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Lightning strike postpones SpaceX launch until Saturday![]() ![]() Kennedy Space Center FL (AFP) Jun 02, 2017 A lightning strike near Cape Canaveral forced SpaceX to delay until Saturday its first-ever cargo delivery to the astronauts living in orbit using a vessel that has already flown to space once before, NASA said Thursday. The lightning did not hit any of SpaceX's equipment but happened within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of the launch pad. The strike happened about 25 minutes before the scheduled launch at 5:55 pm (2155 GMT). "The lightning flight rule requires 30 minutes for you to clear t ... read more |
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![]() San Francisco (AFP) June 1, 2017 A colossal aircraft capable of launching satellite-toting rockets into space is closer to testing, having been rolled out of a hangar in the desert, its creators said on Wednesday. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 1, 2017 Japan successfully launched a satellite Thursday as part of a broader effort to build a homegrown geolocation system that boosts the accuracy of car navigation systems and smartphone maps to mere centimetres. ... more ![]() ![]() Sydney (AFP) May 31, 2017 The growing amount of fast-moving space debris orbiting the Earth could lead to catastrophic collisions with satellites, hurting economies, researchers warned Wednesday ahead of a summit to coordinate efforts to remove the junk. ... more ![]() ![]() Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017 A new NASA mission aims to brush by the sun, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and radiation in order to reveal how stars are made, the US space agency said Wednesday. ... more |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 NASA has renamed the Solar Probe Plus spacecraft - humanity's first mission to a star, which will launch in 2018 - as the Parker Solar Probe in honor of astrophysicist Eugene Parker. The announcemen ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 A new NASA study finds that during Greenland's hottest summers on record, 2010 and 2012, the ice in Rink Glacier on the island's west coast didn't just melt faster than usual, it slid through the gl ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017 On May 25, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun. The lunar transit lasted almost an hour, between ... more ![]() ![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 According to The Space Report, the global space economy grew by 9 percent in 2014, reaching a total of $330 billion worldwide. In response to the industry boom and expanded roles of both Unive ... more ![]() ![]() Coventry UK (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 A giant gas planet [or brown dwarf] - up to fifty times the mass of Jupiter, encircled by a ring of dust - is likely hurtling around a star more than a thousand light-years away from Earth, accordin ... more ![]() ![]() Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 e-GEOS, a firm made up by Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%), has entered into a 7.5-million- euro framework contract with the European Union Satellite Centre (SATCEN) for the suppl ... more |
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![]() ![]() Scientists detect light-matter interaction in single layer of atoms ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) May 24, 2017 General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has received a $40.8 million modification to an existing contract for production of the MK 82/MK 200 Missile Fire Control System director controller equipment. ... more ![]() ![]() Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) May 30, 2017 Sedimentary layers record the history of the Earth. They contain stratigraphic cycles and patterns that precisely reveal the succession of climatic and tectonic conditions that have occurred over mi ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2017 Although computer models of archaeological sites are ideal software tools for managing spatially referenced data and commonly used to yield insights which contribute to the protection of heritage ma ... more ![]() ![]() Shanghai (XNA) May 30, 2017 From shared bicycles to bank cards and unmanned patrol vehicles, China's home-grown BeiDou navigation system has increasing numbers of applications linked to the everyday life. Precise positio ... more |
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![]() Houston TX (SPX) May 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA honors Kennedy's space vision on 100th birthday ![]() ![]() Conch shells may inspire better helmets, body armor ![]() ![]() MIT researchers engineer shape-shifting food |
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![]() Kennedy Space Center FL (AFP) Jun 02, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Colossal rocket-launching plane rolls toward testing ![]() ![]() Dream Chaser Spacecraft Passes Major Milestone ![]() ![]() Dragon Spacecraft Prepared to Resupply International Space Station |
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![]() Los Alamos NM (SPX) May 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Student-Made Mars Rover Concepts Lift Off ![]() ![]() Illinois Company Among Hundreds Supporting NASA Mission to Mars ![]() ![]() Preparations Continue Before Driving into 'Perseverance Valley' |
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![]() Washington DC (Sputnik) May 24, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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 |
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![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Leading Global Air And Space Law Group Joins Reed Smith ![]() ![]() New Horizons for Alexander Gerst ![]() ![]() Government space program spending reaches 62B dollars in 2016 |
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![]() Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 30, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Space junk could destroy satellites, hurt economies ![]() ![]() New Zealand company partners with U.S. Army for engineered skin ![]() ![]() New method allows real-time monitoring of irradiated materials |
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![]() Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Russia thinks microorganisms may be living outside the space station ![]() ![]() The race to trace TRAPPIST-1h ![]() ![]() Giant Ringed Planet Likely Cause of Mysterious Eclipses |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism ![]() ![]() Jupiters complex transient auroras ![]() ![]() NASA's Juno probe forces 'rethink' on Jupiter |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Sea level as a metronome of Earth's history ![]() ![]() Report: China plans underwater monitoring system ![]() ![]() Bacteria may supercharge the future of wastewater treatment |
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![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 1, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Chinese firms develop BeiDou navigation applications ![]() ![]() GIS is a powerful tool that should be used with caution ![]() ![]() 2 SOPS says goodbye to GPS satellite |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon ![]() ![]() Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat ![]() ![]() NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission |
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![]() London, Canada (SPX) May 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() 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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![]() Cambridge, Canada (SPX) May 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Earth is a jewel, says astronaut after six months away ![]() ![]() SES-14 integrates NASA ultraviolet space spectrograph ![]() ![]() NASA's CYGNSS Satellite Constellation Begins Public Data Release |
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![]() Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA's SDO sees partial eclipse in space ![]() ![]() NASA renames Solar mission to honor Eugene Parker ![]() ![]() CLASP Sounding Rocket Mission Opens New Research Window in Solar Physics |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists detect light-matter interaction in single layer of atoms ![]() ![]() China's space telescope to survey Milky Way ![]() ![]() China's space telescope to observe "big eaters" in universe |
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![]() Upton NY (SPX) May 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole ![]() ![]() Quantum states reveal themselves with measurable 'fingerprint' ![]() ![]() A network of crystals for long-distance quantum communication |
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