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  Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 6, 2017 US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a "new era" of American leadership in space, with a return to the Moon and explorers on Mars, but offered few details. Pence, who was recently named to head a government advisory body called the National Space Council, said the group would hold its first meeting "before the summer is out." He also toured NASA's Kennedy Space Center to see progress in constructing a NASA spaceship destined for deep space and privately built capsules designe ... read more |
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Mars surface 'more uninhabitable' than thought: studyParis (AFP) July 6, 2017 Hopes of finding life on Mars, at least on the surface, were dealt a blow Thursday by a study revealing that salt minerals present on the Red Planet kill bacteria. ... more  
Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbitBeijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017 The communications satellite Zhongxing-9A has entered its preset orbit over two weeks after its launch on June 19. Abnormal performance was identified during the third phase of the Long March- ... more  
Dragon Splashes Down to Complete Resupply MissionHouston TX (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 SpaceX's Dragon cargo craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 8:12 a.m. EDT, west of Baja California and the recovery process is underway, marking the end of the company's eleventh contracted ca ... more 
Russia to Carry Out Five Launches From Vostochny Space Center in 2018Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017 Russia will conduct five launches from the Vostochny space center in Russia's Far East in 2018, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told Sputnik. Vostochny is expected to reduce Russia's depe ... more |
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Transfer of atomic mass with a photon solves the momentum paradox of lightHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 In a recent publication, Aalto University researchers show that in a transparent medium each photon is accompanied by an atomic mass density wave. The optical force of the photon sets the medium ato ... more  
New Mysteries Surround New Horizons' Next Flyby TargetLaurel MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft doesn't zoom past its next science target until New Year's Day 2019, but the Kuiper Belt object, known as 2014 MU69, is already revealing surprises. Scientists have b ... more  
How to rescue a Moonwalker in needParis (ESA) Jul 07, 2017 During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration. Four 'aquanau ... more  
Recreating interstellar ions with lasersEast Lansing, MI (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Trihydrogen, or H3+, has been called the molecule that made the universe, where it plays a greater role in astrochemistry than any other molecule. While H3+ is astronomically abundant, no scie ... more 
On the road to creating an electrodeless spacecraft propulsion engineSendai, Japan (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 The universe is made up of plasma - a gas so hot that its particles are electrically charged. This makes it easily influenced by magnetic fields and forces, which can lead to complex behavior. Plasm ... more 
Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on HoldBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017 Despite the failed launch of the Changzheng 5 (Long March-5) heavy-lift rocket on Sunday, China is pinning a lot of hope on this new generation booster, capable of carrying 25 metric tons of payload ... more |
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 India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year  
Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought'Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Scientists have identified patterns in the Earth's magnetic field that evolve on the order of 1,000 years, providing new insight into how the field works and adding a measure of predictability to ch ... more  
NASA'S First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design PhaseWashington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 The first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense - the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) - is moving from concept development to preliminary design ... more 
Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the MoonBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017 The past decades have seen China making great progress, both economic and also in the field of space exploration. The construction of new space launch centers, ambitious lunar and Mars exploration p ... more 
Can satellites be used as an early warning system for landslidesNewcastle UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Researchers are using satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system. The team from Newcastle University ( ... more |
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  Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 6, 2017 
US Vice President Mike Pence vowed Thursday to usher in a "new era" of American leadership in space, with a return to the Moon and explorers on Mars, but offered few details.
Pence, who was recently named to head a government advisory body called the National Space Council, said the group would hold its first meeting "before the summer is out."
He also toured NASA's Kennedy Space Center ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017NASA Statement on National Space Council  Chongqing, China (AFP) July 4, 2017Don't look down: glass bottom skywalk thrills in China  Paris (AFP) June 29, 2017Silicon-on-Seine: world's biggest tech incubator opens in Paris |
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The universe is made up of plasma - a gas so hot that its particles are electrically charged. This makes it easily influenced by magnetic fields and forces, which can lead to complex behavior. Plasmas are found throughout the solar system in places such as planetary magnetosphere, solar wind and in the tails of comets.
Magnetic fields stretched by plasma flows, resulting in an increase in ... moreMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Russia to Carry Out Five Launches From Vostochny Space Center in 2018  Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 5, 2017After two delays, SpaceX launches broadband satellite for IntelSat  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne advocates solar electric propulsion as central element of deep space exploration |
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Hopes of finding life on Mars, at least on the surface, were dealt a blow Thursday by a study revealing that salt minerals present on the Red Planet kill bacteria.
In lab tests on Earth, the compounds known as perchlorates killed cultures of the bacteria Bacillus subtilis, a basic life form, a research duo from the University of Edinburgh's School of Physics and Astronomy reported.
Perch ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017Mars Rover Opportunity continuing science campaign at Perseverance Valley  Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017The Niagara Falls of Mars once flowed with lava  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017Russian Devices for ExoMars Mission to Be Ready in Fall 2017 |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017 
The communications satellite Zhongxing-9A has entered its preset orbit over two weeks after its launch on June 19.
Abnormal performance was identified during the third phase of the Long March-3B launch, which failed to deliver the satellite as planned.
The satellite conducted 10 orbit adjustments with its onboard thrusters and Wednesday reached its preset orbit at 101.4 degrees east ... moreBeijing (AFP) July 2, 2017China heavy-lift carrier rocket launch fails: state media Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold  Nanjing (XNA) Jul 02, 2017Yuanwang-3 completes ship check mission, ready for Chang'e-5 lunar probe launch |
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SES has announced that, following a significant anomaly, the company is in the process of transferring capacity from its AMC-9 satellite.
