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  Exploration Park FL (SPX) Dec 21, 2016 OneWeb reports it has secured $1.2 billion in funded capital from SoftBank and existing investors, of which $1 billion will come from SoftBank. The $1.2 billion fundraising round announced will support OneWeb's revolutionary technological development and the construction of the world's first and only high volume satellite production facility. The new facility, based in Exploration Park, Florida will be capable of producing 15 satellites per week at a fraction of the cost of what any satellite manu ... read more |
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Microlensing Study Suggests Most Common Outer Planets Likely Neptune-massA new statistical study of planets found by a technique called gravitational microlensing suggests that Neptune-mass worlds are likely the most common type of planet to form in the icy outer realms ... more  
Is War in Space Inevitable? Maybe NotThe picture is one of chaos: highway traffic snarled, bank ATMs and the world's stock exchanges slowed and disabled, smartphones rendered dumb, air traffic grounded, communications slowed or stopped ... more  
NASA Satellite Servicing Office Becomes a Projects DivisionSince 2009, the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) has been building upon the heritage of satellite servicing and repair that began with NASA's successful servicing of the Hubble Space T ... more  
Russia, China Making Progress in Synchronization of GLONASS, BeiDou SystemsRussia and China have achieved a significant progress in the synchronization of GLONASS and BeiDou navigation systems, Roscosmos head Igor Komarov said Monday. "We have achieved a considerable ... more |
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Ceres Offers Insight Into Prospects For Life in Early Solar SystemCeres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, is pocketed with cold, dark craters, several of which are layered in ice, raising the prospects that this frigid dwarf planet once had perhaps an o ... more  
Moore Foundation provides libraries with a millione solar-eclipse viewersThe Space Science Institute was awarded a grant from the Moore Foundation that will provide 1.26 million solar viewing glasses and other resources for 1,500 public libraries across the nation. They ... more  
NASA hurricane tracking mission on trackNASA confirmed Friday morning that all eight spacecraft of its latest Earth science mission are in good shape. The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) will provide scientists with ad ... more 
Are planets like those in 'Star WarsIn the "Star Wars" universe, ice, ocean and desert planets burst from the darkness as your ship drops out of light speed. But these worlds might be more than just science fiction. Some of the ... more 
US ground forces communication with Space-Based IR SatellitesThe US military tested the latest version of the ground-based Joint Tactical Ground System (JTAGS) that communicates with space-based infrared satellites, the Army said in a press release. "Mi ... more |
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Number of known black holes expected to double in two years with new detection methodResearchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a method that will detect roughly 10 black holes per year, doubling the number currently known within two years, and it will likely unlock ... more  
Spacewalk for Thomas Pesquet at ISSESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will be the 11th European to perform a spacewalk when he ventures outside the International Space Station next month. Lasting up to seven hours on 13 January, its ... more |
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The Space Network, the wireless communication system connecting astronauts inside the International Space Station to their colleagues on the ground, is getting an upgrade. The boost will double data rates.
Currently, astronauts aboard ISS are limited by a connectivity threshold of 300 megabits per second, about twice the speed of most home WiFi networks.
"Fundamentally, this upgr ... more Spacewalk for Thomas Pesquet at ISS NASA's Exo-Brake 'Parachute' to Enable Safe Return for Small Spacecraft Trump sits down with tech execs, including critics |
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Recent tests of a developmental rocket engine at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, produced all the performance data engineers were hoping for, along with the traditional fire and roar. But this engine is anything but traditional.
Marshall engineers are designing each of the components from scratch to ultimately be made entirely by additive manufacturing, or 3-D p ... more Ultra-Cold Storage - Liquid Hydrogen may be Fuel of the Future Technical glitch postpones NASA satellite launchAfter glitch, NASA satellite launch set for Wednesday |
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A major challenge in the exploration of Mars by robots is its uneven surface, which is marked by trenches and craters. Whether the systems can withstand the rough terrain on the Red Planet, they have to prove it on the earth first - for example, in the rocky deserts of the American state of Utah.
There, scientists from the Robotics Innovation Center of the German Research Center for Artifi ... more First detection of boron on the surface of Mars All eyes on Trump over Mars A Promising Spot for Life on Mars |
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China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, the largest missile maker in the country, is taking aim at 20 percent or more of the small-satellite launch contracts in the world by 2020, company executives said.
"We estimate that from 2017 to 2020, we will send aloft at least 10 solid-fuel carrier rockets each year, to send about 50 small satellites into orbit," said Guo Yong, president of the ... more China-made satellites in high demand Space exploration plans unveiled China launches 4th data relay satellite |
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OneWeb reports it has secured $1.2 billion in funded capital from SoftBank and existing investors, of which $1 billion will come from SoftBank. The $1.2 billion fundraising round announced will support OneWeb's revolutionary technological development and the construction of the world's first and only high volume satellite production facility.
