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  Flagstaff AZ (USGS) Apr 23, 2020 Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbor in space. For the first time, the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped and uniformly classified by scientists from the USGS, in collaboration with NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute. The lunar map, called the "Unified Geologic Map of the Moon," will serve ... read more |
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Firefly Aerospace and Spaceflight sign launch services agreementCedar Park TX (SPX) Apr 23, 2020 Firefly Aerospace, Inc., a leading provider of economical and dependable launch vehicles, spacecraft, and in-space services, and Spaceflight Inc., the leading launch services and mission management ... more  
Elon Musk's SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites from FloridaWashington DC (UPI) Apr 22, 2020 Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites on time at 3:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday into a clear blue sky from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... more  
The birth of a "Snowman" at the edge of the Solar SystemNew York NY (SPX) Apr 23, 2020 A model developed at the Faculty of Physics at the Technion, in collaboration with German scientists at Tubingen, explains the unique properties of Arrokoth - the most distant object ever imaged in ... more  
Undergraduate space training evolves to tackle space threatsPeterson AFB CO (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 The training of new military space operators is evolving to meet the challenges in the space domain. A revamped initial skills training course now gives new space warfighters an early advantage in b ... more |
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Solar-powered hand sanitiser wins ESA-backed hackathonParis (ESA) Apr 17, 2020 A start-up company that has repurposed upcycled solar cells to generate ultraviolet light to disinfect people's hands has won euro 20 000 in a hackathon designed to share and rapidly develop ideas ... more 
NASA Earth data powers energy-saving decisionsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 21, 2020 NASA's long-term, global view of Earth from space includes data on sunlight, wind, temperature and precipitation, all key elements in understanding how our planet works. That same, information is al ... more  
Fast-track training for pilots who never leave the groundMelbourne FL (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 Explosive growth in the use of drones or remotely piloted aircraft for commercial and military operations has increased the demand for trained operators, and the U.S. Air Force has turned to L3Harri ... more  
India develops unique model to hit enemy targets without positioning errorNew Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2020 Due to the unavailability of a reliable model to predict the electron density of the ionosphere, navigation errors remain, creating technological hurdles. A new model developed by Indian researchers ... more 
Space Force welcomes first academy graduates to its ranksColorado Springs CO (AFNS) Apr 20, 2020 Eighty-six graduates from the United States Air Force Academy celebrated receiving their diplomas April 18 and moved directly into the U.S. Space Force, marking the first infusion of commissioned pe ... more |
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 Nine reasons we're grateful to live on Earth  
New geochemical tool reveals origin of Earth's nitrogenCape Cod MA (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and their colleagues used a new geochemical tool to shed light on the origin of nitrogen a ... more  |
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Spotting air pollution with satellites, better than ever beforeDurham NC (SPX) Apr 23, 2020 Researchers from Duke University have devised a method for estimating the air quality over a small patch of land using nothing but satellite imagery and weather conditions. Such information could he ... more 
COVID-19: Aeolus and weather forecastsParis (ESA) Apr 22, 2020 We are all too aware that COVID-19 is a serious threat to health, is putting huge pressure on healthcare systems and it could leave the global economy struggling for years to come. With lockdown mea ... more  
Supporting small airports using virtual realityCologne, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2020 Camera systems that monitor airports remotely offer many new possibilities for air traffic control and airport operators. However, the costs of purchasing, installing and maintaining the latest remo ... more  
Nanocardboard flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probesPhiladelphia PA (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter. As the first of its kind, the Mar ... more  
Solar gravity lens concept receives $2m NASA grant for technology maturationEl Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 The Solar Gravity Lens (SGL) concept to send a fleet of optical telescopes to image habitable planets far beyond our solar system received a $2 million grant by NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts ( ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 
In 1970, the United States Clean Air Act underwent major revisions to reduce pollution and protect air quality, President Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, and NASA scientists were cracking open the door on a new era of studying our home planet from space.
