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June 04, 2019
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Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets



Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market. They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which are not limited to spatial-temporal big-data applications and aerospace application systems, and jointly buil ... read more

ENERGY TECH
Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion
Vancouver, Canada (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019
Scientists from the University of British Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Maryland, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Google are conducting a mult ... more
MOON DAILY
What Causes Flashes on the Moon
Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019
On the Moon flashes and other enigmatic light phenomena can be observed again and again. With a new telescope, a professor at the University of Wurzburg wants to get to the bottom of these phenomena ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA's Mars 2020 gets HD eyes
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 02, 2019
One of the first operations the Mars 2020 rover will perform after touching down on the Red Planet's Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021, will be to raise its remote sensing mast (RSM), which carries imp ... more
IRON AND ICE
VLT Observes Passing Double Asteroid Hurtling by Earth
Garching, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019
The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have enabled it to obtain the sharpest images of a double asteroid as it flew by Earth on 25 May. While this double ast ... more
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MOON DAILY
Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the Moon
Melbourne, Australia (The Conversation) Jun 04, 2019
he Moon has always served as an inspiration for humanity, and there are many potential benefits for further exploration of our planet's rocky satellite. But we need to establish guidelines to ... more
MARSDAILY
Mars on Earth - what next?
Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2019
A Mars Sample Return campaign would bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth for examination in the best terrestrial laboratories - but choosing the samples and storing them on Mars for later r ... more
MARSDAILY
'Fettuccine' may be most obvious sign of life on Mars
Champaign IL (SPX) Jun 03, 2019
A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might want to check for rocks that look like pasta, researchers report in the journal Astrobiology. The bacterium that controls the fo ... more
EXO WORLDS
Pair of Fledgling Planets Seen Growing Around Young Star
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2019
Astronomers have directly imaged two exoplanets that are gravitationally carving out a wide gap within a planet-forming disk surrounding a young star. While over a dozen exoplanets have been directl ... more
EXO WORLDS
ExoMars orbiter prepares for Rosalind Franklin
Paris (ESA) May 31, 2019
On 15 June, the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will follow a different path. An 'Inclination Change Manoeuvre' will put the spacecraft in an altered orbit, e ... more
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MOON DAILY
NASA selects Intuitive Machines for robotic return to the moon in 2021
Houston TX (SPX) May 31, 2019
Intuitive Machines will join NASA's new era of lunar exploration with a robotic landing on the Moon in 2021, under a contract award announced by NASA on Friday. The firm, fixed-price contract for no ... more
MARSDAILY
A European mission control for the Martian rover
Paris (ESA) May 31, 2019
The ExoMars rover has a brand new control centre in one of Europe's largest Mars yards. The Rover Operations Control Centre (ROCC) was inaugurated in Turin, Italy, ahead of the rover's exploration a ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Microgravity Zero Boiloff Tank experiments provide data for Pressure Control Systems
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 31, 2019
Long-duration cryogenic storage of propellant and life support liquids is an enabling technology within the critical path of nearly all envisioned human planetary missions [1]. The pressurization an ... more
MARSDAILY
The radiation showstopper for Mars exploration
Paris (ESA) Jun 02, 2019
An astronaut on a mission to Mars could receive radiation doses up to 700 times higher than on our planet - a major showstopper for the safe exploration of our Solar System. A team of European exper ... more
EXO WORLDS
Physicists Discover New Clue to Planet Formation
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 04, 2019
An international study led by the Monash School of Physics and Astronomy has discovered the first observational evidence for the existence of circumplanetary discs. The study published in the Astrop ... more


