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  Valencia, Spain (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 The thesis is focused on the research of methods that reduce the noise level of space rockets during the first phases of launching (engine ignition and takeoff). According to Ivan Herrero, at those times, the levels of acoustic pressure experienced by the space vehicles are extremely high and could seriously affect the light structures onboard, such as solar panels and antennas, making it necessary to reduce the noise levels. "During the launch of space rockets, over 150 dB of sound pressure level ... read more |
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DARPA pit boss contractors SEAKR and SSCI team with DARPA for Blackjack early risk reduction orbital flightsWoburn MA (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 DARPA Blackjack program prime contractors SEAKR Engineering and Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) are preparing to use a series of small satellite demonstrations in an effort to verify and val ... more  
XPLORE wins study for NOAA solar observatory at Lagrange point LISeattle WA (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 Xplore Inc., a commercial space exploration company providing Space as a Service reports they have been awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) study for a solar observatory ... more  
UK space sector gets a boost with the installation of a giant new satellite test chamberHarwell UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 The UK's space industry has received a major piece of new equipment to help get larger, more complex satellites ready for launch. A 16m long space test chamber, amongst the giants of Europe, has bee ... more  
New Covid-19 norms foster agile smallsat innovationWashington DC (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing wide-scale safer-at-home order responses have made it abundantly clear that a return to "business as usual" may never happen. This "new normal" will require new ... more |
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Parker Solar Probe teams up with space observatories for 4th solar encounterGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 15, 2020 At the heart of understanding our space environment is the knowledge that conditions throughout space - from the Sun to the atmospheres of planets to the radiation environment in deep space - are co ... more  
Superlens squeezes light into nanospaceMoscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Russian and Danish researchers have made a first-ever experimental observation of a plasmon nanojet. This physical phenomenon enables nanoscale focusing of light and, theoretically, allows engineers ... more 
New ideas in the search for dark matterPasadena CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Since the 1980s, researchers have been running experiments in search of particles that make up dark matter, an invisible substance that permeates our galaxy and universe. Coined dark matter because ... more 
A Cosmic Baby Is Discovered, and It's BrilliantPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 18, 2020 Astronomers tend to have a slightly different sense of time than the rest of us. They regularly study events that happened millions or billions of years ago, and objects that have been around for ju ... more 
Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknownBoston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light years aw ... more |
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Borrowing from robotics, scientists automate mapping of quantum systemsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Scientists at the University of Sydney have adapted techniques from autonomous vehicles and robotics to efficiently assess the performance of quantum devices, an important process to help stabilise ... more  |
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Northrop Grumman Continues Support for US Air Force Infrared Countermeasures SystemsRolling Meadows IL (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Northrop Grumman has been awarded an order to provide Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) systems and support to the U.S. Air Force. The $151.3 million award was received as part of an e ... more 
Hughes Joins with 4-H to Champion Online STEM Education amid Increased Demand for Virtual LearningGermantown MD (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 With the increase in remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for online education resources has skyrocketed. In response, Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the company behind Americ ... more 
XMM-Newton spies youngest baby pulsar ever discoveredParis (ESA) Jun 18, 2020 An observation campaign led by ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory reveals the youngest pulsar ever seen - the remnant of a once-massive star - that is also a 'magnetar', sporting a magnetic field so ... more 
Spacecrafts get a boost in 'aerogravity assisted' interactionsWashington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 In a recent paper published in EPJ Special Topics, Jhonathan O. Murcia Pineros, a post-doctoral researcher at Space Electronics Division, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Jose dos Camp ... more  
NASA Reveals What Could Be Source of 'Elevated Benzene Level' on ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 19, 2020 The International Space Station is currently manned by Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Wagner, as well as American astronauts Christopher Cassidy, Douglas Hurley, and Robert Behnken. ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
The saying "more hands make light work" is rarely more apt than when those hands are 250 miles up on the International Space Station, overseeing research to extend humanity's reach into the solar system and offer new scientific breakthroughs on Earth.
With the arrival on station of two new sets of hands - NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, whose May 30 launch from U.S. soil ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 19, 2020 
Unfavorable high-altitude wind conditions over the Guiana Space Center has led to a decision that the final preparation phase for Arianespace's Flight VV16 with Vega could not be initiated as planned today.
