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September 04, 2019
SPACEMART
ESA re-routes satellite to avoid SpaceX collision risk



Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2019
The European Space Agency said Tuesday it had altered the trajectory of one of its observation satellites to avoid a possible collision with a craft operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. "@ESA 's #Aeolus Earth observation satellite fired its thrusters, moving it off a collision course with a @SpaceX satellite in their #Starlink constellation," the agency's official Twitter account said. It said its scientists decided that the safest plan of action was to boost the altitude of the craft, adding that ... read more

IRON AND ICE
Europe and US teaming up for asteroid deflection
Paris (ESA) Sep 04, 2019
Asteroid researchers and spacecraft engineers from the US, Europe and around the world will gather in Rome next week to discuss the latest progress in their common goal: an ambitious double-spacecra ... more
TIME AND SPACE
General Atomics Orbital Test Bed Satellite Payload Commissioning Underway
San Diego, CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced that commissioning of NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), the primary hosted payload on-board the Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite, ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Entanglement sent over 50 km of optical fiber
Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Sep 02, 2019
The quantum internet promises absolutely tap-proof communication and powerful distributed sensor networks for new science and technology. However, because quantum information cannot be copied, it is ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
US Sanctions Iran's Space Agency, Space Research Centre Days After Failed Satellite Launch
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 04, 2019
Iran stated on 29 August that a rocket had exploded at its Imam Khomeini Space Centre due to a malfunction during testing, rejecting claims that the incident had been "manipulated" from outside. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
UAE Wants to Train More Astronauts for Arab World - Emirati Official
Dubai (Sputnik) Sep 04, 2019
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plan to train more astronauts for the Arab world, Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani, the director general of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), said on Monday. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Space Station science return and spacecraft shuffle
Paris (ESA) Sep 04, 2019
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's Beyond mission has kicked into high gear during the last two weeks. He has been keeping the International Space Station running smoothly as well as working remotely wi ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Dynetics, Raytheon producing glide bodies for hypersonic weapon prototypes
Washington (UPI) Sep 3, 2019
Raytheon said Tuesday it will work to enhance the U.S. Army's hypersonic weapon glide body, days after Dynetics was awarded a contract to build at least 20 common missile bodies. ... more
SPACEMART
Iridium and Thales Expand Partnership to Deliver Aircraft Connectivity Services
McLean CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced Thales as the newest Iridium Certus aviation service provider. While already developing the Iridium Certus-based FlytLINK terminal and antenna, Thales will ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Study tests performance of electric solid propellant
Urbana IL (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
Electric solid propellants are being explored for use in dual-mode rocket engines because they aren't susceptible to ignite from a spark or flame and can be turned on and off electrically. Res ... more
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ROBO SPACE
Psychosensory electronic skin technology for future AI and humanoid development
Daegu, South Korea (SPX) Sep 02, 2019
DGIST announced on Wednesday, August 21 that Professor Jae Eun Jang's team in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering developed electronic skin technology that can detect "prick" ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Melatonin is a potential drug for the prevention of bone loss during space flight
Kanazawa, Japan (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
For proper and healthy metabolism of bone, appropriate stimuli are necessary. In outer space with microgravity, calcium is lost from bone and bone mass is reduced. Measurement of the bone density of ... more
SPACEWAR
Space Flag holds first exercise with coalition partners
Colorado Springs CO (AFNS) Aug 28, 2019
Coalition partners from Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States recently participated in Space Flag, a coalition exercise, for the first time at Aerospace Corporation's facility, Aug. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
MDA test of remote-fired THAAD missile interceptor a success
Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2019
The first test of a remotely-launched Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor missile was called a success on Friday by the Missile Defense Agency. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Philippine Airborne Campaign Targets Weather, Climate Science
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019
NASA's P-3B science aircraft soared into the skies over the Philippines on Aug. 25 to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation on the impact that smoke from fires and pollution have on clouds, a ... more


