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NASA-funded research at USC provides evidence of ground-ice on asteroids Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Research at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering has revealed new evidence for the occurrence of ground ice on the protoplanet Vesta. The work, under the sponsorship of NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics program, is part of ongoing efforts at USC Viterbi to improve water detectability techniques in terrestrial and planetary subsurfaces using radar and microwave imaging techniques. The study, conducted at USC Viterbi in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering by research scientist ... read more |
Orbital ATK Begins Assembly of Industry's First Commercial In-Space Satellite Servicing System Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Orbital ATK reports significant progress on the industry's first commercial in-space satellite servicing system. The (MEV-1) spacecraft successfully completed its critical design review earlier th ... more Paris (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Boeing and the Orbital Propulsion section of ArianeGroup are jointly developing a next-generation ion propulsion system based on the dual-mode Radio Frequency Ion Thruster (RIT) 2X subsystem. ... more Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 A long summer break ended for NASA's New Horizons on Sept. 11, as the spacecraft "woke" itself on schedule from a five-month hibernation period. Signals confirming that New Horizons had executed on- ... more Providence RI (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 In research that may prove useful to future lunar explorers, scientists from Brown University have created the first quantitative map of water and its chemical building blocks trapped in the uppermo ... more |
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New Gravity Map Suggests Mars Has a Porous Crust Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 NASA scientists have found evidence that Mars' crust is not as dense as previously thought, a clue that could help researchers better understand the Red Planet's interior structure and evolution. A ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 14, 2017 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun the steep ascent of an iron-oxide-bearing ridge that's grabbed scientists' attention since before the car-sized rover's 2012 landing. "We're on the climb now, d ... more Houston TX (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Space flight anemia - the reduction of circulating red blood cells (RBCs) during time spent in space - is an established phenomenon, but it may not be a major concern during long-duration space miss ... more Houston TX (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Adapting to the microgravity environment of space changes the way your brain interprets sensory signals, decreases muscle strength and alters cardiovascular function. Astronauts will need to overcom ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 11, 2017 NASA researchers say they have passed a major milestone in their quest to mature more powerful tools for directly detecting and analyzing the atmospheres of giant planets outside the solar system - ... more Southampton UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 New research, led by the University of Southampton and involving a team of international scientists, suggests that an extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was driven by massive CO2 emis ... more |
India, Japan Set to Boost Space Cooperation Paris, France (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Inmarsat has confirmed that the European Aviation satellite has successfully completed in-orbit tests and is ready to support inflight internet services when the European Aviation Network (EAN) goes ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2017 NASA's Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Friday that will cap a fruitful 13-year mission that greatly expanded knowledge about the gas giant. ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 University of Colorado Boulder Professor Larry Esposito has been eying the fabulous rings of Saturn for much of his career, beginning as a team scientist on NASA's Pioneer 11 mission when he discove ... more Belfast, Northern Ireland (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Astronomers at Queen's University Belfast, working with a team of international researchers, have detected titanium oxide in an exoplanet atmosphere for the first time, revealing incredible informat ... more |
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Bethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Sending humans to Mars has been a dream of scientists and a large part of the population ever since Nicolaus Copernicus first postulated that it was a planet, about 500 years ago. Even before that first Soviet satellite, Sputnik 1, was sent into orbit 60 years ago, a mission to Mars has been the subject of many science fiction articles and books. Over the past half-century technological ad ... more Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS mission NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington Voyager Spacecraft: 40 Years of Solar System Discoveries |
Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 11, 2017 Ten students from UB's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences took a long drive from Buffalo to the desert of New Mexico in late June, with a rocket called Volans Tauri in tow. It was so hot, recalls Pete Wilkins, a rising senior majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering, that even under a tent, his camp chair melted from the 110-degree heat - and it was set up under a tent. ... more ArianeGroup to supply from Boeing satellite with new generation of electric propulsion Arianespace announces a new contract, bringing its order book to 53 launches across three rockets EUMETSAT signs with Arianespace for first Metop-SG satellite launch |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2017 Opportunity is continuing the winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Winter is constraining the available energy, so the project has the rover doing "hops" (drives) from one energy-favorable "lily pad" to the next. (These lily pads are locations where the terrain is tilted sufficiently to the north to maximize the Sun illumination on the rover's so ... more Discovery of boron on Mars adds to evidence for habitability New tools for exploring the surface of Mars NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Climbing Toward Ridge Top |
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 Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to India starting Wednesday is expected to set the pace for greater cooperation between the two countries, especially in the aerospace sector. Indian private companies have already expressed keen interest in forging collaborations with the Japanese counterparts. TeamIndus, a Bengaluru-based private aerospace company, which gained global a ... more ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll Bids for government funding prove strong interest in LaunchUK |
Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 The 1st Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, accepted two new satellites into operation Sept. 12 to expand their Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program's ability to characterize and track objects in space to support a neighborhood watch out in orbit. GSSAP provides enhanced space-based space situational awareness to improve the ability to rapidly det ... more Ultrathin spacecraft will collect, deposit orbital debris 192 Indian space objects currently in orbit New microscopy method for quick and reliable 3-D imaging of curvilinear nanostructures |
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Boston MA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 A new X-ray study has revealed that stars like the Sun and their less massive cousins calm down surprisingly quickly after a turbulent youth. This result has positive implications for the long-term habitability of planets orbiting such stars. A team of researchers used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton to see how the X-ray brightness of stars similar to the Su ... more Does the Organic Material of Comets Predate our Solar System? X-rays Reveal Temperament of Possible Planet-hosting Stars Could TRAPPIST-1's Seven Earth-size Planets Have Gas Giant Siblings |
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017 Scientists on NASA's Juno mission have observed massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter's polar regions that contribute to the giant planet's powerful auroras - only not in ways the researchers expected. Examining data collected by the ultraviolet spectrograph and energetic-particle detector instruments aboard the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft, a team led by Barry Mauk of the Jo ... more Pluto features given first official names New Horizons Files Flight Plan for 2019 Flyby Hibernation Over, New Horizons Continues Kuiper Belt Cruise |
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Beer-Sheva, Israel (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Artificial, man-made reefs can be more attractive to divers than nearby natural coral formations and can help mitigate potential reef damage, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. The paper, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, examines artificial coral reefs as "recreational ecosystem services," offering a new methodology to eva ... more Vulnerable Pacific states demand urgent climate action Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters Japanese seaweed is welcome invader on US coasts: study |
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Forces operating in urban, indoor or underground operations face real challenges to effective command and control and situational awareness (SA) due to three-dimensional positioning of forces, limited line of sight and physical partitions. Loss of satellite signal and disrupted communications compound those challenges, significantly increasing risks of blue-on-blue fire, abandonment or loss. ... more IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system Second Lockheed Martin GPS 3 Satellite completes launch simulation tests Nine Satellites in exactEarth's Real-Time Constellation Now in Service |
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Providence RI (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 In research that may prove useful to future lunar explorers, scientists from Brown University have created the first quantitative map of water and its chemical building blocks trapped in the uppermost portion of the Moon's soil. The study, published in Science Advances, builds on the initial discovery in 2009 of water and a related molecule - hydroxyl, which consists of one atom each of hy ... more Call For Ideas For Research On The Deep Space Gateway Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project |
Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2017 Using Earth's gravity to give it an orbital boost, OSIRIS-REx will rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu in 2018. The Earth flyby will give astronomers and those with high-end cameras a chance to view this rare encounter. OSIRIS-REx is on an extraordinary journey to bring back to Earth a sample from the surface of the carbonaceous asteroid Bennu that could potentially record the early history ... more Radar Reveals Two Moons Orbiting Asteroid Florence NASA-funded research at USC provides evidence of ground-ice on asteroids NASA's Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 Boeing will design and build seven super-powered medium earth orbit (MEO) satellites for SES, delivering efficient high-performance data communications services to users around the world. The O3b mPOWER satellites will include Boeing's most-advanced digital payload technology and will be built using electronics from the flight-proven 702 satellite platform customized to support the unique ... more High Resolution Smallsats Built by SSL Arrive at Vandenberg AFB for Launch Airbus to reshape Earth observation market with its Pleiades Neo constellation Ball Aerospace Delivers the JPSS-1 Weather Satellite to Launch Site |
Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 Two high-intensity solar flares were emitted Wednesday, the second of which was the most intense recorded since the start of this sun cycle in December 2008, NASA said. These radiation flares, which can disrupt communications satellites, GPS and power grids by reaching the upper Earth atmosphere, were detected and captured by the US Space Agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory. According to ... more NASA captures significant solar flare Space-inspired Star Storm to premiere next month NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon |
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Trieste, Italy (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 Like in a nail-biting thriller full of escapes and subterfuge, photons from far-off light sources, such as blazars, could go up against a continuous exchange of identity in their journey through the Universe. This is an operation that would allow these very tiny particles of light to escape an enemy which, if encountered, would annihilate them. This is the phenomenon studied by a group of ... more Accretion-powered pulsar reveals unique timing glitch LOFAR Radio Telescope Discovers Record-Breaking Pulsar 'Extreme' Telescopes Find the 2nd-Fastest-Spinning Pulsar |
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 UCLA physicists have proposed new theories for how the universe's first black holes might have formed and the role they might play in the production of heavy elements such as gold, platinum and uranium. A long-standing question in astrophysics is whether the universe's very first black holes came into existence less than a second after the Big Bang or whether they formed only millions of y ... more Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry First neutron beam produced: A great milestone for CSNS Researchers propose how the universe became filled with light |
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