The incident was noted on the morning of Saturday, 17 June 2017. SES has taken immediate action in contacting all customers and is working to transfer services to alternative satellite capacity in order to minimise disruption.
AMC-9 provided Ku-ban ... more Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017HTS Capacity Lease Revenues to Reach More Than $6 Billion by 2025  McLean, VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Second launch doubles number of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit to 20  Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017OneWeb inaugurates production line Assembly, Integration, and Test of OneWeb satellites |
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By measuring the random jiggling motion of electrons in a resistor, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have contributed to accurate new measurements of the Boltzmann constant, a fundamental scientific value that relates the energy of a system to its temperature. NIST made one measurement in its Boulder, Colorado, laboratory and collaborated on another in Chi ... moreEast Lansing, MI (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Recreating interstellar ions with lasers  Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 29, 2017SES and MDA Announce First Satellite Life Extension Agreement  Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Space Debris Mitigation Mission Successfully Launched on June 23rd, 2017 |
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 Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017 
New models of massive stellar eruptions hint at an extra layer of complexity when considering whether an exoplanet may be habitable or not. Models developed for our own Sun have now been applied to cool stars favoured by exoplanet hunters, in research presented by Dr. Christina Kay, of the NASA Goddard Flight Center, on Monday 3rd July at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull. ... more Taipei, Taiwan (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Complex Organic Molecules Found On "Space Hamburger"  Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 04, 2017Why Does Microorganism Prefer Meager Rations Over Rich Ones  Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2017NASA diligently tracks microbes inside the International Space Station |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
Subaru Telescope images reveal weather in Jupiter's atmosphere in the mid-infrared. Those images, taken multiple times over several months, support Juno spacecraft mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This article is part of a joint press release with ones from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at California Institute of Technology and Gemini Observatory.
High-res ... moreLaurel MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2017New Mysteries Surround New Horizons' Next Flyby Target  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017Earth-based Views of Jupiter to Enhance Juno Flyby  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Fly Over Jupiter's Great Red Spot July 10 |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 
More than 90% of the earth's energy imbalance (EEI) in the climate system is sequestered in the ocean and consequently the ocean heat content (OHC) is increasing. Therefore, OHC is one of the most important indicators of global warming. During the past 30 years, many independent groups worked to estimate historical OHC changes. However, large uncertainty has been found among the published global ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017'Perfect storm' of oceanic conditions triggered Great Barrier Reef bleaching  Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017Cornell researchers build American eels an 'eelevator'  Washington (UPI) Jul 4, 2017Study: Birth control turning male fish into females |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017 
The Indian Space Research Organisation is set to offer GPS from its own navigation system for mobile users from next year, aiming to make it more accurate than foreign competitors' products.
The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) plans got a temporary setback with the malfunctioning of one of the NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) satellites. The agency will launch a rep ... more Paris (AFP) July 4, 2017Europe's Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks Paris (AFP) June 22, 2017New orbiters for Europe's Galileo satnav system  Denver CO (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Second Lockheed Martin GPS-3 satellite assembled as full production begins |
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 Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017 
Japan has revealed ambitious plans to put an astronaut on the Moon around 2030 in new proposals from the country's space agency.
This is the first time the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said it aims to send an astronaut beyond the International Space Station, an agency spokeswoman told AFP on Friday.
The idea is to first join a NASA-led mission in 2025 to build a space s ... moreParis (ESA) Jul 07, 2017How to rescue a Moonwalker in need  Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
In our solar system, an asteroid orbits the Sun in the opposite direction to the planets. Asteroid 2015 BZ509, also known as Bee-Zed, takes 12 years to make one complete orbit around the Sun. This is the same orbital period as that of Jupiter, which shares its orbit but moves in the opposite direction to the planet's motion.
The asteroid with the retrograde co-orbit was identified by Helen ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017NASA is building computer models of possible asteroid impact scenarios  Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Bizarro comet challenging researchers Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017NASA'S First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase |
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 Newcastle UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Researchers are using satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system.
The team from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) have been tracking the devastating events of last week when a massive landslide ... moreCorvallis OR (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought'  Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Sea spray losing its sparkle?  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 03, 2017Russia's 'Sova' Atmospheric Satellite Starts Flight Tests - Research Fund |
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 Hull UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2017 
A study of the Sun using sound waves suggests that the layer in which the significant magnetic activity is located has grown thinner in recent years. Prof. Yvonne Elsworth will present results at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull on Tuesday, 4th July.
Prof. Yvonne Elsworth, of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, explains: "The Sun is ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017Shining a Light on Solar Energetic Particles and Jets  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Scientists uncover origins of the Sun's swirling spicules  Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Eclipse Expectations Excite Escapades for Enlightenment |
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A primitive galaxy that could provide clues about the early universe has been spotted by astronomers as it begins to be consumed by a gigantic neighbouring galaxy.
The Little Cub galaxy - so called because it sits in the Ursa Major or Great Bear constellation - is being stripped of ... more Mumbai, India (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Does dark matter annihilate quicker in the Milky Way? Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Transfer of atomic mass with a photon solves the momentum paradox of light  Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Jul 06, 2017SKA South Africa sees first light with addition of Ghana baseline antenna |
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 St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 22, 2017 
You've probably heard about Schrodinger's cat, which famously is trapped in a box with a kill mechanism that is activated if a radioactive atom decays, releasing radiation. The act of looking in the box collapses the atom's wave function - the mathematical description of its state --from a "superposition" of states to a definite state, which either kills the cat or let's it live to see another d ... more Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 06, 2017A unique data center for cosmological simulations  Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017LHCb tests yield new particle with a pair of heavy quarks  Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Scientists get first direct look at how electrons 'dance' with vibrating atoms |
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