Landsat Illustrates Five Decades of Change to Greenland Glaciers

WATER WORLD
A battery-free sensor for underwater exploration
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
To investigate the vastly unexplored oceans covering most our planet, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that send data to the surface - an underwater "internet o ... more
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WEATHER REPORT
Deep snow cover in the Arctic region intensifies heat waves in Eurasia
Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Sep 02, 2019
Persistent abnormally hot weather can cause negative impacts on human health, agriculture, and natural environments. A heat wave - a spell of hot days with the mercury rising much higher than the av ... more
SPACEWAR
Maxar Technologies to supply US Govt with on-demand access to mission-ready satellite imagery
Westminster CO (SPX) Aug 30, 2019
Maxar Technologies, a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, has announced that it has been awarded a new, four-year contract with the U.S. National Geospatial ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Europe Unlikely to Abandon Soyuz Once US Revives Space Shuttles - German Space Center
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 02, 2019
Andrei Savenkov - European countries are unlikely to completely stop using Russian Soyuz spacecraft for manned flights since options for transportation to outer space should be diversified, Prof. Dr ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA Selects Proposals to Advance Understanding of Space Weather
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions that could help us better understand the dynamic space weather system driven by the Sun that manifests near Earth. The proposa ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Study Reveals 'Radical' Wrinkle in Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space
Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
A team of scientists has discovered a new possible pathway toward forming carbon structures in space using a specialized chemical exploration technique at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkele ... more
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Company Claims Orbital Hotel to Host 400 Space Tourists Will Be Operational By 2025
Los Angeles CA (Sputnik) Sep 02, 2019
The creators of the space hotel will offer luxury cruise-liner levels of comfort, artificial gravity, earthly cuisine and hot showers. And they say they can have it up and running a mere six years from today. A company named Gateway Foundation unveiled its design for a "space hotel" they say will be operational by 2025. Named "The Von Braun Space Station," the hotel is a ring-shaped struct ... more
+ Europe Unlikely to Abandon Soyuz Once US Revives Space Shuttles - German Space Center
+ UAE Wants to Train More Astronauts for Arab World - Emirati Official
+ Space Station science return and spacecraft shuffle
+ No-fly boys: new Russian space suit clashes with pee ritual
+ Introducing the first line of adaptive commercial spacesuits
+ Circus reinvented in Montreal, this time with high-tech vibe
+ China's satellite tests pulsar navigation for future deep space exploration
Russia Launches Rokot Space Rocket to Orbit Military Satellite
Plesetsk, Russia (Sputnik) Sep 02, 2019
Russia's Space Forces have launched a Rokot carrier rocket with a military spacecraft from the Plesetsk space centre in the north of the country, the Defence Ministry said. "All pre-launch operations and the launch of the Rokot space rocket were successful. The ground assets of the Space Forces carried out control over the launch and the flight of the launch vehicle", the ministry said. ... more
+ Dynetics, Raytheon producing glide bodies for hypersonic weapon prototypes
+ Trump says US 'not involved' in Iranian rocket failure
+ Study tests performance of electric solid propellant
+ US Sanctions Iran's Space Agency, Space Research Centre Days After Failed Satellite Launch
+ Arianespace will launch Ovzon-3 satellite
+ NASA prepares for green run testing, practices lifting SLS Core Stage
+ China's first medium-scale launcher with LOX LCH4 propellants ZQ-2 soliciting payloads worldwide


ESA Chief says discussed ExoMars 2020 launch with Roscosmos
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 30, 2019
The 2020 mission of the ExoMars programme is expected to deliver a European rover and a Russian surface platform to the surface of Mars. The rover is expected to spend one year exploring the surface of the Red Planet. The European Space Agency's Director General Jan Woerner said he had spoken to Russia's Roscosmos during MAKS-2019 to ensure all issues on the joint ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars-202 ... more
+ NASA engineers attach Mars Helicopter to Mars 2020 rover
+ NASA Invites Students to Name Next Mars Rover
+ NASA's Mars Helicopter Attached to Mars 2020 Rover
+ ExoMars rover ready for environment testing
+ Scientists Explore Outback as Testbed for Mars
+ A step closer to solving the methane mystery on Mars
+ Atacama Desert microbes may hold clues to life on Mars
China's KZ-1A rocket launches two satellites
Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday. The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit. Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more
+ China's newly launched communication satellite suffers abnormality
+ China launches first private rocket capable of carrying satellites
+ 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
Iridium and Thales Expand Partnership to Deliver Aircraft Connectivity Services
McLean CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced Thales as the newest Iridium Certus aviation service provider. While already developing the Iridium Certus-based FlytLINK terminal and antenna, Thales will now be able to offer both Iridium Certus terminals and Iridium Certus connectivity services to business jets, commercial aircraft, rotorcraft, general aviation and UAVs. Iridium Certus is the on ... more
+ ESA re-routes satellite to avoid SpaceX collision risk
+ Cutting-edge Chinese satellite malfunctions after launch
+ Private Chinese firms tapping international space market
+ ESA and GomSpace Luxembourg sign contract for continued constellation management development
+ New Iridium Certus transceiver for faster satellite data now in live testing
+ KLEOS Space funding will start procurement of 2nd cluster of satellites
+ ThinKom Solutions Unveils New Multi-Beam Reconfigurable Phased-Array Gateway Solution for Next-Generation Satellites
Russia says radioactive isotopes released by missile test blast
Moscow (AFP) Aug 26, 2019
Russia on Monday said radioactive isotopes were released in a recent accident at an Arctic missile test site that caused widespread alarm as authorities kept details under wraps. The August 8 blast killed five scientists and caused a spike in radiation levels but for several days Russia did not admit nuclear materials were involved. The accident released swiftly decaying radioactive isot ... more
+ ESA spacecraft dodges large constellation
+ China's Tianhe-2 Supercomputer to Crunch Space Data From New Radio Telescope
+ Chipping away at how ice forms could keep windshields, power lines ice-free
+ In praise of the big pixel: Gaming is having a retro moment
+ FEFU scientists developed brand-new rapid strength eco-concrete
+ Smarter experiments for faster materials discovery
+ Defrosting surfaces in seconds


