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  Friedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 A long radar boom that will probe below the surface of Jupiter's icy moons has been tested on Earth with the help of a helicopter. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is scheduled for launch in 2022, arriving seven years later. JUICE will study Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere and vast magnetic fields, as well as the planet-sized moons Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. All three moons are thought to have oceans of liquid water beneath their icy crusts and should provide key clues on the potential ... read more |
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Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 missionBeijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020. "The Mars exploration program is we ... more  
Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars landerAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin. ... more  
Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: reportBeijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Two Chinese lunar missions will be delayed by the failed launch of a powerful rocket in July, a state-run newspaper said, in a setback for the country's ambitious space programme. ... more 
Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESAAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said Thursday as plans to reach and colonise the Red Planet gathered pace. ... more |
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Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space stationMoscow (XNA) Sep 28, 2017 Russia's Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States said Wednesday that they have agreed to cooperate on build ... more 
NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep SpaceWashington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Building a strategic capability for advancing and sustaining human space exploration in the vicinity of the Moon will require the best from NASA, interested international partners, and U.S. industry ... more 
Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station projectMoscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 Russia and the United States agreed Wednesday to cooperate on a NASA-led project to build the first lunar space station, part of a long-term project to send humans to Mars. ... more 
'Crash Scene Investigation' Reveals Resting Place of SMART-1 on MoonRiga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 24, 2017 Observations of the Moon have revealed the final resting place of the European Space Agency's first lunar mission, SMART-1. The spacecraft was sent into a controlled impact with the lunar surface 11 ... more
First steps: returning humanity to the MoonParis (ESA) Sep 21, 2017 In the first act of lunar exploration, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were major characters. In setting its sights on the Moon, ESA hopes to bring many more actors to this off-world stage. By ... more 
Fly me to the Moon: For some, lunar village takes shapeRiga (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 By 2040, a hundred people will live on the Moon, melting ice for water, 3D-printing homes and tools, eating plants grown in lunar soil, and competing in low-gravity, "flying" sports. ... more |
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Ice mined on Mars could provide water for humans exploring spaceSydney, Australia (The Conversation) Sep 19, 2017 As humans spread out across the Earth, the locations of new colonies were driven by the accessibility of resources: not only food and water, but also arable land, forests and minerals. Access ... more 
Researchers create first global map of water in moon's soilProvidence RI (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 In research that may prove useful to future lunar explorers, scientists from Brown University have created the first quantitative map of water and its chemical building blocks trapped in the uppermo ... more  
India, Japan Set to Boost Space CooperationNew Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to India starting Wednesday is expected to set the pace for greater cooperation between the two countries, especially in the aerospace sector. ... more  
Japan, S.Korea push Putin over Pyongyang sanctionsVladivostok, Russia (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday echoed South Korea's demand for more pressure on Pyongyang after its nuclear tests as the leaders of the two countries looked to grind down resistance from Russia's Vladimir Putin. ... more |
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  Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 
A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin.
Governments and private firms are collaborating on projects to send humans to new frontiers, with NASA planning missions next decade into the space between Earth and the Moon to prepare for trips to ... more Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022  Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Research sheds new light on how Earth and Mars were created  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2017The Mars 2020 Rover features new spectral abilities with its new SuperCam |
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After 20 years in space, NASA's famed Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge into Saturn on Friday, ending a storied mission that scientists say taught us nearly everything we know about Saturn today and transformed the way we think about life elsewhere in the solar system.
Cassini, an international project that cost $3.9 billion and included scientists from 27 nations, disintegrat ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Cassini Spacecraft Demise Is Bittersweet for PSI's Hansen  Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion guides Cassini to its Grand Finale at Saturn  Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2017CU Boulder Scientists Ready for Cassini Mission to Saturn Grand Finale |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 
A long radar boom that will probe below the surface of Jupiter's icy moons has been tested on Earth with the help of a helicopter. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is scheduled for launch in 2022, arriving seven years later.
JUICE will study Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere and vast magnetic fields, as well as the planet-sized moons Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. All three moons are ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice  Irwindale CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names |
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It's an exciting time to be working in the space sector - particularly with Australia's recently-announced commitment to developing a space agency.
