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November 06, 2018
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Roscosmos to Study Possibility to 3D Print Lunar Soil Details for Space Repairs



Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 06, 2018
Russian space agency Roscosmos is planning to explore the possibility to 3D print details made of lunar soil in order to use them for space hardware repairs on the Moon, Dmitry Rogozin, Roscosmos chief, told Sputnik on Sunday. "We need powder to be able to use additive technologies. And we want to understand if it is possible to make powder that can be baked and then used for the creation of certain constructions out of the lunar soil," Rogozin said. He specified that these constructions wou ... read more

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First moon walk's commemorative plaque sold for $468,500
New York (AFP) Nov 4, 2018
A commemorative plaque brought to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission went under the hammer for $468,500 in Texas, as part of a huge collection that once belonged to late astronaut Neil Armstrong, auctioneers said. ... more
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Maxar Technologies' MDA to design lunar rover concept for Canadian Space Agency
Brampton, Canada (SPX) Oct 31, 2018
MDA has been selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide a conceptual design of a lunar rover for science exploration and to prepare for human missions on the lunar surface. As part ... more
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Neil Armstrong's huge souvenir collection to be auctioned
New York (AFP) Oct 31, 2018
Talk about a pack rat: thousands of things that Neil Armstrong saved over the course of a career that saw him become the first man to walk on the moon will be auctioned off this week. ... more
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Thrusters with additively manufactured components qualified to fly humans on Orion spacecraft
Redmond WA (SPX) Oct 30, 2018
Aerojet Rocketdyne recently completed qualification testing for the enhanced reaction control thruster system for NASA's Orion crew vehicle, helping to clear the way for the Lockheed Martin-built sp ... more
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Auction house made false claims about the "Moon Puzzle" it sold
New York NY (SPX) Oct 29, 2018
On Friday, October 19th, in a widely publicized sale, a buyer spent $612,500 on a meteorite described by the internet auctioneer RR Auction as "The Largest Known Complete Lunar Puzzle." It was neith ... more
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India successfully conducts crucial test of Moon lander
New Delhi (Sputnik) Oct 29, 2018
The test demonstrated the capability of the navigation, guidance and control system of the lander to meet the mission requirement of a safe, soft and precise landing on the lunar surface by steering ... more
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Rare blue asteroid-comet reveals itself during fly-by
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 24, 2018
Blue asteroids are rare, and blue comets are almost unheard of. An international team led by Teddy Kareta, a graduate student at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, investiga ... more
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Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon
Columbia MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018
To train future explorers to support NASA's mission to return to the Moon's surface, scientists use similar environments found on the Earth. Last week, a group of domestic and international students ... more
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LGS Innovations' Laser Technology to Bring HD Video from the Moon
Herndon, VA (SPX) Oct 22, 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 Adminis ... more
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NASA calls for instruments, technologies for delivery to the Moon
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 22, 2018
NASA has announced a call for Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads that will fly to the Moon on commercial lunar landers as early as next year or 2020. The agency is working with U.S. in ... more
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NASA seeks information for gateway cargo delivery services
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2018
NASA will lead the development of the Gateway, a permanent spaceship orbiting the Moon, to serve as a home base for human and robotic missions to the surface of the Moon and ultimately, Mars. The fi ... more
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China plans to launch 'moon double' into space to illuminate streets
Beijing (Sputnik) Oct 19, 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
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First Man: a new vision of the Apollo 11 mission to set foot on the Moon
Melbourne, 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
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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 expande ... more


SpaceX delays Israel's first lunar mission to early 2019

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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Evidence of outburst flooding indicates plentiful water on early Mars
Jackson MS (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
The presence of water on Mars has been theorized for centuries. Early telescopes revealed ice caps, and early astronomers noted channels that were hypothesized to be natural rivers or creature-created canals. Over the past two decades, rovers Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity have sent back invaluable data to scientists who are trying to interpret the planet's surface and uncover evidence of past or present water. Since its landing on the "Red Planet" in August of 2012, Curiosity Rover has traveled about 20 kilometers within Gale Crater. ... more
+ The Mars InSight Landing Site Is Just Plain Perfect
+ Water cycle along the northern rim of Hellas Basin throughout Mars' history
+ Five things to know about InSight's Mars landing
+ Naturally occurring 'batteries' fueled organic carbon synthesis on Mars
+ NASA launches a new podcast to Mars
+ NASA will keep trying to contact stalled Mars rover Opportunity
+ Mars Express keeps an eye on curious cloud
Saturn's Moon Dione Covered by Mysterious Stripes
Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 25, 2018
Mysterious straight bright stripes have been discovered on Saturn's moon Dione, says research by Planetary Science Institute Associate Research Scientist Alex Patthoff. The origins of these linear virgae (virgae meaning a stripe or streak of color) are most likely caused by the draping of surface materials like material from Saturn's rings, passing comets, or co-orbital moons Helene and Po ... more
+ Cutting through the mystery of Titan's atmospheric haze
+ Surprising chemical complexity of Saturn's rings changing planet's upper atmosphere
+ Latest insights into Saturn's weird magnetic field only make things weirder
+ 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


