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August 07, 2019
MOON DAILY
Cislunar blueprint to propel space outreach for the next 50 years



West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
In its inaugural call to action, Purdue Engineering's Cislunar Initiative took a giant leap forward in advancing humankind's presence in space and the development of the economy in the "cislunar region," the orbital area encompassing the Earth and moon. "The ecosystem of human space exploration has been rapidly expanding," said Mung Chiang, Purdue's John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering and the Roscoe H. George Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "A ... read more

MICROSAT BLITZ
Spaceflight's Second Rideshare Mission with Rocket Lab Slated Next
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 07, 2019
Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, has announced it has managed the procurement, integration, and mission management services for three spacecraft on Rocke ... more
TECH SPACE
Millennium Space Systems to test orbital debris solutions with TriSept, Rocket Lab and Tethers Unlimited
Chantilly VA (SPX) Aug 07, 2019
TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration and mission management services, has signed comprehensive launch service agreements with Millennium Space Systems and Rocket Lab to supp ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Momentus and NanoRacks announce working relationship
Santa Clara, CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2019
Momentus, a provider of in-space shuttle services that move satellites between orbits, has announced a working relationship with NanoRacks to utilize the Bishop Airlock Module for Vigoride services ... more
RAY GUNS
Raytheon to produce drone-killing lasers for Air Force testing
Washington (UPI) Aug 5, 2019
Raytheon has been contracted by the U.S. Air Force to produce high energy laser weapon systems that will be field tested for about a year. ... more
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AEROSPACE
Making a case for returning airships to the skies
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
Reintroducing airships into the world's transportation-mix could contribute to lowering the transport sector's carbon emissions and can play a role in establishing a sustainable hydrogen based econo ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Magnetic plasma pulses excited by UK-size swirls in the solar atmosphere
Sheffield UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2019
An international team of scientists led by the University of Sheffield have discovered previously undetected observational evidence of frequent energetic wave pulses the size of the UK, transporting ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
CryoSat conquers ice on Arctic lakes
Paris (ESA) Aug 07, 2019
The rapidly changing climate in the Arctic is not only linked to melting glaciers and declining sea ice, but also to thinning ice on lakes. The presence of lake ice can be easily monitored by imagin ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Airbus selects exactEarth as AIS Partner for new maritime applications platform
Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Aug 02, 2019
exactEarth Ltd., a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services, announces that it has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space ("Airbus") as AIS partner to support its Ocean Finder maritime ser ... more
NUKEWARS
Dismissing missile tests, Trump says Kim won't want to 'disappoint me'
Seoul (AFP) Aug 2, 2019
US President Donald Trump downplayed on Friday North Korea's missile tests, saying that while they may violate a UN resolution, Kim Jong Un will not want to "disappoint" him because he has "too much to lose." ... more
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NUKEWARS
Putin urges new arms talks with US to avoid 'chaos'
Moscow (AFP) Aug 5, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday urged the United States to begin new arms talks after the collapse of a Cold War nuclear pact between the two world powers. ... more
GPS NEWS
GPS signals no longer disrupted in Israeli airspace
Jerusalem (AFP) Aug 6, 2019
Israeli airspace is no longer experiencing a mysterious disruption of GPS signals that had forced a change in some plane landing procedures, the country's airports authority said Tuesday. ... more
WATER WORLD
Washed up: Sargassum blankets beaches
Paris (ESA) Jul 31, 2019
Over the last month, massive quantities of the Sargassum seaweed have been washing up on the shores of Mexico, Florida in the US and some Caribbean islands, creating a serious environmental problem ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA targets coastal ecosystems with new space sensor
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
NASA has selected a space-based instrument under its Earth Venture Instrument (EVI) portfolio that will make observations of coastal waters to help protect ecosystem sustainability, improve resource ... more
EXO WORLDS
Pre-life building blocks spontaneously align in evolutionary experiment
Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
When Earth was a lifeless planet about 4 billion years ago, chemical components came together in tiny molecular chains that would later evolve into proteins, crucial life building blocks. A new stud ... more


