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Government space program spending reaches 62B dollars in 2016 Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 30, 2017 According to Euroconsult's newly released research report, Government Space Programs: Benchmarks, Profiles and Forecasts to 2026, global space budgets totaled $62.2 billion in 2016, down 2% from the previous year. Governments launched 75 satellites, less than the historical peak of 2015 but in line with the last five year average. "The good news is that 2017 should mark a turning point with budgets recovering growth after five years of erosion," said Steve Bochinger, COO at Euroconsult and editor ... read more |
Airbus further extends channel partner program for military satellite communications in Asia Singapore (SPX) May 30, 2017 Airbus has added Planet Communications Asia Public Co., Ltd. (PlanetComm) to its channel partner programme for Skynet 5 military satellite communication services and expanded the partnership with Sp ... more McLean VA (SPX) May 30, 2017 Iridium Communications has the second launch for the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation has been moved earlier, and is now targeted for June 25, 2017 at 1:24:59 pm PDT with an instantaneous launch ... more Washington (AFP) May 26, 2017 The US military will try to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile in a landmark test of a defense system that comes amid broad tensions over North Korea's weapons program, the Pentagon said Friday. ... more Onna, Japan (SPX) May 30, 2017 Traditional chemistry is immensely powerful when it comes to producing very diverse and very complex microscopic chemical molecules. But one thing out of reach is the synthesis of large structures u ... more |
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NASA honors Kennedy's space vision on 100th birthday Washington (UPI) May 29, 2017 NASA is honoring the space vision and legacy of President John F. Kennedy, who was born 100 years ago Monday. ... more Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2017 The discovery of viable spores and DNA fragments of Earth-based microorganisms resistant to unfavorable conditions 250 miles above the Earth's surface substantiates the proposal to expand the bounda ... more Beijing (XNA) May 30, 2017 China's new space telescope to be launched soon will probe many mysteries of the universe, including the belching "big eaters" - active galactic nuclei at the most remote edges of the universe. ... more Atlanta GA (SPX) May 30, 2017 For much of its first two billion years, Earth was a very different place: oxygen was scarce, microbial life ruled, and the sun was significantly dimmer than it is today. Yet the rock record shows t ... more Paris (ESA) May 30, 2017 ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is returning to the International Space Station next year and has revealed his mission name and logo: Horizons. Alexander is the first of ESA's class of 2009 astr ... more Washington DC (Sputnik) May 26, 2017 US defense giant Lockheed Martin won nearly $46 million to manufacture two Space Based Infrared System missile warning satellites, the Defense Department said in a press release. "Lockheed Mar ... more |
Russia's Next-Gen Military Satellite Launched Atop Soyuz-2.1b Carrier - MoD Sydney (AFP) May 26, 2017 Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North Korea is not reined in, Australia's foreign minister said Friday after talks in New York. ... more Germantown MD (SPX) May 30, 2017 Hughes Network Systems, reports that its JUPITER System has been selected by Global-IP Cayman as the technology platform to enable its mission of bringing high-performance connectivity to mobile dev ... more Cambridge UK (SPX) May 30, 2017 Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are layered semiconductors that can be exfoliated into layers only a few atoms thick. Recent research has shown that some TMDs can contain quantum light sourc ... more Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) May 30, 2017 A new type of nanocatalyst can result in the long-awaited commercial breakthrough for fuel cell cars. Research results from Chalmers University of Technology and Technical University of Denmark show ... more |
Washington DC (SPX) May 24, 2017 DARPA has selected The Boeing Company to complete advanced design work for the Agency's Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program, which aims to build and fly the first of an entirely new class of hypersonic aircraft that would bolster national security by providing short-notice, low-cost access to space. The program aims to achieve a capability well out of reach today-launches to low Earth o ... more First Year of BEAM Demo Offers Valuable Data on Expandable Habitats MIT researchers engineer shape-shifting food NASA honors Kennedy's space vision on 100th birthday |
Sparks NV (SPX) May 29, 2017 Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) successfully passed the third integration milestone for the Dream Chaser program under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS2) program, bringing it a major step closer to providing resupply services to the International Space Station (ISS). CRS2 Integration Review #3 (IR3) confirmed SNC's Dream Chaser Cargo System design meets NASA's key requirements an ... more NASA's Space Launch System Engine Testing Heats Up Successful launch puts New Zealand in space race Russia to create new Super-Heavy Class rocket after 2025 |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of Perseverance Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to survey the valley from the top and to perform a walk-about survey above the spillway. On Sol 4733 (May 17, 2017), the robotic arm was used to point the Microscopic Imager (MI) up at the sky for some long overdue sky flat calibration images, and in support ... more Student-Made Mars Rover Concepts Lift Off Illinois Company Among Hundreds Supporting NASA Mission to Mars Schiaparelli landing investigation completed |
Washington DC (Sputnik) May 24, 2017 A woman in the US state of California was arrested Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to smuggle space communications technology to China, the US Department of Justice said in a press release. "A Pomona woman was arrested this morning on federal charges that accuse her of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications technology to her native China," the release st ... more A cabin on the moon? China hones the lunar lifestyle China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020 |
Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 30, 2017 According to Euroconsult's newly released research report, Government Space Programs: Benchmarks, Profiles and Forecasts to 2026, global space budgets totaled $62.2 billion in 2016, down 2% from the previous year. Governments launched 75 satellites, less than the historical peak of 2015 but in line with the last five year average. "The good news is that 2017 should mark a turning point wit ... more New Target Date for Second Iridium NEXT Launch New Horizons for Alexander Gerst Satellite industry supports FCC proposal to reduce internet regulations for service providers |
Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2017 On Oct.13, 2014 something very strange happened to the camera aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), which normally produces beautifully clear images of the lunar surface, produced an image that was wild and jittery. From the sudden and jagged pattern apparent in the image, the LROC team determined that the camera must have been hit by a ... more Two simple building blocks produce complex 3-D material Achieving magnetic order in two-dimensional materials Using light to rearrange macroscopic structures |
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Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2017 The discovery of viable spores and DNA fragments of Earth-based microorganisms resistant to unfavorable conditions 250 miles above the Earth's surface substantiates the proposal to expand the boundaries of its biosphere, Russia's State Space Corporation Roscosmos said Monday. Roscosmos cosmonauts had collected 19 samples of cosmic dust from the surface of the International Space Station (I ... more Russia thinks microorganisms may be living outside the space station The race to trace TRAPPIST-1h Water forms superstructure around DNA, new study shows |
Miami (AFP) May 25, 2017 An unmanned NASA spaceship circling Jupiter has spotted massive cyclones at the gas giant's poles, revealing stunning new details about our solar system's largest planet, researchers said Thursday. A NASA statement described the planet as "a complex, gigantic, turbulent world" that is far different than scientists previously thought. Two papers in the journal Science and 44 papers in Geo ... more A whole new Jupiter with first science results from Juno First Juno Science Results Supported by University's Jupiter 'Forecast' First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism |
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New York NY (SPX) May 28, 2017 For years, scientists have been warning of a so-called "hot spot" of accelerated sea-level rise along the northeastern U.S. coast. But accurately modeling this acceleration as well as variations in sea-level rise from one region to another has proven challenging. Now an upcoming paper in Geophysical Research Letters offers the first comprehensive model for understanding differences in sea ... more LA lawns use 70 billion gallons of water a year Great Barrier Reef bleaching worse than first thought How X-rays helped to solve mystery of floating rocks |
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 Researchers working toward indoor location detection Galileo's search and rescue service in the spotlight Russia inaugurates GPS-type satellite station in Nicaragua |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017 Tenacity and drive are hallmarks of Cornell University's Cislunar Explorers Team. But there is another key factor in building and testing their spacecraft: Just add water. "The core concept behind our work is using water as rocket fuel," said project manager Kyle Patrick Doyle. "It's something that we've been looking at for a long time, and it's exciting to have a chance to test our techno ... more Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission |
London, Canada (SPX) May 29, 2017 Almost two billion years ago, a 10-kilometre-wide chunk of space slammed down into rock near what is now the city of Sudbury. Now, scientists from Western University and the University of Portsmouth are marrying details of that meteorite impact with technology that measures surrounding crystal fragments as a way to date other ancient meteorite strikes. The pioneering technique is helping a ... more NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid Movie Shows Ceres at Opposition from Sun Twisting an Asteroid |
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Luxembourg (SPX) May 30, 2017 SES report the successful integration of NASA's Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) hosted payload with SES-14. GOLD will employ an ultraviolet imaging spectrograph to measure densities and temperatures in the Earth's thermosphere and ionosphere in response to Sun-Earth interaction. It is aimed at revolutionizing scientists' understanding of this part of the space e ... more NASA's CYGNSS Satellite Constellation Begins Public Data Release AU-EU joint space-based initiative calls for proposals GSLV to launch US-India NISAR EO Satellite |
Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017 A team of NASA scientists and international partners used data from the the high-precision science instrument CLASP - the Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter - to provide the first-ever polarization measurements of ultraviolet light emitted from the sun's outer atmosphere. Previous polarization measurements were restricted to visible light that is emitted from the sun's surface. ... more UV Spectropolarimetry Opens a New Window for Solar Physics Research Space weather events linked to human activity First direct exploration of magnetic fields in the upper solar atmosphere |
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Raleigh NC (SPX) May 29, 2017 Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered a technique for controlling light with electric fields. "Our method is similar to the technique used to provide the computing capabilities of computers," says Linyou Cao, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at NC State and corresponding author of a paper on the work. "In computers, an electric field is ... more First Stone Ceremony for ESO's Extremely Large Telescope Understanding Star Formation in the Nucleus of Galaxy IC 342 New NASA Mission to Study Mysterious Neutron Stars, Aid in Deep Space Navigation |
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) May 26, 2017 Astronomers have discovered a new kind of galaxy in the early universe, less than a billion years after the Big Bang. These galaxies are forming stars more than a hundred times faster than our own Milky Way. The discovery could explain an earlier finding: a population of surprisingly massive galaxies at a time 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, which would require such hyper-productive ... more Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole Unveiling the quantum necklace VLA reveals new object near supermassive black hole in famous galaxy |
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