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  Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 The Air Force Research Laboratory demonstrated a new and ultra-responsive approach to turbine engine development with the initial testing of the Responsive Open Source Engine (ROSE) on Nov. 6, 2019, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The Aerospace Systems Directorate's ROSE is the first turbine engine designed, assembled, and tested exclusively in-house. The entire effort, from concept initiation to testing, was executed within 13 months. This program responds to Air Force's desire for rapid demo ... read more |
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SpaceX faces competitors in race to build Internet-satellite constellationWashington (UPI) Nov 11, 2019 On Monday, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to deliver 60 small satellites into orbit. ... more 
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites with first reused rocket noseOrlando FL (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 SpaceX launched its second batch of 60 of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Monday morning. An hour after the 9:56 a.m. launch, the c ... more  
Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecastsUniversity Park PA (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 Every minute counts when it comes to predicting severe weather. Combing data from cutting-edge geostationary satellites and traditional weather radar created a path toward earlier, more accurate war ... more  
NASA gains broad international support for Artemis Program at IACWashington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 When NASA sends the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024 as part of its Artemis program, it won't be going alone. The agency will be leveraging support from commercial partner ... more |
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NASA instrument to probe planet clouds on European missionPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 11, 2019 NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of hundreds of planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun, or exoplanets, for the first time. The in ... more  
Ancient gas cloud reveals universe's first stars formed quicklyWashington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 The discovery of a 13 billion-year-old cosmic cloud of gas enabled a team of Carnegie astronomers to perform the earliest-ever measurement of how the universe was enriched with a diversity of chemic ... more  
Flexible yet sturdy robot is designed to 'grow' like a plantBoston MA (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 In today's factories and warehouses, it's not uncommon to see robots whizzing about, shuttling items or tools from one station to another. For the most part, robots navigate pretty easily across ope ... more 
Ozone hole set to closeParis (ESA) Nov 12, 2019 The size of the ozone hole fluctuates - usually forming each year in August, with its peak in October, before finally closing in late November or December. Not only will the hole close earlier than ... more  
Scientists discover a new high-temperature superconductorMoscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 A group of scientists led by Artem Oganov, Professor at Skoltech and MIPT, and Dr. Ivan Troyan at the Institute of Crystallography of RAS have succeeded in synthesizing thorium decahydride (ThH10), ... more |
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SSTL announces NovaSAR-1 data deal with the PhilippinesGuildford UK (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Republic of the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) to pro ... more  |
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Lunar IceCube mission to locate, study resources needed for sustained presence on MoonGreenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 As we venture forward to the Moon and establish a sustained lunar presence, finding and understanding water on the lunar surface becomes increasingly important. Lunar water is largely in the form of ... more  
Viasat's terminal begins UK Skynet satcom assurance and certification processLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 07, 2019 Viasat Inc. reports that its Multi-Mission Terminal (MMT), the AN/TSC-241, has started the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) Skynet satellite communications (SATCOM) architecture assurance and certificat ... more 
EU must boost spending in space or be squeezed out: expertsBrussels (AFP) Nov 12, 2019 The EU needs to boost space funding and improve its strategy to compete with military superpowers and smaller upstarts, a panel of experts told MEPs on Tuesday. ... more  
The voyage home: Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe to head for EarthTokyo (AFP) Nov 12, 2019 Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe will leave its orbit around a distant asteroid and head for Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented mission, carrying samples that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System. ... more  
NASA's Mars 2020 will hunt for microscopic fossilsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 12, 2019 Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 rover have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater, where the rover will land on Feb. 18, 2021. A pape ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) Nov 12, 2019 
Wearing a blue space suit with a UAE flag on one sleeve and a spaceship on the other, the first Emirati astronaut said Tuesday his mission highlighted a crucial issue - climate change.
Witnessing Earth and its beauty from space made him realise the importance of preserving it, said Hazzaa al-Mansoori, a 35-year-old former military pilot who reached the International Space Station in Septemb ... more |
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 Traverse City MI (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
ATLAS Space Operations reports a new partnership and collaboration on The Agile Small Launch Operational Normalizer (ASLON)-45 space lift mission.
The partnership expands on the existing collaboration between ATLAS and Aevum with the $4.9 million ASLON-45 mission, which provides orbital launch services to the Department of Defense (DOD) Space Test Program and other government agencies. By ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 12, 2019 
Scientists with NASA's Mars 2020 rover have discovered what may be one of the best places to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater, where the rover will land on Feb. 18, 2021.
