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  Bonn, Germany (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 The Crew Interactive Mobile CompaniON (CIMON) mobile astronaut assistant, which is equipped with artificial intelligence (AI), returned to Earth on 27 August 2019. The SpaceX CRS-18 Dragon spacecraft carrying CIMON was undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 16:59 CEST; the capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean approximately 480 kilometres southwest of Los Angeles and was recovered at 22:21 CEST. "We expect CIMON to return to Germany at the end of October," reports Christian Ka ... read more |
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Russian humanoid robot boards space station after delayMoscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2019 It was second time lucky on Tuesday as an unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docked at the International Space Station following a failed attempt over the weekend. ... more  
NASA prepares for green run testing, practices lifting SLS Core StageStennis Space Center MS (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 NASA cleared a milestone in preparation for Green Run testing of its Space Launch System (SLS) core stage with an Aug. 23/24 lift and installation of the core stage pathfinder simulator onto the B-2 ... more 
SpaceX's Starhopper hits new height in test flightWashington DC (UPI) Aug 28, 2019 After an aborted attempt earlier this week, SpaceX's Starhopper test vehicle completed its highest flight yet Tuesday, taking off and landing at a launch site on the Texas coast. In less than ... more 
Arianespace will launch Ovzon-3 satelliteEvry, France (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 Arianespace has announced the signature of a launch services contract with Ovzon for the company's first geostationary-orbiting telecommunications satellite: Ovzon-3. With offices in Sweden and the ... more |
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China's Tianhe-2 Supercomputer to Crunch Space Data From New Radio TelescopeBeijing (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2019 In anticipation of the world's largest astronomical instrument, Beijing is set to construct a permanent regional data hub that will house its Tianhe-2 supercomputer to make sense of reams of data ac ... more  
ESA and GomSpace Luxembourg sign contract for continued constellation management developmentAalborg, Denmark (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 GomSpace and have signed a development contract at a value of EUR 1,425,000 for GomSpace Luxembourg SARL's continued development of the Mega-Constellation Operations Platform (MCOP) product. T ... more  
NASA Data Strengthens U.S. Air Quality WarningsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 Daily U.S. air quality forecasts for particulate matter could potentially be more accurate as the result of incorporating NASA's Earth-observing satellite data, according to a recent study. Le ... more  
Streaks in Aurora Found to Map Features in Earth's Radiation EnvironmentGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 A special kind of streaked aurora has been found to track disturbances in near-Earth space from the ground. Known as structured diffuse aurora, it was recently discovered, with the help of NASA spac ... more  
NASA Ocean Ecosystem Mission Moves ForwardGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 After passing a key review hurdle, NASA's newest mission to study the health of Earth's ocean ecosystems and atmosphere is ready to move from design to reality. The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, o ... more |
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 How light steers electrons in metals 
Historical gathering: International meeting of the discoverers of chemical elementsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 The GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt (GSI), the Johannes Gutenberg University and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz are the organizers of this year's TAN conference. Ther ... more  |
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Mysterious Cloud 'Absorbers' Seen to Drive Venusian Albedo, ClimateMadison WI (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 As planets in our solar system go, Venus is one for the textbooks. Although about the same size as Earth, Venus is a terrestrial planet with a similar composition to our planet, and has about the sa ... more 
New Delhi in Talks With Moscow Over Rocket Engines for Indian Space ProgramNew Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 27, 2019 New Delhi and Moscow are negotiating the organisation of the India-based production of semi-cryogenic rocket engines using Russian technology for the South Asian country's space programme, Indian Sp ... more  
Chandrayaan-2 Captures First Image of Moon Showing Mare Orientale Basin, Apollo CratersNew Delhi (IANS) Aug 27, 2019 Chandrayaan-2 has captured the first image of the Moon, two days after entering the lunar orbit. The picture was taken by Vikram, the spacecraft's lander and shows the Mare Orientale basin and Apoll ... more  
ExoMars rover ready for environment testingParis (ESA) Aug 28, 2019 The Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover has completed its construction activities in the UK and will now depart to France for testing under the conditions of the Red Planet's environment. The fina ... more 
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for ninth lunar dayBeijing (XNA) Aug 27, 2019 The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the ninth lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night. The lander woke up at 8:10 a ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 27, 2019  An unmanned spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot to be sent into orbit successfully docked at the International Space Station on Tuesday, following a failed attempt over the weekend, Moscow's space agency said.
The lifesize robot called Fedor copies human movements and can help astronauts carry out tasks remotely.
