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November 13, 2018
MARSDAILY
How to drive a robot on Mars



Greenbelt MD (AFP) Nov 12, 2018
Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometers) from Earth, alone on the immense and frigid Red Planet, a robot the size of a small 4x4 wakes up just after sunrise. And just as it has every day for the past six years, it awaits its instructions. Around 9:30 Mars time, a message arrives from California, where it was sent 15 minutes earlier. "Drive forward 10 meters, turn to an azimuth of 45 degrees, now turn on your autonomous capabilities and drive." The Curiosity rover executes the commands, ... read more

SPACEWAR
Democrat takeover of House casts doubt on Space Force future
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2018
With the results of this week's midterms leading to a shake-up in the House Armed Services Committee, the future of President Trump's proposed Space Force branch is looking increasingly uncertain. ... more
SPACEWAR
Ball Aerospace receives $255M from Air Force for microwave satellite
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2018
Ball Aerospace & Technologies has been awarded $255.4 million by the U.S. Air Force for development and manufacturing of the Weather System Follow-on Microwave Space Vehicle 1. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Canadian voice of Hal in '2001: A Space Odyssey' dies
Ottawa (AFP) Nov 12, 2018
Douglas Rain, the Canadian actor who voiced vengeful supercomputer HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," a precursor of artificial intelligence in smartphones, has died. He was 90. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
First Angara A5V Heavy-Class Rocket Launch to Take Place in 2026 - Roscosmos
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 13, 2018
The first heavy-lift Angara A5V carrier rocket equipped with a hydrogen space tug will be launched from the Vostochny space center in Russia's Far East in 2026, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said o ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
China releases smart solution for verifying reliability of space equipment components
Beijing (XNA) Nov 13, 2018
The Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences released a smart solution for verifying the operational reliability of space equipment compone ... more
SPACEMART
ESA's 25 years of telecom: the beginning
Paris (ESA) Nov 13, 2018
As ESA's umbrella programme for telecom, ARTES, celebrates its 25th year, we will be examining why it was set up, how it and the European satcom environment have evolved, the opportunities and chall ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Slow death of nearby galaxy
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
Astronomers from CSIRO and The Australian National University have witnessed, in the finest detail ever, the slow death of a neighbouring dwarf galaxy, which is gradually losing its power to form st ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
SOFIA unravels the mysterious formation of star clusters
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
The sun, like all stars, was born in a giant cold cloud of molecular gas and dust. It may have had dozens or even hundreds of stellar siblings - a star cluster - but these early companions are now s ... more
MILPLEX
Macron snubs US arms in defence spat with Trump
Paris (AFP) Nov 11, 2018
Europe should not spend higher defence budgets on US-made weapons, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview due to air Sunday, after a defence row with President Donald Trump. ... more
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SPACEWAR
US Project Thor would fire tungsten poles at targets from outer space
Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 12, 2018
As the threat of space-based weapons - and treaties to limit them - occupies an increasingly large part of defense spending and international competition, nations have sought loopholes in existing t ... more
TECH SPACE
Flow units: Dynamic defects in metallic glasses
Beijing, China (SPX) Nov 08, 2018
In a crystal, structural defects such as dislocations or twins are well defined and largely determine the mechanical and other properties. These defects can be easily identified as the broken long-r ... more
TECH SPACE
A two-atom quantum duet
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) achieved a major breakthrough in shielding the quantum properties of single atoms on a surface. T ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Raytheon tapped for SM-3 Block IIA missile guidance systems
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2018
Raytheon Missile Systems is being awarded $74.8 million for procurement of guidance systems for the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA anti-ballistic missile interceptor. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Improving Alignment and Testing of Earth Observation Satellites
Guildford, UK (SPX) Nov 13, 2018
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) for two high precision reference mirrors to accelerate the precise alignment and testing of their Earth Obser ... more


