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Voyager spacecraft still in communication 40 years out into the void Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017 Humanity's farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they continue to communicate with NASA daily, still probing the final frontier. Their story has not only impacted generations of current and future scientists and engineers, but also Earth's culture, including film, art and music. Each spacecraft carries a Golden Record of Earth sounds, pictures and messages. Since the spacecraft c ... read more |
Let's cut them off from access to Space Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017 There are several ways Russia could respond to the new US sanctions bill. At the same time, according to experts, the response should be cautious and well calculated. The US Senate has passed ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will get a major capacity boost from early 2018 as an additional launch pad is fast nearing completion. With the new launch pad, ISRO can achieve its ta ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017 The Sea Launch international spacecraft launch service will be modernized to be suited for launches of Soyuz-5 medium-launch carrier rocket, the director general of Russia's Roscosmos state space co ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 01, 2017 Russia's Roscosmos State Space Corporation, US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) understand that possible suspension of cooperation may negatively ... more |
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Aalto-1 satellite sends first image back to VTT Finland Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 01, 2017 The photograph was taken with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developed hyperspectral camera's secondary camera. Launched on the morning of 23 June from India, the Aalto-1 satelli ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 01, 2017 Opportunity is in Perseverance Valley on the west rim of Endeavour Crater and the mission is now in its solar conjunction communications blackout period. The position of Mars as viewed from Earth wi ... more Paris (ESA) Aug 01, 2017 A warm meal was quickly delivered by a drone from an ESA business incubator start-up to the last inhabitant in a remote village in Portugal. "Even if the village is not far away, it takes a dr ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 NASA scientists are excited about the upcoming close flyby of a small asteroid and plan to use its upcoming October close approach to Earth as an opportunity not only for science, but to test NASA's ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2017 Proxima b, an Earth-size planet right outside our solar system in the habitable zone of its star, may not be able to keep a grip on its atmosphere, leaving the surface exposed to harmful stellar rad ... more Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is one of our solar system's most intriguing and Earth-like bodies. It is nearly as large as Mars and has a hazy atmosphere made up mostly of nitrogen with a smattering ... more |
US successfully tests missile intercept system Tehran (AFP) July 30, 2017 A defiant Iran vowed on Saturday to press ahead with its missile programme and condemned new US sanctions, as tensions rise after the West hardened its tone against the Islamic republic. ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2017 NASA called, and the Webb telescope responded. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently completed its Ground Segment Test Number 1 (GSEG-1), for the first time confirming successful end-to-end com ... more Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 The gravitational dance between two galaxies in our local neighbourhood has led to intriguing visual features in both as witnessed in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The tiny NGC 151 ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Carnegie's Benjamin Shappee is part of a team of scientists, including an Australian amateur astronomer, which discovered a new comet last week. Called the All Sky Automated Survey for Superno ... more |
Star City, Russia (AFP) July 27, 2017 Wearing helmets weighing 100 kilos, spinning in a centrifuge and exercising while weightless: Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from abroad have to undergo a gruelling training process before blasting off into space. Helped by an instructor at the famed Star City outside Moscow, cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky slowly puts on his helmet as he hangs from the ceiling suspended by a thick metal cord ... more ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli starts third mission on Space Station Voyager spacecraft still in communication 40 years out into the void NextSTEP Partners Develop Ground Prototypes to Expand our Knowledge of Deep Space Habitats |
Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 In the heart of baseball season, NASA completed its equivalent of a clean inning, successfully testing the third RS-25 flight controller for use on the new Space Launch System (SLS) deep space rocket. Engineers conducted a 500-second test of RS-25 Engine Controller Unit No. 5 on the A-1 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, July 25, 2017. The test invol ... more Iran in 'successful' test of satellite-launch rocket Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 Flight Controller Goes Three for Three in SLS Test India looks to more launches with new facility from 2018 |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, NASA is collaborating with student teams across the U.S. to do just that. A larger initiative, NASA's Eclipse Balloon Project, led by Angela Des Jardins of Montana State University, is sending more than 5 ... more Portals to new worlds: Martian exploration near the North Pole Opportunity enters Automode during solar conjunction pause For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun |
Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official. Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Iridium Communications reports that the upcoming Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted for September 30, 2017 at 6:30 a.m. PDT. This launch will deliver another 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to orbit on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and will bring the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites deployed to 30. SpaceX selected the September 30th launch date based on rocket and Vandenberg Air Force Base range ... more ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll A Final Farewell to LISA Pathfinder |
