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October 12, 2018
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SAS announces expanded Human Spaceflight Safety Services to support deep space and lunar missions



Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 12, 2018
Special Aerospace Services (SAS) has announced the offering of expanded Spaceflight Safety Products and Services that now include support for deep space and lunar missions. SAS developed the expanded line of engineering services to cover the next phase of human spaceflight that will be initiated by inaugural test launches and first human launches in the coming year. "Human spaceflight is on the verge of experiencing a renaissance thanks to the recent entry into the industry by multiple commercial ... read more

MOON DAILY
SpaceX delays Israel's first lunar mission to early 2019
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. ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar craters named in honor of Apollo 8
Munich, 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
SOLAR DAILY
ASU researcher innovates solar energy technology in space
Tempe 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
MOON DAILY
Lockheed Martin solicits ideas for commercial payloads on Orion spacecraft
Denver 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
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Russian scientists develop high-precision laser for satellite navigation
Saint 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
MOON DAILY
Bezos' Blue Origin signs on to ship supplies to Moon by 2023
Washington (Sputnik) Oct 08, 2018
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' aerospace exploration company signed a letter of intent with two German Space companies to deliver "several metric tons" of cargo to the moon over the next five years. B ... more
SPACEMART
See the future at ESA's IAC Start-up Space Zone
Paris (ESA) Oct 04, 2018
From Lego-style satellites that plug together to robot avatars for lunar exploration, satellite maps for Arctic navigation to a DNA-analysing 'tricorder': next week 24 of planet Earth's top start-up ... more
MOON DAILY
Lockheed Martin Reveals New Human Lunar Lander Concept
Denver CO (SPX) Oct 04, 2018
At this week's International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Bremen, Germany, Lockheed Martin experts revealed the company's crewed lunar lander concept and showed how the reusable lander aligns wit ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA, Israel Space Agency Sign Agreement for Commercial Lunar Cooperation
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2018
NASA has signed an agreement with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) to cooperatively utilize the Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL's commercial lunar mission, expected to land on the Moon in 2019. NASA wi ... more
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MOON DAILY
China planning probes, manned missions, ultimately a base on moon - Space Chief
Beijing (Sputnik) Oct 02, 2018
China's lunar program is setting ambitious goals, including exploring both lunar poles by 2030 and, further in the future, sending manned missions to the moon and establishing a permanent base there ... more
MOON DAILY
Russia's lunar exploration program should be part of internatinal project
Moscow (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
ROCKET SCIENCE
Japan firm signs with SpaceX for lunar missions
Tokyo (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
MOON DAILY
China aims to explore polar regions of Moon by 2030
Beijing (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
TECH SPACE
Origami opens up smart options for architecture on the Moon and Mars
Berlin, 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


