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  Brussels (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 The EU needs to boost space funding and improve its strategy to compete with military superpowers and smaller upstarts, a panel of experts told MEPs on Tuesday. The experts, including from the UN and the European Commission, said an estimated 60 percent of the world's economy depends directly or indirectly on "space tools" like satellite imaging, tracking and internet connectivity. The EU faces competition not only from established players like the US, but also from emerging competitors like Chi ... read more |
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The voyage home: Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe to head for EarthTokyo (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe will leave its orbit around a distant asteroid and head for Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented mission, carrying samples that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System. ... more  
NASA's Mars 2020 will hunt for microscopic fossilsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 13, 2019 Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 rover have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater, where the rover will land on Feb. 18, 2021. A pape ... more  
Commerce leaders introduce the NASA Authorization Act of 2019Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2019 U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, along with ranking member Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash, chai ... more  
NASA renames faraway ice world 'Arrokoth' after backlashWashington (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been officially renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan and Algonquian languages, following a significant backlash over the old name's Nazi connotations. ... more |
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Thuraya and eSAT Global complete tests of pioneering satellite IoT techSan Diego CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2019 Thuraya, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the leading UAE-based global satellite operator, and eSAT Global, a pioneer in low cost Sat ... more  
GenDyn nets $783M for next-gen Navy MUOS operationsWashington (UPI) Nov 11, 2019 General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a $783 million contract for sustainment of the Navy's next-generation satellite communications system. ... more  
NanoAvionics to build 12U Nano-satellite for Singapore's CaLeMPSat research missionMidland TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 Nano-satellite mission integrator NanoAvionics received a contract to build a 12U nano-satellite bus for the Singaporean research mission "Cathode-Less Micro Propulsion Satellite" (CaLeMPSat). Devel ... more 
SSTL Ships Target Satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale's ELSA-d MissionGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has shipped a 16kg Target satellite for Astroscale's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission to Tokyo, where it will be bolted to the ... more  
Satellite and reanalysis data can substitute field observations over Asian water towerBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 13, 2019 The Tibetan Plateau (TP), known as the "Asian water tower" because of its huge storage of glacier, has a profound impact on local and downstream ecosystems. However, it is a challenge to establish a ... more |
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Stand-up scientists use comedy to reach beyond the ivory towerState College, United States (AFP) Nov 11, 2019 By day, Kasha Patel works at NASA writing content for its website, but she spends her nights communicating scientific discovery through an altogether different medium: stand-up comedy. ... more  |
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Magnets for the second dimensionZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 If you've ever tried to put several really strong, small cube magnets right next to each other on a magnetic board, you'll know that you just can't do it. What happens is that the magnets always arr ... more  
A cheaper way to scale up atomic layer depositionLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 Atomic layer deposition (ALD) involves stacking layers of atoms on top of each other like pancakes. The atoms come from a vaporized material called a precursor. ASD is a well-established technique f ... more 
Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecastsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 Every minute counts when it comes to predicting severe weather. Combing data from cutting-edge geostationary satellites and traditional weather radar created a path toward earlier, more accurate war ... more 
UAE's first astronaut urges climate protection on EarthDubai (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 Wearing a blue space suit with a UAE flag on one sleeve and a spaceship on the other, the first Emirati astronaut said Tuesday his mission highlighted a crucial issue - climate change. ... more 
With Mars methane mystery unsolved, Curiosity serves scientists a new one: oxygenGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 13, 2019 For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars. As a result, t ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 
Wearing a blue space suit with a UAE flag on one sleeve and a spaceship on the other, the first Emirati astronaut said Tuesday his mission highlighted a crucial issue - climate change.
Witnessing Earth and its beauty from space made him realise the importance of preserving it, said Hazzaa al-Mansoori, a 35-year-old former military pilot who reached the International Space Station in Septemb ... more |
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 Traverse City MI (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
ATLAS Space Operations reports a new partnership and collaboration on The Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON)-45 space lift mission.