A paper published in the journal Icarus identifies distinct deposits of minerals called carbonates along the inner rim of Jezero, the site of a lake more than 3.5 billion years ago. On Earth, carbonates hel ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 07, 2019 
China has been actively investing in space exploration in recent years, with its latest achievement being the successful launch of a drone that landed on the far side of the Moon and conducted several experiments there. Beijing is already planning future lunar missions, including a manned one.
Director of the Science and Technology Commission of the China Aerospace Science and Technology C ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 11, 2019 
On Monday, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to deliver 60 small satellites into orbit.
The new batch of satellites will bring the Starlink constellation population to 120. As part of its satellite Internet operation, SpaceX plans to launch some 12,000 satellites over the next half-decade.
SpaceX isn't the only company trying to build a satellite constellation capable of prov ... more |
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 Cologne, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
More plasma research is being conducted on the International Space Station (ISS). From 10 to 16 November 2019, the Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov will be carrying out a new series of experiments with the PK-4 plasma crystal laboratory. Under the direction of scientists from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), Skvortsov will record how microparticl ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 
For thousands of years humans have gazed into darkness of night, wondering, "Are we alone? Is there life on other planets?" According to Dr. Rhawn Joseph in research published yesterday in the Nature/Springer journal, "Astrophysics and Space Science," the answer is "Yes, there is life on other worlds. However, our neighbors are not human, but mushroom-shaped fungi dwelling on the surface of Venu ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 12, 2019 
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been officially renamed Arrokoth, or "sky" in the Native American Powhatan and Algonquian languages, following a significant backlash over the old name's Nazi connotations.
The icy rock, which orbits in the dark and frigid Kuiper Belt about a billion miles beyond Pluto, was visited by the NASA spaceship New Horizons in ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
A collaboration between researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed for the first time growth rates of deep-sea coral communities and the pattern of colonization by various species.
The scientific team used the UH Mano ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2019  Russia plans to launch into orbit a spherical glass satellite for measuring Earth's gravity field by the end of December, documents revealed.
The BLITS-M retroreflector satellite will be launched together with three Gonets-M communications satellites using the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to take off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on December 25.
The BLITS-M satellite is an improved ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 12, 2019 
When NASA sends the first woman and next man to the surface of the Moon by 2024 as part of its Artemis program, it won't be going alone. The agency will be leveraging support from commercial partners and the international community as it establishes a sustainable presence on the lunar surface by 2028, paving the way for human missions to Mars.
Speaking at the International Astronautical Co ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Nov 12, 2019 
Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe will leave its orbit around a distant asteroid and head for Earth on Wednesday after an unprecedented mission, carrying samples that could shed light on the origins of the Solar System.
The long voyage home would begin at 10:05 am (0105 GMT), with the probe expected to drop off its precious samples some time late 2020, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) sa ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 12, 2019 
The size of the ozone hole fluctuates - usually forming each year in August, with its peak in October, before finally closing in late November or December. Not only will the hole close earlier than usual in 2019, but it is also the smallest it has been in 30 years owing to unusual atmospheric conditions.
Forecasts from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), which uses total o ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 08, 2019 
Southwest Research Institute successfully demonstrated a miniature solar observatory on a high-altitude balloon November 1. The SwRI Solar Instrument Pointing Platform (SSIPP) - a reusable, high-precision solar observatory about the size of a mini fridge and weighing 160 pounds - was carried by a stratospheric balloon, collecting 75 minutes of solar images in the proof-of-concept flight.
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 Hong Kong (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 
A study led by Dr Jeremy Lim and his Research Assistant, Miss Emily Wong, at the Department of Physics of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), utilizing data from the Hubble Space Telescope, has provided surprising answers to the origin of some globular clusters around giant galaxies at the centers of galaxy clusters. Conducted in collaboration with Professor Thomas Broadhurst at the Ikerbasque in ... more |
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Nov 11, 2019 
Wielding state-of-the-art technologies and techniques, a team of Clemson University astrophysicists has added a novel approach to quantifying one of the most fundamental laws of the universe.
In a paper published Friday, Nov. 8, in The Astrophysical Journal, Clemson scientists Marco Ajello, Abhishek Desai, Lea Marcotulli and Dieter Hartmann have collaborated with six other scientists aroun ... more |
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