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Astronauts gear up for space with tough Russian training Star City, Russia (AFP) July 27, 2017 Wearing helmets weighing 100 kilos, spinning in a centrifuge and exercising while weightless: Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from abroad have to undergo a gruelling training process before blasting off into space. Helped by an instructor at the famed Star City outside Moscow, cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky slowly puts on his helmet as he hangs from the ceiling suspended by a thick metal cord and practises opening a lock while wearing a thick spacesuit. The 42-year-old cosmonaut is no novice. He h ... read more |
NASA's Venus Chamber Breaks Record with Completion of 80-day Test Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 After an 80-day test at Venus surface conditions and a two-week cooling period, samples were removed from Glenn's Extreme Environments Rig (GEER) at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, July 1 ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 A new NASA study shows that updrafts are more important than previously understood in determining what makes clouds produce drizzle instead of full-sized raindrops, overturning a common assumption. ... more Paris (ESA) Jul 27, 2017 The international Cassini-Huygens mission has made a surprising detection of a molecule that is instrumental in the production of complex organics within the hazy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. ... more San Francisco CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Breakthrough Starshot, a multi-faceted program to develop and launch practical interstellar space missions, successfully flew its first spacecraft - the smallest ever launched. On June 23, a n ... more |
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Three Up, Three Down as NASA Tests RS-25 Flight Controller Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 In the heart of baseball season, NASA completed its equivalent of a clean inning, successfully testing the third RS-25 flight controller for use on the new Space Launch System (SLS) deep space rocke ... more Boston MA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Lindy Elkins-Tanton '87, SM '87, PhD '02 is reaching for the stars - literally. She is the principal investigator for Psyche, a NASA mission that will explore an unusual metal asteroid known as 16 P ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 A team led by Southwest Research Institute will use airborne telescopes aboard NASA research aircraft to study the solar corona and Mercury's surface during this summer's total solar eclipse. The Au ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 In June 2016, an international team of 31 astronomers, led by the University of Maryland's Eleanora Troja and including Arizona State University's Nathaniel Butler, caught a massive star as it died ... more Paris (ESA) Jul 27, 2017 Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging. Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now ... more Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 The idea of geoengineering, also known as climate engineering, is very controversial. But as greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in our atmosphere, scientists are beginning to look at possible e ... more |
Why looking for aliens is good for society Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 An Unmanned System refers to the autonomous agent possessing the capability of basic sensing, communication, data processing and actuation. Formation control of unmanned systems has become one of th ... more San Francisco (AFP) July 25, 2017 Visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg were trading jabs on social media over artificial intelligence this week in a debate that has turned personal between the two technology luminaries. ... more Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 Two-dimensional materials that can multitask. That is the result of a new process that naturally produces patterned monolayers that can act as a base for creating a wide variety of novel mater ... more Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 Transistors, as used in billions on every computer chip, are nowadays based on semiconductor-type materials, usually silicon. As the demands for computer chips in laptops, tablets and smartphones co ... more |
Star City, Russia (AFP) July 27, 2017 Wearing helmets weighing 100 kilos, spinning in a centrifuge and exercising while weightless: Russian cosmonauts and astronauts from abroad have to undergo a gruelling training process before blasting off into space. Helped by an instructor at the famed Star City outside Moscow, cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky slowly puts on his helmet as he hangs from the ceiling suspended by a thick metal cord ... more Russian sanctions won't affect cooperation in space NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington Astronauts grow cucumbers in space to help scientists understand root growth |
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 26, 2017 For its eighth launch of the year, and the 10th Vega mission since this launcher began its career at the Guiana Space Center in 2012, Arianespace will orbit two Earth observation satellites for civil and military applications: OPTSAT-3000 for the Italian Ministry of Defence; and Venus, a mission of the Israel Space Agency (ISA) - a government body sponsored by the country's Ministry of Science a ... more Three Up, Three Down as NASA Tests RS-25 Flight Controller ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches Elon Musk says successful maiden flight for Falcon Heavy unlikely |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017 This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars. NASA will refrain from sending commands to America's three Mars orbiters and two Mars rovers during the period from July 22 to Aug. 1. "Out of caution, we won't talk to our Mars assets during that period because we expec ... more Tributes to wetter times on Mars Opportunity will spend three weeks at current location due to Solar Conjunction Curiosity Mars Rover Begins Study of Ridge Destination |
Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official. Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 LISA Pathfinder has been switched off as planned on the evening of 18thof July, ending its successful mission which surpassed all expectations After 16 months of science measurements an international team deactivated the LISA Pathfinder satellite on the evening of the 18th of July 2017. The gravitational-wave laboratory in space powered down after receiving the last commands in the evening ... more A Final Farewell to LISA Pathfinder ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll |
Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 Two-dimensional materials that can multitask. That is the result of a new process that naturally produces patterned monolayers that can act as a base for creating a wide variety of novel materials with dual optical, magnetic, catalytic or sensing capabilities. "Patterned materials open up the possibility of having two functionalities in a single material, such as catalyzing a chemica ... more Writing with the electron beam: Now in silver Scientists announce the quest for high-index materials Future materials are becoming 'topological' |
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Mountain View CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 The SETI Institute and French startup Unistellar, have announced a partnership to commercialize a new telescope that promises to deliver an unparalleled view of the cosmos to amateur astronomers, and provide the opportunity to contribute directly to cutting-edge science. Unistellar's new eVscope leverages "Enhanced Vision" imaging technology and now provides three unique features never before o ... more Holographic imaging could sample and identify living microbes in the outer solar system Why looking for aliens is good for society Breakthrough Starshot launches tiny spacecraft in quest for Alpha Centauri |
Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 In July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent home the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons - amazing imagery that inspired many to wonder what a flight over the distant worlds' icy terrain might be like. Wonder no more. Using actual New Horizons data and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, mission scientists have created flyover movies that offer s ... more Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis NASA's New Horizons Team Strikes Gold in Argentina |
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Miami FL (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 A new study found that Caribbean staghorn corals (Acropora cervicornis) are benefiting from "coral gardening," the process of restoring coral populations by planting laboratory-raised coral fragments on reefs. The research, led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and partners, has important implications for the long-term surviva ... more Vietnam says four fishermen wounded by Indonesian navy Coastal armoring and its ecological effects in soft sediment environments Health risk alarm over water rationing in Rome |
Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 An advance GPS anti-jam navigation system is to be jointly developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell Aerospace, the companies announced on Monday. The technology, covered under a recent memorandum of understanding between the two companies, will combine IAI's existing ADA GPS Anti-Jamming system together with Honeywell's embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Sys ... more Russia, China to Set Up Pilot Zone to Test National Navigation Systems India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year Orbital Alliance Techsystems receives contract for GPS artillery |
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Paris (AFP) July 24, 2017 The Moon, long thought to be a dry, inhospitable orb, hosts surprisingly large sub-surface water reserves, which one day may quench the thirst of lunar explorers from Earth, scientists said Monday. "We found the signature of the lunar interior water globally using satellite data," Shuai Li, co-author of a study by scientists at Brown University in the United States, told AFP. "Such wate ... more Scientists spy new evidence of water in the moon's interior Neil Armstrong moon bag sells for $1.8mn in New York Living in Deep Space: Lockheed Martin to Build Full-Scale Prototype of NASA Cislunar Habitat |
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Lindy Elkins-Tanton '87, SM '87, PhD '02 is reaching for the stars - literally. She is the principal investigator for Psyche, a NASA mission that will explore an unusual metal asteroid known as 16 Psyche. The mission does not launch until 2023, but preparations have begun in collaboration with faculty in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). Professors B ... more Large, Distant Comets More Common Than Previously Thought Ancient, massive asteroid impact could explain Martian geological mysteries Pitted Materials in Craters Could Indicate Buried Ice on Asteroids |
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Miami FL (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 In a new study, scientists found that aerosol particles released into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels are a primary driver of changes in rainfall patterns across the globe. The results of the climate system-model simulations conducted by researchers Brian Soden and Eui-Seok Chung from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science revealed ... more NASA Solves a Drizzle Riddle Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows Airbus built Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite ready for launch |
Miami (AFP) July 21, 2017 Millions of people, from students to rocket scientists, are poised to contribute to a massive scientific effort to study the total solar eclipse that will sweep across the United States August 21. The entire country will fall into shadow as the "Great American Eclipse" passes, though the darkest path, or "totality," will be contained in a 70-mile (113-kilometer) ribbon that moves from Oregon ... more Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse from NASA's WB-57F Jets The moon is front and center during a total solar eclipse SwRI team uses airborne telescopes to study Sun and Mercury during total solar eclipse |
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Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 A research team led by Adler Planetarium astronomer Dr. Grace Wolf-Chase has discovered new evidence of stars forming in our Milky Way Galaxy. By using a telescope equipped to detect infrared light invisible to our eyes, this exciting new science is revealing how stars, including our very own Sun, grow up within clusters and groups. The Astrophysical Journal has published a paper on the subject ... more Superluminous supernova marks the death of a star at cosmic high noon 'Mystery' signal from space is solved. It's not aliens Dark matter is likely cold not fuzzy |
Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 In 1928, physicist Paul Dirac made the stunning prediction that every fundamental particle in the universe has an antiparticle - its identical twin but with opposite charge. When particle and antiparticle met they would be annihilated, releasing a poof of energy. Sure enough, a few years later the first antimatter particle - the electron's opposite, the positron - was discovered, and antimatter ... more Evidence of the Higgs particle's decay in quarks The role of the entropy in a quantum system Stanford researchers discover biological hydraulic system in tuna fins |
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