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  Boston MA (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 On April 13, 2029, an icy chunk of space rock, wider than the Eiffel Tower is tall, will streak by Earth at 30 kilometers per second, grazing the planet's sphere of geostationary satellites. It will be the closest approach by one of the largest asteroids crossing Earth's orbit in the next decade. Observations of the asteroid, known as 99942 Apophis, for the Egyptian god of chaos, once suggested that its 2029 flyby would take it through a gravitational keyhole - a location in Earth's gravity field ... read more |
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Mike Pence Says US to Return Astronauts to Space Using American-Built Rockets Before SummerWashington DC (Sputnik) Feb 20, 2020 US astronauts will launch into space from American soil using American-built rockets before the summer, Vice President Mike Pence told workers at NASA's Langley Research Centre on Wednesday. " ... more 
Russia's Tikhonov May Be Replaced as Chief of Soyuz MS-16 ISS Mission Over Injury - SourceMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 20, 2020 Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Tikhonov may be excluded from the crew of Soyuz MS-16 spacecraft, expected to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on 9 April, and Sergey Ryzhikov may repla ... more  
Outer Space ChickenBethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 A new version of the game of "chicken" is evolving in outer space. According to Gen. John Raymond, the U.S. Space Force Chief, Russian "inspector" satellites are threatening the tenuous stand-off st ... more  
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Undergoes Memory UpdatePasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2020 From Feb. 17 to Feb. 29, 2020, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) will go on hiatus from its science mission and its relay operations while engineers on Earth conduct long-distance maintenance ... more |
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The CubeSat Launch Initiative Celebrates its 100th CubeSat Mission DeploymentWashington DC (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) CubeSat has become the 100th CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) selected mission deployed into space. This mission marks nearly 12 years of the CSLI provid ... more 
Nanoracks Completes 17th Commercial Space Station CubeSat Deployment MissionWebster TX (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 Nanoracks, the world's leading provider of commercial access to space, has completed the Company's 17th CubeSat deployment mission from the International Space Station using commercially developed a ... more  
Airbus Defence and Space to cut over 2,300 jobsParis (AFP) Feb 19, 2020 European plane-maker Airbus said Wednesday it planned to cut 2,362 jobs in its Defence and Space division over the next two years. ... more  
China Prepares to Launch Unknown Satellite Aboard Long March 7A RocketBeijing (Sputnik) Feb 20, 2020 China's space program is expected to soon launch its Long March 7A rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, located in Hainan Province. According to SpaceNews, China is preparing for ... more  
Bacteria on the International Space Station no more dangerous than earthbound strainsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 Two particularly tenacious species of bacteria have colonized the potable water dispenser aboard the International Space Station (ISS), but a new study suggests that they are no more dangerous than ... more |
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 Studying electrons, bridging two realms of physics: connecting solids and soft matter 
Army researchers develop new method for analyzing metalAdelphi MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 Warfighters on the battlefield often rely on machines, vehicles and other technologies with rotating parts to complete their mission. Army researchers have devised a new method of testing for a majo ... more  |
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Findings from Juno Update Jupiter Water MysteryPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 19, 2020 NASA's Juno mission has provided its first science results on the amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere. Published recently in the journal Nature Astronomy, the Juno results estimate that at the e ... more  
SpaceX announces partnership to send four tourists into deep orbitWashington (AFP) Feb 18, 2020 SpaceX announced a new partnership Tuesday to send four tourists deeper into orbit than any private citizen before them, in a mission that could take place by 2022 and easily cost more than $100 million. ... more 
New adventures in beds and baths for spaceflightParis (ESA) Feb 18, 2020 ESA is expanding its bedrest programme that allows researchers to study how human bodies react to living in space - without leaving their bed. In weightlessness, astronauts' bodies lose muscle ... more  
Electric flight from Mannheim to Berlin in a 19-seater aircraftCologne, Germany (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 Following on from the first electrically powered small aircraft, the next big step for electric flight will be in the commuter class, with 19-seater aircraft. The German Aerospace Center has teamed ... more 
Exotrail Secures Contract with AAC Clyde Space to equip their customers' spacecraftsParis, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 Exotrail, a French company dedicated to providing innovative on-orbit transportation solutions for the small satellite market have signed a contract with AAC Clyde Space, Europe's leading nanosatell ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Feb 20, 2020 
US astronauts will launch into space from American soil using American-built rockets before the summer, Vice President Mike Pence told workers at NASA's Langley Research Centre on Wednesday.
