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March 23, 2016
STATION NEWS
Unmanned Cygnus cargo ship launches to ISS on resupply run: NASA
Washington (AFP) March 22, 2016
NASA partner Orbital ATK launched its unmanned Cygnus cargo ship to the International Space Station on Tuesday, a resupply mission that will include an unprecedented fire experiment after the craft leaves the orbiting outpost. The unmanned spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket at 11:05 pm (0305 GMT Wednesday), the start of a 30-minute launch window. ... read more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Astrosat shows RAPID advances in the jungles of Malaysia
Scottish space science and management company Astrosat has been invited to demonstrate the effectiveness of its revolutionary Recovery and Protection in Disaster (RAPID) system to the Malaysian gove ... more
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Boosting Synaptic Plasticity to Accelerate Learning
The body's branching network of peripheral nerves connects neurons in the brain and spinal cord to organs, skin, and muscles, regulating a host of biological functions from digestion to sensation to ... more
NUCLEAR SPACE

Russia's Rosatom receives first batch of fuel for space nuclear engine
Russia's Rosatom state-run nuclear energy corporation obtained on Monday the first batch of experimental fuel for nuclear electric rocket under development in the country, the corporation said in a ... more
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IRON AND ICE

GRaND Seeks Subsurface Water Ice on Ceres
The Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector (GRaND) aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft is mapping the elemental composition of Ceres in a low altitude orbit, about 240 miles (385 kilometers) above the surface of ... more


LAUNCH PAD

MHI signs H-IIA launch deal for UAE Mars mission
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. has received an order for H-IIA launch services from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for launch of the Emirates Mar ... more

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AEROSPACE

Flying wing-shaped airplane validating new wing design method
Future aircraft fuel efficiency could be dramatically increased thanks to ideas validated with increasingly complex subscale, experimental, remotely piloted aircraft at NASA's Armstrong Flight Resea ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ

CU-Boulder students win $30,000, shot at CubeSat satellite launch
A University of Colorado Boulder student team has advanced in a competition to design and build a flight-qualified small satellite capable of operating near and beyond the moon, earning the team $30 ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Despite Western pressure, China in no hurry to reduce Russia support
N. Korea fires ballistic missiles after denying Russia arms transfers
Taiwan's Lai to bolster 'porcupine' defence against China threat
DRAGON SPACE

China's 1st space lab Tiangong-1 ends data service
After an operational orbit of 1,630 days, China's first space lab Tiangong-1 terminated its data service, the manned space engineering office said Monday. The functions of the space laboratory ... more
IRON AND ICE

Bright spots and color differences revealed on Ceres
Scientists from NASA's Dawn mission unveiled new images from the spacecraft's lowest orbit at Ceres, including highly-anticipated views of Occator Crater, at the 47th annual Lunar and Planetary Scie ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

British bacon sandwich en route to ISS tastes out of this world
Forget zero-calories, it's all about zero-gravity when it comes to the latest food revolution on Earth. British chef, Heston Blumenthal, well-known for his molecular gastronomy has teamed up with th ... more
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TECH SPACE

3D-printed component flies in Trident missile tests
Three unarmed Trident intercontinental ballistic missiles test launched by the U.S. Navy recently flew with their first 3D-printed component. ... more
ENERGY TECH

Compressing turbulence to improve internal confinement fusion experiments
Physicists have long regarded plasma turbulence as unruly behavior that can limit the performance of fusion experiments. But new findings by researchers associated with the U.S. Department of Energy ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

NIST creates fundamentally accurate quantum thermometer
Better thermometers might be possible as a result of a discovery at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where physicists have found a way to calibrate temperature measurements ... more
TECH SPACE

The world's blackest material is now in spray form
A whole range of products can now take advantage of Vantablack's astonishing characteristics, thanks to the development of a new spray version of the world's blackest coating material. The new subst ... more
ROBO SPACE

Robot learning companion offers custom-tailored tutoring
Parents want the best for their children's education and often complain about large class sizes and the lack of individual attention. Goren Gordon, an artificial intelligence researcher from Tel Avi ... more
TIME AND SPACE

Chinese scientists realize quantum simulation of the Unruh effect
Quantum mechanics and relativity theory are two pillars of modern physics. With their amalgamation, many novel phenomena have been identified. For example, the Unruh effect is one of the most signif ... more
TIME AND SPACE

Theoretical physics discovery to set the research field buzzing
Bazinga! University of Cincinnati theoretical physicists are about to report on a controversial discovery that they say contradicts the work of researchers over the decades. The discovery concerns t ... more

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ROBO SPACE

Light illuminates the way for bio-bots
A new class of miniature biological robots, or bio-bots, has seen the light - and is following where the light shines. The bio-bots are powered by muscle cells that have been genetically engineered ... more
ROBO SPACE

Drexel research helps bacteria-powered microrobots plot a course
The problem with having a microscopic robot propelled by a horde of tail-flailing bacteria is you never know where it's going to end up. The tiny, bio-robots, which amount to a chip coated with a "c ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Quantum simulation of a disordered system explain quantum many-particle problem

IRON AND ICE

A 'Tail' of Two Comets

DRAGON SPACE

China's aim to explore Mars

TIME AND SPACE

Cold Atom Laboratory Doing Cool Research

TIME AND SPACE

Tiny, ancient galaxy preserves record of catastrophic event

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

The center of the Milky Way

SPACE SCOPES

NASA marks major milestones for the James Webb Space Telescope

MARSDAILY

New Gravity Map Gives Best View Yet Inside Mars

SPACE MEDICINE

Cyborg cardiac patch may treat the diseased heart

PHYSICS NEWS

Gravity glasses offer a view of the Earth's interior

Astronomers Discover Colossal 'Super Spiral' Galaxies

Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star

Ultra-fast winds near supermassive black hole

Hubble unveils monster stars

Five papers provide new data from flyby of Pluto

Astronomers found a star with a record variation period

Most eccentric planet ever known flashes astronomers with reflected light

Burning like the Sun

Rosetta finds magnetic field-free bubble at comet

China's dark-matter satellite concludes in-orbit testing

VLA shows earliest stages of planet formation

Dust counter got few 'hits' on Pluto flyby

A glance into the future of the Arctic

INRS takes giant step forward in generating optical qubits

Three new members join crew of International Space Station

Lockheed Closes in On Mach 6 Hypersonic Aircraft Technology

ExoMars probe imaged en route to Mars

Students map Milky Way with dwarf stars

Geologists discover how Australia's highest mountain was created

Filling the gap at Air Force Reserve


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