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  Moscow (AFP) May 24, 2018 Vladimir Putin on Thursday appointed a firebrand nationalist politician, who oversaw Russia's once proud space industry, to manage its space agency in a move analysts said spells more trouble for the embattled sector. Over the past few years the Russian space industry has suffered a series of setbacks including the loss of a number of satellites and other spacecraft. Dmitry Rogozin, who had been widely expected to secure the appointment as head of state space agency Roscosmos, oversaw the space ... read more |
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Take a Virtual Trip to a Strange New World with NASAPasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 2018 Are you looking for an exotic destination to visit this summer? Why not take a virtual trip to an Earth-size planet beyond our solar system with NASA's interactive Exoplanet Travel Bureau? We ... more  
Russia to Create Rocket Production Holding on Basis of RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) May 25, 2018 Russia may create a new rocket production holding on the basis of the Roscosmos state corporation, space industry sources have told Sputnik. "There are plans to create a holding on the basis o ... more  
Phase Four Signs Contract with NASA to Vet its Propulsion System for Upcoming Small Satellite MissionsEl Segundo CA (SPX) May 25, 2018 Phase Four, a provider of electric radio frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, has announced that NASA has purchased one of Phase Four's second-generation RF thrusters to vet its capabil ... more  
Robotics Controllers Install Cygnus Resupply Ship on StationHouston TX (SPX) May 25, 2018 The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo ship was bolted into place on the International Space Station's Earth-facing port of the Unity module at 8:13 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft will spend about seven weeks attac ... more |
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China to launch another 11 BeiDou-3 satellites in 2018Harbin (XNA) May 25, 2018 China will launch another 11 BeiDou-3 satellites by the end of 2018, adding to its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), said an official at an academic conference on Wednesday. C ... more  
Pentagon pulls China's invite to Pacific naval exercisesWashington (AFP) May 23, 2018 The Pentagon has pulled its invitation for China to join maritime exercises in the Pacific because of Beijing's "continued militarization" of the South China Sea, an official said Wednesday, in the latest sign of US-China strains. ... more  
Long Range Anti-Ship Missile scores again in US Air Force B-1B flightOrlando FL (SPX) May 24, 2018 Lockheed Martin has successfully fired two production representative Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) from a U.S. Air Force B-1B. In the event over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, California, a U. ... more  
Lightning in the eyewall of a hurricane beamed antimatter toward the groundSanta Cruz CA (SPX) May 24, 2018 Hurricane Patricia, which battered the west coast of Mexico in 2015, was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere. Amid the extreme violence of the storm, scientists ... more  
Land rising above the sea 2.4 billion years ago changed planet EarthEugene OR (SPX) May 24, 2018 Chemical signatures in shale, the Earth's most common sedimentary rock, point to a rapid rise of land above the ocean 2.4 billion years ago that possibly triggered dramatic changes in climate and li ... more |
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 Help from Above: NASA Aids Kilauea Disaster Response 
Machine listening for earthquakesNew York NY (SPX) May 24, 2018 For all that seismologists have learned about earthquakes, new technologies show how much remains to be discovered. In a new study in Science Advances, researchers at Columbia University show that m ... more  |
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Flexible, highly efficient multimodal energy harvestingUniversity Park PA (SPX) May 24, 2018 A 10-fold increase in the ability to harvest mechanical and thermal energy over standard piezoelectric composites may be possible using a piezoelectric ceramic foam supported by a flexible polymer s ... more 
Glass-forming ability: fundamental understanding leading to smart designTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 24, 2018 Glass is a familiar concept for most: a dependable substance known and used for thousands of years. However, there is more to glass than meets the eye. Glass is actually an amorphous material with a ... more  
Researchers control the properties of graphene transistors using pressureNew York NY (SPX) May 24, 2018 A Columbia University-led international team of researchers has developed a technique to manipulate the electrical conductivity of graphene with compression, bringing the material one step closer to ... more  
Dozens of volunteers apply for joint US-Russian simulated Lunar orbital flightMoscow (Sputnik) May 24, 2018 About 50 people from various countries have shown interest in an experiment simulating the flight to an orbital station near the Moon, a representative of the Institute of Medicobiological Problems ... more  
SwRI scientists introduce cosmochemical model for Pluto formationSan Antonio, TX (SPX) May 24, 2018 Southwest Research Institute scientists integrated NASA's New Horizons discoveries with data from ESA's Rosetta mission to develop a new theory about how Pluto may have formed at the edge of our sol ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2018 
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday's signing of Space Policy Directive-2 by President Donald Trump:
"NASA is pleased with the White House's continued commitment to advancing America's leadership in space. Space Policy Directive-2 (SPD-2) is another step towards bolstering our nation's dedication to uncovering new knowledge, protecting our natio ... more |
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 Washington DC (AFP) May 22, 2018 
A SpaceX rocket Tuesday blasted off a duo of sports car-sized satellites built by the US and Germany to reveal changes in sea level rise, ice melt and drought on Earth.
