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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 As part of a global industry research project, combustion experts from the University of Sydney's School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering are one step closer to developing a more efficient and cost-effective access to space platform for satellite launches. As part of the University's Clean Combustion Group, Associate Professor Matthew Cleary, Associate Professor Ben Thornber, and Dr Dries Verstraete have joined the International Responsive Access to Space project, with the aim ... read more |
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Sun-Synchronous Orbits are ObsoleteBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 A sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) is one of the most frequently used orbits for Earth-science and national security missions. SSOs are near-polar orbits whose ascending nodes precess at a rate that is m ... more 
Vector's GalacticSky GSky-1 satellite ready for launch later this yearSan Jose CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 Vector, the space access company, has announced its GalacticSky division, which has been in stealth mode since 2016. Led by veterans from VMWare and Citrix, as well as satellite innovators, Galactic ... more 
Sunrise and Phase Four partner for Next-gen electric propulsionEl Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 Phase Four, makers of electric radio frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, has announced a new agreement with Japan-based advanced spacecraft experts, Sunrise. Sunrise specializes ... more  
Google and Haughton-Mars Project Partner on Moon-Mars Exploration PrepMountain View CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 The Mars Institute and the SETI Institute are announcing a new partnership between Google and the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) to advance Mars exploration at one of the most otherworldly places ... more |
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Arizona: Student-Led CatSat Mission Selected for Flight by NASATucson AZ (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 An inflatable space antenna designed by University of Arizona students is one of 16 small research satellites from 10 states NASA has selected to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard space missions plan ... more  
GPS 3 space vehicle 02 "Magellan" arrives in Florida; prepares for July launchCape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 The U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Directorate achieved another major program milestone March 19, successfully delivering the second GPS III Space Veh ... more  
New compute cluster to find and interpret gravitational wavesPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 While the LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave detectors prepare for their upcoming observing run, the Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity Division at the Albert Einstein Institute in Potsdam is ... more  
Researchers discover new material to help power electronicsColumbus OH (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 Electronics rule our world, but electrons rule our electronics. A research team at The Ohio State University has discovered a way to simplify how electronic devices use those electrons - using a mat ... more  
Shanahan: Space Force needed to ensure 'margin of dominance'Washington (UPI) Mar 21, 2019 U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said the U.S. needs a Space Force to maintain the nation's "dominance" in space, and protect the systems the military and country depend on. ... more |
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Quasar jets confuse orbital telescopeMoscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 Astrophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (LPI RAS), and NASA have found an error in the coordinates of a ... more  |
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Dormant viruses reactivate during spaceflightWashington DC (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to NASA research published in Frontiers in Microbiology. While only a sma ... more 
Witnessing the birth of a massive binary star systemTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research in Japan, Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Virginia in the USA and collaborators have made observations of ... more 
Ultra-sharp images make old stars look absolutely marvelousHilo HI (SPX) Mar 22, 2019 Just as high-definition imaging is transforming home entertainment, it is also advancing how astronomers study the universe. "Ultra-sharp adaptive optics images from the Gemini Observatory all ... more 
New hurdle cleared in race toward quantum computingWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 Qubits, the units used to encode information in quantum computing, are not all created equal. Some researchers believe that topological qubits, which are tougher and less susceptible to environmenta ... more  
Percepto launches Drone-in-a-Box SolutionSouthampton UK (SPX) Mar 22, 2019 Percepto has announced that it will attend ISC West, to share the surveillance and operational benefits of incorporating the industrial-grade Percepto Solution into security and safety operations. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
U.S. space agency NASA will send astronauts Anne McClain, 39, and Christina Koch, 40, on NASA's first women-only spacewalk on March 29.
The all-female spacewalk will be supported by a female ground crew: Mary Lawrence will serve as lead flight director and Jackie Kagey will be lead spacewalk flight controller at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
It's a fitting milestone for Wom ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 
As part of a global industry research project, combustion experts from the University of Sydney's School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering are one step closer to developing a more efficient and cost-effective access to space platform for satellite launches.
