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May 15, 2015

ORNL demonstrates first large-scale graphene fabrication
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) May 15, 2015
One of the barriers to using graphene at a commercial scale could be overcome using a method demonstrated by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Graphene, a material stronger and stiffer than carbon fiber, has enormous commercial potential but has been impractical to employ on a large scale, with researchers limited to using small flakes of the material. Now, using chemical vapor deposition, a team led by ORNL's Ivan Vlassiouk has fabricated polymer compo ... read more

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Russia races to replace Sarah Brightman as space tourist Russia's space officials on Thursday rushed to find a replacement for British singer Sarah Brightman after she pulled out as the next space tourist four months ahead of her planned trip. ... more		Mystery Methane on Mars: The Saga Continues A scientist has raised questions about the latest detection of methane on Mars, suggesting that NASA's rover could be responsible for the mysterious burp. Highly unlikely, but not impossible, says t ... more		Potentially Revolutionary Mission Heading for 2016 Launch A NASA mission that embodies the virtues of faster, less expensive access to space has sailed past all major development milestones and is scheduled to be delivered to Cape Canaveral on time for its ... more
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Samantha's longer stay on ISS ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti's mission on the International Space Station has been extended until the beginning of June. It was planned to end this week with a return to Earth together with ... more		ISS Partners Adjust Spacecraft Schedule NASA and its international partners agreed Tuesday to set a new schedule for spacecraft traffic to and from the International Space Station. The partner agencies agreed to adjust the schedule ... more		US Space Force renews partnership with L3Harris for space domain awareness Russia fires nine drones at Ukraine, damages hotel in city of Mykolaiv French FM calls for greater cooperation on European defence		The weakest magnetic field in the solar system Magnetic fields easily penetrate matter. Creating a space practically devoid of magnetic fields thus presents a great challenge. An international team of physicists has now developed a shielding tha ... more
				Comet Wild 2: A window into the birth of the solar system Our solar system, and other planetary systems, started as a disk of microscopic dust, gas, and ice around the young Sun. The amazing diversity of objects in the solar system today - the planets, moo ... more		Asteroid Distant 'Flyby' Thursday An asteroid, designated 1999 FN53, will safely pass more than 26 times the distance of Earth to the moon on May 14. To put it another way, at its closest point, the asteroid will get no closer than ... more

Army Network Modernization 2015 - Washington DC June 23-25

NASA Airborne Mission to Focus on Polar Winds NASA's DC-8 aircraft began a series of science flights based out of Keflavik, Iceland, on May 11 aimed at studying Arctic polar winds. The mission goals are to provide current wind data to preexisti ... more		Mercury's core dynamo present early in planet's history The Messenger spacecraft, which crash-landed into Mercury just a few days ago, found traces of magnetization in Mercury's crust, a new study reports. The presence of residual magnetization pro ... more		Dozens of tornadoes plow central US, at least 5 killed Schools closed, warnings issued as Asia swelters in extreme heatwave NASA's ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space		Auroras on Mars One day, when humans go to Mars, they might find that, occasionally, the Red Planet has green skies. In late Dec. 2014, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft detected evidence of widespread auroras in Mars's nort ... more
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	NASA Awards Study Contract To Deep Space Industries NASA has selected Deep Space Industries (DSI) for two contracts devoted to developing critical technologies for utilizing asteroid resources. One will support the development of asteroid regolith si ... more		NASA Challenges Students to Design 3-D Space Containers Calling all students! NASA needs your help to design containers that could be used in space. The 3-D Space Container Challenge is the second in series of Future Engineers Challenges where students i ... more

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New program to acquire geospatial applications

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