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  Washington DC (UPI) Aug 18, 2019 SpaceX reused the same first-stage Falcon 9 rocket booster for the sixth time in a launch from Florida Tuesday morning, setting a record for the launch industry. The rocket carried 58 of the company's Starlink satellites into space, along with three small Earth-imaging SkySat satellites for San Francisco-based Planet (formerly Planet Labs). The rocket lifted off as planned at 10:31 a.m. EDT into a partly cloudy sky from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, adjacent to K ... read more |
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Small asteroid becomes closest ever seen passing Earth: NASAWashington (AFP) Aug 19, 2020 An asteroid the size of an SUV passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above Earth, the closest asteroid ever observed passing by our planet, NASA said Tuesday. ... more 
Sierra Nevada aims to complete Dream Chaser space plane in MarchOrlando FL (UPI) Aug 18, 2020 Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corp. aims to complete its first operational Dream Chaser space plane by March to provide cargo trips to the International Space Station. The spacecraft, which res ... more 
'Oumuamua isn't made from molecular hydrogen ice after allCambridge MA (SPX) Aug 18, 2020 The debate over the origins and molecular structure of 'Oumuamua continues with an announcement in the Astrophysical Journal Letters that despite earlier promising claims, the interstellar object is ... more  
Strange gamma-ray heartbeat puzzles scientistsHamburg, Germany (SPX) Aug 18, 2020 Scientists have detected a mysterious gamma-ray heartbeat coming from a cosmic gas cloud. The inconspicuous cloud in the constellation Aquila is beating with the rhythm of a neighbouring precessing ... more |
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A method has been developed to study extreme space weather eventsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 Scientists at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), together with colleagues from the Karl-Franzens University of Graz and the Kanzelhohe Observatory (Austria), Jet Propulsion Lab ... more  
X-37B Spaceplane wins Collier Trophy for advancing the boundaries of flight and space explorationArlington (AFNS) Aug 14, 2020 The Department of the Air Force's X-37B spaceplane, a reusable, multi-purpose, system that operates without an onboard crew, won the prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy Aug. 13 for advancing techno ... more  
Sentinel-1C radar antenna has spread its wings for the first timeFriedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 Fixed to a special device, simulating zero gravity conditions, the 12.3 metre wide and 860 kg SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) radar antenna of the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite has successfully sp ... more 
AFRL officer sees space as his futureKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 First Lieutenant Jacob "Jake" Lutz will soon complete a successful assignment with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, and will be on his ... more  
Launch of Russia's Glonass-K satellite postponed until OctoberMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 16, 2020 The launch of Russia's next-generation Glonass-K navigation satellite, which has been postponed several times since March, is planned for mid-October, a space industry revealed on Saturday. "T ... more |
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Human Rights Watch eyes treaty banning 'killer robots'Geneva (AFP) Aug 10, 2020 Human Rights Watch said Monday it was seeking a new international treaty to halt the race towards fully autonomous weapons, claiming a growing number of countries wanted an outright ban. ... more  |
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AFRL neurotechnology partnership aims to accelerate learningWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 It may sound like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but an Air Force Research Laboratory team is turning science fiction into reality to help warfighters unlock the powers of the brain. ... more  
Altius Space Machines to support on-orbit servicing for the Dynetics Human Landing SystemDenver CO (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 Voyager Space Holdings, Inc. (Voyager), a global leader in integrated space services, has announced that its subsidiary, Altius Space Machines, Inc. (Altius), was selected as a subcontractor to Dyne ... more 
A platform for next-gen space operatorsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 12, 2020 The rapid growth of the space enterprise, from commercial interests in space exploration to a potentially adversarial domain, has created a demand for faster, more agile tools for space operations. ... more 
Vega launch now set for 1 SeptemberParis (ESA) Aug 18, 2020 A new launch date of 1 September 2020 has been announced by Arianespace for Vega flight VV16. Due to the persistence of exceptionally unfavourable winds at altitude over Europe's Spaceport, Ve ... more 
Aurora mysteries unlocked with NASA's THEMIS missionGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 A special type of aurora, draped east-west across the night sky like a glowing pearl necklace, is helping scientists better understand the science of auroras and their powerful drivers out in space. ... more |
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 Montegut-Lauragais, France (AFP) Aug 12, 2020 
He may never have pulled on a spacesuit or flown in a shuttle but that has not stopped Frenchman Michael Moisseeff from reaching for the stars.
After years of exploring and reconstructing the scents of planet Earth, the 66-year-old "aroma sculptor" set himself a new goal - capturing the smell of the moon.
