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  Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 11, 2018 The Israeli organisation behind the country's first mission to the moon on Wednesday announced a delay in the vessel's launch from December to early 2019. SpaceIL said Elon Musk's SpaceX firm, whose rockets are set to carry the unmanned probe into space, had informed it of "a delay of a number of weeks to the beginning of 2019." SpaceIL stressed that the delay was SpaceX's decision, noting in a statement that tests on their craft, shaped like a pod and weighing some 585 kilogrammes (1,300 pound ... read more |
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Lunar craters named in honor of Apollo 8Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 The newly named craters are visible in the foreground of the iconic Earthrise colour photograph taken by astronaut William Anders. It depicts the moment that our shiny blue Earth came back into view ... more 
Lockheed Martin solicits ideas for commercial payloads on Orion spacecraftDenver CO (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 At the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held last week in Bremen, Germany, Lockheed Martin reported it is studying interest in flying commercial payloads aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft. Th ... more  
ASU researcher innovates solar energy technology in spaceTempe AZ (SPX) Oct 08, 2018 Experts predict that by 2050 we're going to have global broadband internet satellite networks, in-orbit manufacturing, space tourism, asteroid mining and lunar and Mars bases. More than a giga ... more  
Russian scientists develop high-precision laser for satellite navigationSaint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 Scientists from ITMO University developed a laser for precise measurement of the distance between the Moon and Earth. Short pulse duration and high power of this laser help to reduce error in determ ... more |
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Russia's lunar exploration program should be part of internatinal projectMoscow (Sputnik) Oct 01, 2018 Russia's lunar exploration program should be a part of an international project, as none of major space powers is capable to explore Earth's only permanent natural satellite without support of other ... more  
Japan firm signs with SpaceX for lunar missionsTokyo (AFP) Sept 26, 2018 A Japanese start-up is to send spacecraft to the moon in a deal signed with Elon Musk's SpaceX, the Tokyo-based firm said Wednesday. ... more 
China aims to explore polar regions of Moon by 2030Beijing (XNA) Sep 26, 2018 China plans to land on and explore the southern and northern polar regions of the Moon by 2030, according to an official of the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Li Guoping, director ... more  
Origami opens up smart options for architecture on the Moon and MarsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2018 Origami and high-performance textiles are transforming architecture plans for smart human habitats and research stations on the Moon and Mars. Initial field tests of the MoonMars project's origami p ... more 
Russia's RSC Energia Ready to Offer Tourists Moon FlightsMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2018 Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia) is ready to offer tickets for a lunar tour aboard the Soyuz spacecraft; they will cost between $150 million and $180 million each, a sourc ... more |
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 India Aims to Establish Firmest Conclusion of Water, Minerals on Moon's Surface
Russia's Roscosmos Says to Remain Participant of 1st Moon Orbit Station ProjectMoscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2018 Russian space agency Roscosmos told Sputnik on Friday that the corporation will continue participating in the international Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway project. Russia was offered to build ... more  |
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Airbus wins ESA studies for future human base in lunar orbit Bremen, Germany (SPX) Sep 20, 2018 The European Space Agency (ESA) has commissioned Airbus for two studies for possible European involvement in the future human base in lunar orbit. The Gateway, previously known as the Deep Space Gat ... more 
Orion's first Service Module integration completeBremen, Germany (ESA) Sep 19, 2018 Last week at the Airbus integration hall in Bremen, Germany, technicians installed the last radiator on the European Service Module for NASA's Orion spacecraft marking the module's finished integrat ... more 
Japanese billionaire businessman revealed as SpaceX's first Moon travelerHawthorne, United States (AFP) Sept 18, 2018 A Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first man to fly on a monster SpaceX rocket around the Moon as early as 2023, and he plans to bring six to eight artists along. ... more
Fly me to the Moon? A look at the space-tourism raceWashington (AFP) Sept 14, 2018 SpaceX is among a handful of companies racing to propel tourists into space. Here are the top projects in the works, and what they involve. ... more 
Danish Aerospace Company ApS to build 'next generation,' multi-function exercise equipment for astronautsOdense, Denmark (SPX) Sep 17, 2018 Danish Aerospace Company ApS (DAC) has received a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to build a new multifunction exercise system for astronauts. ESA and NASA plan to test this equi ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 09, 2018  A new investigative technique has shown the latitudinal distribution of ice-rich landforms on Mars. This large-scale study enables future, more detailed investigations to study several young deposits of ice and sediment in the north polar basin.