ESA's gravity-mapper reveals relics of ancient continents under Antarctic ice

CARBON WORLDS
Graphene on the way to superconductivity
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
Carbon atoms have diverse possibilities to form bonds. Pure carbon can therefore occur in many forms, as diamond, graphite, as nanotubes, football molecules or as a honeycomb-net with hexagonal mesh ... more
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ENERGY TECH
Batteryless smart devices closer to reality
Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Nov 08, 2018
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have taken a huge step towards making smart devices that do not use batteries or require charging. These battery-free objects, which feature an IP add ... more
ENERGY TECH
Fully identified: The pathway of protons
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
The question how certain algal enzymes accomplish the high proton transfer rate for hydrogen production had in the past been subject to speculation. Dr. Martin Winkler, Dr. Jifu Duan, Professor Eckh ... more
NANO TECH
Nano-scale process may speed arrival of cheaper hi-tech products
Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
An inexpensive way to make products incorporating nanoparticles - such as high-performance energy devices or sophisticated diagnostic tests - has been developed by researchers. The process cou ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Small tissue chips in space a big leap forward for research
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
A small device that contains human cells in a 3D matrix represents a giant leap in the ability of scientists to test how those cells respond to stresses, drugs and genetic changes. About the size of ... more
SPACEMART
ESA's space vision presented at Paris Peace Forum
Paris (ESA) Nov 13, 2018
ESA astronaut Claudie Haignere attended the Paris Peace Forum this weekend, presenting the Agency's vision for engaging humankind in multilateral cooperation for space exploration with peaceful obje ... more
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From Quantum Optics to Increased Risk Posture: Student Innovations at NASA
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2018
Throughout space, hundreds of satellites are orbiting Earth and other celestial planets, continuously collecting data about the vast universe. Communicating with these satellites is a complex and evolving challenge. As the U.S. prepares for human travel to the Moon and beyond and NASA missions venture farther into the universe than ever before, the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN ... more
+ Computer on Russian segment of ISS rebooted after glitch
+ Canadian voice of Hal in '2001: A Space Odyssey' dies
+ Cosmonauts to perform spacewalk to examine hole in Soyuz hull on December 11
+ NASA Chief, Russian Envoy discuss US-Russian space cooperation
+ NASA looks to university researchers for innovative space tech solutions
+ 'Dust up' on International Space Station hints at sources of structure
+ Russia's Roscosmos confirms computer glitch on board ISS
First Angara A5V Heavy-Class Rocket Launch to Take Place in 2026 - Roscosmos
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 13, 2018
The first heavy-lift Angara A5V carrier rocket equipped with a hydrogen space tug will be launched from the Vostochny space center in Russia's Far East in 2026, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Sunday. The rocket's launch was initially set to take place in 2027, according to the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center. "On Vostochny [space center]... 2026 - the be ... more
+ Rocket Lab reaches orbit again, deploys more satellites
+ Fleet Space Technologies' first satellites launched by Rocket Lab
+ DARPA, Army select companies to develop hypersonic missile propulsion
+ Embry-Riddle, Florida Tech Collaborate on Spaceflight Research
+ Russia plans to carry out 17 space launches in 2018
+ Simulating hypersonic flow transitions from smooth to turbulent
+ Fregat Upper Stage Separates From Soyuz Carrier Bringing Satellite to Orbit


Oxia Planum favoured for ExoMars surface mission
Paris (ESA) Nov 12, 2018
The ExoMars Landing Site Selection Working Group has recommended Oxia Planum as the landing site for the ESA-Roscosmos rover and surface science platform that will launch to the Red Planet in 2020. The proposal will be reviewed internally by ESA and Roscosmos with an official confirmation expected mid-2019. At the heart of the ExoMars programme is the quest to determine if life has e ... more
+ Scientists capture the sound of sunrise on Mars
+ Landing site selected for UK's ExoMars rover in 2021
+ How to drive a robot on Mars
+ BFR Spawns New Mars TV Series with Homesteading and Profiteers
+ Five Months Since We Received A Signal From Opportunity
+ The Mars InSight Landing Site Is Just Plain Perfect
+ Evidence of outburst flooding indicates plentiful water on early Mars
China releases smart solution for verifying reliability of space equipment components
Beijing (XNA) Nov 13, 2018
The Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization (CSU) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences released a smart solution for verifying the operational reliability of space equipment components on Friday. The selection of space equipment components involves reliability verification, data collection, transmission and comparison. The smart solution will help shorten the time to ... more
+ China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered
+ China's space programs open up to world
+ China's commercial aerospace companies flourishing
+ China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
+ China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
+ China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
+ China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
GomSpace Group resolves on a rights issue of approximately SEK 298 million
Aalborg, Denmark (SPX) Nov 13, 2018
On 28 September 2018, the board of directors of GomSpace Group AB (publ) ("GomSpace" or the "Company") announced its intention, subject to an authorization subsequently received at the extraordinary general meeting held on 16 October 2018, to carry out a rights issue of approximately SEK 300 million with preferential rights for existing shareholders. GomSpace reports , through this press release ... more
+ ESA's 25 years of telecom: the beginning
+ ESA's space vision presented at Paris Peace Forum
+ Market for 3,300 satellites worth $284 Billion over next decade
+ Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite now operational over Asia Pacific
+ How Max Polyakov from Zaporozhie develops the Ukrainian space industry
+ SpaceFund launches the world's first space security token to fund the opening of the high frontier
+ ESA on the way to Space19+ and beyond
A two-atom quantum duet
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) achieved a major breakthrough in shielding the quantum properties of single atoms on a surface. The scientists used the magnetism of single atoms, known as spin, as a basic building block for quantum information processing. The researchers could show that by packing two atoms closely together the ... more
+ Thermal testing of the magnetometer boom
+ Flow units: Dynamic defects in metallic glasses
+ Flying focus: Controlling lasers through time and space
+ Creating better devices: The etch stops here
+ Unlocking the secrets of metal-insulator transitions
+ Doing the wave: how stretchy fluids react to wavy surfaces
+ Video game action heads for the cloud