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India Aims to Establish Firmest Conclusion of Water, Minerals on Moon's Surface
New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 25, 2018
India's second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, will begin its lunar studies in January-February 2019 with an orbiter that carries a wider range spectrometer that goes up to 5 microns to clearly provide ... more
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Russia's Roscosmos Says to Remain Participant of 1st Moon Orbit Station Project
Moscow (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
MOON DAILY
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
SPACE TRAVEL
Orion's first Service Module integration complete
Bremen, 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
ROCKET SCIENCE
Japanese billionaire businessman revealed as SpaceX's first Moon traveler
Hawthorne, 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
SPACE TRAVEL
Fly me to the Moon? A look at the space-tourism race
Washington (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
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Painting cars for Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 10, 2018
When John Campanella's friend wanted his beloved Ferrari painted, he knew exactly who to call. After all, Campanella had been painting, pinstriping and even airbrushing flames on to cars, motorcycles, airplanes, 18-wheelers and guitars in his spare time for decades. But that's not why the Ferrari driver came to Campanella. He turned to him because John Campanella has been painting spacecra ... more
+ Novel Technique Quickly Maps Young Ice Deposits and Formations on Mars
+ Curiosity rover operating on backup computer during repairs to main processor
+ Curiosity Rover to Temporarily Switch 'Brains'
+ Opportunity Remains Silent For Over Three Months
+ Software finds the best way to stick a Mars landing
+ UCF selling experimental Martian dirt - $20 a kilogram, plus shipping
+ Martian moon likely forged by ancient impact, study finds
Latest insights into Saturn's weird magnetic field only make things weirder
London, UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2018
Some of the last data from the Cassini mission reveals more structure in Saturn's magnetic field, but still no answer as to how it formed. NASA's Cassini mission - with Imperial kit on board - took a series of daring dives between the planet and its inmost ring in September 2017 before burning up in the planet's atmosphere. A first analysis of the data from the magnetometer instrumen ... more
+ Surprising chemical complexity of Saturn's rings changing planet's upper atmosphere
+ Cutting through the mystery of Titan's atmospheric haze
+ In its final days, Cassini bathed in 'ring rain'
+ Groundbreaking Science Emerges from Ultra-Close Orbits of Saturn
+ SwRI scientists study Saturn's rings to discover downpour
+ New Radiation Belt Discovered at Saturn
+ Dust storms on Titan spotted by Cassini for the first time


Hunt for Planet X reveals the Goblin, a faraway dwarf planet
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
+ Icy warning for space missions to Jupiter's moon
+ New Horizons sets up for New Year's flyby of Ultima Thule
+ While seeking Planet X, astronomers find a distant solar system object
+ Extremely distant Solar System object found
+ New Horizons Team Rehearses For New Year's Flyby
+ Juno image showcases Jupiter's brown barge
+ New research suggest Pluto should be reclassified as a planet
SAS announces expanded Human Spaceflight Safety Services to support deep space and lunar missions
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 12, 2018
Special Aerospace Services (SAS) has announced the offering of expanded Spaceflight Safety Products and Services that now include support for deep space and lunar missions. SAS developed the expanded line of engineering services to cover the next phase of human spaceflight that will be initiated by inaugural test launches and first human launches in the coming year. "Human spaceflight is o ... more
+ Japan space tourist says moon training 'shouldn't be too hard'
+ Crew of Soyuz MS-10 lands in Kazakhstan after launch failure
+ Russia probes ISS rocket failure
+ Virgin Group suspends Saudi talks for billion dollar space investment
+ No more taxi service to Space Station after Soyuz fiasco
+ NASA, UAE Space Agency sign arrangement for cooperation in human spaceflight
+ UN is only option in multilateral discussion of outer space
Big discoveries about tiny particles
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
+ Precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achieved
+ Two quantum dots are better than one: Using one dot to sense changes in another
+ Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing
+ New nanoparticle superstructures made from pyramid-shaped building blocks
+ Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
+ First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
+ Nanotubes change the shape of water
Test Launch of Russia's New Unmanned Space Vehicle Could Be Postponed
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 12, 2018
The first test launch of the unmanned version of Russia's new Federation spacecraft atop the new Soyuz-5 rocket has been suggested to be rescheduled from 2022 to 2023 after two test launches of the rocket with other spacecraft are held, a source in the aerospace industry told Sputnik Thursday. The unmanned version of Federation was initially set to be launched from Russia's Baikonur Cosmod ... more
+ Rocket bound for ISS fails, crew survives emergency landing
+ Crew of Soyuz rocket survive emergency landing after engine problem
+ United Launch Alliance building rocket of the future with industry-leading strategic partnerships
+ Pentagon awards over $1Bln for development of new rocket launch systems
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne Successfully Tests Hypersonic DMRJ Engine
+ First SpaceX mission with astronauts set for June 2019: NASA
+ SpaceX uses dumping to drive Russia out of space launch market claims Roscosmos


