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  Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2017 On Oct.13, 2014 something very strange happened to the camera aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), which normally produces beautifully clear images of the lunar surface, produced an image that was wild and jittery. From the sudden and jagged pattern apparent in the image, the LROC team determined that the camera must have been hit by a tiny meteoroid, a small natural object in space. LROC is a system of three cameras mounted on the LRO s ... read more |
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Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: SEDS TriteiaGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2017 Triteia is the Cube Quest Challenge entry from the University of California, San Diego's Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). As part of their approach, they are making use ... more  
S.Korea's Moon orders probe into undisclosed US missile launchersSeoul (AFP) May 30, 2017 South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In Tuesday ordered an investigation into why his office was kept in the dark about the arrival of four more launchers for a controversial US missile defence system, his spokesman said. ... more  
Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar ExplorersWashington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017 Tenacity and drive are hallmarks of Cornell University's Cislunar Explorers Team. But there is another key factor in building and testing their spacecraft: Just add water. "The core concept be ... more 
China's Xi calls for S. Korea ties to get back on trackBeijing (AFP) May 19, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping told a South Korean envoy on Friday he was willing to put relations back on a "normal track" amid tensions over a US anti-missile system deployed on the Korean peninsula. ... more |
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S. Korea, US to hold Washington summit in June: SeoulSeoul (AFP) May 16, 2017 South Korea's left-leaning new leader Moon Jae-In will travel to the US for a summit with President Donald Trump next month, Moon's spokesman said Tuesday, amid high tensions over the North's nuclear ambitions. ... more 
Moon's win shows 'longing' for change: N.Korean envoyBeijing (AFP) May 15, 2017 A North Korean diplomat said Monday the election victory by left-leaning South Korean President Moon Jae-In reflected the people's "longing" for change. ... more 
N. Korea test-fires missile in bid to test South, USSeoul (AFP) May 14, 2017 North Korea fired a ballistic missile Sunday in an apparent bid to test the South's new liberal president and the US which have both signalled an interest in negotiations to ease months of tensions. ... more 
Winning plans for CubeSats to the MoonParis (ESA) May 12, 2017 If you could fly a CubeSat to the Moon, what could such a tiny satellite do there? ESA posed this question - and now four proposals will be studied in more detail for possible flight over the coming ... more  
A cabin on the moon? China hones the lunar lifestyleBeijing (XNA) May 12, 2017 While it remains unclear exactly how long China's first lunar explorers will spend on the surface, the country is already planning for longer stays. Eight Chinese volunteers will live in "Yueg ... more 
China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon missionBeijing (AFP) May 11, 2017 Chinese students will live in a laboratory simulating a lunar-like environment for up to 200 days as Beijing prepares for its long-term goal of putting humans on the moon. ... more |
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 New S.Korean president talks to China, Japan leaders
South Koreans vote in historic electionSeoul (AFP) May 9, 2017 South Koreans went to the polls Tuesday to choose a new president after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, and against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. ... more 
S. Korea's Moon sworn in, says willing to go to NorthSeoul (AFP) May 10, 2017 South Korea's new president was sworn in on Wednesday, just a day after a landslide election victory, and immediately declared his willingness to visit Pyongyang amid high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. ... more
S.Korea's Moon to seek change with NorthSeoul (AFP) May 10, 2017 The election of South Korea's new president Moon Jae-In heralds a turn of the tide in Seoul's approach towards the nuclear-armed North - and puts it on a potential collision course with Washington. ... more
South Koreans vote in historic electionSeoul (AFP) May 9, 2017 South Koreans went to the polls Tuesday to choose a new president after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. ... more |
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  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 
Opportunity is at the top of Perseverance Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater.
The plan before proceeding down the valley is to survey the valley from the top and to perform a walk-about survey above the spillway.
