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  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Mar 17, 2020 Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to fully implement the measures decided by the French government, launch campaigns underway at the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana have been suspended. These launch preparations will resume as soon as allowed by health conditions. This exceptional measure is designed to protect the health of employees and the local population, while also maintaining the security needed to prepare for scheduled launches. Arianespace, French space ... read more |
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Earth's mantle, not its core, may have generated planet's Early magnetic fieldSan Diego CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 New research lends credence to an unorthodox retelling of the story of early Earth first proposed by a geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. In a study appearing ... more  
Bendy, ultra-thin solar cellParis (ESA) Mar 16, 2020 ESA has backed the creation of this flexible, ultra-thin solar cell to deliver the best power to mass ratio for space missions. Just about 0.02 mm thick - thinner than a human hair - the proto ... more  
Asteroid Ryugu likely link in planetary formationBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 The Solar System formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. Numerous fragments that bear witness to this early era orbit the Sun as asteroids. Around three-quarters of these are carbon-rich C-type ... more 
Rocket Lab's next mission to launch satellites for NASA, NRO and Australian universityLong Beach CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 Rocket Lab, a space technology company and the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has announced that its next mission will deploy payloads for the National Aeronautics and Space Admi ... more |
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Scientists discover pulsating remains of a star in an eclipsing double star systemSheffield UK (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered a pulsating ancient star in a double star system, which will allow them to access important information on the history of how stars like o ... more  
US Space Force debuts first offensive weapons systemWashington DC (AFNS) Mar 16, 2020 The first offensive weapon system in the United States Space Force, the Counter Communications System Block 10.2, achieved Initial Operating Capability on March 9, providing quick reaction capabilit ... more  
Help NASA design a robot to dig on the MoonKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 Digging on the Moon is a hard job for a robot. It has to be able to collect and move lunar soil, or regolith, but anything launching to the Moon needs to be lightweight. The problem is excavators re ... more  
L3Harris Technologies introduces new reflector antenna tailored for smallsat missionsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 L3Harris Technologies has introduced a new small satellite reflector antenna that will help decrease the size, weight and overall time to produce smallsats. Lighter and more compact than legac ... more  
Hughes and OneWeb form Global Distribution Partnership for LEO satellite serviceWashington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 Hughes Network Systems has become a worldwide distribution partner for OneWeb. OneWeb's constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites will expand Hughes service offerings and ensure its customer ... more |
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New error correction method provides key step toward quantum computingResearch Triangle Park NC (SPX) Mar 13, 2020 An Army project devised a novel approach for quantum error correction that could provide a key step toward practical quantum computers, sensors and distributed quantum information that would enable ... more  |
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Discovery of zero-energy bound states at both ends of a one-dimensional atomic line defectBeijing, China (SPX) Mar 14, 2020 In recent years, the development of quantum computers beyond the capability of classical computers has become a new frontier in science and technology and a key direction to realize quantum supremac ... more 
SpaceX aborts Sunday launch from Florida at last momentCape Canaveral FL (UPI) Mar 15, 2020 SpaceX aborted a Sunday morning launch of its sixth cluster of 60 Starlink satellites from Florida after already pushing the launch back by one day. ... more 
Student Launch adjusts competition structure to remove need for travelHuntsville AL (SPX) Mar 16, 2020 The health and safety of our Student Launch teams, our NASA workforce and our challenge partners has always been, and continues to be, NASA's first priority. NASA has been carefully monitoring ... more  
Science takes time, even in a lab moving 17,500 miles per hourHouston TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2020 The International Space Station, a microgravity laboratory orbiting Earth at 17,500 miles per hour, has hosted a variety of scientific research for nearly 20 years. Some of that research continues f ... more 
Ammonium salts found on Rosetta's cometParis (ESA) Mar 16, 2020 Scientists have detected ammonium salts on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (shown in this image on the right) by analysing data collected by the Visible, Infrared and Thermal Imaging ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) March 12, 2020 
Astronauts awaiting a space mission are banned from leaving Star City training centre outside Moscow due to the novel coronavirus and will skip traditional pre-launch rituals, the centre's head said Thursday.
The next launch to the International Space Station is due to blast off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on April 9 with Russian cosmonauts Ivan Vagner and Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA astronau ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 16, 2020 
The health and safety of our Student Launch teams, our NASA workforce and our challenge partners has always been, and continues to be, NASA's first priority.
