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  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017 Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos said he is selling $1 billion in stock of his retail giant Amazon each year to finance his rocket company, Blue Origin, which aims to carry tourists to space by 2018. Speaking Wednesday at the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Bezos vowed to lower the cost of space travel and start taking customers to space by next year. The entrepreneur did not say how much a ticket would cost, as he showed off the New Shepard rocket and a mock-up of the lar ... read more |
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Ceres' temporary atmosphere linked to solar activityPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2017 Scientists have long thought that Ceres may have a very weak, transient atmosphere, but mysteries lingered about its origin and why it's not always present. Now, researchers suggest that this tempor ... more 
Rosetta's intimate portrait of a comet: read all about itParis (ESA) Apr 07, 2017 Rosetta's pioneering mission to explore a comet in unprecedented detail completed operations last year. As the science continues, members of the public, as well as scientists, can freely access hund ... more  
Possible Venus twin discovered around dim starMountain View CA (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 Astronomers using NASA's Kepler space telescope have found a planet 219 light-years away that seems to be a close relative to Venus. This newly discovered world is only slightly larger than Earth an ... more  
Hubble takes close-up portrait of JupiterMunich, Germany (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 During April 2017 Jupiter is in opposition: it is at its closest to Earth and the hemisphere facing Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope used this special confi ... more |
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Study Examines Effects of Spaceflight on Immune SystemHouston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Getting sick isn't fun for anyone, but it could be especially taxing for crew members aboard the International Space Station. Protecting crew health is important as NASA prepares for long duration, ... more 
Atmosphere around super-earth detectedHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around the super-Earth GJ 1132b. This marks the first detection of an atmosphere around a low-mass super-Earth, in terms of radius and mass the most Earth-lik ... more  
Russia critcal to ExoMars Project says Italian Space Agency HeadColorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 Russia is a fundamental partner in the joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos space corporation ExoMars, Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Roberto Battiston ... more 
Exoplanet mission gets ticket to rideParis (ESA) Apr 07, 2017 A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe's spaceport in Kourou will boost ESA's upcoming exoplanet satellite into space. CHEOPS will share the ride into space with another payload, w ... more  
NASA's Cassini probe of Saturn prepares for last plungeMiami (AFP) April 5, 2017 NASA's unmanned Cassini spacecraft is preparing for its final plunge into Saturn later this year, after two decades of helping Earth-bound scientists make new discoveries about the sixth planet from the Sun and its mysterious rings. ... more  
Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking waterManchester, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving c ... more |
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Citizen scientist photographs space station space debris from EarthWashington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 Marco Langbroek is a satellite tracker. But occasionally, his photographs spot chunks of space debris, too. ... more 
Norway joins US Strategic Command space data sharing programWashington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 The U.S. Strategic Command is to share space situational services and data with Norwegian government agencies under a memorandum of understanding. ... more 
Inside Arctic ice lies a frozen rainforest of microorganismsWashington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017 Vast Arctic landscapes may appear to be desolate, barren places, but take a look through a microscope and you'll see thriving ecosystems. The top few meters of ice are home to an estimated hundred million billion trillion (or 10 to the power of 29) microorganisms. ... more  
US astronaut John Glenn is buried with military honorsWashington (AFP) April 6, 2017 US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors. ... more |
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US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors.
Glenn died in December 2016 at the age of 95, after a long career that included serving as a Marine fighter pilot, a NASA astronaut and a US senator.
His five-hour solo orbit around Earth in 1962 established Glenn as an America ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017Russia, Europe, US Should Work Together on Space Exploration - German Agency  Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Apr 04, 2017United Launch Alliance Completes Crew Emergency Egress System  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017Robot Fedor to Guide Russia's Federation Spacecraft in Maiden Flight - Roscosmos |
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will receive 11 RD-180 rocket engines in 2017 through US-Russian venture RD Amross, with the latter hoping to sell more in the future, RD Amross CEO Michael Baker told Sputnik on the sidelines of the Space Symposium in Colorado.
The ULA acquires the engines through RD Amross, which is a joint venture, involving RD-180 manufacturer, Russian company Energomash. ... more Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Bezos sells $1 bn in Amazon stock yearly to pay for rocket firm  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017Kremlin Believes Russia Can Compete With Private Firms Like SpaceX in Space  Washington (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2017US Hardware Production Begins for Money-Saving Next-Generation Rockets |
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Russia is a fundamental partner in the joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos space corporation ExoMars, Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Roberto Battiston told Sputnik.
ExoMars is the first project in the history of collaboration between the European Union and Russia that aims to search for life on Mars. The project started with the launch of a Ru ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 31, 2017New MAVEN findings reveal how Mars' atmosphere was lost to space  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Potential Mars Airplane Resumes Flight  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2017Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits |
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Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite measurement and control authority on Wednesday.
Yuanwang-5 left port Wednesday and Yuanwang-6 started its journey Monday.
Yuanwang-7 and the rocket transporting fleet will set sail in Apr ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing  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 |
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Ukraine's State Space Agency Chairman Yuriy Radchenko said that Ukraine is expected to carry out launch of a telecommunications satellite in the fourth quarter of 2017.
Ukraine is expected to carry out launch of a telecommunications satellite in the fourth quarter of 2017, Ukraine's State Space Agency Chairman Yuriy Radchenko said at the Space Symposium on Tuesday.
