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Upcoming asteroid flyby will help Planetary Defense Network Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 For the first time, NASA will use an actual space rock for an observational campaign to test NASA's network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defense. The asteroid, named 2012 TC4, does not pose a threat to the Earth, but NASA is using it as a test object for an observational campaign because of its close flyby on Oct. 12, 2017. NASA has conducted such preparedness drills rehearsing various aspects of an asteroid impact, such as deflection, evacuation and disaster relief, wit ... read more |
Three-man crew reaches International Space Station Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) July 28, 2017 A three-man space crew from Italy, Russia and the United States on Friday arrived at the International Space Station for a five-month mission Friday. Footage broadcast by Russia's space agency ... more Washington (AFP) July 30, 2017 Florida startup Moon Express is setting its sights high: ambitiously shooting to become the first private company to launch a small, unmanned craft to the moon before the year's out. ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 August 21st will bring a history-making opportunity for the entire United States. On that day, every person in the country, including Hawaii and Alaska, will have an opportunity to witness at least ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program that will return transformational science about the Sun and space environment and fill science gaps between the agency's larger missions; ... more |
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Eclipse Balloons to Study Effect of Mars-Like Environment on Life Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, NASA is co ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 NASA scientists have definitively detected the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, a place that has long intrigued scientists investigating the chemical precursors of li ... more London, UK (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 For the first time, a team of scientists have calculated the distribution of all light energy contained within the Milky Way, which will provide new insight into the make-up of our galaxy and how st ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Through exploration, NASA is broadening horizons, enhancing knowledge, and improving our way of life. Our efforts to explore and discover the universe are increasing in both scope and duration. The ... more McLean VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Iridium Communications reports that the upcoming Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted for September 30, 2017 at 6:30 a.m. PDT. This launch will deliver another 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to orbit o ... more Paris (ESA) Jul 31, 2017 ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergei Ryazansky were launched into space yesterday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 15:41 GMT (17:41 C ... more |
Iran in 'successful' test of satellite-launch rocket Washington (UPI) Jul 27, 2017 Perched on the edge of a 39-million-year-old crater is a white circular hut. It sticks out on the rocky, lichen-dotted landscape of Devon Island in Nunavut, Canada. ... more Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Using new observations from ESO's VLT Survey Telescope, astronomers have discovered three different populations of young stars within the Orion Nebula Cluster. This unexpected discovery adds very va ... more Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 A Montana State University gravitational physicist has received funding for a research project that aims to answer fundamental questions about the universe. NASA awarded $750,000 to Nicolas Yu ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 In a first-of-its-kind analysis, Northwestern University astrophysicists have discovered that, contrary to previously standard lore, up to half of the matter in our Milky Way galaxy may come from di ... more |
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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 ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli starts third mission on Space Station NextSTEP Partners Develop Ground Prototypes to Expand our Knowledge of Deep Space Habitats Three-man crew reaches International Space Station |
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 Iran in 'successful' test of satellite-launch rocket Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 Flight Controller Goes Three for Three in SLS Test |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 31, 2017 Steps forward in the search for life beyond Earth can be as simple as sending a balloon into the sky. In one of the most unique and extensive eclipse observation campaigns ever attempted, NASA is collaborating with student teams across the U.S. to do just that. A larger initiative, NASA's Eclipse Balloon Project, led by Angela Des Jardins of Montana State University, is sending more than 5 ... more Portals to new worlds: Martian exploration near the North Pole For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun Tributes to wetter times on Mars |
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 |
McLean VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Iridium Communications reports that the upcoming Iridium NEXT launch has been targeted for September 30, 2017 at 6:30 a.m. PDT. This launch will deliver another 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to orbit on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and will bring the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites deployed to 30. SpaceX selected the September 30th launch date based on rocket and Vandenberg Air Force Base range ... more ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private Companies LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll A Final Farewell to LISA Pathfinder |
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 Fundamental breakthrough in the future of designing materials |
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London, UK (TCUK) Jul 27, 2017 The search for life elsewhere in the universe is one of the most compelling aspects of modern science. Given its scientific importance, significant resources are devoted to this young science of astrobiology, ranging from rovers on Mars to telescopic observations of planets orbiting other stars. The holy grail of all this activity would be the actual discovery of alien life, and such a dis ... more Breakthrough Starshot launches tiny spacecraft in quest for Alpha Centauri Has Cassini found a universal driver for prebiotic chemistry at Titan? Turbulence in planetary cores excited by tides |
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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Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 A study of lead service lines in Flint's damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the pipes' interior crust, with holes where the lead used to be. The findings - led by researchers at the University of Michigan - support the generally accepted understanding that lead leached into the system because that water wasn't treated to prevent corrosion. While previous studie ... more Coral gardening is benefiting Caribbean reefs Vietnam says four fishermen wounded by Indonesian navy One of the first examples of a local nautical map from Hispanic America |
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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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 Things look different on the Moon. Literally. Because the Moon isn't big enough to hold a significant atmosphere, there is no air and there are no particles in the air to reflect and scatter sunlight. On Earth, shadows in otherwise bright environments are dimly lit with indirect light from these tiny reflections. That lighting provides enough detail that we get an idea of shapes, holes and ... more Moon could be wetter than thought, say scientists Florida startup boldly sets sights on moon United Launch Alliance to launch Astrobotic mission to the Moon |
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 Upcoming asteroid flyby will help Planetary Defense Network Ancient, massive asteroid impact could explain Martian geological mysteries |
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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. The study offers a pathway for improving accuracy in weather and climate models' treatments of rainfall - recognized as one of the greater challenges in improving short term weather forecasts an ... more Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows Manmade aerosols identified as driver in shifting global rainfall patterns Airbus built Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite ready for launch |
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program that will return transformational science about the Sun and space environment and fill science gaps between the agency's larger missions; eight for focused scientific investigations and one for technological development of instrumentation. The broad scope of the investigations illustrates the many vital and specialized research a ... more Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse from NASA's WB-57F Jets SwRI team uses airborne telescopes to study Sun and Mercury during total solar eclipse NASA mission surfs through waves in space to understand space weather |
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College Park MD (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic and explosive events in the universe. They are also short-lived, lasting from a few milliseconds to about a minute. This has made it tough for astronomers to observe a gamma-ray burst in detail. Using a wide array of ground- and space-based telescope observations, an international team led by University of Maryland astronomers constructed one o ... more Webbcam Shows Webb Telescope Chilling in Chamber A A Tale of Three Stellar Cities Dark matter is likely cold not fuzzy |
Trieste, Italy (SPX) Jul 27, 2017 A deep understanding of the irreversibility of the arrow of time cannot ignore the quantum nature of the world that surrounds us. The is the key result of the work carried out by Vincenzo Alba and Pasquale Calabrese of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste, recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). According to one ... more When shallow defects align, diamonds shine for unprecedented quantum sensitivity Stanford researchers discover biological hydraulic system in tuna fins A bar magnet creates chaos in plasma |
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