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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2020 Rocket Lab, a space systems company and the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has successfully launched its 14th Electron mission and deployed a single microsatellite for Capella Space. The mission was Rocket Lab's fourth this year and takes the company's total number of satellites deployed to 54. The 'I Can't Believe It's Not Optical' mission launched from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula at 03:05 UTC, 31 August 2020. Electron successfully deployed a s ... read more |
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New launch opportunity begins on Sept 1 for small sats missionKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 01, 2020 Arianespace has decided to resume launch preparation operations for vega-c-features-small-spacecraft-mission-service-chart Flight VV16, aiming for a launch window between September 1 and September 4 ... more  
China's Chang'e-4 probe survives 600 Earth days on Moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Sep 01, 2020 China's Chang'e 4 probe has survived more than 600 Earth days on the far side of the moon while conducting scientific explorations. With a variety of scientific gear on board, the Chinese luna ... more 
Researchers develop dustbuster for the moonBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution to the problem of spring cleaning on the moon: Why not zap away the grime using a beam of electrons? The research, ... more  
Can black hole fire up cold heart of the PhoenixTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 Radio astronomers have detected jets of hot gas blasted out by a black hole in the galaxy at the heart of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster, located 5.9 billion light-years away in the constellation Phoeni ... more |
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Prop plane boasts speed of a jet, fuel efficiency of a car at fraction of costMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2020 Otto Aviation's Celera 500L could carry six business passengers at 450 mph at around 20 miles per gallon thanks to a new high-efficiency piston engine. A new space-aged propeller plane could o ... more  
Global survey using NASA data shows dramatic growth of glacial lakesWashington DC (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers me ... more  
Commercial satellite imagery market is growing.London, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 According to a recent research, in the coming years, the global growth of this segment will exceed 11% per year. Climate change, environmental protection, disaster monitoring - these are only a few ... more 
Earth's ice sheets tracking worst-case climate scenariosParis (AFP) Aug 31, 2020 The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which hold enough frozen water to lift oceans 65 metres, are tracking the UN's worst-case scenarios for sea level rise, researchers said Monday, highlighting flaws in current climate change models. ... more  
Secret weapon to stop invasive honeysuckle: SatellitesCincinnati OH (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 One common invasive species is so widespread that you can see it from space. The University of Cincinnati found that satellite imagery can identify nonnative and invasive Amur honeysuckle, an ... more |
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NASA's Lucy mission one step closer to exploring the Trojan AsteroidsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 31, 2020 NASA's first mission to explore the Trojan asteroids is one step closer to launch. The Discovery Program's Lucy mission passed a critical milestone and is officially authorized to transition to its ... more  |
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The Seventh Meeting of the Japan-U.S. Comprehensive Dialogue on Space: Joint StatementTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 31, 2020 Pursuant to the shared goal of continuing to advance bilateral space cooperation and to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance as declared by the leaders of both nations, the Government of Japan ... more 
Boeing's Starliner makes progress ahead of flight test with astronautsKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 31, 2020 NASA and Boeing continue to make progress toward the company's second uncrewed flight test of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft prior to flying astronauts to the International Space Station as part o ... more 
Wheelock readies astronauts for Lunar landingEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2020 Astronaut Doug "Wheels" Wheelock spent his NASA career expanding knowledge of living and working in space. His new mission is working to determine the best way to train astronauts to return to the s ... more 
Sensing the Moon with the Ion Trap Mass SpectrometerParis (ESA) Aug 31, 2020 A new sensor to identify lunar volatiles is being assembled in a clean room at The Open University, UK ahead of some exciting missions to the Moon. The Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (ITMS) imaged ... more  
China releases recommended Chinese names for Mars cratersBeijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2020 The Chinese Astronomical Society (CAS) has recently released the list of recommended Chinese names of 1,136 Mars craters on its website. The data will be available for public use. Users can fi ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2020 
Russian cosmonaut Ivan Wagner recently noted that the crew has everything it needs and can engage in physical training and Earth observation experiments.
As the current crew of the International Space Station has been forced to isolate themselves in the Russian segment of the orbital facility due to a suspected air leak in one of the US modules, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Wagner has shared de ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Sep 01, 2020 
Arianespace has decided to resume launch preparation operations for vega-c-features-small-spacecraft-mission-service-chart Flight VV16, aiming for a launch window between September 1 and September 4. Models of observed winds and the latest readings indicate a more than 90% chance of being able to conduct the launch into polar orbit during this window while meeting range safety regulations.
