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  Tokyo (AFP) May 23, 2022 Japan and the United States said Monday they want to put the first Japanese astronaut on the Moon as the allies deepen cooperation on space projects. No non-American has ever touched down on the lunar surface, and Japan has previously said it hopes to achieve a Moon landing by the end of this decade. President Joe Biden, after his first face-to-face meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, said the nations will work together in the US-led Artemis programme to send humans to th ... read more |
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Boeing's Starliner spaceship docks with ISS in high-stakes test missionWashington (AFP) May 21, 2022 Boeing's Starliner capsule docked with the International Space Station Friday, a major milestone in a high-stakes uncrewed test flight as the US aerospace giant seeks to restore its reputation following past failures. ... more  
Artemis I Moon Rocket to Return to Launch Pad 39B in Early JuneKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 20, 2022 The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are slated to return to launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in early June for the next wet dress rehearsal attempt. ... more  
Charting a safe course through a highly uncertain environmentBoston MA (SPX) May 19, 2022 An autonomous spacecraft exploring the far-flung regions of the universe descends through the atmosphere of a remote exoplanet. The vehicle, and the researchers who programmed it, don't know much ab ... more  
The Sun as you've never seen it beforeParis (ESA) May 19, 2022 Powerful flares, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a curious solar 'hedgehog' are amongst the haul of spectacular images, movies and data returned by Solar Orbiter from its first close ... more |
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Status Update on NASA's MAVEN SpacecraftGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 20, 2022 On February 22, 2022, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went into safe mode when the spacecraft's Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) began exhibiting anomalous behavior. The spacecraft is currently out of safe ... more 
Sampling Strategy for the Delta Front CampaignPasadena CA (JPL) May 20, 2022 The past few weeks have been exciting ones for Perseverance's science team. At the "Enchanted Lake" site, we took our first look at what appear to be some of the bottommost sedimentary layers that m ... more 
China's Zhurong rover switches to dormant mode in severe Martian dust stormBeijing (XNA) May 20, 2022 Mars rover Zhurong has been switched to dormant mode while waiting out a dust storm on the surface of the planet, the China National Space Administration said on Friday. The latest images take ... more  
Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace orders three surveillance satellites from NanoAvionicsVilnius, Lithuania (SPX) May 19, 2022 Norway's Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (Kongsberg) has placed an order for three microsatellites with Lithuanian mission integrator NanoAvionics for a space-based maritime surveillance mission cov ... more |
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NASA's HyTEC to Help Jets Burn Less FuelJohn Gould for NASA Aeronautics News Cleveland OH (SPX) May 20, 2022 What if we told you we could reimagine the way a jet engine works to generate the same amount of power using less fuel? Our aeronautical innovators are designi ... more  
Volunteers watching the skiesParis (ESA) May 20, 2022 More than 11 thousand people around Europe and the world have turned their smartphones into space monitoring tools by downloading the CAMALIOT app, so far delivering more than 53 billion measurement ... more  
Satellites and drones can help save pollinatorsExeter UK (SPX) May 20, 2022 Satellites and drones can provide key information to protect pollinators, researchers say. Their study examines new ways of using these technologies to track the availability of flowers, and s ... more  
NASA's ECOSTRESS detects 'heat islands' in extreme Indian heat wavePasadena CA (JPL) May 16, 2022 A relentless heat wave has blanketed India and Pakistan since mid-March, causing dozens of deaths, fires, increased air pollution, and reduced crop yields. Weather forecasts show no prospect of reli ... more |
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The missing piece to faster, cheaper and more accurate 3D mappingLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 20, 2022 Three-dimensional (3D) mapping is a very useful tool, such as for monitoring construction sites, tracking the effects of climate change on ecosystems and verifying the safety of roads and bridges. H ... more 
Space agencies provide global view of our changing environmentParis (ESA) May 20, 2022 International collaboration among space agencies is central to the success of satellite Earth observation and data analysis. ESA, NASA and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) have continued th ... more 
Ultracold Bubbles on Space Station Open New Avenues of Quantum ResearchPasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2022 Since the days of NASA's Apollo program, astronauts have documented (and contended with) how liquids behave differently in microgravity than they do on Earth - coalescing into floating spheres inste ... more  
Researchers use galaxy as a 'cosmic telescope' to study heart of the young universeRaleigh NC (SPX) May 19, 2022 A unique new instrument, coupled with a powerful telescope and a little help from nature, has given researchers the ability to peer into galactic nurseries at the heart of the young universe. ... more  
Seeing through the fog-pinpointing young stars and their protoplanetary disksBoston MA (SPX) May 18, 2022 Imagine walking through a dense, hazy fog in the middle of the night, seeing patches of light from cars and towns shimmering in the distance. It's nearly impossible to tell if the lights are deep in ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2022 
The engineering team with NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is trying to solve a mystery: The interstellar explorer is operating normally, receiving and executing commands from Earth, along with gathering and returning science data. But readouts from the probe's attitude articulation and control system (AACS) don't reflect what's actually happening onboard.
