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  London UK (SPX) May 05, 2017 Reaction Engines Ltd. has begun construction of a new engine test facility where it plans to undertake the first ground based demonstration of its revolutionary SABRE air-breathing rocket engine. The test facility at Westcott, Buckinghamshire, will enable Reaction Engines to test critical subsystems along with the testing of a SABRE engine core, which will commence in 2020. The project represents a substantial investment for Reaction Engines, which will consist of a multipurpose propulsion t ... read more |
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Test site for ESA-backed airbreathing engineParis (ESA) May 05, 2017 Work has begun on building the UK's latest rocket engine test facility, designed for firing the engine core of the ESA-backed SABRE propulsion system within three years. The Synergistic Air-Br ... more 
Arianespace orbits telecom satellites for Brazil and South KoreaKourou, French Guiana (ESA) May 04, 2017 Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites: SGDC for Visiona Tecnologia Espacial S.A, on behalf of the Brazilian operator Telebras S.A. and the Brazilian government; and ... more  
NASA Rover Curiosity Samples Active Linear Dune on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017 As it drives uphill from a band of rippled sand dunes, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is toting a fistful of dark sand for onboard analysis that will complete the rover's investigation of those dunes. ... more  
Orbital Insight invests $50M in satellite and drone imagery analysis businessMountain View CA (SPX) May 04, 2017 Orbital Insight, a geospatial analytics and software company, reports it has closed a $50 million Series C round led by existing investor Sequoia Capital, with participation from new investors Envis ... more |
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Information Assurance: The U.S. Military's Growing Need for What Commercial SATCOM Providers OfferMcLean VA (SPX) May 04, 2017 When the U.S. military began using satellite communications many decades ago, space was a sanctuary. That's no longer the case today. New potential adversaries and a proliferation of non-kinetic tec ... more  
Nearly half of all commercial aircraft to be connected by 2021Paris (SPX) May 05, 2017 According to Euroconsult's newly released report, Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity, over 17,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to their passengers by 2021, up from ... more  
Research sheds new light on 'world's oldest animal fossils'Bristol UK (SPX) May 04, 2017 A team of researchers, led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered that ancient fossils, thought to be some of the world's earliest examples of animal remains, could in fact belong to other grou ... more  
Antarctic Peninsula ice more stable than thoughtLeeds UK (SPX) May 04, 2017 Glacier flow at the southern Antarctic Peninsula has increased since the 1990s, but a new study has found the change to be only a third of what was recently reported. An international team of ... more  
Blue Sky Network Targets Key Markets For Iridium SATCOM SolutionsSan Diego CA (SPX) May 05, 2017 Blue Sky Network, an industry-leading global provider of cloud based tracking solutions, reports that Sales Director Jerry Lee will be leading a contingent to the Great Alaska Aviation Gathering thi ... more  
Space Flight Laboratory deploys CanX-7 drag sailsToronto, Canada (SPX) May 05, 2017 After collecting over 4.3 million Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) messages from aircraft since it launched in September 2016, the 3.5 kilogram 10x10x34cm CanX-7 nanosatellite de ... more |
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NASA Awards $100,000 in First Printing Stage of 3D-Printed Habitat ChallengeHuntsville AL (SPX) May 05, 2017 Seven teams working on technology that could someday be used to create habitats from materials on other worlds have completed the first printing segment of NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge. NASA ... more  
New Tool May Assist US Regional Sea Level PlanningPasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017 Thanks in large part to satellite measurements, scientists' skill in measuring how much sea levels are rising on a global scale - currently 0.13 inch (3.4 millimeters) per year - has improved dramat ... more 
AIRS: 15 Years of Seeing What's in the AirPasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017 Accurate weather forecasts save lives. NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument, launched on this date 15 years ago on NASA's Aqua satellite, significantly increased weather forecasting ... more  
Light has new capacity for electronicsWashington DC (SPX) May 04, 2017 Characters in some of the more futuristic science fiction films, like "Minority Report" and "Iron Man," control computer displays with slick and deliberate hand motions. In "Minority Report," the pr ... more |
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  Houston TX (SPX) May 04, 2017 
Strawberries, rhubarb, rolled oats, flour, coconut sugar, orange juice and a pinch of orange zest. Those are the basic ingredients in a recipe that high school students have cooked up for astronauts to enjoy aboard the International Space Station.
