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November 21, 2018
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Roscosmos, NASA to work together on concept of Lunar orbital station



Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2018
Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation and NASA will work on the concept of a lunar orbital station that may be built with the fully-fledged participation of Russia, Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday. "Today NASA is highly interested in the full-fledged Russian participation [in development of a lunar station], and I hope that together we will shape the full architecture of the future lunar mission," Rogozin said at a press conference held at the Rossiya Segodnya Information Agency ... read more

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App to the Moon
Paris (ESA) Nov 19, 2018
It is magnificently quiet at the rim of the lunar crater. Nearly 400 000 km away from Earth, the silence and vastness of the unknown terrain can be overwhelming. Yet our moonwalker does not feel alo ... more
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2028 moon mission pitched at US National Space Council meeting
Washington DC (Sputnik) Nov 17, 2018
A potential mission to the moon in 2028 was presented Thursday to the US National Space Council's (NSC) Users' Advisory Group in response to US President Donald Trump's idea of going to the Moon. ... more
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Lunar Outpost unveils lunar resource prospecting rover
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 14, 2018
Lunar Outpost, a space technology startup developing enabling technologies for a sustained presence on the Lunar surface, announced their Lunar Prospector designed to search for and map the Moon's n ... more
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European-built Service Module arrives in US for first Orion lunar mission
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Nov 07, 2018
The powerhouse that will help NASA's Orion spacecraft venture beyond the Moon is stateside. The European-built service module that will propel, power and cool during Orion flight to the Moon on Expl ... more
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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 ch ... 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


NASA calls for instruments, technologies for delivery to the Moon

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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
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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
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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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Mars Moon Got Its Grooves from Rolling Stones
Providence, RI (SPX) Nov 21, 2018
A new study bolsters the idea that strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free from an ancient asteroid impact. The research, published in Planetary and Space Science, uses computer models to simulate the movement of debris from Stickney crater, a huge gash on one end of Phobos' oblong body. The models show that boulders r ... more
+ NASA picks ancient Martian river delta for 2020 rover touchdown
+ HP3 mole onboard NASA's InSight mission soon to land on Mars
+ What two planetary siblings can teach us about life
+ NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years
+ Overflowing crater lakes carved canyons across Mars
+ How NASA will know when InSight touches down on Mars
+ For arid, Mars-like desert, rain brings death
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


Encouraging prospects for moon hunters
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 21, 2018
Astrophysicists of the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich and the Swiss NCCR PlanetS show how the icy moons of Uranus were born. Their result suggests that such potentially habitable worlds are much more abundant in the universe than previously thought. The unprecedentedly complex computer simulations were performed at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano. Our solar syst ... more
+ Evidence for ancient glaciation on Pluto
+ SwRI team makes breakthroughs studying Pluto orbiter mission
+ 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
UK Space Agency funds new experiments onboard the International Space Station
London, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2018
UK science will be launched into space to help tackle the effects of ageing, thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency, the Science Minister Sam Gyimah has announced. The minister unveiled close to 3 million pounds of new funding for the experiments, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday 20 November. Due to launch in 2021, two of the exper ... more
+ NASA probes 'drug-free' policies, safety at SpaceX, Boeing
+ Your own private space vacation
+ Crew assistant CIMON successfully completes first tasks in space
+ Space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement
+ Zero G Kitchen prepares to launch its first appliance to Space
+ Russian space freighter docks with ISS in automatic mode
+ Robotic arm links cargo craft to International Space Station
Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles
Dresden, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2018
A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University Australia, has succeeded in significantly increasing the stability and biocompatibility of special light-transducing nanoparticles. The team has developed the so-called "upconverting" nanoparticles that not only convert infrared light into UV-visible light, bu ... more
+ Nano-scale process may speed arrival of cheaper hi-tech products
+ Watching nanoparticles
+ Penn engineers develop ultrathin, ultralight nanocardboard
+ Physicists designed new antenna for supersensitive magnetometers of a new generation
+ 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
Microlaunchers: new ways to access space
Paris (ESA) Nov 19, 2018
Access to space was in the spotlight at this week's F event which followed an ESA-hosted workshop on Europe's emerging microlaunch services held in Paris, France for industry, investors and institutions. After a presentation at this workshop on ESA's vision and roadmap, five companies - PLD Space, Deimos, Avio, ArianeGroup and MT Aerospace - each shared the findings of their ESA-funded fea ... more
+ Probing the Plume
+ Vega launches Earth observation satellite for Morocco
+ SpaceX's Elon Musk renames his big rocket "Starship"
+ A job and a half for first Eurostar Neo mission
+ Rocket Lab announces $140 Million in new funding
+ DLR is developing a reusable rocket engine for launching small satellites
+ With each rocket launch, 'I have three heart attacks'


Evolving Chinese Space Ecosystem To Foster Innovative Environment
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 21, 2018
According to Euroconsult's latest report, China Space Industry 2018, the China space value chain had an estimated size of more than $16 billion in 2017, with the downstream market accounting for just over 85%. Satellite Navigation, one of the key satellite applications in China, was the main revenue generator in 2017, ahead of Satellite Communications and Earth Observation. This premier ed ... more
+ China sends 5 satellites into orbit via single rocket
+ China releases smart solution for verifying reliability of space equipment components
+ China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered
+ 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
NRL demonstrates new non-mechanical laser steering technology
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2018
Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have recently demonstrated a new nonmechanical chip-based beam steering technology that offers an alternative to costly, cumbersome and often unreliable and inefficient mechanical gimbal-style laser scanners. The chip, known as a steerable electro-evanescent optical refractor, or SEEOR, takes laser light in the mid-wavelength infrared (MWIR) ... more
+ Combination 3D Printer will recycle plastic in space
+ Scientists engineer a functional optical lens out of 2D materials
+ Treated superalloys demonstrate unprecedented heat resistance
+ New space industry emerges: on-orbit servicing
+ Japan awards Northrop Grumman contract for E-2D Hawkeye radar aircraft
+ Space Tango unveils ST-42 for scalable manufacturing in space for Earth-based applications
+ Electronic skin points the way north