The AACS controls the 45-year-old spac ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 19, 2022 
Aerospace manufacturer Blue Origin will delay its next sub-orbital spaceflight because of a vehicle issue, the company announced Wednesday.
Originally scheduled to take place Friday, the launch would have been the fifth manned flight for the Washington state-based company's New Shephard space vehicle.
"During our final vehicle checkouts, we observed one of New Shepard's backup system ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 19, 2022 
Despite the incredibly rough terrain surrounding Mirador butte, our nearly 10-year-old rover successfully drove a net distance forward ~10 meters and ~2 meters in elevation! To get a sense of what our Rover Planners try to avoid navigating this terrain, check out this Navcam image of our left front wheel at our parking spot.
Not only did the Sol 3476 drive succeed, but placed us perfectly ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) May 18, 2022 
This study is led by Dr. Prof. Yong Wei and Dr. Kai Fan from Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS). Authors and their colleagues from the National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research, the Sun Yat-Sen University, and the Peking University have developed a comprehensive method, which include the noise ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Western Sydney University's International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) in a move to formalise and strengthen international space observation research partnerships and collaborations.
The MoU will facilitate the sharing of research data and analytics, and the co-location of vital space observat ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 18, 2022 
The E.T.PACK-Fly consortium, coordinated by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and made up of the University of Padova, the Technical University of Dresden (TU Dresden), the Spanish company SENER Aeroespacial and the German start-up Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), has received euro 2.5 million from the European Innovation Council (EIC) to develop a device based on a space tether to deor ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Imagine walking through a dense, hazy fog in the middle of the night, seeing patches of light from cars and towns shimmering in the distance. It's nearly impossible to tell if the lights are deep in the fog or beyond it. Astronomers trying to find young stars face a similar problem: the light from stars they're hunting is shimmering through great big regions of hazy gas and dust in space, called ... more |
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 Bayreuth, Germany (SPX) May 12, 2022 
Caption: Materials synthesis research and study in terapascal range for the first time
Jules Verne could not even dream of this: A research team from the University of Bayreuth, together with international partners, has pushed the boundaries of high-pressure and high-temperature research into cosmic dimensions.
For the first time, they have succeeded in generating and simultaneously analy ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) May 22, 2022 
Incoming prime minister Anthony Albanese vowed to end Australia's reputation as a climate laggard and reset relations with the rest of the world Sunday, as he raced to form a government in time for a key Tokyo summit.
Fresh from an electoral victory that ended a decade of conservative rule, Albanese signalled an era of fairer, greener and less pugilistic politics for Australia.
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 Paris (ESA) May 20, 2022 
More than 11 thousand people around Europe and the world have turned their smartphones into space monitoring tools by downloading the CAMALIOT app, so far delivering more than 53 billion measurements of meteorology and space weather patterns to researchers.
Leave it by your window each night with your satnav positioning turned on and your phone will record small variations in satellite sig ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) May 18, 2022 
Billions of years ago, a series of volcanic eruptions broke loose on the moon, blanketing hundreds of thousands of square miles of the orb's surface in hot lava. Over the eons, that lava created the dark blotches, or maria, that give the face of the moon its familiar appearance today.
Now, new research from CU Boulder suggests that volcanoes may have left another lasting impact on the luna ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) May 18, 2022 
In an article published in the journal Icarus, researchers at Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) and collaborators report the findings of a study reconstituting the formation of the dwarf planet Ceres. The research was conducted by Rafael Ribeiro de Sousa, a professor in the program of graduate studies in physics on the Guaratingueta campus. The co-authors of the article are Ernesto Vieira Neto, ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) May 20, 2022 
Satellites and drones can provide key information to protect pollinators, researchers say.
Their study examines new ways of using these technologies to track the availability of flowers, and says this could be combined with behavioural studies to see the world through the eyes of insects.
The flowers available to insects vary from day to day and place to place, and human activity is ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 19, 2022 
Powerful flares, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a curious solar 'hedgehog' are amongst the haul of spectacular images, movies and data returned by Solar Orbiter from its first close approach to the Sun. Although the analysis of the new dataset has only just started, it is already clear that the ESA-led mission is providing the most extraordinary insights into the Sun's magnetic b ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) May 19, 2022 
A unique new instrument, coupled with a powerful telescope and a little help from nature, has given researchers the ability to peer into galactic nurseries at the heart of the young universe.
After the big bang some 13.8 billion years ago, the early universe was filled with enormous clouds of neutral diffuse gas, known as Damped Lyman-a systems, or DLAs. These DLAs served as galactic nurse ... more |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) May 20, 2022 
Mysterious fast radio bursts release as much energy in one second as the Sun pours out in a year and are among the most puzzling phenomena in the universe. Now researchers at Princeton University, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have simulated and proposed a cost-effective experiment to produce and obse ... more |
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