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March 30, 2018
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Relativity Space raises 35M in Series B funding



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Relativity has reported the close of its $35 million Series B financing, led by Playground Global with full participation from existing Series A investors Social Capital, Y Combinator Continuity and Mark Cuban. The funding will be used to grow the company's scalable, automated process for manufacturing and launching entire rockets from conception to production. The company has proven itself as an emerging disruptor in the $7 billion satellite constellation launch market and is working with leading ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Funds shortage pulls the brakes on India's crucial space programs
New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 29, 2018
India's four strategically important space programs, including one of the world's most successful PSLV mission, are reportedly facing a severe fund shortage which may force the space scientists of t ... more
MOON DAILY
Roscosmos, NASA to set common standards for first lunar orbit station
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 29, 2018
The Russian and US space agencies will meet next month to set out plans for mankind's first outpost in the moon's orbit, which will include a Russia-built module, a source told Sputnik on Thursday. ... more
MARSDAILY
Marsquakes could shake up planetary science
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 29, 2018
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars. That's when NASA will send the first robotic lander dedicated to exploring the planet's subsurface. InS ... more
MARSDAILY
First test success for largest Mars mission parachute
Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2018
The largest parachute ever to fly on a Mars mission has been deployed in the first of a series of tests to prepare for the upcoming ExoMars mission that will deliver a rover and a surface science pl ... more
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EXO WORLDS
NASA prepares to launch next ExoPlanet mission
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its April 16 launch to find undiscovered worlds around nearby stars, providing targets where future studi ... more
EXO WORLDS
Characterization of a water world in a multi-exoplanetary system
Porto, Portugal (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
A team of astronomers from 11 countries, led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA), were able to determine the precise mass of two small exoplanets orbiting the va ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Understanding gravity: The nanoscale search for extra dimensions
Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Often, practical limits control the experimental measurements that can be made, governing the difference between what we expect to be true based on the most likely predictions of models and calculat ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
How do you make a galaxy without dark matter
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
A team of astronomers has discovered a unique galaxy - the first of its kind - that appears to contain virtually no dark matter. It is an exceptional find since galaxies are commonly thought to cont ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Supernova may have 'burped' before exploding
South Bend IN (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
The slow fade of radioactive elements following a supernova allows astrophysicists to study them at length. But the universe is packed full of flash-in-the pan transient events lasting only a brief ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Dark matter goes missing in oddball galaxy
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Galaxies and dark matter go together like peanut butter and jelly. You typically don't find one without the other. Therefore, researchers were surprised when they uncovered a galaxy that is mi ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA's Webb Observatory requires more time for testing and evaluation
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope currently is undergoing final integration and test phases that will require more time to ensure a successful mission. After an independent assessment of remaining t ... more
TECH SPACE
Femtosecond laser fabrication: Realizing dynamics control of electrons
Changchun, China (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Femtosecond lasers are capable of processing any solid material with high quality and high precision using their ultrafast and ultra-intense characteristics. With the continuous development of laser ... more
TECH SPACE
Is glass transition driven by thermodynamics?
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Glassy substances are everywhere, yet this state of matter poses many puzzles. The basic picture is clear enough - glasses are solids that lack the regular atomic structure of a crystal. How and why ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Tactical Communications Market worth over $30bn by 2024
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Tactical Communications Market size is set to exceed USD 30 billion by 2024; as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Global shipments are projected to witness more than 3% CAGR ... more


