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  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2019 Firearms could possibly be included in the emergency survival kit of Russia's next-generation Orel spacecraft, according to a spokesperson for the Russian space agency Roscosmos. "The survival kit for the next-generation Orel cargo spacecraft will be built in the later stages of its [spacecraft's] development", the spokesperson said, adding that Roscosmos is "considering [different] options" when it comes to including firearms in the emergency kit. Firearms could be indispensable in case of ... read more |
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New FlexGround Service Delivers High-Speed Broadband to Forces in Remote AreasMcLean VA (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 For more than five decades, Intelsat General has been providing the satellite capacity and the services needed by the U.S. and allied governments to support troops operating in the world's hot spots ... more 
ARISS-US announces substantial gift toward the cost of the InterOperable Radio SystemNewington CT (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 The US team leaders of ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, are extremely happy to officially announce that the philanthropic arm of Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) h ... more  
Schriever Wargame ConcludesMaxwell AFB AL (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 The thirteenth in a series of Air Force Space Command Wargames have concluded. Set in the year 2029, Schriever Wargame 2019 explored critical space and cyberspace issues in depth. This particu ... more 
Brad Pitt talks weightlessness and calluses on phone call to ISSWashington (AFP) Sept 16, 2019 When Brad Pitt called the International Space Station (ISS) Monday to talk to American astronaut Nick Hague, the conversation turned to the unexpected consequences of weightless life. ... more |
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Stony-iron meteoroid caused August impact flash at JupiterGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 Analysis of a bright flash in Jupiter's atmosphere observed by an amateur astronomer in August 2019 has revealed that the likely cause was a small asteroid with a density typical of stony-iron meteo ... more  
KATRIN cuts the mass estimate for the elusive neutrino in halfSeattle WA (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 An international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in its quest to measure the mass of the neutrino, one of the most abundant, yet elusive, elementary particles in our universe. ... more  
The stellar nurseries of distant galaxiesGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 Star clusters are formed by the condensation of molecular clouds, masses of cold, dense gas that are found in every galaxy. The physical properties of these clouds in our own galaxy and nearby galax ... more 
WVU astronomers help detect the most massive neutron star ever measuredMorgantown WV (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 West Virginia University researchers have helped discover the most massive neutron star to date, a breakthrough uncovered through the Green Bank Telescope in Pocahontas County. The neutron sta ... more 
New observations help explain the dimming of Tabby's StarNew York NY (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 For years, astronomers have looked up at the sky and speculated about the strange dimming behavior of Tabby's Star. First identified more than a century ago, the star dips in brightness over days or ... more |
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 First launch of UK's OneWeb satellites from Baikonur planned for Dec 19 
Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to existGreen Bank WV (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 Neutron stars - the compressed remains of massive stars gone supernova - are the densest "normal" objects in the known universe. (Black holes are technically denser, but far from normal.) Just a sin ... more  |
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Using machine learning for rewildingParis (ESA) Sep 11, 2019 There may not be an obvious connection between rewilding and machine learning, but as highlighted at ESA's O-week, a project in the Netherlands uses satellite data and new digital technology to unde ... more  
Are we prepared for a new era of field geology on the moon and beyond?Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 Space agencies must invest more resources on field geology training of astronauts to take full advantage of scientific opportunities on the Moon and other planetary bodies, Kip Hodges and Harrison S ... more 
Improving lives, maximizing taxpayer dollars with dual-use space capabilitiesPeterson AFB CO (AFNS) Sep 13, 2019 The list of life-changing products and technologies developed by or for the military that have also proven beneficial to the civilian sector - including GPS, microwaves, digital photography, cellula ... more  
Gemini observatory captures multicolor image of first-ever interstellar cometHilo HI (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 The first-ever comet from beyond our Solar System has been successfully imaged by the Gemini Observatory in multiple colors. The image of the newly discovered object, denoted C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), wa ... more  
Baikonur Cosmodrome Getting Ready for Last Launch of Russian Rocket With Ukrainian PartsMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 16, 2019 The Baikonur cosmodrome is getting ready for the last start of a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Ukrainian parts, Russian state space agency Roscosmos announced on Friday. "Baikonur Cosmodrome ha ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2019 
Firearms could possibly be included in the emergency survival kit of Russia's next-generation Orel spacecraft, according to a spokesperson for the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
"The survival kit for the next-generation Orel cargo spacecraft will be built in the later stages of its [spacecraft's] development", the spokesperson said, adding that Roscosmos is "considering [different] option ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 16, 2019 
The Baikonur cosmodrome is getting ready for the last start of a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with Ukrainian parts, Russian state space agency Roscosmos announced on Friday.
