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Forty years on, Voyager still hurtles through space Miami (AFP) Aug 27, 2017 Are we alone? Forty years ago, NASA rocket scientists sought to answer this question by launching the Voyager spacecraft, twin unmanned spaceships that would travel further than any human-made object in history. They are still traveling. When Voyager 1 and 2 launched about two weeks apart in 1977 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, scientists knew little about the outer planets in our solar system, and could hardly imagine the scope of their upcoming space odyssey. "None of us knew, when we l ... read more |
Proposed Astrophysics Mission to Conduct the First Infrared Spectral Survey of the Entire Sky Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 NASA has recently chosen six proposed astrophysics mission for concept studies. Among them is the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer, or SPH ... more Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 A long-standing but unproven assumption about the X-ray spectra of black holes in space has been contradicted by hands-on experiments performed at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine. Z, the m ... more Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 ESA astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer joined 16 Chinese astronauts earlier this month for nine days of sea survival training off China's coastal city of Yantai. The ultimate goal ... more Small Business Innovation Research program by Janet Anderson for MSFC News Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 In 2014, NASA made important progress toward the in-space manufacturing necessary for deep space exploration by "printing" tools in ... more |
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ISS Orbit Increases Almost 2,000 Feet After Adjustment Maneuver - Control Center Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017 A representative from the Mission Control Center told Sputnik that the International Space Station has increased its average altitude by about 1,970 feet after an orbit adjustment maneuver. Th ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2017 Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California - the first interplanetary launc ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 A good watch can take a beating and keep on ticking. With the right parts, can a rover do the same on a planet like Venus? A concept inspired by clockwork computers and World War I tanks could ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 The Department of Defense is investing $17 million in directed energy laser weapons, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced at the Boeing facility in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday. ... more Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 Lockheed Martin's Indago quadrotor drone is to be paired with a Danish system to detect and identify unmanned aerial system aircraft and their pilots, the companies involved announced this week. ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Physicist Fatima Ebrahimi at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has for the first time used advanced models to accurately simulate key characteristics o ... more |
Industry team demonstrates Low Cost Terminal for AEHF satellites Exeter UK (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Scientists have made a crucial new discovery into how a group of ancient microbes that can survive in some of the world's harshest environments, propel themselves forward. An international tea ... more Houston TX (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Seismologists investigating how Earth forms new continental crust have compiled more than 20 years of seismic data from a wide swath of South America's Andean Plateau and determined that processes t ... more Manchester UK (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 From smartphones to supercomputers, the growing need for smaller and more energy efficient devices has made higher density data storage one of the most important technological quests. Now scie ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 23, 2017 MIPT researchers teamed up with their colleagues from the Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics (IRE) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the International Associated La ... more |
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017 A representative from the Mission Control Center told Sputnik that the International Space Station has increased its average altitude by about 1,970 feet after an orbit adjustment maneuver. The International Space Station (ISS) has increased its average altitude by about 1,970 feet after an orbit adjustment maneuver using Progress MS-06 cargo spacecraft engines, a representative from the M ... more Setting the Spaceplane Stage Lockheed Martin Powers-up Next Orion Spacecraft for First Time Forty years on, Voyager still hurtles through space |
Los Angeles CA (AFP) Aug 25, 2017 SpaceX on Thursday launched the first satellite designed and built entirely in Taiwan, a spacecraft that aims to boost disaster forecasts and mapping, environmental observation and space research. The satellite, called FORMOSAT-5, weighs nearly 1,000 pounds (450 kilograms) and blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 11:51 am (1851 GMT). "Falcon 9 has lifted off," SpaceX engineer Lauren ... more Wind Tunnel Test of Deep Space Rocket Calls For New Coat of Paint Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg SpaceX unveils peek at sleek new spacesuit |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 Opportunity is located in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has been staying in place collecting extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) stereo panoramas. Now that we are in the valley, the objective is to extensively document the local morphology (how things look) at each location so that a 3D digital elevation model of the entire valley can be constru ... more NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun Tributes to wetter times on Mars |
Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 ESA astronauts Samantha Cristoforetti and Matthias Maurer joined 16 Chinese astronauts earlier this month for nine days of sea survival training off China's coastal city of Yantai. The ultimate goal is for ESA to establish a long term cooperation with China and ESA astronauts to fly on China's space station. Returning from space, astronauts need to be prepared for any eventuality - includi ... more To boldly go where no startup has gone before China's satellite sends unbreakable cipher from space Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years |
