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  New Delhi (AFP) June 5, 2017 India's most powerful homegrown rocket was launched Monday, marking another milestone for its indigenous space programme that one day hopes to put a man into orbit. The 43-metre (140-foot) rocket lifted off just before 5:30 pm (1200 GMT) from the southern island of Sriharikota, one of two sites used by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch satellites. This latest model boasts a powerful engine that has been developed in India over many years. Programme manager ... read more |
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Breaking Newton's LawInnsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 A ripe apple falling from a tree has inspired Sir Isaac Newton to formulate a theory that describes the motion of objects subject to a force. Newton's equations of motion tell us that a moving body ... more  
Inspiration Links The Beatles, a Fossil and a NASA MissionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Fifty years ago, The Beatles released their album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' which included the iconic song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." The popular song was critically acclaimed f ... more  
Russia on the Way to Adopt New Program on Development of Space CentersSt. Petersburg (Sputnik) Jun 05, 2017 The federal program for the development of Russian space launch centers for the period of 2017-2025 may be adopted as early as by September, the head of Roscosmos State Space Corporation Igor Komaro ... more 
Ariane 5 launches its first all-electric satelliteKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 02, 2017 Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites: ViaSat-2 for ViaSat Inc.; and EUTELSAT 172B for the operator Eutelsat - which is the first all-electric satellite to be orbit ... more |
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NASA Builds Telescope to Learn About Neutron StarsWashington DC (VOA) Jun 05, 2017 Teh Space X Dragon cargo capsule is now on route to the International Space Station. Among other supplies for the ISS crew, it carries an unusual telescope designed to look at not-well-known objects ... more 
Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight CU-E3Washington DC (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 The shoebox-size CU Earth Escape Explorer CU-E3 is being assembled by the University of Colorado, Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Science Graduate Projects Class. CU-E3 is designed for a commun ... more  
Thomas Pesquet returns to EarthParis (ESA) Jun 05, 2017 ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft after six months in space. Touchdown was at 14:10 GMT after ... more  
Where Ocean Meets Sky: New NASA Radar Gets a TryoutPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2017 Ocean currents and winds form an endless feedback loop: winds blow over the ocean's surface, creating currents there. At the same time, the hot or cold water in these currents influences the wind's ... more 
Are dense star clusters the origin of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO?San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Astrophysicists everywhere are thrilled about yesterday's news that the LIGO experiment has detected its third set of gravitational waves. Predicted more than a century ago by Albert Einstein, and f ... more  
UQ physicist builds on Einstein and Galileo's workBrisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Sixteenth century scientist Galileo Galilei threw two spheres of different mass from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to establish a scientific principle. Now nearly four centuries later, ... more |
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Hubble 'traps' a vermin galaxyGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its jaw-dropping snapshots of the cosmos. At first glance this Picture of the Week appears to be quite the opposite, showing just a blur of jagged s ... more  
Configuration and manipulation of soft robotics for on-orbit servicingBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Traditional rigid-bodied robots have few degrees of freedom and large stiffness, which may bring limitations in some applications. Recently, more and more scholars pay attention to the soft and flex ... more 
Teaching robots good mannersWashington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are making virtual and robotic assistants increasingly capable in performing complex tasks. For these "smart" machines to be considered safe and trustworthy ... more 
A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environmentsSan Diego CA (SPX) May 31, 2017 Engineers at UC San Diego are using soft robotics technology to make light, flexible gloves that allow users to feel tactile feedback when they interact with virtual reality environments. The resear ... more |
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The federal program for the development of Russian space launch centers for the period of 2017-2025 may be adopted as early as by September, the head of Roscosmos State Space Corporation Igor Komarov said Friday.
Komarov said in May that the program had been submitted to the government, and it was expected to keep within the budget not exceeding 340 billion rubles (some $6 billion).
... more Astana, Kazakhstan (AFP) June 2, 2017Astronauts return after marathon ISS mission  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017From 2D to 3D, Space Station Microscope Gets an Upgrade  Cleveland OH (SPX) May 31, 2017Studying Flame Behavior in Microgravity with a Solid "High-Five" |
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 Miami (AFP) Jun 03, 2017  SpaceX on Saturday blasted off a shipment of food and supplies for the astronauts living at the International Space Station using for the first time a vessel that had flown before.
The refurbished Dragon cargo capsule soared into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:07 pm (2107 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
"Three, two, one, and liftoff," said NASA spokesman Mike Curie as the roc ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 03, 2017Eutelsat signs new launch contract with Arianespace Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 02, 2017Ariane 5 launches its first all-electric satellite  New Delhi (AFP) June 5, 2017India shows off space prowess with launch of mega rocket |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 02, 2017 
A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another, according to a comprehensive look at findings from the first three-and-a-half years of NASA's Curiosity rover mission.
Different conditions favorable for different types of microbes existed simultaneously in the same lake.
Previous work had re ... more Hampton VA (SPX) May 28, 2017Student-Made Mars Rover Concepts Lift Off  Rockford IL (VOA) May 29, 2017Illinois Company Among Hundreds Supporting NASA Mission to Mars  Los Alamos NM (SPX) May 31, 2017Halos discovered on Mars widen time frame for potential life |
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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 Beijing (XNA) May 12, 2017A cabin on the moon? China hones the lunar lifestyle  Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2017China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission  Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020 |
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ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed on the steppe of Kazakhstan today with Russian commander Oleg Novitsky in their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft after six months in space. Touchdown was at 14:10 GMT after a four-hour flight from the International Space Station.
