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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 03, 2017 NASA's MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars' moon Phobos. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has been orbiting Mars for just over two years, studying the Red Planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the spacecraft carried out a rocket motor burn that boosted its velocity by 0.4 meters per second (less than 1 mile per hour). A ... read more |
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Solar storms remove electrons from large portions of Earth's atmosphereCopenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017 New research shows solar storms leave large portions of Earth's atmosphere without electrons. ... more 
Humans May Quickly Evolve on Mars, Biologist ClaimsHouston (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 An evolutionary biologist has suggested that human colonists on Mars could go through rapid evolution, eventually becoming an entirely new human species. Scott Solomon, an evolutionary biologist wit ... more  
India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO ChiefMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 ISRO boss AS Kiran Kumar says the second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 is making good progress; it is scheduled for launch next year. But critics question why should India get into the manned spacefli ... more  
China to launch space station core module in 2018Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 China will launch a space station core module in 2018 as the first step in completing the country's first space outpost, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Co ... more |
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Asteroid Split in Two and, Years Later, Developed TailsGranada, Spain (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Asteroids on the main belt, situated between Mars and Jupiter, move around the Sun in quasi circular orbits, so they do not undergo the temperature changes which, in comets, produce the characterist ... more  
Drone Aviation Delivers Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat to DoDJacksonville FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has successfully completed the integration of Government-furnished ISR equipment supporting the simultaneous use of communications and optical payload packages onto the ... more  
McMurdo to enhance U.K. coast guard's search-and-rescue technologyLondon (UPI) Mar 2, 2017 Orolia subsidiary McMurdo secured a contract to enhance existing search-and-rescue technology for the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the company announced Thursday. ... more  
Commercial MilSat Comms sector stabilizing after period of declineMontreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 According to Euroconsult's soon-to-be-released report, SatCom for Defense and Security: Strategic Issues and Forecasts, global military demand for commercial satellite capacity has fallen by an esti ... more 
Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 China is likely to conduct its second Mars mission, aimed at collecting soil samples for analysis, by 2030, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). CASC con ... more  
ULA launches NROL-79 payload for NROVandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 March 1 at 9:50 a.m. PST. Designated NROL-79, the ... more |
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Faraway Planet Systems Are Shaped Like the Solar SystemCanberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have found that far-away planet systems are shaped like the solar system, with multiple planets aligning with the host star on a flat plain, i ... more  
Scientists demonstrate improved particle warning to protect astronautsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Our constantly-changing sun sometimes erupts with bursts of light, solar material, or ultra-fast energized particles - collectively, these events contribute to space weather. In a study published Ja ... more  
Substantial leap forward in quest for dark matterKingston, Canada (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 New research, submitted for publication by the PICO Collaboration, has produced new direct-detection constraints on the existence of WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles) - a type of subatomi ... more  
Sentinel-2B poised for liftoffParis (ESA) Mar 03, 2017 With liftoff just few days away, the next Sentinel satellite for the Copernicus environmental monitoring programme is positioned in the launch tower at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. C ... more |
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Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., recently completed hot-fire acceptance testing of eight auxiliary engines that will be used on the first flight of NASA's Orion spacecraft with the Space Launch System rocket, slated to launch in 2018.
Orion's European Service Module (ESM), which remains connected to the spacecraft throughout the mission until just prio ... more Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Marshall shakes, packs, ships and tracks NASA payloads  Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 28, 2017NASA and SpaceX gives ASU a competitive edge in technological innovation  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017The NASA Imager Dentists Use Daily |
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Next year, two private citizens are expected to become the first humans in nearly 50 years to fly beyond low Earth orbit and circle the moon, aerospace company SpaceX announced Monday.
SpaceX, which has been helping the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration develop a spate of future missions, said the mission will launch in late 2018 and carry a crew of two civilians on its ... more Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017ULA launches NROL-79 payload for NRO  Paris (AFP) March 1, 2017Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts say  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Flight Hardware for NASA's Space Launch System on Its Way to Cape |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017 
On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales grand to tiny on the strangely structured landscapes within Gale Crater.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, on the lower slope of Mount Sharp - a layered mountain inside the crater - has begun a secon ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 03, 2017NASA Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos  Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2017Science checkout continues for ExoMars orbiter Paris (ESA) Mar 03, 2017Remnants of a mega-flood on Mars |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 
China will launch a space station core module in 2018 as the first step in completing the country's first space outpost, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) on Thursday.
The core module of the space station, named "Tianhe-1" according to previous reports, will be launched on board a new-generation Long March-5 heavyweight carrier rocket, ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030  Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017China to Conduct Test Flight of CZ-8 Carrier Rocket by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2017 
Satellite telecom firms OneWeb and Intelsat announced plans Tuesday to merge, and a fresh $1.7 billion investment from Japan's SoftBank to advance an ambitious "internet in the sky" plan.