Quantum light sources pave the way for optical circuits

MICROSAT BLITZ
Saber Astronautics given mission control status for CUAVA-1
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 06, 2019
Professor Iver Cairns, Director of the ARC Training Centre for CubeSats, UAVs and their Applications at the University of Sydney, has announced that Saber Astronautics has been awarded the satellite ... more
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EARLY EARTH
Water-air interfaces in rock pores helped spawn life on Earth
Washington (UPI) Jul 29, 2019
Before life could begin on Earth, a series of physical chemistry processes needed to occur. According to a new study, the geochemical qualities of water-air interfaces found inside tiny rock pores made this "prebiotic" chemical evolution possible. ... more
MOON DAILY
The Moon and Mercury may have thick ice deposits
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
Earth's Moon and Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, may contain significantly more water ice than previously thought, according to a new analysis of data from NASA's LRO and MESSENGER spacecraf ... more
EXO WORLDS
Potentially habitable planet found in new solar system
Madrid (AFP) Aug 06, 2019
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new solar system with a planet that could be habitable, a Spanish astrophysicist who led the research said Thursday. ... more
SPACEMART
Arianespace launches INTELSAT 39 and EDRS-C
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Aug 07, 2019
Arianespace has successfully orbited two geostationary telecommunications satellites: Intelsat 39 for the international operator Intelsat, and EDRS-C for Airbus, as part of a public-private partners ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Arianespace's "GO-1" mission will provide small satellites with a direct flight to geostationary orbit
Evry, France (SPX) Aug 07, 2019
Arianespace to introduce an innovative service providing fast-track access to Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (also known as geostationary orbit, or GEO) for the new generation of small satellites, ... more
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Two weeks of science and beyond on ISS
Paris (ESA) Aug 07, 2019
Over two weeks have flown by since ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano was launched to the International Space Station for his second six-month stay in orbit. His arrival, alongside NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos Soyuz commander Alexander Skvortsov, boosted the Station's population to six and the crew has been busy ever since - performing a wide range of science in space. With the sta ... more
+ Study identifies way to enhance the sustainability of manufactured soils
+ As iPhone sales sputter, Apple moves toward reinvention, again
+ Flight by Light: Mission accomplished for LightSail 2
+ Russian Progress MS-12 Cargo Spacecraft Docks International Space Station
+ Japan's space agency develops new filter to recycle urine
+ NASA commercial lunar payload services update
+ US spacecraft's solar sail successfully deploys
Paragon Space Development Corporation CELSIUS Technology NASA Tipping Point Contract Award
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
Paragon Space Development Corporation (Paragon) and partner Thin Red Line Aerospace (TRLA), are now under contract to mature their Cryogenic Encapsulating Launch Shroud and Insulated Upper Stage (CELSIUS) Technology through a NASA Tipping Point Award. NASA's Tipping Point Awards focus on technology collaborations with commercial space companies that leverage emerging markets and capabilities to ... more
+ Lease option agreed for Space Hub Sutherland
+ Pentagon working on 9 separate hypersonic missile projects to take on Russia, China
+ Little SLS launches in low speed wind tunnel
+ LightSail 2 spacecraft demonstrates flight by light
+ China successfully tests accurate landing of rocket debris
+ First rollout of Ariane 6 mobile gantry
+ 3D printed rocket fuel comparison at James Cook University


MEDLI2 installation on Mars 2020 aeroshell begins
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 05, 2019
Hardware installed onto NASA's Mars 2020 entry vehicle this week will help to increase the safety of future Mars landings. Charged with returning astronauts to the Moon by 2024, NASA's Artemis lunar exploration plans will establish a sustained human presence on and around the Moon by 2028. NASA will use its Moon missions along with robotic missions to Mars to prepare for human exploration ... more
+ New finds for Mars rover, seven years after landing
+ Optometrists verify Mars 2020 rover's perfect vision
+ World first as kits designed to extract metals from the Moon and Mars blast off for space station tests
+ Mars 2020 rover does biceps curls
+ Europe prepares for Mars courier
+ Fueling of NASA's Mars 2020 rover power system begins
+ ExoMars radio science instrument readied for Red Planet
China launches first private rocket capable of carrying satellites
Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2019
A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit Thursday, as the space race between China and the US heats up. Beijing-based Interstellar Glory Space Technology - also known as iSpace - said it launched two satellites into orbit around 1:00 pm Beijing time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state launch facility in the Gobi de ... more
+ Chinese scientists say goodbye to Tiangong-2
+ China's space lab Tiangong 2 destroyed in controlled fall to earth
+ From Moon to Mars, Chinese space engineers rise to new challenges
+ China plans to deploy almost 200 AU-controlled satellites into orbit
+ Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets
+ Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos
+ China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missions
Space data relay system shows its speed
Paris (ESA) Aug 02, 2019
A satellite network that can zoom in on ships at sea and check for oil spills in almost real time has demonstrated its capabilities at a high-level international event in Brussels. The demonstration of the capabilities of the European Data Relay System (EDRS) was made to delegates at the headquarters of the European External Action Service on 10 July. Dubbed the "SpaceDataHighway" by its ... more
+ Arianespace launches INTELSAT 39 and EDRS-C
+ ATLAS Space Operations extends global reach with nine new ground stations
+ Next satellite in the European Data Relay System is fuelled
+ Communications satellite firm OneWeb plans to start monthly launches in December
+ OneWeb and Airbus start up world's first high-volume satellite production facility in Florida
+ Why isn't Australia in deep space?
+ Maintaining large-scale satellite constellations using logistics approach
Millennium Space Systems to test orbital debris solutions with TriSept, Rocket Lab and Tethers Unlimited
Chantilly VA (SPX) Aug 07, 2019
TriSept Corporation, a leading provider of launch integration and mission management services, has signed comprehensive launch service agreements with Millennium Space Systems and Rocket Lab to support a unique mission aimed at helping to solve the ever-increasing low-Earth orbital debris challenge. Millennium Space Systems is designing and building, and will be operating the Millennium RA ... more
+ How roads can help cool sizzling cities
+ Could Mexico cactus solve world's plastics problem?
+ Recovering color images from scattered light
+ GOES-17 Mishap Investigation Board Study Completed
+ Pentagon stalls $10 bn cloud contract eyed by Amazon
+ Camera can watch moving objects around corners
+ AFRL looks to fine tune process of 3D printing composite inks