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2020 
The Chinese Astronomical Society (CAS) has recently released the list of recommended Chinese names of 1,136 Mars craters on its website.
The data will be available for public use. Users can find the Chinese names at Glossary of Astronomical Terms operated by the National Astronomical Data Center.
Previously, the CAS had released the first batch of recommended Chinese names of 811 Mar ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2020 
China's Tianwen 1 Mars probe had traveled 100 million kilometers as of Friday morning, according to the China National Space Administration.
The administration said in a statement that the spacecraft was in good condition and several of its mission payloads had completed self-examination and sent scientific data back to ground control.
By Friday morning, the robotic probe had flown a ... more |
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 Lagos, Nigeria (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 
Space in Africa, the authority on news, data, and market analysis for the African space industry has released the 2020 Edition of the African Space Industry Annual Report. The report builds on the 2019 industry report which reported the industry is over USD 7 billion of annual revenues and is projected to grow at a 7.3% compound annual growth rate to exceed USD 10 billion by 2024. 2019 was the b ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2020 
NASA has selected five proposals for concept studies of missions to help improve understanding of the dynamics of the Sun and the constantly changing space environment with which it interacts around Earth. The information will improve understanding about the universe as well as offer key information to help protect astronauts, satellites, and communications signals - such as GPS - in space.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 26, 2020 
Imagine microscopic life-forms, such as bacteria, transported through space, and landing on another planet. The bacteria finding suitable conditions for its survival could then start multiplying again, sparking life at the other side of the universe.
This theory, called "panspermia", support the possibility that microbes may migrate between planets and distribute life in the universe. Long ... more |
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 Kiruna, Sweden (SPX) Aug 24, 2020  The first of two Swedish-led Jupiter instruments has left the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) to take its place on the European spacecraft JUICE. The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation instrument (RPWI) will measure electric and magnetic fields to identify and map the oceans beneath the frozen ice cover of the moon Ganymede.
In 2013, IRF was sel ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 27, 2020 
Teams of researchers around the world recently confirmed what many of them suspected - that overfishing wiped out sharks on up to 20% of the world's reefs.
A study by the Global FinPrint initiative also confirmed that affluent nations with strict fishing controls, especially the United States and Australia, still have an abundant number of sharks.
The global survey of 371 reefs ... 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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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 01, 2020 
China's Chang'e 4 probe has survived more than 600 Earth days on the far side of the moon while conducting scientific explorations.
With a variety of scientific gear on board, the Chinese lunar probe observed and measured the exotic land, offering unprecedented views and understanding of the far side of the moon and beyond.
As of last Wednesday, the lander and the rover of the Chang' ... more |
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 St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 31, 2020  A new study finds that Earth's water may have come from materials that were present in the inner solar system at the time the planet formed - instead of far-reaching comets or asteroids delivering such water. The findings published Aug. 28 in Science suggest that Earth may have always been wet.
Researchers from the Centre de Recherches Petrographiques et Geochimiques (CRPG, CNRS/Universite ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 
According to a recent research, in the coming years, the global growth of this segment will exceed 11% per year. Climate change, environmental protection, disaster monitoring - these are only a few of many areas where satellite imaging is used. As the technology develops, the quality of images is constantly improving and the cost of getting them is falling, analysts predict a dynamic growth of t ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 26, 2020 
An international team led by Professor Tian Hui from Peking University has recently measured the global magnetic field of the solar corona for the first time. The team used observations from the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter, an instrument designed by Dr. Steve Tomczyk at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA. Their results have been recently published in the magazines of Science ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 25, 2020 
Testing teams have successfully completed a critical milestone focused on demonstrating that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will respond to commands once in space.
Known as a "Ground Segment Test," this is the first time commands to power on and test Webb's scientific instruments have been sent to the fully-assembled observatory from its Mission Operations Center at the Space Telescope ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2020 
Radio astronomers have detected jets of hot gas blasted out by a black hole in the galaxy at the heart of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster, located 5.9 billion light-years away in the constellation Phoenix. This is an important result for understanding the coevolution of galaxies, gas, and black holes in galaxy clusters.
Galaxies are not distributed randomly in space. Through mutual gravitationa ... more |
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