But with advances come new challenges. Similar to technologies such as digital communications and robotics, advances in space science bring ethical dilemmas. What rights do space tourists have? How can we prevent space terrorism? Who should reg ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2017Space Cooperation Between China, Russia Needs Long-Term Mechanism  Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Mapping NASA's Space Missions |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
A new two-dimensional film, made of polymers and nanoparticles and developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), can direct two different non-mixing liquids into a variety of exotic architectures. This finding could lead to soft robotics, liquid circuitry, shape-shifting fluids, and a host of new materials that use soft, rather than ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Assembly of nanoparticles proceeds like a zipper  Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Application of air-sensitive semiconductors in nanoelectronics |
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 Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
Thales Alenia Space, joint-venture between Thales and Leonardo, and Arianespace has signed a launch contract for two COSMO-SkyMed Second-Generation (CSG) satellites manufactured for the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Italian Ministry of Defense.
The signing ceremony was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and Paolo Gentiloni, the President of the Council of Ministers of the It ... more Wellington NZ (XNA) Sep 29, 2017New Zealand opens first rocket launch site  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2017mu Space partners with Blue Origin to launch geostationary satellite  Cayenne (AFP) Sept 30, 2017Ariane 5 rocket puts satellites into orbit on second attempt |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017  China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020.
"The Mars exploration program is well underway," said Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, at the Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-space Exploration, which opened Wednesday. "The payloads will be used to co ... more Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab  Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway'  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
Using atoms cooled to just billionths of a degree above absolute zero, a team led by researchers at Princeton University has discovered an intriguing magnetic behavior that could help explain how high-temperature superconductivity works.
The researchers found that applying a strong magnetic field to these ultracold atoms caused them to line up in an alternating pattern and lean away from e ... more Stanford CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Researchers developing new technique that uses light to separate mirrored molecules  Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017New laser sensor could detect explosives, dangerous gases more quickly  Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017Germany-based Hensoldt acquires Kelvin Hughes |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 
Are we are living in a computer simulation? Intriguingly, the crux of this question may be hiding in an exotic quantum phenomenon which shows up in metals as a response to twists of space-time geometry.
A recurring theme in science fiction, most famously popularised by the "Matrix' film trilogy, is whether our physical reality is a computer simulation. While this seems to be a rather philo ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017British Technology at Heart of Gravitational Wave Discovery  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Three Ears Listen Even More Accurately Than Two  University Park, PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017New gravitational wave hits Earth |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
An international team of scientists from the Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), the Towson and Pittsburgh Universities (USA) and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, has shed new light on the origins of the famous Tycho's supernova. The research, published in Nature Astronomy, debunks the common view that Tycho's supernova originated from a white dwarf, which had been slowly accreti ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 03, 2017HEIC 1716 is bursting with starbirth  Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope  Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017Astronomers detect Freon-40 around infant stars, comet |
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Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020.
"The Mars exploration program is well underway," said Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, at the Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-space Exploration, which opened Wednesday. "The payloads will be used to co ... moreBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
On Sept. 25, 2017, media were invited to see NASA's Parker Solar Probe in its flight configuration at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, where it is being built.
The revolutionary heat shield that will protect the first spacecraft to fly directly into the Sun's atmosphere was installed for the first time on Sept. 21.
This is the only time the spacecraft wil ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 03, 2017A RAVAN in the sun  Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017Solar antics  Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017 
Thousands of new jobs and boosted local economies are the direct results from ESA's investment in young companies through its business incubation centres, which have now hosted more than 500 start-ups.
From healthcare to manufacturing, sport to agriculture, the centres are an important driver for entrepreneurship and the creation of new businesses, as well as positioning Europe at the fore ... more Palo Alto CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2017SSL-Built Satellite for AsiaSat Begins Post-Launch Maneuvers According to Plan  Sydney (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Australia to create national space agency  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 24, 2017Thomas calls for new comprehensive Australian Space Agency at IAC address |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the farthest active inbound comet ever seen, at a whopping distance of 1.5 billion miles from the Sun (beyond Saturn's orbit). Slightly warmed by the remote Sun, it has already begun to develop an 80,000-mile-wide fuzzy cloud of dust, called a coma, enveloping a tiny, solid nucleus of frozen gas and dust. These observations represent the earliest si ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2017Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta  Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Nanosat Fleet Proposed for Voyage to 300 Asteroids |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017 
NASA has changed the perspective of science, building satellites to study Earth's surface. Deep below that surface, where it's harder for satellites to see, is another story - but robotic technology might change that.
NASA roboticists are exploring moulins, places where water has punched through thousands of feet of ice to form a waterfall through a glacier.They hope to match these watery ... more Milan (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Robotic fashion: Wear your heartbeat on your sleeve  Champaign IL (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots  Chiba, Japan (AFP) Oct 2, 2017Smash hit: Ping pong robot takes on Olympian at Tokyo tech fair |
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