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  Darmstadt, Germany (ESA) Apr 21, 2017 With more than 750 000 pieces of dangerous debris now orbiting Earth, the urgent need for coordinated international action to ensure the long-term sustainability of spaceflight is a major finding from Europe's largest-ever conference on space debris. "We require a coordinated global solution to what is, after all, a global problem that affects critical satellites delivering services to all of us," said Brigitte Zypries, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, at a press briefing o ... read more |
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When Swarm met SteveParis (ESA) Apr 24, 2017 Thanks to social media and the power of citizen scientists chasing the northern lights, a new feature was discovered recently. Nobody knew what this strange ribbon of purple light was, so ... it was ... more  
India to Launch Carrier Rocket With Higher Payload Capacity in MayNew Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to launch a carrier rocket capable of lifting heavy satellites in May, ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar said on Wednesday. "Next month, we have sch ... more 
Russian MoD to Further Develop Plesetsk Cosmodrome InfrastructureMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 The Russian Defense Ministry will further develop the infrastructure of the Russian spaceport Plesetsk to increase the number of yearly satellite launches, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sai ... more 
Airbus Safran Launchers initiates production of the Ariane 6 ground qualification modelsParis, France (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 With "Maturity Gate 6.1", Airbus Safran Launchers and its industrial partners have passed a major milestone in the development of Ariane 6, under contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). ... more |
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Aerojet Rocketdyne completes qualification tests on reusable rocket engineSacramento CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 Aerojet Rocketdyne has completed hot-fire qualification tests of an engine that demonstrates the ability to meet reusability requirements for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 Starliner c ... more  
Lack of Oxygen Not a Showstopper For LifeMoffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 The hot springs of Yellowstone National Park may be extreme environments, but they are host to a diversity of microbes that could shed light on the evolution of life on Earth and, perhaps, what lurk ... more  
Danish Martian Experts Get Their Hands on a Piece of 'Black Beauty'Copenhagen (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 Humans have yet to set foot on Mars, but meteorites have been, by far, the most frequent visitors from outer space on Earth. Recently, one which has been dubbed "Black Beauty" landed in the hands of ... more  
India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectorsNew Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 ISRO is working on mining lunar dust, which is rich in Helium, and transport back it to India, said Dr Sivathanu Pillai, an ISRO scientist who earlier worked as the chief of the Indo-Russian venture ... more 
New Look at 2004's Martian Hole-in-One SitePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 24, 2017 A new observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures the landing platform that the rover Opportunity left behind in Eagle Crater more than 13 years and 27 miles (or 44 kilometers ... more  
Satellite dishes reconnect post-IS Mosul to worldMosul, Iraq (AFP) April 20, 2017 Satellite dishes have been sprouting on the rooftops of east Mosul since it was retaken from the Islamic State group, who punished anyone caught with a dish with the lash. ... more |
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 'I'm Your Venus, I'm Your Fire': Why Earth's Planetary Twin Is So Dangerous  
Simulated Galaxies Provide Fresh Evidence of Dark MatterDurham, UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 Observations of the Coma cluster carried out by Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky in 1933 implied that the system's total gravitating mass was far larger than that which could be detected from starlight ... more 
Hubble's cosmic bubblesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 This entrancing image shows a few of the tenuous threads that comprise Sh2-308, a faint and wispy shell of gas located 5,200 light-years away in the constellation of Canis Major (The Great Dog). ... more 
Keck captures rare high-resolution images of exploded starKamuela HI (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 Scientists will now be able to measure how fast the universe is truly expanding with the kind of precision not possible before. This, after an international team of astronomers led by Stockholm Univ ... more  
Arianespace, Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT sign a new Launch Services Agreement, for Horizons 3eTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 Arianespace has announced that it will launch Horizons 3e, a satellite belonging to the Horizons joint venture owned by Intelsat (NYSE: I) and SKY Perfect JSAT. Arianespace will orbit this Boeing-bu ... more |
  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 20, 2017 
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian and an American reached the International Space Station Thursday, completing the first two-man flight to the ISS in over a decade.
