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  Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017 Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and strict planetary protection rules are some of the critical issues that had to be tackled in order to move ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - Juice - from the drawing board and into construction. Scheduled for launch in 2022, with arrival in the Jovian system in 2029, Juice will spend three-and-a-half years examining the giant planet's turbulent atmosphere, enormous magnetosphere, its set of tenuous dark rings and its satelli ... read more |
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Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From IndiaBengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017 Seven teams, including three from India, have qualified for the country's first private moon mission in December, space technology start-up TeamIndus said on Wednesday. "Teams Callisto, Ears a ... more  
Fly me to the Moon: Russia seeks new cosmonautsMoscow (AFP) March 14, 2017 Russia's space agency on Tuesday announced a recruitment drive for young would-be cosmonauts who it hopes will become the country's first on the Moon. And women are welcome, an official stressed. ... more 
The Second Moon RaceGerroa, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 The US and China are in an undeclared race back to the Moon. At first glance it's easy to dismiss China's efforts as being little more than what the US and Russia achieved decades ago. And whi ... more 
Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighborTempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Unlocking humanity's future as an interplanetary species is no simple feat. But students at Arizona State University and the Central University of Tamil Nadu in India are up for the challenge. The i ... more |
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Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destinationWashington (AFP) March 12, 2017 Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Donald Trump's presidency. ... more 
NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbitersWashington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it has located its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft after disappearing for years. ... more  
Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and starsSan Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017 Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises. ... more 
India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO ChiefMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 ISRO boss AS Kiran Kumar says the second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 is making good progress; it is scheduled for launch next year. But critics question why should India get into the manned spacefli ... more 
Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts sayParis (AFP) March 1, 2017 Non-stop vomiting, a puffy face and the constant need to pee: Volunteers for a week-long loop around the Moon may be in for a rough ride even if all goes to plan. In the week that SpaceX ann ... more 
An Epic Lunar Experience Lands at Space Center HoustonHouston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be ... more |
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Russia to carry out tourist flights around Moon by 2022Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017 Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hopes to be the first to offer space tourism around the Moon aboard the Soyuz spacecraft by 2021-2022. First round-the-Moon flights should ... more 
SpaceX blasts off cargo from historic NASA launchpadMiami (AFP) Feb 19, 2017 SpaceX on Sunday blasted off its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned Dragon cargo ship, packed with food and supplies for the six astronauts living at the International Space Station. ... more 
India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar SurfaceNew Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017 ISRO has started a series of ground tests for testing the performance of sensors and actuators for soft landing of the Lander on the lunar surface. India Space Research Organization (ISRO) has ... more  
Arecibo Observatory captures revealing images of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-PajdusakovaColumbia, MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 Though not visible to the naked eye or even with binoculars, the green-tailed Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (HMP) did not escape the gaze of the world-renowned Arecibo Observatory. Scientists fr ... more |
  Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017 
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has completed another set of important science calibration tests before a year of aerobraking gets underway. The mission was launched a year ago this week, and has been orbiting the Red Planet since 19 October. During two dedicated orbits in late November, the science instruments made their first calibration measurements since arriving at Mars.
The latest test ... more Moffett Field Ca (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Mars Rover Tests Driving, Drilling and Detecting Life in Chile's High Desert  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017Opportunity Driving South to Gully  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional Storms |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2017 
A recent NASA-funded study has shown how the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn's moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles. For the study, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, simulated the frigid surface conditions on Titan, finding that significant amounts of nitrogen can be dissolved in the extremely cold liquid methane that ra ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2017Cassini Sees Heat Below the Icy Surface of Enceladus  Paris, France (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Enceladus' south pole is warm under the frost  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2017Farewell to Mimas |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017 
Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and strict planetary protection rules are some of the critical issues that had to be tackled in order to move ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer - Juice - from the drawing board and into construction.
Scheduled for launch in 2022, with arrival in the Jovian system in 2029, Juice will spend three-and-a-half years examining ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper'  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017Juno Captures Jupiter Cloudscape in High Resolution  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Students at an Alabama high school have done so well in a NASA program that they are now making parts for use on the International Space Station.