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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
India set to launch S-Band satellite for military communications
New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 29, 2018
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a high power S-band communication satellite GSAT-6A on Thursday at the behest of the country's armed forces. The 2,000 kg satellite wil ... more
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ABOUT US
Progress in quest to develop a human memory prosthesis
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
DARPA launched the Restoring Active Memory (RAM) program in November 2013 with the goal of developing a fully implantable, closed-loop neural interface capable of restoring normal memory function to ... more
WATER WORLD
Marine exploration sensing with light and sound
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Oceanic sensor networks that collect and transmit high-quality, real-time data could transform our understanding of marine ecology, improve pollution and disaster management, and inform the multiple ... more
ENERGY TECH
Researchers charge ahead to develop better batteries
Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
They die at the most inconvenient times. Cellphones go dark during important conversations because a battery hasn't been recharged. Or the automotive industry revs up with excitement for a new batte ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA pushes back giant space telescope launch to 2020
Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018
The launch of NASA's next giant space telescope has been delayed until at least May 2020, the US space agency said Tuesday, in the latest setback for the much-anticipated project. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Earth-bound Chinese spacelab plunging to fiery end
Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast. ... more
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NASA accepting applications for mission control leaders
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018
How would you like to sit at the helm of human spaceflight, responsible for the success of missions and the highly trained teams of engineers and scientists that make them possible? NASA is hiring new flight directors for just this job at its mission control at Johnson Space Center in Houston. "Flight directors play a critical role in the success of our nation's human spaceflight missions, ... more
+ Fifty years on, Yuri Gagarin's death still shrouded in mystery
+ Rooting for Answers: Simulating G-Force to Test Plant Gravity Perception in Mustard Seedlings
+ What the first American astronauts taught us about living in space
+ Inspired by ASU NASA mission, students create space art
+ Airbus delivers new life support system for the ISS
+ 60 years in orbit for 'grapefruit satellite' - the oldest human object in space
+ China to become top patent filer within three years: UN
University student projects launch from NASA Wallops
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018
Four university student projects were successfully launched at 6:51:30 a.m. EDT, March 25, 2018, on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket carried the projects to an altitude of 107 miles. The projects then descended by parachute, landing in the Atlantic Ocean. The projects were recove ... more
+ Funds shortage pulls the brakes on India's crucial space programs
+ Chinese scientists developing bee-inspired aerospace vehicle
+ 3D printing rocket engines in SPAIN
+ Soyuz rocket rolled out for launch
+ SpaceX launches innovative secondary payload dispenser along side Hispasat
+ Air Force Chief of Staff: US 'On Track' to Replace Russian RD-180 Rocket Engine
+ Air Force awards launch contracts to SpaceX and ULA


Opportunity making extensive study of rock target Aguas Calientes
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018
Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about half way down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley. Opportunity is engaged in an extensive in-situ (contact) science campaign on the surface target called "Aguas Calientes," an exposed rock outcrop. After previously brushing the surface, ... more
+ Curiosity rover gets ready for its next adventure
+ First test success for largest Mars mission parachute
+ Elon Musk's vision to colonize Mars updated in New Space
+ Marsquakes could shake up planetary science
+ Instruments for next NASA mission to Mars being tested under Germany's Black Forest
+ Mars Curiosity Celebrates Sol 2,000
+ Sol 2000: Roving for 2000 Martian Days
Earth-bound Chinese spacelab plunging to fiery end
Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast. "It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement. Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fal ... more
+ Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the Moon
+ China to launch Long March-5B rocket next year
+ China plans to develop a multipurpose, reusable space plane
+ China moving ahead with plans for next-generation X-ray observatory
+ China to launch Long March-5B rocket in 2019
+ Satellite will test plan for global China led satcom network
+ China plans rocket sea-launch
Relativity Space raises 35M in Series B funding
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Relativity has reported the close of its $35 million Series B financing, led by Playground Global with full participation from existing Series A investors Social Capital, Y Combinator Continuity and Mark Cuban. The funding will be used to grow the company's scalable, automated process for manufacturing and launching entire rockets from conception to production. The company has proven itsel ... more
+ SSL to build direct broadcasting satellite for B-SAT
+ Spacecom selects SSL to build AMOS-8 comsat with advanced capabilities
+ Ground-breaking satellite projects will transform society
+ Isotropic Systems to offer OneWeb compatible ultra low-cost terminals
+ New laws unlock exciting space era for UK
+ Iridium Certus Distribution Expands; Enables Globally 'Connected Vehicles', Assets and Teams
+ Britain hopes to keep stars aligned with EU's space projects
Femtosecond laser fabrication: Realizing dynamics control of electrons
Changchun, China (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Femtosecond lasers are capable of processing any solid material with high quality and high precision using their ultrafast and ultra-intense characteristics. With the continuous development of laser technology, ultrafast laser manufacturing would hopefully become one of the primary methods employed in high-end manufacturing in the future. Recently, researchers realized a new method termed ... more
+ Is glass transition driven by thermodynamics?
+ Pressing a button is more challenging than appears
+ Researchers use 3-D printing to create metallic glass alloys
+ New 'AR' Mobile App Features 3-D NASA Spacecraft
+ Diamond powers first continuous room-temperature solid-state maser
+ Reconsidering damage production and radiation mixing in materials
+ Predicting the Lifespan of Materials in Space


