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  Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in the orbit, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The reusable spaceship was launched this past Friday on a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert. While little has so far been known about the reusable capsule, Xinhua said the experiment was successful, which marks a milestone in China's quest to master reusable spacecrafts. A ... read more |
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Rocket Lab Granted FAA Operator License for Missions from Launch Complex 2Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 Rocket Lab, a space systems company and global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has been granted a five-year Launch Operator License by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Elect ... more 
Soyuz-5 rocket program to start in 2021Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 Developers will start making the Soyuz-5 rocket (Irtysh) that Russia is planning in order to replace Ukraine's Zenit launch vehicles in mid-2021, General Director of Russian Space Rocket Centre Prog ... more 
Plasma propulsion for small satellitesParis (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 A test firing of Europe's Helicon Plasma Thruster, developed with ESA by SENER and the Universidad Carlos III's Plasma and Space Propulsion Team (EP2-UC3M) in Spain. This compact, electrodeless and ... more  
NASA Readies Perseverance Mars Rover's Earthly TwinPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2020 As NASA's Mars rover Perseverance hurtles through space toward the Red Planet, the six-wheeler's twin is ready to roll here on Earth. A full-scale engineering version of the Mars 2020 Persever ... more |
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Wanted: your ideas for ESA's future space missionsParis (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 Do you have a compelling idea for a future space mission? Then we want to hear it. ESA is issuing an open call for new mission concepts across its entire range of activities. Anyone is encouraged to ... more  
Rocket Lab Launches First In-house Designed and Built Photon SatelliteLong Beach CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 Space systems company Rocket Lab has launched its first in-house designed and built operational satellite, cementing the company's evolution from a launch provider to an end-to-end space solutions c ... more  
Next artificial intelligence mission selectedParis (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 Following yesterday's successful launch of Ph-sat-1 - Europe's first artificial intelligence Earth observation mission - plans are already underway for the next innovative state-of-the-art technolog ... more  
Prolonged microgravity exposure doesn't cause loss of brain tissueWashington DC (UPI) Sep 04, 2020 Long-term space travel can have a variety of effects on the physiology of astronauts. New research suggests prolonged exposure to microgravity does cause parts of the brain to reorganize itself, but does not trigger neurodegeneration, the loss of brain tissue. ... more  
ESA launches small Belgian satellite carrying VTT's remote sensing technology into spaceHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched 42 tiny satellites aboard a Vega rocket. It took off from ESA's launch site in French Guiana on 2 September local time. One of the launched nanosatellite ... more |
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A disk of gas would explain mysterious light changes observed in Sagittarius constellationConcepcion, Chile (SPX) Sep 03, 2020 The enigmatic variations of light in a binary system, located in Sagittarius constellation, could be explained by the presence of a variable gas disk around a hot star that revolves around a cooler ... more  |
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When cars fly: Japan firm says day is nearingTokyo (AFP) Sept 2, 2020 It might seem like a flight of fancy, but a Japanese firm says it is one step closer to making flying cars a reality after testing a drone-like prototype. ... more 
Dragonfly Aerospace emerges from SCS Aerospace GroupCape Town, South Africa (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 Dragonfly Aerospace picks up the flag in the latest chapter in the proud history of South African space engineering and space missions. This history starts with the national space program of t ... more  
Has Earth's oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of yearsHonolulu HI (SPX) Sep 03, 2020 To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon, according to a study published in Science Advances led by Shuai Li ... 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 
With DUST-2 launch, NASA's sounding rocket program is back on the rangeGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 NASA is preparing for the first launch of a sounding rocket since the coronavirus pandemic began in the United States. The DUST-2 mission, which is short for the Determining Unknown yet Significant ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2020 
NASA is looking for leaders for one of the best jobs on Earth for human spaceflight - including missions to the Moon - the position of flight director in mission control at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Those chosen as NASA flight directors will lead human spaceflight missions to the International Space Station, as American astronauts once again are launching on American ro ... more |
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 Long Beach CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
Rocket Lab, a space systems company and global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, has been granted a five-year Launch Operator License by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Electron missions from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2.
The Launch Operator License allows for multiple launches of the Electron launch vehicle from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2, eliminating the need to o ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
An observer standing on Mars would see the planet's moon Phobos cross the sky from west to east every five hours. Its orbit passes between the sun and any given point on Mars about once each Earth year. Each time it does so, it causes from one to seven solar eclipses within the space of three days. One place where this happens is the site of NASA's InSight lander, stationed in the Elysium Planit ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2020 
The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in the orbit, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.
The reusable spaceship was launched this past Friday on a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert.
While little has so far been known about the reusable capsule, Xinhua said t ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 
Do you have a compelling idea for a future space mission? Then we want to hear it. ESA is issuing an open call for new mission concepts across its entire range of activities. Anyone is encouraged to submit in response, from research institutes and companies to 'citizen scientist' members of the public.
Ideas can be submitted via ESA's new Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP), which also p ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 
Following yesterday's successful launch of Ph-sat-1 - Europe's first artificial intelligence Earth observation mission - plans are already underway for the next innovative state-of-the-art technology, Ph-sat-2.
Ph-sat-1, an enhancement of the Federated Satellite Systems mission, was launched onboard a Vega rocket from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 3 September at 02:51 BST ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 
A team of astronomers have identified the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings. This new research suggests exotic planets, not unlike Tatooine in Star Wars, may form in inclined rings in bent discs around multiple stars.
The results were made possible thanks to observations with the European Southern Ob ... 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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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2020 
When a satellite by the name of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich launches this November, its primary focus will be to monitor sea level rise with extreme precision. But an instrument aboard the spacecraft will also provide atmospheric data that will improve weather forecasts, track hurricanes, and bolster climate models.
"Our fundamental goal with Sentinel-6 is to measure the oceans, but the mo ... 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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 Greenbelt 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 next phase.
This major decision was made after a series of independent reviews of the status of the spacecraft, instruments, schedule and budget. The milestone, known as Key Decision Point-D (KD ... more |
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 Santa Clara CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
Momentus has announced a service agreement with NASA to transport the TROPICS Pathfinder CubeSat to low earth orbit (LEO) no later than June 30 2021. The TROPICS Pathfinder CubeSat in the Planetary System Corporation 3U Canisterized Satellite Dispenser will be integrated onto Momentus' Vigoride transfer vehicle currently scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon-9 dedicated rideshare mission.
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 03, 2020 
A Southwest Research Institute proposal to study the Sun's poles - considered among the last unexplored regions of the solar system - is one of five science investigations selected as a possible future NASA mission.
Dr. Don Hassler, a program director at SwRI, is the principal investigator for Solaris. This proposed solar polar Medium-Class Explorers (MIDEX) mission is designed to revoluti ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's primary mirror, which will collect and focus light from cosmic objects near and far, has been completed. Using this mirror, Roman will capture stunning space vistas with a field of view 100 times greater than Hubble images.
"Achieving this milestone is very exciting," said Scott Smith, Roman telescope manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Sep 03, 2020 
Black holes can expel a thousand times more matter than they capture. The mechanism that governs both ejection and capture is the accretion disk, a vast mass of gas and dust spiraling around the black hole at extremely high speeds. The disk is hot and emits light as well as other forms of electromagnetic radiation. Part of the orbiting matter is pulled toward the center and disappears behind the ... more |
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