Laser tech could be fashioned into Earth's 'porch light' to attract alien astronomers
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
If extraterrestrial intelligence exists somewhere in our galaxy, a new MIT study proposes that laser technology on Earth could, in principle, be fashioned into something of a planetary porch light - a beacon strong enough to attract attention from as far as 20,000 light years away. The research, which author James Clark calls a "feasibility study," appears in The Astrophysical Journal. The ... more
+ Laboratory experiments probe the formation of stars and planets
+ NASA retires Kepler Space Telescope, passes planet-hunting torch
+ Rocky and habitable - sizing up a galaxy of planets
+ Some planetary systems just aren't into heavy metal
+ Giant planets around young star raise questions about how planets form
+ Plan developed to characterize and identify ocean worlds
+ Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields
SwRI team makes breakthroughs studying Pluto orbiter mission
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 25, 2018
A Southwest Research Institute team using internal research funds has made several discoveries that expand the range and value of a future Pluto orbiter mission. The breakthroughs define a fuel-saving orbital tour and demonstrate that an orbiter can continue exploration in the Kuiper Belt after surveying Pluto. These and other results from the study will be reported this week at a workshop on fu ... more
+ ALMA maps temperature of Jupiter's icy moon Europa
+ NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains
+ WorldWide Telescope looks ahead to New Horizons' Ultima Thule glyby
+ Europa plume sites lack expected heat signatures
+ Icy moon of Jupiter, Ganymede, shows evidence of past strike-slip faulting
+ Icy warning for space missions to Jupiter's moon
+ New Horizons sets up for New Year's flyby of Ultima Thule


Scientists theorize new origin story for Earth's water
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2018
Earth's water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the Sun, according to new research. The new finding could give scientists important insights about the development of other planets and their potential to support life. In a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, researcher ... more
+ Marshall Islands leader survives no-confidence motion
+ Shrinking Sea of Galilee has some hoping for a miracle
+ States to decide fate of depleted bigeye tuna
+ One million years of precipitation history of the monsoon reconstructed
+ The secret behind coral reef diversity? Time, lots of time
+ Study tracks severe bleaching events on a Pacific coral reef over past century
+ ASU geoscientists discover an overlooked source for Earth's water
Finnish PM: Jammed GPS signals may be work of Russia
Helsinki (AFP) Nov 12, 2018
Russia denied Monday being behind the recent disruption to GPS signals across Lapland which put civil aviation at risk, after Finland's prime minister said the interference was "almost certainly deliberate". Finnish prime minister Juha Sipila told state broadcaster YLE on Sunday that "civil air safety has been endangered" by the GPS interference. The authorities were still investigating ... more
+ Air Force taps Rockwell for jam-resistant GPS navigation systems
+ Tunisia to host 2nd forum on China-Arab BeiDou cooperation
+ World's first 'Quantum' compass will supersede GPS
+ China successfully launches 41st BeiDou Navigation System Satellite
+ China launches BeiDou-3 navigation satellite into highest orbit yet
+ China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites
+ Army researchers' technique locates robots, soldiers in GPS-challenged areas