New study shows what interstellar visitor Oumuamua can teach us
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 28, 2018
The first interstellar object ever seen in our solar system, named 'Oumuamua, is giving scientists a fresh perspective on the development of planetary systems. A new study by a team including astrophysicists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, calculated how this visitor from outside our solar system fits into what we know about how planets, asteroids and comets form. ... more
+ Characterization of a water world in a multi-exoplanetary system
+ NASA prepares to launch next ExoPlanet mission
+ Kepler beyond planets: finding exploding stars
+ UK team to lead European mission to study new planets
+ TRAPPIST-1 planets provide clues to the nature of habitable worlds
+ ESA's next science mission to focus on nature of exoplanets
+ 'Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system
Jupiter's turmoil more than skin deep: researchers
Paris (AFP) March 7, 2018
Jupiter's tempestuous, gassy atmosphere stretches some 3,000 kilometres (1,860 miles) deep and comprises a hundredth of the planet's mass, studies based on observations by NASA's Juno spacecraft revealed Wednesday. The measurements shed the first light on what goes on beneath the surface of the largest planet in the Solar System, which from a distance resembles a colourful, striped glass mar ... more
+ New Horizons Chooses Nickname for 'Ultimate' Flyby Target
+ Jupiter's Great Red Spot getting taller as it shrinks
+ Jupiter's Jet-Streams Are Unearthly
+ Unveiling the depths of Jupiter's winds
+ You are entering the Jovian Twilight Zone
+ The PI's Perspective: Why Didn't Voyager Explore the Kuiper Belt?
+ Chasing a stellar flash with assistance from GAIA


Marine exploration sensing with light and sound
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
Oceanic sensor networks that collect and transmit high-quality, real-time data could transform our understanding of marine ecology, improve pollution and disaster management, and inform the multiple industries that draw on ocean resources. A KAUST research team is designing and optimizing underwater wireless sensor networks that could vastly improve existing ocean sensing equipment. "Curre ... more
+ Most of Earth's water was likely present before the moon-forming giant impact
+ New research shows how submarine groundwater affects coral reef growth
+ Automated sea vehicles for monitoring the oceans
+ Deep-sea wildlife more vulnerable to extinction than first thought
+ Smithsonian researchers name new ocean zone: The rariphotic
+ Coral reef experiment shows: Acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth
+ Water's behavioral anomalies finally explained
Indra Expands With Four New Stations The Ground Segment Managing Galileo Satellites
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 15, 2018
Indra has been awarded a contract for implementing four new Uplink Stations (ULS), thus expanding the ground segment of the European global positioning system, Galileo. Awarded by the company Thales Alenia Space (France), this contract also includes maintenance and upgrades for all Uplink stations. The new stations will join the ten uplink stations that Indra has already put into service a ... more
+ GMV leads a project for application of EGNOS to maritime safety
+ Why Russia is one step ahead of US Army's plans for future GPS
+ Europe claims 100 million users for Galileo satnav system
+ Airbus selected by ESA for EGNOS V3 program
+ Pentagon probes fitness-app use after map shows sensitive sites
+ China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space
+ 18 satellites in exactEarth's real-time constellation now in service


