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June 20, 2017
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India to Make Native Navigation System Mandatory For All Aircraft



New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017
The Indian government will soon require all aircraft registered to fly in India to use Gagan, the country's own navigation system. The notification for this will be issued in the next few weeks and will be effective from January 2019. The availability of Gagan signal in space will bridge the gap between European Union's EGNOS and Japan's MSAS coverage areas, thereby offering seamless navigation to the aviation industry. Sources in India's Ministry of Civil Aviation told Sputnik that Gagan or ... read more

DRAGON SPACE
New broadcasting satellite fails to enter preset orbit
Xichang (XNA) Jun 20, 2017
Communications satellite Zhongxing-9A, which was launched aboard the Long March-3B carrier rocket from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 12:11 a.m. Monday, has failed to enter the ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA releases Kepler Survey Catalog with 100s of new exoplanet candidates
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
NASA's Kepler space telescope team has released a mission catalog of planet candidates that introduces 219 new planet candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size and orbiting in their star's habitab ... more
EXO WORLDS
New Hunt for Earth-like Planets
London UK (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
The astronomers who discovered the nearest potentially habitable planet to our solar system are inviting the public to take part in their search for more Earth-like planets. Last year an inter ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
OHB Italia sign contract to launch PRISMA Italian satellite with Arianespace
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
OHB Italia Spa and Arianespace have announced the signature of the launch contract for the Italian Space Agency's PRISMA (PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa) satellite. The la ... more
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OUTER PLANETS
King of the Gods: Jupiter Dated to Be Oldest Planet in the Solar System
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017
A new study from an international team of astronomers has dated Jupiter for the first time, and their findings suggest that the Gas Giant is the oldest planet in the solar system. Dating a cel ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA, French Space Agency Express Commitment to Joint Exploration
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
France and the United States have a long history of cooperation in space, combining their talents over the years to advance science and launch exploration missions whose results have been instrument ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
India's 'Baahubali' GSLV MK III Lifts Less Luggage Than Lighter Rockets
Chennai (IANS) Jun 20, 2017
The "Baahubali" or "fat boy" of Indian rockets - GSLV Mk III - weighs several tonnes more than some of the other expendable rockets in the world but its carrying capacity is far less, say experts. ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Astronomers see mysterious nitrogen area in a butterfly-shaped star formation disk
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
An international team of astronomers, led by Dutch scientists, has discovered a region in our Milky Way that contains many nitrogen compounds in the southeast of a butterfly-shaped star formation di ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Radio astronomers peer deep into the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
Astronomers have released an image of a vast filament of star-forming gas, 1200 light-years away, in the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula. The image shows ammonia molecules within a 50-ligh ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Hubble applauds waltzing dwarfs
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
This seemingly unspectacular series of dots with varying distances between them actually shows the slow waltz of two brown dwarfs. The image is a stack of 12 images made over the course of three yea ... more


GBT Captures Orion Blazing Bright in Radio Light

SPACEWAR
An inside look at how the FY18 DoD budget request affects miltiary space
Mclean VA (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
Even though one influential Senator called President Trump's 2018 budget proposal for the Defense Department "dead on arrival," there are many positive takeaways for the national security space comm ... more
SPACEWAR
USAF Secretary Heather Wilson determined to stay ahead in Military Space
Mclean VA (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
The White House recently swore in former Congresswoman Dr. Heather Wilson as the 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, the first Air Force Academy graduate to hold the service's top civilian post. W ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Airbus celebrates 10 years of precision and reliability of TerraSAR-X satellite
Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
Designed to operate for five years, Airbus's Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite TerraSAR-X has achieved ten years of flawless operations in orbit providing high-resolution radar images in all ... more
SPACEWAR
US Air Force Awards Engility $42Mln for Spacecraft Quality Control
Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017
Defense contractor Engility announced in a statement on Thursday it has been awarded $42 million by the US Air Force to perform quality control assessments on spacecraft and launch vehicles. " ... more