On Sol 4733 (May 17, 2017), the robotic arm was used to point the Microscopic Imager (MI) up at the sky for some long overdue sky flat calibration images, and in support ... more Hampton VA (SPX) May 28, 2017Student-Made Mars Rover Concepts Lift Off  Rockford IL (VOA) May 29, 2017Illinois Company Among Hundreds Supporting NASA Mission to Mars  Paris (ESA) May 25, 2017Schiaparelli landing investigation completed |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017 
NASA's Cassini spacecraft still has a few months to go before it completes its mission in September, but the veteran Saturn explorer reaches a new milestone today. Saturn's solstice - that is, the longest day of summer in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day of winter in the southern hemisphere - arrives today for the planet and its moons. The Saturnian solstice occurs about every 15 Ear ... more Boston MA (SPX) May 19, 2017History of Titan's Landscape Resembles Mars's, not Earth's  New York NY (SPX) May 19, 2017Scientists describe origins of topographic relief on Titan  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 04, 2017New Movie Shows Cassini's First Dive over Saturn |
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 Miami (AFP) May 25, 2017 
An unmanned NASA spaceship circling Jupiter has spotted massive cyclones at the gas giant's poles, revealing stunning new details about our solar system's largest planet, researchers said Thursday.
A NASA statement described the planet as "a complex, gigantic, turbulent world" that is far different than scientists previously thought.
Two papers in the journal Science and 44 papers in Geo ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017A whole new Jupiter with first science results from Juno  Leicester UK (SPX) May 26, 2017First Juno Science Results Supported by University's Jupiter 'Forecast'  Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 24, 2017  DARPA has selected The Boeing Company to complete advanced design work for the Agency's Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program, which aims to build and fly the first of an entirely new class of hypersonic aircraft that would bolster national security by providing short-notice, low-cost access to space.
The program aims to achieve a capability well out of reach today-launches to low Earth o ... more Houston TX (SPX) May 29, 2017First Year of BEAM Demo Offers Valuable Data on Expandable Habitats  Boston MA (SPX) May 29, 2017MIT researchers engineer shape-shifting food  Washington (UPI) May 29, 2017NASA honors Kennedy's space vision on 100th birthday |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) May 24, 2017 
Nanocrystals have diverse applications spanning biomedical imaging, light-emitting devices, and consumer electronics. Their unique optical properties result from the type of crystal from which they are composed. However, a major bottleneck in the development of nanocrystals, to date, is the need for X-ray techniques to determine the crystal type.
Researchers at the University of Illinois a ... more Stanford CA (SPX) May 24, 2017Stanford scientists use nanotechnology to boost the performance of key industrial catalyst  Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017Molecular Lego for nanoelectronics  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017Nanophysics: Saving energy with a spot of silver |
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 Sparks NV (SPX) May 29, 2017 
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) successfully passed the third integration milestone for the Dream Chaser program under the NASA Commercial Resupply Services (CRS2) program, bringing it a major step closer to providing resupply services to the International Space Station (ISS).
CRS2 Integration Review #3 (IR3) confirmed SNC's Dream Chaser Cargo System design meets NASA's key requirements an ... more Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) May 28, 2017NASA's Space Launch System Engine Testing Heats Up  Wellington (AFP) May 25, 2017Successful launch puts New Zealand in space race  Sochi (Sputnik) May 24, 2017Russia to create new Super-Heavy Class rocket after 2025 |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) May 24, 2017 
A woman in the US state of California was arrested Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to smuggle space communications technology to China, the US Department of Justice said in a press release.
"A Pomona woman was arrested this morning on federal charges that accuse her of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications technology to her native China," the release st ... moreBeijing (XNA) May 12, 2017A cabin on the moon? China hones the lunar lifestyle Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2017China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission  Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020 |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2017 
On Oct.13, 2014 something very strange happened to the camera aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), which normally produces beautifully clear images of the lunar surface, produced an image that was wild and jittery. From the sudden and jagged pattern apparent in the image, the LROC team determined that the camera must have been hit by a ... more Chicago IL (SPX) May 30, 2017Two simple building blocks produce complex 3-D material  Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) May 30, 2017Achieving magnetic order in two-dimensional materials  Onna, Japan (SPX) May 30, 2017Using light to rearrange macroscopic structures |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 22, 2017 
Monash researchers have identified a new concept - 'orphan memory' - which changes the current thinking around gravitational waves.