The deal aims "to create a financially stronger company with the flexibility to aggressively pursue new growth opportunities resulting from the explosion in demand for broadband connectivity for people and ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017GomSpace to supply satellites for Sky and Space Global constellation  Singapore (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Kacific places order with Boeing for a high throughput satellite  Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2017ESA affirms Open Access policy for images, videos and data |
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Our constantly-changing sun sometimes erupts with bursts of light, solar material, or ultra-fast energized particles - collectively, these events contribute to space weather. In a study published Jan. 30, 2017, in Space Weather, scientists from NASA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, in Boulder, Colorado, have shown that the warning signs of one type of space weather even ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017When Rocket Science Meets X-ray Science  Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017York Space partners with Metropolitan State for Denver satellite facility  Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2017Raytheon gets $1 billion radar contract for Qatar |
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Hunting for habitable exoplanets now may be easier: Cornell University astronomers report that hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets throughout the universe could improve the chances of locating life in the cosmos.
Planets located great distances from stars freeze over. "On frozen planets, any potential life would be buried under layers of ice, which would make it really hard t ... more Sheffield UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Evidence of Star Wars-like Planetary System  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2017The missing link in how planets form  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Faraway Planet Systems Are Shaped Like the Solar System |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017 
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission. This will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, while avoiding the risk of a previously-planned engine firing that would have reduced the spacecraft's orbital period to 14 days.
"Juno is healthy, its science instrum ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2017NASA receives science report on Europa lander concept  Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2017New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby |
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 Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
A team of international researchers led by University of Freiburg hydrologist Dr. Andreas Hartmann suggests that inclusion of currently missing key hydrological processes in large-scale climate change impact models can significantly improve our estimates of water availability.
The study shows that groundwater recharge estimates for 560 million people in karst regions in Europe, the Middle ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017More bang for the buck  London, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First direct measurements of Pacific seabed sediments reveal strong methane source  Miami (AFP) Feb 27, 2017New urgency in fight to restore Florida Everglades |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017  A prefecture in China's restive Xinjiang region has ordered all vehicles to be equipped with GPS-like tracking software, police and media reports said Tuesday, as authorities step up an "anti-terrorism" campaign.
All drivers in the Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture must install a China-developed satellite navigation system called Beidou "to prevent theft, but also primarily to maintai ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Australia and Lockheed field 2nd-Gen sat-based augmentation system  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 14, 2017UK may lose access to EU Galileo GPS system after Brexit |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be the only location where guests can see the space capsules for both the first and last lunar landings.
The awe-inspiring "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit, on display Oct. 14-Mar ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO Chief  New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
A trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet - an effect not seen by astronomers before, a new NASA study suggests. Astronomers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, observed the Oort cloud comet C/2014 Q2, also called Lovejoy, when it passed near Earth in early 2015. Through NASA's partnership in the W. M. Keck Observa ... more Granada, Spain (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Asteroid Split in Two and, Years Later, Developed Tails  Berkeley, Calif. (UPI) Feb 27, 2017Researchers aim to measure risk of exploding asteroids  Paris, France (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Surprising Dunes on Comet Chury |
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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Transshipment, the transfer of goods from one boat to another, is a major pathway for illegally caught and unreported fish to enter the global seafood market. It has also been associated with drug smuggling and slave labor. Illegal in many cases, transshipment has been largely invisible and nearly impossible to manage, because it often occurs far from shore and out of sight. Until now.
Tod ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 03, 2017Sentinel-2B poised for liftoff  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017The Long Shot: Photographing A Milk Carton 3500 Kilometres Away  San Francisco CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017MDA to Acquire DigitalGlobe |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017  New research shows solar storms leave large portions of Earth's atmosphere without electrons.
Typically, when a solar storm reaches Earth, the collision with the planet's magnetosphere creates space through which a barrage of charged particles and electrons flood the ionosphere, an outer layer of Earth's atmosphere.
In other words, solar storms are most often associated with an e ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite  Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2017Rare 'Ring of Fire' eclipse to cross Southern Hemisphere  Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2017NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the Eclipse |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2017 
There's a new record holder for brightest pulsar ever found - and astronomers are still trying to figure out how it can shine so brightly. It's now part of a small group of mysterious bright pulsars that are challenging astronomers to rethink how pulsars accumulate, or accrete, material.
A pulsar is a spinning, magnetized neutron star that sweeps regular pulses of radiation in two symmetri ... more Clemson SC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Scientists reach back in time to discover some of the most power-packed galaxies  Sudbury, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2017New World-Leading Limit on Dark-Matter Search from PICO Experiment  Amherst MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Investigating Star Formation Is UMass Amherst Researcher's Mission |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
In January 2017 - just one year after the dawn of gravitational-wave astronomy - the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) has expanded through the addition of a young research team.
Led by Dr. Frank Ohme, the Max Planck Independent Research Group "Binary Merger Observations and Numerical Relativity" will study collisions of black holes and neutron ... more Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Quantum entanglement between a single photon and a trillion of atoms  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Existence of a new quasiparticle demonstrated  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Exploring the mysteries of supercooled water |
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