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  Washington DC (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 US President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send Americans to the Moon for the first time in decades, a move he said would help prepare for a future Mars trip. "This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint," Trump said at the White House as he signed the new space policy directive. "We will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars and perhaps someday to many worlds beyond." The last time US astronauts visited the Moon was during the Apollo mi ... read more |
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The Second Moon RaceGerroa, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 The US and China are in an undeclared race back to the Moon. At first glance it's easy to dismiss China's efforts as being little more than what the US and Russia achieved decades ago. And whi ... more  
Military defense market faces new challenges to acquiring SatCom platformsMcLean VA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 With high-throughput satellites covering 99% of the populated regions of the world, commercial satellite providers like Intelsat General are ready and willing to serve the growing bandwidth needs of ... more  
Russia says 'satellite' could have caused radioactive pollutionMoscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2017 Russian scientists on Friday said radioactive pollution detected in Europe in September was not linked to one of the country's nuclear facilities and speculated that a satellite could be the cause. ... more  
Spaceships and Politics: Sputnik Talks to Cosmonaut Sergei KrikalevMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2017 To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the first ever human-made object in space - the Russian Sputnik satellite - we spoke with record breaking Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev about the evolu ... more |
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NASA Selects Three Companies to Develop 'FabLab' PrototypesWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 NASA is taking the next step in the development of a space-based, on-demand fabrication capability by partnering with three U.S. companies, under NASA's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partn ... more  
New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper BeltLaurel MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 NASA's New Horizons spacecraft carried out a short, 2.5-minute engine burn on Saturday, Dec. 9 that refined its course toward 2014 MU69, the ancient Kuiper Belt object it will fly by a little more t ... more  
Space program should focus on Mars, says editor of New SpaceNew Rochelle, NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 The U.S. space exploration program should continue to focus on robotic sample recovery and human missions to Mars, says Scott Hubbard, Editor-in-Chief of New Space. He details the benefits and risks ... more  
Galileo satellites atop rocket for next Tuesday's flightParis (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites are in place atop their Ariane 5, ready to be launched next Tuesday. Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is scheduled for ... more  
Mount Sinai researchers use breakthrough technology to understand eclipse eye damageNew York NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers are using adaptive optics (AO) to analyze retinal eye damage from the August solar eclipse on a cellular level. The research could help doctors ... more 
CU Boulder solar instruments, experiments headed for spaceBoulder CO (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 A solar instrument package designed and built by CU Boulder to help monitor the planet's climate is now set for launch Dec. 12 aboard a a rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Th ... more |
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Nozzle Assemblies Complete for Exploration Mission-1 Solid Rocket BoostersWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster prime contractor Orbital ATK recently completed work at its Utah facilities on the booster nozzles for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), the first flight o ... more 
Massive Primordial Galaxies Found in 'Halo' of Dark MatterWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 Observations of two galaxies made with the National Science Foundation-funded Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope suggest that large galaxies formed faster than scien ... more  
A model explains effects like the formation of clouds from the seaSeville, Spain (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 Everyday questions like what really causes clouds and rain, what gives sparkling wines their distinctive aroma and why do tyres generate so much smoke when they burn have answers that are intimately ... more 
MACHOs are dead, WIMPs are a no-show - say hello to SIMPsBerkeley CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 The intensive, worldwide search for dark matter, the missing mass in the universe, has so far failed to find an abundance of dark, massive stars or scads of strange new weakly interacting particles, ... more |
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  Dubai (AFP) Dec 6, 2017 
Dubai's ruler on Wednesday launched the United Arab Emirates' first space programme aimed at sending four Emirati astronauts to the International Space Station within five years.
"On this day, a new chapter in our history begins with the launch of the first UAE Astronaut Programme," within the next five years, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, the UAE's vice president and prime ministe ... moreMoscow (Sputnik) Dec 11, 2017Spaceships and Politics: Sputnik Talks to Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 05, 2017The Voyagers in Popular Culture  Houston TX (SPX) Dec 05, 2017NASA Extends Expandable Habitat's Time on the International Space Station |
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Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket booster prime contractor Orbital ATK recently completed work at its Utah facilities on the booster nozzles for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), the first flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft.