"For the current y ... more Rio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017Russian Satellite Builder Reshetnev Fully Switches to Import Substitution  Rio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017Russia Offering Brazil to Develop Gonets-Like Satellite System - Manufacturer  McLean VA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Intelsat-OneWeb Merger: Enhanced Connections for Government Users |
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The U.S. Strategic Command is to share space situational services and data with Norwegian government agencies under a memorandum of understanding.
The memo was signed earlier this week by U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier, USSTRATCOM director of plans and policy, and Royal Norwegian Air Force Col. Stig Nilsson, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense head of the space program,
... more Washington (UPI) Apr 6, 2017Citizen scientist photographs space station space debris from Earth  Paris (ESA) Apr 06, 2017European conference on space debris risks and mitigation  Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 06, 2017SES and Thales Unveil Next-Generation Capabilities Onboard SES-17 |
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Vast Arctic landscapes may appear to be desolate, barren places, but take a look through a microscope and you'll see thriving ecosystems. The top few meters of ice are home to an estimated hundred million billion trillion (or 10 to the power of 29) microorganisms.
That's why Joseph Cook, a researcher at the University of Sheffield in the U.K., describes it as a frozen rainforest. "I thi ... more Paris (ESA) Apr 07, 2017Exoplanet mission gets ticket to ride  Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017TRAPPIST-1 flares threaten possibility of habitability on surrounding exoplanets  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Apr 07, 2017Atmosphere around super-earth detected |
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New research suggests Neptune's transition from the inner to the outer solar system was relatively slow and steady. The clues to the nature of Neptune's ancient move were discovered in the Kuiper belt, a massive ring of space debris - mostly icy fragments - lying beyond Neptune's orbit.
Most of the millions of objects in the Kuiper belt are red in color, but a minority of objects are ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 07, 2017Hubble takes close-up portrait of Jupiter  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Four unknown objects being investigated in Planet X  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017New Horizons Halfway from Pluto to Next Flyby Target |
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 Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Graphene-oxide membranes have attracted considerable attention as promising candidates for new filtration technologies. Now the much sought-after development of making membranes capable of sieving common salts has been achieved. New research demonstrates the real-world potential of providing clean drinking water for millions of people who struggle to access adequate clean water sources.
Th ... more Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Where the Jordan stops flowing  Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2017L3 Technologies acquires autonomous underwater robot manufacturer  Lawrence KS (SPX) Mar 31, 2017'Weather whiplash' triggered by changing climate will degrade Midwest's drinking water |
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China's home-grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will expand its cooperation to Thailand and Sri Lanka, and then to the entire Southeast Asia, in a bid to go global, the system's operator has said.
Du Li, general manager of Wuhan Optics Valley BeiDou Holding Group Co., told Xinhua recently that his company will continue to explore models for international scientific and technica ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017ISRO Beams in Private Firm to Make Two Satellites for Navigation  London, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Satnavs 'switch off' parts of the brain  London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Technology can reduce GPS outages from Northern Lights, researchers say |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
While orbiting the Moon in 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 photographed a strange geological feature - a bumpy, D-shaped depression about two miles long and a mile wide - that has fascinated planetary scientists ever since. Some have suggested that the feature, known as Ina, is evidence of a volcanic eruption Moon within the past 100 million years - a billion years or so after most volcanic activity ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017Surviving the long dark night of the Moon  Bengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From India  Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 07, 2017 
Rosetta's pioneering mission to explore a comet in unprecedented detail completed operations last year. As the science continues, members of the public, as well as scientists, can freely access hundreds of papers that reveal the comet's secrets. A special issue of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society is the latest journal to provide this service.
On 30 September 2016, after a ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2017Ceres' temporary atmosphere linked to solar activity  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 03, 2017Comet That Took a Century to Confirm Passes by Earth  London, Canada (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Wrong-way asteroid plays 'chicken' with Jupiter |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Aerosols are collections of fine particles, either biological or of other types, in suspension in a gaseous medium. They play a major role in cloud formation and therefore have a strong impact on climate models. They are however extremely hard to study due to the small size and immense variety of their constituent particles.
But researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerlan ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Monitoring pollen using an aircraft  Paris (AFP) April 4, 2017How Britain became an island  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 30, 2017NASA spacecraft investigate clues in radiation belts |
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Magnetic reconnection, a universal process that triggers solar flares and northern lights and can disrupt cell phone service and fusion experiments, occurs much faster than theory says that it should. Now researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Germany's Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics have discovered a source of the speed-up in ... more Boston MA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Next Stop: A Trip Inside the Sun's Atmosphere  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Waves on sun give NASA new insight into space weather forecasting  Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Sunrise 2: A Second Look At The Sun |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
A mysterious flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained. This source likely comes from some sort of destructive event, but may be of a variety that scientists have never seen before.
"The Chandra telescope," notes Kavli IPMU Principal Investigator Ken'ichi Nomoto, "is designed to detect X-ray emissions from very hot regi ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Reading between the lines of highly turbulent plasmas  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Mysterious bursts of energy do come from outer space  Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Seeing the Whole Galaxy with a 'Second Eye on the Sky' |
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When NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale - or MMS - mission was launched, the scientists knew it would answer questions fundamental to the nature of our universe - and MMS hasn't disappointed.
A new finding, presented in a paper in Nature Communications, provides observational proof of a 50-year-old theory and reshapes the basic understanding of a type of wave in space known as a kinetic Alfv ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Scientists recreate space particle collisions inside Large Hadron Collider  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Lego figures don't stand a chance against time reversal  Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Ready for the new kelvin |
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