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  Riga, Lativa (SPX) Sep 20, 2017 The mining of resources contained in asteroids, for use as propellant, building materials or in life-support systems, has the potential to revolutionise exploration of our solar system. To make this concept a reality, we need to increase our knowledge of the very diverse population of accessible near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Last year, dozens of the world's leading asteroid scientists and asteroid mining entrepreneurs came together in Luxembourg to discuss key questions and identify scientific know ... read more |
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Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway'Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 China's programme to launch a mission to Mars in 2020 is "well underway", its top planner said Wednesday as the country moves forward with its ambitious space programme. ... more  
Earth through different eyesParis (ESA) Sep 19, 2017 In the 1960s, photographs of Earth taken by the first astronauts captured the imaginations of people across the world. The pictures not only became icons for space exploration, but also the fragilit ... more  
Six emerge from 8-mo Mars experiment in Hawaii domeMiami (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 Six people have emerged from an isolated dome in Hawaii where they spent the past eight months on a mock Mars mission, living in close quarters, eating dried foods and trying to get along. ... more  
Thales, Telespazio and Spaceflight team up to accelerate BlackSky Geospatial PlatformParis, France (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 The Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) and Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%), has signed a partnership with the U.S.-based company Spaceflight Industries wh ... more |
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Transitional FSS industry adapting, innovating to spur recoveryParis (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 According to the 24th edition of Euroconsult's report, Satellite Communications and Broadcasting Markets Survey, due to be published later in September, the FSS industry is in the midst of unprecede ... more 
Bulgaria Sat Wins "Newcomer Satellite Operator of the Year" for 2017Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 Bulgaria Sat, Bulgaria's sole satellite operator and the country's innovator in space industry, was awarded "Newcomer Satellite Operator of the Year" for 2017 during the 14th Annual Awards for Excel ... more  
To shoot down or not? NKorea launch highlights intercept issuesWashington (AFP) Sept 17, 2017 North Korea's latest missile launch over Japan set sirens blaring and triggered alerts telling people to seek shelter - yet neither Tokyo nor Washington tried to shoot the rocket down. ... more  
North Korea seeks military 'equilibrium' with USSeoul (AFP) Sept 16, 2017 North Korea said Saturday it was bent on nothing less than military "equilibrium" with arch-enemy the United States with a full nuclear arsenal, forcing UN powers into fresh crisis talks. ... more  
Lockheed Martin Unveils a New Lightweight Canister Launched Unmanned Aircraft SystemLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that has been designed and developed in the UK at the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI). OUTRIDER is a ... more  
KFU astronomers discovered an exoplanet together with Turkish and Japanese colleaguesKazan, Russia (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Five KFU employees have been involved in the project - Ilfan Bikmaev, Eldar Irtuganov, Roman Zhuchkov, Almaz Galeev, and Sergey Melnikov. Professor Bikmaev, Chair of the Department of Astronom ... more |
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 NASA's Hubble captures blistering pitch-black planet 
FINESSE Mission to Investigate Atmospheres of Hundreds of Alien WorldsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 05, 2017 One of NASA's proposed missions, known as the Fast INfrared Exoplanet Spectroscopy Survey Explorer (FINESSE) could greatly improve our understanding of extrasolar worlds. If selected for development ... more  
Volcanic carbon dioxide drove ancient global warming eventSouthampton UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 New research, led by the University of Southampton and involving a team of international scientists, suggests that an extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was driven by massive CO2 emis ... more  
Is the Earth warming? The ocean gives you the answerBeijing, China (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 Humans have released carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and the result is an accumulation of heat in the Earth's climate system, commonly referred to as "global warming". "How fast is the Ea ... more  
Researchers challenge status quo of battery commercializationChicago IL (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 While more efficient, effective, and economical batteries are critical to the world's clean energy future, the path to bringing such technologies to market over the last 25 years is overwhelmingly l ... more |
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  Paris (ESA) Sep 15, 2017 
Whether you are on a diet or just want to be healthier, you might be one of those millions of people around the planet who use a mobile app to track everything you eat. The trend has arrived in space: European astronauts are now logging their meals on a tablet to make sure they are getting the right amount of nutrients.
