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September 23, 2016
CONSTELLATIONS
NASA Spacecraft Fly in Record-setting Formation
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 22, 2016
Summertime airshows are fun to watch, especially when aircraft fly in tight formation. The sight of airplanes soaring overhead practically wingtip to wingtip is thrilling to behold. Four of NASA's spacecraft recently performed an equally thrilling maneuver: In Oct. 2015, the satellites of NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission gathered into a tetrahedral formation with each spacecraft at the tip of a four-sided pyramid only six miles across. Moving together as one, they raced around Ear ... read more

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SPACE MEDICINE

New Research Collaboration Explores Microbiome of the Space Station
More than 200 people have crossed the airlock threshold to the International Space Station to conduct research that benefits people on Earth and the agency's Journey to Mars. The microbes they broug ... more
TECH SPACE

UK increases investment in Magna Parva in-space manufacturing tech
Magna Parva wins major follow-on contract to build engineering qualification model that will manufacture structures of indefinite size in space The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), through its De ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Building the Space Launch System's core stage
The largest rocket stage in the world is coming together piece by piece at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Large elements for NASA's Space Launch System are in production and will b ... more


CONSTELLATIONS

Satcom Global appointed as official Iridium Push-To-Talk partner
Satcom Global has announced that Iridium Communications has appointed it as an official reseller of the award winning Iridium Push-To-Talk (PTT) solution. Iridium PTT is the world's first global, sa ... more

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TIME AND SPACE

Physicists reveal the role of diffusion in the early Universe
Scientists from the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS), the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Every day closer to a new way to orbit
Two years after selecting the next generation of American spacecraft and rockets that will launch astronauts to the International Space Station, engineers and spaceflight specialists across NASA's C ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

ALMA uncovers secrets of Giant Space Blob
An international team using ALMA, along with ESO's Very Large Telescope and other telescopes, has discovered the true nature of a rare object in the distant universe called a Lyman-alpha blob. ... more
VSAT NEWS

SES and CCNL conduct satellite installer training in Nigeria
SES has announced a new Elevate training programme together with Cable Channels Nigeria Ltd. (CCNL). The training will run for four days and will see over 50 installers being trained with hands-on k ... more
STATION NEWS

NASA, JAXA Focus on Maximizing Scientific Output From Space Station
A new program for research cooperation on the International Space Station will enable JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and NASA to encourage researchers and entities from both countries to ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Feeding a Mars mission: the challenges of growing plants in space
Plants will play a critical role in the survival of human beings on long-duration space missions, such as a mission to Mars. However, as a paper published in Botany Letters shows, many challenges ne ... more
DRAGON SPACE

Astronauts given comfort upgrade
New space lab will be equipped with Bluetooth, better lighting, sound dampening, exercise equipment and other features China's newest space laboratory, Tiangong II, will provide more comfortab ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

World's first space cold atom clock
The cylinder-shaped black object bears no resemblance to any ordinary clock, but it is one of the most advanced timepieces ever. It was sent to space with the Space Laboratory of China's Tiangong-2 ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Entropy
"Entropy" is defined as a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work. Many use this term to describe the degree of disord ... more
LAUNCH PAD

Rocket agreement marks countdown to New Zealand's first space launch
The New Zealand government on Friday authorized the country's first-ever space launches, which are due to begin before the end of this year. The government had signed a contract with the U.S.- ... more
SPACEWAR

Taiwan asks Google to blur images of South China Sea island
Taiwan's defence ministry has asked Google to blur images of a new development believed to be for military use on a disputed South China Sea island. ... more
TIME AND SPACE

Scientists teleport quantum information across four-mile cable
A pair of research teams - one in Canada and one in China - just showcased quantum teleportation across four-mile cables. The feat promises to pave the way for a quantum internet. ... more

TECH SPACE

Breakthrough in materials science: Kiel research team can bond metals with nearly all surfaces
Through this "nanoscale-sculpturing" process, metals such as aluminium, titanium, or zinc can permanently be joined with nearly all other materials, become water-repellent, or improve their biocompa ... more
TECH SPACE

PPPL researchers test device that analyzes components within a vacuum
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have successfully tested a new device that will lead to a better understanding of the interactions betw ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Tiangong 2 initial tests proceeding well

MARSDAILY

A Mixed-reality Trip to Mars

IRON AND ICE

JPL seeks robotic spacecraft development for Asteroid Redirect Mission

LAUNCH PAD

Parallel launch preparations put Ariane 5 on track for next launch

DRAGON SPACE

China's Tiangong-1 space station to crash into Earth in 2017

SPACE MEDICINE

One Billion Base Pairs Sequenced on the Space Station

AEROSPACE

NASA-funded scientific balloon program wraps up fourth campaign

SOLAR SCIENCE

NASA's extends IRIS Space Observatory for deeper look at the Sun

SPACE TRAVEL

Goddard space center mission-critical for ISS astronauts

INTERNET SPACE

A camera that can see unlike any imager before it

In Rotating Galaxies normal matter precisely determines acceleration

United Launch Alliance announces CubeSat STEM winners

Lockheed to receive $147 million for Tactical Boost Glide prototype

UK to start laser gun program

METimage: New Weather Data Every 1.7 seconds

New wave buoy boosts Wallops' shoreline protection efforts

NASA's black female mathematicians hit the big screen

Manned launch of Soyuz MS-02 maybe postponed to Nov 1

NASA scientists find 'impossible' cloud on Titan

China's space lab Tiangong-2 enters in-orbit test track

TsENKI, Roscosmos seal contracts to modernize Baikonur

New book links flow of time with Big Bang

RAVE complements Gaia with Fifth Data Release

Agreement signed to host Northern Cherenkov Telescope Array

Shedding light on Pluto's glaciers

STRATCOM nominee vows to end US reliance on Russian RD-180 engines

NASA collision avoidance system saves unconscious F-16 Pilot

Washington Post takes heat for Snowden prosecution call

Ukraine, rebels agree troop pullbacks in three areas: OSCE

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