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July 04, 2017
GPS NEWS
Europe's Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks



Paris (AFP) July 4, 2017
Investigators have uncovered the problems behind the failure of atomic clocks onboard satellites belonging to the beleaguered Galileo satnav system, the European Commission said Monday. For months, the European Space Agency - which runs the programme - has been investigating the reasons behind failing clocks onboard some of the 18 navigation satellites it has launched for Galileo, Europe's alternative to America's GPS system. Each Galileo satellite has four ultra-accurate atomic timekeepers, t ... read more

SPACEWAR
Aerospace policy paper examines Outer Space Treaty
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
The Aerospace Corporation's (Aerospace) Center for Space Policy and Strategy has announced the release of an analysis of the Outer Space Treaty, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. The ... more
EXO WORLDS
Extreme Atmosphere Stripping May Limit Exoplanets' Habitability
Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017
New models of massive stellar eruptions hint at an extra layer of complexity when considering whether an exoplanet may be habitable or not. Models developed for our own Sun have now been applied to ... more
ROBO SPACE
Developing New Approaches to Celestial Threats Using AI
Mountain View, CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
What do astrophysicist Steven Hawking, Queen guitarist Brian May and the country of Luxembourg have in common? They're all key figures in Asteroid Day - a UN sanctioned day of education to raise awa ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Scientist Reveals Health Challenges That Flight to Mars Poses for Humans
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017
Thais Russomano, the first female doctor in Latin America specializing in space medicine and the founder and director of the InnovaSpace and MicroG research centers for space biology, revealed in an ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch
Nanjing (XNA) Jul 02, 2017
Chinese space-monitoring ship Yuanwang-3 has completed a 27-day maritime calibration mission and returned to port in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday. The ship will take part in six mari ... more
IRON AND ICE
How a Speck of Light Becomes an Asteroid
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017
On the first day of the year 1801, Italian astronomer Gioacchino Giuseppe Maria Ubaldo Nicolo Piazzi found a previously uncharted "tiny star" near the constellation of Taurus. The following night Pi ... more
IRON AND ICE
The Bee-Zed asteroid orbits in the opposite direction to planets
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
In our solar system, an asteroid orbits the Sun in the opposite direction to the planets. Asteroid 2015 BZ509, also known as Bee-Zed, takes 12 years to make one complete orbit around the Sun. This i ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Does dark matter annihilate quicker in the Milky Way?
Mumbai, India (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai have proposed a theory that predicts how dark matter may be annihilating much more rapidly in the Milky Way, than in smaller or la ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Lockheed Martin receives contract modification for UAE THAAD
Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017
Lockheed Martin Space Systems has received an $18.9 million modification to an existing contract for the United Arab Emirates' Terminal High Altitude Area Defense ground component systems. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA
Scientists create better tools to study the processes of life
Leeds UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Scientists have developed a new biological tool for examining molecules - the building blocks of life - which they say could provide new insights and other benefits such as reducing the numbers of a ... more


UK-Led Satellite Image Project That Helps Spot and Stop Slavery Sites From Space

SOLAR SCIENCE
Eclipse Expectations Excite Escapades for Enlightenment
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017
First reported by Spacedaily.com on December 20, 2016, the great American eclipse has been a daily occupation for my mind and wallet. Hours and hours have been spent with this NASA Total Solar Eclip ... more
CHIP TECH
Spinning electrons open the door to future hybrid electronics
Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
A discovery of how to control and transfer spinning electrons paves the way for novel hybrid devices that could outperform existing semiconductor electronics. In a study published in Nature Communic ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Tiny 'motors' are driven by light
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Science fiction is full of fanciful devices that allow light to interact forcefully with matter, from light sabers to photon-drive rockets. In recent years, science has begun to catch up; some resul ... more
TECH SPACE
The sharpest laser in the world
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
No one had ever come so close to the ideal laser before: theoretically, laser light has only one single color (also frequency or wavelength). In reality, however, there is always a certain linewidth ... more

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Hypersonic Weapons Systems - April 25-26, 2024 - Washington DC