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 A team of researchers from AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland funded materials science centre based in Trinity College Dublin, have made a breakthrough in the area of material design - one that challenges the commonly held view on how the fundamental building blocks of matter come together to form materials. Professor John Boland, Principal Investigator in AMBER and Trinity's School of ... more Multitasking monolayers A new material emits white light when exposed to electricity Writing with the electron beam: Now in silver |
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San Francisco CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Breakthrough Starshot, a multi-faceted program to develop and launch practical interstellar space missions, successfully flew its first spacecraft - the smallest ever launched. On June 23, a number of prototype "Sprites" - the world's smallest fully functional space probes, built on a single circuit board - achieved Low Earth Orbit, piggybacking on OHB System AG's 'Max Valier' and 'Venta' ... more Has Cassini found a universal driver for prebiotic chemistry at Titan? An Earth-like atmosphere may not survive Proxima b's orbit A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory |
Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 In July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent home the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons - amazing imagery that inspired many to wonder what a flight over the distant worlds' icy terrain might be like. Wonder no more. Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer s ... more Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis NASA's New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina |
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Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 A study of lead service lines in Flint's damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the pipes' interior crust, with holes where the lead used to be. The findings - led by researchers at the University of Michigan - support the generally accepted understanding that lead leached into the system because that water wasn't treated to prevent corrosion. While previous studie ... more One of the first examples of a local nautical map from Hispanic America Health risk alarm over water rationing in Rome Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters |
Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 An advance GPS anti-jam navigation system is to be jointly developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell Aerospace, the companies announced on Monday. The technology, covered under a recent memorandum of understanding between the two companies, will combine IAI's existing ADA GPS Anti-Jamming system together with Honeywell's embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Sys ... more Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year Orbital Alliance Techsystems receives contract for GPS artillery |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Things look different on the Moon. Literally. Because the Moon isn't big enough to hold a significant atmosphere, there is no air and there are no particles in the air to reflect and scatter sunlight. On Earth, shadows in otherwise bright environments are dimly lit with indirect light from these tiny reflections. That lighting provides enough detail that we get an idea of shapes, holes and ... more Florida startup boldly sets sights on moon United Launch Alliance to launch Astrobotic mission to the Moon Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientists |
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Lindy Elkins-Tanton '87, SM '87, PhD '02 is reaching for the stars - literally. She is the principal investigator for Psyche, a NASA mission that will explore an unusual metal asteroid known as 16 Psyche. The mission does not launch until 2023, but preparations have begun in collaboration with faculty in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). Professors B ... more Asteroid Flyby Will Benefit NASA Detection and Tracking Network Supernova-Hunting Team Finds Comet with Aid of Amateur Astronomer Upcoming asteroid flyby will help Planetary Defense Network |
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Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 01, 2017 The photograph was taken with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developed hyperspectral camera's secondary camera. Launched on the morning of 23 June from India, the Aalto-1 satellite's first month in space has gone according to plan. 'We have run checks on the majority of the satellite's systems and found that the devices are fully functional,' Aalto University's Professo ... more NASA Solves a Drizzle Riddle Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows Manmade aerosols identified as driver in shifting global rainfall patterns |
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program that will return transformational science about the Sun and space environment and fill science gaps between the agency's larger missions; eight for focused scientific investigations and one for technological development of instrumentation. The broad scope of the investigations illustrates the many vital and specialized research a ... more National Solar Observatory Predicts Shape Of Solar Corona For August Eclipse Solar Minimum is Coming SwRI team uses airborne telescopes to study Sun and Mercury during total solar eclipse |
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College Park MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic and explosive events in the universe. They are also short-lived, lasting from a few milliseconds to about a minute. This has made it tough for astronomers to observe a gamma-ray burst in detail. Using a wide array of ground- and space-based telescope observations, an international team led by University of Maryland astronomers constructed one o ... more Webbcam Shows Webb Telescope Chilling in Chamber A Galactic David and Goliath A Tale of Three Stellar Cities |
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Imagine a sensor so sensitive it can detect changes in the proton concentration of a single protein, within a single cell. This level of insight would reveal elusive quantum-scale dynamics of that protein's function, potentially even in real time, but demands a sensor with controllable features at a similar scale. Thanks to a new fabrication technique, quantum sensing abilities are now app ... more A bar magnet creates chaos in plasma Experimental method measures quantum coherence, the ability of being in 2 states at once Physicists design ultrafocused pulses |
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