The return was routine - or as routine as you can get for a ride that requires braking from 28 800 km/h to zero. The heatshield copes wi ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 01, 2017Propose a course idea for the CU space minor New York NY (SPX) May 31, 2017Leading Global Air And Space Law Group Joins Reed Smith  Paris (ESA) May 30, 2017New Horizons for Alexander Gerst |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2017 
Computer scientists at Rice University have developed a new technique for minimizing the amount of computations required for deep learning.
The simplification technique is similar to methods commonly used to minimize the amount of math required for data analysis.
"This applies to any deep-learning architecture, and the technique scales sublinearly, which means that the larger the ... more Stanford CA (SPX) May 31, 2017High pressure key to lighter, stronger metal alloys, Stanford scientists find  Lemont, IL (SPX) May 31, 2017Argonne scientists make vanadium into a useful catalyst for hydrogenation  Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2017Northrop Grumman receives AESA radar contract |
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A new citizen-science tool released earlier this year to help astronomers pinpoint new worlds lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system has already led to a discovery: a brown dwarf a little more than 100 light years away from the Sun.
Just six days after the launch of the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 website in February, four different users alerted the science team to the curious obj ... more London, UK (SPX) Jun 01, 2017New Collaboration with Jodrell Bank Observatory for SETI  Moscow (Sputnik) May 30, 2017Viable Spores, DNA Fragments Discovery at ISS Justifies Biosphere's Expansion  Coventry UK (SPX) Jun 01, 2017Giant Ringed Planet Likely Cause of Mysterious Eclipses |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 
arly science results from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet's surface than previously thought.
"We are excite ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 26, 2017Jupiters complex transient auroras  Miami (AFP) May 25, 2017NASA's Juno probe forces 'rethink' on Jupiter |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 
Wastewater treatment plants have a PR problem: People don't like to think about what happens to the waste they flush down their toilets. But for many engineers and microbiologists, these plants are a hotbed of scientific advances, prompting their trade organization to propose a name change to "water resource recovery facility."
That's because wastewater from our sinks, toilets, showers and ... morePasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2017Where Ocean Meets Sky: New NASA Radar Gets a Tryout  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017A 3-D look at the 2015 El Nino  Tangier, United States (AFP) June 2, 2017Off US coast, Tangier Island disappearing under water |
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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.
An H-IIA rocket blasted off Thursday morning from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan carrying the "Michibiki" No.2 satellite, which was later released into orbit.
"The ... more Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Jun 02, 2017exactEarth Broadens Small Vessel Tracking Offering  Shanghai (XNA) May 30, 2017Chinese firms develop BeiDou navigation applications  Washington DC (SPX) May 30, 2017GIS is a powerful tool that should be used with caution |
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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 Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon  Paris (ESA) May 04, 2017Printing bricks from moondust using the Sun's heat  Tempe AZ (SPX) May 02, 2017NASA selects ASU's ShadowCam for moon mission |
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Fifty years ago, The Beatles released their album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,' which included the iconic song "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds." The popular song was critically acclaimed for evoking a surreal dreamscape, along the lines of Lewis Carroll's classic "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" fantasy. John Lennon said it was inspired by a drawing his son Julian - then age 3 - had ... more London, UK (SPX) Jun 02, 2017First 24-hour Global Broadcast About Asteroid Impact Hazard  London, Canada (SPX) May 29, 2017'Tiny clocks' crystallize understanding of meteorite crashes  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 2017NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2017 
While the Copernicus Sentinel-3A satellite is in orbit delivering a wealth of information about our home planet, engineers are putting its twin, Sentinel-3B, through a series of vigorous tests before it is shipped to the launch site next year.
The Sentinel-3 mission is designed as a two-satellite constellation to give optimum global coverage and data delivery for Europe's environmental mon ... moreCambridge, Canada (SPX) May 31, 2017exactEarth Launches Revolutionary Global Real-Time Maritime Tracking and Information Service Paris (AFP) May 30, 2017Earth is a jewel, says astronaut after six months away  Luxembourg (SPX) May 30, 2017SES-14 integrates NASA ultraviolet space spectrograph |
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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 announcement was made at a ceremony at the University of Chicago, where Parker serves as the S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
In 1958, Pa ... more Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017NASA's SDO sees partial eclipse in space  Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017CLASP Sounding Rocket Mission Opens New Research Window in Solar Physics |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its jaw-dropping snapshots of the cosmos. At first glance this Picture of the Week appears to be quite the opposite, showing just a blur of jagged spikes, speckled noise, and weird, clashing colors - but once you know what you are looking at, images like this one are no less breathtaking.
This shows a distant galaxy - visible as the smudge ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 02, 2017NRL Astronomers Inspire Youth to Gaze at Stars  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 31, 2017NASA Team Takes on a New Optical Challenge - the Lyman Alpha Limit Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2017New NASA Mission to Study Mysterious Neutron Stars, Aid in Deep Space Navigation |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 
Sixteenth century scientist Galileo Galilei threw two spheres of different mass from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa to establish a scientific principle.
Now nearly four centuries later, a team of Italian physicists has applied the same principle to quantum objects using a novel scientific method proposed by UQ physicist Dr Magdalena Zych, reported in Nature Communications.
Dr Z ... more Boston MA (SPX) Jun 01, 2017Early Black Holes May Have Grown in Fits and Spurts  Austin TX (SPX) May 31, 2017Do stars fall quietly into black holes, or crash into something utterly unknown?  Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 02, 2017RIT scientists measure black hole's tilt and spin for clues to how massive stars die |
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