Pre-life building blocks spontaneously align in evolutionary experiment
Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
When Earth was a lifeless planet about 4 billion years ago, chemical components came together in tiny molecular chains that would later evolve into proteins, crucial life building blocks. A new study has shown how fortuitously some early predecessors of protein may have fallen into line. In the laboratory, under conditions mimicking those on pre-life Earth, a small selection of amino acids ... more
+ Shining starlight on the search for life
+ Hordes of Earth's toughest creatures may now be living on Moon
+ Potentially habitable planet found in new solar system
+ Cheops passes final review before shipment to launch site
+ A chemical clue to how life started on Earth
+ Distant "heavy metal" gas planet is shaped like a football
+ Heavy metal gases observed streaming from football-shaped exoplanet
Jupiter's auroras powered by alternating current
Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2019
New analysis of Juno mission data suggests Jupiter's auroras are powered by alternating current, not direct current. Jupiter, a the largest planet in the solar system, boasts an aurora with a radiant power of 100 terawatts, or 100 billion kilowatts. It's the brightest aurora in the solar system. Like Earth's auroras, Jupiter's light shows are centered around its poles. The aurora ... more
+ Kuiper Belt Binary Orientations Support Streaming Instability Hypothesis
+ Study Shows How Icy Outer Solar System Satellites May Have Formed
+ Astronomers See "Warm" Glow of Uranus's Rings
+ Table salt compound spotted on Europa
+ On Pluto the Winter is approaching, and the atmosphere is vanishing into frost
+ Neptune's moon Triton fosters rare icy union
+ Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic Field


Washed up: Sargassum blankets beaches
Paris (ESA) Jul 31, 2019
Over the last month, massive quantities of the Sargassum seaweed have been washing up on the shores of Mexico, Florida in the US and some Caribbean islands, creating a serious environmental problem and causing havoc for the tourist industry. ESA has been tracking this slimy infestation from space. Sargassum is a large brown algae, first spotted by Columbus during his voyage to the Americas ... more
+ 500 years on, how Magellan's voyage changed the world
+ Turkey begins to fill controversial dam, say activists
+ Quarter of world's population facing extreme water stress
+ Beaches choked with stinky seaweed could be the new normal
+ Commercial fishing to blame for planet's declining shark numbers
+ China beach fans never without their inflatable
+ Pacific leaders want summit focus on climate, not China
Evolution of space, 2SOPS prepares for GPS Block III
Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
Lockheed Martin presented the 2nd Space Operations Squadron with a GPS Block III model satellite to celebrate the successful on-orbit testing of the new GPS III satellite at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, July 29. Staff Sgt. Joseph Wood, 2nd SOPS mission chief, said the model is a physical representation of the modernization underway. "The GPS III provides improved capabilities ... more
+ GPS signals no longer disrupted in Israeli airspace
+ An AI technology to reveal the characteristics of animal behavior only from the trajectory
+ European Galileo satellite navigation system resumes Initial Services
+ Europe's Galileo GPS system back after six-day outage
+ Europe's GPS rival Galileo suffers outage
+ Second Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III Satellite Ready for July 25 Liftoff
+ Planes landing in Israel see GPS signals disrupted