For more than 50 years, NASA has sponsored programs to get students interested in the aerospace industry. One program called HUNCH - High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware - challenges students to use machining, welding and other skills ... more Miami (AFP) March 16, 2017Trump's budget would cut NASA asteroid mission, earth science  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Student Scientists Select Menu for Astronauts  Moscow (AFP) March 14, 2017Fly me to the Moon: Russia seeks new cosmonauts |
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 Akron OH (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Controlling the organization of nanoparticles into patterns in ultrathin polymer films can be accomplished with entropy instead of chemistry, according to a discovery by Dr. Alamgir Karim, UA's Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Professor of Polymer Engineering, and his student Dr. Ren Zhang. Polymer thin films are used in a variety of technological applications, for example paints, lubricants, an ... more Paris, France (SPX) Mar 15, 2017The world's first international race for molecule-cars, the Nanocar Race is on  San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017New nano-implant could one day help restore sight  Onna, Japan (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Shaping the future |
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 Washington (AFP) March 20, 2017  A SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely on Sunday, ending a mission to supply astronauts on the International Space Station, the company said.
The Dragon capsule - the only such vessel capable of returning research samples and other material to Earth - remained docked with the ISS for nearly a month after delivering more than two tonnes of food, water and sci ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Hitting the brakes at Alpha Centauri  Seoul (AFP) March 19, 2017N. Korea's Kim hails engine test as 'new birth' for rocket industry  Washington (AFP) Mar 16, 2017SpaceX launches EchoStar XXIII comms satellite into orbit |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
In a recent article published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 118, 117202 (2017)), researchers from the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE reported so-far unknown anomalies near dynamic phase transitions (DPTs).
Such anomalies do not exist in corresponding thermodynamic phase transitions (TPTs), and thus, they constitute a distinct difference between DPTs and TPTs, even though their equivalen ... more Toulouse, France (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Airbus ships first high-power all-electric EUTELSAT 172B satellite to Kourou for Eutelsat  Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Using lasers to create ultra-short pulses  Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Next-gen steel under the microscope |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears? Previously, many experiments exhibited cell changes - after hours or even days in zero gravity. Astronauts, however, returned to Earth without any severe health problems after long missions in space, which begs the question as to how capable cells are of ada ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors |
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 Columbia MA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Universities Space Research Association (USRA), headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, has been awarded a contract to provide NASA with science and mission operations support for its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) program.
The contract covers a 5-year base period followed by six two year options for a total of approximately $514 million. The period of performance be ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017First public data released by hyper suprime-cam Subaru Strategic Program  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 17, 2017NASA's Webb Telescope Ghostly 'Lights Out' Inspection  Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Distant galaxies are dominated by gas and stars so where is the Dark Matter |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 
In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space Policy."China is trying to expand its space launching services, developing new boosters for different segments of the market," Moiseev told RIA Novosti.
"It has constructed a new spacecraft launc ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 27, 2016Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission  Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2016Antares Rides Again  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 21, 2016Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... moreWenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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 Bath, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Researchers at the University of Bath have gained new insights into the mechanisms of the Northern Lights, providing an opportunity to develop better satellite technology that can negate outages caused by this natural phenomenon.
Previous research has shown that the natural lights of the Northern Lights - also known as or Aurora Borealis - interfere with Global Navigation Satellite Systems ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Cornell's FOTON studies 'space weather' to improve satellite communication  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Studying magnetic space explosions with NASA missions Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Solar storms trigger surprising phenomena close to Earth |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017 
Earlier this week, our parent company Intelsat announced a merger with OneWeb that will transform the satellite industry. The companies announced an agreement in which Intelsat and OneWeb will merge in a share-for-share transaction, with Japan's SoftBank Group agreeing to invest $1.7 billion in the combined company.
This agreement has the potential of creating a space industry leader in bo ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017UK funding space entrepreneurs  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Kymeta and Intelsat announce new service to revolutionize how satellite services are purchased  New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 07, 2017ISRO Makes More Space for Private Sector Participation in Satellite Making |
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 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Among the most striking features on the surface of Ceres are the bright spots in the center of Occator crater which stood out already as NASA's space probe Dawn approached the dwarf planet. Scientists under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) have now for the first time determined the age of this bright material, which consists mainly of deposits of special ... more Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Warped Meteor Showers Hit Earth at All Angles  Onna, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Mechanism underlying size-sorting of rubble on asteroid Itokawa revealed  Zurich (UPI) Mar 7, 2017Earth is bombarded at random, crater study shows |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017  Self-driving taxis. Cell phones that react appropriately to spoken requests. Computers that outcompete world-class chess and Go players. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming part and parcel of the technological landscape-not only in the civilian and commercial worlds but also within the Defense Department, where AI is finding application in such arenas as cybersecurity and dynamic logistics ... more Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Songs that make robots cry  Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017DARPA robotic servicing program has become stalled  Tel Aviv (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Rafael completes test firing with Protector USV |
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