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  Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 NASA is seeking proposals for human lunar landing systems designed and developed by American companies for the Artemis program, which includes sending the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024. The final call to industry comes after NASA issued two drafts on July 19 and Aug. 30, encouraging companies to send comments to help shape a key component of the agency's human exploration Artemis partnerships. NASA is expected to make multiple awards to industry to develop and demonst ... read more |
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Astroscale and Southampton jointly advance business case for active debris removal servicesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 Astroscale, the market-leader in developing a service to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, has announced that it will collaborate with the University of Southampton on ... more  
Rocket Lab to launch dedicated mission for Astro DigitalHuntington Beach CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has announced Astro Digital as the customer for Rocket Lab's ninth Electron mission, and fifth mission of 2019. The dedicated ... more  
NASA, Boeing, SpaceX closing in on return to human spaceflight for USOrlando FL (UPI) Oct 02, 2019 America's public and private space endeavors may soon regain the nation's role as the global leader in human space exploration, but they are years behind schedule. At stake is not only United ... more  
NASA's Juno prepares to jump Jupiter's shadowPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2019 Last night, NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver - extraordinarily long by mission standards. The goal of the burn, as it's known, will keep the solar ... more |
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ESA announces plans on first European manned mission to the moonParis (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2019 A key step in the first-ever European manned lunar mission for the European Space Agency (ESA) will be the establishment of an international space station in lunar orbit - to be dubbed the 'Gateway' ... more  
Playmobil go above and beyond with ESA's Luca ParmitanoParis (ESA) Oct 02, 2019 Playmobil figures are enjoyed by millions of children around the world, but now two very special figures, in the likeness of ESA's Luca Parmitano, are flying around Earth with the astronaut himself. ... more 
New US spacecraft to conduct first manned flights to ISS in 2020 says Roscosmos ChiefMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2019 SpaceX's new Crew Dragon spacecraft and Boeing's Starliners will make the first manned flights to the International Space Station in 2020, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozi ... more  
Enemy drone operators may soon face the power of ThorNational Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 With small unmanned aircraft systems - frequently called drones, becoming more common every day, the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, ... more 
For scientists, failure can pay dividends down the roadWashington (UPI) Oct 1, 2019 The value of failure, and learning from failure, is regularly preached by parents, coaches and mentors, but it is rarely studied. ... more |
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New standard of reference for assessing solar forecast proposedWashington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 Being able to accurately forecast how much solar energy reaches the surface of the Earth is key to guiding decisions for running solar power plants. While day-ahead forecasts have become more ... more  |
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NASA's Webb to unlock the mysteries of comets and the early solar systemBaltimore MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 Since ancient times, comets have fascinated sky-watchers, who often considered them divine omens. A Chinese historian recorded an apparition of Comet Halley as far back as 240 BC, describing it as a ... more 
Astronomers detect gas molecules in comet from another starLa Palma, Spain (SPX) Oct 01, 2019 An international team of astronomers have made a historic discovery using the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), detecting gas molecules in a comet which has tumbled into our solar system from anothe ... more  
Eyeballing a black hole's massMoscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 There are no scales for weighing black holes. Yet astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have devised a new way for indirectly measuring the mass of a black hole, while ... more  
Spitzer Space Telescope images bubbly interstellar nebula rich in newborn starsWashington (UPI) Sep 30, 2019 New images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope suggest parts of the Milky Way are bubbling over, like a pot of boiling water. ... more 
Are solar eruptions messy, or neat?Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 First all appears quiet. Suddenly, a bright flash lights up the telescope. In an instant, jets of super-heated plasma bloom against the blackness of space. Seen from Earth, solar flares put on ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) Sept 25, 2019 
A crowd in Dubai erupted in cheers and applause Wednesday as the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates launched towards the International Space Station, dubbing him a national hero.
Emiratis and school children gathered at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre as Hazzaa al-Mansoori, 35, blasted into space accompanied by Russia's Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir onboard ... more |
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 Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 
Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has announced Astro Digital as the customer for Rocket Lab's ninth Electron mission, and fifth mission of 2019.
