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  Plymouth UK (SPX) May 01, 2017 With Cassini making final preparations to penetrate Saturn's rings, and renewed interest in colonising the Moon and sending people to Mars, space flight and exploration are experiencing a level of interest not seen since the Apollo missions to the Moon in the late 60's and 70's, and the space shuttle programme of the 80's. Space travel and exploration have resulted in a variety of technological developments which have benefitted life on Earth - but could the experiences of humans in space also hav ... read more |
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Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISSMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017 Russian aerospace company RSC Energia and its US partners have worked out several options of sending tourists into the Moon's orbit and to the International Space Station (ISS), Energia's General Di ... more 
India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectorsNew Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 ISRO is working on mining lunar dust, which is rich in Helium, and transport back it to India, said Dr Sivathanu Pillai, an ISRO scientist who earlier worked as the chief of the Indo-Russian venture ... more 
Swedish Institute of Space Physics goes back to the MoonStockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 23, 2017 On April 7, the Swedish Institute of Space Physics successfully delivered the flight model of the Advanced Small Analyzer for Neutrals (ASAN) instrument to the National Space Science Center of the C ... more  
Rocky super-earth found in habitable zone of small red starSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 One of the most successful techniques presently in use for detecting expolantes is the search for transits. Similar to the way the Moon cuts off the light of the Sun during an eclipse, a transit is ... more |
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NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic FieldHouston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 The moon no longer has a magnetic field, but NASA scientists are publishing new research that shows heat from crystallization of the lunar core may have driven its now-defunct magnetic field some 3 ... more  
New method for 3-D printing extraterrestrial materialsChicago IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 When humans begin to colonize the moon and Mars, they will need to be able to make everything from small tools to large buildings using the limited surrounding resources. Northwestern Universi ... more  
France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moonParis (AFP) April 13, 2017 France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) said Thursday. ... more  
The long legacy of space-farming leading us to MarsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2017 Following a new NASA bill, passed in March by the US Congress and which authorizes $19.5 billion spending for space exploration in 2017, manned missions to Mars are closer to reality than ever befor ... more 
Robot Fedor to Guide Russia's Federation Spacecraft in Maiden Flight - RoscosmosMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017 First flight of the Russian next-generation Federation spacecraft will be unmanned, the space vehicle will be guided by a robot named Fedor, Russia's Roscosmos State Space Corporation said Friday. ... more 
How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true ageProvidence RI (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 While orbiting the Moon in 1971, the crew of Apollo 15 photographed a strange geological feature - a bumpy, D-shaped depression about two miles long and a mile wide - that has fascinated planetary s ... more |
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ExoTerra to become first privately owned space company to fly to an asteroidLittleton CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 NASA has awarded ExoTerra Corporation a $2.5M contract to demonstrate a novel solar electric propulsion system for CubeSats that will enable the shoebox-sized spacecraft to triple their available po ... more 
Surviving the long dark night of the MoonParis (ESA) Mar 27, 2017 Designers of future Moon missions and bases have to contend with a chilling challenge: how might their creations endure the fortnight-long lunar night? ESA has arrived at a low-cost way of surviving ... more 
PSI toolbox for research and exploration project funded for $5.5 millionTucson AZ (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 The Planetary Science Institute has been awarded $5.5 million by NASA to be a research node of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) to advance basic and applied research ... more  
Unexpected, star-spangled find may lead to advanced electronicsDallas TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 For several years, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has investigated various materials in search of those whose electrical properties might make them suitable for small, en ... more |
  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017 
Gullies eroded into the steep inner slope of an impact crater at this location appear perfectly pristine in this image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Although at first glance it may appear that there are craters superimposed on the gully fans, inspection of HiRISE stereo coverage shows that the craters lie only on the pre-gully terrain.
Distinctive colors in the gull ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017Opportunity Nears 'Perseverance Valley'  San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017Engineers investigate simple, no-bake recipe to make bricks on Mars  Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 26, 2017SwRI-led team discovers lull in Mars' giant impact history |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 
Toting a $12 million instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder, NASA's Cassini spacecraft made the first of 22 dives between the rings of Saturn and the gaseous planet today, the beginning of the end for one of NASA's most successful missions ever. Launched in 1997 and pulling up at Saturn in 2004 for the first of hundreds of orbits through the Jovian system, the Cassini-Huygens mis ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 28, 2017NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings  Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2017Cassini makes first dive through Saturn's rings  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 25, 2017Cassini completes final Titan flyby |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordinary details about a recently discovered far-flung member of our solar system, the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee.
At about three times the current distance of Pluto from the Sun, DeeDee is the second most distant known trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with a confirmed ... more Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Nap Time for New Horizons  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Hubble spots auroras on Uranus  Leicester, UK (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Cold' Great Spot discovered on Jupiter |
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 Daytona Beach, FL (SPX) May 01, 2017 
12 new Scientist-Astronaut Candidates have graduated at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, as part of PoSSUM Class 1701 through Project PoSSUM, a non-profit research program devoted to the study of Earth's upper atmosphere.
