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  Washington (AFP) March 20, 2017 A SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely on Sunday, ending a mission to supply astronauts on the International Space Station, the company said. The Dragon capsule - the only such vessel capable of returning research samples and other material to Earth - remained docked with the ISS for nearly a month after delivering more than two tonnes of food, water and scientific equipment for NASA on February 23. Before its departure, the crew loaded the cargo ship with old e ... read more |
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USRA awarded NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy contractColumbia MA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Universities Space Research Association (USRA), headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, has been awarded a contract to provide NASA with science and mission operations support for its Stratospheric Obs ... more  
Cornell's FOTON studies 'space weather' to improve satellite communicationIthaca NY (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Cornell University engineers have developed a new piece of technology to study charged particles in the plasma of space, on the edge of Earth's atmosphere - known as "space weather." These particles ... more  
NASA says goodbye to a Pathfinder Earth Satellite after 17 yearsby Kasha Patel for GSFC News Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 The first to map active lava flows from space. The first to measure a facility's methane leak from space. The first to track re-growth in a partially logged Amazon f ... more 
NASA's Webb Telescope Ghostly 'Lights Out' InspectionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 What happens when the lights are turned out in the enormous clean room that currently houses NASA's James Webb Space Telescope? The technicians who are inspecting the telescope and its expansive gol ... more |
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NASA's ICESat-2 to Provide More Depth to Sea Ice ForecastsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 In March, the Arctic sea ice pack is supposed to reach its greatest extent - but this year it's far below average, off by an area about the size of Texas and New Mexico combined. Satellite observati ... more  
Progress Toward an Ability to Recover Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the FlyWashington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 DARPA recently completed Phase 1 of its Gremlins program, which envisions volleys of low-cost, reusable unmanned aerial systems (UASs)-or "gremlins"-that could be launched and later retrieved in mid ... more 
N. Korea's Kim hails engine test as 'new birth' for rocket industrySeoul (AFP) March 19, 2017 North Korea has tested a powerful new rocket engine, state media said Sunday, with leader Kim Jong-Un hailing the successful test as a "new birth" for the nation's rocket industry. ... more  
CRUST adds new layer of defense against earthquakes and tsunamisLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 The first computer model to simulate the whole chain of events triggered by offshore mega subduction earthquakes could reduce losses to life and property caused by disasters like the huge earthquake ... more  
U.S. Army demos laser weapon with Stryker vehicleWashington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017 U.S. Army personnel demonstrated combat capabilities using a Stryker armored vehicle integrated with a MEHEL laser weapon. ... more 
Lockheed Martin designs future U.S. Army laser vehicleWashington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 Lockheed Martin has completed its designs, development and demonstrations for a 60 kW-class laser defense system to be delivered to the U.S. Army. ... more |
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 Canada limits recreational drone use as incidents soar 
FAA Approval Could Mean Big Things for UAS AdoptionMcLean VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 arlier this year there was an announcement that could usher in a new era for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the United States. The Northern Plains UAS Test Site in North Dakota became the first ... more 
First public data released by hyper suprime-cam Subaru Strategic ProgramTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 The first massive data set of a "cosmic census" has been released using the largest digital camera on the Subaru Telescope. With its beautiful images now available for the public at large, figuring ... more 
Rakuten and AirMap announce joint venture to bring unmanned traffic management platform to JapanTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Rakuten and AirMap have announced the launch of a joint venture, Rakuten AirMap, Inc. The joint venture will provide Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) solutions to drone operators and airspace manag ... more  
Earth's first example of recycling - its own crust!Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Rock samples from northeastern Canada retain chemical signals that help explain what Earth's crust was like more than 4 billion years ago, reveals new work from Carnegie's Richard Carlson and Jonath ... 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  Moscow (AFP) March 14, 2017Fly me to the Moon: Russia seeks new cosmonauts |
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 Washington (AFP) March 20, 2017  A SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely on Sunday, ending a mission to supply astronauts on the International Space Station, the company said.
The Dragon capsule - the only such vessel capable of returning research samples and other material to Earth - remained docked with the ISS for nearly a month after delivering more than two tonnes of food, water and sci ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Hitting the brakes at Alpha Centauri  Seoul (AFP) March 19, 2017N. Korea's Kim hails engine test as 'new birth' for rocket industry  Washington (AFP) Mar 16, 2017SpaceX launches EchoStar XXIII comms satellite into orbit |
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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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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
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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 McLean VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017 
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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In a recent article published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 118, 117202 (2017)), researchers from the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE reported so-far unknown anomalies near dynamic phase transitions (DPTs).
Such anomalies do not exist in corresponding thermodynamic phase transitions (TPTs), and thus, they constitute a distinct difference between DPTs and TPTs, even though their equivalen ... more Toulouse, France (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Airbus ships first high-power all-electric EUTELSAT 172B satellite to Kourou for Eutelsat  Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Using lasers to create ultra-short pulses  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Next-gen steel under the microscope |
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 Tallahassee 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 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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Visualizing debris disk "roller derby" to understand planetary system evolution  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Gigantic Jupiter-type planet reveals insights into how planets evolve  Utrecht, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Operation of ancient biological clock uncovered |
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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 ... 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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 Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Swimming with metaphorical sharks is one thing, but actually getting into the water with the razor-toothed ocean predators? Crazy, right? Not according to the masses of shark-obsessed scuba divers who travel great distances - and pay big money - to get face time with the giant fish.
A multimillion-dollar global industry is constructed around the promise of doing just that: cage diving with ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017Hawaiian biodiversity began declining before humans arrived  Geneva (AFP) March 14, 2017Syria regime bombed Damascus water source: UN  Paris (AFP) March 15, 2017Great Barrier Reef may never recover from bleaching: study |
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 London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017 
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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 Bengaluru, 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 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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 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2017 
The first global, long-term satellite study of airborne ammonia gas has revealed "hotspots" of the pollutant over four of the world's most productive agricultural regions. The results of the study, conducted using data from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite, could inform the development of strategies to control pollution from ammonia and ammonia bypro ... more by Kasha Patel for GSFC NewsNASA says goodbye to a Pathfinder Earth Satellite after 17 years  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 201715 years of GRACE: Satellite mission flies thrice its planned time  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Relativistic Electrons Uncovered with NASA's Van Allen Probes |
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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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Cornell's FOTON studies 'space weather' to improve satellite communication  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 |
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 Columbia MA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Universities Space Research Association (USRA), headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, has been awarded a contract to provide NASA with science and mission operations support for its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program.
The contract covers a 5-year base period followed by six two year options for a total of approximately $514 million. The period of performance be ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017First public data released by hyper suprime-cam Subaru Strategic Program  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 17, 2017NASA's Webb Telescope Ghostly 'Lights Out' Inspection  Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Distant galaxies are dominated by gas and stars so where is the Dark Matter |
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 East Lansing, MI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Astronomers have found evidence for a star that whips around a black hole about twice an hour. This may be the tightest orbital dance ever witnessed for a black hole and a companion star. Michigan State University scientists were part of the team that made this discovery, which used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as NASA's NuSTAR and the Australia Telescope Compact Array.
The clo ... more New York NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Streamlining the measurement of phonon dispersion |
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