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Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1 Miami (AFP) Aug 30, 2017 The largest asteroid in more than a century will whiz safely past Earth on September 1 at a safe but unusually close distance of about 4.4 million miles (7 million kilometers), NASA said. The asteroid was discovered in 1981, and is named Florence after the famed 19th century founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. "Florence is the largest asteroid to pass this close to our planet since the first near-Earth asteroid was discovered over a century ago," said a US space agency statement. ... read more |
Multi-domain command and control a priority for Air Force Space Command Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 The Commander of Air Force Space Command spoke at the Air Force Association Lance P. Sijan Chapter's Multi-Domain Command and Control Symposium here Thursday. He emphasized that the ability to ... more Boston MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 When astronomer Bobby Bus discovered an asteroid passing through the inner solar system on March 2, 1981, it was bright enough to record in his telescope's photos despite being more than 145 million ... more Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017 China's Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, according to the rocket's developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 n 2013 a small meteoroid, the size of a house, hurtled through Earth's atmosphere and exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The explosion shattered windows, and more than a thousand people ... more |
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China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says Expert Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN rep ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 To be launched on board PSLV-C39 on Thursday at 1900hrs local time, IRNSS-1H will be a 'back-up' navigation satellite for IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites in the constellation, as its three rub ... more Iowa City IA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Soon after the Big Bang, the universe went completely dark. The intense, seminal event that created the cosmos churned up so much hot, thick gas that light was completely trapped. Much later--perhap ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Breakthrough Listen - the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe - has detected 15 fast radio bursts emanating from the mysterious "repeater" FRB 121102. Fast radio bursts, or ... more Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere - and that's just one of its myriad possible uses. For de ... more Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated soil of toxins and pollutants: zap it with lasers. By directly breaking down pollutants, researchers say, high-powered lasers can now be mor ... more |
UConn chemist synthesizes pure graphene (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 Raytheon Missile Systems is being awarded a $614.5 million modification to an existing contract for the production of Standard Missile 3 Block IIA surface-to-air missiles, the Department of Defense announced on Monday. ... more (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 Maryland-headquartered Robot provider Roboteam Inc. reports it has received new orders for its Micro Tactical Ground Robot to support U.S. and international military missions. ... more Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 Spaceflight Industries has announced that BlackSky has been awarded a two-year $16.4 million cost-plus-prime contract with the Air Force Research Lab to develop and deliver a cloud-based geospatial ... more (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 The Guam-based subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corporation has been tapped to design and build a live-fire training range complex on the island for the U.S. Navy, the company announced on Tuesday. ... more |
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Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017 A representative from the Mission Control Center told Sputnik that the International Space Station has increased its average altitude by about 1,970 feet after an orbit adjustment maneuver. The International Space Station (ISS) has increased its average altitude by about 1,970 feet after an orbit adjustment maneuver using Progress MS-06 cargo spacecraft engines, a representative from the M ... more Forty years on, Voyager still hurtles through space NASA should continue large strategic missions to maintain leadership in space 'Gifted' high-tech takes spotlight at Berlin's IFA fair |
New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 To be launched on board PSLV-C39 on Thursday at 1900hrs local time, IRNSS-1H will be a 'back-up' navigation satellite for IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites in the constellation, as its three rubidium atomic clocks on board had stopped functioning. The 29-hour countdown for tomorrow's launch of navigation satellite 'IRNSS-1H' to augment the existing seven satellites of the NavIC constel ... more Indian Space Agency, Israeli counterpart to formalize strategic collaborations ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg |
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Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 Earlier this month, radio dishes from three deep-space networks combined to catch faint 'survival' whispers from one of ESA's Mars orbiters, underlining the value of international collaboration for exploring the Red Planet. For the first time ever, deep-space ground stations from ESA, NASA and Russia's Roscosmos joined together, on 13 August, to receive ultra-faint signals from ESA's ExoMa ... more New mini tool has massive implications NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun |
Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN reported on Monday. The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth re ... more ESA and Chinese astronauts train together Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration |
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 ASTROSCALE completed a Series C round and raised $53 million in total to date. Private companies, ANA Holdings Inc. (ANA - parent company of ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS Co., Ltd.) and OSG Corporation, join recurring venture capital investors (Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, JAFCO Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital) alongside new financier aSTART Co., Ltd. The successful completion of Se ... more LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll Bids for government funding prove strong interest in LaunchUK Blue Sky Network Reaffirms Commitment to Brazilian Market |