European-built Service Module arrives in US for first Orion lunar mission
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 07, 2018
The powerhouse that will help NASA's Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on Exploration Mission-1 arrived from Germany at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday to begin final outfitting, integration and testing with the crew module and other Orion elements. ... more
+ Roscosmos to Study Possibility to 3D Print Lunar Soil Details for Space Repairs
+ First moon walk's commemorative plaque sold for $468,500
+ Neil Armstrong's huge souvenir collection to be auctioned
+ Maxar Technologies' MDA to design lunar rover concept for Canadian Space Agency
+ India successfully conducts crucial test of Moon lander
+ Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon
+ LGS Innovations' Laser Technology to Bring HD Video from the Moon
Aboard the first spacecraft to the Trojan asteroids
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 07, 2018
Ralph, one of NASA's most well-traveled space explorers, has voyaged far and accomplished much: on the New Horizons mission, Ralph obtained stunning flyby images of Jupiter and its moons; this was followed by a visit to Pluto where Ralph took the first high-definition pictures of the iconic minor planet. And, in 2021, Ralph journeys with the Lucy mission to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids. Ralp ... more
+ Dawn falls silent as a successful mission comes to an end
+ Scientists push back against Harvard 'alien spacecraft' theory
+ Cosmic Detective Work: Why We Care About Space Rocks
+ New insights on comet tails are blowing in the solar wind
+ NASA'S OSIRIS-REx zooms in on Bennu
+ Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt comes to end
+ NASA's Dawn asteroid mission ends as fuel runs out


Improving Alignment and Testing of Earth Observation Satellites
Guildford, UK (SPX) Nov 13, 2018
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) for two high precision reference mirrors to accelerate the precise alignment and testing of their Earth Observation Satellite Telescopes. Based in Guildford, UK, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) manufacture and operate small to medium sized satellites, covering a range of use cases, from tele ... more
+ Ozone hole in northern hemisphere to recover completely by 2030
+ NASA's ICON to explore boundary between Earth and Space
+ OpenForests launches the forest project platform explorer.land
+ Illegal emissions threaten to undermine UN's optimistic ozone report
+ Europe's third polar-orbiting weather satellite lofted into orbit
+ Orbit Logic delivers Landsat mission planning system
+ The cloud will save time, money, and reduce errors in the mapping process
Parker Solar Probe Reports Good Status After Close Solar Approach
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 08, 2018
Parker Solar Probe is alive and well after skimming by the Sun at just 15 million miles from our star's surface. This is far closer than any spacecraft has ever gone - the previous record was set by Helios B in 1976 and broken by Parker on Oct. 29 - and this maneuver has exposed the spacecraft to intense heat and solar radiation in a complex solar wind environment. "Parker Solar Probe was ... more
+ Windy with a chance of magnetic storms - space weather science with cluster
+ A stellar achievement: Magnetized space winds in the laboratory
+ ESA rocks space weather
+ Magnetic pumping pushes plasma particles to high energies
+ Borexino sheds light on solar neutrinos
+ Parker Solar Probe breaks record, becomes closest spacecraft to Sun
+ Grant for solar physics aims to understand the Sun in its entirety


Physicists create new, simpler-than-ever quantum 'hard drive for light'
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
Physicists at the University of Alberta in Canada have developed a new way to build quantum memories, a method for storing delicate quantum information encoded into pulses of light. "We've developed a new way to store pulses of light - down to the single-photon level - in clouds of ultracold rubidium atoms, and to later retrieve them, on-demand, by shining a 'control' pulse of light," said ... more
+ Slow death of nearby galaxy
+ Sandwich structure of nanocrystals as quantum light source
+ Multimessenger links to NASA's Fermi Mission show how luck favors the prepared
+ SOFIA unravels the mysterious formation of star clusters
+ Aging a Flock of Stars in the Wild Duck Cluster
+ Ultra-hot gas around remnants of sun-like stars
+ Galaxy-scale fountain seen in full glory with infalling amd outflowing gas
Astronomers get best view yet of supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies
Maunakea HI (SPX) Nov 08, 2018
Two galaxies, drawn together by the force of gravity, are merging into a tangled mass of dense gas and dust. Structure is giving way to chaos, but hiding behind this messy cloud of material are two supermassive black holes, nestled at the center of each of the galaxies, that are now excitingly close, giving astronomers the best view yet of the pair marching toward coalescence into one mega black ... more
+ Astronomers unveil growing black holes in colliding galaxies
+ Turbulence in space might solve astrophysical mystery
+ Spacetime - a creation of well-known actors?
+ Half moons and pinch points: Same physics, different energy
+ Johns Hopkins scientist finds elusive star with origins close to Big Bang
+ Scientists shuffle the deck to create materials with new quantum behaviors
+ Quantum systems: Same, but different
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