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  Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 carrying it's third batch of 60 Starlink satellites. Launch was 9:06 a.m. Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The satellites were successfully deployed a little over one hour after launch. SpaceX originally said the launch would occur Monday morning, but pushed that to Tuesday because of rain and clouds near the pad. Then, on Monday evening, the company announced another slip to Wednesday "due to poor weather in the recovery area" for the first stage booster landing at sea. ... read more |
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Tethers Unlimited reports successful operation of space-debris removal deviceBothell WA (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 Tethers Unlimited has successfully demonstrated on-orbit operation of the Terminator Tape, an affordable, lightweight solution for removing space debris from on orbit. In early September 2019, ... more  
Meteorite chunk contains unexpected evidence of presolar grainsSt. Louis MO (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 An unusual chunk in a meteorite may contain a surprising bit of space history, based on new research from Washington University in St. Louis. Presolar grains - tiny bits of solid interstellar ... more  
NASA'S Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration probe mission enters design phaseSan Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 A mission to study the interaction of the solar wind with the ancient cast-off winds of other stars, and the fundamental process of particle acceleration in space, has completed a critical NASA revi ... more  
Driven by Earth's orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migrationMadison WI (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 In 1961, John Kutzbach, then a recent college graduate, was stationed in France as an aviation weather forecaster for the U.S. Air Force. There, he found himself exploring the storied caves of Dordo ... more |
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GMV to install control system for Space Norway's two Arctic-deployed satellitesMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 GMV, the world's number-one independent supplier of commercial telecommunication satellite control centers, has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman for development and supply of the Satellite Op ... more 
Russia considers assessing risk of Soviet-made nuclear-powered satellites falling to EarthMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 The Soviet Union launched a total of 33 satellites equipped with on-board nuclear power units between 1965 and 1988, in a bid to monitor NATO ships. The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)'s Cou ... more  
Iran doubles down on plans to launch imaging satellites despite US Sanctions, launch failuresTehran (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 Despite a modest budget equivalent to about $393 million for fiscal year 2018-2019, Iran's space industry has made ambitious strides in the creation of satellites and space rockets over the past dec ... more  
Iran makes six satellites to put into orbitTehran, Iran (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 Mohammad-Javad Azari-Jahromi made the remarks through a twitter message on the threshold of putting Zafar 1 and 2 satellites into orbit in coming days. Speed of production has accelerated, so ... more  
NASA creates technologies to gather Great Observatory Science from a balloonGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 NASA Scientist Al Kogut has found a way to do Hubble Space Telescope-class science from a relatively inexpensive scientific balloon and is well on the way to proving the concept. If he succeeds, the ... more |
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 NASA, Partners name ocean studying satellite for noted Earth scientist  
CryoSat sheds new light on Antarctica's biggest glacierParis (ESA) Jan 28, 2020 Ice loss from Pine Island Glacier has contributed more to sea-level rise over the past four decades than any other glacier in Antarctica. However, the way this huge glacier is thinning is complex, l ... more  |
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DARPA scraps 'Phantom Express' space plane project after Boeing withdrawsWashington DC (Sputnik) Jan 27, 2020 The US military had selected Boeing to enter into a collaborative venture to construct an Experimental Spaceplane called Phantom Express. The project, however, began to wane before being cancelled a ... more  
NASA selects first commercial destination module for International Space StationHouston TX (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 NASA has selected Axiom Space of Houston to provide at least one habitable commercial module to be attached to the International Space Station as the agency continues to open the station for commerc ... more  
Tiny, ancient meteorites suggest early Earth's atmosphere was rich in carbon dioxideSeattle WA (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 Very occasionally, Earth gets bombarded by a large meteorite. But every day, our planet gets pelted by space dust, micrometeorites that collect on Earth's surface. A University of Washington t ... more 
Russian Space Agency confirms plans to launch nuclear-powered space tug by 2030Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 The secrecy-laden project, in development since 2010, is intended to facilitate the transportation of large cargoes in deep space, including for the purpose of creating permanent bases on other plan ... more 
Roscosmos to rename Russia's asteroid detection system to 'Milky Way'Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 The Russian automated tool of monitoring hazardous situations in near-Earth space will be given a new name of "Milky Way," the first deputy director of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Urlichich ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 
NASA has selected Axiom Space of Houston to provide at least one habitable commercial module to be attached to the International Space Station as the agency continues to open the station for commercial use.
