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August 16, 2018
MOON DAILY
India's Second Moon Mission as "Complex" as NASA's Apollo Mission



New 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. The mission is now likely to be preceded by Israel's moon mission, planned for December this year. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced the postponement of its much-awaited second lunar mission - Chandrayaan 2. The mission was expected to be launched in October this year but ISRO ... read more

SPACE TRAVEL
Sierra Nevada Corporation completes key step for NASA's NextSTEP-2 study
Sparks NV (SPX) Aug 16, 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 p ... more
SPACEMART
Xenesis, Atlas and Laser Light form first space to ground all optical global data distribution joint venture
Singapore (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
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA announces new partnerships to develop space exploration technologies
Greenbelt 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
MOON DAILY
At 60, NASA shoots for revival of moon glory days
Tampa (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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MIDAS cameras spot pair of lunar flashes caused by meteoroid impacts
Washington (UPI) Jul 30, 2018
New images from the European Space Agency showcased a pair of recent lunar flashes. ... more
MARSDAILY
Space experts worry US won't make it to Mars by 2030s
Tampa (AFP) July 26, 2018
The United States has vowed to send the first humans to Mars by the 2030s, but space experts and lawmakers on Wednesday expressed concern that poor planning and lack of funds will delay those plans. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Rare Red Moon and Mars in Evening Sky on 27 July
London, UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2018
Skywatchers [in have a double treat in store on 27 July: the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century and Mars at its brightest for many years. The red planet and the (temporarily) red Moon w ... more
EXO WORLDS
WSU researcher sees possibility of moon life
Pullman WA (SPX) Jul 24, 2018
While the Moon is uninhabitable today, there could have been life on its surface in the distant past. In fact, there may have been two early windows of habitability for Earth's Moon, according ... more
MOON DAILY
Russia may use ISS Modules in Lunar Gateway Project
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2018
Russia may decide to stop the construction of its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) and to use the ordered modules for the Lunar Orbital Platform - Gateway (LOP-G) project, a source i ... more
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TECH SPACE
What's your idea to 3D print on the Moon
Paris (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
SPACE TRAVEL
Testing Refines Requirements for Deep Space Habitat Design
Houston 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
MOON DAILY
Israel plans its first moon launch in December
Yehud, 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
MOON DAILY
The toxic side of the Moon
Paris (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
MOON DAILY
Waystation to the Solar System
Bethesda, 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


NASA will seek partnership with US Industry to develop lunar gateway

MOON DAILY
Queqiao satellite the bridge to China's lunar exploration
Beijing (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
MOON DAILY
Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
Sendai, 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
MOON DAILY
Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around Moon
Beijing (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
MOON DAILY
Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbit
Beijing (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
MOON DAILY
Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening day
Madison 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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Planet-Encircling Dust Storm of Mars shows signs of slowing
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
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne delivers power generator for Mars 2020 Rover
+ Still no change in Opportunity's status
+ Sorry Elon Musk, but it's now clear that colonising Mars is unlikely
+ Russia Plans to Send Capsule With Microorganisms to Mars
+ Mars Dust Storm May Have Peaked
+ Students can now build their own rover model
+ Scientists looking for ways to grow crops on Red Planet
Cassini data yields super sharp infrared images of Titan
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
+ Listen: Sound of Electromagnetic Energy Moving Between Saturn, Enceladus
+ Signatures of complex organic molecules spotted on Saturn's moon Enceladus
+ Complex organics bubble up from ocean-world Enceladus
+ Surprising magnetic reconnection spotted on Saturn's dayside
+ Cosmic Ravioli And Spaetzle


Study helps solve mystery under Jupiter's coloured bands
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
+ Million fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter's moon Ganymede
+ New Horizons team prepares for stellar occultation ahead of Ultima Thule flyby
+ High-Altitude Jovian Clouds
+ 'Ribbon' wraps up mystery of Jupiter's magnetic equator
+ The True Colors of Pluto and Charon
+ Radiation Maps of Jupiter's Moon Europa: Key to Future Missions
+ Dozen new Jupiter moons declared
NASA Administrator Plans to Meet With Russian Space Agency Chief in Near Future
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2018
Jim Bridenstine, the administrator of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), said he was ready to hold a meeting with Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, in the near future. On Sunday, Roscosmos said that Rogozin would hold talks with Bridenstine at the Baikonur spaceport in October. "Not yet, but I intend to in the near future and we ... more
+ India to send manned mission to space by 2022: Modi
+ Sierra Nevada Corporation completes key step for NASA's NextSTEP-2 study
+ Blend of novices, veterans to fly on first private US spaceships
+ NASA announces new partnerships to develop space exploration technologies
+ Samsung to invest billions in new tech to drive fresh growth
+ NASA makes progress toward planetary science decadal priorities
+ Recipe for a spacewalk
Hybrid nanomaterials bristle with potential
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
+ Nanotube 'rebar' makes graphene twice as tough
+ Individual silver nanoparticles observed in real time
+ Researchers use nanotechnology to improve the accuracy of measuring devices
+ A new 'periodic table' for nanomaterials
+ Physicists uncover why nanomaterial loses superconductivity
+ Squeezing light at the nanoscale
+ A new way to measure energy in microscopic machines
Student Experiments Soar with Early Morning Launch from Wallops
Wallops VA (SPX) Aug 15, 2018
Approximately 100 undergraduate university and community college students from across the United States were on hand to witness the launch of their experiments and technology demonstration projects on a NASA suborbital rocket at 6:13 a.m., Aug. 14, from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket launched as the sun was rising over the horizon and carried ... more
+ NASA Administrator Views Progress Building SLS and Orion Hardware
+ NASA Reveals How It Would Stay Afloat Without Delivery of Russian Rocket Engines
+ SpaceX vows manned flight to space station is on track
+ US Working Hard to Cease Reliance on Russian Rocket Engines - NASA
+ RS-25 Engine Tests Modernization Upgrades
+ PLD SPACE signs a 25-year concession for rocket engine testing at Teruel Airport
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne boosters complete simulated air-launch tests