SLS, the world's most powerful rocket, and Orion will take humans on deep space missions, and the boosters provide most of the power to get the spacecraft off the ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017Rocket Lab to launch rocket from New Zealand  Miami (AFP) Dec 6, 2017SpaceX's Elon Musk to launch his own car into deep space  New Delhi (IANS) Nov 30, 2017ISRO eyes one rocket launch a month in 2018 |
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 New Rochelle, NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 
The U.S. space exploration program should continue to focus on robotic sample recovery and human missions to Mars, says Scott Hubbard, Editor-in-Chief of New Space. He details the benefits and risks of this strategy in an editorial entitled "Keeping the Focus on Mars," published in New Space, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Ne ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 7, 2017NASA's oldest Mars rover survives another harsh winter  Providence RI (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Brown: Clay on Mars May Have Formed in Primordial Steam Bath  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 07, 2017Mars Rover Team's Tilted Winter Strategy Works |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 
The UK Space Agency has announced 200,000 pounds of funding for 4 new business incubators to boost the number of start-up companies in the space sector across the UK.
The incubators, in Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire and London, will provide world-class science innovation support for entrepreneurs and small businesses to help grow the UK space industry.
The funding follow ... more Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Dec 08, 2017mu Space becomes first Thai startup to acquire satellite license  El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Regulation and compliance for nontraditional space missions  Washington (UPI) Nov 30, 2017Orbital ATK purchase by Northrop Grumman approved by shareholders |
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 Moscow (AFP) Dec 8, 2017 
Russian scientists on Friday said radioactive pollution detected in Europe in September was not linked to one of the country's nuclear facilities and speculated that a satellite could be the cause.
Russia's Rosatom nuclear agency in November asked scientists at the Nuclear Safety Institute to look into the origin of "extremely high" readings of radioactive ruthenium reported in some parts of ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017NASA Selects Three Companies to Develop 'FabLab' Prototypes  Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2017First step toward practical application of holographic memory with magnetic assist  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Monopole current offers way to control magnets |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 08, 2017 
The scientific instrument at the heart of the CHEOPS mission has been fully assembled, marking an important milestone in the development of this small, fast-track exoplanet-characterising mission.
The Focal Plane Module (FPM), which houses the CCD detector array and the Front-End Electronics, was secured in place on the telescope assembly at the University of Bern this month, completing th ... more Toronto, Canada (SPX) Dec 08, 2017Two Super-Earths around red dwarf K2-18  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 08, 2017WASP-18b has smothering stratosphere without water  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Discovery about rare nitrogen molecules offers clues to makeup of life-supporting planets |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft carried out a short, 2.5-minute engine burn on Saturday, Dec. 9 that refined its course toward 2014 MU69, the ancient Kuiper Belt object it will fly by a little more than a year from now.
Setting a record for the farthest spacecraft course correction to date, the engine burn also adjusted the arrival time at MU69 to optimize flyby science.
Telemetry con ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Wrapping up 2017 one year out from MU69  Providence RI (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Research bolsters possibility of plate tectonics on Europa  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2017Jupiter Blues |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 
New research has found that, despite the extensive damage to coral in recent events, there are still 100 reefs on the Great Barrier Reef that are well suited to promoting the regional recovery of the ecosystem after major disturbances.
The results publishing 28 November in the open access journal PLOS Biology by Dr Karlo Hock, Prof Peter Mumby, and colleagues from the University of Queensl ... more East Boothbay ME (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Fear of sharks influences seaweed growth on Fijian coral reefs  Santa Monica, CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017US transportation and water infrastructure not broken  Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 07, 2017Take the Driver's Seat on Sea Level Science |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 11, 2017 
Europe's next four Galileo navigation satellites are in place atop their Ariane 5, ready to be launched next Tuesday.
Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana is scheduled for 18:36 GMT (19:36 CET, 15:36 local time), carrying Galileo satellites 19-22.
Completion of Galileo's Ariane 5 rocket took place in the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, following the arrival t ... more Paris (ESA) Dec 05, 2017Space technology to drive autonomous ships  Washington (UPI) Dec 5, 2017Air Force tests Raytheon's GPS receiver aboard B-2 bomber  Denver CO (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Lockheed Martin assembles third US Air Force GPS 3 satellite |
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 Washington DC (AFP) Dec 12, 2017 
US President Donald Trump directed NASA on Monday to send Americans to the Moon for the first time in decades, a move he said would help prepare for a future Mars trip.
"This time we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint," Trump said at the White House as he signed the new space policy directive.
"We will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars and perha ... moreGerroa, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017The Second Moon Race  Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017December's 'supermoon' expected to be bigggest, brightest of 2017  Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Nov 27, 2017Japan signals growing support for Deep Space Gateway concept |
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 San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 
Within days of the announcement by NASA's Minor Planet Center of the discovery of the first-ever interstellar object, 'Oumuamua, B612's new Asteroid Institute began a collaborative effort that led to significant analysis about the discovery.
Bryce Bolin, a senior researcher at the Asteroid Institute as well as a DIRAC Institute Fellow, was the lead author on the study measuring 1I/'Oumuamu ... more Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Rosetta details a comet's key ingredients  Stirling UK (SPX) Dec 04, 2017Metal asteroid Psyche is all set for an early visit from NASA  Paris (ESA) Nov 30, 2017Selected asteroids detected by GAIA between August 2014 And May 2016 |
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 Paris (ESA) Dec 06, 2017 
Launched on 13 October, the Sentinel-5P satellite has delivered its first images of air pollution. Even though the satellite is still being prepared for service, these first results have been hailed as exceptional and show how this latest Copernicus satellite is set to take the task of monitoring air quality into a new era.
This new mission promises to image air pollutants in more detail t ... more London, UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2017UK-built satellite shines first light on air pollution  Leeds UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2017Understanding the climate impact of natural atmospheric particles  Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 08, 2017First global maps of traits that drive vegetation growth |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 11, 2017 
A solar instrument package designed and built by CU Boulder to help monitor the planet's climate is now set for launch Dec. 12 aboard a a rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The instrument suite is called the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS-1) and was designed and built by CU Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) for NASA's Goddard S ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Massive Primordial Galaxies Found in 'Halo' of Dark Matter New York NY (SPX) Dec 11, 2017Mount Sinai researchers use breakthrough technology to understand eclipse eye damage  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 30, 2017All missions on board for NASA heliophysics research |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Dec 08, 2017 
A team of astronomers from Maryland, Hawaii, Israel, and France has produced the most detailed map ever of the orbits of galaxies in our extended local neighborhood, showing the past motions of almost 1,400 galaxies within 100 million light-years of the Milky Way.
The team reconstructed the galaxies' motions from 13 billion years in the past to the present day. The main gravitational attra ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2017How hardy is the Webb Telescope  Odense, Denmark (SPX) Dec 07, 2017How does it look when Earth is bombarded with dark matter? Charlottesville VA (SPX) Dec 06, 2017Massive primordial galaxies found swimming in vast ocean of dark matter |
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 Tucson, AZ (SPX) Dec 06, 2017 
Supermassive black holes lurk at the centers of many galaxies. While some supermassive black holes - like the one at the center of our own galaxy - live quiet lives, occasionally snacking on a star or two, others feed voraciously, consuming gas and stars and growing rapidly in mass.
To understand when supermassive black holes first appeared, astronomers scan the skies for actively-feeding ... more Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2017The Most Distant Black Hole in the Cosmos Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2017MACHOs are dead, WIMPs are a no-show - say hello to SIMPs Seville, Spain (SPX) Dec 11, 2017A model explains effects like the formation of clouds from the sea |
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