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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 12, 2020 With the X-37B robot spaceplane about to fly its sixth mission, it's worth considering how its flight has been planned. Some aspects of the mission are fairly predictable. It will spend extended periods in a normal, fairly circular orbit, and occasionally make slight changes. This slow vigil will probably continue for several months. With a Service Module attached to its rear, the X-37B has never been so large or less agile. This suggests that the flight plan for the first phase of the mission wil ... read more |
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Hayabusa2 reveals more secrets from RyuguTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 12, 2020 In February and July of 2019, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. The readings it took with various instruments at those times have given resea ... more  
Virgin Group to sell shares of space venture to aid travel businessWashington DC (UPI) May 12, 2020 British billionaire Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group conglomerate, will sell as many as 25 million of his shares in the Virgin Galactic space tourism venture, his company said Monday. ... more  
Space age for metals, foams and the livingParis (ESA) May 08, 2020 Astronauts donned gloves on the International Space Station to kick off two European experiments on metals and foams, while preparing spacesuits for future work outside their home in space. Th ... more  
Study suggests terrestrial life unlikely to contaminate MarsSan Antonio, TX (SPX) May 12, 2020 A Southwest Research Institute scientist modeled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty pockets of water present on the Red Planet are likely not habitable by life as we know it on Eart ... more |
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How many jobs do robots really replace?Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without wo ... more  
Inmarsat launches solution for the rail industryLondon, UK (SPX) May 11, 2020 A new Inmarsat Rail Telemetry and Communications Solution for the global rail industry provides real-time data transfer and push-to-talk (PTT) communications to connect drivers and railway staff wor ... more  
Identifying light sources using artificial intelligenceWashington DC (SPX) May 06, 2020 Identifying sources of light plays an important role in the development of many photonic technologies, such as lidar, remote sensing, and microscopy. Traditionally, identifying light sources as dive ... more  
A billion years is missing from the geologic recordSanta Barbara CA (SPX) May 11, 2020 The geologic record is exactly that: a record. The strata of rock tell scientists about past environments, much like pages in an encyclopedia. Except this reference book has more pages missing than ... more 
Hayabusa2's touchdown on Ryugu reveals its surface in stunning detailWashington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 High-resolution images and video were taken by the Japanese space agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft as it briefly landed to collect samples from Ryugu - a nearby asteroid that orbits mostly between Eart ... more |
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South Africa's MeerKAT Solves Mystery of "X-Galaxies"Cape Town, South Africa (SPX) May 08, 2020 Many galaxies far more active than the Milky Way have enormous twin jets of radio waves extending far into intergalactic space. Normally these go in opposite directions, coming from a massive black ... more  |
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The little tires that could go to MarsNASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland OH (SPX) May 08, 2020 It's rocky. It's sandy. It's flat. It's cratered. It's cold. The surface of Mars is a challenging and inhospitable place, especially for rovers. As future missions t ... more  
NASA CubeSat Mission to Gather Vital Space Weather DataGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 08, 2020 NASA has selected a new pathfinding CubeSat mission to gather data not collected since the agency flew the Dynamics Explorer in the early 1980s. The new mission, called Dione after the ancient ... more  
Digipen student project heading to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocketRedmond WA (SPX) May 07, 2020 In the near future, a box weighing just one pound and measuring 128 cubic inches will be launched 100 kilometers into the sky on-board Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle. Minutes later, it will ... more  
Astrobotic to develop new commercial payload service for NASA human lunar landerPittsburgh PA (SPX) May 11, 2020 Astrobotic proudly announces that it is has been selected to develop and lead a new commercial payload service onboard the Dynetics Human Landing System (HLS). Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of ... more 
Violent meteorite impacts forged parts of the lunar crustWashington DC (UPI) May 11, 2020 Parts of the moon's crust were forged by large and violent meteorite impacts, according to new research published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 
NASA will award nearly $2.4 million to universities as part of the Artemis Student Challenges, a bold new initiative to inspire the next generation - the Artemis Generation. The six universities receiving awards will use the grants to advance the quality, relevance and overall reach of opportunities to engage students as NASA takes the first step in the next era of exploration.
