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  Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 15, 2020 Xplore Inc., a commercial space company has announced they have won an Air Force award to study positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solutions for cislunar space. The award category, for commercial and technical innovations between the Earth and the Moon - is entirely new for the Air Force, which is investigating the capabilities necessary to extend operations beyond geosynchronous orbit to now include cislunar space. Today, Earth-orbiting satellites rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) ... read more |
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US Space Force to launch three smallsat missions on LauncheroneEl Segundo, CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2020 VOX Space, the Virgin Orbit subsidiary which provides responsive and affordable launch services for the U.S. national security community, has been selected to launch three dedicated missions for the ... more  
Russia space chief spars with Elon Musk over launch pricingMoscow (AFP) April 11, 2020 The head of Russia's space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices. ... more  
NASA develops unique materials for the next generation of aircraftCleveland OH (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 As NASA looks to the future of flight, the agency is investing in technologies aimed at changing the aviation industry as we know it. These developments vary from basic materials to full-scale exper ... more  
NASA advances food-in-space technologyWashington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2020 NASA is prepared to plant new varieties and bigger quantities of food in gardens on the International Space Station as part of its planned Moon to Mars program. ... more |
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Russian scientists propose new approach to measuring atomsSaint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 Today, when new drugs are designed with the help of supercomputers, and electronic devices operate on a nanoscale, it is very important for scientists to understand how neighboring molecules behave ... more  
BepiColombo takes last snaps of Earth en route to MercuryParis (ESA) Apr 11, 2020 The joint ESA JAXA BepiColombo mission has completed its first flyby on 10 April, as the spacecraft came less than 12 700 km from Earth's surface at 06:25 CEST, steering its trajectory towards the f ... more  
A journey into the northern lightsSolna, Sweden (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 Late February, close to midnight, a blast successfully sent off the one-stage rocket experiment Spider-2 from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. All previous attempts had been cancelled due to ... more 
New research helps explain why the solar wind is hotter than expectedMadison WI (SPX) Apr 15, 2020 When a fire extinguisher is opened, the compressed carbon dioxide forms ice crystals around the nozzle, providing a visual example of the physics principle that gases and plasmas cool as they expand ... more  
Something is lurking in the heart of Quasar 3C 279Bonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 08, 2020 One year ago, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration published the first image of a black hole in the nearby radio galaxy M 87. Now the collaboration has extracted new information from the ... more |
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 Looking for dark matter 
New technique measures wind speed outside the solar systemLewisburg PA (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 Bucknell University physics and astronomy professor Katelyn Allers has published the first measurement of atmospheric wind speed outside the solar system using a new technique. Her study, "A Measure ... more  |
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Belle II yields first results in search of the Z' bosonMainz, Germany (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 The Belle II experiment has been collecting data from physical measurements for about one year now. After several years of rebuilding work, both the SuperKEKB electron-positron accelerator and the B ... more  
Technique offers path for biomanufacturing medicines during space flightsTroy NY (SPX) Apr 14, 2020 An instrument currently aboard the International Space Station could grow E. coli bacteria in space, opening a new path to bio-manufacturing drugs during long term space flights. Research published ... more  
NASA satellite data show 30 percent drop in air pollution over Northeast USGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2020 Over the past several weeks, NASA satellite measurements have revealed significant reductions in air pollution over the major metropolitan areas of the Northeast United States. Similar reductions ha ... 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's Curiosity Keeps Rolling As Team Operates Rover From HomePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2020 For people who are able to work remotely during this time of social distancing, video conferences and emails have helped bridge the gap. The same holds true for the team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars ... 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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 Moscow (AFP) April 11, 2020 
The head of Russia's space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices.
"Instead of honest competition on the market for space launches, they are lobbying for sanctions against us and use price dumping with impunity," Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2020 
For people who are able to work remotely during this time of social distancing, video conferences and emails have helped bridge the gap. The same holds true for the team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. They're dealing with the same challenges of so many remote workers - quieting the dog, sharing space with partners and family, remembering to step away from the desk from time to time - but wi ... 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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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 13, 2020 
Bacterial pathogens can live on surfaces for days. What if frequently touched surfaces such as doorknobs could instantly kill them off?
Purdue University engineers have created a laser treatment method that could potentially turn any metal surface into a rapid bacteria killer - just by giving the metal's surface a different texture.
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 14, 2020 
What is the origin of the famous interstellar object 'Oumuamua? How was it formed and where did it come from? An article published on April 13 in Nature Astronomy by ZHANG Yun from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and Douglas N. C. Lin from University of California, Santa Cruz, offers a first comprehensive answer to this mystery, which involves tidal forc ... 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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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2020 
NASA invites video gamers and citizen scientists to embark on virtual ocean research expeditions to help map coral reefs around the world in an effort to better understand these threatened ecosystems.
During the past several years, researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley have developed new instruments that can look below the ocean surface in more detail th ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 02, 2020  Researchers have developed a wireless network capable of tracking small animals tagged with sensors.
The new technology - described Thursday in the journal PLOS Biology - could help scientists compile tracking data for local populations of small animals without relying on heavy transmitters and satellite communication systems.
Automated tracking methods have made it much easier ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Apr 15, 2020 
If someone had been watching as Apollo 15's Falcon Lunar Module headed down beside the Moon's Appenine mountains in 1971, then this is what they would have seen. ESA researchers, working with UK company Timelab Technologies, are recreating historic missions to the Moon in high-definition 360 virtual reality, as a way of gaining new insights from vintage instrument data - as well as helping plan ... 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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 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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 Madison WI (SPX) Apr 15, 2020 
When a fire extinguisher is opened, the compressed carbon dioxide forms ice crystals around the nozzle, providing a visual example of the physics principle that gases and plasmas cool as they expand. When our sun expels plasma in the form of solar wind, the wind also cools as it expands through space - but not nearly as much as the laws of physics would predict.
In a study published April ... more |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 14, 2020 
An international team of astronomers has shown in a laboratory at Leiden University (the Netherlands) that methane can form on icy dust particles in space. The possibility had existed for quite some time, but because the conditions in space were difficult to simulate, it was not possible to prove this under relevant space conditions. The researchers will publish their findings Monday evening in ... more |
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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 
The Belle II experiment has been collecting data from physical measurements for about one year now. After several years of rebuilding work, both the SuperKEKB electron-positron accelerator and the Belle II detector have been improved compared with their predecessors in order to achieve a 40-fold higher data rate.
Scientists at 12 German research institutions are involved in constructing an ... more |
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