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  Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017 Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and strict planetary protection rules are some of the critical issues that had to be tackled in order to move ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - Juice - from the drawing board and into construction. Scheduled for launch in 2022, with arrival in the Jovian system in 2029, Juice will spend three-and-a-half years examining the giant planet's turbulent atmosphere, enormous magnetosphere, its set of tenuous dark rings and its satelli ... read more |
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Trump's budget would cut NASA asteroid mission, earth scienceMiami (AFP) March 16, 2017 Under US President Donald Trump's proposed budget, NASA's funding would stay largely intact but the space agency would abandon plans to lasso an asteroid, along with four Earth and climate missions. ... more  
Raytheon developing next-gen missile defense communicationsWashington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017 Raytheon received an $11.8 million contract to develop new communication technologies for the U.S. Office of Naval Research. ... more  
ExoMars: science checkout completed and aerobraking beginsParis (ESA) Mar 17, 2017 The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has completed another set of important science calibration tests before a year of aerobraking gets underway. The mission was launched a year ago this week, and has been ... more  
AsiaSat transmits live heart surgeryHong KongLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 AsiaSat was proud to support live transmissions of a heart surgery earlier this year in Hong Kong, providing medical practitioners attending a conference in Singapore the opportunity to see the proc ... more |
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Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From IndiaBengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017 Seven teams, including three from India, have qualified for the country's first private moon mission in December, space technology start-up TeamIndus said on Wednesday. "Teams Callisto, Ears a ... more 
Aiming Higher: High School Students Build Flight Hardware Bound for SpaceHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Students at an Alabama high school have done so well in a NASA program that they are now making parts for use on the International Space Station. For more than 50 years, NASA has sponsored pro ... more 
Student Scientists Select Menu for AstronautsKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 If you've ever had a cold preventing you from really tasting your food, you've experienced what astronauts aboard the International Space Station encounter at every meal. In a reduced-gravity enviro ... more  
SpaceX launches EchoStar XXIII comms satellite into orbitWashington (AFP) Mar 16, 2017 SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched a communications satellite into space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 2 am (0600 GMT) carrying t ... more  
Meridional wind on Venus was detected for the first time in both hemispheresLisboa, Portugal (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 The first scientific evidence on Venus of a wind circulation between the equator and the poles, also named meridional wind, was gathered by an international team led by Pedro Machado, of the Institu ... more  
Fossil or inorganic structure? Scientists dig into early life formsTallahassee FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2017 An international team of researchers discovered that inorganic chemicals can self-organize into complex structures that mimic primitive life on Earth. Florida State University Professor of Che ... more |
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 15 years of GRACE: Satellite mission flies thrice its planned time  
Imaging at the speed of lightRochester NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Tiny micro- and nanoscale structures within a material's surface are invisible to the naked eye, but play a big role in determining a material's physical, chemical, and biomedical properties. Over t ... more  
A scientist and a supercomputer re-create a tornadoMadison WI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 With tornado season fast approaching or already underway in vulnerable states throughout the U.S., new supercomputer simulations are giving meteorologists unprecedented insight into the structure of ... more  
Ice age thermostat prevented extreme climate coolingBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Atmospheric CO2 concentrations swung over a range of 100 ppm (parts per million, by volume) during the ice ages. The exact processes behind this variation have been difficult to pinpoint, but it is ... more  
Leap onto land saves fish from being eatenSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Fish on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga have evolved the ability to survive out of water and leap about on the rocky shoreline because this helps them escape predators in the ocean, a ground-b ... more |
  Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Students at an Alabama high school have done so well in a NASA program that they are now making parts for use on the International Space Station.
For more than 50 years, NASA has sponsored programs to get students interested in the aerospace industry. One program called HUNCH - High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware - challenges students to use machining, welding and other skills ... more Miami (AFP) March 16, 2017Trump's budget would cut NASA asteroid mission, earth science  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Student Scientists Select Menu for Astronauts  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 09, 2017ECLSS Put to the Test for Commercial Crew Missions |
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In the past, launch pads were used almost exclusively for government missions. To support a growing private sector space economy, NASA's Kennedy Space Center has transformed to a multi-user spaceport capable of handling the needs of a variety of companies from launch processing through recovery.
NASA, the FAA, and Air Force Space Command provide diverse launch operations, government and co ... more Washington (AFP) Mar 16, 2017SpaceX launches EchoStar XXIII comms satellite into orbit  Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2017US BE-4 Rocket Engines to Replace Russian RD-180 on Atlas Carrier Rockets  Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Designing new rocket engines that don't blow up |
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The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has completed another set of important science calibration tests before a year of aerobraking gets underway. The mission was launched a year ago this week, and has been orbiting the Red Planet since 19 October. During two dedicated orbits in late November, the science instruments made their first calibration measurements since arriving at Mars.
The latest test ... more Moffett Field Ca (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Mars Rover Tests Driving, Drilling and Detecting Life in Chile's High Desert  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017Opportunity Driving South to Gully  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional Storms |
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Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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Earlier this week, our parent company Intelsat announced a merger with OneWeb that will transform the satellite industry. The companies announced an agreement in which Intelsat and OneWeb will merge in a share-for-share transaction, with Japan's SoftBank Group agreeing to invest $1.7 billion in the combined company.
