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  Paris (AFP) March 4, 2022 Russia's invasion of Ukraine has had repercussions not just around the world but beyond it, bringing to a grinding halt joint space projects between Moscow and the West that began in the aftermath of the Cold War. When the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin announced on Thursday that Russia would stop supplying the United States with rocket engines, his message was blunt: "Let them fly to space on their broomsticks." He also said Roscosmos would dramatically "adjust" its progr ... read more |
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Russia stops deliveries of rocket engines to US, Roscosmos Head SaysMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 04, 2022 Earlier in the week, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin refuted claims that the Russian space agency had allegedly "lost control" of its satellites, stressing that any cyberattacks against the country's ... more  
Tiangong scheduled for completion this yearBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2022 China's Tiangong space station is scheduled to be completed before the end of this year and will become a massive spacecraft stack with a combined weight of nearly 100 metric tons, according to a pr ... more  
Sino-European joint space mission conducts magnetometer extension testBeijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2022 A China-Europe joint space mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), has successfully carried out the extension test of its payload magnetometer in Europe, Science and Tech ... more 
Integrated Deterrence at Center of Upcoming National Defense StrategyWashington DC (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 With China, Russia, Iran and North Korea all pursuing advancements in their own nuclear capabilities, and both China and Russia developing advanced hypersonic weaponry and space capabilities, the Un ... more |
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A River Runs Through It: Onward to the DeltaPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2022 The delta is calling and we must go! With one Earth year in its rearview mirror, the Perseverance rover has been racking up the odometry en route to the site of it's next science campaign. It's been ... more  
NASA begins assembly of Europa ClipperPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2022 When it's fully assembled, NASA's Europa Clipper will be as large as an SUV with solar arrays long enough to span a basketball court - all the better to help power the spacecraft during its journey ... more 
Sols 3403-3404: Tiptoe to the PedimentPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2022 The terrain continues to challenge us as we make our way up onto the Greenheugh pediment. Monday's drive ended sooner than expected when the rover sensed the road was rockier than anticipated, so it ... more 
Moon and Mars superoxides for oxygen farmingParis (ESA) Mar 07, 2022 The dusty faces of the Moon and Mars conceal unseen hazards for future explorers. Areas of highly oxidising material could be sufficiently reactive that they would produce chemical burns on astronau ... more |
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Selecting the right structural materials for fusion reactorsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 Do two promising structural materials corrode at very high temperatures when in contact with "liquid metal fuel breeders" in fusion reactors? Researchers of Tokyo Tech, YNU and QST now have the answ ... more  
Using NB-IoT connectivity to boost hybrid terrestrial-satellite networksLuxembourg (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 Alif Semiconductor, a global provider of microcontrollers and fusion processors, and IoT satellite operator OQ Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a narrowba ... more  
Aerial antenna for Venus mission testParis (ESA) Mar 07, 2022 How can you accurately test a space antenna down here on Earth when it has been scaled up to penetrate the subterranean depths of another planet? This was the question faced by SENER in Spain, curre ... more  
Australian startups join forces to test AI computing in spaceAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 Two emerging Australian space startups - AICRAFT and Antaris Space Space - have signed of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to test new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) models ... more |
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Sidus Space teams with Aitech Systems to support LizzieSat constellationCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU), a Space-as-a-Service satellite company focused on commercial satellite design, manufacture, launch, and data collection is pleased to announce a strategic partnershi ... more  
Microscopic view on asteroid collisions could help us understand planet formationCambridge UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 A new way of dating collisions between asteroids and planetary bodies throughout our Solar System's history could help scientists reconstruct how and when planets were born. The research, whic ... more 
How solar storms can destroy satellites with easeMorgantown WV (The Conversation) Mar 03, 2022 On Feb. 4, 2022, SpaceX launched 49 satellites as part of Elon Musk's Starlink internet project, most of which burned up in the atmosphere days later. The cause of this more than US$50 million failu ... more 
Scientists think an old rocket just hit the Moon going 5,800 mphWashington (AFP) March 4, 2022 Add one more crater to the long list of pockmarks on the lunar surface. ... more  
Magnetic excitations could provide information transfer without heat lossMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 Just as electrons flow through an electrical conductor, magnetic excitations can travel through certain materials. Such excitations, known in physics as "magnons" in analogy to the electron, could t ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2022 
In 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, the largest civilian satellite (at the time) to go to low Earth orbit (LEO). For a decade, it observed our planet and sent back valuable data on Earth's climate, tracking the decline of Arctic sea ice and more, until it went dark in 2012.
One of the prevailing theories for its demise is that it simply ran out of fuel. As LEO becomes more ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral (SPX) Mar 03, 2022 
The Artemis I Moon rocket is getting closer to rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the first time.
