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NASA launch of NOAA weather satellite rescheduled for Nov 18 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 The launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite, the first in a new series of four highly advanced National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) polar-orbiting satellites, now is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 18, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 is targeted for 4:47 a.m. EST (1:47 a.m. PST). NASA TV launch coverage begins at 4:15 a.m. and will conclude after the deployme ... read more |
SpaceX postpones launch of secretive Zuma mission Miami (AFP) Nov 17, 2017 SpaceX on Thursday postponed the launch of a secretive US government payload known as Zuma, a mission whose nature - and the agency behind it - is a mystery. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 NASA has selected a science instrument for an upcoming Japan-led sample return mission to the moons of Mars planned for launch in 2024. The instrument, a sophisticated neutron and gamma-ray spectrog ... more Madison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 A strange visitor, either asteroid or comet, zipping through our solar system at a high rate of speed is giving astronomers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to examine up close an object from some ... more Guildford UK (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 A signed contract for the Earth Observation satellites for the UrtheDaily Constellation was announced by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and UrtheCast of Canada. The UrtheDaily Constellation, ... more |
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Demonstrations Validate Interference Mitigation and Beam Switching on EpicNG Satellites McLean, VA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 Intelsat now has five of our new high-throughput Intelsat EpicNG satellites in orbit, with four in service and IS-37e, launched last month, slated to complete testing and enter service in early 2018 ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 Airbus and OHB have submitted bids for the construction of satellites for the German Federal Intelligence Service's new satellite program. The German parliament's Budget Committee gave the gre ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Ecological studies have demonstrated positive relationships between plant diversity and ecosystem functioning. Forests with higher functional diversity are generally more productive and stable over ... more McLean, VA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 The recent hurricanes that hit Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico once again spotlighted the frailty of terrestrial communications services. Hurricane-force winds in the Florida Keys and Houston brought ... more New York NY (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 AdaCore reports that MDA, a business unit of Maxar Technologies, has selected the GNAT Pro Assurance Ada development environment for the LEON3 target processor, to produce the software for a Ku-Band ... more Palo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 SSL reports it was selected by NASA to conduct a four-month study for a module that will provide power and control for NASA's deep space gateway concept. The contract award is a tangible demonstrati ... more |
HAWC collaboration sheds light on origin of anti-matter Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Scientists have long known that solar-energized particles trapped around the planet are sometimes scattered into Earth's upper atmosphere where they can contribute to beautiful auroral displays. ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 The green sulfur bacterium makes its home in the chilly waters of the Black Sea. To eek out its lonely existence, this life form scavenges energy from the feeble sunlight available to it at a depth ... more Beijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2017 China now has more high-performance supercomputers than ever before, again besting the United States in global rankings, a supercomputer tracking organisation said. ... more Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Russian scientists from Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod have improved the method of global optimization by offering the so-called "diagonal approach." The goal of global optimization ... more |
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 SSL reports it was selected by NASA to conduct a four-month study for a module that will provide power and control for NASA's deep space gateway concept. The contract award is a tangible demonstration of SSL leadership, experience, and commitment to space innovation. The gateway will be a human crew-tended spaceport in lunar orbit that functions as an access point to the Moon and deep spac ... more NanoRacks launches Full External Cygnus Deployer on OA-8 to ISS Robotic arm reaches out and grapples Cygnus MDA Selects AdaCore's GNAT Pro Assurance Development Platform for ISS Software |
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 The launch of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite, the first in a new series of four highly advanced National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) polar-orbiting satellites, now is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 18, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 is targeted for 4:47 a. ... more SpaceX postpones launch of secretive Zuma mission Baikonur for Russia, Kazakhstan offers UAE Baikonur for launches The state of commercial spaceports in 2017 |
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Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 NASA has selected a science instrument for an upcoming Japan-led sample return mission to the moons of Mars planned for launch in 2024. The instrument, a sophisticated neutron and gamma-ray spectrograph, will help scientists resolve one of the most enduring mysteries of the Red Planet - when and how the small moons formed. The Mars Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is in development by the J ... more Fracture swarms on Mars driven by ancient tectonics Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test New partnership on Mars drone applications research |
Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 China is expected to complete its first sea launch for commercial payloads in 2018, said Yang Baohua, vice general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC). Yang made the remarks at an annual academic conference on space science held from November 1 to 2 in Beijing. The service will also be provided in other regions in addition to its four major sites in Jiuqu ... more China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut China launches three satellites |
Paris (ESA) Nov 14, 2017 An expedition of astronauts, planetary scientists and engineers is off to Spain's Canary Island of Lanzarote to learn best how to explore uncharted planets. The training will equip space travellers with a geologist's eye. This is the last leg of the intensive Pangaea campaign for astronauts to become effective explorers for missions to the Moon, Mars and asteroids. The crew will expl ... more Space Launch plans UK industry tour European Space Week starts in Estonia New Chinese sat comms company awaits approval |