The research, by the Monash Centre for Astrophysics, was published recently in Physical Review Letters.
Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that cataclysmic cosmic explosions stretch the fabric of spacetime.
The stretching of spacetime ... more Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2017Proving Einstein right using highly sensitive Earth rotation sensors  Huntsville AL (SPX) May 03, 2017Scientists Find Giant Wave Rolling Through the Perseus Galaxy Cluster  Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Rare Brightening of Supernova's Light Found by Caltech's Palomar Observatory |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) May 29, 2017 
Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered a technique for controlling light with electric fields.
"Our method is similar to the technique used to provide the computing capabilities of computers," says Linyou Cao, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at NC State and corresponding author of a paper on the work. "In computers, an electric field is ... more Paranal Observatory, Chile (SPX) May 29, 2017First Stone Ceremony for ESO's Extremely Large Telescope  Columbia MD (SPX) May 28, 2017Understanding Star Formation in the Nucleus of Galaxy IC 342  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 29, 2017New NASA Mission to Study Mysterious Neutron Stars, Aid in Deep Space Navigation |
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Washington DC (Sputnik) May 24, 2017
A woman in the US state of California was arrested Tuesday for allegedly conspiring to smuggle space communications technology to China, the US Department of Justice said in a press release.
"A Pomona woman was arrested this morning on federal charges that accuse her of conspiring to procure and illegally export sensitive space communications technology to her native China," the release st ... moreBeijing (XNA) May 12, 2017A cabin on the moon? China hones the lunar lifestyle Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2017China tests 'Lunar Palace' as it eyes moon mission Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020 |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017 
A team of NASA scientists and international partners used data from the the high-precision science instrument CLASP - the Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter - to provide the first-ever polarization measurements of ultraviolet light emitted from the sun's outer atmosphere. Previous polarization measurements were restricted to visible light that is emitted from the sun's surface.
... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 19, 2017UV Spectropolarimetry Opens a New Window for Solar Physics Research  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 18, 2017Space weather events linked to human activity  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 18, 2017First direct exploration of magnetic fields in the upper solar atmosphere |
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 Montreal, Canada (SPX) May 30, 2017 
According to Euroconsult's newly released research report, Government Space Programs: Benchmarks, Profiles and Forecasts to 2026, global space budgets totaled $62.2 billion in 2016, down 2% from the previous year. Governments launched 75 satellites, less than the historical peak of 2015 but in line with the last five year average.
"The good news is that 2017 should mark a turning point wit ... more McLean VA (SPX) May 30, 2017New Target Date for Second Iridium NEXT Launch  Paris (ESA) May 30, 2017New Horizons for Alexander Gerst  Washington DC (SPX) May 19, 2017Satellite industry supports FCC proposal to reduce internet regulations for service providers |
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 London, Canada (SPX) May 29, 2017 
Almost two billion years ago, a 10-kilometre-wide chunk of space slammed down into rock near what is now the city of Sudbury. Now, scientists from Western University and the University of Portsmouth are marrying details of that meteorite impact with technology that measures surrounding crystal fragments as a way to date other ancient meteorite strikes.
The pioneering technique is helping a ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 25, 2017NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 17, 2017Movie Shows Ceres at Opposition from Sun  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 16, 2017Twisting an Asteroid |
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 Tampa FL (SPX) May 22, 2017 
Their demanding missions often require soldiers to carry heavy equipment packs long distances over rough terrain, or up and down stairs and underground infrastructure in urban environments. Exhaustion and injury are frequently a consequence of these challenging operational scenarios. A new exoskeleton from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) offers a solution.
Using licensed DermoskeletonTM bionic ... more Shanghai (AFP) May 27, 2017Google's AlphaGo retires on top after humbling world No. 1  Taipei (AFP) May 30, 2017Chess-playing robot star of Taiwan tech fair  Boston MA (SPX) May 25, 2017Robots help shed light on how humans walk |
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