NASA has been carefully monitoring the health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus, particularly the risk of large gatherings and travel. NASA has determined that the best course of action is to replace this year's in-person year-en ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) March 12, 2020 
A joint Russian-European expedition to find life on Mars has been postponed for two years, the Russian and European space agencies said Thursday, citing the novel coronavirus and multiple technical issues.
The unmanned ExoMars, whose mission is to land a robot on the Red Planet to seek out signs of life, was scheduled to launch later this year after experiencing several delays. But even that ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Feb 21, 2020 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-5 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday for a maritime space monitoring mission.
It is the first voyage of the ship this year.
Before the end of the Spring Festival, the mission members were gathered and quarantined on the ship to prevent the novel coronavirus infection. They completed the prepa ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 
Hughes Network Systems has become a worldwide distribution partner for OneWeb. OneWeb's constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites will expand Hughes service offerings and ensure its customers can access low-latency, high-speed connectivity, wherever they are. Applications will include enterprise and government networking, cellular backhaul and community Wi-Fi hotspots.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 
L3Harris Technologies has introduced a new small satellite reflector antenna that will help decrease the size, weight and overall time to produce smallsats.
Lighter and more compact than legacy designs, the new Smallsat Perimeter Truss (SPT) leverages L3Harris' advanced Perimeter Truss design, while optimizing its mass to make the unit lighter and smaller to package onto small satellites. ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 
Researchers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds carry iron vapour to the cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets.
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 Paris, France (SPX) Mar 17, 2020 
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is mainly made up of liquids and gases. Its clouds are shaped by jet streams, winds and vortices into numerous parallel bands, as well as coloured patches, one of which clearly stands out: the Great Red Spot. This is an Earth-sized anticyclone that has been observed for over 350 years, but has suddenly decreased in size in recent years.
The ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 
DARPA's Manta Ray Program aims to demonstrate critical technologies for a new class of long duration, long range, payload-capable unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). UUVs that operate for extended durations without the need for on-site human logistics support or maintenance offer the potential for persistent operations during longer term deployments.
DARPA has selected three companies to ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2020 
In October 2019, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) developed an Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System - equivalent to the US Global Positioning System (GPS). The operational name of the Indian geo-navigation network is NavIC.
On Thursday, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched its latest mobile device series - the Redmi Note 9 - in India, priced between $175 - $215 appr ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 17, 2020 
The launch of the first Russian spacecraft to the Moon after a 45-year hiatus is planned for 1 October 2021, a Russian space scientist announced at a meeting of the Space Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The last Soviet interplanetary automatic station was Luna-24, launched in 1976. Russia in its history has not yet sent a spacecraft to the moon.
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 16, 2020 
Scientists have detected ammonium salts on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (shown in this image on the right) by analysing data collected by the Visible, Infrared and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) on ESA's Rosetta mission between August 2014 and May 2015.
The new study, led by Olivier Poch of Institut de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, France, and publis ... more |
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 Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Mar 11, 2020 
Second attempt - the German-Russian International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (ICARUS) experiment, which is installed on the International Space Station (ISS), will be put into operation on 10 March 2020. Originally planned for July 2019, the start of the experiment was postponed due to a technical malfunction.
This joint project between the Russian space agency Roscosmos a ... more |
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 Hoboken NJ (SPX) Feb 25, 2020 
Researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have created a 3D imaging system that uses light's quantum properties to create images 40,000 times crisper than current technologies, paving the way for never-before seen LIDAR sensing and detection in self-driving cars, satellite mapping systems, deep-space communications and medical imaging of the human retina.
The work, led by Yuping Huang ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 13, 2020 
A study of spiral structure, reduced in complexity so citizen scientists can participate, could offer insight into how galaxies evolve, researchers say.
Researchers at the North Carolina Museum on Natural Sciences in Raleigh used software and tracings of known spiral galaxies on paper, and found that no artificial intelligence program, algorithm or other approach was as accurate in depi ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 14, 2020 
In recent years, the development of quantum computers beyond the capability of classical computers has become a new frontier in science and technology and a key direction to realize quantum supremacy. However, conventional quantum computing has a serious challenge due to quantum decoherence effect and requires a significant amount of error correction in scaling quantum qubits.
Therefore, t ... more |
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