China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
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
+ China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
+ China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
+ China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
+ 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
Aluminum on the way to titanium strength
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 11, 2018
NUST MISIS scientists have proposed a technology that can double the strength of composites obtained by 3D printing from aluminum powder, and advance the characteristics of these products to the quality of titanium alloys: titanium's strength is about six times higher than that of aluminum, but the density of titanium is 1.7 times higher. The developed modifiers for 3D printing can be used ... more
+ Boeing HorizonX Ventures invests in Accion Systems to propel satellite capabilities
+ When debris overwhelms space
+ Gentex, Teledyne to provide visors for blinding laser protection
+ Google drops out of bidding for massive Pentagon cloud contract
+ Discovering New Molecules for Military Applications
+ Chemists of TU Dresden develop highly porous material, more precious than diamonds
+ A 'recipe book' that creates color centers in silicon carbide crystals


GRACE-FO Satellite Switching to Backup Instrument Processing Unit
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
+ Boosting gravitational wave detectors with quantum tricks
+ Household phenomenon observed by Leonardo da Vinci finally explained
+ 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
Research on light-matter interaction could improve electronic and optoelectronic devices
Troy NY (SPX) Oct 11, 2018
A paper published in Nature Communications by Sufei Shi, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer, increases our understanding of how light interacts with atomically thin semiconductors and creates unique excitonic complex particles, multiple electrons, and holes strongly bound together. These particles possess a new quantum degree of freedom, called "valley ... more
+ Celebrate the Dark on Halloween with Dark Matter Day
+ Researchers discover new type of stellar collision
+ The cosmological lithium problem
+ Hubble in Safe Mode as Gyro Issues are Diagnosed
+ String theory: Is dark energy even allowed?
+ Galactic archaeology
+ VLA sky survey reveals first 'orphan' gamma ray burst


China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
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
+ China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
+ China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
+ China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
+ 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


Parker Solar Probe Changed the Game Before it Even Launched
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
+ Illuminating First Light Data from Parker Solar Probe
+ Solar Orbiter to leave factory for testing
+ NASA-funded Rocket to View Sun with X-Ray Vision
+ Solar eruptions may not have slinky-like shapes after all
+ European researchers develop a new technique to forecast geomagnetic storms
+ JPL roles in NASA's Parker Solar Probe
+ How scientists predicted corona's appearance during total solar eclipse
Space techpreneur to set up over $100m venture unit
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
+ French Space Agency opens new office in the UAE
+ Source reveals timing of OneWeb satellites' debut launch on Soyuz
+ How Max Polyakov from Zaporozhie develops the Ukrainian space industry
+ Maxar's SSL Continues Positive Momentum in Growing US Government Pipeline
+ Britain and Australia enter into space agreement
+ See the future at ESA's IAC Start-up Space Zone
+ Reflecting on Europe's commanding role in space


The threat of Centaurs for the Earth
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Oct 10, 2018
The astrophysicists Mattia Galiazzo and Rudolf Dvorak from the University of Vienna, in collaboration with Elizabeth A. Silber (Brown University, USA) investigated the long-term path development of Centaurs (solar system minor bodies which originally have orbits between Jupiter and Neptune). These researchers have estimated the number of close encounters and impacts with the terrestrial pl ... more
+ Japan delays touchdown of Hayabusa2 probe on asteroid: official
+ Vesta, Tell Us About the Childhood of the Solar System
+ MASCOT Lander Completes Exploration of Asteroid Ryugu's Surface
+ Polar Wandering on Dwarf Planet Ceres Revealed
+ MASCOT lands safely on Asteroid Ryugu
+ Shooting stars create their own aurora
+ Hayabusa-2 drops another lander on the surface of Ryugu
No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms
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
+ Model helps robots navigate more like humans do
+ Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fear
+ Machine learning could help regulators identify environmental violations
+ Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once
+ Amazon aims to make Alexa assistant bigger part of users' lives
+ Spray coated tactile sensor on a 3D surface for robotic skin
+ 'Robotic skins' turn everyday objects into robots
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