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  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 1, 2021 The state of California and Vandenberg Space Force Base are planning and building new infrastructure to capture more of the growing commercial space launch business. Vandenberg has never been as busy as the primary U.S. spaceports in Florida - Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. But now SpaceX and several other launch companies plan to increase activity on the launch pads overlooking the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX will begin launching the company's Starlink satellite ... read more |
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AFRL Materials Characterization Facility pushes state of the artWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) May 31, 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory has recently renovated their materials characterization facility (MCF) to meet the ever-advancing needs of materials research. By renovating 3,700 square feet of ex ... more  
Tianzhou 2 docks with China's new station core moduleBeijing (XNA) Jun 02, 2021 Tianzhou 2, a cargo spacecraft launched on Saturday evening, docked with Tianhe-the recently deployed core module of the country's permanent space station-early on Sunday morning, according to the C ... more 
Spacewalks planned for Shenzhou missionsBeijing (XNA) Jun 02, 2021 Astronauts on the upcoming Shenzhou XII mission will engage in spacewalks outside the Tianhe core module of China's Tiangong space station, a key figure in the nation's manned space endeavor said. ... more  
GMV supplies operations centre for the new generation of Yahsat satellitesMadrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 GMV , the world's number one supplier of satellite control systems, has signed a new contract with the UAE-based Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) to supply the control centre and fli ... more |
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USS Paul Ignatius fires Standard Missile-3 interceptors in testWashington DC (UPI) Jun 1, 2021 The USS Paul Ignatius fired two Standard Missile-3 interceptors at the end of May in order to engage ballistic missile targets launched from the Hebrides Guided Weapon Range off the west coast of Scotland, the Navy announced on Tuesday. ... more  
China's artificial sun brings nuclear fusion energy closerHefei, China (XNA) Jun 02, 2021 On Friday, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ran its experimental controllable nuclear fusion device and kept the plasma stable at a temperature of 120 m ... more 
NRAO selects contractor for Next-Generation VLA Antenna DevelopmentCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has selected a contractor to develop a production-ready design and produce a prototype antenna for the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). NRAO ... more 
GomSpace wins contract to develop satellites for global air traffic management consortiumStockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 The global technology and consulting company Indra in Spain and the Spanish Air Navigational Service Provider (ANSP) Enaire has selected GomSpace A/S to deliver a large-scale development and demonst ... more  
World's largest Earth observation conference will come to Bonn in 2022Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 The European Space Agency (ESA) Living Planet Symposium takes place every three years with approximately 4000 to 5000 participants. The previous symposium was held in Milan during May 2019 - with ex ... more |
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Research sheds light on origins, age of massive impact craterLondon, Canada (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 Hidden beneath a kilometre of ice in northwestern Greenland, an impact crater that could swallow a city the size of London, Ont. is the subject of much debate about its origins and age. Now, W ... more  
Israel says military exports hit $8.3 bn in 2020Jerusalem (AFP) June 1, 2021 Israeli military exports reached $8.3 billion in 2020, buoyed by a 15 percent spike in the number of agreements signed compared with the previous year, the government announced Tuesday. ... more  
New Zealand signs Artemis AccordsWellington NZ (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 New Zealand has joined a growing list of countries to sign the Artemis Accords. Dr. Peter Crabtree, head of the New Zealand Space Agency, signed the document during a ceremony May 31 in Wellington. ... more 
The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission - Presenting HeraParis (ESA) Jun 02, 2021 Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two briefcase-sized Cubesats - Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary - Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos and ... more  
Quantum communication in space moves aheadParis (ESA) May 28, 2021 Keeping information secure in today's interconnected world is becoming ever more important, so ESA is supporting efforts to ensure that future communications are kept confidential. A new gener ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 31, 2021 
NASA has selected Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to provide development and operations support for the avionics software suite that will guide the agency's next generation of human rated spacecraft on missions beyond low-Earth orbit.
The $49 million Advanced Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) and Avionics Technology Development and Analysis III contr ... more |
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 New Orleans LA (SPX) May 28, 2021 
NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) team fully stacked three hardware elements together May 24 to form the top of the rocket's core stage for the Artemis II mission. NASA and core stage prime contractor Boeing connected the forward skirt with the liquid oxygen tank and intertank flight hardware inside an assembly area at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2021 
Cloudy days are rare in the thin, dry atmosphere of Mars. Clouds are typically found at the planet's equator in the coldest time of year, when Mars is the farthest from the Sun in its oval-shaped orbit. But one full Martian year ago - two Earth years - scientists noticed clouds forming over NASA's Curiosity rover earlier than expected.
