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  Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 9, 2020 A three-man crew blasted off to the International Space Station on Thursday, leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic. Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Russia's Roscosmos space agency and NASA's Chris Cassidy launched at 08:05 GMT from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where COVID-19 has caused changes to pre-launch protocol. The crew told ground control that they were "feeling fine" just before they successfully entered orbit, NASA TV reported. They are exp ... read more |
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NASA, SpaceX team up for emergency egress exerciseKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 Safety is a top priority as NASA and SpaceX prepare for liftoff of the company's second demonstration flight test (Demo-2), the first flight to carry astronauts to the International Space Station on ... more 
NASA astronaut scheduled for launch to space station ThursdayWashington DC (UPI) Apr 08, 2020 NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is scheduled to travel to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan early Thursday morning with two Russian cosmonauts. ... more 
Bartolomeo connected to ColumbusParis (ESA) Apr 09, 2020 The first European external commercial facility on the International Space Station arrived at its new home last week: the Columbus laboratory module. Bartolomeo, named after the younger brothe ... more  
Space Tango wins NASA utilization awards for LEO Commercialization of biomedical applicationsLexington, KY (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 Space Tang reports it has been awarded funding for three projects focused on biomedical application development on the International Space Station (ISS) that will be supported by the NASA Research O ... more |
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Doubts about basic assumption for the universeBonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 No matter where we look, the same rules apply everywhere in space: countless calculations of astrophysics are based on this basic principle. A recent study by the Universities of Bonn and Harvard, h ... more 
Researchers help expand search for new state of matterFayetteville AR (SPX) Apr 07, 2020 A recent discovery by University of Arkansas physicists could help researchers establish the existence of quantum spin liquids, a new state of matter. They've been a mystery since they were first pr ... more 
Black hole bends light back on itselfLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 You may have heard that nothing escapes the gravitational grasp of a black hole, not even light. This is true in the immediate vicinity of a black hole, but a bit farther out-in disks of material th ... more  
Researchers discover new information on interstellar magnetic field in solar neighborhoodTurku, Finland (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 An international research team led by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Turku, Finland, mapped the interstellar magnetic field structure and interstellar matter distributi ... more 
Astronomers stumble upon unexpected features in a distant galaxy using MeerKAT dataJohannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 An international team of astronomers has uncovered unusual features in the radio galaxy ESO 137-006 using MeerKAT data. Launched in 2018, the South African MeerKAT radio telescope is a precurs ... more |
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USSF reschedules next GPS launchLos Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 The United States Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has decided to reschedule the launch of GPS III SV03 (GPS III-3) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to minimize the potentia ... more  |
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Composite metal foams take the heat, move closer to widespread applicationsRaleigh NC (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 North Carolina State University researchers have demonstrated that composite metal foams (CMFs) can pass so-called "simulated pool fire testing" with flying colors, moving the material closer to use ... more  
CryoSat still cool at 10Paris (ESA) Apr 09, 2020 This week marks 10 years since a Dnepr rocket blasted off from an underground silo in the remote desert steppe of Kazakhstan, launching one of ESA's most remarkable Earth-observing satellites into o ... more  
NewSpace Philosophies: Who, How, What?Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 The world is enthusiastically watching the development of the space industry. Alpha launches from Firefly Aerospace and Orion are in the works, as well as Crew Dragon lift-offs with space tourists. ... more 
No press, no family: Space crew set for launch during pandemicAlmaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 8, 2020 A three-man space crew finished preparations on Wednesday for a mission to the International Space Station, which is going ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. ... more  
Russia calls out 'aggressive' executive order on space resource by TrumpMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 08, 2020 Washington's aggressive plans to claim the right to exploit space resources hinder global cooperation, Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos Deputy CEO for International Cooperation Sergei Savel ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 09, 2020 
The first European external commercial facility on the International Space Station arrived at its new home last week: the Columbus laboratory module.
Bartolomeo, named after the younger brother of Christopher Columbus, was installed by robotic arm on the forward-facing side of the space laboratory on 2 April 2020.
The platform, with blue hinges centre-right of the photo, is at the en ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 
SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 2:50 p.m. (11:50 a.m. PDT), approximately 300 miles southwest of Long Beach, California, marking the end of the company's 20th contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA. The spacecraft returned more than 4,000 pounds of valuable scientific experiments and other cargo.