This agreement has the potential of creating a space industry leader in bo ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017UK funding space entrepreneurs  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Kymeta and Intelsat announce new service to revolutionize how satellite services are purchased  New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 07, 2017ISRO Makes More Space for Private Sector Participation in Satellite Making |
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Physicists from MIPT have predicted the existence of transparent composite media with unusual optical properties. Using graphics card based simulations, scientists studied regular volume structures composed of two dielectrics with close parameters, and found that the optical properties of these structures differ from both those of natural crystals and artificial periodic composites, which are cu ... more Saint-Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017New application of the selective laser melting method  Raleigh, NC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Researchers offer overview of composite metal foams and potential applications  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Solid metal has 'structural memory' of its liquid state |
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An international team of researchers discovered that inorganic chemicals can self-organize into complex structures that mimic primitive life on Earth.
Florida State University Professor of Chemistry Oliver Steinbock and Professor Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spanish National Research Council) in Granada, Spain published an article in Wedne ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Gigantic Jupiter-type planet reveals insights into how planets evolve  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Could fast radio bursts be powering alien probes  Utrecht, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Operation of ancient biological clock uncovered |
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Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and strict planetary protection rules are some of the critical issues that had to be tackled in order to move ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - Juice - from the drawing board and into construction.
Scheduled for launch in 2022, with arrival in the Jovian system in 2029, Juice will spend three-and-a-half years examining ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper'  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017Juno Captures Jupiter Cloudscape in High Resolution  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter |
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 Paris (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Australia's Great Barrier Reef may never recover from last year's warming-driven coral bleaching, said a study Wednesday that called for urgent action in the face of ineffective conservation efforts.
Record-high temperatures in 2015 and 2016 drove an unprecedented bleaching episode, which occurs when stressed corals expel the algae that live in their tissue and provide them with food.
Bl ... more Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Seawater threat to California Central Coast aquifers  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2017Could Leftover Heat from Last El Nino Fuel a New One  Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Hawaiian biodiversity began declining before humans arrived |
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Scientists studying the Northern Lights say they think their research will lead to new technology to reduce outages from satellite navigation systems.
Researchers at the University of Bath in England found for the first time that turbulence does not take place within the Northern Lights and instead that unknown mechanisms are responsible for the outages of Global Navigation Satellite Sy ... more Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017DevOps process reduces GPS OCX development time for Raytheon  Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS  New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017GLONASS station in India to expedite 'space centric' warfare command |
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Seven teams, including three from India, have qualified for the country's first private moon mission in December, space technology start-up TeamIndus said on Wednesday.
"Teams Callisto, Ears and Kalpana from India, Space4Life from Italy, Lunadome from Britain, Killa Lab from Peru and Regolith Revolution from the US have qualified to fly their experiments to the lunar surface in our spacecr ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor  Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiters  Washington (AFP) March 12, 2017Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination |
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Among the most striking features on the surface of Ceres are the bright spots in the center of Occator crater which stood out already as NASA's space probe Dawn approached the dwarf planet. Scientists under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) have now for the first time determined the age of this bright material, which consists mainly of deposits of special ... more Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Warped Meteor Showers Hit Earth at All Angles  Onna, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Mechanism underlying size-sorting of rubble on asteroid Itokawa revealed  Zurich (UPI) Mar 7, 2017Earth is bombarded at random, crater study shows |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Researchers in Italy hope to measure Earth's rotation using a laser-based gyroscope housed deep underground, with enough experimental precision to reveal measurable effects of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The ring laser gyroscope (RLG) technology enabling these Earth-based measurements provide, unlike those made by referencing celestial objects, inertial rotation information, reveali ... morePotsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 201715 years of GRACE: Satellite mission flies thrice its planned time  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017Scientists measure Earth's rotational forces with underground laser gyroscope  Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017How Arctic weather can improve mid-latitude forecasts |
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 Bath, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Researchers at the University of Bath have gained new insights into the mechanisms of the Northern Lights, providing an opportunity to develop better satellite technology that can negate outages caused by this natural phenomenon.
Previous research has shown that the natural lights of the Northern Lights - also known as or Aurora Borealis - interfere with Global Navigation Satellite Systems ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Studying magnetic space explosions with NASA missions Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Solar storms trigger surprising phenomena close to Earth  Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017Solar storms remove electrons from large portions of Earth's atmosphere |
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 Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Russian physicists with their colleagues from Europe through changing the light parameters, learned to generate quasiparticles - excitons, which were fully controllable and also helped to record information at room temperature.
These particles act as a transitional form between photons and electrons so the researchers believe that with excitons, they will be able to create compact optoelec ... more Granada, Spain (SPX) Mar 15, 2017The end of a star or a supernova impostor  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Giant Magellan Telescope will answer mnay major questions  Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Distant galaxies are dominated by gas and stars so where is the Dark Matter |
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 New York NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
The appearance of supermassive black holes at the dawn of the universe has puzzled astronomers since their discovery more than a decade ago. A supermassive black hole is thought to form over billions of years, but more than two dozen of these behemoths have been sighted within 800 million years of the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago.
In a new study in the journal Nature Astronomy, a team o ... more Boston MA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 15, 2017The formation of supermassive black holes in the very early universe  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Streamlining the measurement of phonon dispersion |
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