SwRI team makes breakthroughs studying Pluto orbiter mission
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 25, 2018
A Southwest Research Institute team using internal research funds has made several discoveries that expand the range and value of a future Pluto orbiter mission. The breakthroughs define a fuel-saving orbital tour and demonstrate that an orbiter can continue exploration in the Kuiper Belt after surveying Pluto. These and other results from the study will be reported this week at a workshop on fu ... more
+ ALMA maps temperature of Jupiter's icy moon Europa
+ NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains
+ WorldWide Telescope looks ahead to New Horizons' Ultima Thule glyby
+ Europa plume sites lack expected heat signatures
+ Icy moon of Jupiter, Ganymede, shows evidence of past strike-slip faulting
+ Icy warning for space missions to Jupiter's moon
+ New Horizons sets up for New Year's flyby of Ultima Thule
'Dust up' on International Space Station hints at sources of structure
Portland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
Imagine looking under your couch and instead of finding fluffy dust bunnies, you see the dust is arranged in straight lines - you might wonder what caused this order. Scientists are experiencing that same feeling, not with dust under a couch, but with electrically charged dust in the microgravity of space. The dust the scientists are studying is made up of tiny spheres 10 times smaller tha ... more
+ Experience high-res science in first 8K footage from space
+ Roscosmos, NASA to adjust ISS program to fit with lunar missions
+ Russia plans first manned launch to ISS Dec 3 after accident
+ Thrusters with additively manufactured components qualified to fly humans on Orion spacecraft
+ Plant hormone makes space farming a possibility
+ Installing life support the hands-free way
+ US-Russia space cooperation to go on despite Soyuz launch mishap
Physicists designed new antenna for supersensitive magnetometers of a new generation
Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
Scientists from ITMO University and Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences proposed a new microwave antenna that creates a uniform magnetic field in large volume. It is capable for uniform and coherent addressing of the electronic spins of an ensemble of nanodiamond structure defects. This can be used to create super-sensitive magnetic field detectors of a new genera ... more
+ Next generation of watch springs
+ Caltech engineers create an optical gyroscope smaller than a grain of rice
+ Researchers discover directional and long-lived nanolight in a 2D material
+ Big discoveries about tiny particles
+ 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
Hole in Soyuz MS-09 hull could have been drilled before launch
Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 05, 2018
The day before, the chairman of the emergency commission assigned to investigate the incident said that the accident involving the Soyuz-FG was caused by a faulty sensor on one of the rocket's side blocks during the disengagement from the central block. The hole in the hull of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft could have been drilled before the launch at the Baikonur space center, Russian Deputy ... more
+ Russia plans to carry out 17 space launches in 2018
+ Fregat Upper Stage Separates From Soyuz Carrier Bringing Satellite to Orbit
+ Russia to hold 2 new space launches in wake of Soyuz failure
+ Rocket Lab enters high frequency launch operations
+ NASA conducts a 'BOO-tiful' RS-25 engine test
+ All RS-25 flight controllers delivered for first four flights of NASA's SLS rocket
+ Soyuz launch failed due to assembly problem: Russia


China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered
Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 6, 2018
China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth. The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition. T ... more
+ China's space programs open up to world
+ China's commercial aerospace companies flourishing
+ China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
+ 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
Disorder plays a key role in phase transitions of materials
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Phase transitions are common occurrences that dramatically change the properties of a material, the most familiar being the solid-liquid-gas transition in water. Each phase corresponds to a new arrangement of the atoms within the material, which dictate the properties of the substance. While these arrangements can be easily studied in each phase individually, it is significantly harder to ... more
+ NASA team investigates ultrafast laser machining for multiple spaceflight applications
+ Spaced-out nanotwins make for stronger metals
+ Eye-tracking glasses provide a new vision for the future of augmented reality
+ Super-computer brings 'cloud' to astronauts in space
+ NUS researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight supermaterial
+ Video game action heads for the cloud
+ Physicists name and codify new field in nanotechnology: 'electron quantum metamaterials'