The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft with veteran Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and NASA rookie Jack Fischer onboard successfully docked to the ISS at 1319 GMT, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
Manned launches to the ISS ... more Washington DC (AFNS) Apr 24, 2017Astronaut Airman launched to International Space Station  Houston TX (SPX) Apr 23, 2017Cygnus docks with ISS, delivering 28 Cubesats from multiple customers  Miami (AFP) April 22, 2017Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to launch a carrier rocket capable of lifting heavy satellites in May, ISRO Chairman Kiran Kumar said on Wednesday.
"Next month, we have scheduled the launch of GSLV-Mk III-D1," Kumar said, as cited by the PTI news agency.
The GSLV-Mk III-D1, or Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III, is a launch vehicle developed by ISRO ... moreSacramento CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne completes qualification tests on reusable rocket engine Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017Russian MoD to Further Develop Plesetsk Cosmodrome Infrastructure Paris, France (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Airbus Safran Launchers initiates production of the Ariane 6 ground qualification models |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 
Brown University researchers have published the most detailed geological history to date for a region of Mars known as Northeast Syrtis Major, a spot high on NASA's list of potential landing sites for its next Mars rover to be launched in 2020.
The region is home to a striking mineral diversity, including deposits that indicate a variety of past environments that could have hosted life. Us ... moreCopenhagen (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017Danish Martian Experts Get Their Hands on a Piece of 'Black Beauty' Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 24, 2017New Look at 2004's Martian Hole-in-One Site  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017Mars Rover Opportunity Leaves 'Tribulation' |
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 Wenchang, China (AFP) April 20, 2017 
A Chinese rocket successfully sent the country's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, into space from the southern island province of Hainan Thursday.
Fuelled by liquid oxygen and kerosene, the Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket blasted off from Hainan's Wenchang Space Launch Center at 7:41 pm (11:41 GMT).
Hundreds of spectators who had been waiting to observe the launch since the afternoon ... more Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2017Are human space babies conceivable?  Beijing (AFP) April 22, 2017China's first cargo spacecraft docks with space lab Wenchang, China (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2017Tianzhou-1 space truck soars into orbit |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 
Arianespace has announced that it will launch Horizons 3e, a satellite belonging to the Horizons joint venture owned by Intelsat (NYSE: I) and SKY Perfect JSAT. Arianespace will orbit this Boeing-built payload in the launch period starting late 2018 on an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
Horizons 3e will complete Intelsat's global EpicNG network. The high-throughput ... more McLean VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Airbus and Intelsat team up for more capacity  McLean VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Commercial Space Operators To Canada: "We're Here, and We can Help"  McLean VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Antenna Innovation Benefits the Government Customer |
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 Darmstadt, Germany (ESA) Apr 21, 2017 
With more than 750 000 pieces of dangerous debris now orbiting Earth, the urgent need for coordinated international action to ensure the long-term sustainability of spaceflight is a major finding from Europe's largest-ever conference on space debris.
"We require a coordinated global solution to what is, after all, a global problem that affects critical satellites delivering services to all ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA Missions  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2017By listening to optical 'noise,' researchers discover new way to track hidden objects  Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Nature: 3-D-printing of glass now possible |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 21, 2017 
Few places are as hostile to life as Chile's Atacama Desert. It's the driest place on Earth, and only the hardiest microbes survive there. Its rocky landscape has lain undisturbed for eons, exposed to extreme temperatures and radiation from the sun.
If you can find life here, you might be able to find it in an even harsher environment - like the surface of Mars. That's why a team of resear ... more London, UK (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Oceans Galore: Most Habitable Planets May Lack Dry Land  Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Newly Discovered Exoplanet May be Best Candidate in Search for Signs of Life  New York NY (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Breakthrough Listen Publishes Initial Results |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordinary details about a recently discovered far-flung member of our solar system, the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee.