As part of the University's Clean Combustion Group, Associate Professor Matthew Cleary, Associate Professor Ben Tho ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 22, 2019 
The platform destined to land on the Red Planet as part of the next ExoMars mission has arrived in Europe for final assembly and testing - and been given a name.
An announcement was made by the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos of its new name: 'Kazachok'.
The ExoMars programme is a joint endeavour between ESA and Roscosmos and comprises two missions. The Trace Gas Orbiter is ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 Merritt Island, FL (UPI) Mar 21, 2019 
In the shiny white laboratory that is OneWeb Satellites' new Florida manufacturing plant, a historic first happened this week: The first few mass-produced satellites ever to be built in Florida started coming together.
Workers in lab coats and hairnets pushed solar panels into cabinets where bright lights checked for fractures. Satellite frames covered in gold-colored film, about the size ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 20, 2019 
Once a traditional satellite is launched into space, its physical hardware and computer software stay mostly immutable for the rest of its existence as it orbits the Earth, even as the technology it serves on the ground continues to change.
Just as some aerospace start-ups are developing technologies to repair, modify or refuel satellites to prolong their lives, some satellite manufacturers ... more |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Mar 22, 2019 
"It's something everyone's asked themselves at one point," says Lena Vincent. "How did life arise, and is it anywhere else?" Vincent asks herself these questions every day. It's her job as a graduate student researcher in astrobiology, an interdisciplinary science trying to chip away at some of life's biggest mysteries. By bringing together biologists, chemists, engineers, astronomers and others ... more |
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 Lund, Sweden (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
It is known that gas giants around other stars are often located very near their sun. According to accepted theory, these gas planets were formed far away and subsequently migrated to an orbit closer to the star.
Now researchers from Lund University and other institutions have used advanced computer simulations to learn more about Jupiter's journey through our own solar system approximatel ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2019  An array of underwater listening lines that detect passing giant Atlantic bluefin tuna previously caught and tagged by scientists has created a new system to monitor these enormous, fast, powerful and lucrative fish in the open ocean.
A 10-year research project using the technology sheds light on the species' natural mortality as well as migration, important information for sustainable man ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Directorate achieved another major program milestone March 19, successfully delivering the second GPS III Space Vehicle to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida to begin satellite launch processing.
"The shipment of this second GPS III satellite is once again an excellent representation of the co ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
For long-duration, deep space missions, astronauts will need a highly efficient and reconfigurable space, and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is researching and designing ways to support those missions.
Under a public-private partnership as a part of NASA's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) Phase II study contract, Lockheed Martin has completed the initial ground ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 24, 2019 
On Dec. 18, 2018, a large "fireball" - the term used for exceptionally bright meteors that are visible over a wide area - exploded about 16 miles (26 kilometers) above the Bering Sea. The explosion unleashed an estimated 173 kilotons of energy, or more than 10 times the energy of the atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima during World War II.
Two NASA instruments aboard the Terra satellite captu ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 
Maps that show where sharks and tunas roam in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and where fishing vessels travel in this vast expanse, could help ocean managers to identify regions of the high seas where vulnerable species may be at risk.
Researchers at Stanford University have created such a map by analyzing the habitats occupied by more than 800 sharks and tunas and 900 industrial fishing vesse ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
The ongoing climate changes make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, according to a new study from Stockholm University. The study, focusing on weather forecasts in the northern hemisphere spanning 3- 10 days ahead, concludes that the greatest uncertainty increase will be regarding summer downfalls, of critical importance when it comes to our ability to predict and p ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
The center of our galaxy is a frenzy of activity. A behemoth black hole - 4 million times as massive as the Sun - blasts out energy as it chows down on interstellar detritus while neighboring stars burst to life and subsequently explode.
Now, an international team of astronomers has discovered two exhaust channels - dubbed "galactic center chimneys" - that appear to funnel matter and energ ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 
Industrial physics plays a significant role in driving the U.S. economy, according to a new report by the American Physical Society, which will be described this week at the 2019 APS March Meeting in Boston.
The report, "The Impact of Industrial Physics on the U.S. Economy," found that industrial physics contributed an estimated $2.3 trillion in 2016, which was 12.6 percent of the gross do ... more |
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