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  Lincoln NE (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 A miniaturized robot invented by Nebraska Engineering Professor Shane Farritor may soon blast into space to test its skills. NASA recently awarded the University of Nebraska-Lincoln $100,000 through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) at the University of Nebraska Omaha to ready the surgical robot for a 2024 test mission aboard the International Space Station. "NASA has been a long-term supporter of this research and, as a culmination of that effort, our robot will h ... read more |
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Proposal by research team could revolutionize space medicine, improve astronaut healthAthens OH (SPX) Aug 02, 2022 Often when researching the molecular and biological changes that happen in space, models such as rodents, worms, and yeast are used to study the effects and consequences of long-duration space fligh ... more  
Unveiling the distribution of dark matter around galaxies 12B yearsNagoya, Japan (SPX) Aug 02, 2022 A collaboration led by scientists at Nagoya University in Japan has investigated the nature of dark matter surrounding galaxies seen as they were 12 billion years ago, billions of years further back ... more 
Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in The Cartwheel GalaxyBaltimore MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy's central black hole. Webb's powerful infrared gaze pro ... more  
Solar storm expected to hit Earth, but likely 'weak,' forecasters sayWashington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2021 A solar storm birthed from a hole in the sun's atmosphere is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field Wednesday. ... more |
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Super-earth skimming habitable zone of red dwarfTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 02, 2022 A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth. This is the first discovery by a new instrument on the Subaru Telescope and offers ... more  
SpaceX rocket fueled for launch this week to send Korean mission to moonWashington DC (UPI) Aug 1, 2021 South Korea and SpaceX are fueled and ready to send a spacecraft on a long journey this week that will ultimately take it around the moon. ... more  
Modeling reveals how dwarf planet Ceres powers unexpected geologic activityBlacksburg VA (SPX) Aug 02, 2022 For a long time, our view of Ceres was fuzzy, said Scott King, a geoscientist in the Virginia Tech College of Science. A dwarf planet and the largest body found in the asteroid belt - the region bet ... more  
Northrop Grumman to lead Homeland Missile Defense Program for MDAHuntsville AL (SPX) Aug 02, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a maximum amount of $3,286,745,005 by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for the Gro ... more |
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Sidus Space selects AWS for LizzieSat constellationCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 03, 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 its selection of Amazo ... more  
Momentus First Demonstration Mission Status Update #4San Jose CA (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. commercial space company that plans to offer transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, today provided its fourth Mission Update on its inaugural ... more  
Images of EDL DebrisPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2022 When Perseverance landed on Mars on February 18, 2021 the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) hardware was discarded onto the surface at a safe distance away from the rover. Some of that EDL har ... more  
ESA names first 'astronaut' to fly on the Artemis I lunar missionParis (ESA) Aug 03, 2022 The specially trained woolly astronaut, Shaun the Sheep, has been assigned a seat on the Artemis I mission to the Moon, it was announced today. Shaun's assignment was announced by ESA's Direct ... more |
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Space Operations Center lifts comms performance using ViaLite HWDR linksSwindon UK (SPX) Aug 02, 2022 ViaLite's Hyper Wide Dynamic Range (HWDR) links are providing enhanced performance at a teleport operations center in Kourou in South America. The L-Band HTS - HWDR links are being used to transfer ... more  
Earth spun faster June 29, causing shortest day since 1960sWashington DC (UPI) Aug 1, 2021 The Earth spun faster around its axis on June 29, making it the shortest day since the planet's rotation began being measured with atomic clocks in the 1960s. ... more  
University of Sydney and Reach Robotics to collaborate on space roboticsSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 Reach Robotics and the University of Sydney's School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering (AMME) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The two organisations will tog ... more 
Have Canadians lost touch with space industry asks research reportOttawa, Canada (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 Despite being engaged in the space industry since the 1950s, launching its first research rocket in 1959 and retaining a vibrant space industry, a new report reveals that Canadians today are more li ... more 
Australians see space more as a danger than a benefit: ReportSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 Australia was at the forefront of the first space race and played a vital role in Apollo 11's iconic Moon landing in 1969. Half a century later, Australians are more likely to see space as a threat ... more |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2022 
NewSpace is a recently formed movement and philosophy that encompasses a globally emerging private spaceflight industry. This term is generally used in connection with a global private sector of new aerospace companies and ventures.
One primary objective is to develop faster, better and cheaper access to space and spaceflight technologies. This movement is thought to be a major driving for ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2022 
As NASA prepares for the first integrated flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft to the Moon this summer as part of Artemis, the agency is moving toward a services contract model for long-term SLS hardware production and operations to reduce costs.