The partnership expands on the existing collaboration between ATLAS and Aevum with the $4.9 million ASLON-45 mission, which provides orbital launch services to the Department of Defense (DOD) Space Test Program and other government agencies. By ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 13, 2019 
Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 rover have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater, where the rover will land on Feb. 18, 2021.
A paper published in the journal Icarus identifies distinct deposits of minerals called carbonates along the inner rim of Jezero, the site of a lake more than 3.5 billion years ago. On Earth, carbonates hel ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019 
China has been actively investing in space exploration in recent years, with its latest achievement being the successful launch of a drone that landed on the far side of the Moon and conducted several experiments there. Beijing is already planning future lunar missions, including a manned one.
Director of the Science and Technology Commission of the China Aerospace Science and Technology C ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 
The EU needs to boost space funding and improve its strategy to compete with military superpowers and smaller upstarts, a panel of experts told MEPs on Tuesday.
The experts, including from the UN and the European Commission, said an estimated 60 percent of the world's economy depends directly or indirectly on "space tools" like satellite imaging, tracking and internet connectivity.
The E ... more |
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 Cologne, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
More plasma research is being conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). From 10 to 16 November 2019, the Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov will be carrying out a new series of experiments with the PK-4 plasma crystal laboratory. Under the direction of scientists from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), Skvortsov will record how microparticl ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 
For thousands of years humans have gazed into darkness of night, wondering, "Are we alone? Is there life on other planets?" According to Dr. Rhawn Joseph in research published yesterday in the Nature/Springer journal, "Astrophysics and Space Science," the answer is "Yes, there is life on other worlds. However, our neighbors are not human, but mushroom-shaped fungi dwelling on the surface of Venu ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been officially renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan and Algonquian languages, following a significant backlash over the old name's Nazi connotations.
The icy rock, which orbits in the dark and frigid Kuiper Belt about a billion miles beyond Pluto, was visited by the NASA spaceship New Horizons in ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
A collaboration between researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed for the first time growth rates of deep-sea coral communities and the pattern of colonization by various species.
The scientific team used the UH Mano ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019  Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed.
The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launched together with three Gonets-M communications satellites using the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to take off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 25.
The BLITS-M satellite is an improved ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
When NASA sends the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024 as part of its Artemis program, it won't be going alone. The agency will be leveraging support from commercial partners and the international community as it establishes a sustainable presence on the lunar surface by 2028, paving the way for human missions to Mars.
Speaking at the International Astronautical Co ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Nov 13, 2019 
Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe will leave its orbit around a distant asteroid and head for Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented mission, carrying samples that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System.
The long voyage home would begin at 10:05 am (0105 GMT), with the probe expected to drop off its precious samples some time late 2020, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sa ... more |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
Every minute counts when it comes to predicting severe weather. Combing data from cutting-edge geostationary satellites and traditional weather radar created a path toward earlier, more accurate warnings, according to Penn State researchers who studied supercell thuderstorms in the Midwest.
"We know satellites have an advantage in producing forecasts earlier, and radar has more confidence ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 08, 2019 
Southwest Research Institute successfully demonstrated a miniature solar observatory on a high-altitude balloon November 1. The SwRI Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP) - a reusable, high-precision solar observatory about the size of a mini fridge and weighing 160 pounds - was carried by a stratospheric balloon, collecting 75 minutes of solar images in the proof-of-concept flight.
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 Hong Kong (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 
A study led by Dr Jeremy Lim and his Research Assistant, Miss Emily Wong, at the Department of Physics of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), utilizing data from the Hubble Space Telescope, has provided surprising answers to the origin of some globular clusters around giant galaxies at the centers of galaxy clusters. Conducted in collaboration with Professor Thomas Broadhurst at the Ikerbasque in ... more |
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 
Wielding state-of-the-art technologies and techniques, a team of Clemson University astrophysicists has added a novel approach to quantifying one of the most fundamental laws of the universe.
In a paper published Friday, Nov. 8, in The Astrophysical Journal, Clemson scientists Marco Ajello, Abhishek Desai, Lea Marcotulli and Dieter Hartmann have collaborated with six other scientists aroun ... more |
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