The first black-and-white satellite images of Earth were just ten years old: a swirling mass of white clouds over back ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2020 
Tehran earlier announced that it had launched a new military satellite into low Earth orbit, after the country failed in several previous attempts to send a civilian-made device in space.
Vice-chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General John Hyten, stated that the 'Noor' ('Light' in Farsi) Iranian satellite "went a very long way" but refused to confirm that it was able to reach its d ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 
This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter. As the first of its kind, the Mars Helicopter will carry no instruments and collect no data - NASA describes merely flying it all as "high-risk, high-reward" research.
With the risks of extraterrestrial flight in mind, Penn Eng ... 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 22, 2020 
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites on time at 3:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday into a clear blue sky from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
It was the seventh such launch for SpaceX's communications satellite network, which is the largest constellation in history. The company has launched 422 of the spacecraft in a little over a year.
The space company also landed the missi ... more |
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 Cologne, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2020 
Camera systems that monitor airports remotely offer many new possibilities for air traffic control and airport operators. However, the costs of purchasing, installing and maintaining the latest remote monitoring technology make it impracticable for airfields with a low volume of traffic and revenue.
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has teamed up ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 
Astrophysical observations have shown that Neptune-like water-rich exoplanets are common in our galaxy. These "water worlds" are believed to be covered with a thick layer of water, hundreds to thousands of miles deep, above a rocky mantle.
While water-rich exoplanets are common, their composition is very different from Earth, so there are many unknowns in terms of these planets' structure, ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Apr 23, 2020 
A model developed at the Faculty of Physics at the Technion, in collaboration with German scientists at Tubingen, explains the unique properties of Arrokoth - the most distant object ever imaged in the solar system. The research team's results shed new light on the formation of Kuiper Belt objects, asteroid-like objects at the edge of the Solar system, and for understanding the early stages of t ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) April 17, 2020 
An ambitious "cloud brightening" experiment has been carried out over Australia's Great Barrier Reef in an early-stage trial that scientists hope could become a futuristic way to protect coral from global warming.
In an attempt to cool waters around the reef by making clouds reflect more sunlight, researchers said they used a boat-mounted fan similar to a snow cannon to shoot salt crystals i ... more |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 22, 2020 
Due to the unavailability of a reliable model to predict the electron density of the ionosphere, navigation errors remain, creating technological hurdles. A new model developed by Indian researchers has potential applications in calculating these Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning errors.
In a major development that could have a wider impact, ranging from accurate aiming ... more |
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 Flagstaff AZ (USGS) Apr 23, 2020 
Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbor in space.
For the first time, the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped and uniformly classified by scientists from the USGS, in collaboration with NASA and ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 21, 2020 
Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is providing a glimpse of another star system's planetary building blocks, using new observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Borisov is the first known comet to originate from a different star system than our own. Measurements find that it has an unusual abundance of carbon monoxide largely unlike comets belonging to our solar system. Researchers say ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 22, 2020 
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently awarded Southwest Research Institute a $12,862,664 contract to develop a magnetometer for a satellite mission dedicated to tracking space weather. The magnetometer is part of the satellite's solar wind instrument suite, which measures the characteristics of the solar wind plasma that interact with the Earth's geomagneti ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 
On behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA has awarded the Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) Magnetometer contract to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) based in San Antonio, Texas.
This is a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract with a total value of $12,862,664. The period of performance is 75 months.
SwRI will design, analyze, develop, fabric ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 
The researchers say their results, using an atomically thin material, hexagonal boron nitride, constitute a significant step forward in understanding light-matter interactions of quantum systems in 2D materials, and the journey towards scalable on-chip devices for quantum technologies. The study is published in Advanced Materials.
The ability to finely tune the colors of quantum light has ... more |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2020
New results from an ambitious sky survey program, called ALPINE, reveal that rotating disk-shaped galaxies may have existed in large numbers earlier in the universe than previously thought.
The ALPINE program, formally named "ALMA Large Program to Investigate C+ at Early Times," uses data obtained from 70 hours of sky observations with the ALMA observatory ( ... more |
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