NASA Statement on National Space Council
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot about Friday's Executive Order creating the National Space Council: "I am pleased that President Trump has signed an executive order reestablishing the National Space Council. The council existed previously from 1989-1993, and a version of it also existed as the National Aeronautics and Space Council from 1958-197 ... more
Paris (AFP) June 29, 2017
Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017
India, Portugal Shake Hands on Space Cooperation
Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2017
Return to the blue
Ariane 5 launch proves reliability and flies new fairing
Paris (ESA) Jul 03, 2017
An Ariane 5 carrying two telecom satellites inside a new lighter fairing lifted off on the fourth mission from Europe's Spaceport in two months. Liftoff came at 21:15 GMT (18:15 local time, 23:15 CEST) last night from Kourou, French Guiana on a mission lasting about 39 minutes to deliver Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN and GSAT-17 into their planned orbits. Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S Europe ... more
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Aerojet Rocketdyne advocates solar electric propulsion as central element of deep space exploration
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017
Modified Proton-M carrier rocket to be first launched in 2019
Seoul (AFP) June 28, 2017
N. Korea conducts rocket engine test: report


Mars Rover Opportunity continuing science campaign at Perseverance Valley
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017
Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is completing the remaining science as part of a walkabout campaign above Perseverance Valley before the solar conjunction moratorium in July. Although there are new considerations regarding steering (no use of the front steering actuators), Opportunity is continuing to drive. Solar conjunction is ... more
Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017
The Niagara Falls of Mars once flowed with lava
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017
Russian Devices for ExoMars Mission to Be Ready in Fall 2017
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017
No One Under 20 Has Experienced a Day Without NASA at Mars
China heavy-lift carrier rocket launch fails: state media
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2017
China on Sunday announced the launch of a powerful rocket designed to carry communication satellites into orbit had been "unsuccessful", in a glitch for the country's ambitious space programme. The Long March-5 Y2, Beijing's second heavy-lift rocket, blasted off at 7:23 pm (1123 GMT) Sunday from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in the tropical island province of Hainan "Abnormity was det ... more
Nanjing (XNA) Jul 02, 2017
Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch
Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2017
China prepares to launch second heavy-lift carrier rocket
Beijing (XNA) Jun 27, 2017
China to launch Long March-5 Y2 in early July
Second launch doubles number of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit to 20
McLean, VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Iridium Communications has reported a successful second launch of its next-generation network, Iridium NEXT. This payload of 10 satellites was deployed into low-Earth orbit, approximately one hour after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Sunday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, at 1:25pm PDT (20:25 UTC). With this launch complete, there are now 20 Iridium NEXT satellites in or ... more
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
HTS Capacity Lease Revenues to Reach More Than $6 Billion by 2025
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
OneWeb inaugurates production line Assembly, Integration, and Test of OneWeb satellites
Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 27, 2017
SES Restores Capacity from AMC-9 Satellite
The sharpest laser in the world
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
No one had ever come so close to the ideal laser before: theoretically, laser light has only one single color (also frequency or wavelength). In reality, however, there is always a certain linewidth. With a linewidth of only 10 mHz, the laser that the researchers from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have now developed together with US researchers from JILA, a joint institute of t ... more
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Johns Hopkins scientists develop super-strong metal for next tech frontier
Lincoln NB (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
One billion suns: World's brightest laser sparks new behavior in light
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2017
Stanford engineers design a robotic gripper for cleaning up space debris


Extreme Atmosphere Stripping May Limit Exoplanets' Habitability
Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017
New models of massive stellar eruptions hint at an extra layer of complexity when considering whether an exoplanet may be habitable or not. Models developed for our own Sun have now been applied to cool stars favoured by exoplanet hunters, in research presented by Dr. Christina Kay, of the NASA Goddard Flight Center, on Monday 3rd July at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull. ... more
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017
NASA diligently tracks microbes inside the International Space Station
Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Complex Organic Molecules Found On "Space Hamburger"
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 28, 2017
NASA keeps a close eye on tiny stowaways
Mid-infrared images from the Subaru telescope extend Juno spacecraft discoveries
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Subaru Telescope images reveal weather in Jupiter's atmosphere in the mid-infrared. Those images, taken multiple times over several months, support Juno spacecraft mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This article is part of a joint press release with ones from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at California Institute of Technology and Gemini Observatory. High-res ... more
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017
Earth-based Views of Jupiter to Enhance Juno Flyby
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017
NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017
Topsy-Turvy Motion Creates Light-Switch Effect at Uranus