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 NASA is making progress and awarding prizes in its competition to build a 3-D printed habitat for deep space exploration. The agency has awarded first place and a prize of $250,000 to Team Foster + Partners | Branch Technology of Chattanooga, Tennessee, for successfully completing Phase 2: Level 3 of NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a NASA's Centennial Challenges prize competition. Pen ... more Full Circle: NASA to Demonstrate Refabricator to Recycle, Reuse, Repeat Lockheed receives contract for Marine Corps AN/TPS-59A(V)3 radars 45th Space Wing supports successful Minotaur IV ORS-5 launch |
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Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Breakthrough Listen - the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe - has detected 15 fast radio bursts emanating from the mysterious "repeater" FRB 121102. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are brief, bright pulses of radio emission from distant galaxies. First detected with the Parkes Telescope in Australia, FRBs have now been seen by several radio telescopes around the world. FRB ... more A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star |
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 Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planets |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017 The Navy announced Monday it is developing technology for the wireless underwater recharging of unmanned undersea vehicles at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. Current UUVs used for reconnaissance, mine hunting, and other tasks need to be recharged manually at either port or ship. Underwater charging stations would allow the craft to stay on station for much longer per ... more Decoding coral DNA could help save reefs from extinction Oil and water can mix under the right conditions, scientists say Ecuador prison for Chinese fishers caught in Galapagos |
Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 As of today, exactEarth, in partnership with Harris Corporation, is bringing five more satellites from our ever-growing real-time (RT) constellation into service. These additional satellites will raise the total to nine in our real-time system that have been successfully incorporated into exactEarth services. Combined with our first-generation satellites, we are proud to be operating the l ... more India to launch satellite next week to fix malfunctioning navigation system IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system Japan launches satellite for better GPS system |
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Paris (ESA) Aug 22, 2017 The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the science community in Europe to propose ideas for research that could be performed on the Deep Space Gateway, a crewed spaceship in lunar vicinity. The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-Earth Orbit and out into the S ... more Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 n 2013 a small meteoroid, the size of a house, hurtled through Earth's atmosphere and exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk. The explosion shattered windows, and more than a thousand people were treated for injuries from flying debris. How many similar-sized rocks have orbits that bring them close to Earth? A new study has answered that question using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on th ... more Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1 NASA's asteroid sample return mission successfully adjusts course Backyard Observers Ready to View Asteroid's Close Flyby |
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Rochester NY (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 In 2011 a team of researchers led by Vasilii Petrenko, an assistant professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Rochester, spent seven weeks in Antarctica collecting and studying 2,000-pound samples of glacial ice cores that date back nearly 12,000 years. The ancient air trapped within the ice revealed surprising new data about methane that may help inform today's policyma ... more Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows NASA Mission to Study Atmospheric Disturbances from Marshall Islands How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer |
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 During the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, captured an image of the Moon's shadow over a large region of the United States, centered just north of Nashville, Tennessee. As LRO crossed the lunar south pole heading north at 3,579 mph (1,600 meters per second), the shadow of the Moon was racing across the United States at 1,500 mph (670 meters per ... more Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon" NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses |
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Charlottesville VA (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 With the help of a gigantic cosmic lens, astronomers have measured the magnetic field of a galaxy nearly five billion light-years away. The achievement is giving them important new clues about a problem at the frontiers of cosmology - the nature and origin of the magnetic fields that play an important role in how galaxies develop over time. The scientists used the National Science Foundati ... more Astronomers Let Gaseous Discs Tiltand Shrink in Virtual Wind Tunnel Proposed Astrophysics Mission to Conduct the First Infrared Spectral Survey of the Entire Sky Kepler satellite discovers variability in the Seven Sisters |
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 A long-standing but unproven assumption about the X-ray spectra of black holes in space has been contradicted by hands-on experiments performed at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine. Z, the most energetic laboratory X-ray source on Earth, can duplicate the X-rays surrounding black holes that otherwise can be watched only from a great distance and then theorized about. "Of course, em ... more Record-breaking galaxy 5 billion light-years away shows we live in a magnetic universe Researchers propose how the universe became filled with light Scientists 'excited' by observations suggesting formation scenarios |
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