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Russian scientists from Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod have improved the method of global optimization by offering the so-called "diagonal approach." The goal of global optimization is essentially to search for optimal solutions in various areas of human activity. The principal advantage of the diagonal approach compared to other methods is its speed. When solving multi-pa ... more China maintains reign over world supercomputer rankings Lockheed Martin Achieves Long Range Discrimination Radar Critical Design Review On-Schedule Study explains how droplets can levitate on liquid surfaces |
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Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2017 As a young scientist, Tony del Genio of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City met Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto. "I thought, 'Wow, this is a one-time opportunity,'" del Genio said. "I'll never meet anyone else who found a planet." That prediction was spectacularly wrong. In 1992, two scientists discovered the first planet around another star, or exopla ... more Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mystery NASA plans mission to study why planets lose their atmospheres Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered |
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the atmosphere. For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the composition of its atmosphere was much higher than actual measurements taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. A new study published November 16 in Nature proposes a novel cooling mechanism contr ... more Jupiter's Stunning Southern Hemisphere Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora Help Nickname New Horizons' Next Flyby Target |
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Kathmandu Nov 14, 2017 Nepal has cancelled an agreement with a Chinese company to build the largest hydroelectric plant in the impoverished landlocked country, which suffers from chronic energy shortages. The project, agreed in June, would have nearly have doubled Nepal's current hydropower production and cost an estimated $2.5 billion. But the finance ministry recommended it be scrapped, saying it had been aw ... more New islands could solve Bangladesh land crisis: experts How a 'shadow zone' traps the world's oldest ocean water Researchers use forensic science to track turtles |
Beijing (XNA) Nov 10, 2017 China launched the first two of the BeiDou-3 satellites into space on Sunday evening, indicating that its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has begun to expand into a global network, Cyol.com reported on November 6. Positioning accuracy of the BeiDou-3 satellites have an accuracy of 2.5 to five meters, which is comparable with that of GPS, said Xie Jun, chief designer of the satellite at ... more Harris develops fully digital navigation payload for future GPS III sats Better rubidium clocks increase BeiDou satnav accuracy China launches two BeiDou-3 navigation satellites on single carrier rocket |
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Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2017 Russia has successfully tested a simulator of the spaceship, with the objective of reaching the moon. The experiment's goal was to create conditions similar to those encountered by a mixed crew during a long autonomous interplanetary flight. Three of the six crew members of the SIRIUS project (an experiment simulating a flight to the moon) successfully carried out the first tests of the si ... more NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon China and the US are both shooting for the moon Russia locks up six for Moon flight simulation |
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2017 When an asteroid came barreling into Earth some 66 million years ago, it wasn't necessarily a guarantee that life on planet Earth would be drastically altered - that 75 percent of all plant and animal species, including the dinosaurs, would disappear. According to a new study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports, there was just a 13 percent chance such a collision would ... more Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life Dawn Explores Ceres' Interior Evolution Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites |
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Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2017 Climate scientists studying three decades of ozone measurements from seven satellites see a positive trend in global recovery thanks to international efforts to curb ozone-depleting substances. The part of Earth's atmosphere with high concentrations of ozone gas protects life on Earth from the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. However, pollutants can break down ozone, thinning this ozone layer ... more NASA readies for another JPSS-1 launch attempt Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensing SSTL to build UrtheDaily Constellation for UrtheCast |
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 Scientists have long known that solar-energized particles trapped around the planet are sometimes scattered into Earth's upper atmosphere where they can contribute to beautiful auroral displays. Yet for decades, no one has known exactly what is responsible for hurling these energetic electrons on their way. Recently, two spacecraft found themselves at just the right places at the right tim ... more Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather begins View the 2019 solar eclipse from La Silla Observatory Parker Solar Probe Comes to NASA Goddard for Testing |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 An international team of astronomers led by the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) suspects that neutron stars with a strong magnetic field can still launch so-called jets. Since the 1980s, it was thought that strong magnetic fields inhibit the formation of these plasma streams. But observations with more advanced telescopes indicate jet-like radiation. The astronomers publish their findi ... more Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe How physicists turned Antarctica into particle detector ALMA captures duo of titanic galaxies in extreme starbursting merger |
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 A mountaintop observatory about four hours east of Mexico City, built and operated by an international team of scientists, has captured the first wide-angle view of gamma rays emanating from two rapidly spinning stars. The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory offers perspective on the very high energy light streaming from our stellar neighbors and casts serious doubt ... more The unbelievable speed of electron emission from an atom Electron backscatter diffraction yields microstructure insights Molecular magnetism packs power with 'messenger electron' |
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