Griffith precision measurement takes it to the limit
Nathan, Australia (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
Griffith University researchers have demonstrated a procedure for making precise measurements of speed, acceleration, material properties and even gravity waves possible, approaching the ultimate sensitivity allowed by laws of quantum physics. Published in Nature Communications, the work saw the Griffith team, led by Professor Geoff Pryde, working with photons (single particles of light) a ... more
+ Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter
+ In five -10 years, gravitational waves could accurately measure universe's expansion
+ RUDN physicist described the shape of a wormhole
+ Kin of gravitational wave source discovered
+ RUDN mathematicians confirmed the possibility of data transfer via gravitational waves
+ GRACE-FO Satellite Switching to Backup Instrument Processing Unit
+ Boosting gravitational wave detectors with quantum tricks
Quantum on the edge: Light shines on new pathway for quantum technology
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 02, 2018
Scientists in Australia have for the first time demonstrated the protection of correlated states between paired photons - packets of light energy - using the intriguing physical concept of topology. This experimental breakthrough opens a pathway to build a new type of quantum bit, the building blocks for quantum computers. The research, developed in close collaboration with Israeli colleag ... more
+ Tiny old star has huge impact
+ Physicists create new, simpler-than-ever quantum 'hard drive for light'
+ Astronomers discover the giant that shaped the early days of our Milky Way
+ Galactic ghosts: Gaia uncovers major event in the formation of the Milky Way
+ Time-lapse shows thirty years in the life of supernova 1987A
+ Artificial intelligence bot trained to recognize galaxies
+ Hubble reveals cosmic Bat Shadow in the Serpent's Tail


China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered
Zhuhai, China (AFP) Nov 6, 2018
China unveiled on Tuesday a replica of its first permanently crewed space station, which would replace the international community's orbiting laboratory and symbolises the country's major ambitions beyond Earth. The 17-metre (55-foot) core module was a star attraction at the biennial Airshow China in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, the country's main aerospace industry exhibition. T ... more
+ China's space programs open up to world
+ China's commercial aerospace companies flourishing
+ China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
+ 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


Magnetic pumping pushes plasma particles to high energies
Portland OR (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
As you walk away from a campfire on a cool autumn night, you quickly feel colder. The same thing happens in outer space. As it spins, the sun continuously flings hot material into space, out to the furthest reaches of our solar system. This material, called the solar wind, is very hot close to the sun, and we expect it to cool quickly as it streams away. Satellite observations, however, sh ... more
+ ESA rocks space weather
+ Borexino sheds light on solar neutrinos
+ A stellar achievement: Magnetized space winds in the laboratory
+ Parker Solar Probe breaks record, becomes closest spacecraft to Sun
+ Grant for solar physics aims to understand the Sun in its entirety
+ Scientist explores a better way to predict space weather
+ Students help scientist ID the sonic signatures of solar storms
Telstar 18 VANTAGE satellite now operational over Asia Pacific
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Telesat reports that its new Telstar 18 VANTAGE high throughput satellite (HTS) is fully operational at 138 degrees East and has entered commercial service. Telstar 18 VANTAGE was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on September 10 and will serve growing demand for mobility, enterprise and telecom services across the Asia Pacific region. Bu ... more
+ How Max Polyakov from Zaporozhie develops the Ukrainian space industry
+ SpaceFund launches the world's first space security token to fund the opening of the high frontier
+ ESA on the way to Space19+ and beyond
+ Ministers endorse vision for the future of Europe in space
+ Space industry entropy
+ European Space Talks: we need more space!
+ Source reveals timing of OneWeb satellites' debut launch on Soyuz


New insights on comet tails are blowing in the solar wind
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 05, 2018
Engineers and scientists gathered around a screen in an operations room at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., eager to lay their eyes on the first data from NASA's STEREO spacecraft. It was January 2007, and the twin STEREO satellites - short for Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory - which had launched just months before, were opening their instruments' eyes for the first ... more
+ NASA'S OSIRIS-REx zooms in on Bennu
+ Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt comes to end
+ NASA's Dawn asteroid mission ends as fuel runs out
+ OSIRIS-REx captures 'super-resolution' view of Bennu
+ NASA's mission to Jupiter's trojans given the green light for development
+ FEFU astrophysicists studied asteroid 3200 Phaeton
+ OSIRIS-REx executes third asteroid approach maneuver
Pitt researcher uses video games to unlock new levels of AI
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
Expectations for artificial intelligences are very real and very high. An analysis in Forbes projects revenues from A.I. will skyrocket from $1.62 billion in 2018 to $31.2 billion in 2025. The report also included a survey revealing 84 percent of enterprises believe investing in A.I. will lead to competitive advantages. "It is exciting to see the tremendous successes and progress made in r ... more
+ Fire ant colonies could inspire molecular machines, swarming robots
+ Shape-shifting robots perceive surroundings, make decisions for first time
+ NASA researchers teach machines to "see"
+ Humans help robots learn tasks
+ Elephant trunks form joints to pick up small objects
+ Small flying robots haul heavy loads
+ How to mass produce cell-sized robots
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