Space News From SpaceDaily.Com

March 16, 2016

Space travel rules needed within 5 years: UN
Montreal (AFP) March 15, 2016
The UN aviation agency called Tuesday for regulations on space travel to be enacted within five years in order to bolster a burgeoning space tourism and transportation sector. The International Civil Aviation Organization "recognizes that sub-orbital and outer space flights will foster new tourism and transport markets, and that investments in related research and development remain at a very healthy level," ICAO Council President Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu said. "Personally, as an engineer, I am ver ... read more

Previous Issues

Mar 15

Mar 14

Mar 12

Mar 11

Mar 10

The dangers of powerful geomagnetic storms generated by solar activity The sun's violent activity and many unexpected and unpredictable events taking place on its surface throughout the years, are evidently suggesting that we should prepare for the worst. Huge ex ... more		How the ExoMars mission could sniff out life on Mars "It (could be) life Jim, but (perhaps) not as we know it." This is not just a sci-fi catchphrase, but also something some planetary scientists have uttered in response to the discovery of methane in ... more		ExoMars on its way to solve the Red Planet's mysteries The first of two joint ESA-Roscosmos missions to Mars has begun a seven-month journey to the Red Planet, where it will address unsolved mysteries of the planet's atmosphere that could indicate prese ... more
				As Cold as Ice and as Old as the Sun: Cool Findings on Comet Churi Temperatures are warming up in the world of astronomy after a team of researchers discovered ice crystals on a comet, suggesting it could be as old as the solar system. An international resear ... more		SES Launches Maritime+ Service In Europe SES S.A. has unveiled its first maritime Ka-band services under the SES Maritime+ service offering. This new service for the maritime and inland shipping mobility sector will use ASTRA 2E's and ASTR ... more

Deciphering compact galaxies in the young universe A group of researchers using the Suprime-Cam instrument on the Subaru Telescope has discovered about 80 young galaxies that existed in the early universe about 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. ... more		Space Race Competition helps turn NASA Tech into new products When NASA's Technology Transfer Program launched Startup NASA, the chief goal was to help new companies hold on to their cash. "The majority of NASA licenses are executed by small businesses, and ca ... more		Faraday Effect Reveals Magnetic Role of Light in New Study Frontgrade unveils SADA-10 drive to increase efficiency for LEO and MEO satellites Orbital cloud project to combine solar powered AI compute and satellite network in low Earth orbit		Gaia science alerts are back While scanning the sky to measure the position and velocity of a billion stars, ESA's Gaia satellite also records many 'guest stars' - astronomical sources that, for a short period of time, are much ... more
				Powerful Telescopes Combine to Push Frontier on Galaxy Clusters Galaxy clusters are enormous collections of hundreds or even thousands of galaxies and vast reservoirs of hot gas embedded in massive clouds of dark matter, invisible material that does not emit or ... more		Space spin-off fosters 400 new companies ESA business incubation has passed the milestone of 400 new companies. The initiative to profit from space technology and expertise to create new businesses and jobs in Europe also boosts local econ ... more

Military Network Modernization 2016 - Washington DC - April 25-27

Space Tech Expo - Design - Build - Test - Pasadena CA - May 24-26, 2016

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Citizen scientists help NASA researchers understand auroras Space weather scientist Liz MacDonald has seen auroras more than five times in her life, but it was the aurora she didn't see that affected her the most. On the evening of Oct. 24, 2011, MacDonald w ... more		Pentagon, Other Federal Agencies Use Drones for Domestic Surveillance It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Big Brother watching again! It all started a decade ago when the US border patrol began using surveillance drones to monitor activity along the US-Mexico border. ... more		Copernicus Sentinel-6B enters operational phase as EUMETSAT takes command NASA, Aerospace Corporation Study Sharpens Focus on Ammonia Emissions Iran president says capital move needed due to overcrowding, water crisis		NIST invents fleet and fast test for nanomanufacturing quality control Manufacturers may soon have a speedy and nondestructive way to test a wide array of materials under real-world conditions, thanks to an advance that researchers at the National Institute of Standard ... more
Major source of methanol in the ocean identified As one of the most abundant organic compounds on the planet, methanol occurs naturally in the environment as plants release it as they grow and decompose. It is also found in the ocean, where it is ... more		Belgium Plans to Create Own National Space Agency Belgium plans to create its own state space agency, and cooperate with China on a satellite launch program, media reported Friday. According to De Morgen news portal, the space agency that is ... more		Superman can start worrying - we've got the formula for (almost) kryptonite Theoretical chemists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have found how to synthesize the first binary compound of krypton and oxygen: a krypton oxide. It turn ... more		Super elastic electroluminescent 'skin' will soon create mood robots Imagine a health care robot that could display the patient's temperature and pulse, and even reacts to a patient's mood. It sounds futuristic, but a team of Cornell graduate students - led by Rob Sh ... more

	ORNL researchers stack the odds for novel optoelectronic 2-D materials Stacking layers of nanometer-thin semiconducting materials at different angles is a new approach to designing the next generation of energy-efficient transistors and solar cells. The atoms in each l ... more		Accelerating discovery with new tools for next generation social science The explosive growth of global digital connectivity has opened new possibilities for designing and conducting social science research. Once limited by practical constraints to experiments involving ... more

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

ExoMars 2016 - The heat is on		NASA Selects Scientists for Mars Rover Research Projects		Rocket blasts off on Russia-Europe mission seeking life on Mars		What's Eating at Pluto?		Opportunity seeking clay minerals on steeper slopes
Europe's New Mars Mission Bringing NASA Radios Along		Close comet flyby threw Mars' magnetic field into chaos		Euro-Russian Mission to Mars'a Response to Foolish Political Sanctions'		NASA station leads way for improved measurements of Earth orientation, shape		Roscosmos-NASA Contract on US Astronauts Delivery to ISS on Restructuring

Unpacking space radiation to control astronaut and earthbound cancer risk

Permanent Lunar Colony Possible in 10 Years

ISRO to test plane-shaped reusable rocket

Space station astronauts ham it up to inspire student scientists

US Air Force awards ULA and XCOR contract for upper stage propulsion

NASA Prepares to Fly - First RS-25 Flight Engine Test Set for March

ISRO launches PSLV C32, India's sixth navigation satellite

Coming to a hotel near you: the robot humanoid receptionist

Life's Building Blocks Form In Replicated Deep Sea Vents

Webb space telescope secondary mirror installed

Europe, Russia embark on search for life on Mars

Star eruptions create and scatter elements with Earth-like composition

NASA Glenn technology pumps hope into broken hearts

NASA's first Wide-Field Soft-X-ray camera is a gift that keeps giving

Marshall supports 15 years of ISS science discoveries

Astronaut Scott Kelly to retire in April

Astronomers discover two new 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets

NASA's K2 mission: Kepler second chance to shine

Total invisibility cloak an impossibility, scientists say

Missile tests don't violate nuclear deal: Iran FM

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.