An optimal diet, paired with constant exercise, is essential to counte ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2017NASA's Robotic 'Sniffer' Confirms Space Station Leak, Repair  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Crewed Missions Beyond LEO  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS mission |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 
About two years ago the National Transportation Safety Board announced its finding regarding the Virgin Galactic crash that occurred on October 31, 2014. The simple explanation was that the co-pilot unlocked a critical vehicle mechanism too early. After a nine-month investigation the NTSB further concluded that human error and inadequate safety procedures caused the violent crash.
The vehi ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific With NASA Science Experiments  Paris (SPX) Sep 14, 2017ArianeGroup to supply from Boeing satellite with new generation of electric propulsion  Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Rocket fever launches UB students to engineering competition in New Mexico |
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 Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Sep 19, 2017 
As humans spread out across the Earth, the locations of new colonies were driven by the accessibility of resources: not only food and water, but also arable land, forests and minerals.
Access to such resources remains important as the economy moves into space. Here, water has emerged as the pre-eminent resource to exploit first. The question then becomes, from where will we extract the wat ... moreMiami (AFP) Sept 19, 2017Six emerge from 8-mo Mars experiment in Hawaii dome  Paris (ESA) Sep 19, 2017Splashdown! Crashing into Martian mud  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 14, 2017NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Climbing Toward Ridge Top |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 
China's programme to launch a mission to Mars in 2020 is "well underway", its top planner said Wednesday as the country moves forward with its ambitious space programme.
The probe will carry 13 types of payload including six rovers, the official Xinhua news agency said.
"The Mars exploration programme is well underway," it cited the mission's chief architect Zhang Rongqiao as saying. ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle  Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2017Spacecraft passes docking test  Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says Expert |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
Bulgaria Sat, Bulgaria's sole satellite operator and the country's innovator in space industry, was awarded "Newcomer Satellite Operator of the Year" for 2017 during the 14th Annual Awards for Excellence in Satellite Communications which took place as part of the Summit for Satellite Financing, the main event of the annual World Satellite Business Week 2017. The ceremony took place on September ... moreParis (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Transitional FSS industry adapting, innovating to spur recovery  New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017India, Japan Set to Boost Space Cooperation  New York (AFP) Sept 18, 2017Northrop Grumman to buy space firm Orbital for $9.2 bn |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
Here's your task. Build a tiny sensor that detects a signature of infrared (IR) wavelengths characteristic of a hot tailpipe, a wood fire, or perhaps even a human being. Design the sensor so that it can remain dormant and unattended but always alert, even for years, without drawing on battery power. And build the sensor so that the act of detection itself can initiate the emission of a signal th ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017Air Force activates new satellites for tracking space objects  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Physicists predict nonmetallic half-metallicity  Oxford, UK (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Low-level radiation exposure less harmful to health than other modern lifestyle risks |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
Astronomers have discovered that the well-studied exoplanet WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear essentially pitch black. This discovery sheds new light on the atmospheric composition of the planet and also refutes previous hypotheses about WASP-12b's atmosphere. The results are also in stark contrast to observations of another similarly sized exoplanet.
Using the Space Tele ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 15, 2017NASA's Hubble captures blistering pitch-black planet Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 15, 2017The return of the comet-like exoplanet Kazan, Russia (SPX) Sep 13, 2017KFU astronomers discovered an exoplanet together with Turkish and Japanese colleagues |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
A long summer break ended for NASA's New Horizons on Sept. 11, as the spacecraft "woke" itself on schedule from a five-month hibernation period. Signals confirming that New Horizons had executed on-board computer commands to exit hibernation reached mission operations at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, via NASA's Deep Space Network station in Madrid, Spain, at 12:55 p. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017Jupiter's Auroras Present a Powerful Mystery  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 06, 2017New Horizons Files Flight Plan for 2019 Flyby |
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 Tetiaroa, France (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 
An exotic island paradise in French Polynesia bought by Marlon Brando in the sixties is using its Hollywood image to tackle environmental issues - with a little help from its jet-set visitors.
