Space News From SpaceDaily.Com

September 29, 2016

Rosetta spacecraft headed for comet suicide crash
Darmstadt, Germany (AFP) Sep 29, 2016
Europe's pioneering spacecraft Rosetta headed for a suicide crash Friday with the comet it has stalked for two years, nearing the end of an audacious quest to unravel the Solar System's mysteries. Sent by ground controllers on a leisurely, 14-hour freefall, Rosetta launched into a last-gasp spurt of science-gathering on the 19-kilometre (12-mile) journey to its icy comet tomb. "Next stop #67P!" the European Space Agency (ESA) tweeted, using a shortened version of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasime ... read more

Previous Issues

Sep 28

Sep 27

Sep 26

Sep 23

Sep 22

Elon Musk an innovator wary of humanity's future If the future is an array of possibilities ranging from catastrophic to divine, Elon Musk is working to increase the probability of good things happening. ... more		New research undermines 'RNA world' of early evolution Did RNA evolve DNA, or did the two emerge simultaneously? Until recently, most scientists suggested the former, but new research undermines the theory, inspiring a team of scientists to suggest a second, alternative RNA-DNA origin story. ... more		MAHRS on Mars: Looking at Weather and Habitat on the Surface by Nancy Smith for GRC News When human explorers embark on the journey to Mars, they need to know the natural conditions of the red planet before they arrive. That's why NASA sends rovers to the su ... more
				A Mechanical Harmony to NASA's Webb Telescope Sunshield NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has a giant custom-built, kite-shaped sunshield driven by mechanics that will fold and unfold with a harmonious synchronicity 1 mi ... more		Australian Technology Installed on Largest Single-Dish Radio Telescope The world's largest filled single-dish radio telescope launched yesterday, and it relies on a piece of West Australian innovation. The telescope - known as FAST - uses a data system developed ... more

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

NASA-Funded Sounding Rocket Solves One Cosmic Mystery, Reveals Another In the last century, humans realized that space is filled with types of light we can't see - from infrared signals released by hot stars and galaxies, to the cosmic microwave background that comes f ... more		Construction of Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector Moves Forward LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), a next-generation dark matter detector that will be at least 100 times more sensitive than its predecessor, has cleared another approval milestone and is on schedule to begin its de ... more		AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE Ghosts of the Deep: China's AJX-002 XLUUV and the Geopolitics of Undersea Power Global Invacom unveils XRJ transceiver for government and defense satcom		Waiting for Shenzhou 11 With Tiangong 2 safely in orbit, attention is now shifting to the spacecraft that will soon meet it. The Shenzhou 11 spacecraft is expected to lift off at some point in mid-October, although China h ... more
				Elon Musk envisions 'fun' but dangerous trips to Mars SpaceX chief Elon Musk unveiled on Tuesday ambitious plans to establish a Mars colony by sending 100 humans at a time on massive spacecraft, possibly costing as low as $100,000 per person. ... more		Pentagon chief calls Russia out over 'nuclear saber-rattling' Russia could be more willing to deploy nuclear weapons today than the Soviet Union ever was during the Cold War, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned Monday. ... more

2nd Integrated Air and Missile Defense - Securing the Complex Air Domain: Requirements for Sustainable, Global, and Reliable Solutions to Next Generation Air & Missile Threats - 28-30 September, 2016 | Washington D.C.

6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

US Air Force works to bring prestige back to nuke missile roles Ask a "missileer" - one of the key-keepers for America's nuclear bombs - whether their first career choice was to spend days on end cocooned underground in a steel bunker, and the answer is usually no. ... more		Lockheed gets $171 million hypersonic cruise missile contract Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $171 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract for work on the Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept, or HAWC, program. ... more		AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study Ethiopia's mega-dam ranks 15th globally		Digital photography: The future of small-scale manufacturing What if it were possible to quickly and inexpensively manufacture a part simply by using a series of close-range digital images taken of the object? Michael Immel, instructor in the Harold and Inge ... more
To produce biopharmaceuticals on demand, just add water Researchers at MIT and other institutions have created tiny freeze-dried pellets that include all of the molecular machinery needed to translate DNA into proteins, which could form the basis for on- ... more		Seismic 'CT scans' reveal deep earth dynamics A new look 100 miles beneath a massive tectonic plate as it dives under North America has helped clarify the subduction process that generates earthquakes, volcanoes and the rise of the Cascade Rang ... more		UMass Amherst Research Traces Past Climate, Human Migration in the Faroe Islands Raymond Bradley, Distinguished Professor in Geosciences and director of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with others, recently received a two-year, $241 ... more		Levitating nanoparticle improves torque sensing in quest for quantum theory fundamentals Researchers have levitated a tiny nanodiamond particle with a laser in a vacuum chamber, using the technique for the first time to detect and measure its "torsional vibration," an advance that could ... more

	How to power up graphene implants without frying cells In the future, our health may be monitored and maintained by tiny sensors and drug dispensers, deployed within the body and made from graphene - one of the strongest, lightest materials in the world ... more		Closing in on high-temperature superconductivity The quest to know the mysterious recipe for high-temperature superconductivity, which could enable revolutionary advances in technologies that make or use electricity, just took a big leap forward t ... more

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Russia? China? Who hacked Yahoo, and why?		Elon Musk envisions 'fun' trips to Mars colony		Chinese Space Lab Tiangong-2 Ready to Dock With Manned Spacecraft		Moon and Mars on a plane		NASA's Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft Aces Instrument Check
Astronomers discover dizzying spin of the Milky Way Halo		How to Merge Two Black Holes in a Simple Way		New Low-Mass Objects Could Help Refine Planetary Evolution		Planet Mercury Found to Be Tectonically Active		Research supports idea that moon was created by object hitting infant Earth

Cosmic Dust Demystified by British Researchers

SES unveils new tactical surveillance and communications solution

Lockheed's PAC-3 missile destroys ballistic missile targets in test

DigitalGlobe's Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery Program Renewed

Hubble spots possible water plumes erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa

World's largest radio telescope starts operating in China

Rosetta: The end of a space odyssey

Rosetta: How to end the fairytale

Messenger probe images fault scarps on Mercury's surface

Pluto's heart sheds light on a possible buried ocean

Cosmology Safe as Universe Has No Sense of Direction

Yoyager's Golden Record not just for aliens anymore

ALMA uncovers "golden age" of galaxy formation in new Deep Field

Airbus Expands its German Satellite Building Facility

Britain sends jets to intercept Russian bombers

NASA Creates Software to Keep Tabs on Killer Asteroids

Batch production of Long March 5 underway

Scientific experiment apparatuses on Tiangong-2 put into operation

China space plane taking shape

China's space survival experiment goes on well

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.