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  Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Jul 24, 2019 Many major national space agencies are currently looking to utilise the resource of the Moon and its shadowed craters through the development of new technologies. NASA has previously used "moon buggies" on the final three Apollo moon missions, in 1971 and 1972, respectively, and plans to have astronauts on the Moon's south pole by 2024. Toyota has announced the cosmic-scale launch of its off-road moon rover of the future for astronauts. The joint effort by Japan's world-renowned car company ... read more |
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Communications satellite firm OneWeb plans to start monthly launches in DecemberMerritt Island FL (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 Internet firm OneWeb plans to begin launching 35 to 40 communications satellites a month in December, and has 27 Soyuz rocket missions lined up through European launch company Arianespace to send th ... more  
First of Two Van Allen Probes Spacecraft Ceases OperationsLaurel MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 On July 19, 2019, at 1:27 p.m. EDT, mission operators sent a shutdown command to one of two Van Allen Probes spacecraft, known as spacecraft B, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, ... more  
3D printing transforms rocketry in FloridaOrlando FL (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, 3D printing technology is changing the way rockets are made and the way Florida space companies do business. Significant new space compan ... more  
Commercial Space Ride Secured for NASA's New Air Pollution SensorWashington DC (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 NASA has secured a host satellite provider and ride into space for an instrument that will dramatically advance our understanding of air quality over North America. Maxar Technologies of Westm ... more |
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FAA Adopts NASA Aviation Distress Beacon RecommendationsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has adopted NASA's Search and Rescue (SAR) office's recommendations regarding the installation and maintenance of Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs), the ... more  
NASA Delivers Hardware for ESA Dark Energy MissionPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 24, 2019 The European Space Agency's Euclid mission, set to launch in 2022, will investigate two of the biggest mysteries in modern astronomy: dark matter and dark energy. A team of NASA engineers recently d ... more 
Second laser boosts Aeolus powerParis (ESA) Jul 24, 2019 ESA's Aeolus satellite, which carries the world's first space Doppler wind lidar, has been delivering high-quality global measurements of Earth's wind since it was launched almost a year ago. Howeve ... more  
China eyes high-tech army, says US undermines global stabilityBeijing (AFP) July 24, 2019 China outlined plans to build a modern, high-tech army in a national defence plan published Wednesday, as it accused Washington of undermining global strategic stability and warned against Taiwanese independence. ... more  
Speediest quantum operation 200 times faster than beforeSydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 A group of scientists led by 2018 Australian of the Year Professor Michelle Simmons have achieved the first two-qubit gate between atom qubits in silicon - a major milestone on the team's quest to b ... more |
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Lockheed awarded $1.4B contract for Saudi THAAD systemWashington (UPI) Jul 22, 2019 Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $1.4 billion contract to build the THAAD anti-missile shield for Saudi Arabia, the Defense Department announced. ... more  |
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Scientists send light through 2D crystal layer in quantum computing leapWashington (UPI) Jul 23, 2019 Physicists in Europe have managed send light through a two-dimensional crystal layer, a breakthrough that provides a semiconducting platform for quantum computing. ... more  
In the shoes of a robot: The future approachesTrento, Italy (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 Identifying with someone is an exercise that makes us understand them deeply, empathize with them, and helps us overcome mistrust and prejudice. And this occurs even when that someone is a robot. Th ... more 
OneWeb and Airbus start up world's first high-volume satellite production facility in FloridaExploration Park FL (SPX) Jul 23, 2019 OneWeb Satellites - a joint venture of OneWeb and Airbus - has officially opened the world's first high-volume, high-speed advanced satellite production facility to bring transformative internet c ... more  
Student-built satellites deployed into orbit from the International Space StationBlacksburg, VA (SPX) Jul 23, 2019 On a quiet Wednesday morning, a small group gathered at Virginia Tech's Center for Space Science and Engineering Research. Excitedly huddled together around a big screen in a conference room, facult ... more  
US spacecraft's solar sail successfully deploysWashington (AFP) July 23, 2019 A new spacecraft's solar sail successfully deployed Tuesday one month after launch, as it journeys around earth carrying a small satellite. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 22, 2019 
US space agency NASA on Monday asked American aerospace companies to offer detailed ideas for vehicles that could bring two astronauts to the Moon by 2024, an American objective that was reconfirmed on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.
NASA called the request for input a "major step" forward for its new Moon mission, dubbed Artemis - who in Greek mythology was Apollo's twin sis ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (UPI) Jul 24, 2019 
SpaceX's CRS-18 cargo launch to the International Space Station on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been pushed back three days to Wednesday.