"Contact confirmed, capture confirmed," a NASA commentator an ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
On July 27, 2019, a Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station carrying dozens of scientific experiments. Now, Dragon heads home. It brings samples, hardware and data from completed investigations back to Earth on its return trip, with undocking from the station currently scheduled for one month after arrival: August 27.
Here are details on some of the investigation ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Microbial life on Mars may potentially be transported across the planet on dust particles carried by wind, according to a study conducted in the Atacama Desert in North Chile, a well-known Mars analogue. The findings are published in Scientific Reports.
Armando Azua-Bustos and colleagues investigated whether microbial life could move across the Atacama Desert using on wind-driven dust part ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 21, 2019 
China's new communication satellite ChinaSat 18, sent into space on Monday, has experienced abnormalities, and space engineers are investigating the cause.
The ChinaSat 18 satellite was launched at 8:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The satellite separated with the carrier rocket a ... more |
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 Aalborg, Denmark (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
GomSpace and have signed a development contract at a value of EUR 1,425,000 for GomSpace Luxembourg SARL's continued development of the Mega-Constellation Operations Platform (MCOP) product.
The development of MCOP was initiated in 2018 under the first development contract resulting in development of a minimum viable product focusing on scalability which was recently proven through the fir ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Aug 23, 2019 
In anticipation of the world's largest astronomical instrument, Beijing is set to construct a permanent regional data hub that will house its Tianhe-2 supercomputer to make sense of reams of data acquired from space.
A recent Xinhua report revealed that China's Tianhe-2, once known as the world's fastest supercomputer, will work on astronomical data following the 2020 construction of the S ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
A new study indicates that some exoplanets may have better conditions for life to thrive than Earth itself has. "This is a surprising conclusion", said lead researcher Dr Stephanie Olson, "it shows us that conditions on some exoplanets with favourable ocean circulation patterns could be better suited to support life that is more abundant or more active than life on Earth."
The discovery of ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Storm clouds rooted deep in Jupiter's atmosphere are affecting the planet's white zones and colorful belts, creating disturbances in their flow and even changing their color.
Thanks to coordinated observations of the planet in January 2017 by six ground-based optical and radio telescopes and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a University of California, Berkeley, astronomer and her colleagues ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 
After passing a key review hurdle, NASA's newest mission to study the health of Earth's ocean ecosystems and atmosphere is ready to move from design to reality.
The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission will study phytoplankton - microscopic plants and algae that live in the ocean - as well as the clouds and atmospheric aerosol particles above the water. Every mission go ... more |
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 Denver CO (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force's second next-generation GPS III satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, is responding to commands, under control and now using its own internal propulsion system to get to orbit following its successful launch this morning.
At 11:01 a.m. ET, Air Force and Lockheed Martin engineers at Lockheed Martin's Launch and Checkout Facility near Denver declared they had full control ... more |
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 New Delhi (IANS) Aug 27, 2019 
Chandrayaan-2 has captured the first image of the Moon, two days after entering the lunar orbit. The picture was taken by Vikram, the spacecraft's lander and shows the Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters. The image was taken at a height of about 2, 650 km from the lunar surface on August 21.
"Take a look at the first Moon image captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander taken at a height ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 22, 2019  Photographs snapped by a shoebox-sized probe that explored the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu offer new clues about its composition, insights that are expected to help scientists understand the formation of our solar system.
The German-French Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) was dropped off by Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft on October 3, 2018, free-falling from a height of 41 meters (135 feet ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019 
NASA's P-3B science aircraft soared into the skies over the Philippines on Aug. 25 to begin a nearly two-month-long investigation on the impact that smoke from fires and pollution have on clouds, a key factor in improving weather and climate forecasts.
The Cloud, Aerosol, and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) is the most comprehensive field campaign to date in Maritime Sou ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 28, 2019 
A special kind of streaked aurora has been found to track disturbances in near-Earth space from the ground. Known as structured diffuse aurora, it was recently discovered, with the help of NASA spacecraft and instruments, that these faint lights in the night sky can map the edges of the Van Allen radiation belts - hazardous concentric bands of charged particles encircling Earth.
When the V ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
Neutrinos come in three flavours made up of a mix of three neutrino masses. While the differences between the masses are known, little information was available about the mass of the lightest species until now.
It's important to better understand neutrinos and the processes through which they obtain their mass as they could reveal secrets about astrophysics, including how the universe is h ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019 
The interaction between fields and matter is a recurring theme throughout physics. Classical cases such as the trajectories of one celestial body moving in the gravitational field of others or the motion of an electron in a magnetic field are extremely well understood, and predictions can be made with astonishing accuracy.
However, when the quantum character of the particles and fields inv ... more |
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