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  Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this. NASA on Monday will attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating life on Earth. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spaceship launched from California last November and is fast approaching its target, which it will strike at roughly 14,000 miles per hour (23,000 kph). To be sure ... read more |
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After asteroid collision, Europe's Hera will probe 'crime scene'Paris (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 After NASA deliberately smashes a car-sized spacecraft into an asteroid next week, it will be up to the European Space Agency's Hera mission to investigate the "crime scene" and uncover the secrets of these potentially devastating space rocks. ... more  
American, Russians reach space station as war rages in UkraineBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Wednesday, after blasting off on a Russian-operated flight in a rare instance of cooperation between Moscow and Washington. ... more 
NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid to test a plan that could one day save Earth from catastropheMaxwell AFB, AL (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA plans to change an asteroid's orbit. The large binary asteroid Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos currently pose no threat to Earth. But by crashing a 1,340-pound (610-kilogra ... more 
ESA tracks world-first asteroid deflectionParis (ESA) Sep 21, 2022 Next week, all eyes will be looking up as NASA intentionally crashes the 550 kg DART spacecraft into an orbiting asteroid at high speed. ESA's Estrack network of ground stations, Europe's 'eyes on t ... more |
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541-million-year-old 3D fossil algae reveal modern-looking ancestry of the plant kingdomToronto, Canada (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of algae called Protocodium sinense which predates the origin of land plants and modern animals and provides new insight into the early divers ... more  
Gen Raymond reflects on US Space Force with National Harbor speechNational Harbor MD (AFNS) Sep 22, 2022 In a speech that was as much an unofficial farewell as a proud update of the U.S. Space Force's youthful evolution, Chief of Space Operations, Gen. John "Jay" Raymond told an influential audience Se ... more  
China's manned space program attracts more public attentionBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 China's manned space program, initiated 30 years ago, has grown more popular among Chinese people, who return with extensive support and a vision for space exploration. On Sept. 21, 1992, Chin ... more  
Four-legged jumping robots LEAP to explore the MoonBrussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 A four-legged robot trained through artificial intelligence has learned the same lesson as the Apollo astronauts - that jumping can be the best way to move around on the surface the Moon. An update ... more |
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New exoplanet detection program for citizen scientistsMountain View CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 The SETI Institute and its partner Unistellar are launching a new exoplanet detection program that will engage citizen scientists worldwide. Amateur astronomers, using either Unistellar's eVscope or ... more 
SwRI scientist helps identify new evidence for habitability in Enceladus's oceanSan Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 The search for extraterrestrial life just got more interesting as a team of scientists including Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Christopher Glein has discovered new evidence for a key building b ... more  
Sols 3599-3600: A Stay and Play Kind of DayPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2022 Coming into planning, we were ready for a standard "Touch and Go" plan, where we do some early morning science and then drive onto our next location. However, our workspace had some really great bed ... more  
Small craters add up to wandering poles on MoonGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 The Moon's craters preserve billions of years of history. Scientists have learned about the conditions of our early solar system by studying the composition, size, and distribution of these holes in ... more |
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New clues about Mars' early atmosphere suggest a wet planet capable of supporting lifeMountain View CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 New research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters suggests that Mars was born wet, with a dense atmosphere allowing warm-to-hot oceans for millions of years. To reach this conclusion, re ... more 
Number of ancient Martian lakes might be dramatically underestimatedHong Kong, China (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 Lakes are bodies of water fed by rainfall, snowmelt, rivers and groundwater, through which, Earth is teeming with life. Lakes also contain critical geologic records of past climates. Though Mars is ... more  
Northrop Grumman Meets Rocket Motor Casting Milestone on Road to Sentinel's First FlightPromontory UT (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully cast the LGM-35A Sentinel program's first inert stage-one and stage-two solid rocket motor set this summer. The casting event demonstrated the m ... more 
"Blanket-covered" single-molecules: a breakthrough in revealing the origin of lifePohang, South Korea (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 The long-held dream of chemists to observe the structural dynamics of a single molecule have been now made possible. Single molecules sized about 1 nanometer (nm, 1 billionth of a meter) exist in a ... more  
Weightless on Earth with VivaldiParis (ESA) Sep 22, 2022 During missions on the International Space Station, astronauts' bodies go through a wide array of changes due to lack of gravity - everything from vision to cardiovascular health to bone density is ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
Commercial space leader Axiom Space and the government of Turkiye have signed a historic agreement to send the first Turkish astronaut to space. As part of a larger effort by Turkiye to expand its space exploration capabilities and establish a national human space program, a Turkish astronaut will be trained by Axiom Space for a future space research mission. Axiom Space will also enable Turkish ... more |
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 Promontory UT (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) successfully cast the LGM-35A Sentinel program's first inert stage-one and stage-two solid rocket motor set this summer. The casting event demonstrated the maturity of Sentinel's solid rocket motor design and validated manufacturing processes, advanced tooling, and facilities.