The tiny, palm-fringed atoll of Tetiaroa was once a favourite holiday spot for Tahitian royalty before the late American movie star fell in love with it while filming "Mutiny on the Bounty" in 1961 on ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2017Rogue wave could have downed El Faro cargo ship, research shows  Sydney (AFP) Sept 18, 2017Giant sea snail plan to rescue Barrier Reef  Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017SubSea Craft to display Diver Delivery Unit at DSEI 2017 |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 19, 2017 
A new chip for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was unveiled on Saturday by the Global Navigation Satellite System and Location Based Service (GNSS and LBS) Association of China (GLAC).
The chip supports the new generation of BeiDou-3 satellites for high-precision navigation and positioning. The positioning accuracy of the chip reaches the sub-meter level without ground-based a ... more Denver CO (SPX) Sep 13, 2017US Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin GPS M-Code Early Use Ground System Upgrade Contract  Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Arianespace to orbit four Galileo satellites on two Ariane 62 launches  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Sep 18, 2017Top 5 Businesses in Ireland that Need GPS Tracking and Location-Sharing |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
In research that may prove useful to future lunar explorers, scientists from Brown University have created the first quantitative map of water and its chemical building blocks trapped in the uppermost portion of the Moon's soil.
The study, published in Science Advances, builds on the initial discovery in 2009 of water and a related molecule - hydroxyl, which consists of one atom each of hy ... moreParis (ESA) Aug 22, 2017Call For Ideas For Research On The Deep Space Gateway  San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project |
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 Riga, Lativa (SPX) Sep 20, 2017 
The mining of resources contained in asteroids, for use as propellant, building materials or in life-support systems, has the potential to revolutionise exploration of our solar system. To make this concept a reality, we need to increase our knowledge of the very diverse population of accessible near-Earth asteroids (NEAs).
Last year, dozens of the world's leading asteroid scientists and a ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017NASA-funded research at USC provides evidence of ground-ice on asteroids  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017Radar Reveals Two Moons Orbiting Asteroid Florence  Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Sling-shot show for NASA spacecraft over Australia |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 19, 2017 
In the 1960s, photographs of Earth taken by the first astronauts captured the imaginations of people across the world. The pictures not only became icons for space exploration, but also the fragility of our planet. But astronauts were not the only ones with their eyes on Earth.
Satellites flying hundreds of kilometres above our heads continually capture images of our planet and deliver a w ... more Washington DC (UPI) Sep 18, 2017Dust devils contribute large amount of particulate matter to atmospheres of Earth, Mars  El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017Boeing to Design and Build Seven Medium Earth Orbit Satellites for SES  Boston MA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Team gathers unprecedented data on atmosphere's organic chemistry |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured dramatic images of a significant solar flare that peaked at 12:06 p.m. EDT Sunday.
The space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory watches the sun on a constant basis and captured the significant solar flare classified as X8.2-class.
X-class identifies the most intense solar flares and the number provides additional information about its s ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2017NASA captures images of strong solar flares  Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2017Space-inspired Star Storm to premiere next month  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2017NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017 
Scientists at Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have determined that new star formation is influenced by local environmental conditions.
According to the classical model, a star is formed when a prestellar core, a roundish accumulation containing 99 percent gas and 1 percent dust, collapses due to overweight, resulting in the formation of a star in the center of the c ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Keeping NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the dark  Trieste, Italy (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Exchanges of identity in deep space  London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Accretion-powered pulsar reveals unique timing glitch |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
Researchers from Vienna University, together with colleagues from Greece and the USA, have now developed a new idea for a cloaking technology. A completely opaque material is irradiated from above with a specific wave pattern - with the effect that light waves from the left can now pass through the material without any obstruction.
This surprising result opens up completely new possibiliti ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry  Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 07, 2017First neutron beam produced: A great milestone for CSNS  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017UCLA physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universe |
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