The new facility, based in Exploration Park, Fl ... moreSoftBank delivers first $1 bn of Trump pledge, to space firm Telecom satellite system to encircle globe UAE launches national space policy |
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Water is vital to life on Earth and its importance simply can't be overstated - it's also deeply rooted within our conscience that there's something extremely special about it. Yet, from a scientific point of view, much remains unknown about water and its many solid phases, which display a plethora of unusual properties and so-called anomalies that, while central to water's chemical and biologic ... more NASA Satellite Servicing Office Becomes a Projects Division Raytheon to produce additional Air and Missile Defense Radar equipment U.S. State Dept. approves Sea Giraffe 3D radars for the Philippines |
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An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Chicago, has made the rare discovery of a planetary system with a host star similar to Earth's sun. Especially intriguing is the star's unusual composition, which indicates it ingested some of its planets.
"It doesn't mean that the sun will 'eat' the Earth any time soon," said Jacob Bean, assistant professor ... more Microlensing Study Suggests Most Common Outer Planets Likely Neptune-mass New species found near ocean floor hot springs Carbonaceous chondrites shed light on the origins of life in the universe |
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This image, taken by the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft, highlights the seventh of eight features forming a 'string of pearls on Jupiter - massive counterclockwise rotating storms that appear as white ovals in the gas giant's southern hemisphere. Since 1986, these white ovals have varied in number from six to nine. There are currently eight white ovals visible.
The image was ta ... more Juno Mission Prepares for December 11 Jupiter Flyby Research Offers Clues About the Timing of Jupiter's Formation New Perspective on How Pluto's "Icy Heart" Came to Be |
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Without a doubt, the seahorse belongs to Darwin's "endless forms most beautiful". Its body form is one of a kind. It has neither a tail nor pelvic fin, it swims vertically, bony plates reinforce its entire body and it has no teeth, a rare feature in fish. Another peculiarity is that male seahorses are the ones to become pregnant.
The genome project, comprising six evolutionary biologists f ... more Earth's Magnetic Fields Could Track Ocean Heat: NASA Ocean temperatures faithfully recorded in mother-of-pearl Rain out, research in |
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Russia and China have achieved a significant progress in the synchronization of GLONASS and BeiDou navigation systems, Roscosmos head Igor Komarov said Monday.
"We have achieved a considerable progress in the field of cooperation... on the harmonization and synchronization of GLONASS and BeiDou systems. All contracts have been signed, and the work is proceeding.
There are prospects, ... more Galileo, Europe's own satnav, to go online Europe's own satnav Galileo goes live Alpha Defence Company To Make Navigation Satellites For ISRO |
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The sonic boom created by an airplane comes from the craft's large, speeding body crashing into molecules in the air. But if you shrank the plane to the size of a molecule, would it still generate a shock wave?
Scientists such as University of Iowa physicist Jasper Halekas hope to answer that question by studying miniature shock waves on the moon. These sonic boomlets, physicists believe, ... more India Inc joins hands to bid for moon missionTeamIndus signs contract with ISRO for lunar mission Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin stable after South Pole health scare |
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At first glance, Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, may not look icy. Images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft have revealed a dark, heavily cratered world whose brightest area is made of highly reflective salts - not ice.
But newly published studies from Dawn scientists show two distinct lines of evidence for ice at or near the surface of the dwarf planet. Researchers are presen ... more Ceres Offers Insight Into Prospects For Life in Early Solar System Rosetta's last words: science descending to a comet Ceres: Water ice in eternal polar night |
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The Earth's critical zone isn't called critical for nothing. Known as our planet's outer skin, it is essential for human survival. The critical zone extends from the top of the tallest tree down through the soil and into the water and rock beneath it. It stops at what's called the weathering zone - or where soils first begin to develop.
This zone allows crops to grow well and supports our ... more Eye-Popping View of CO2, Critical Step for Carbon-Cycle Science Revolutions in understanding the ionosphere, Earth's interface to space Researchers dial in to 'thermostat' in Earth's upper atmosphere |
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The Space Science Institute was awarded a grant from the Moore Foundation that will provide 1.26 million solar viewing glasses and other resources for 1,500 public libraries across the nation. They will serve as centers for eclipse education and viewing for their communities.
The libraries will be selected through a registration process managed by the STAR Library Education Network (STAR_N ... more Preparing for the August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Giving the Sun a brake Perspectives on magnetic reconnection |
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When astronomers and astrophysicists observe flashes of light in the dark sky, they assume they have seen a supernova. Possibly a star has burnt up its supply of nuclear fuel and collapsed, throwing off its outer layers into space; or maybe a dense white dwarf siphoned off material from a companion star until it exploded from excess weight. But a flash of light observed on June 14, 2015 did not ... more Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds Young, thin and hyperactive: That's what outlier galaxies look like A new light on stellar death |
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Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a method that will detect roughly 10 black holes per year, doubling the number currently known within two years, and it will likely unlock the history of black holes in a little more than a decade.
Avery Broderick, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo, and Mansour Karami, a PhD studen ... more Spinning black hole swallowing star explains superluminous event Blocks of ice demonstrate levitated and directed motion High-tech glass plates to be used to discover the birth of new black holes |
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