"NASA has once again recognized the hard work, talent, and experience of Houstonians as we expand the International Space Station and promote commercial opportunities in space," said Se ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Jan 29, 2020  SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 carrying it's fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. Launch was 9:06 a.m. Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The satellites were successfully deployed a little over one hour after launch. SpaceX originally said the launch would occur Monday morning, but pushed that to Tuesday because of rain and clouds near the pad. ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Presently, Earth is the only known location where life exists in the Universe. This year the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to three astronomers who proved, almost 20 years ago, that planets are common around stars beyond the solar system.
Life comes in various forms, from cell-phone-toting organisms like humans to the ubiquitous micro-organisms that inhabit almost every square inch of ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 24, 2020 
China announced that it will launch its first Mars mission probe in July this year, China Youth Daily reported Thursday, adding that this is the first time the country disclosed the launch month of its Mars exploration program.
The Mars probe will be sent by the Long March-5 Y4 carrier rocket, said the newspaper, citing sources from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (C ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020  Starlink is a vast satellite constellation conceived by American company SpaceX to provide Internet access to remote parts of the globe. It potentially comprises up to 42,000 small satellites.
Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to launch 60 Starlink "internet satellites" into space on 29 January amid critics' fury over the resulting "wall of space junk" flooding Earth's orbit.
The Starl ... more |
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 Bothell WA (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 
Tethers Unlimited has successfully demonstrated on-orbit operation of the Terminator Tape, an affordable, lightweight solution for removing space debris from on orbit.
In early September 2019, an automated timer unit on the Prox-1 satellite, launched in late June 2019 by the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosatellite Program, activated deployment of TUI's Terminator Tape modu ... more |
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 Kobe, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Botanists have long held a fascination for heterotrophic plants, not only because they contradict the notion that autotrophy (photosynthesis) is synonymous with plants, but also because such plants are typically rare and ephemeral. However, it is still a matter of debate as to how these plants obtain nutrition.
A research team consisting of Kobe University's Associate Professor SUETSUGU Ke ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 06, 2020 
Safe to say, 2020 came in more quietly for many members of the New Horizons mission team than did 2019.
A year ago, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 (now known as Arrokoth) in the early hours of New Year's Day, ushering in an era of exploration of the enigmatic Kuiper Belt, a region of primordial objects that holds keys to understanding the origins ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jan 28, 2020 
Science Applications International Corp. has received a one-year, $13.9 million contract to provide animal care, training and maintenance of marine mammals in the Navy Marine Mammal Program, the Pentagon announced.
The Navy Marine Mammal Program, which began in 1959 and has been headquarted at Point Loma in San Diego since the 1960s, trains bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions t ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
A model invented by researchers at MIT and Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) that uses satellite imagery to tag road features in digital maps could help improve GPS navigation.
Showing drivers more details about their routes can often help them navigate in unfamiliar locations. Lane counts, for instance, can enable a GPS system to warn drivers of diverging or merging lanes. Incorpo ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jan 26, 2020 
NASA has finalized the first 16 science experiments and technology demonstrations, ranging from chemistry to communications, to be delivered to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program. Scheduled to fly next year, the payloads will launch aboard the first two lander deliveries of the agency's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. These deliveries will help pave the way fo ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 29, 2020 
The Russian automated tool of monitoring hazardous situations in near-Earth space will be given a new name of "Milky Way," the first deputy director of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Yury Urlichich, said on Tuesday.
"We have decided to rename the system to 'Milky Way.' As of today, it is called the NES ASPOS [Warning Automated System of Hazardous Situations in near-Earth Space]", Urlichic ... more |
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 Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Jan 27, 2020 
FAO will bolster the scale and scope of its geospatial monitoring toolkit thanks to collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will expand the capacity of FAO's accessible platforms for forestry and land-use assessments.
A three-year agreement signed last week will enhance the access of FAO member states and other users to JAXA data sets and more "ground-truthing ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2020 
A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun to snap the first pictures of the Sun's north and south poles.
Solar Orbiter, a collaboration between the European Space Agency, or ESA, and NASA, will have its first opportunity to launch from Cape Canaveral on Feb. 7, 2020, at 11:15 p.m. EST. Launching on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, the spacecraft will use Venus's and Earth's gravity ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 
A mission to study the interaction of the solar wind with the ancient cast-off winds of other stars, and the fundamental process of particle acceleration in space, has completed a critical NASA review and is now moving closer toward a scheduled launch in 2024. Southwest Research Institute is playing a major role in the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft, managing the p ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Bose-condensed quantum fluids are not forever.
Such states include superfluids and Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs).
There is a beautiful purity in such exotic states, in which every particle is in the same quantum state, allowing quantum effects to be seen at a macroscopic level visible on a simple microscope.
In reality though, not all particles stay in the condensate even at ... more |
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