilities needed for those future missions, as well as to support the agency in ot ... more |
Swedish Space Corporation to introduce a new service for easy access to space Torggatan, Sweden (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 SSC is currently developing Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden with both new capabilities and services. A testbed for reusable rockets is currently being established, and SSC aims at launching small satellites in a couple of years. In addition, SSC is now introducing a new flight ticket service for suborbital space flights, accessible and affordable for both current and new types of custome ... more |
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Meteors explain Mars' cloud cover Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 New research suggests the wispy clouds found 18 miles above the Marian surface are made of icy dust produced by meteors hitting the Red Planet's atmosphere. The findings - published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience - are a reminder of the connection between space and atmospheric dynamics. "We're used to thinking of Earth, Mars and other bodies as these really self-contai ... more |
Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets 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 |
Apollo-era tech built foundation, but private industry now leads space innovation Washington DC (UPI) Jun 18, 2019 Space travel technology may seem to have stalled since the Apollo and space shuttle eras, but private industry is now fueling rapid innovation. Reusable rockets, commercialized by SpaceX and under development by others in the last few years, have dramatically lowered the cost of reaching space, along with other advances. Lessons learned from 135 shuttle missions and almost 20 years at the ... more |
Supermicro high-performance systems support major scientific discovery and exploration even to distant galaxies Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global leader in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, supplies server and storage systems that deliver maximum performance to power major breakthroughs in a wide range of HPC applications including scientific research and space exploration. A recent example is the black hole images taken from a galaxy 55 mi ... more |
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View of the Earth in front of the Sun Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 An international research team led by the University of Gottingen has discovered two new Earth-like planets near one of our closest neighboring stars. "Teegarden's star" is only about 12.5 light years away from Earth and is one of the smallest known stars. It is only about 2,700C warm and about ten times lighter than the Sun. Although it is so close to us, the star wasn't discovered until ... more |
Table salt compound spotted on Europa Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 13, 2019 A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Using a visible-light spectral analysis, planetary scientists at Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have discovered that the yellow color visible on portions of the surface of Europa is actually sodium chloride, a compound known on Earth as table salt, which is also th ... more |
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Plankton species uses bioluminescence to scare off predators Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2019 At least one species of dinoflagellate plankton uses its bioluminescence for defensive purposes. Researchers determined the species Lingulodinium polyedra uses its glow-in-the-dark abilities to scare off copepod grazers, the species' primary predator. According to the new study - published this week in the journal Current Biology - the bioluminescent cells sense low concentrati ... more |
Lockheed Martin Delivers GPS III Contingency Operations Denver CO (SPX) Jun 12, 2019 The next step in modernizing the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation with new technology and capabilities is happening from the ground up! On May 22, Lockheed Martin delivered the GPS III Contingency Operations (COps) software upgrade to the U.S. Air Force's current GPS ground control system. The upgrade will enable the Air Force to start commanding the new, next-genera ... more |
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Ions Beams and Atom Smashers Expose Secrets of Moon Rocks Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 On July 20, 1969, as Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong climbed down the ladder from the "Eagle" lunar landing module, he found himself surrounded by a sea of grey - an expanse of powdery dust no human had ever seen in person. The iconic print made by his left boot marked but the first step on a long journey of discoveries about the Moon and our own world - both of which hold secrets that scientist ... more |
NRL researchers find insights into the formation of the solar system in ancient comet dust Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 Materials science researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have found a remnant of ancient dust from the early stages of the solar system inside a primitive meteorite, named La Paz Icefield 02342 after the location of its discovery in Antarctica. NRL scientists Rhonda Stroud and Bradley De Gregorio contributed to a paper describing the find, which published in Nature Astronomy, ... more |
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Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response Ames IA (SPX) Jun 17, 2019 Researchers at the University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey have found that data gathered from orbiting satellites can provide more accurate information on the impact of large earthquakes, which, in turn, can help provide more effective emergency response. The satellite imagery provides detailed information about where the earthquakes occurred, how big the surface deformation was, ... more |
NASA scientists find Sun's history buried in lunar crust Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 The Sun is why we're here. It's also why Martians or Venusians are not. When the Sun was just a baby four billion years ago, it went through violent outbursts of intense radiation, spewing scorching, high-energy clouds and particles across the solar system. These growing pains helped seed life on early Earth by igniting chemical reactions that kept Earth warm and wet. Yet, these solar tant ... more |
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Does the Gas in Galaxy Clusters Flow Like Honey? Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 We have seen intricate patterns that milk makes in coffee and much smoother ones that honey makes when stirred with a spoon. Which of these cases best describes the behavior of the hot gas in galaxy clusters? By answering this question, a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has deepened our understanding of galaxy clusters, the largest structures in the Universe held together by gra ... more |
How an Atomic Clock Will Get Humans to Mars on Time Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2019 NASA navigators are helping build a future where spacecraft could safely and autonomously fly themselves to destinations like the Moon and Mars. Navigators today tell a spacecraft where to go by calculating its position from Earth and sending the location data to space in a two-way relay system that can take anywhere from minutes to hours to deliver directions. This method of navigation me ... more |
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