The dedicated mission is scheduled to take place during a 14-day launch window opening on October 15 NZDT (14 October UTC). The mission will lift-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsu ... more |
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 Sarajevo (AFP) Sept 26, 2019 
The tiny village of Jezero in western Bosnia is "too happy" to share its name with a crater on planet Mars that will be the landing site for NASA's 2020 Mars rover, its mayor said Thursday.
Earlier this week, mayor Snezana Ruzicic received a letter from the US space agency honouring the link between the village and its other-worldly twin.
The 28-mile-wide (45-kilometre-wide) crater on ... more |
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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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 Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2019 
Playmobil figures are enjoyed by millions of children around the world, but now two very special figures, in the likeness of ESA's Luca Parmitano, are flying around Earth with the astronaut himself.
They are two of a limited special edition of 25 000 figures, which only be found with copies of this month's Italian edition of Playmobil magazine.
This issue of the magazine is full of s ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 
Astroscale, the market-leader in developing a service to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, has announced that it will collaborate with the University of Southampton on a project to investigate collision risks between satellites, highlighting the necessity for financial incentives for satellite operators to engage with active debris removal services.
The Unive ... more |
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 Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
Astronomers of the CARMENES consortium have discovered a new exoplanet that should not exist according to current knowledge. The research group, which includes the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA, Heidelberg), found a gaseous planet whose mass is unusually large compared to its host star GJ 3512.
The scientists conclude that this planet probably originated from a gravitationally u ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2019 
Last night, NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver - extraordinarily long by mission standards. The goal of the burn, as it's known, will keep the solar-powered spacecraft out of what would have been a mission-ending shadow cast by Jupiter on the spacecraft during its next close flyby of the planet on Nov. 3, 2019.
Juno began the maneuver yeste ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 26, 2019 
The Trump administration picked another fight with California Thursday, accusing the liberal state of being lax on water pollution and linking the problem in part to feces from homeless people.
"Based on data and reports, the EPA is concerned that California's implementation of federal environmental laws is failing to meets its obligations required under delegated federal programs," Andrew W ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 
Navigating to within three inches of your destination is made possible by algorithms and software developed by NASA. These power a NASA system that augments the raw navigation signals provided by the U.S. Air Force's GPS satellites to support airplane navigation around the world, direct emergency responders and, soon, guide self-driving cars.
The Air Force began launching global positionin ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 
NASA is seeking proposals for human lunar landing systems designed and developed by American companies for the Artemis program, which includes sending the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024.
The final call to industry comes after NASA issued two drafts on July 19 and Aug. 30, encouraging companies to send comments to help shape a key component of the agency's human ... more |
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 La Palma, Spain (SPX) Oct 01, 2019 
An international team of astronomers have made a historic discovery using the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), detecting gas molecules in a comet which has tumbled into our solar system from another star. It is the first time that astronomers have been able to detect this type of material in an interstellar object.
The discovery marks an important step forward for science as it will now a ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 
Ball Aerospace delivered the Operational Land Imager 2 (OLI-2) for Landsat 9, completing development of the instrument on schedule and under budget. Ball will continue to support instrument integration and spacecraft-level testing, working closely with NASA and the Landsat 9 spacecraft provider.
"Ball Aerospace is enabling the sustainability of the nation's land imaging architecture throug ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
First all appears quiet. Suddenly, a bright flash lights up the telescope. In an instant, jets of super-heated plasma bloom against the blackness of space.
Seen from Earth, solar flares put on an elegant show. But these dancing plasma ribbons are the shrapnel of violent explosions. The energetic process that fuels them, known as magnetic reconnection, doesn't just power flares. Magnetic re ... more |
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 New Haven CT (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
Gregory Laughlin and Malena Rice weren't exactly surprised a few weeks ago when they learned that a second interstellar object had made its way into our solar system.
The Yale University astronomers had just put the finishing touches on a new study suggesting that these strange, icy visitors from other planets are going to keep right on coming. We can expect a few large objects showing up ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2019 
Will the Sun become a black hole? No, it's too small for that! The Sun would need to be about 20 times more massive to end its life as a black hole.
Stars that are born this size or larger can explode into a supernova at the end of their lifetimes before collapsing back into a black hole, an object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.
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