PoSSUM, an acronym for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere, uses research aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and commercial sub ... more Vancouver (AFP) April 30, 2017Elon Musk teases future plans at TED  Miami (AFP) April 26, 2017NASA spacesuits over budget, tight on timeline: audit  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2017AGU journal commentaries highlight importance of Earth and space science research |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 
Plasmonic nanoparticles exhibit properties based on their geometries and relative positions. Researchers have now developed an easy way to manipulate the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures that strongly depend on their spatial arrangement.
The plasmonic nanoparticles can form clusters, plasmonic metamolecules, and then interact with each other. Changing the geometry of the nano ... more Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanotubes that build themselves  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanoparticles remain unpredictable  Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Better living through pressure: Functional nanomaterials made easy |
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 New Delhi (IANS) May 01, 2017 
India will launch communication satellite GSAT-9 using its heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) on May 5, the ISRO said on Friday.
According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the GSAT-9 communication satellite is being launched with an objective to provide different communication applications in Ku-band with coverage over South Asian countries.
... more Miami (AFP) May 01, 2017SpaceX launches classified payload for NRO; 1st Stage returns to LZ-1  New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017India seeks status as a major space power with more satellite launches  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017New Russian Medium-Class Carrier Rocket Could Compete With SpaceX's Falcon |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017 
China plans to conduct several manned space flights from 2019 to 2022, during which a 60-tonne space station will be assembled and built, said Wang Zhaoyao, director of China's manned space program office, Friday.
"Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, was the last flight mission of the country's manned space program before the construction of a permanent space station," Wang said at ... more Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes in-orbit refueling  Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017China courts international coalition set up to promote space cooperation  Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2017Commentary: Innovation drives China's space exploration |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are the first in the world to image how electrons move in two-dimensional graphene, a boost to the development of next-generation electronics.
Capable of imaging the behaviour of moving electrons in structures only one atom in thickness, the new technique overcomes significant limitations with existing methods for understanding electric currents i ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017System can 3-D print an entire building  Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Berkeley Lab scientists discover new atomically layered, thin magnet  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 28, 2017Augmented reality increases maintenance reliability at a space station |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 
An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, seen a cosmic magnification of the light from a class of supernova called Type Ia. Type Ia supernovas - often referred to as "standard candles" because of their well-known intrinsic brightness - are frequently used by astronomers to accurately measure the expansion rate of our universe, as well as the amount of dark energy, which is t ... more Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017ZERO-G Research aims to advance deep-space mission technology  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources |
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 Lund, Sweden (SPX) May 01, 2017 
Forget high-speed cameras capturing 100 000 images per second. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has developed a camera that can film at a rate equivalent to five trillion images per second, or events as short as 0.2 trillionths of a second. This is faster than has previously been possible.
The new super-fast film camera will therefore be able to capture incredibly rapid proces ... more Green Bank WV (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Ageless' Silicon throughout Milky Way May Indicate a Well-Mixed Galaxy  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 27, 2017James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Seen in Full Bloom  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Astrophysicists studied the 'rejuvenating' pulsar in a neighboring galaxy |
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Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017
China plans to conduct several manned space flights from 2019 to 2022, during which a 60-tonne space station will be assembled and built, said Wang Zhaoyao, director of China's manned space program office, Friday.
"Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, was the last flight mission of the country's manned space program before the construction of a permanent space station," Wang said at ... moreBeijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes in-orbit refueling Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017China courts international coalition set up to promote space cooperation Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2017Commentary: Innovation drives China's space exploration |
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 Durham, UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017  Large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single process, according to new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun's activity. Researchers at Durham University, UK, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, used 3D computer simulations to show a theoretical link between large- and small-scale eruptions that were previously thought to be driven by differe ... more Beijing CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2017Interdisciplinary studies reveal relationship between solar activity and climate change  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 20, 2017NASA and Partners Survey Space Weather Science  Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Hawaii-built Infrared Instrument for World's Largest Solar Telescope Catches its First Rays |
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 Carlsbad CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017 
ViaSat Inc. has confirmed the scheduled launch date for the ViaSat-2 satellite is June 1, 2017.
The ViaSat-2 satellite will launch aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The satellite will be sent into geostationary transfer orbit by the launch vehicle and will provide broadband services from an orb ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Arianespace, Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT sign a new Launch Services Agreement, for Horizons 3e  Paris (ESA) Apr 26, 2017ESA boosting its Argentine link with deep space  McLean VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Airbus and Intelsat team up for more capacity |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017 
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is preparing to observe Ceres on April 29 from an "opposition" position, directly between the dwarf planet's mysterious Occator Crater and the sun. This unique geometry may yield new insights about the bright material in the center of the crater.
While preparing for this observation, one of Dawn's two remaining reaction wheels stopped functioning on April 23. By elec ... more Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 
Geckos are well known for effortlessly scrambling up walls and upside down across ceilings. Even in slippery rain forests, the lizards maintain their grip. Now scientists have created a double-sided adhesive that copies this reversible ability to stick and unstick to surfaces even in wet conditions.
They say their development, reported in ACS' Journal of Physical Chemistry C, could be usef ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017The rise of automated art  Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Human prejudices sneak into artificial intelligence systems  El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Brane Craft Proposal Awarded Phase 2 by NASA |
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