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  Sparks NV (SPX) Aug 15, 2018 Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) completed a NASA study for the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), which is the first module planned to be launched for NASA's Gateway in lunar orbit. The study was performed under one of SNC's Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) contracts. SNC plans to submit a bid to win the NASA contract when the agency issues its formal solicitation for the element later this year. "Our design provides pressurized volume in addition to the c ... read more |
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India's Second Moon Mission as "Complex" as NASA's Apollo MissionNew Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2018 The Indian Space Agency had planned the launch of its second moon mission for October this year, but scientists reviewing their preparedness suggested that more tests were needed before the launch. ... more  
Xenesis, Atlas and Laser Light form first space to ground all optical global data distribution joint ventureSingapore (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 August 7, 2018 - 21st Century Data Distribution Network Exclusively for Space to Earth Data. Global Direct Access Improves Margin by Lowering Costs. Services Near Earth, Cislunar, and Deep Space Dat ... more 
NASA announces new partnerships to develop space exploration technologiesGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 NASA is partnering with six U.S. companies to develop 10 "tipping point" technologies that have the potential to significantly benefit the commercial space economy and future NASA missions, includin ... more 
At 60, NASA shoots for revival of moon glory daysTampa (AFP) July 27, 2018 Sixty years ago, spurred by competition with the Soviet Union, the United States created NASA, launching a journey that would take Americans to the moon within a decade. ... more |
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What's your idea to 3D print on the MoonParis (ESA) Jul 23, 2018 A new ESA-led project is investigating the ways that 3D printing could be used to create and run a habitat on the Moon. Everything from building materials to solar panels, equipment and tools to clo ... more 
Testing Refines Requirements for Deep Space Habitat DesignHouston TX (SPX) Jul 10, 2018 NASA performed tests the week of June 25 at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston to help engineers refine NASA's requirements for the design of a deep space habitat, one of several elements ... more 
Israel plans its first moon launch in DecemberYehud, Israel (AFP) July 10, 2018 An Israeli organisation announced plans Tuesday to launch the country's first spacecraft to the moon in December, with hopes of burnishing Israel's reputation as a small nation with otherworldly high-tech ambitions. ... more 
The toxic side of the MoonParis (ESA) Jul 05, 2018 When the Apollo astronauts returned from the Moon, the dust that clung to their spacesuits made their throats sore and their eyes water. Lunar dust is made of sharp, abrasive and nasty particles, bu ... more 
Waystation to the Solar SystemBethesda, MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 It seems like everyone wants to go someplace in the Solar System. President Trump wants to go to the Moon. Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Others want to go to an asteroid. Others just want to go som ... more |
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Queqiao satellite the bridge to China's lunar explorationBeijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2018 If all goes to plan, China will soon make history as the first country to put a lander and a rover on the far side of the moon. Information gleaned from such a mission may answer questions about the ... more  |
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Chinese satellite could link world to Moon's far side: space expert Beijing (XNA) Jun 19, 2018 A satellite with a huge golden umbrella-shaped antenna is in an orbit more than 400,000 km from Earth, waiting for Chang'e-4, which is set to be the first ever probe to land softly on the Moon's far ... more 
Long suspected theory about the moon holds waterSendai, Japan (SPX) Jun 15, 2018 A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University's Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorit ... more 
Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around MoonBeijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2018 A micro satellite, developed by the Harbin Institute of Technology in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and sent into an orbit around the Moon, has started to transmit data back to Earth. ... more
Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbitBeijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2018 The relay satellite for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the Moon at the end of the year, has entered the planned orbit, the China National Space Administratio ... more
Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening dayMadison WI (SPX) Jun 06, 2018 For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer. A new study that reconstructs the deep history of our plan ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 15, 2018 
The planet-encircling dust storm on Mars continues to show indications of decay.
Dust-lifting sites have decreased and surface features are starting to emerge. There are indications that the atmospheric opacity might be decreasing over the Opportunity site. Since the last contact with the rover on Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018), Opportunity has likely experienced a low-power fault and perhaps, a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2018 
Cassini disappeared into Saturn's atmosphere late last year. But the spacecraft continues to yield impressive images.
