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SpaceX launches cargo, but fails to land rocket![]() ![]() Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 05, 2018 SpaceX on Wednesday blasted off its unmanned Dragon cargo ship, loaded with supplies, science experiments and food for the astronauts living at the International Space Station but failed to successfully land its booster afterwards. "We have had a great liftoff," said SpaceX commentator John Insprucker, as the Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sunny, blue sky over Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:16 pm (1816 GMT), carrying 5,600 pounds (2,500 kilograms) of gear. But the tall portion of the rocket missed its goal of securing an upright landing on solid ground at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1. ... read more |
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![]() Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 04, 2018 Arianespace has successfully orbited two satellites: GSAT-11 for ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), and GEO-KOMPSAT-2A for KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute). With this mission dedica ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (Sputnik) Dec 05, 2018 On December 8, China's space agency will launch the Chang'e-4 probe, the first to visit the surface of the far side of the moon. The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has been setting ... more ![]() ![]() Athens (Sputnik) Dec 05, 2018 These days Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev is rehabilitating in Greece. After two space missions and a total time of 365 days, 23 hours and 5 minutes spent in space, the Russian cosmonaut has chosen ... more ![]() ![]() Mountain View CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2018 It's the first time a visitor from another star system has been seen nearby. But what is it? An asteroid, a comet ... or an alien artifact? Scientists at the SETI Institute have attempted to a ... more |
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![]() Orlando, FL (SPX) Dec 05, 2018 Zero Gravity Corporation's Weightless Lab served as a valuable testing ground for the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), supported in part by Texas A and M University (TAMU) Construction Scien ... more ![]() ![]() Corvallis OR (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 Scientists have documented a two-part climatic connection between the North Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica, a fast atmospheric channel and a much slower oceanic one, that caused rapid changes in clim ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 A simple molecule in the atmosphere that acts as a "detergent" to breakdown methane and other greenhouse gases has been found to recycle itself to maintain a steady global presence in the face of ri ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Dec 04, 2018 Are you an artist with an interest in Earth observation and the climate? Do you fancy a three-month visiting artist post at ESA's establishment in the UK? Then here's your chance: enter the Climate ... more ![]() ![]() Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 04, 2018 Earth scientists are able to travel far back in time to reconstruct the geological past and paleoclimate to make better predictions about future climate conditions. Scientists at the Netherlands Ins ... more |
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![]() ![]() New quantum materials could take computing devices beyond the semiconductor era ![]() ![]() Boston MA (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 MIT researchers have devised a new way of providing cooling on a hot sunny day, using inexpensive materials and requiring no fossil fuel-generated power. The passive system, which could be used to s ... more ![]() |
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![]() Chiba, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2018 Japanese computer scientists have succeeded in developing a special purpose computer that can project high-quality three-dimensional (3D) holography as a video. The research team led by Tomoyoshi It ... more ![]() ![]() Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 04, 2018 A team of scientists from Arizona State University's School of Molecular Sciences and Germany have published in Science Advances online an explanation of how a particular phase-change memory (PCM) m ... more ![]() ![]() Kennedy Space Center FL (AFP) Dec 04, 2018 SpaceX has postponed its cargo launch to the International Space Station until Wednesday after mold was found on food bars for a mouse experiment bound for the orbiting outpost, NASA said. The ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2018 UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced that Britain would explore the possibility of building its own satellite navigation system instead of relying on the EU's Galileo, compelling another minister ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Dec 04, 2018 Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system - already serving users globally - has now provided a historic service to the physics community worldwide, enabling the most accurate measurement ever ma ... more |
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Space makes you a different person reflects Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev Athens (Sputnik) Dec 05, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Moldy mouse food postpones SpaceX launch Kennedy Space Center FL (AFP) Dec 04, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Over Five Months Without Word From Opportunity Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Evolving Chinese Space Ecosystem To Foster Innovative Environment Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 23, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Fleet Space Technologies' Centauri launched aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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A big step toward the practical application of 3D holography with powerful computers Chiba, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Telescopes Reveal More Than 100 Exoplanets Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Radio JOVE From NASA: Tuning In to Your Local Celestial Radio Show Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 04, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Tracing iron in the North Pacific Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 04, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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UK will build its own satellite-navigation system after Brexit London, UK (Sputnik) Dec 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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China Will Launch First Probe to Moon's Far Side Later This Week Beijing (Sputnik) Dec 05, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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NASA's first asteroid sample-collector arrives at target, Bennu Tampa (AFP) Dec 3, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Greenhouse gas detergent recycles itself in atmosphere Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Auroras help scientists study energy instabilities in space Washington (UPI) Nov 26, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Bringing balance to the universe: New theory could explain missing 95 percent of the cosmos Oxford UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Scientists Detect Biggest Known Black-Hole Collision Canberra, Australia (SPX) Dec 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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