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LGS Innovations' Laser Technology to Bring HD Video from the Moon![]() Herndon, VA (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 LGS Innovations, a technology company providing specialized mission-critical communication research and solutions, has announced that it will be supporting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Orion EM-2 Optical Communications (O2O) project. LGS Innovations will provide an optical modem that will enable broadband data communications to and from the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle designed to take humans into lunar orbit. Laser communications, the next-generation space ... read more |
China plans to launch 'moon double' into space to illuminate streetsBeijing (Sputnik) Oct 18, 2018 China is participating in another moon-related project in cooperation with Russia. The two countries are planning to develop their own lunar program with the ultimate aim of building a moon base. ... more
First Man: a new vision of the Apollo 11 mission to set foot on the MoonMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 15, 2018 The Apollo 11 lunar landing was the first time humans stepped on another celestial body, and the events leading up to that historic moment - which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year - are dep ... more
SAS announces expanded Human Spaceflight Safety Services to support deep space and lunar missionsBoulder 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 expande ... more
SpaceX delays Israel's first lunar mission to early 2019Jerusalem (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 |
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See the future at ESA's IAC Start-up Space ZoneParis (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
Lockheed Martin Reveals New Human Lunar Lander ConceptDenver 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
NASA, Israel Space Agency Sign Agreement for Commercial Lunar CooperationWashington 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
China planning probes, manned missions, ultimately a base on moon - Space ChiefBeijing (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
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 missions
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 |
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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
India Aims to Establish Firmest Conclusion of Water, Minerals on Moon's SurfaceNew 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
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
Airbus wins ESA studies for future human base in lunar orbitBremen, 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 |
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Scientists to debate landing site for next Mars rover Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 16, 2018
Hundreds of scientists and Mars-exploration enthusiasts will convene in a hotel ballroom just north of Los Angeles later this week to present, discuss and deliberate the future landing site for NASA's next Red Planet rover - Mars 2020. The three-day workshop is the fourth and final in a series designed to ensure NASA receives the broadest range of data and opinion from the scientific community b ... more |
Cutting through the mystery of Titan's atmospheric haze 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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Icy moon of Jupiter, Ganymede, shows evidence of past strike-slip faulting Manoa HI (SPX) Oct 17, 2018
A recently published study led by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology reveals Ganymede, an icy moon of Jupiter, appears to have undergone complex periods of geologic activity, specifically strike-slip tectonism, as is seen in Earth's San Andreas fault. This is the first study to exhaustively consider the role of strike-slip tectonism ... more |
Plant hormone makes space farming a possibility Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 18, 2018
With scarce nutrients and weak gravity, growing potatoes on the Moon or on other planets seems unimaginable. But the plant hormone strigolactone could make it possible, plant biologists from the University of Zurich have shown. The hormone supports the symbiosis between fungi and plant roots, thus encouraging plants' growth - even under the challenging conditions found in space.
The idea h ... more |
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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 |
Space Launch System Intertank completes functional testing New Orleans LA (SPX) Oct 16, 2018
The intertank that will be flown on Exploration Mission-1 as part of NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, has completed its avionics functional testing, at the Michoud Assembly Center in New Orleans.
The avionics, shown here inside the intertank structure, guide the vehicle and direct its power during flight. The intertank houses critical electronics that "talk to" the flight comput ... more |
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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 |
Kleos Space signs MoU with Airbus to collaborate on In-Space manufacturing technology Bremen, Germany (SPX) Oct 18, 2018
Luxembourg-based Kleos Space S.A. has signed a second Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus Defence and Space, as both companies investigate opportunities to collaborate for the manufacture In-Space of structural elements.
Kleos Space and parent Magna Parva (UK) have developed an In-Space manufacturing system that will provide a method of producing huge carbon composite 3D structures in ... more |
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RUDN mathematicians confirmed the possibility of data transfer via gravitational waves Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 15, 2018
RUDN mathematicians analyzed the properties of gravitational waves in a generalized affine- metrical space (an algebraic construction operating the notions of a vector and a point) similarly to the properties of electromagnetic waves in Minkowski space-time.
It turned out that there is the possibility of transmitting information with the help of nonmetricity waves and transferring it spati ... more |
Researchers solve mystery at the center of the Milky Way Lund, Sweden (SPX) Oct 18, 2018
Astronomers from Lund University in Sweden have now found the explanation to a recent mystery at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy: the high levels of scandium discovered last spring near the galaxy's giant black hole were in fact an optical illusion.
Last spring, researchers published a study about the apparent presence of astonishing and dramatically high levels of three different eleme ... more |
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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 |
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A break from the buzz: bees go silent during total solar eclipse Annapolis, MD (SPX) Oct 15, 2018
While millions of Americans took a break from their daily routines on August 21, 2017, to witness a total solar eclipse, they might not have noticed a similar phenomenon happening nearby: In the path of totality, bees took a break from their daily routines, too.
In an unprecedented study of a solar eclipse's influence on bee behavior, researchers at the University of Missouri organized a c ... more |
European Space Talks: we need more space! Paris (ESA) Oct 18, 2018
Space concerns everyone. It contributes to our lives on a daily basis and can help to solve some of humankind's greatest challenges. Find out more, and how space affects you, with European Space Talks...
You probably use space without even thinking about it. Whether it's your mobile phone, your car's 'satnav' system (the clue is in the name) or TV weather forecasts, space is involved in so ... more |
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The Asteroids are Coming Bethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 17, 2018
This isn't just "buzz" to get you excited about a new movie coming; we really are being buzzed by asteroids and other NEOs (Near Earth Objects), and one day these conjunctions could become collisions! There are lots of NEOs out there orbiting the sun.
Some, like comets, are less worrisome since they are composed primarily of ice and small, rocky particles that dissipate upon entering Earth ... more |
Invention of ionic decision-maker capable of self-learning Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 18, 2018
A NIMS research group has invented an ionic device, termed as ionic decision-maker, capable of quickly making its own decisions based on previous experience using changes in ionic/molecular concentrations. The group then succeeded in demonstrating its operation.
This device is capable of making decisions while efficiently adapting to changing situations by a means unrelated to the storage ... more |
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