"SLS is not just a NASA investment, it has been a national investment. Through this contract approach, we ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 27, 2022 
We have come to the end of our detour to image the "Bolivar" butte and are starting back to the MSAR (Mount Sharp Ascent Route). This plan provides the last chance to image Bolivar from this vantage point, with the aim of characterizing, so Mastcam is taking one final large mosaic of the butte, before we move on and it is blocked from our sight.
We cannot drive up the side of Bolivar (alth ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jul 27, 2021 
A hunk of Chinese space rocket junk weighing roughly 25 tons will fall back to Earth on Sunday, according to researchers at the Aerospace Corp.'s Center for Orbital Re-entry and Debris Studies.
CORDS researchers predict the rocket body re-entry into Earth's atmosphere will happen Sunday based on current projections.
Aerospace plans to host a Twitter discussion Thursday with other ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Aug 03, 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 its selection of Amazon Web Services, Inc (AWS) to provide cloud storage of mission critical Satellite-as-a-Service operation and customer data for the upcoming LizzieSat Constellation.
The primary mission of LizzieS ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 29, 2022 
Debris of the recently launched Long March 5B carrier rocket of China fell back to the Earth and ended up in the Pacific Ocean early Sunday morning, with most of the remnants burnt up during the reentry process, the China Manned Space Agency said.
The debris' atmospheric reentry and crash took place around 12:55 am (Beijing time), the agency said in a brief statement, noting the touchdown ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 02, 2022 
A super-Earth planet has been found near the habitable zone of a red dwarf star only 37 light-years from the Earth. This is the first discovery by a new instrument on the Subaru Telescope and offers a chance to investigate the possibility of life on planets around nearby stars. With such a successful first result, we can expect that the Subaru Telescope will discover more, potentially even bette ... more |
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 Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2022 
Because it's bigger, Jupiter ought to have larger, more spectacular rings than Saturn has. But new UC Riverside research shows Jupiter's massive moons prevent that vision from lighting up the night sky.
"It's long bothered me why Jupiter doesn't have even more amazing rings that would put Saturn's to shame," said UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane, who led the research.
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Aug 03, 2022 
A squid is a type of cephalopod that has an elongated body, eight arms and two tentacles. Globally, there are at least 300 species of squid distributed across the world's oceans. They're also a healthy food source as they're packed with protein, thus contributing to high-quality meals.
But all the species of squid in Japan's waters have been declining since the 1980s and their estimated po ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Jul 15, 2022 
Space Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company the contract to deliver operations and sustainment support services for the Global Positioning System IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF. The support contract provides specialized sustainment services to maintain the GPS IIR/IIR-M/III/IIIF space vehicles and signal in space, and meet evolving requirements for a resilient system for the joint wa ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2022 
It faced the quicksand-like soil in the "sink tank," climbed the "tilt bed," and conquered boulders and craters. NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) prototype recently endured the most realistic tests to-date of its ability to drive through the most difficult terrain during its mission to the Moon's South Pole.
Engineers tested the latest VIPER mobility engineeri ... more |
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 Blacksburg VA (SPX) Aug 02, 2022 
For a long time, our view of Ceres was fuzzy, said Scott King, a geoscientist in the Virginia Tech College of Science. A dwarf planet and the largest body found in the asteroid belt - the region between Jupiter and Mars speckled with hundreds of thousands of asteroids - Ceres had no distinguishable surface features in existing telescopic observations from Earth.
Then, in 2015, the hazy orb ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 29, 2022 
China used a Long March 2D carrier rocket to launch several remote-sensing satellites on Friday night, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's leading space contractor.
The rocket blasted off at 9:28 pm at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province and soon placed the Yaogan 35-02 satellites, the third group of spacecrafts in the Yaogan 35 remot ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2021 
A solar storm birthed from a hole in the sun's atmosphere is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field Wednesday.
Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center are calling for a chance of a geomagnetic storm, caused by a southern hole in the sun's atmosphere.
The gaseous material is flowing from the hole in the sun's atmosphere ... more |
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 Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Jul 27, 2022 
For the first time in the history of observations, scientists from the Helsinki and Ural Federal Universities Jarmo Moilanen and Maria Gritsevich have systematized information about all forms of atmospheric halos recorded by mankind at the end of 2021. From numerous sources of data on observations, the history of which includes 4-5 millennia, 119 different forms of atmospheric halo are known tod ... more |
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 Matsumoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 26, 2022  The team* led by Prof. Toru Misawa of the School of General Education, Shinshu University found for the first time that the internal donut-shaped structure of the central nuclei of bright galaxies in the distant universe can have an "anisotropic" effect on the gas distributed over a vast area around them.
Because luminous nuclei of distant galaxies (qua ... more |
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