Universal laws in impact dynamics of dust agglomerates under microgravity conditions
Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Nov 19, 2018
Everybody is familiar with granular clusters - while making a cake in the kitchen, you see that the flour forms clumps. Porous dust agglomerates - clumps of clumps of dust grains - are considered to be building materials in the formation of planets. But to reveal how planets are formed, the physical behaviour of these dust clumps has to be properly understood. In particular, their response ... more
+ Griffith precision measurement takes it to the limit
+ 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
Bending light around tight corners without backscattering losses
Durham NC (SPX) Nov 20, 2018
Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a device that can direct photons of light around sharp corners with virtually no losses due to backscattering, a key property that will be needed if electronics are ever to be replaced with light-based devices. The result was achieved with photonic crystals built on the concept of topological insulators, which won its discoverers a Nobel Prize ... more
+ Astronomers discover giant relic of disrupted 'tadpole' galaxy
+ Doomed star in Milky Way threatens rare gamma-ray burst
+ Visualizations of the Universe form heart of new "deep field" film
+ Kepler Space Telescope bid 'goodnight' with final commands
+ Exploding stars make key ingredient in sand, glass
+ When not seeing is believing as Oumuamua mystery continues
+ Astronomers find picture of hefty star before it blew up


Evolving Chinese Space Ecosystem To Foster Innovative Environment
Montreal, Canada (SPX) Nov 21, 2018
According to Euroconsult's latest report, China Space Industry 2018, the China space value chain had an estimated size of more than $16 billion in 2017, with the downstream market accounting for just over 85%. Satellite Navigation, one of the key satellite applications in China, was the main revenue generator in 2017, ahead of Satellite Communications and Earth Observation. This premier ed ... more
+ China sends 5 satellites into orbit via single rocket
+ China releases smart solution for verifying reliability of space equipment components
+ China unveils new 'Heavenly Palace' space station as ISS days numbered
+ 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


Auroras help scientists study energy instabilities in space
Washington (UPI) Nov 16, 2018
Scientists are using auroras to better understand the physics of explosive energy instabilities in space. "An instability is a physical process whereby the energy output can essentially grow very quickly without limits," Colin Forsyth, physicist at the University College London's, told UPI in an email. When a clean swell breaks and crashes on the beach, or when a pile of sand sud ... more
+ NASA retires prolific solar observatory after 16 years
+ Scientists map magnetic reconnection in Earth's magnetotail
+ Auroras Unlock the Physics of Energetic Processes in Space
+ Windy with a chance of magnetic storms - space weather science with cluster
+ A stellar achievement: Magnetized space winds in the laboratory
+ ESA rocks space weather
+ Parker Solar Probe Reports Good Status After Close Solar Approach
Airbus to build new generation broadcast satellites to renew Eutelsat HOTBIRD fleet
Toulouse, France (SPX) Nov 21, 2018
Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat, one of the world's leading satellites operators, to build two HOTBIRD new generation telecommunication satellites that will replace the current spacecraft and enhance capacity at Eutelsat's premium broadcasting position 13 degrees East. The two satellites will deliver improved performances over the European and Middle-Eastern footprint, reinforced by a ... more
+ Goonhilly partners with Airbus, other industry leaders and academics in proposed SmartSat CRC to drive Australia's space sector
+ SpaceX gets nod to put 12,000 satellites in orbit
+ Space technology company to set up high-volume production of ultra-powerful LEO satellite platforms
+ Extended life for ESA's science missions
+ ESA's 25 years of telecom: the beginning
+ ESA's space vision presented at Paris Peace Forum
+ GomSpace Group resolves on a rights issue of approximately SEK 298 million


Odd bodies, rapid spins keep cosmic rings close
Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 21, 2018
Forget those shepherding moons. Gravity and the odd shapes of asteroid Chariklo and dwarf planet Haumea - small objects deep in our solar system - can be credited for forming and maintaining their own rings, according new research in Nature Astronomy. "Rings appear around Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus, but scientists found rings around Chariklo and Haumea within the last few years. C ... more
+ NASA OSIRIS-REx flexes its "arm" before arriving at Asteroid Bennu
+ TAGSAM testing complete: OSIRIS-REx prepared to TAG an asteroid
+ NASA learns more about interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua
+ Meteorite crater discovered under Greenland ice
+ NASA's OSIRIS-REx executes fourth asteroid approach maneuver
+ Dawn falls silent as a successful mission comes to an end
+ Cosmic Detective Work: Why We Care About Space Rocks
CODE demonstrates autonomy and collaboration with minimal human commands
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2018
In a recent test series at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, DARPA's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program demonstrated the ability of CODE-equipped Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) to adapt and respond to unexpected threats in an anti-access area denial (A2AD) environment. The UASs efficiently shared information, cooperatively planned and allocated mission objectives, ... more
+ US mulls curbs on artificial intelligence exports
+ How to make AI less biased
+ Researchers in Japan make android child's face strikingly more expressive
+ Nepal's first robot waiter is ready for orders
+ Chinese state media debuts 'AI' news anchors
+ 'Autonomous Warrior': UK Army Conducts its Largest Test of Battlefield Robots
+ Artificial sensor mimics human sense of touch
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