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  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2020 NASA has finalized the contract for the initial crew module of the agency's Gateway lunar orbiting outpost. Orbital Science Corporation of Dulles, Virginia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Space, has been awarded $187 million to design the habitation and logistics outpost (HALO) for the Gateway, which is part of NASA's Artemis program and will help the agency build a sustainable presence at the Moon. This award funds HALO's design through its preliminary design review, expected by the end ... read more |
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China plans to develop new solid-fueled carrier rocketBeijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2020 Chinese engineers plan to develop a new solid-fueled rocket with greater carrying capacity than the current model Long March-11 rocket, revealed China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation so ... more 
ULA on track to launch new Vulcan rocket in early 2021Washington DC (UPI) Jun 05, 2020 United Launch Alliance, a leading launch provider to the U.S. government for 14 years, is on schedule to launch its next-generation rocket, the Vulcan Centaur, in early 2021, CEO Tony Bruno said. ... more  
ARISS established dedicated US Organization to support amateur ISS communicationsTowson MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2020 In late May, the USA team of the ARISS International working group became an incorporated non-profit entity in the state of Maryland, officially becoming ARISS-USA. This move allows ARISS-USA to wor ... more  
STEREO watches Comet ATLAS as Solar Orbiter crosses its tailGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2020 NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO-A spacecraft, captured these images of comet ATLAS as it swooped by the Sun from May 25 - June 1. During the observations and outside STEREO ... more |
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Europlanet Telescope Network launched to support planetary research and build global pro-am collaborationLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2020 A new collaboration between telescopes around the world has been launched to provide coordinated observations and rapid responses in support of planetary research. The Europlanet Telescope Network w ... more  
Large simulation finds new origin of supermassive black holesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 03, 2020 Computer simulations conducted by astrophysicists at Tohoku University in Japan, have revealed a new theory for the origin of supermassive black holes. In this theory, the precursors of supermassive ... more 
Zooming in on the origins of fast radio burstsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2020 Astronomers have peered into the home galaxies of fast radio bursts, ruling out supermassive black holes as a cause and bringing us a step closer to understanding the origins of these mysterious sig ... more  
Astronomers unveil the magnetic field of the solar coronaHonolulu HI (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 While the world has been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have been hard at work studying the solar corona, the outermost ... more 
Hubble makes surprising find in the early universeMunich, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2020 New results from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early Universe took place sooner than previously thought. A European team of astrono ... more |
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DLR's Christiane Voigt reports on the research flights of the BLUESKY missionOberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 Activities in congested urban areas all over the world were reduced this spring as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only a few aircraft have continued to fly. As such, Earth's atmosphere is signif ... more  |
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These flexible feet help robots walk fasterSan Diego CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2020 Roboticists at the University of California San Diego have developed flexible feet that can help robots walk up to 40 percent faster on uneven terrain such as pebbles and wood chips. The work has ap ... more  
Coatings for shoe bottoms could improve traction on slick surfacesBoston MA (SPX) Jun 02, 2020 Inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, MIT engineers have designed a friction-boosting material that could be used to coat the bottom of your shoes, giving them a stronger grip on ice and ot ... more 
Making matter out of light: High-power laser simulations point the waySan Diego CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2020 A few minutes into the life of the universe, colliding emissions of light energy created the first particles of matter and antimatter. We are familiar with the reverse process - matter generating en ... more 
Scientists detect crab nebula using innovative gamma-ray telescopeNew York NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2020 Scientists have detected gamma rays from the Crab Nebula, the most famous of supernova remnants, using a next-generation telescope that opens the door for astrophysicists to study some of the most e ... more 
Environmental damage from fog reduction is observable from outer spaceIndianapolis IN (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 A new study led by ecohydrologists at IUPUI has shown for the first time that it's possible to use satellite data to measure the threat of climate change to ecological systems that depend on water f ... more |
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 Towson MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2020 
In late May, the USA team of the ARISS International working group became an incorporated non-profit entity in the state of Maryland, officially becoming ARISS-USA. This move allows ARISS-USA to work as an independent organization, soliciting grants and donations.
They will continue promoting amateur radio and STEAM-science, technology, engineering, arts, and math within educational organi ... more |
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 Melbourne FL (SPX) Jun 04, 2020 
At a time when so many feel isolated, the world came together with hopeful energy on Saturday to watch as two American astronauts were launched into orbit from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade-and for the first time ever onboard a commercially owned spacecraft.