The first two of 20 platforms surrounding the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft that allow work on the integrated system inside the building were retracted for roll out to Launch Complex 39B. Teams retracted the platfor ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 07, 2022 
The dusty faces of the Moon and Mars conceal unseen hazards for future explorers. Areas of highly oxidising material could be sufficiently reactive that they would produce chemical burns on astronauts' unprotected skin or lungs. Taking inspiration from a pioneering search for Martian life, a Greek team is developing a device to detect these 'reactive oxygen species' - as well as harvest sufficie ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2022 
China's Tiangong space station is scheduled to be completed before the end of this year and will become a massive spacecraft stack with a combined weight of nearly 100 metric tons, according to a program leader.
Zhou Jianping, chief designer of the nation's manned space program, said the assembly phase of the Tiangong program will begin in May and will involve the launch of two astronaut c ... more |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2022 
Airbus Ventures proudly announces its investment in CesiumAstro Inc., a developer of advanced aerospace communication systems, which today publicized its $60 million oversubscribed Series B funding round, co-led by Airbus Ventures and Forever Ventures, with strategic participation from L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX). Returning investors include Kleiner Perkins, Lavrock Ventures, Franklin Temp ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 4, 2022 
Add one more crater to the long list of pockmarks on the lunar surface.
According to orbital calculations, a rocket hurtling through space for years crashed into the Moon on Friday, but the strike wasn't directly observed, and there might be a wait for photographic evidence.
The impact would have taken place at 7:25 am Eastern Time (1225 GMT), on the far side of the Moon, said the astron ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 
The physics and chemistry that take place deep inside our planet are fundamental to the existence of life as we know it. But what forces are at work in the interiors of distant worlds, and how do these conditions affect their potential for habitability?
New work led by Carnegie's Earth and Planets Laboratory uses lab-based mimicry to reveal a new crystal structure that has major implicatio ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 3, 2021 
NASA has started to assemble the Europa Clipper spacecraft that will probe the icy, scarred surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa, starting in 2030.
The agency has been designing and building 10 instruments for the $4.5 billion mission since 2016, and technicians are assembling the parts at NASA's California-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA announced Thursday.
NASA has tapped Sp ... more |
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 Hong Kong (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 
A research team led by Dr Celia SCHUNTER at School of Biological Sciences (area of Ecology and Biodiversity) and The Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with researchers from The University of Adelaide, James Cook University in Australia, IRD Institute in New Caledonia, and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in Japan ... more |
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 Apopka FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been selected to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with the Next Generation Handheld Targeting System (NGHTS). This compact targeting device provides unparalleled precision targeting and is capable of operation in GPS-denied environments.
"NGHTS will significantly enhance the ability of Marines to identify ground targets under a wide range of condit ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
People say good things come to those who wait. NASA thinks 50 years is the right amount of time as it begins tapping into one of the last unopened, Apollo-era lunar samples to learn more about the Moon and prepare for a return to its surface.
The sample is being opened at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston by the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division (ARES), which sa ... more |
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 Montgomery AL (The Conversation) Mar 03, 2022 
The Earth exists in a dangerous environment. Cosmic bodies, like asteroids and comets, are constantly zooming through space and often crash into our planet. Most of these are too small to pose a threat, but some can be cause for concern.
As a scholar who studies space and international security, it is my job to ask what the likelihood of an object crashing into the planet really is - and w ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 
The Australian wildfires in 2019 and 2020 were historic for how far and fast they spread, and for how long and powerfully they burned. All told, the devastating "Black Summer" fires blazed across more than 43 million acres of land, and extinguished or displaced nearly 3 billion animals. The fires also injected over 1 million tons of smoke particles into the atmosphere, reaching up to 35 kilomete ... more |
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 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
The Sun's atmosphere, or corona, is beaming with activity. Solar flares and coronal mass injections send high-energy particles out into space and the corona constantly releases particles known as the solar wind.
Just as winds on Earth vary, the solar winds departing the Sun travel at different velocities - from a mere 700,000 mph, called slow solar winds, to the fast winds travelling up to ... more |
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 Nanjing, China (XNA) Mar 01, 2022 
Chinese astronomers plan to build a new submillimeter-wave observatory on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, known as "the roof of the world."
Proposed by the Nanjing-based Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the observatory project includes a new submillimeter-wave telescope with a diameter of 15 meters, larger than China's current most advanced 13.7-meter radio telesc ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 
In a new study, Stanford researchers demonstrate how to manipulate atoms so they interact with an unprecedented degree of control. Using precisely delivered light and magnetic fields, the researchers programmed a straight line of atoms into treelike shapes, a twisted loop called a Mobius strip and other patterns.
These shapes were produced not by physically moving the atoms, but by control ... more |
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