At about three times the current distance of Pluto from the Sun, DeeDee is the second most distant known trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with a confirmed ... more Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Nap Time for New Horizons  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Hubble spots auroras on Uranus  Leicester, UK (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Cold' Great Spot discovered on Jupiter |
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 Sede Boqer, Israel (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed novel ultrafiltration membranes that significantly improve the virus-removal process from treated municipal wastewater used for drinking in water-scarce cities.
Current membrane filtration methods require intensive energy to adequately remove pathogenic viruses ... more Kiev (AFP) April 20, 2017Ukraine's Mariupol to be without hot water for months  Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Fewer sharks equals fatter fish, research shows  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Sea scorpions: The original sea monster |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2017 
Rice University computer scientists are mapping a new solution for interior navigational location detection by linking it to existing sensors in mobile devices. Their results were presented in a paper at last month's 2017 Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Six months ago, the same researchers published a paper on their first technology for a n ... more Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017Galileo's search and rescue service in the spotlight  Managua (AFP) April 7, 2017Russia inaugurates GPS-type satellite station in Nicaragua  Washington (UPI) Apr 7, 2017Northrop Grumman, Honeywell receive EGI-M contracts |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 23, 2017 
On April 7, the Swedish Institute of Space Physics successfully delivered the flight model of the Advanced Small Analyzer for Neutrals (ASAN) instrument to the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China.
The ASAN instrument will be launched at the end of 2018 onboard the Chinese Chang'e 4 mission to the Moon. Chang'e 4 consists of an orbiter, lander ... moreNew Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectors  Houston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2017NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic Field  Providence RI (SPX) Mar 30, 2017How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true age |
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 Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017  A peanut-shaped asteroid 1.3 kilometres (3,280 feet) across streaked past Earth on Wednesday, giving astronomers a rare chance to check out a big space rock up close.
But not too close.
Dubbed 2014-JO25, the asteroid came nearest at 12:20 GMT and is now hurtling away from the centre of our solar system, said Ian Carnelli, an astronomer from the European Space Agency (ESA).
"It does ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017NASA images Asteroid 2014 JO25 using radar prior to flyby |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 24, 2017 
Thanks to social media and the power of citizen scientists chasing the northern lights, a new feature was discovered recently. Nobody knew what this strange ribbon of purple light was, so ... it was called Steve. ESA's Swarm magnetic field mission has now also met Steve and is helping to understand the nature of this new-found feature. Speaking at the recent Swarm science meeting in Canada, Eric ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 18, 2017'Detergent' Molecules May Drive Recent Methane Changes  Bristol, UK (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Banned industrial solvent sheds new light on methane mystery  Aurora CO (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Raytheon speeds delivery and secures satellite weather data |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
NASA has long been a leader in understanding the science of space weather, including research into the potential for induced electrical currents to disrupt our power systems. Last year, NASA scientists worked with scientists and engineers from research institutions and industry during a pair of intensive week-long workshops in order to assess the state of science surrounding this type of space w ... more Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Hawaii-built Infrared Instrument for World's Largest Solar Telescope Catches its First Rays  Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Charting the skies of history  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Discovery of a source of fast magnetic reconnection |
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 Durham, UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 
Observations of the Coma cluster carried out by Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky in 1933 implied that the system's total gravitating mass was far larger than that which could be detected from starlight or emission from intra-cluster gas. He proposed "dunkle Materie," or dark matter, as a binding agent for the cluster.
As years passed, new and more refined observations of clusters and of indiv ... more Paris (ESA) Apr 21, 2017Gaia's Snapshot Of Another Galaxy  Paris (ESA) Apr 21, 2017Two Million Stars On The Move Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Hubble's cosmic bubbles |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
At the center of the Centaurus galaxy cluster, there is a large elliptical galaxy called NGC 4696. Deeper still, there is a supermassive black hole buried within the core of this galaxy.
New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes has revealed details about this giant black hole, located some 145 million light years from Earth. Although the black hole itself is unde ... more Mumbai, India (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Can we see a singularity, the most extreme object in the universe?  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Quantum mechanics are complex enough, for now...  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Supermassive black holes found in 2 tiny galaxies |
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