The Sentinel program used digital engineering tools that helped iterate m ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2022 
NASA's InSight lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. Not only do these represent the first impacts detected by the spacecraft's seismometer since InSight touched down on the Red Planet in 2018, it also marks the first time seismic and acoustic waves from an impact have been detected on Mars.
A new paper published Monday in Nature Geo ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2022 
Spectacle of rocket launches draws throngs of visitors, newfound prosperity to township in coastal Hainan
Editor's note: In this series, China Daily looks at some of the areas in which major progress has been made in the 10 years since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in November 2012.
Chen Li, a 62-year-old restaurant owner in Longlou, a coastal to ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
Intelsat, operator of one of the world's largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), has joined the Partner2Connect Digital Coalition. The coalition is a multistakeholder alliance launched by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations (UN), and Intelsat's participation creates new opportunities for telecomm ... more |
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 Santa Monica CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
Outpost Technologies Corporation has signed a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA Langley Research Center for the use and development of their flight-tested Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD) to provide industry-leading payload Earth return capabilities from orbit.
The SAA enables Outpost to collaborate with NASA on developing HIAD technology for safely retur ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
The search for extraterrestrial life just got more interesting as a team of scientists including Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Christopher Glein has discovered new evidence for a key building block for life in the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus. New modeling indicates that Enceladus's ocean should be relatively rich in dissolved phosphorus, an essential ingredient for life.
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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Animations of the relative heights of the cloud tops of Jupiter reveal delicately textured swirls and peaks that resemble the frosting on top of a cupcake. The results have been presented by citizen scientist and professional mathematician and software developer, Gerald Eichstadt, at the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) 2022 in Granada.
The animation uses data from JunoCam, the visible-l ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? It's a question that's gaining urgency as interest in marine minerals has grown. The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient, potato-sized rocks called "polymetallic nodules" that contain nickel and cobalt - minerals that are in high demand for the manufacturing of batteries, such as for powering electric vehicles an ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2022 
Europe's latest Galileo satellites in space have joined the operational constellation, transmitting navigation signals to three billion users across planet Earth as well as relaying distress calls to rescuers. Their entry into service follows a summer test campaign and will result in a measurable increase in positioning accuracy and improved data delivery performance of the overall Galileo syste ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 21, 2022 
Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC), the leader in developing a commercially viable, space-based business park with variable gravity, has announced an agreement with CisLunar Industries to collaborate on providing metal-processing services on its Pioneer-classTM space station. OAC will provide on-orbit facilities to CisLunar Industries, and CisLunar Industries will provide metal processing as a s ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2022 
Bet the dinosaurs wish they'd thought of this.
NASA on Monday will attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to slightly deflect its orbit, in a key test of our ability to stop cosmic objects from devastating life on Earth.
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spaceship launched from California last November and is f ... more |
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 Vienna VA (SPX) Sep 22, 2022 
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), has been awarded as part of Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order 5 of the contract issued by the National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA), for commercially available space-based radio occultation (RO).
The award, valued at $9.9 million, is the third multi-million dollar NOAA contract Spire has received in FY22.
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 Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
Witnessing a total solar eclipse is an unforgettable experience and may have been even more impressive throughout history before we were able to understand and accurately predict their occurrence. But the historical records of these remarkable astronomical spectacles are more than mere curiosities-they provide invaluable information on changes in the Earth's movement.
In a new study in Pub ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 21, 2021 
Scientists have temporarily paused further observations with NASA's new James Webb telescope after a problem was detected with one of its instruments, the space agency confirmed.
"The Webb team has paused in scheduling observations using this particular observing mode while they continue to analyze its behavior and are currently developing strategies to resume MRS observations as soon a ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2022 
The MICROSCOPE mission has confirmed the 'equivalence principle' with unprecedented accuracy, bolstering Einstein's general relativity.
The result, announced this week by a team led by the French space agency CNES, is a triumph for Einstein's general relativity. However, it also potentially rules out some candidate universal theories of physics.
General relativity is the best theory ... more |
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