The successful SpaceX Demo-2 launch and docking, which carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken from ... more |
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 Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Jun 04, 2020 
Christopher Edwards, assistant professor in NAU's Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, just processed new images of the Martian moon Phobos that give scientists insight into the physical properties of the moon and its composition.
The images of the small moon, which is about 25 kilometers (15 miles) in diameter, were captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. When reviewed in ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 
In its latest research titled "China Space Industry Report," Euroconsult provides in depth analysis of how commercialization is driving both growth and technology advances in the Chinese space sector, with oversubscribed IPOs and a wave of private investment.
China Satcom is now the world's highest valued pure satellite operator with a market cap of US$11 billion as of May 2020, while Chin ... more |
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 Santa Clara CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 
Momentus and OrbAstro have signed a launch contract to fly a 3U to SSO onboard the SpaceX Dedicated rideshare mission in 2021.
Smallsat flocking is relevant to existing and emerging markets in newspace. OrbAstro believes there is much needed room for improvement in constellation-level efficiency, so the new company is developing the onboard hardware and software to close the gap. The compa ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 03, 2020 
By combining data from telescopes with supercomputer simulations and virtual reality (VR), a new visualization allows you to experience 500 years of cosmic evolution around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
This visualization, called "Galactic Center VR", is the latest in a series from astrophysicists, and is based on data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ... more |
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 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 
The star Kepler-160 is probably orbited by a planet less than twice the size of the Earth with a star-planet distance that could permit planetary surface temperatures conducive to life. The newly discovered exoplanet, which was found by a team of scientists led by the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Gottingen (Germany), is more than just another potentially habitable worl ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 14, 2020 
When the New Horizons spacecraft passed by Pluto in 2015, one of the many fascinating features its images revealed was that this small, frigid world in the distant solar system has a hazy atmosphere. Now, new data helps explain how Pluto's haze is formed from the faint light of the Sun 3.7 billion miles away as it moves through an unusual orbit.
Remote observations of Pluto by NASA's teles ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) June 6, 2020 
It's not too late to save the oceans from destruction, says the grandson of famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau.
AFP sat down with Philippe Cousteau, an environmentalist and oceanographer in his own right, on the eve of World Oceans Day, held on June 8.
The means to saving the oceans are known, he said, and keeping them from destruction is a simple question of political will. ... more |
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 Schriever AFB CO (SPX) Jun 03, 2020 
The 2nd Space Operations Squadron performed the first station keeping maneuver on a GPS III satellite to Satellite Vehicle Number 75 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, May 14.
The maneuver set a new standard for how GPS maneuvers should be conducted for the squadron that provides precision, navigation and timing signals to billions of users around the world.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2020 
NASA has finalized the contract for the initial crew module of the agency's Gateway lunar orbiting outpost. Orbital Science Corporation of Dulles, Virginia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Space, has been awarded $187 million to design the habitation and logistics outpost (HALO) for the Gateway, which is part of NASA's Artemis program and will help the agency build a sustainable pr ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2020 
This view of sample site Osprey on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on May 26. A total of 347 PolyCam images were stitched together and corrected to produce the mosaic, which shows the site at 0.2 inches (5 mm) per pixel at full size.
The spacecraft took these images during an 820-foot (250-meter) reconnaissance pass over the site, which is the ... more |
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 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 
Activities in congested urban areas all over the world were reduced this spring as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only a few aircraft have continued to fly. As such, Earth's atmosphere is significantly less polluted by emissions from human transport and industrial activities than it was previously. In the BLUESKY mission, scientists are investigating how clean the air has become during the p ... more |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Jun 05, 2020 
While the world has been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, researchers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have been hard at work studying the solar corona, the outermost atmosphere of the Sun which expands into interplanetary space. This stream of charged particles radiating from the surface of the Sun is called the solar wind and expands to fill the entire solar syst ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jun 08, 2020 
A new collaboration between telescopes around the world has been launched to provide coordinated observations and rapid responses in support of planetary research. The Europlanet Telescope Network will provide professional and trained amateur observers with access to telescopes located around the globe and ranging from 0.25 - 2m in diameter.
Initially linking 15 observatories, the network ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2020 
New results from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest the formation of the first stars and galaxies in the early Universe took place sooner than previously thought. A European team of astronomers have found no evidence of the first generation of stars, known as Population III stars, as far back as when the Universe was just 500 million years old.
The exploration of the very first ga ... more |
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