Space News From SpaceDaily.Com

May 30, 2016

International Partners Provide Science Satellites for first SLS mission
Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2016
NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) will launch America into a new era of exploration to destinations beyond Earth's orbit. On its first flight, NASA will demonstrate the rocket's heavy-lift capability and send an uncrewed Orion spacecraft into deep space. The agency will also take advantage of additional available mass and space to provide the rare opportunity to send more than a dozen small satellites, called CubeSats, to conduct experiments beyond low-Earth orbit. In addition to the 10 CubeSats anno ... read more

Previous Issues

May 27

May 26

May 25

May 24

May 23

Planetary Resources raises $21M for Earth Observation platform Planetary Resources has announced that it has secured US$21.1 million in Series A funding. The capital will be used to deploy and operate Ceres, an advanced Earth observation business that features ... more		40-year math mystery and 4 generations of figuring This may sound like a familiar kind of riddle: How many brilliant mathematicians does it take to come up with and prove the Kelmans-Seymour Conjecture? But the answer is no joke, because arriving at ... more		Supermassive black hole wind can stop new stars from forming Scientists have uncovered a new class of galaxies with supermassive black hole winds that are energetic enough to suppress future star formation. Devoid of fresh young stars, red and dead galaxies m ... more
				SwRI scientists discover evidence of ice age at Martian north pole Using radar data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a Southwest Research Institute-led team found evidence of an ice age recorded in the polar deposits of Mars. Ice ages on Mars are dr ... more		SpaceX makes fourth successful rocket landing SpaceX launched an Asian communications satellite into a distant orbit Friday and for the fourth time managed to recover the rocket that did the work. ... more

Transition from Operations to Decommissioning by Preparing a Safe, Cost-Effective Shut Down and Waste Management Strategy

NASA inflates spare room in space NASA on Saturday successfully expanded and pressurized an add-on room at the International Space Station two days after aborting the first attempt when it ran into problems. ... more		Antarctic fossils reveal south was not safer during dinosaur extinction A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions. Previously, sc ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE		Doubling down on Schrodinger's cat Yale physicists have given Schrodinger's famous cat a second box to play in, and the result may help further the quest for reliable quantum computing. Schrodinger's cat is a well-known paradox ... more
				Could optical clocks redefine the length of a second GPS-based navigation, communication systems, electrical power grids and financial networks all rely on the precise time kept by a network of around 500 atomic clocks located around the world. In The ... more		Engineers discover a new gatekeeper for light Imagine a device that is selectively transparent to various wavelengths of light at one moment, and opaque to them the next, following a minute adjustment. Such a gatekeeper would enable powerful an ... more

Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - 20-22 June - Washington DC

The World's Largest Commercial Drone Conference and Expo - Sept 7-9 - Las Vegas

Beating the limits of the light microscope, one photon at a time The world's most advanced light microscopes allow us to see single molecules, proteins, viruses and other very small biological structures. But even the best microscopes have their limits. Colorado ... more		Top-down design brings new DNA structures to life Among the valuable holdings in London's Wellcome Library is a rough pencil sketch made in 1953 by Francis Crick. The drawing is one of the first to show the double-helix structure of DNA - Nature's ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		The next generation of carbon monoxide nanosensors The detection of carbon monoxide (CO) in the air is a vital issue, as CO is a poisonous gas and an environmental pollutant. CO typically derives from the incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels, ... more
NIST, partners create standard to improve sustainable manufacturing Anyone who's ever covered a wall with sticky notes to clearly map all of the steps in a process knows how valuable that exercise can be. It can streamline workflow, increase efficiency and improve t ... more		Scientists create 'magnetic charge ice' A team of scientists working at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has created a new material, called "rewritable magnetic charge ice," that permits an unprecedented d ... more		China risks 'Great Wall of self-isolation': Pentagon chief China risks creating a "Great Wall of self-isolation" through its continued military expansion in the South China Sea and its hacks on US companies, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Friday. ... more		New concept turns battery technology upside-down A new approach to the design of a liquid battery, using a passive, gravity-fed arrangement similar to an old-fashioned hourglass, could offer great advantages due to the system's low cost and the si ... more

	Study: Appalachian coal ash filled with rare earth elements Of all the coal ash produced in the United States, the waste generated by Appalachian coal operations is the richest in rare earth elements. ... more		Mars Webcam goes pro A modest 'webcam' on Mars Express has proven useful for outreach, education and citizen-science. Now ESA have decided to adopt it as a professional science instrument. Mars Express was launched in 2 ... more

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

SES to provide satellite channels for West Africa and Philippines		Russia to test humanoid robot at space station in 2020		Russia to Create New Powerful Plasma Rocket Engine		Russian Firm Develops Project of Reusable Spacecraft for Lunar Missions		Bolivia takes over operations of Chinese-built satellite
RE2 Robotics contracted to support USAF airfield damage repair program		L-3 Communications to open new facility in Canada		US nuke force still using floppy disks: report		Predation in ancient microbial ecosystems dates back 740M years		New study implies existence of fifth force of nature

Comet contains glycine, key part of recipe for life

Life on Ceres? Mysterious Changes in the Bright Spots Still Baffle Scientists

How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly

Astronomers find giant planet around very young star

A look beyond the horizon of events

NASA Radar Finds Ice Age Record in Mars' Polar Cap

Russia Helps Guatemalan Man Become His Country's First Cosmonaut

Close encounters of a tidal kind could lead to cracks on icy moons

ISS Astronauts Enjoy Dish Cooked Up by Students from Hampton, Virginia

Planet 1,200 Light-Years Away Is Good Prospect for a Habitable World

NASA Scientists Explain the Art of Creating Digital Hurricanes

NASA to Aid Disaster Preparedness in Rio de Janeiro

Gigantic ultrafast spin currents

China mulls teaming up with foreign agencies to explore Moon

Astronomers Confirm Faintest Early-Universe Galaxy Ever Seen

A Young Mammoth Cluster of Galaxies Sighted in the Early Universe

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will have a map for that

Mice Studies in Space Offer Clues on Bone Loss

Upgrade to SM-3 missile engines validated

HawkEye 360 selects DSI to build Pathfinder satellites

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.