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  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 |
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SpaceX postpones launch of secretive Zuma missionMiami (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  
NASA Selects Instrument for Future International Mission to Martian MoonsWashington 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  
Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mysteryMadison 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  
SSTL to build UrtheDaily Constellation for UrtheCastGuildford 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 SatellitesMcLean, 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  
Germany to Spend $465Mln on New Spy SatellitesMoscow (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 
Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensingZurich, 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  
Network Innovations Delivers Hurricane Relief Via SatelliteMcLean, 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  
MDA Selects AdaCore's GNAT Pro Assurance Development Platform for ISS SoftwareNew 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 
SSL Selected to Conduct Power and Propulsion Study for NASA's Deep Space Gateway ConceptPalo 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 |
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 HAWC collaboration sheds light on origin of anti-matter  
FIREBIRD II and NASA mission locate whistling space electrons' originsGreenbelt 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  
Learning from photosynthesisTempe 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  
China maintains reign over world supercomputer rankingsBeijing (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 
Diagonal methods for expensive global optimization developed by Russian scientistsNizhny 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 |
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  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 Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017NanoRacks launches Full External Cygnus Deployer on OA-8 to ISS  Houston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Robotic arm reaches out and grapples Cygnus New York NY (SPX) Nov 16, 2017MDA Selects AdaCore's GNAT Pro Assurance Development Platform for ISS Software |
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 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. ... moreMiami (AFP) Nov 17, 2017SpaceX postpones launch of secretive Zuma mission  Dubai (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017Baikonur for Russia, Kazakhstan offers UAE Baikonur for launches  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Nov 14, 2017The 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 Paris (ESA) Nov 16, 2017Fracture swarms on Mars driven by ancient tectonics  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test  Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2017New partnership on Mars drone applications research |
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 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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020  Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites |
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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 London, UK (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Space Launch plans UK industry tour  Talinn, Estonia (ESA) Nov 03, 2017European Space Week starts in Estonia  Beijing (XNA) Nov 01, 2017New Chinese sat comms company awaits approval |
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 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 ... moreBeijing (AFP) Nov 14, 2017China maintains reign over world supercomputer rankings  Moorestown NJ (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Lockheed Martin Achieves Long Range Discrimination Radar Critical Design Review On-Schedule  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Study 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 ... moreMadison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Images of strange solar system visitor peel away some of the mystery  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017NASA plans mission to study why planets lose their atmospheres  Paris (ESA) Nov 15, 2017Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered |
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 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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Jupiter's Stunning Southern Hemisphere  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora  Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Help 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 Dhaka (AFP) Nov 14, 2017New islands could solve Bangladesh land crisis: experts  Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 14, 2017How a 'shadow zone' traps the world's oldest ocean water  Washington (UPI) Nov 6, 2017Researchers use forensic science to track turtles |
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 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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Harris develops fully digital navigation payload for future GPS III sats  Beijing (XNA) Nov 07, 2017Better rubidium clocks increase BeiDou satnav accuracy  Xichang, China (XNA) Nov 07, 2017China 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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon  Bristol UK (The Conversation) Nov 10, 2017China and the US are both shooting for the moon  Moscow (AFP) Nov 7, 2017Russia locks up six for Moon flight simulation |
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 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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2017Dawn Explores Ceres' Interior Evolution  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Return 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 Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017NASA readies for another JPSS-1 launch attempt Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Mapping functional diversity of forests with remote sensing Guildford UK (SPX) Nov 17, 2017SSTL to build UrtheDaily Constellation for UrtheCast |
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 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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather begins  Garching, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2017View the 2019 solar eclipse from La Silla Observatory  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017Parker 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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe  Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017How physicists turned Antarctica into particle detector  Charlottesville VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017ALMA captures duo of titanic galaxies in extreme starbursting merger |
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 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 Scania, Sweden (SPX) Nov 17, 2017The unbelievable speed of electron emission from an atom  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Electron backscatter diffraction yields microstructure insights  Madison WI (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Molecular magnetism packs power with 'messenger electron' |
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