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  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Following successful deployment and start of spacecraft commissioning on July 4, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft experienced communications issues while in contact with the Deep Space Network. The spacecraft team currently is working to understand the cause and re-establish contact. The team has good trajectory data for the spacecraft based on the first full and second partial ground station pass with the Deep Space N ... read more |
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Keeping the energy in the roomSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 It may seem like technology advances year after year, as if by magic. But behind every incremental improvement and breakthrough revolution is a team of scientists and engineers hard at work. U ... more 
Earth orbit, Moon, Mars: ESA's ambitious roadmapParis (ESA) Jul 06, 2022 In a bold vision to secure Europe's role in space exploration and so benefit from the many scientific, economic, and societal rewards, ESA is publicly releasing its new exploration roadmap after its ... more  
Field Tests Help Prepare NASA Tech for Fire SeasonMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Even before the summer's hottest, driest weather has arrived, wildfires have taken a heavy toll in some parts of the U.S. This spring, in collaboration with fire response teams, NASA researchers tes ... more 
Star with the shortest orbital period around black hole discoveredCologne, Germany (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Researchers at the University of Cologne and Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic) have discovered the fastest known star, which travels around a black hole in record time. The star, S4716, or ... more |
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Cataloging the diverse origins of Earth's mineralsWashington DC (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 A 15-year study led by the Carnegie Institution for Science details the origins and diversity of every known mineral on Earth, a landmark body of work that will help reconstruct the history of life ... more  
Cosmic manatee accelerates particles from headParis (ESA) Jul 06, 2022 ESA's XMM-Newton has X-rayed this beautiful cosmic creature, known as the Manatee Nebula, pinning down the location of unusual particle acceleration in its 'head'. The Manatee Nebula, or W50, ... more  
A new method for predicting the 11-year solar cycle strengthMoscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 The Sun is our superstar, continuously providing our planet with energy, light, and heat, thus making it a very habitable environment for life. However, it is also the source of powerful explosions, ... more 
The futuristic South Pole Telescope looks far back in timeLemont IL (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Surveying the cosmos from its isolated position in Antarctica, a collaborative project aims to reveal insights about the universe's beginnings. In summer at the South Pole, which lasts from Novembe ... more |
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SatixFy Technology enables first 5G link through a LEO constellationHarwell UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 SatixFy Communications Ltd has announced its critical role in enabling the first ever demonstration of a high-speed, low-latency link with a LEO satellite constellation incorporating 5G. Satix ... more 
NASA's CAPSTONE lunar orbiter leaves Earth orbitWashington DC (UPI) Jul 5, 2021 The CAPSTONE orbiter left the low Earth orbit on its way to the moon, NASA said in a statement. ... more  
Tenoumer Crater, MauritaniaParis (ESA) Jul 01, 2022 Deep within the Sahara Desert lies one of the best-preserved craters on Earth. On Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the almost-perfectly circular Tenoumer Crater in Mauri ... more 
Physicists confront the neutron lifetime puzzleOak Ridge TN (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of o ... more |
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Large Hadron Collider project discovers three new exotic particlesManchester UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration has announced the discovery of three new exotic particles. Exotic particles, such as these, had only been theorised but not observed until recen ... more  
Earth from Space: PatagoniaParis (ESA) Jul 06, 2022 The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this impressive, wide-angled view of Patagonia at the southern end of South America, as well as the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Covering an area of ... more 
Discovery reveals large, year-round ozone hole over tropicsWaterloo, Canada (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 An ozone hole, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, is currently sitting over tropical regions and has been since the 1980s, according to a Canadian researcher. In AIP Advances, b ... more  
The hawk has landed: Braking mid-air to prioritize safety over energy or speedOxford UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that hawks control their flight to ensure the safest landing conditions when perching, even if it takes longer and more energy to do so. Understand ... more 
Rocket Lab Moon Mission for NASA a SuccessLong Beach CA (SPX) Jul 04, 2022 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully deployed a pathfinding satellite for NASA, setting it on a course to the Moon. The deployment marks the successful completion of Rocket Lab's fir ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 
When Indiana University (IU) introduced the NASA Technology Transfer University (T2U) program at its Kelley School of Business last fall, it became the first university in the Big Ten to do so.