Deep-sea sediments reveal solar system chaos: An advance in dating geologic archives
Manoa HI (SPX) Aug 30, 2019
A day is the time for Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis, a year is the time for Earth to make one revolution around the Sun - reminders that basic units of time and periods on Earth are intimately linked to our planet's motion in space relative to the Sun. In fact, we mostly live our lives to the rhythm of these astronomical cycles. The same goes for climate cycles. The cycle ... more
+ Exoplanets Can't Hide Their Secrets from Innovative New Instrument
+ Hints of a volcanically active exomoon
+ Canadian astronomers determine Earth's fingerprint
+ The dark side of extrasolar planets share surprisingly similar temperatures
+ Study shows some exoplanets may have greater variety of life than exists on Earth
+ Newly Discovered Giant Planet Slingshots Around Its Star
+ A second planet in the Beta Pictoris System
Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet's colorful belts
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
Storm clouds rooted deep in Jupiter's atmosphere are affecting the planet's white zones and colorful belts, creating disturbances in their flow and even changing their color. Thanks to coordinated observations of the planet in January 2017 by six ground-based optical and radio telescopes and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a University of California, Berkeley, astronomer and her colleagues ... more
+ ALMA shows what's inside Jupiter's storms
+ Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive newborn planet
+ Mission to Jupiter's icy moon confirmed
+ Giant Impact Disrupted Jupiter's Core
+ Young Jupiter Was Smacked Head-On by Massive Newborn Planet
+ Hubble showcases new portrait of Jupiter
+ Jupiter's auroras powered by alternating current


Water harvester makes it easy to quench your thirst in the desert
Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2019
With water scarcity a growing problem worldwide, University of California, Berkeley, researchers are close to producing a microwave-sized water harvester that will allow you to pull all the water you need directly from the air - even in the hot, dry desert. In a paper appearing this week in ACS Central Science, a journal of the American Chemical Society, UC Berkeley's Omar Yaghi and his co ... more
+ A battery-free sensor for underwater exploration
+ MIT's fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift
+ NASA Ocean Ecosystem Mission Moves Forward
+ 'Save our oceans,' Oscar winner Bardem tells UN
+ Illinois engineer continues to make waves in water desalination
+ Magnet fishing: The explosive hobby cleaning up French rivers
+ Cape Cod's gray seals attract sharks, causing summer beach closures
Second Lockheed Martin-Built Next Generation GPS III Satellite Responding to Commands, Under Self-Propulsion
Denver CO (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
The U.S. Air Force's second next-generation GPS III satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, is responding to commands, under control and now using its own internal propulsion system to get to orbit following its successful launch this morning. At 11:01 a.m. ET, Air Force and Lockheed Martin engineers at Lockheed Martin's Launch and Checkout Facility near Denver declared they had full control ... more
+ UK seeking to enlist 'Five Eyes' for rival Galileo GPS system
+ Tiny GPS backpacks uncover the secret life of desert bats
+ Evolution of space, 2SOPS prepares for GPS Block III
+ 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