"Before we even get to the summer... the United States will return American astronauts to space on American rockets from American soil. We're going back and we're going back from the USA", Pence said. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 18, 2020 
SpaceX announced a new partnership Tuesday to send four tourists deeper into orbit than any private citizen before them, in a mission that could take place by 2022 and easily cost more than $100 million.
The company signed the deal with Space Adventures, which is based in Washington and served as an intermediary to send eight space tourists to the International Space Station (ISS) via Russia ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 20, 2020 
From Feb. 17 to Feb. 29, 2020, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) will go on hiatus from its science mission and its relay operations while engineers on Earth conduct long-distance maintenance. During the hiatus, other orbiters will relay data from the Mars Curiosity rover and Mars InSight lander to Earth.
The maintenance work involves updating battery parameters in the spacecraft's ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 20, 2020 
China's space program is expected to soon launch its Long March 7A rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, located in Hainan Province.
According to SpaceNews, China is preparing for the launch of a "technology verification satellite" from the southern island of Hainan.
A report in Chinese published on a public WeChat platform confirms that the Long March 7A, a liquid-fuelle ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 19, 2020 
European plane-maker Airbus said Wednesday it planned to cut 2,362 jobs in its Defence and Space division over the next two years.
Airbus cited a "flat space market and postponed contracts on the defence side" for the decision to cut 829 jobs in Germany, 630 in Spain, 404 in France and 357 in Britain.
A further 142 jobs will be cut in other countries, it said, adding that it was in talk ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 
As NASA leads the way for human exploration at the Moon and beyond, space radiation is one of the biggest hazards crews face. In 2018, NASA signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for an experiment to test the AstroRad radiation protection vest on Artemis I, the first flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft. Th ... more |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 
Emerging technologies and new strategies are opening a revitalized era in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). New discovery capabilities, along with the rapidly-expanding number of known planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, are spurring innovative approaches by both government and private organizations, according to a panel of experts speaking at a meeting of the American ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 
The farthest, most primitive object in the Solar System ever to be visited by a spacecraft - a bi-lobed Kuiper Belt Object known as Arrokoth - is described in detail in three new reports. The reports expand upon the first published results on this object, announced in a May 2019 issue of Science, and which were based on just a small amount of data downlinked from the New Horizons spacecraft afte ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 13, 2020 
Cassiopea jellyfish, or upside-down jellyfish, are found in warm coastal waters all over the world. They often congregate on the seabed and pulse rhythmically.
As many scientists and recreational swimmers can attest, these jellyfish can elicit a skin reaction from afar - a sting without contact. Encounters with so-called stinging water can cause a person's skin to sting and itch.
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 17, 2020 
Four satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) have recently passed tests in orbit and started operation in the network, according to China's Satellite Navigation System Management Office.
The four satellites include the 41st, 49th, 50th and 51st satellites of the BDS family.
The 41st BDS satellite, launched on Nov. 1, 2018, is operating in geostationary orbit, and t ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 19, 2020 
The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 15th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night.
The lander woke up at 6:57 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing time), and the rover awoke at 5:55 p.m. Monday. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administra ... more |
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 Munster, Germany (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 
A fireball in the sky, accompanied by a bang, amazed hundreds of eyewitnesses in northern Germany in mid-September last year. The reason for the spectacle was a meteoroid entering the Earth's atmosphere and partially burning up. One day after the observations, a citizen in Flensburg found a stone weighing 24.5 grams and having a fresh black fusion crust on the lawn of his garden.
Dieter He ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 
The Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) instrument, jointly developed by Ball Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) under the leadership of Ball Aerospace, launched successfully on Feb. 18, 2020. GEMS was integrated onto KARI's GEO-KOMPSAT-2B satellite.
Once operational in space, GEMS will be the first air quality sensor in geostationary orbit where i ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 18, 2020 
First measurements by a Solar Orbiter science instrument reached the ground on Thursday 13 February providing a confirmation to the international science teams that the magnetometer on board is in good health following a successful deployment of the spacecraft's instrument boom.
Solar Orbiter, ESA's new Sun-exploring spacecraft, launched on Monday 10 February. It carries ten scientific ins ... more |
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 Kazan, Russia (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 
A co-author from Kazan University, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Space Geodesy Ilfan Bikmaev, explains how the new system was found.
"The gravitational lensing method is one of the most powerful space exploration tools. In space, photons deviate from the rectilinear direction when passing near a massive body ( ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 17, 2020 
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a novel technique for generating single photons, by moving single electrons in a specially designed light-emitting diode (LED). This technique, reported in the journal Nature Communications, could help the development of the emerging fields of quantum communication and quantum computation.
A single photon, the elementary particle of ... more |
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