T2U connects universities with NASA technology, giving students the opportunity to work with federal government research and innovations. "Our goal is to inspire young entrepreneurs by bringing real ... more |
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Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) has confirmed the success of its fourth consecutive satellite launch mission. This launch, named Straight Up, carried seven satellites to Low Earth Orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF), who procured this launch for the Rocket Systems Launch Program, with payloads provided by the Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP). In support of its mission partne ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 01, 2022 
Curiosity is continuing to proceed through our pre-planned checklist of activities that we've made for drill campaigns. The team is currently waiting for the downlink that contains data from CheMin's first analysis of the Avanavero drilled sample, and we will use these data to help us decide whether to analyze the sample with SAM as well. While we wait today, we planned a whopping six sols worth ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 30, 2022 
The three crew members of the Shenzhou XIII have recovered from the physical effects of their six-month mission and will return to routine training after medical assessment, according to the chief of the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Division.
Major General Jing Haipeng, commander of the division, told a news conference at the unit's headquarters in northwestern Beijing on Tuesday tha ... more |
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 Harwell UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
SatixFy Communications Ltd has announced its critical role in enabling the first ever demonstration of a high-speed, low-latency link with a LEO satellite constellation incorporating 5G.
SatixFy has partnered with OneWeb under the ESA Sunrise Partnership Project, with support from the UK Space Agency, to develop a compact electronically steered multi-beam array suitable for mobility servic ... more |
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 Irvine CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 
US Company Turion Space, building spacecraft for space logistics services including space debris removal and space situational awareness data, has selected Exolaunch, a global provider of launch, deployment and integration services for small satellites, to provide launch services for their first DROID spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 Transporter rideshare mission.
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) experts have been challenged to help a new space mission to investigate Earth's place in the universe.
The Ariel Data Challenge 2022, which launches on 30 June, is inviting AI and machine learning experts from industry and academia to help astronomers understand planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
Dr Ingo Waldmann, Associate Professor i ... more |
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 Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jun 23, 2022 
A new citizen science project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities with support from NASA, allows volunteers to play an important role in helping scientists learn more about the atmosphere on Jupiter. Citizen scientists can help astrophysicists categorize tens of thousands of stunning images taken from the Juno spacecraft with just a web browser.
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 Lake Mead, United States (AFP) July 5, 2022  Millions of gallons of Colorado River water hurtle through the Hoover Dam every day, generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes.
But the mega drought affecting the western United States is sending reservoir levels plummeting towards deadpool - the point at which the dam can no longer produce power.
"We are 23rd year of drought here in the Colorado River Basin and Lake Mea ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 10, 2022 
Ahead of Galileo satellites like this one going to space, they are switched on as if already operating there within ESA's Maxwell EMC Facility. This test procedure is a check of the satellite's 'electromagnetic compatibility', with all its systems running together to detect any harmful interference between them.
Once Maxwell's main door is sealed, its metal walls form a 'Faraday Cage', scr ... more |
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 Long Beach CA (SPX) Jul 04, 2022 
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully deployed a pathfinding satellite for NASA, setting it on a course to the Moon. The deployment marks the successful completion of Rocket Lab's first deep space mission, paving the way for the Company's upcoming interplanetary missions to Mars and Venus.
Owned and operated by Advanced Space on behalf of NASA, the Cislunar Autonomous Positi ... more |
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 Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 05, 2022 
A team of researchers led by the University of Bern has for the first time identified an unexpected richness of complex organic molecules at a comet. This was achieved thanks to the analysis of data collected during ESA's Rosetta mission at comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko, also known as Chury. Delivered to the early Earth by impacting comets, these organics may have helped to kick-start carbon-ba ... more |
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 Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
An ozone hole, seven times larger than the Antarctic ozone hole, is currently sitting over tropical regions and has been since the 1980s, according to a Canadian researcher.
In AIP Advances, by AIP Publishing, Qing-Bin Lu, a scientist from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, reveals a large, all-season ozone hole - defined as an area of ozone loss larger than 25% compared with t ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 01, 2022 
A very small instrument has a big job ahead of it: measuring all Earth-directed energy coming from the Sun and helping scientists understand how that energy influences our planet's severe weather, climate change and other global forces.
About the size of a shoebox or gaming console, the Compact Total Irradiance Monitor (CTIM) is the smallest satellite ever dispatched to observe the sum of ... more |
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 Lemont IL (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
Surveying the cosmos from its isolated position in Antarctica, a collaborative project aims to reveal insights about the universe's beginnings.
In summer at the South Pole, which lasts from November through February, the average temperature is a biting minus 18 degrees F. The sun does not set during this time, making sleep a challenge. The environment is harsh and dry. And the Internet connecti ... more |
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 Manchester UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2022 
The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) collaboration has announced the discovery of three new exotic particles. Exotic particles, such as these, had only been theorised but not observed until recently. These exotic particles are built out of quarks.
"Like proton or neutrons, the particles that make up the nucleus of the atom, these new particles are made up of quarks", explained Chris Par ... more |
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