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  Washington (AFP) June 20, 2019 A few days from now, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will lift off from Florida, carrying a satellite the size of a loaf of bread with nothing to power it but a huge polyester "solar sail." It's been the stuff of scientists' dreams for decades but has only very recently become a reality. The idea might sounds crazy: propelling a craft through the vacuum of space with no engine, no fuel, and no solar panels, but instead harnessing the momentum of packets of light energy known as photons - in this ... read more |
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Two Earth-like Planets Discovered Near Teegarden's StarGottingen, 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-yea ... more  
Firefly Aerospace Provides a DREAM Payload OpportunityCedar Park TX (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 The quest for space travel inspires STEM interest like no other endeavor. Firefly has promoted that interest by opening its doors to youth though Firefly Academy, the Base 11 Space Challenge, and th ... more  
AEHF-5 encapsulated and prepared for launchTitusville FL (SPX) Jun 18, 2019 The U.S. Air Force's fifth Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite (AEHF-5) completed encapsulation into its payload fairing in preparation to launch aboard a U ... more  
'Moon Rock Hunter' on quest to track down Apollo giftsHouston (AFP) June 16, 2019 After Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" on the Moon nearly 50 years ago and collected rocks and soil along the way, Richard Nixon presented lunar souvenirs to every nation - 135, at the time. ... more |
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Jakobshavn glacier grows for third straight yearPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 18, 2019 New NASA data shows that Jakobshavn Glacier - Greenland's fastest-moving and fastest-thinning glacier for most of the 2000s - grew from 2018 into 2019, marking three consecutive years of growth. ... more  
The smartphone: a global productParis (AFP) June 18, 2019 Smartphones are a product with which China has demonstrated not only its manufacturing prowess, but its ambitions to become a cutting-edge technology developer thanks to the rise of Huawei. ... more  
Turkey says US ultimatum over Russian S-400 'not in spirit of alliance'Ankara (AFP) June 18, 2019 Turkey accused the United States on Tuesday of not acting as an ally, in its official response to Washington's ultimatum to Ankara to abandon a deal to buy a Russian missile defence system. ... more  
Benefits of 3-D Woven Composite FabricsBally, PA (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 Three-dimensional (3-D) weaving of composite fabrics can produce complex, single-piece structures that are strong and lightweight. Compared to traditional two-dimensional (2-D) fabrics, 3-D weaving ... more 
A new manufacturing process for aluminum alloysRichland WA (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 An advanced manufacturing process to produce nano structured rods and tubes directly from high-performance aluminum alloy powder - in a single step - was recently demonstrated by researchers from th ... more |
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 Providing access to space through innovation  
Swedish Space Corporation to introduce a new service for easy access to spaceTorggatan, 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 ... more  |
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Most Comprehensive Search for Radio TechnosignaturesNew 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 
European reusable launch systems for more sustainability in spaceflightBraunschweig, 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 
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 
Womankind's giant leap: who will be the first female moonwalker?Washington (AFP) June 15, 2019 Who will take the giant leap for womankind? ... more 
When the world stopped to watch Armstrong's moonwalkParis (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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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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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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 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 |
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 Bally, PA (SPX) Jun 19, 2019 
Three-dimensional (3-D) weaving of composite fabrics can produce complex, single-piece structures that are strong and lightweight. Compared to traditional two-dimensional (2-D) fabrics, 3-D weaving reduces weight, eliminates the delamination often experienced with 2-D fabrics, reduces crack risks, and lowers production time. 3-D fabrics also offer direct and indirect manufacturing and operationa ... more |
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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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 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 |
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 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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