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Plants to feed Earth and beyond
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2017
Astronaut ice cream may be an exotic treat for kids, but for real space explorers, a fresh, crunchy salad could sometimes really hit the spot. And the ability to grow food in space will prove crucial for longer-duration voyages envisioned over the next decades. Growing plants in a spaceship, and one day on another planet, is a complicated endeavor. But one tool making it easier is a specia ... more
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 19, 2017
Orion Kicks Off Summer with Series of Safety Tests
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2017
Teachers doubt most students interested in subjects that promote space careers
Moscow (AFP) June 14, 2017
Russia launches space freighter to ISS
OHB Italia sign contract to launch PRISMA Italian satellite with Arianespace
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
OHB Italia Spa and Arianespace have announced the signature of the launch contract for the Italian Space Agency's PRISMA (PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa) satellite. The launch will be carried out by a Vega rocket in 2018 from the Guiana Space Center, within the scope of a contract signed by OHB Italia Spa on behalf of the Italian Space Agency ASI. PRISMA is an Ea ... more
Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 15, 2017
Kazakh man dies in fire after Russian rocket launch
Dulles VA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
NASA and Industry Team Successfully Test Orion Launch Abort Motor
Chennai (IANS) Jun 20, 2017
India's 'Baahubali' GSLV MK III Lifts Less Luggage Than Lighter Rockets


NASA, French Space Agency Express Commitment to Joint Exploration
Le Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
France and the United States have a long history of cooperation in space, combining their talents over the years to advance science and launch exploration missions whose results have been instrumental in creating entirely new fields of research. The leaders of the two space agencies, Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, and CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall, reaffirmed the agencies' ... more
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 19, 2017
Martian Crater Provides Reminder of Apollo Moonwalk
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2017
MAVEN's top 10 discoveries at Mars
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017
Russian Institute to Start Long-Haul Mars Mission Simulations in November
New broadcasting satellite fails to enter preset orbit
Xichang (XNA) Jun 20, 2017
Communications satellite Zhongxing-9A, which was launched aboard the Long March-3B carrier rocket from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 12:11 a.m. Monday, has failed to enter the preset orbit. Abnormal performance was identified during the third phase of the rocket launch, said the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Monday. The exact reason ... more
Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 19, 2017
China to launch four more probes before 2021
Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2017
China launches remote-sensing micro-nano satellites
Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2017
China's cargo spacecraft completes second in-orbit refueling
Boeing Streamlining Defense and Space Unit to boost competitiveness
Arlington, VA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
Boeing is taking the next step in making its Defense, Space and Security (BDS) unit more globally competitive by eliminating a layer of executive oversight. "We need to be an agile organization that is more responsive to customers' needs and committed to continually improving productivity," said Defense, Space and Security President and CEO Leanne Caret. "We are fundamentally address ... more
Ottawa (AFP) June 13, 2017
Trudeau under pressure to reject China bid for satellite firm
London, UK (SPX) Jun 09, 2017
Jumpstart goes into alliance with major aerospace and defence group ADS
Paris (ESA) Jun 05, 2017
Thomas Pesquet returns to Earth
Changing the color of laser light on the femtosecond time scale
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
How can the color of laser light be changed? One popular method to achieve this is the so-called second harmonic generation (SHG) effect, which doubles the frequency of light and hence changes its color. However, observing this nonlinear effect requires a polar crystal in which inversion symmetry is broken. For this reason, identifying crystals that can elicit strong SHG has been an import ... more
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
Researchers create 3-D printed tensegrity objects capable of dramatic shape change
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
New form of carbon that's hard as a rock, yet elastic, like rubber
Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017
Northrop Grumman tests flat-panel radar


New Hunt for Earth-like Planets
London UK (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
The astronomers who discovered the nearest potentially habitable planet to our solar system are inviting the public to take part in their search for more Earth-like planets. Last year an international team of astronomers led by Dr. Guillem Anglada-Escude, of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), discovered a planet around the closest star to our Sun, Proxima Centauri. Details of the obse ... more
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
NASA releases Kepler Survey Catalog with 100s of new exoplanet candidates
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 13, 2017
Astronomers Explain Formation of Seven Exoplanets Around TRAPPIST-1
Norman OK (SPX) Jun 13, 2017
OU astrophysicist identifies composition of Earth-size planets in TRAPPIST-1 system
New Horizons Team Digs into New Data on Next Flyby Target
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
It was the most technically-challenging and complex stellar occultation observation campaign ever attempted: At least 54 observing teams with dozens of telescopes dispatched across two continents, positioned to catch a rare, two-second glimpse of a small, distant Kuiper Belt object passing in front of a star. And it wasn't just any KBO - it was the next flyby target of NASA's New Horizons missio ... more
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017
King of the Gods: Jupiter Dated to Be Oldest Planet in the Solar System
Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017
A whole new Jupiter with first science results from Juno
Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017
First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism


Researchers find a surprise just beneath the surface in carbon dioxide experiment
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
In a classic tale of science taking twists and turns before coming to a conclusion, two teams of researchers - one a group of theorists and the other, experimentalists - have worked together to solve a chemical puzzle that may one day lead to cleaner air and renewable fuel. The scientists' ultimate goal is to convert harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere into beneficial liquid fue ... more
Los Angeles (AFP) June 18, 2017
Hawaiian canoe comes home after epic round-the-world odyssey
Washington (AFP) June 20, 2017
Global coral bleaching may be ending, US agency says
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
Amazonia's future will be jeopardized by dams
India to Make Native Navigation System Mandatory For All Aircraft
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017
The Indian government will soon require all aircraft registered to fly in India to use Gagan, the country's own navigation system. The notification for this will be issued in the next few weeks and will be effective from January 2019. The availability of Gagan signal in space will bridge the gap between European Union's EGNOS and Japan's MSAS coverage areas, thereby offering seamless navig ... more
Beijing (XNA) Jun 14, 2017
BDS Precise Service System covers over 300 Chinese cities
Paris (ESA) Jun 09, 2017
Galileo grows: two more satellites join working constellation
Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2017
GIS is a powerful tool that should be used with caution


Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017
Russia's Lavochkin Research and Production Association is ready to work with China on designing lunar exploration missions, including orbital and return ones, Sergei Lemeshevsky, the Russian company's director general, told Sputnik on Thursday. Xu Yansong, the head of the International Cooperation Department of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said on Wednesday that China an ... more
Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017
New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impacts
Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017
Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers
Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017
Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon
B612 Creates Asteroid Institute
Silicon Valley CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2017
The B612 Foundation has announced the formation of a new science and technology institute dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impacts. Dr. Ed Lu, three time US astronaut and Co-founder of B612, will serve as Executive Director of the new B612 Asteroid Institute, collaborating with a team of planetary scientists and engineers from around the world to conduct research, technology developme ... more
Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017
Rosetta finds comet connection to Earth's atmosphere
Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017
Scientists solve meteorite mystery with high-pressure X-ray experiments
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 08, 2017
High-pressure experiments solve meteorite mystery


Airbus celebrates 10 years of precision and reliability of TerraSAR-X satellite
Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
Designed to operate for five years, Airbus's Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite TerraSAR-X has achieved ten years of flawless operations in orbit providing high-resolution radar images in all weather conditions 24 hours a day. Developed and constructed by Airbus Defence and Space teams from Friedrichshafen for the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the satellite orbits at a height of 514 ... more
Cotonou (AFP) June 18, 2017
Free mapping: plotting development in Africa
Paris (ESA) Jun 16, 2017
Satellites forewarn of locust plagues
Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017
NASA satellites image, measure Florida's extreme rainfall
NASA's SDO sees partial eclipse in space
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017
On May 25, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun. The lunar transit lasted almost an hour, between 2:24 and 3:17 p.m. EDT, with the moon covering about 89 percent of the sun at the peak of its journey across the sun's face. The moon's crisp horizon can be seen from this view because the moon has n ... more
Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017
A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017
NASA renames Solar mission to honor Eugene Parker
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017
CLASP Sounding Rocket Mission Opens New Research Window in Solar Physics


Astronomers see mysterious nitrogen area in a butterfly-shaped star formation disk
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
An international team of astronomers, led by Dutch scientists, has discovered a region in our Milky Way that contains many nitrogen compounds in the southeast of a butterfly-shaped star formation disk and very little in the north-west. The astronomers suspect that multiple stars-to-be share the same star formation disk, but the precise process is still a puzzle. The article with their find ... more
Green Bank WV (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
GBT Captures Orion Blazing Bright in Radio Light
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2017
Hubble applauds waltzing dwarfs
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
Icy moons, galaxy clusters, and distant worlds selected targets for Webb Telescope
No Universe without Big Bang
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam and the Perimeter Institute in Canada disprove the theory of the "smooth beginning" According to Einstein's theory of relativity, the curvature of spacetime was infinite at the big bang. In fact, at this point all mathematical tools fail, and the theory breaks down. However, there remained the notion that perhap ... more
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017
Shining light on low-energy electrons
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 15, 2017
Russian Spektr-RG mission to identify 3 billin black holes after 2018 launch
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 15, 2017
Galaxy alignments traced back 10 billion years
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