Each of the ... more |
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 Redmond WA (SPX) May 07, 2020 
In the near future, a box weighing just one pound and measuring 128 cubic inches will be launched 100 kilometers into the sky on-board Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle. Minutes later, it will return to the ground. What's special about this box is that it and its contents are being designed, programmed, and built by a group of third-year students in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2020 
Billions of years ago, the Martian surface could have supported microbial life as we know it. But did such life ever actually exist there? NASA and its Mars 2020 mission hope to find out with the Perseverance rover, which launches to the Red Planet this summer.
Scientists have sought answers to astrobiological questions on Earth, studying regions similar enough to Mars to understand what t ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2020  China's new prototype spacecraft "successfully landed" on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon.
The spacecraft - which was launched Tuesday - arrived safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency said, after a hitch in an earlier part of the key test.
It said the cabin structure of the spacec ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) May 11, 2020 
A new Inmarsat Rail Telemetry and Communications Solution for the global rail industry provides real-time data transfer and push-to-talk (PTT) communications to connect drivers and railway staff working in remote areas across the globe, to drive operational efficiencies and improve the overall safety of the railway.
Railways are more critical than ever in supporting the global movement of ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) May 11, 2020 
In partnership with the Air Force Test Pilot School, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works successfully demonstrated an autonomous Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) system to enhance operational effectiveness for the warfighter in denied communications environments.
"As a remotely piloted aircraft pilot, having the opportunity to test an emerging technology and see it perform funct ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 12, 2020 
The oldest molecular fluids in the solar system could have supported the rapid formation and evolution of the building blocks of life, new research in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals.
An international group of scientists, led by researchers from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and co-authors from McMaster University and York University, used state-of-the- ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 
Researchers using a technique known as "lucky imaging" with the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea have collected some of the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the ground. These images are part of a multi-year joint observing program with the Hubble Space Telescope in support of NASA's Juno mission. The Gemini images, when combined with the Hubble and Juno observat ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) May 8, 2020 
Oceans are likely to rise as much as 1.3 metres by 2100 if Earth's surface warms another 3.5 degrees Celsius, scientists warned Friday.
By 2300, when ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland will have shed trillions of tonnes in mass, sea levels could go up by more than five metres under that temperature scenario, redrawing the planet's coastlines, they reported in a peer-reviewed s ... more |
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 San Jose CA (SPX) May 08, 2020 
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. has announced a multi-year sales agreement with GeoSLAM, a global market leader in 3D geospatial technology solutions. GeoSLAM uses Velodyne lidar sensors in its ZEB-HORIZON mobile scanner that provides 3D mapping of indoor, underground and difficult to access environments without the need for GPS.
Velodyne's Puck LITE sensors enable GeoSLAM systems to achieve data cap ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 08, 2020 
The designers say that the aim of their project is to withstand the toughest weather conditions, something that might help NASA's scheduled 2024 mission to the moon, dubbed "Artemis".
Two Danish designers have developed an origami-inspired foldable house that could be useful for offworld explorers from NASA's Artemis mission to the moon.
The project, called 'Lunark Habitat', is a com ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 12, 2020 
In February and July of 2019, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. The readings it took with various instruments at those times have given researchers insight into the physical and chemical properties of the 1-kilometer-wide asteroid. These findings could help explain the history of Ryugu and other asteroids, as well as the solar system at la ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 08, 2020 
NASA has selected a new pathfinding CubeSat mission to gather data not collected since the agency flew the Dynamics Explorer in the early 1980s.
The new mission, called Dione after the ancient Greek goddess of the oracles, will carry four miniaturized instruments to study how Earth's upper atmospheric layers react to the ever-changing flow of solar energy into the magnetosphere - the envel ... more |
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 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2020 
The extent to which solar activity (and thus the number of sunspots and the solar brightness) varies can be reconstructed using various methods - at least for a certain period of time.
Since 1610, for example, there have been reliable records of sunspots covering the Sun; the distribution of radioactive varieties of carbon and beryllium in tree rings and ice cores allows us to draw conclus ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 12, 2020 
Several hundred million years ago, two galaxy clusters collided and then passed through each other. This mighty event released a flood of hot gas from each galaxy cluster that formed an unusual bridge between the two objects. This bridge is now being pummeled by particles driven away from a supermassive black hole.
Galaxy clusters are the largest objects in the universe held together by gr ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2020 
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a triple system that can be seen with the naked eye.
The team found evidence for the invisible object by tracking its two companion stars using ... more |
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