"Three, two, one, liftoff!" said a SpaceX commentator as the Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 12:47 pm Pacific time (1947 GMT).
The $521 million payload, called the Gravity Reco ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2018 
An international team of scientists has created a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will drill beneath the Martian surface looking for signs of past or present life. The toaster oven-sized lab, called the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer or MOMA, is a key instrument on the ExoMars Rover, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency Roscosmos, with a significant ... more |
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 Xichang, China (XNA) May 22, 2018 
The relay satellite, launched Monday for China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, is carrying the largest communication antenna ever used in deep space exploration, according to Chinese experts.
The launch of the satellite Queqiao, or Magpie Bridge, is a key step for China to realize its goal of sending the Chang'e-4 lunar probe to soft-land on the far side of the Moon.
Queqiao, developed by C ... more |
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 Glasgow (AFP) May 23, 2018  A shipbuilding hub since the days of the British empire, the Scottish city of Glasgow is now reaching for the stars with a growing space satellite industry.
Glasgow builds more satellites than any city outside of the United States, according to space industry experts, specialising in small "CubeSats" that can be used for anything from weather forecasting to global positioning.
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 Turku, Finland (SPX) May 23, 2018 
UV radiation is known to cause many skin and eye diseases such as cancer. Therefore, it is essential to have a simple method for detecting the quantity and quality of UV radiation from, for example, the Sun.
This is currently achieved by using mainly organic molecules that change colour under UV radiation. The downside of using these molecules, however, is their poor durability which is du ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 2018 
Are you looking for an exotic destination to visit this summer? Why not take a virtual trip to an Earth-size planet beyond our solar system with NASA's interactive Exoplanet Travel Bureau?
We live in a universe teeming with exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. Unfortunately, even the nearest exoplanets are light-years away, so sending spacecraft and humans to these intriguing w ... more |
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 Kenley UK (SPX) May 24, 2018 
Optical Surfaces Ltd. (OSL) announces selection by Hensoldt Optronics GmbH, formerly Airbus (Oberkochen, Germany) to supply key precision optics for optical testing the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA), one of 10 scientific instruments on-board the JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) mission.
The JUICE mission is part of the European Space Agency (ESA) cosmic vision programme and its objectiv ... more |
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 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) May 24, 2018 
A joint U.S./German space mission to track the continuous movement of water and other changes in Earth's mass on and beneath the planet's surface successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT Tuesday from the California coast.
The twin spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO), a joint NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) mission, lifted off on a ... more |
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 Harbin (XNA) May 25, 2018 
China will launch another 11 BeiDou-3 satellites by the end of 2018, adding to its domestic BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), said an official at an academic conference on Wednesday.
China has already launched eight BeiDou-3 satellites. The satellites will provide initial services for countries and regions along the Belt and Road by the end of the year, said Wang Li, chairman of Ch ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 24, 2018 
About 50 people from various countries have shown interest in an experiment simulating the flight to an orbital station near the Moon, a representative of the Institute of Medicobiological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Sputnik.
The experiment is part of international SIRIUS missions, which serve to help finish preparations for deep space flights, including flights to pla ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) May 23, 2018 
Asteroid 2015 BZ509 is the very first object in the Solar System shown to have an extrasolar origin. This remarkable discovery was made by CNRS researcher Fathi Namouni and her Brazilian colleague Helena Morais, and is published on 21 May 2018 in MNRAS.
Could some bodies in our Solar System come from the vicinity of other stars? Astronomers are in disagreement about comets, with some argui ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 24, 2018 
On May 3, the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted from new fissures and sent lava flowing over streets and neighborhoods. As the disaster response on the ground lead by the U.S. Geological Survey kicked into gear, managers from NASA's Earth Science Disasters Program heard from response agencies and sent out a call to NASA's own researchers, data managers, and satellite teams: What can ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Throughout its seven-year mission, NASA's Parker Solar Probe will swoop through the Sun's atmosphere 24 times, getting closer to our star than any spacecraft has gone before. The spacecraft will carry more than scientific instruments on this historic journey - it will also hold more than 1.1 million names submitted by the public to go to the Sun.
"Parker Solar Probe is going to revolutioni ... more |
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 Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) May 23, 2018 
he OPERA experiment, located at the Gran Sasso Laboratory of the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), was designed to conclusively prove that muon-neutrinos can convert to tau-neutrinos, through a process called neutrino oscillation, whose discovery was awarded the 2015 Nobel Physics Prize.
In a paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the OPERA collaborati ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) May 22, 2018 
Researchers have studied how a 'drumstick' made of light could make a microscopic 'drum' vibrate and stand still at the same time.
A team of researchers from the UK and Australia have made a key step towards understanding the boundary between the quantum world and our everyday classical world.
Quantum mechanics is truly weird. Objects can behave like both particles and waves, and can ... more |
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