Twenty-eight teams of high school students from Alabama, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Virginia and the Houston and Dallas areas competed in r ... more Phoenix AZ (SPX) May 03, 2017Honeywell And Paragon To Create Life Support Technology For Future NASA Space Missions  Daytona Beach, FL (SPX) May 01, 201712 Scientist-Astronaut Candidates Graduate at Embry-Riddle Through Project PoSSUM  Vancouver (AFP) April 30, 2017Elon Musk teases future plans at TED |
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Reaction Engines Ltd. has begun construction of a new engine test facility where it plans to undertake the first ground based demonstration of its revolutionary SABRE air-breathing rocket engine.
The test facility at Westcott, Buckinghamshire, will enable Reaction Engines to test critical subsystems along with the testing of a SABRE engine core, which will commence in 2020.
The proje ... moreKourou, French Guiana (ESA) May 04, 2017Arianespace orbits telecom satellites for Brazil and South Korea  Paris (AFP) May 3, 2017Strike-delayed European rocket launch to go ahead Paris (ESA) May 05, 2017Test site for ESA-backed airbreathing engine |
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 Tokyo, Japan (The Conversation) May 03, 2017 
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced a mission to visit the two moons of Mars and return a rock sample to Earth. It's a plan to uncover both the mystery of the moons' creation and, perhaps, how life began in our Solar System.
The Solar System's planets take their names from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Mars is the god of war, while the red planet's two moons ar ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2017Several drives put opportunity closer to 'Perseverance Valley' Pasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017NASA Rover Curiosity Samples Active Linear Dune on Mars  Fayetteville, AR (SPX) May 04, 2017Is Anything Tough Enough to Survive on Mars |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017 
China plans to conduct several manned space flights from 2019 to 2022, during which a 60-tonne space station will be assembled and built, said Wang Zhaoyao, director of China's manned space program office, Friday.
"Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, was the last flight mission of the country's manned space program before the construction of a permanent space station," Wang said at ... more Beijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity  Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes in-orbit refueling  Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017China courts international coalition set up to promote space cooperation |
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Blue Sky Network, an industry-leading global provider of cloud based tracking solutions, reports that Sales Director Jerry Lee will be leading a contingent to the Great Alaska Aviation Gathering this weekend (May 6th - 7th). The event is the largest free-entry aviation trade show in America with nearly 25,000 attendees.
"Alaska has more licensed pilots per capita than any state in the unio ... more Carlsbad CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017ViaSat-2 Satellite to Launch on June 1  Paris (ESA) Apr 26, 2017ESA boosting its Argentine link with deep space  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Arianespace, Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT sign a new Launch Services Agreement, for Horizons 3e |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 03, 2017 
When spacecraft and satellites travel through space they encounter tiny, fast moving particles of space dust and debris. If the particle travels fast enough, its impact appears to create electromagnetic radiation (in the form of radio waves) that can damage or even disable the craft's electronic systems.
A new study published this week in the journal Physics of Plasmas, from AIP Publishing ... more Leicester UK (SPX) May 03, 2017Ground Control Satellite Dish Arrives at University of Leicester  Washington DC (SPX) May 05, 2017NASA Seeks 'FabLab' Concepts for In-Space Manufacturing Huntsville AL (SPX) May 05, 2017NASA Awards $100,000 in First Printing Stage of 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge |
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NASA's flying observatory, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, recently completed a detailed study of a nearby planetary system. The investigations confirmed that this nearby planetary system has an architecture remarkably similar to that of our solar system.
Located 10.5 light-years away in the southern constellation Eridanus, the star Epsilon Eridani, Eps Eri for ... more Ames IA (SPX) May 03, 2017Nearby Star Confirmed as Good Model of Our Early Solar System  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017Research Center A Hub For Origins of Life Studies  Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 02, 2017Next Breakthroughs in Exoplanet Discovery |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) May 02, 2017 
Three weeks ago we put our New Horizons spacecraft into hibernation mode, the first time we'd done that since late 2014, before the Pluto flyby. By coincidence, that same day - April 7-was also the exact halfway mark on the calendar between our Pluto and Kuiper Belt object (KBO) flybys!