Cislunar blueprint to propel space outreach for the next 50 years
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
In its inaugural call to action, Purdue Engineering's Cislunar Initiative took a giant leap forward in advancing humankind's presence in space and the development of the economy in the "cislunar region," the orbital area encompassing the Earth and moon. "The ecosystem of human space exploration has been rapidly expanding," said Mung Chiang, Purdue's John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of ... more
+ The Moon and Mercury may have thick ice deposits
+ Moon 2069: lunar tourism and deep space launches a century on from Apollo?
+ China's micro lunar orbiter crashes into Moon under control
+ Chandrayaan-2 orbit successfully raised for 4th time
+ Study shows that the Moon is older than previously believed
+ Australia can pick up its game and land a Moon mission
+ NASA announces US industry partnerships to advance Moon, Mars technology
Asteroid's surprise close approach illustrates need for more eyes on the sky
Paris (ESA) Aug 05, 2019
On 25 July, an asteroid the size of a football field flew by Earth, coming within 65 000 km of our planet's surface during its closest approach - about one fifth of the distance to the Moon. The 100 m-wide asteroid dubbed '2019 OK' was detected just days before it passed Earth, although archival records from sky surveys show it had previously been observed but wasn't recognised as a near-E ... more
+ Aquariids peak on Monday starts month of meteor showers
+ What gives meteorites their shape
+ MASCOT Confirms What Scientists Have Long Suspected
+ Speeding up science on near-earth asteroids
+ ESA confirms asteroid will miss Earth in 2019
+ Hayabusa-makes completes second asteroid touchdown to collect samples
+ Japan's Hayabusa2 probe makes 'perfect' touchdown on asteroid


NASA targets coastal ecosystems with new space sensor
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 05, 2019
NASA has selected a space-based instrument under its Earth Venture Instrument (EVI) portfolio that will make observations of coastal waters to help protect ecosystem sustainability, improve resource management, and enhance economic activity. The selected Geosynchronous Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer (GLIMR) instrument, led by principal investigator Joseph Salisbury at the Unive ... more
+ CryoSat conquers ice on Arctic lakes
+ Airbus selects exactEarth as AIS Partner for new maritime applications platform
+ Satellite-connected tags set to boost marine conservation
+ China shares satellite data with India to help millions in flood-hit regions
+ Roscosmos postpones launch of second Arctic weather satellite
+ NASA's Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor Goes to Work Aboard the International Space Station
+ African smoke is fertilizing Amazon rainforest and oceans
Magnetic plasma pulses excited by UK-size swirls in the solar atmosphere
Sheffield UK (SPX) Aug 07, 2019
An international team of scientists led by the University of Sheffield have discovered previously undetected observational evidence of frequent energetic wave pulses the size of the UK, transporting energy from the solar surface to the higher solar atmosphere. Magnetic plasma waves and pulses have been widely suggested as one of the key mechanisms which could answer the long-standing quest ... more
+ Researchers recreate the sun's solar wind and plasma "burps" on Earth
+ Airbus brings a SMILE to ESA
+ 'Terminators' on the sun trigger plasma tsunamis and the start of new solar cycles
+ Details of Solar Science Mission Revealed at UK Astronomy Meeting
+ Citizen scientists discover cyclical pattern of complexity in solar storms
+ UK-led solar science mission to use cubesats
+ Research details response of sagebrush to 2017 solar eclipse


New voyage to the universe from DESHIMA
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 07, 2019
Researchers in Japan and the Netherlands jointly developed an originative radio receiver DESHIMA (Deep Spectroscopic High-redshift Mapper) and successfully obtained the first spectra and images with it. Combining the ability to detect a wide frequency range of cosmic radio waves and to disperse them into different frequencies, DESHIMA demonstrated its unique power to efficiently measure the dist ... more
+ Mechanism for gamma-ray bursts from space is decoded
+ Dutch Japanese Instrument Measures 49 Shades of Far-Infared
+ Anaemic star carries the mark of its ancient ancestor
+ Scientists discover a new type of pulsating star
+ Ghosts of ancient explosions live on in stars today
+ Scientists detail mechanism behind gamma-ray bursts
+ NASA's new lightweight x-ray mirrors ready for try-outs in space
Einstein's general relativity theory is questioned but still stands for now, team reports
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2019
More than 100 years after Albert Einstein published his iconic theory of general relativity, it is beginning to fray at the edges, said Andrea Ghez, UCLA professor of physics and astronomy. Now, in the most comprehensive test of general relativity near the monstrous black hole at the center of our galaxy, Ghez and her research team report July 25 in the journal Science that Einstein's theo ... more
+ Scientists reproduce the dynamics behind astrophysical shocks
+ A peek at the birth of the universe
+ Multiple laser beamlets show better electron and ion acceleration
+ Physicists find first possible 3D quantum spin liquid
+ New Measurement of Cosmic Expansion Rate Is "Stuck in the Middle"
+ New Measurement Adds to Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate
+ Could vacuum physics be revealed by laser-driven microbubble?
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