This year, they were ready to start documenting these ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 29, 2021 
A Chinese cargo spacecraft carrying equipment and supplies successfully docked with the core module of the country's future space station on Sunday, state media said.
A Long March 7 rocket carrying the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft - loaded with essentials such as food, equipment and fuel - blasted off late Saturday from the Wenchang launch site on the tropical southern island of Hainan, the Xinh ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 
GMV , the world's number one supplier of satellite control systems, has signed a new contract with the UAE-based Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) to supply the control centre and flight dynamics system for the operator's sixth satellite - Thuraya 4NGS, a next generation L-band system slated for operations in 2024.
Thuraya 4-NGS will lead the continued advancement of Yahsat' ... more |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has selected a contractor to develop a production-ready design and produce a prototype antenna for the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). NRAO officials signed an agreement with mtex antenna technology GmbH of Germany on May 27.
The ngVLA, a powerful radio telescope with a total of 263 dish antennas distributed across North America, is ... more |
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 Kamuela HI (SPX) May 27, 2021 
Current and former astronomers from the University of Hawai?i Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have wrapped up a massive collaborative study that set out to determine if most solar systems in the universe are similar to our own. With the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawai?i, the 30-year planetary census sought to find where giant planets tend to reside relative to their host stars. ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 31, 2021 
An instrument destined for Jupiter orbit is checked after completing eight days of cryogenic radio-frequency testing at ESA's ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands.
The Sub-millimetre Wave Instrument of ESA's Juice mission will survey the churning atmosphere of Jupiter and the scanty atmospheres of its Galilean moons.
Testing took place in ESA's custom-built Low-temperature Near- ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) June 1, 2021 
The weather phenomenon La Nina has ended its latest cycle, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday, predicting warmer temperatures would follow in the northern hemisphere.
La Nina refers to the large-scale cooling of surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, occurring every two to seven years.
The effect has widespread impacts on weather ar ... more |
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 London UK (SPX) May 31, 2021 
6 UK businesses have won a share of over 2 million pounds in government funding to help shape options for the UK's satellite navigation and timing capability, to protect UK Critical National Infrastructure.
Leading UK space companies Airbus, CGI, Sirius Analysis, GMV NSL, Inmarsat, and QinetiQ will each receive a share of the funding to help develop system design and operation, signals and ... more |
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 Matsuyama, Japan (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 
According to the theory of planet formation, rocky bodies such as the Earth were formed by repeating collisions from dusty materials. In this process, a number of Mercury- or Mars-sized planetary embryos, were formed, and eventually these bodies merged together and formed terrestrial planets in our solar system.
During the formation of the planetary embryos, the interior of these bodies wa ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2021 
Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two briefcase-sized Cubesats - Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary - Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos and Dimorphos, an asteroid pair typical of the thousands that pose an impact risk to planet Earth.
Planetary defence requires planetary cooperation. Hera is set to rendezvous with the asteroid pair ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 02, 2021 
The European Space Agency (ESA) Living Planet Symposium takes place every three years with approximately 4000 to 5000 participants. The previous symposium was held in Milan during May 2019 - with extensive support from the city and university. From 23 to 27 May 2022, the world's largest specialist conference in the field of Earth observation will be coming to Germany for the first time - to Bonn ... more |
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 Neustrelitz, Germany (SPX) May 31, 2021 
The auroras are beautiful manifestations of the stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun. But the Sun's plasma eruptions are more than a natural spectacle in the polar regions; they can also interfere with satellites. In extreme cases, space weather may even affect infrastructure on Earth.
The Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum f ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2021 
In 29 new scientific papers, the Dark Energy Survey examines the largest-ever maps of galaxy distribution and shapes, extending more than 7 billion light-years across the Universe. The extraordinarily precise analysis, which includes data from the survey's first three years, contributes to the most powerful test of the current best model of the Universe, the standard cosmological model. However, ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) May 28, 2021 
What does quark-gluon plasma - the hot soup of elementary particles formed a few microseconds after the Big Bang - have in common with tap water? Scientists say it's the way it flows.
A new study, published in the journal SciPost Physics, has highlighted the surprising similarities between quark-gluon plasma, the first matter thought to have filled the early Universe, and water that comes ... more |
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