Indian space agency postpones second Moon mission to October
New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2018
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) - India's state-owned space agency - has deferred the launch of Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the moon, to October this year. The ISRO chief has said that it needs to perform some more tests before the launch. The launch was initially scheduled for April this year. "Initially, we had planned an April launch for Chandrayaan-2, b ... more
+ India to Experiment With Igloo-like Structures on the Moon - Minister
+ Roscosmos, NASA to set common standards for first lunar orbit station
+ New AI mapping algorithm discovers 6,000 new craters on the Moon
+ 'Luna City 2175' will take audience to a future community grappling with how to be civilized
+ Scientists Share Ideas for Gateway Activities Near the Moon
+ The moon formed inside a vaporized Earth synestia
+ Research details mineralogy of potential lunar exploration site
A star disturbed the comets of the solar system in prehistory
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 21, 2018
About 70,000 years ago, when the human species was already on Earth, a small reddish star approached our solar system and gravitationally disturbed comets and asteroids. Astronomers from the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Cambridge have verified that the movement of some of these objects is still marked by that stellar encounter. At a time when modern humans were be ... more
+ Russian scientists use lasers to destroy mini asteroids
+ NASA plans giant spacecraft to defend Earth by nuking deadly asteroids
+ NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres' Surface
+ Russian physicists make toy asteroids and blast them with a laser
+ Lessons from the Tunguska event
+ Comet Chury formed by a catastrophic collision
+ Watch an asteroid pass between Earth and the moon on Friday


A space window to electrifying science
Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2018
Lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in Earth's atmosphere almost every second. The inner workings of these magnificent forces of nature are still unknown, but a rare observation by an ESA astronaut gave a boost to the science community. A European detector will take on the challenge of hunting for thunderstorms from space next week. As he flew over India at 28 800 km/h on the Int ... more
+ NASA renews focus on Earth's frozen regions
+ Proba-1 spots Giza pyramids from space
+ Sentinel-3B launch preparations in full swing
+ Taking the Pulse of Greenhouse Gases
+ Research shows fertilization drives global lake emissions of greenhouse gases
+ The saga of India's remote sensing satellite network
+ New NASA Model Finds Landslide Threats in Near Real-Time During Heavy Rains
New 3-D measurements improve understanding of geomagnetic storm hazards
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 14, 2018
Measurements of the three-dimensional structure of the earth, as opposed to the one-dimensional models typically used, can help scientists more accurately determine which areas of the United States are most vulnerable to blackouts during hazardous geomagnetic storms. Space weather events such as geomagnetic storms can disturb the earth's magnetic field, interfering with electric power grid ... more
+ NASA powers on new instrument staring at the Sun
+ Mystery of purple lights in sky solved with help from citizen scientists
+ Three NASA satellites recreate solar eruption in 3-D
+ Public invited to come aboard NASA's first mission to touch the Sun
+ Queen's scientists crack 70-year-old mystery of how magnetic waves heat the Sun
+ NASA's SDO reveals how magnetic cage on the Sun stopped solar eruption
+ Towards a better prediction of solar eruptions


Supernova may have 'burped' before exploding
South Bend IN (SPX) Mar 29, 2018
The slow fade of radioactive elements following a supernova allows astrophysicists to study them at length. But the universe is packed full of flash-in-the pan transient events lasting only a brief time, so quick and hard to study they remain a mystery. Only by increasing the rate at which telescopes monitor the sky has it been possible to catch more Fast-Evolving Luminous Transients (FELT ... more
+ Increasing temperatures in cooling systems
+ Dark matter goes missing in oddball galaxy
+ NASA's Webb Observatory requires more time for testing and evaluation
+ How do you make a galaxy without dark matter
+ Decades of research identify source of galaxy-sized stream of gas
+ NASA pushes back giant space telescope launch to 2020
+ Hubble solves cosmic 'whodunit' with interstellar forensics
Neutrino experiment sets the stage for deep discovery about matter
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 27, 2018
If equal amounts of matter and antimatter had formed in the Big Bang more than 13 billion years ago, one would have annihilated the other upon meeting, and today's universe would be full of energy but no matter to form stars, planets and life. Yet matter exists now. That fact suggests something is wrong with Standard Model equations describing symmetry between subatomic particles and their antip ... more
+ Understanding gravity: The nanoscale search for extra dimensions
+ Unresolved puzzles in exotic nuclei
+ Putting quantum scientists in the driver's seat
+ Scientists detect radio echoes of a black hole feeding on a star
+ MSU-based scientists dedicated the birth of a new black hole to Stephen Hawking
+ Simulation opens prospects for obtaining ultra-dense electron-positron plasmas
+ Scientists separate atoms with smallest sieve ever
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