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  Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 13, 2020 In August, a robotic spacecraft will make NASA's first-ever attempt to descend to the surface of an asteroid, collect a sample, and ultimately bring it safely back to Earth. In order to achieve this challenging feat, the OSIRIS-REx mission team devised new techniques to operate in asteroid Bennu's microgravity environment - but they still need experience flying the spacecraft in close proximity to the asteroid in order to test them. So, before touching down at sample site Nightingale this summer, OSIRIS ... read more |
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Russia will cut space launch prices by 30 percent in response to SpaceX predatory pricingMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2020 According to Roscosmos chief, the market price of a SpaceX launch is about $60 million but NASA pays between 1.5 and 4 times more for it. Russia will slash the price of its space launch servic ... more  
Mars Helicopter attached to Perseverance Mars roverKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 With the launch period of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover opening in 14 weeks, final preparations of the spacecraft continue at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the past week, the assembl ... more  
Help Pave the Way for Artemis: Send NASA Your Mini Moon Payload DesignsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 13, 2020 Future exploration of the Moon and beyond will require tools of all shapes and sizes - from sweeping orbiters to the tiniest of rovers. In addition to current planned scientific rovers like the Vola ... more 
Three Proton-M rockets returned to factory over quality control issuesMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2020 Russian space agency Roscosmos recently introduced more stringent quality control measures in a bid to reduce the amount of defective components and equipment in both the commercial and state space ... more |
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DARPA program to build travel adapter for human bodyWashington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 Warfighters are travelers and thus suffer from travelers' ailments including disrupted sleep cycles and limited access to safe food and water. Warfighters who have not slept well have lower alertnes ... more  
NASA study adds a pinch of salt to El Nino modelsGreenbelt 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 ... more  
Origins of Earth's magnetic field remain a mysteryBoston MA (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 Microscopic minerals excavated from an ancient outcrop of Jack Hills, in Western Australia, have been the subject of intense geological study, as they seem to bear traces of the Earth's magnetic fie ... more 
The ocean's 'biological pump' captures more carbon than expectedCape Cod MA (SPX) Apr 07, 2020 Every spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the ocean surface erupts in a massive bloom of phytoplankton. Like plants, these single-celled floating organisms use photosynthesis to turn light into energ ... more  
Cloud brightening won't curb global warmingWashington DC (UPI) Apr 08, 2020 Clouds form when water vapor condenses around particles in the atmosphere. Some scientists have speculated that fossil fuel emissions and other types of air pollution will help seed bigger, brighter clouds - clouds that will reflect sunlight and slow global warming. ... more |
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Sellafield research uncovers microbial life in fuel pondsManchester UK (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 Two new research papers from The University of Manchester, working with colleagues at Sellafield Limited and the National Nuclear Laboratory show that microbes can actively colonise some of the most ... more  |
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New "refrigerator" super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperaturesBoston MA (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 For years, scientists have looked for ways to cool molecules down to ultracold temperatures, at which point the molecules should slow to a crawl, allowing scientists to precisely control their quant ... more  
System trains driverless cars in simulation before they hit the roadBoston MA (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 A simulation system invented at MIT to train driverless cars creates a photorealistic world with infinite steering possibilities, helping the cars learn to navigate a host of worse-case scenarios be ... more  
China becomes world's top patent filer: UNGeneva (AFP) April 7, 2020 China last year became the world leader in international patent filings, unseating the United States which had held the top spot for more than four decades, the UN said Tuesday. ... 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 
NASA awards propellants and life support services contractGermantown MD (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 NASA has awarded a contract to AECOM Management Services Inc. of Germantown, Maryland, to support the agency's need for propellants and life support services for NASA and NASA-sponsored payloads. ... more |
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 Germantown MD (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 
NASA has awarded a contract to AECOM Management Services Inc. of Germantown, Maryland, to support the agency's need for propellants and life support services for NASA and NASA-sponsored payloads.
As a multi-user spaceport for launches of government and commercial spaceflights, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have a recurrent need for prope ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 08, 2020 
The coronavirus pandemic has delayed the launch of a GPS III satellite - the first postponement tied to the virus for a military space mission, the U.S. Space Force said.
The announcement Tuesday evening said the launch, previously planned for late April, would occur no earlier than June 30. The satellite is to be launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a Space ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 
With the launch period of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover opening in 14 weeks, final preparations of the spacecraft continue at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the past week, the assembly, test and launch operations team completed important milestones, fueling the descent stage - also known as the sky crane - and attaching the Mars Helicopter, which will be the first aircraft in hist ... 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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 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.
Max Polyakov, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk are constantly investing money and resources into space exploration. They each espouse a different ideology and purpose - from the colonization of the Moon an ... more |
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 Peterson AFB OH (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 
The 20th Space Control Squadron Detachment 4 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama manages a fence. But not just any fence. A Space Fence. I know what you're thinking...is it actually a giant fence in space? Kind of...yes, and kind of no. It's a radar. On the ground. And now it's operational.
The Space Fence is made up of a ground-based sensor that broadcasts constant bands of energy (like fence po ... 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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 13, 2020 
Future exploration of the Moon and beyond will require tools of all shapes and sizes - from sweeping orbiters to the tiniest of rovers. In addition to current planned scientific rovers like the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, NASA could one day send even smaller rovers to help scout the Moon's surface.
These tiny robots would provide mission flexibility and colle ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 13, 2020 
In August, a robotic spacecraft will make NASA's first-ever attempt to descend to the surface of an asteroid, collect a sample, and ultimately bring it safely back to Earth. In order to achieve this challenging feat, the OSIRIS-REx mission team devised new techniques to operate in asteroid Bennu's microgravity environment - but they still need experience flying the spacecraft in close proximity ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 08, 2020 
Clouds form when water vapor condenses around particles in the atmosphere. Some scientists have speculated that fossil fuel emissions and other types of air pollution will help seed bigger, brighter clouds - clouds that will reflect sunlight and slow global warming.
However, new research suggests the phenomenon known as "cloud brightening" is likely to be counteracted by sea salt.
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 Preston UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 
Newly released images of the Sun have revealed that its outer layer is filled with previously unseen, incredibly fine magnetic threads filled with extremely hot, million-degree plasma. The high-resolution observations have been analysed by researchers at UCLan alongside collaborators from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre (MSFC) and will provide astronomers with a better understanding of how t ... 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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