China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
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
+ China to launch space station Tiangong in 2022, welcomes foreign astronauts
+ China solicits international cooperation experiments on space station
+ Growing US unease with China's new deep space facility in Argentina
+ China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
+ PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition
+ China readying for space station era: Yang Liwei
+ China launches new space science program
Wearable 'microbrewery' saves human body from radiation damage
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Aug 10, 2018
The same way that yeast yields beer and bread can help hospital lab workers better track their daily radiation exposure, enabling a faster assessment of tissue damage that could lead to cancer. But rather than building portable cellars or ovens, Purdue University researchers have engineered yeast "microbreweries" within disposable badges made of freezer paper, aluminum and tape. Simply add ... more
+ GTAR Technologies tapped for inflatable satellite antennas
+ Scientists squeeze nanocrystals in a liquid droplet into a solid-like state and back again
+ PhD student develops spinning heat shield for future spacecraft
+ Northrop Grumman successfully tests APG-83 radar on F/A18
+ Natural refrigerant replacements could reduce energy costs and conserve the environment
+ UNH researchers find seed coats could lead to strong, tough, yet flexible materials
+ France to set penalties on non-recycled plastic


Household phenomenon observed by Leonardo da Vinci finally explained
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
+ GRAVITY Confirms Predictions of General Relativity Near Galactic Center
+ How to weigh stars with gravitational lensing
+ Could Gravitational Waves Reveal How Fast Our Universe Is Expanding?
+ Einstein's Theory of Gravity Still Passes the Test
+ VLT makes most precise test of Einstein's general relativity outside Milky Way
+ Precise gravitation lens test confirms general relativity
+ Scotland's space expertise key to gravitational waves study
Chinese astronomers discover most lithium-rich giant in galaxy with LAMOST
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. The findings were realized ... more
+ Pairs of small colliding galaxies may seed future stars
+ Water is destroyed, then reborn in ultrahot Jupiters
+ Balloon-borne telescope looks for cosmic gamma rays
+ New Gamma-Ray Bursts Research Reveals Time-Reversible Mirroring Effect
+ Students digging into data archive spot mysterious X-ray source
+ Organic makeup of ancient meteorites sheds light on early solar system
+ Another blow for dark matter interpretation of galactic center excess


China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
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
+ China to launch space station Tiangong in 2022, welcomes foreign astronauts
+ China solicits international cooperation experiments on space station
+ Growing US unease with China's new deep space facility in Argentina
+ China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle
+ PRSS-1 Satellite in Good Condition
+ China readying for space station era: Yang Liwei
+ China launches new space science program


Historic space weather could clarify what's next
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
+ NASA launches Parker Solar Probe in first mission to 'touch Sun'
+ Satellite measurements of the Earth's magnetosphere promise better space weather forecasts
+ Touching the Sun to protect the Earth
+ Space probe to plunge into fiery solar corona
+ Spacecraft to speed through Sun's atmosphere and snag solar wind
+ French research set to take off for the Sun
+ Ready for Its Day in the Sun: The SWEAP Investigation
NASA invests in concepts for a vibrant future commercial space economy
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
+ ISRO to launch GSAT-32 in Oct 2019 to replace GSAT-6A which went incommunicado days after launch
+ New Image Gallery For The Planetary Science Archive
+ 'We're at Beginning of New Phase of Utilizing Space For Peaceful Purposes'
+ Xenesis, Atlas and Laser Light form first space to ground all optical global data distribution joint venture
+ Bangladesh PM opens satellite ground stations
+ Seventh set of Iridium NEXT satellites performing well during pre-operational testing
+ Telesat signs consortium deal with Thales and SSL new LEO constellation


The Umov Effect: Space dust clouds and the mysteries of the universe
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
+ Earth mini-moons: Potential for exciting scientific and commercial opportunities
+ "Great Show" predicted for Perseid meteor peak on August 12-13
+ Researchers at the University of New Mexico uncover remnants of early solar system
+ What Looks Like Ceres on Earth
+ China Focus: Capture an asteroid, bring it back to Earth?
+ Twenty Years of Planetary Defense
+ NASA's Dawn spacecraft focused on Ceres as it nears end of mission
UCLA-developed artificial intelligence device identifies objects at the speed of light
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
+ Soft multi-functional robots get really small and spider-shaped
+ A system to synthesize realistic sounds for computer animation
+ A kernel of promise in popcorn-powered robots
+ Chip labour: Robots replace waiters in China restaurant
+ Research identifies key weakness in modern computer vision systems
+ Optical fibers that can feel the materials around them
+ US Army selects Lockheed Martin as integrated systems developer for autonomous convoy program
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