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 ASTROSCALE completed a Series C round and raised $53 million in total to date. Private companies, ANA Holdings Inc. (ANA - parent company of ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS Co., Ltd.) and OSG Corporation, join recurring venture capital investors (Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, JAFCO Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital) alongside new financier aSTART Co., Ltd. The successful completion of Se ... more LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll Bids for government funding prove strong interest in LaunchUK Blue Sky Network Reaffirms Commitment to Brazilian Market |
Small Business Innovation Research program by Janet Anderson for MSFC News Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 In 2014, NASA made important progress toward the in-space manufacturing necessary for deep space exploration by "printing" tools in space using a 3-D printer on the International Space Station. In 2018, the nation's space agency will take the next step toward a sustainable in-space manufacturing capability when it launches ... more Major leap towards data storage at the molecular level Researchers discover new class of chemical reaction Nanoparticle ink produces glowing holograms with simple inkjet printer |
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Exeter UK (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Scientists have made a crucial new discovery into how a group of ancient microbes that can survive in some of the world's harshest environments, propel themselves forward. An international team of experts, led by Dr Bertram Daum of the University of Exeter's Living System Institute, have revealed the structure of the unique whip-like appendage found on archaea, which rotates like a propell ... more A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star |
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 Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planets |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 28, 2017 The Navy announced Monday it is developing technology for the wireless underwater recharging of unmanned undersea vehicles at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific. Current UUVs used for reconnaissance, mine hunting, and other tasks need to be recharged manually at either port or ship. Underwater charging stations would allow the craft to stay on station for much longer per ... more Coral skeletons may resist the effects of acidifying oceans Algae fortifies coral reefs in past and present EPA plans ten hearings on water rule rewrite |
New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 28, 2017 India is launching a new satellite IRNSS-1H next week to replace the malfunctioning IRNSS-1A. IRNSS-1A, a component of India's very own global positioning system (NavIC), had developed a glitch after its three rubidium atomic clocks had stopped functioning earlier this year. The Indian regional navigational satellite system (IRNSS) with the operational name of NavIC, will be joined by an e ... more IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam system Japan launches satellite for better GPS system Harris delivers navigation package for third GPS III satellite |
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Paris (ESA) Aug 22, 2017 The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the science community in Europe to propose ideas for research that could be performed on the Deep Space Gateway, a crewed spaceship in lunar vicinity. The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-Earth Orbit and out into the S ... more Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its thrusters to position itself on the correct course for its upcoming Earth flyby. The spacecraft, which is on a two-year outbound journey to asteroid Bennu, successfully performed a precision course adjustment on Wednesday to prepare for the gravity slingshot on Sept. 22. This trajectory correction maneuver was the first to use the spacecraft's Attitud ... more Phoenicid meteor shower from dead comet arises again after 58 years Dino-killing asteroid could have thrust Earth into 2 years of darkness Large asteroid to safely pass Earth on September 1 |
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Keith Koehler for Wallops News Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Aug 24, 2017 A NASA rocket mission to study disturbances in the upper atmosphere that interfere with communication and technology systems will form night-time white artificial clouds visible by residents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands during two rocket flights to occur between August 29 and September 9. The Waves and Instabilities from a Neutral Dynamo, o ... more Man-made fossil methane emission levels larger than previously believed Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer |
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 3 billion times and man still does not have a clue. The weathermen were astonished the clouds dissipated during the loss of temperature of the eclipse. NASA is all google eyes about the data sets that they will process. I will continue to study images and look for shadow bands and the shadow race. Thanks to Tom, Steve and the great teams of Schlafly Beer and Dew Drop Inn. Special planning ... more Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon" NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 NASA has recently chosen six proposed astrophysics mission for concept studies. Among them is the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, which aims to unlock the mysteries of the universe by performing the first all-sky spectral survey. If selected for construction and launch, the survey provided by the SPHEREx spacecraft c ... more UChicago scientists detect first X-rays from mystery supernovas Best ever image of a star's surface and atmosphere Vast new super cluster of galaxies named Saraswati |
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 A long-standing but unproven assumption about the X-ray spectra of black holes in space has been contradicted by hands-on experiments performed at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine. Z, the most energetic laboratory X-ray source on Earth, can duplicate the X-rays surrounding black holes that otherwise can be watched only from a great distance and then theorized about. "Of course, em ... more Scientists 'excited' by observations suggesting formation scenarios NICER and LISA to Confirm or Disprove Predictions of General Relativity Supermassive black holes feed on cosmic jellyfish |
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