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  Washington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2020 SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule received an improved heat shield and more powerful solar arrays for a six-month crewed mission planned to launch Oct. 31, the company said Tuesday. Liftoff is planned for 2:40 a.m. from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew 1 mission to the International Space Station will be the first regular flight for a Dragon spacecraft, which completed a demonstration flight with two astronauts Aug. 2. The launch will boost the number of astrona ... read more |
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UAE sets sights on the moonDubai (AFP) Sept 29, 2020 The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday it will launch an unmanned rover to the moon by 2024 as it seeks to expand its space sector. ... more 
NASA and HeroX Seek Innovative Energy Solutions to Power Lunar ActivitiesHouston TX (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 HeroX, the social network for innovation and the world's leading platform for crowdsourced solutions, has launched the prize competition "NASA's Watts on the Moon Challenge" on behalf of NASA. In su ... more  
UK-built supercomputer nanosatellites set for take offLondon, UK (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 Four shoebox-sized and Government-backed satellites, including two supercomputers, were launched Monday 28 September. The 'nanosatellites', which are built in Glasgow and are no larger than a ... more  
Machine-learning nanosats to inform global tradeParis (ESA) Sep 29, 2020 The latest batch of tiny satellites to monitor trade on Earth from space have launched. The Glaswegian-built nanosatellites join a fleet of about 100 objects in low Earth orbit that help to pr ... more |
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NASA, SpaceX to launch first Commercial Crew rotation mission to International Space StationKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 NASA and SpaceX are beginning a regular cadence of missions with astronauts launching on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Pr ... more 
Simulations give clues to atmospheric loss from Moon's originDurham UK (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 Earth could have lost anywhere between 10 and 60 percent of its atmosphere in the collision that is thought to have formed the Moon. New research led by Durham University, UK, shows how the ex ... more 
United Launch Alliance scrubs spy satellite launch 2nd time this weekWashington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2020 United Launch Alliance scrubbed the launch of a spy satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense for the second time this week Tuesday due to weather-related complications. ... more  
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Begins its Countdown to TAGTucson AZ (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 A historic moment is on the horizon for NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. In just a few weeks, the robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface, touch down for a fe ... more  
Study: Mars has four bodies of water underneath surfaceWashington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2020 Planetary scientists say in a new report that Mars has four subsurface lakes, which could be a habitat for life. ... more |
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Scientists precisely measure total amount of matter in the universeRiverside CA (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 A top goal in cosmology is to precisely measure the total amount of matter in the universe, a daunting exercise for even the most mathematically proficient. A team led by scientists at the Universit ... more  |
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Swarm announces pricing for world's lowest-cost satellite communications networkMountain View CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 Swarm Technologies, developer of the world's lowest-cost global satellite communications network, has announced details and pricing of its hardware and network services. Device connectivity remains ... more  
Satcom to foster resilient digital systemsParis (ESA) Sep 29, 2020 Telecommunications are becoming increasingly crucial to our society, economy and security. ESA is supporting the European satellite communication industry's efforts to identify how to meet future wo ... more  
CHEOPS space telescope makes ultra-precise temperature and size measurements of an unusual giant planetBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 Initial measurements made by the European CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) space telescope indicate that the giant planet, WASP-189b, located 326 light years from Earth, glows as hot as a ... more  
Russia reports 'non-standard' air leak on Space StationMoscow (AFP) Sept 29, 2020 Russia said Tuesday that astronauts had found an air leak in its section of the International Space Station, with a senior space official calling the air loss beyond expected levels. ... more 
ISS Crew continues troubleshooting as tests isolate small leakHouston TX (NASA) Sep 30, 2020 Late Monday night, the Expedition 63 crew was awakened by flight controllers to continue troubleshooting a small leak on the International Space Station that appeared to grow in size. Ground analysi ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 29, 2020 
Russia said Tuesday that astronauts had found an air leak in its section of the International Space Station, with a senior space official calling the air loss beyond expected levels.
The crew on the ISS - Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Christopher Cassidy - have been searching for the air leak since August, first checking the US segment.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 29, 2020 
United Launch Alliance scrubbed the launch of a spy satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense for the second time this week Tuesday due to weather-related complications.