"Baikonur Cosmodrome has begun preparing equipment ... of the launch system for the last start of the Soyuz-FG rocket with Ukrainian components in the launch vehicle's steering system", the agency's press service said.
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 
Scientists at TU Dortmund University have generated high-accuracy 3D models of terrain within the landing ellipse of the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars rover, Rosalind Franklin. The Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) have a resolution of about 25 cm per pixel and will help scientists to understand the geography and geological characteristics of the region and to plan the path of the rover around the site.
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 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 |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 17, 2019 
The first launch of UK communications satellites OneWeb from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome is tentatively scheduled for December 19, a spokesperson for Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos told Sputnik.
"Glavkosmos, Arianespace and Starsem have prepared joint proposals for launching OneWeb spacecraft from the Baikonur spaceport tentatively on December 19," the spokesperson said.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 10, 2019 
A team of engineers, scientists, and satellite operators recently restored a damaged satellite instrument that is used to measure temperature and water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere.
After the instrument, the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), was damaged by radiation as it flew on the Suomi-NPP satellite, the team made a successful switch to the sensor's electronic B-side, returning t ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere of a super-Earth with habitable temperatures by UCL researchers in a world first.
K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the Solar System, or 'exoplanet', known to have both water and temperatures that could support life.
The discovery, published in Nature Astronomy, is the first ... more |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 17, 2019 
Analysis of a bright flash in Jupiter's atmosphere observed by an amateur astronomer in August 2019 has revealed that the likely cause was a small asteroid with a density typical of stony-iron meteorites. The impact is estimated to have released energy equivalent to an explosion of 240 kilotons of TNT - around half the energy released in the 2013 Chelyabinsk event at Earth. The results have been ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 13, 2019 
An ordnance disposal unit successfully tested its mine countermeasures capabilities in the Arctic Ocean, according to the U.S. Navy.
The 115-person, cold weather exercise Near Adak, Alaska, in early September by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One employed unmanned underwater vehicles to secure water 10 to 40 feet deep, the Navy said on Thursday.
Using the Mk 18 Mod 1 Swo ... more |
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 Shanghai (XNA) Sep 09, 2019 
China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), a global geolocation network, currently has 39 in-orbit satellites and is expected to be completed in 2020, authorities said Wednesday.
At present, the BDS, independently constructed and operated by China, has officially provided RNSS (Radio Navigation Satellite System) services worldwide, with a total of 39 in-orbit satellites, after high- ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Space agencies must invest more resources on field geology training of astronauts to take full advantage of scientific opportunities on the Moon and other planetary bodies, Kip Hodges and Harrison Schmitt urge, in an Editorial. The Moon represents a pristine archive of the early history of the Solar System, making it an ideal research target for scientists seeking a window into planetary formati ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 11, 2019 
The next few days will see a rare convergence of asteroid-related activity in Europe, as planetary defence and other experts meet in three locations to coordinate humanity's efforts to defend ourselves from hazardous space rocks.
Such intense levels of international scientific collaboration are driven in part by the fact that an asteroid impact could cause devastating effects on Earth. But ... more |
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Clemson University physicists will conduct a pair of three-year rocket missions funded by NASA Heliophysics designed to deepen our understanding of the visible and invisible mechanisms that modulate energy into Earth's atmosphere.
Stephen Kaeppler is the principal investigator on a project titled "INCAA," which will study how energy is transferred and dissipated during colorful active auro ... more |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 12, 2019 
Experimenting at 2.2 million degrees Celsius, physicists at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have found that an astronomical model - used for 40 years to predict the sun's behavior as well as the life and death of stars - underestimates the energy blockage caused by free-floating iron atoms, a major player in those processes.
The blockage effect, called opacity, is an element's natu ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 
The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is one of our nearest galactic neighbors, at only 163 000 light years from Earth. With its sibling the Small Magellanic Cloud, these are among the nearest dwarf satellite galaxies to the Milky Way. The LMC is also the home of various stellar conglomerates and is an ideal laboratory for astronomers to study the processes that shape galaxies.
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Sep 16, 2019 
The expansion rate of the universe today is described by the so-called Hubble constant, and different techniques have come to inconsistent results about how fast our universe actually does expand.
An international team led by the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) has now used two gravitational lenses as new tools to calibrate the distances to hundreds of observed supernovae and t ... more |
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