"The young ice deposits are extremely important for several reasons. First, they represent a different epoch in Mars' climate history when ice was ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2018  Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is unique among all moons in our solar system for its dense and nitrogen-rich atmosphere that also contains hydrocarbons and other compounds, and the story behind the formation of this rich chemical mix has been the source of some scientific debate.
Now, a research collaboration involving scientists in the Chemical Sciences Division at the Department of Energy ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2018 
While searching for signs of Planet X, scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet candidate beyond Pluto. Astronomers dubbed the object "the Goblin."
The dwarf planet's lengthy orbit is extremely oblong, sending the Goblin far away from Earth for most its 40,000-year-long trek around the sun.
Scientists first spotted the dwarf planet, officially named 2015 TG387, around Hallow ... more |
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 London UK (Sputnik) Oct 11, 2018 
Analysts have warned that the global space race is becoming more and more competitive. Peter Diamandis, Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation told the portal Axios that tycoons and political leaders are eager to pour billions into space exploration.
Sputnik has discussed the competition in space with Dr. Gbenga Oduntan, an associate professor of international commercial law at the University ... more |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles.
Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more |
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 Centennial CO (SPX) Oct 11, 2018 
United Launch Alliance's (ULA) next-generation rocket - the Vulcan Centaur - is making strong progress in development and is on track for its initial flight in mid-2020. The Vulcan Centaur rocket design leverages the proven success of the Delta IV and Atlas V launch vehicles while introducing advanced technologies and innovative features.
"Vulcan Centaur will revolutionize spaceflight and ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018 
China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday.
This is the second commercial launch by the Kuaizhou-1A rocket. The first launch in January 2017 sent three satellites into space.
The Kuaizhou-1A was developed by a rocket technology company under the China Aerospace Science and Industr ... more |
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 Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 
Scientists at the University of Basel have found a way to change the spatial arrangement of bipyridine molecules on a surface. These potential components of dye-sensitized solar cells form complexes with metals and thereby alter their chemical conformation. The results of this interdisciplinary collaboration between chemists and physicists from Basel were recently published in the scientific jou ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 17, 2018 
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission team plans to switch to a backup system in the Microwave Instrument (MWI) on one of the twin spacecraft this month. Following the switch-over, GRACE-FO is expected to quickly resume science data collection.
A month after launching this past May, GRACE-FO produced its first preliminary gravity field map. The mission ha ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 11, 2018 
Dark Matter Day returns for a second year giving people all over the world the opportunity to celebrate Halloween in a different way. A series of Dark Matter Day events held in person and online throughout the day on Oct. 31 means that everyone has the opportunity to get involved. Whether you want to host an event, make Dark Matter Day part of an existing event you are involved in, or simply wan ... more |
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Jiuquan (XNA) Oct 01, 2018
China launched its Centispace-1-s1 satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 12:13 p.m. Saturday.
This is the second commercial launch by the Kuaizhou-1A rocket. The first launch in January 2017 sent three satellites into space.
The Kuaizhou-1A was developed by a rocket technology company under the China Aerospace Science and Industr ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 05, 2018 
On Oct. 3, 2018, Parker Solar Probe performed the first significant celestial maneuver of its seven-year mission. As the orbits of the spacecraft and Venus converged toward the same point, Parker Solar Probe slipped in front of the planet, allowing Venus' gravity - relatively small by celestial standards - to twist its path and change its speed. This maneuver, called a gravity assist, reduced Pa ... more |
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 Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 
James Yenbamroong revealed today his bold plan to establish a venture unit in 2019 in a move to go international and to create opportunities other than satellite communications.
Yenbamroong, a satellite and space tech entrepreneur from Thailand, said that the planned venture unit will be set up next year in partnership with private investors to provide funds to startups and medium-sized co ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 
Dwarf planet Ceres experienced an indirect polar reorientation of approximately 36 degrees, a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Pasquale Tricarico says.
Tricarico's paper "True Polar Wander of Ceres Due to Heterogeneous Crustal Density" appears in Nature Geoscience.
Using data from NASA's Dawn mission, Tricarico determined the magnitude of the reorientation wi ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 
The human arm can perform a wide range of extremely delicate and coordinated movements, from turning a key in a lock to gently stroking a puppy's fur. The robotic "arms" on underwater research submarines, however, are hard, jerky, and lack the finesse to be able to reach and interact with creatures like jellyfish or octopuses without damaging them.
Previously, the Wyss Institute for Biolog ... more |
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