Some of the scie ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 06, 2020 
If you could bring something back from Mars to Earth, what would you choose? This question is becoming reality, as ESA opens a call for scientists to join a NASA team working to determine which martian samples should be collected and stored by the Perseverance rover set to launch this Summer.
Perseverance is a standalone mission seeking signs of habitable conditions on our neighbour planet ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 07, 2020 
China has been testing high-tech parachutes to control rocket debris and make space launches safer, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
During the March 9 launch of a Long March-3B rocket carrying a satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, a booster was equipped with parachutes and control devices.
After the booster separated from the rocke ... more |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 07, 2020 
The OneWeb satellite system was a planned initial 650-satelliteconstellation that was in the process of being built out with 74 satellites already in orbit. The goal was to provide global satellite Internet broadband services. Initial services were scheduled to start in 2021. OneWeb was headquartered in London, England, with offices in the US, UAE and Singapore.
OneWeb suddenly declared ba ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, a part of The University of Tokyo, demonstrated a novel artificial intelligence system that can find and label 2D materials in microscope images in the blink of an eye. This work can help shorten the time required for 2D material-based electronics to be ready for consumer devices.
Two-dimensional materials offer an exciting new platform f ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 
Future technologies that could image Exo Planets, enable quicker trips to Mars and send robots to explore ocean worlds might have started out as NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC). The program, which invests in early-stage technology ideas from NASA, industry and academic researchers across the country, has selected 23 potentially revolutionary concepts with a total award value of $7 milli ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 07, 2020 
The ice giant Uranus' unusual attributes have long puzzled scientists. All of the planets in our Solar System revolve around the Sun in the same direction and in the same plane, which astronomers believe is a vestige of how our Solar System formed from a spinning disc of gas and dust. Most of the planets in our Solar System also rotate in the same direction, with their poles orientated perpendic ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 
When modeling the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ocean-climate cycle, adding satellite sea surface salinity - or saltiness - data significantly improves model accuracy, according to a new NASA study.
ENSO is an irregular cycle of warm and cold climate events called El Nino and La Nina. In normal years, strong easterly trade winds blow from the Americas toward southeast Asia, but in an ... more |
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 Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 
The United States Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has decided to reschedule the launch of GPS III SV03 (GPS III-3) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to minimize the potential of COVID-19 exposure to the launch crew and early-orbit operators.
The current GPS constellation is healthy, allowing for a strategic pause to ensure the health and safety of our force without ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 
NASA has selected Masten Space Systems of Mojave, California, to deliver and operate eight payloads - with nine science and technology instruments - to the Moon's South Pole in 2022, to help lay the foundation for human expeditions to the lunar surface beginning in 2024.
The payloads, which include instruments to assess the composition of the lunar surface, test precision landing technolog ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 
The Arizona State University-led NASA Psyche mission, which is planned to launch in 2022, will travel to an asteroid named Psyche, orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. This asteroid is of particular interest in that it is rich in metal and may be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, one of the building blocks of the sun's planetary system.
While we'll have to wait until t ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 09, 2020 
This week marks 10 years since a Dnepr rocket blasted off from an underground silo in the remote desert steppe of Kazakhstan, launching one of ESA's most remarkable Earth-observing satellites into orbit.
Tucked safely within the rocket fairing, CryoSat had a tough job ahead: to measure variations in the height of Earth's ice and reveal how climate change is affecting the polar regions. Car ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 
NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather storms - known as solar particle storms - into planetary space. Not only will such information improve understanding of how our solar system works, but it ultimately can help protect astronauts traveling to the Moon and Mars by providing better information on how the Sun's radiation affects the space ... more |
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 Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 
An international team of astronomers has uncovered unusual features in the radio galaxy ESO 137-006 using MeerKAT data.
Launched in 2018, the South African MeerKAT radio telescope is a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), which aims to answer fundamental astrophysical questions about the nature of objects in the Universe.
ESO 137-006 is a fascinating galaxy residing in the ... more |
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 Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 
No matter where we look, the same rules apply everywhere in space: countless calculations of astrophysics are based on this basic principle. A recent study by the Universities of Bonn and Harvard, however, has thrown this principle into question. Should the measured values be confirmed, this would toss many assumptions about the properties of the universe overboard. The results are published in ... more |
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