The launch previously was set for 7:32 p.m. Sunday during a weekend that included the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Apollo 11 moon landing. SpaceX didn't provide a new time, but Spaceflight Now reported the time w ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 23, 2019 
An ambitious instrument for ESA's ExoMars 2020 mission has passed its testing in conditions resembling those on the Red Planet. It will now be transported to Russia for its acceptance review, followed by integration onto the Kazachok Surface Platform, scheduled for launch this time next year.
At about 8 x 8 x 20 cm plus a trio of antennas, ESA's Lander Radioscience experiment, or LaRa for ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 23, 2019 
After helping scientists complete many significant experiments such as growing rice and vegetables in space, observing the strongest explosions in the universe and setting up the most precise clock in space, China's first space lab Tiangong-2 ended its mission and reentered the atmosphere under control Friday night (Beijing Time).
With deep attachment, Chinese scientists recalled the exper ... more |
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 Brisbane, Australia (The Conversation) Jul 22, 2019 
This weekend marks 50 years exactly since humans first walked on the Moon. It also marks Australia's small but significant role in enabling NASA to place boots on the lunar landscape - or at least to broadcast the event.
Those literally otherworldly images - beamed into countless schools, homes and workplaces - were at times routed through the Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales.
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 
On July 19, 2019, at 1:27 p.m. EDT, mission operators sent a shutdown command to one of two Van Allen Probes spacecraft, known as spacecraft B, from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, or APL, in Laurel, Maryland.
As expected, following final de-orbit maneuvers in February of this year, the spacecraft has used its remaining propellant to keep its solar panels pointed at the S ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 
Before life began on Earth, the environment likely contained a massive number of chemicals that reacted with each other more or less randomly, and it is unclear how things as complex as cells could have emerged from such chemical chaos. Now, a team led by Tony Z. Jia of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Kuhan Chandru of the National University of Ma ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2019 
New analysis of Juno mission data suggests Jupiter's auroras are powered by alternating current, not direct current.
Jupiter, a the largest planet in the solar system, boasts an aurora with a radiant power of 100 terawatts, or 100 billion kilowatts. It's the brightest aurora in the solar system.
Like Earth's auroras, Jupiter's light shows are centered around its poles. The aurora ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2019 
A U.S. Navy request for proposals calls for a new class of unmanned surface vessels.
While the Navy floated performance specifications in February for a fleet of "medium unmanned surface vehicles," the request was officially announced Tuesday. It seeks developers for a craft of up to 164 feet long, to function as a sensor and communications relay in part of a family of unmanned surface ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) July 18, 2019 
Europe's Galileo satellite navigationsystem, a rival of the American GPS network, is back in service after a six-day outage, its oversight agency said on Thursday.
"Commercial users can already see signs of recovery of the Galileo navigation and timing services, although some fluctuations may be experienced until further notice," the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency said i ... more |
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 Sriharikota, India (AFP) July 22, 2019 
India launched a bid to become a leading space power Monday, sending up a rocket to put a craft on the surface of the Moon in what it called a "historic day" for the nation.
Chandrayaan-2 - or Moon Chariot 2 - took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh state.
Applause broke out in the mission control room as t ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jul 23, 2019 
Meteoroids coming from outer space are randomly shaped, but many of these, which land on earth as meteorites, are found to be carved into cones. Scientists have now figured out how the physics of flight in the atmosphere leads to this transformation.
The progression, discovered through a series of replication experiments in New York University's Applied Mathematics Lab, involves melting an ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 24, 2019 
ESA's Aeolus satellite, which carries the world's first space Doppler wind lidar, has been delivering high-quality global measurements of Earth's wind since it was launched almost a year ago. However, part of the instrument, the laser transmitter, has been slowly losing energy. As a result, ESA decided to switch over to the instrument's second laser - and the mission is now back on top form.
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2019 
Named after a Celtic goddess of the Sun, SULIS is a UK-led solar science mission, designed to answer fundamental questions about the physics of solar storms. The mission consists of a cluster of small satellites and will carefully monitor solar storms using state-of-the-art UK technology, as well as demonstrating new technologies in space. Lead Investigator on the project, Dr. Eamon Scullion of ... more |
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 Santa Cruz, Spain (SPX) Jul 23, 2019 
The universe 13,000 million years ago was very different from the universe we know today. It is understood that stars were forming at a very rapid rate, forming the first dwarf galaxies, whose mergers gave rise to the more massive present-day galaxies, including our own. However the exact chain of the events which produced the Milky Way was not known until now.
Exact measurements of positi ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
There's no known way to prove a three-dimensional "quantum spin liquid" exists, so Rice University physicists and their collaborators did the next best thing: They showed their single crystals of cerium zirconium pyrochlore had the right stuff to qualify as the first possible 3D version of the long-sought state of matter.
Despite the name, a quantum spin liquid is a solid material in which ... more |
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