Therefore, tomorrow's scheduled liftoff from French Guiana has been postponed.
Depending on suitable weather conditions, the soonest possible launch date for this Small Spacecraft ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 18, 2020 
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is just over a month from its July 20 targeted launch date. The rover's astrobiology mission will seek signs of past microscopic life on Mars, explore the geology of the Jezero Crater landing site, and demonstrate key technologies to help prepare for future robotic and human exploration. And the rover will do all that while collecting the first samples of Martian r ... more |
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 Wenchang, China (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
Homestay and catering industries related to aerospace are expected to be developed in Wenchang township, the location of China's fourth satellite launch center in tropical Hainan province, according to a local official.
"I believe the two new industries will further contribute to our economy and employment, even though we have just put forward the idea and are still studied specific measur ... more |
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 Stevenage UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
The UK's space industry leader Airbus, has teamed with KBR, Leidos UK, Northrop Grumman and QinetiQ to bring new thinking to future space solutions and to launch the Open Innovation - Space initiative. The aim of Open Innovation - Space is to further increase SME involvement in UK future satellite communications services and space activities creating high value jobs and growth across the UK.
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2020
As humanity expands its horizons beyond the Earth and begins to consider space missions with extended duration, sustainability necessitates the launch of more space vehicles, increasing the risk of collision with existing space debris. One method of clearing this debris involves a tug vehicle dragging it to a safe region.
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 
Several years ago, planetary scientist Lynnae Quick began to wonder whether any of the more than 4,000 known exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system, might resemble some of the watery moons around Jupiter and Saturn. Though some of these moons don't have atmospheres and are covered in ice, they are still among the top targets in NASA's search for life beyond Earth. Saturn's moon Enceladus ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 17, 2020 
When NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Neptune's strange moon Triton three decades ago, it wrote a planetary science cliffhanger. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft ever to have flown past Neptune, and it left a lot of unanswered questions. The views were as stunning as they were puzzling, revealing massive, dark plumes of icy material spraying out from Triton's surface. But how? Images showed t ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 15, 2020 
The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide - developed under an ESA Partnership Project - has completed its accommodation on Vega's new dispenser for small satellites and is ready for launch.
The Vega launch campaign at Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, resumed three weeks ago, following an interruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
ESAIL is due to be deli ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2020 
The launch mission for the final satellite in the third-generation network of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been postponed due to technical issues, according to the mission command.
The command said in a statement on Tuesday morning that "technical problems on products" of the Long March 3B carrier rocket were spotted during pre-launch checks, leading to postponement.
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 
NASA is inviting additional teams to compete in the Cube Quest Challenge. You can still participate in the in-space phase of the challenge and be eligible to win part of a $4.5 million prize purse.
The Cube Quest Challenge, NASA's first in-space competition, incentivizes teams to design, build and deliver small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the Moon. To compete, ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 
Our planet exists within the vicinity of thousands of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), some of which - ?Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)? - ?carry the risk of impacting Earth causing major damage to infrastructure and loss of life.
Methods to mitigate such a collision are highly desirable. A new paper published in EPJ Special Topics, authored by Flaviane Venditti, Planetary Radar Departmen ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 18, 2020 
China launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 3:19 pm Wednesday (Beijing Time).
The satellite Gaofen-9 03, sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket, is an optical remote-sensing satellite with a resolution up to the sub-meter level.
The satellite will be mainly used for land survey, city planning, land right c ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
Xplore Inc., a commercial space exploration company providing Space as a Service reports they have been awarded a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) study for a solar observatory at the Earth-Sun L1 Lagrange point to monitor the Sun and provide early detection of solar events that can disrupt power grids and telecommunications on Earth.
Xplore Founder and Chief Operatin ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
A team of astronomers, including researchers at MIT, has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light years away.
Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are short, intense flashes of radio waves that are thought to be the product of small, distant, extremely dense objects, though exactly what those objects might b ... more |
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 Paris. France (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
An international collaboration bringing together over 200 scientists from 13 countries has shown that the very high-energy gamma-ray emission from quasars, galaxies with a highly energetic nucleus, is not concentrated in the region close to their central black hole but in fact extends over several thousand light-years along jets of plasma.
This discovery shakes up current scenarios for the ... more |
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