The hibernation period we're in will last through mid-September. Every Monday between now and then, the ... more Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017ALMA investigates 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system  Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Nap Time for New Horizons  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Hubble spots auroras on Uranus |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017 
Thanks in large part to satellite measurements, scientists' skill in measuring how much sea levels are rising on a global scale - currently 0.13 inch (3.4 millimeters) per year - has improved dramatically over the past quarter century. But at the local level, it's been harder to estimate specific regional sea level changes 10 or 20 years away - the critical timeframe for regional planners and de ... more Oslo (AFP) May 2, 2017Norway billionaire reveals plan to give away his fortune  New York NY (SPX) May 04, 2017Some corals adapting to warming climate  Vancouver, Canada (SPX) May 03, 2017New coral bleaching database to help predict fate of global reefs |
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 Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 
At 25-years old, Global Positioning System Satellite Vehicle Number 27 completed its time in orbit before the 2nd Space Operations Squadron said goodbye via final command and disposal here April 18. SVN 27 was launched in 1992, meaning it performed more than triple its design life of 7.5 years.
"The most interesting thing about this process for me, was the ability to do some experimentatio ... more Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Researchers working toward indoor location detection  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 |
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 Paris (ESA) May 04, 2017 
Bricks have been 3D printed out of simulated moondust using concentrated sunlight - proving in principle that future lunar colonists could one day use the same approach to build settlements on the Moon.
"We took simulated lunar material and cooked it in a solar furnace," explains materials engineer Advenit Makaya, overseeing the project for ESA.
"This was done on a 3D printer table, ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) May 02, 2017NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS  Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 23, 2017Swedish Institute of Space Physics goes back to the Moon |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) May 04, 2017 
Meteorite impacts can produce more than craters on the Earth - they can also spark volcanic activity that shapes its surface and climate by bringing up material from depth. That is the Ancient meteorite impact sparked long-lived volcanic eruptions on Earth finding of an international team, led by geochemists from Trinity College Dublin, who discovered that large impacts can be followed by intens ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017Dawn Observing Ceres; 3rd Reaction Wheel Malfunctions  Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 03, 2017 
In May, a team of Goddard scientists will begin measuring greenhouse gases over the Mid-Atlantic region - an area chosen in part because it encompasses a range of vegetation, climate, and soil types that would influence the exchange of carbon dioxide and methane between the Earth and the atmosphere.
The airborne campaign, called the Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment, or CARAFE, could help sc ... moreMountain View CA (SPX) May 04, 2017Orbital Insight invests $50M in satellite and drone imagery analysis business  Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2017GRACE-FO satellites get an earful Pasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017AIRS: 15 Years of Seeing What's in the Air |
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 Durham, UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017  Large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single process, according to new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun's activity. Researchers at Durham University, UK, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, used 3D computer simulations to show a theoretical link between large- and small-scale eruptions that were previously thought to be driven by differe ... more Beijing CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2017Interdisciplinary studies reveal relationship between solar activity and climate change  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 20, 2017NASA and Partners Survey Space Weather Science  Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Hawaii-built Infrared Instrument for World's Largest Solar Telescope Catches its First Rays |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 03, 2017 
Astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to study the properties of dark matter, the mysterious, invisible substance that makes up a majority of matter in the universe. The study, which involves 13 galaxy clusters, explores the possibility that dark matter may be more "fuzzy" than "cold," perhaps even adding to the complexity surrounding this cosmic conundrum.
For s ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 03, 2017Hubble's bright shining lizard star  Tucson AZ (SPX) May 04, 2017Four Questions: A Ride On NASA's Eye in the Sky  Menlo Park CA (SPX) May 03, 2017Origin of Milky Way's Hypothetical Dark Signal May Not Be So Dark |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 02, 2017 
Australian and German researchers have collaborated to develop a genetic algorithm to confirm the rejection of classical notions of causality.
Dr Alberto Peruzzo from RMIT University in Melbourne said: "Bell's theorem excludes classical concepts of causality and is now a cornerstone of modern physics.
"But despite the fundamental importance of this theorem, only recently was the firs ... more Beijing, China (SPX) May 02, 2017Towards largest-possible separation between quantum and classical query complexities  Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 03, 2017Physicists breeding Schroedinger cat states  Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017Perfect pitch: Scientists explore the mechanics of throwing |
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