Water exists as two different liquids
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
We normally consider liquid water as disordered with the molecules rearranging on a short time scale around some average structure. Now, however, scientists at Stockholm University have discovered two phases of the liquid with large differences in structure and density. The results are based on experimental studies using X-rays, which are now published in Proceedings of the National Academy of S ... more
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Could this strategy bring high-speed communications to the deep sea?
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Jun 29, 2017
Seagull carried out an autonomous end-to-end unmanned Mine Counter Measure mission
Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2017
Scientists hope artificial reef can protect ocean biodiversity from climate change
Europe's Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks
Paris (AFP) July 4, 2017
Investigators have uncovered the problems behind the failure of atomic clocks onboard satellites belonging to the beleaguered Galileo satnav system, the European Commission said Monday. For months, the European Space Agency - which runs the programme - has been investigating the reasons behind failing clocks onboard some of the 18 navigation satellites it has launched for Galileo, Europe's ... more
Paris (AFP) June 22, 2017
New orbiters for Europe's Galileo satnav system
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017
India's Answer to GPS Runs Into Serious Technical Failures
Denver CO (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Second Lockheed Martin GPS-3 satellite assembled as full production begins


Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon
Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) proposed a plan on Wednesday to send the country's astronauts to the Moon after 2025, local media reported. According to the NHK broadcaster, the JAXA proposed the plan to the panel of the country's Science Ministry responsible for discussion of Tokyo's efforts in the issues of space exploration. The news outlet added that the JAXA's prop ... more
Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017
Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017
Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions
Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017
New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impacts
The Bee-Zed asteroid orbits in the opposite direction to planets
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
In our solar system, an asteroid orbits the Sun in the opposite direction to the planets. Asteroid 2015 BZ509, also known as Bee-Zed, takes 12 years to make one complete orbit around the Sun. This is the same orbital period as that of Jupiter, which shares its orbit but moves in the opposite direction to the planet's motion. The asteroid with the retrograde co-orbit was identified by Helen ... more
Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017
NASA is building computer models of possible asteroid impact scenarios
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017
How a Speck of Light Becomes an Asteroid
Paris (AFP) June 28, 2017
Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'?


Ozone recovery may be delayed by unregulated chemicals
Lancaster UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Recent increases in an unregulated ozone-depleting substance, could delay recovery of Antarctic ozone levels by 5-30 years, depending on emissions scenarios. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest that a previously ignored chemical called dichloromethane may now be contributing to ozone depletion and should be looked at to improve future ozone predictions. Long-liv ... more
Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017
UK-Led Satellite Image Project That Helps Spot and Stop Slavery Sites From Space
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
VTT miniature hyperspectral camera launched to space in Aalto-1 satellite
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Scientists solve mystery of unexplained "bright nights"
Eclipse Expectations Excite Escapades for Enlightenment
Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017
First reported by Spacedaily.com on December 20, 2016, the great American eclipse has been a daily occupation for my mind and wallet. Hours and hours have been spent with this NASA Total Solar Eclipse Interactive Map. Of course, Expedia played an important role in ruling out locations. Idaho? Forget about it. Oregon. Oh Oregon. I explored the trails of Oregon more that Lewis and Clark to find th ... more
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017
Study suggests solar eruptions hit planet Earth like a sneeze
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2017
NASA Prepares for Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse with Live Coverage, Safety Information
Washington (AFP) June 22, 2017
Rare US total solar eclipse excites Americans coast-to-coast


Does dark matter annihilate quicker in the Milky Way?
Mumbai, India (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Researchers at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai have proposed a theory that predicts how dark matter may be annihilating much more rapidly in the Milky Way, than in smaller or larger galaxies and the early Universe. Anirban Das, with his advisor Dr. Basudeb Dasgupta, pursued this possibility because almost all observations made so far indicate no signals of dark matter ... more
Cambridge UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Magnetic memories of a metal world
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Tiny 'motors' are driven by light
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
'Pompom' Stars May Solve Quasar Puzzle
Extremely fine measurements of motion in orbiting supermassive black holes
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Approximately 750 million light years from Earth lies a gigantic, bulging galaxy with two supermassive black holes at its center. These are among the largest black holes ever found, with a combined mass 15 billion times that of the sun. New research from Stanford University, published June 27 in Astrophysical Journal, has used long-term observation to show that one of the black holes seems to be ... more
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Astronomers detect orbital motion in pair of supermassive black holes
Mumbai, India (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Table top plasma gets wind of solar turbulence
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
Groundbreaking discovery confirms existence of orbiting supermassive black holes
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