The launch of the company's powerful Delta IV Heavy rocket was derailed after local weather delayed pre-launch preparations, including issues with a Mobile Service Tower.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 29, 2020  When the Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon, they brought devices with them called retroreflectors, which are essentially small arrays of mirrors. The plan was for scientists on Earth to aim lasers at them and calculate the time it took for the beams to return. This provided exceptionally precise measurements of the Moon's orbit and shape, including how it changed slightly based on Earth's gra ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2020 
NASA chief Jim Bridenstine told lawmakers Wednesday it was crucial for the US to maintain a presence in Earth's orbit after the International Space Station is decommissioned so that China does not gain a strategic advantage.
The first parts of the ISS were launched in 1998 and it has been continuously lived in since 2000.
The station, which serves as a space science lab and is a partners ... more |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 
Swarm Technologies, developer of the world's lowest-cost global satellite communications network, has announced details and pricing of its hardware and network services. Device connectivity remains inaccessible for millions of people worldwide and is prohibitively expensive for many industries.
Swarm's commercial satellite network solves this problem. From the shipping lanes of the Bosphor ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 29, 2020 
The Chang'e-4 lunar lander touched down on the far side of the Moon on 3 January 2019, with a German instrument for measuring space radiation on board. Since then, the Lunar Lander Neutron and Dosimetry (LND) instrument has been measuring temporally resolved cosmic radiation for the first time. Earlier devices could only record the entire 'mission dose'.
In its current issue, the scientifi ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 29, 2020  Initial measurements made by the European CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) space telescope indicate that the giant planet, WASP-189b, located 326 light years from Earth, glows as hot as a small star as it orbits its central star at high speed on an unusual orbit that takes it close to the star's poles.
At 3200 degrees Celsius, it is one of the hottest bodies of the over 4000 kno ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 29, 2020  A new study authored by Southwest Research In-stitute scientists Rodrigo Leiva and Marc Buie reveals the binary nature of a trans-Neptunian object (TNO). Leiva and Buie utilized data obtained by the Research and Education Collaborative Occultation Network (RECON), a citizen science research net-work dedicated to observing the outer solar system. The study was published this month in The Astrophy ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 29, 2020 
Earth's driest ecosystems are a study in extremes: They can be blazingly hot stretches of sand like the Sahara Desert or shatteringly cold expanses of ice such as those in Greenland and Antarctica. These arid regions receive very little annual precipitation, and the effects of climate change in these ecosystems are poorly understood. A joint effort between NASA and the Qatar Foundation aims to a ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations Florida facility on Sept. 21 in preparation for its upcoming launch on Sept. 29 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 15-minute launch window opens at 9:55 p.m. EDT.
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 Dubai (AFP) Sept 29, 2020 
The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday it will launch an unmanned rover to the moon by 2024 as it seeks to expand its space sector.
The UAE - a collection of seven emirates better known for its skyscrapers, palm-shaped islands and opulent mega attractions - is a newcomer to the world of space exploration but quickly making its mark.
In September 2019, the oil-rich country sent the ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 
On 15 September, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed with the German company OHB the 129.4-million euro contract covering the detailed design, manufacturing, and testing of the HERA mission. This mission, ESA's first ever planetary defense mission, will be Europe's contribution to an international asteroid deflection effort carried out jointly with NASA and due for lift-off in October 2024. ... more |
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 Taiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 29, 2020 
China has successfully launched two environmental monitoring satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province on Sunday.
A Long March-4B rocket carrying the HJ-2A and HJ-2B satellites took off at 11:23 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the launch center.
They will replace the HJ-1A and HJ-1B, the previous generation of environmental monitoring satellite ... more |
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 Berkeley UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2020 
Solar flares are violent explosions on the sun that fling out high-energy charged particles, sometimes toward Earth, where they disrupt communications and endanger satellites and astronauts. But as scientists discovered in 1996, flares can also create seismic activity - sunquakes - releasing impulsive acoustic waves that penetrate deep into the sun's interior.
While the relationship betwee ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 30, 2020 
A University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist is searching the light coming from a distant, and extremely powerful celestial object, for what may be the most elusive substance in the universe: dark matter.
In two recent studies, Jeremy Darling, a professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, has taken a deep look at PSR J1745-2900. This body is a magnetar, or a typ ... more |
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 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Sep 23, 2020  Fairy circles are one of nature's greatest enigmas and most visually stunning phenomena. An international research team led by the University of Gottingen has now, for the first time, collected detailed data to show that Alan Turing's model explains the striking vegetation patterns of the Australian fairy circles. In addition, the researchers showed that the grasses that make up these patterns a ... more |
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