This week, NASA shared a series of super sharp infrared images of Saturn's moon Titan, compiled using 13 years of data collected by the probe's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer, or VIMS instrument.
The moon's hazy atmosphere prevents clear observations of ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 
Scientists from Australia and the United States have helped to solve the mystery underlying Jupiter's coloured bands in a new study on the interaction between atmospheres and magnetic fields.
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Unlike Earth, Jupiter has no solid surface - it is a gaseous planet, consisting mostly of hydrogen and helium.
Several strong jet streams flo ... more |
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 New Delhi (AFP) Aug 15, 2018  India will send a manned mission into space by 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Wednesday in a speech to the nation.
"India will send into space - a man or a woman - by 2022, before that if possible," Modi said in a marathon address at the Red Fort in New Delhi for the country's Independence Day.
The astronaut would be "carrying the national flag," Modi said.
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Aug 14, 2018 
By combining multiple nanomaterials into a single structure, scientists can create hybrid materials that incorporate the best properties of each component and outperform any single substance. A controlled method for making triple-layered hollow nanostructures has now been developed at KAUST. The hybrid structures consist of a conductive organic core sandwiched between layers of electrocatalytica ... more |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) Aug 14, 2018 
Tech magnate Elon Musk's SpaceX vowed Monday to send its first astronauts into orbit on schedule next year - part of a drive to restore America's dominance of the space race.
Gwynne Shotwell, the aerospace manufacturer's president, told journalists in Los Angeles an unmanned flight to the International Space Station in November would pave the way for a manned mission in April 2019.
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 09, 2018 
A report by the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation says that the impeccable capacity of China's launch vehicles puts it in direct competition with the West.
According to the report, China is strategically capturing a major share of the international communications satellites market as part of a grand plan to benefit its own strategic interest as well as that of its allies. Expert ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
An exotic material poised to become the semiconductor of choice for power electronics - because it is far more efficient than silicon - is now being eyed for potential applications in space. Two NASA teams are examining the use of gallium nitride, a crystal-type semiconductor compound first discovered in the 1980s, and currently used in consumer electronics such as laser diodes in DVD readers. ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
An everyday occurrence spotted when we turn on the tap to brush our teeth has baffled engineers for centuries - why does the water splay when it hits the sink before it heads down the plughole?
Famous inventor and painter Leonardo da Vinci documented the phenomenon, now known as a hydraulic jump, back in the 1500s. Hydraulic jumps are harmless in our household sinks but they can cause viol ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 
A research team, led by the astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, discovered the most lithium-rich giant ever known to date, with lithium abundance 3,000 times higher than normal giants. It is in the direction of Ophiuchus, north side of the Galactic disk, with a distance of 4,500 light years to Earth.
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New Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 09, 2018
A report by the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation says that the impeccable capacity of China's launch vehicles puts it in direct competition with the West.
According to the report, China is strategically capturing a major share of the international communications satellites market as part of a grand plan to benefit its own strategic interest as well as that of its allies. Expert ... more |
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Aug 14, 2018 
Historic space weather may help us understand what's coming next, according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Professor Sandra Chapman, from Warwick's Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, led a project which charted the space weather in previous solar cycles across the last half century, and discovered an underlying repeatable pattern in how space weather activity changes ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 
In an ongoing effort to foster commercial activity in space, NASA has selected 13 companies to study the future of commercial human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit, including long-range opportunities for the International Space Station.
The studies will assess the potential growth of a low-Earth orbit economy and how to best stimulate private demand for commercial human spaceflight. The por ... more |
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 Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 
FEFU scientists are developing a methodology to calculate the ratio of dust and gas in comas and tails of comets. This will help learn more about the history of the Solar System and its development, as well as understand the processes that took part on different stages of universal evolution.
A team of scientists from the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) under the supervision of the a ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2018 
A team of UCLA electrical and computer engineers has created a physical artificial neural network - a device modeled on how the human brain works - that can analyze large volumes of data and identify objects at the actual speed of light. The device was created using a 3D printer at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.
Numerous devices in everyday life today use computerized cameras to i ... more |
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