Pull Me to the Moon: Scientists Revolutionize Space Lift Concept to Save Cash on Lunar Missions
New York NY (Sputnik) Sep 02, 2019
There is no need to tether a massive cable to the Earth's surface if you can "dangle" it into Earth's orbit from the Moon, a group of Columbia University scientists say. It would be difficult, but not impossible. Scientists have come up with an interesting twist on the old concept of space lift, which should, in theory, significantly cut the cost of future Lunar missions, The Daily Star re ... more
+ SLS Rocket Engine Section Completed for Artemis I
+ Ttiny satellites that will pave the way to Luna
+ NASA offers $7B in contracts to accelerate work towards 2024 Moon landing target
+ Chandrayaan-2's Third Lunar-Bound Orbit Manoeuvre Performed Successfully: ISRO
+ Chandrayaan-2 Captures First Image of Moon Showing Mare Orientale Basin, Apollo Craters
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for ninth lunar day
+ NASA Seeks BIG Ideas from Universities for Tech to Study Dark Regions on the Moon
OSIRIS-REx's final four sample site candidates in 3D
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2019
This animated flyover of each of the four candidate sample collection sites on asteroid Bennu, selected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, was produced using close-range data from the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), an instrument contributed by the Canadian Space Agency. It illustrates the location of each site on Bennu, the topography of each site, and the potential sa ... more
+ Europe and US teaming up for asteroid deflection
+ UCF Student Working as Image Analyst for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Recovery Mission
+ Australia set to welcome JAXA's Hayabusa2
+ Arecibo Observatory Gets $19M NASA Grant to Help Protect Earth from Asteroids
+ Monster Asteroid Nearly Twice as Big as London's Shard Tower Heading Toward Earth - Report
+ New images from asteroid probe yield clues on planet formation
+ The near-Earth asteroid Ryugu - a fragile cosmic 'rubble pile'


Philippine Airborne Campaign Targets Weather, Climate Science
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019
NASA's P-3B science aircraft soared into the skies over the Philippines on Aug. 25 to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation on the impact that smoke from fires and pollution have on clouds, a key factor in improving weather and climate forecasts. The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) is the most comprehensive field campaign to date in Maritime Sou ... more
+ Raytheon-built space sensor will fly aboard NASA satellite to measure coastal and ocean ecosystems
+ NASA's ECOSTRESS Detects Amazon Fires from Space
+ New Landsat Infrared Instrument Ships from NASA
+ Capella Space partners with SpaceNet to expand access to SAR data
+ GRACE-FO shows the weight of Midwestern floods
+ Monitoring the Matterhorn with millions of data points
+ Making microbes that transform greenhouse gases
NASA Selects Proposals to Advance Understanding of Space Weather
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions that could help us better understand the dynamic space weather system driven by the Sun that manifests near Earth. The proposals examine what drives different parts of that system and ultimately could help us predict and mitigate its effects on spacecraft and astronauts, as NASA's Artemis program looks to send the first woma ... more
+ Streaks in Aurora Found to Map Features in Earth's Radiation Environment
+ Proposals selected for small satellites to study interplanetary space
+ NASA's MMS finds first interplanetary shock
+ Parker Solar Probe completes 2 orbits of Sun
+ Magnetic plasma pulses excited by UK-size swirls in the solar atmosphere
+ Researchers recreate the sun's solar wind and plasma "burps" on Earth
+ Airbus brings a SMILE to ESA


Observed explosion of monster star requires new supernova mechanism
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 16, 2019
Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have announced the discovery of the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion, challenging known models of how massive stars die and providing insight into the death of the first stars in the universe. First noticed in November 2016 by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Gaia satellite, three year ... more
+ Study Reveals 'Radical' Wrinkle in Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space
+ Telescope for NASA's WFIRST Mission Advances to New Phase of Development
+ Scientists discover a new type of pulsating star
+ Temperatures of 800 billion degrees in the cosmic kitchen
+ Maximum mass of lightest neutrino revealed using astronomical big data
+ Cluster and XMM-Newton Pave the Way for SMILE Mission
+ Webb Telescope assembled for the first time
General Atomics Orbital Test Bed Satellite Payload Commissioning Underway
San Diego, CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2019
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced that commissioning of NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), the primary hosted payload on-board the Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite, is now underway. GA-EMS' OTB was successfully launched at 2:30 a.m. EDT on June 25, 2019 on board the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. "Our OTB spacecraft is operating nominally and we have successfu ... more
+ Entanglement sent over 50 km of optical fiber
+ Towards an 'orrery' for quantum gauge theory
+ From crystals to glasses: a new unified theory for heat transport
+ NASA Activates Deep Space Atomic Clock
+ Providing a solution to the worst-ever prediction in physics
+ AI learns to model our universe
+ DARPA making progress on miniaturized atomic clocks for future PNT applications
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