Moisseeff, with his floral shirt and a head of white hair tied up at the back, s ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 
Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are working to install an adapter that will connect the Orion spacecraft to its rocket for the Artemis I mission around the Moon. This is one of the final major hardware operations for Orion inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building prior to integration with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
The spacecraft adapter c ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2020 
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter received a checkout and recharge of its power system on Friday, Aug. 7, one week into its near seven-month journey to Mars with the Perseverance rover. This marks the first time the helicopter has been powered up and its batteries have been charged in the space environment.
During the eight-hour operation, the performance of the rotorcraft's six lithium-ion ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 07, 2020 
China is soliciting ideas for payloads aboard its proposed missions to the moon, an asteroid and a comet, according to the China National Space Administration.
It is asking for primary, middle school and university students across the country to provide ideas for payloads that would fly aboard the Chang'e 7 probe to the moon, and on another spacecraft to the asteroid 2016HO3 and the comet ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2020 
On Aug 6th, SIA announced it had filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response to FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the matter of Modernizing and Expanding Access to the 70 GHz, 80 GHz and 90 GHz spectrum bands.
The SIA filing addresses the potential impact of changes in the rules on future users of these bands and focuses on ensuring that a ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 07, 2020 
In a peninsula far, far away, a laser shoots into the sky to study the Antarctic atmosphere at Concordia research station.
The Light Detection and Ranging instrument, or LIDAR, is a remote sensing technique that uses light to study an object.
A pulsed laser beam is aimed at the target and properties of the resulting scattered light are recorded by sensors. Using these measurements, r ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have detected Earth's own brand of sunscreen - ozone - in our atmosphere. This method simulates how astronomers and astrobiology researchers will search for evidence of life beyond Earth by observing potential "biosignatures" on exoplanets (planets around other stars).
Hubble did not look at Earth di ... more |
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 Kobe, Japan (SPX) Aug 12, 2020 
Researchers from Kobe University and the National Institute of Technology, Oshima College have conducted a detailed reanalysis of image data from Voyager 1, 2 and Galileo spacecraft in order to investigate the orientation and distribution of the ancient tectonic troughs found on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. They discovered that these troughs are concentrically distributed across almost the entire su ... more |
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 Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Aug 17, 2020 
The Malaysian coast guard shot dead a Vietnamese fisherman whose boat tried to ram a patrol vessel in the South China Sea, an official said Monday.
The incident took place inside Malaysian waters, where local fisherman have complained in the past about Vietnamese fishing boats that damage their nets.
Coast guard chief Mohamad Zubil Mat Som told AFP that two Vietnamese fishing boats had e ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 18, 2020 
Global acceptance and application of China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System will gather momentum on the back of further integration with telecom technologies like 5G and the internet of things, company executives and experts said.
Their comments came after Beidou started offering full-scale global services on July 31. More importantly, navigation technologies are increasingly intertwin ... more |
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 Laurel, MD (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 
A new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, shows that exhaust from a midsized lunar lander can quickly spread around the Moon and potentially contaminate scientifically vital ices at the lunar poles.
Computer simulations of water vapor emitted by a 2,650-pound (1,200-kilogram) lander - about a quarter of the dry mass of the Apol ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 
Yesterday, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft performed its final practice run of the sampling sequence, reaching an approximate altitude of 131 feet (40 meters) over sample site Nightingale before executing a back-away burn. Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx's primary sample collection site, is located within a crater in Bennu's northern hemisphere.
The approximately four-hour "Matchpoint" rehearsal took th ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 16, 2020 
As many regions in China are experiencing or expecting heavy rainfall, residents in those places have often been checking weather forecasts and looking up at the sky to avoid being caught in a downpour.
High above their heads, several Chinese meteorological satellites are also staring at moving cloud clusters and transmitting data and images back to an inconspicuous building in northwester ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 16, 2020 
Scientists at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), together with colleagues from the Karl-Franzens University of Graz and the Kanzelhohe Observatory (Austria), Jet Propulsion Laboratory of California Institute of Technology (USA), Helioresearch (USA) and Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) developed a method to study fast Coronal Mass Ejection ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 14, 2020 
The James Webb Space Telescope is an international endeavor with widespread global contributions and experts in more than a dozen countries dedicated to the build, launch, and future science of this flagship NASA space observatory. The cooperation and collaboration on Webb is an incredible testament to what is possible with worldwide teamwork.
Thousands of scientists, engineers, and techni ... more |
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 Lancaster UK (SPX) Aug 18, 2020 
For the first time ever, scientists have witnessed the interaction of a new phase of matter known as "time crystals".
The discovery, published in Nature Materials, may lead to applications in quantum information processing because time crystals automatically remain intact - coherent - in varying conditions. Protecting coherence is the main difficulty hindering the development of powerful q ... more |
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