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MOON DAILY
Astrobotic awarded contract to deliver 14 NASA payloads to the moon
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 31, 2019
Astrobotic was selected by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver 14 payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in July 2021. With this $79.5 million CLPS award, ... more
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MOON DAILY
NASA selects first commercial moon landing services for Artemis Program
Washington DC (SPX) May 31, 2019
NASA has selected three commercial Moon landing service providers that will deliver science and technology payloads under Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) as part of the Artemis program. Eac ... more
ROBO SPACE
Rise of the Machines: AI beats humans in multiplayer shooter
Washington (AFP) May 31, 2019
It's official: the machines are going to destroy you (if, that is, you're a professional multiplayer gamer). ... more
MOON DAILY
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for sixth lunar day
Beijing (XNA) May 30, 2019
The lander and the rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the sixth lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night. The lander woke up at 6 ... more
EXO WORLDS
The 'forbidden' planet has been found in the 'Neptunian Desert'
Warwick UK (SPX) May 30, 2019
An exoplanet smaller than Neptune with its own atmosphere has been discovered in the Neptunian Desert, by an international collaboration of astronomers, with the University of Warwick taking a leadi ... more
MOON DAILY
US and Japan partner on future moon mission
Washington DC (VOA) May 30, 2019
At a May meeting in Washington, U.S. and Japanese officials affirmed the desire for continued scientific cooperation between the two countries. They collaborate on space exploration, space and earth ... more
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A European mission control for the Martian rover
Paris (ESA) May 31, 2019
The ExoMars rover has a brand new control centre in one of Europe's largest Mars yards. The Rover Operations Control Centre (ROCC) was inaugurated in Turin, Italy, ahead of the rover's exploration adventure on the Red Planet in 2021. The control centre will be the operational hub that orchestrates the roaming of the European-built laboratory on wheels, named after Rosalind Franklin, upon a ... more
+ The radiation showstopper for Mars exploration
+ Mars on Earth - what next?
+ NASA's Mars 2020 gets HD eyes
+ NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Finds a Clay Cache
+ Comet inspires chemistry for making breathable oxygen on Mars
+ 'Fettuccine' may be most obvious sign of life on Mars
+ NASA photo showcases landing site for Mars 2020


Astrobotic awarded contract to deliver 14 NASA payloads to the moon
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 31, 2019
Astrobotic was selected by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver 14 payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in July 2021. With this $79.5 million CLPS award, Astrobotic has now secured 28 payloads for lunar delivery as part of its first mission. Fifty years after Apollo 11, Pittsburgh's Astrobotic is returning America back to the Moon in partnership with N ... more
+ NASA selects first commercial moon landing services for Artemis Program
+ US and Japan partner on future moon mission
+ NASA selects Intuitive Machines for robotic return to the moon in 2021
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for sixth lunar day
+ Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the Moon
+ What Causes Flashes on the Moon
+ 'A long ride': 50 years ago, a dress rehearsal for the Moon landing
On Pluto the Winter is approaching, and the atmosphere is vanishing into frost
Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 21, 2019
With less than a fifth of the Moon's mass, Pluto can still retain an atmosphere, though a tenuous envelope of gas produced by the periodical sublimation of nitrogen ices. A study that followed the evolution of Pluto's atmosphere for fourteen years shows its seasonal nature, and predicts that it will now start to condensate as frost. This study1 was published in the journal Astronomy and As ... more
+ Neptune's moon Triton fosters rare icy union
+ Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic Field
+ Gas insulation could be protecting an ocean inside Pluto
+ NASA's New Horizons Team Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science Results
+ Brazilian scientists investigate dwarf planet's ring
+ Next-Generation NASA Instrument Advanced to Study the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune
+ Public Invited to Help Name Solar System's Largest Unnamed World
Pair of Fledgling Planets Seen Growing Around Young Star
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2019
Astronomers have directly imaged two exoplanets that are gravitationally carving out a wide gap within a planet-forming disk surrounding a young star. While over a dozen exoplanets have been directly imaged, this is only the second multi-planet system to be photographed. (The first was a four-planet system orbiting the star HR 8799.) Unlike HR 8799, though, the planets in this system are still g ... more
+ ExoMars orbiter prepares for Rosalind Franklin
+ The 'forbidden' planet has been found in the 'Neptunian Desert'
+ Physicists Discover New Clue to Planet Formation
+ Bacteria's protein quality control agent offers insight into origins of life
+ Features that could be used to detect life-friendly climates on other worlds
+ Meteor magnets in outer space
+ Detecting bacteria in space
Proton launches Russian comsat Yamal-601 into Orbit
Moscow, Russia (SPX) May 31, 2019
Proton M / Breeze M integrated launch vehicle was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on May 30 at 8:42 pm (Moscow time) and successfully injected the Yamal-601 telecommunication satellite into orbit for the Russian satellite operator JSC Gazprom Space Systems. The customer has taken control of the new satellite. The Yamal-601 project is part of the Targeted Federal Program for the Devel ... more
+ NASA Makes Progress Assembling Massive Space Launch System Rocket Stage
+ NASA Reaches New Milestone on Complex, Large Rocket
+ RUAG Space produces thermal insulation for launchers
+ New Russian Soyuz-5 launcher should conquer commercial market - Roscosmos
+ Ozmens' SNC test-fires new rocket engine in preparation for US launches
+ ULA Completes Final Design Review for New Vulcan Centaur Rocket
+ From airport to spaceport as UK targets horizontal spaceflight


Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets
Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market. They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more
+ Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos
+ China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missions
+ China's satellite navigation industry sees rapid development
+ China's Yuanwang-7 departs for space monitoring missions
+ China's tracking ship Yuanwang-2 starts new mission after retirement
+ China to build moon station in 'about 10 years'
+ China to enhance international space cooperation
VLT Observes Passing Double Asteroid Hurtling by Earth
Garching, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2019
The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have enabled it to obtain the sharpest images of a double asteroid as it flew by Earth on 25 May. While this double asteroid was not itself a threatening object, scientists used the opportunity to rehearse the response to a hazardous Near-Earth Object (NEO), proving that ESO's front-line technology could be critical i ... more
+ GomSpace to design world's first stand-alone nanosatellite asteroid rendezvous mission
+ Oldest meteorite collection on Earth found in one of the driest places
+ Curtin planetary scientist unravels mystery of Egyptian desert glass
+ A family of comets reopens the debate about the origin of Earth's water
+ NASA Invites Public to Help Asteroid Mission Choose Sample Site
+ Bedbugs survived the impact event that wiped out the dinosaurs
+ 'Extreme Crunch' Looming if No Limits Put on Space Mining 'Gold Rush'


US Navy Ships to Deploy Lasers as Anti-Missile Defense in 2021
Washington DC (Sputnik) May 27, 2019
In an attempt to outflank Russian and Chinese naval tactics, the US Navy is rushing to put a laser defense system on its destroyers - first, for the purpose of improving targeting, but eventually scaling the lasers up to being weapons in themselves. The US Navy aims to begin replacing its present anti-missile weapons systems with laser-based ones beginning in 2021 with the guided missile d ... more
+ Raytheon shoots down drone with lasers, microwaves in Air Force test
+ Leidos awarded $19.3M for work on laser weapon system
+ Anti-Satellite Laser Base Discovered in China's Xinjiang Province
+ U.S. Air Force tests microwave, laser weapon systems
Syrian air defence fires at 'enemy missiles' in Damascus: state media
Damascus (AFP) June 2, 2019
The Syrian army's anti-aircraft defence was activated Sunday against "enemy missiles" fired from Israel at "positions" in southwest Damascus, the official SANA news agency quoted a military source as saying. "At dawn Sunday, enemy air targets arrived from the occupied Golan", the military source said. "Our air defence blocked and shot down these enemy missiles which targeted our positions in ... more
+ Pentagon calls Turkey plan to buy Russian missiles 'devastating'
+ Erdogan offers Trump working group on Russian missiles
+ Washington says 'possible' Ankara will reject Russian missiles
+ Patriot system, transport ship sent to Middle East as Iran tensions rise
+ Lockheed Martin awarded $84.9 million Navy contract for AEGIS system development
+ State Department approves $2.7B Patriot system sale to UAE
+ Turkey to buy Russian missiles despite US 'threats'


Researchers find ice feature on Saturn's giant moon
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 01, 2019
Rain, seas and a surface of eroding organic material can be found both on Earth and on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. However, on Titan it is methane, not water, that fills the lakes with slushy raindrops. While trying to find the source of Titan's methane, University of Arizona researcher Caitlin Griffith and her team discovered something unexoldpected - a long ice feature that wraps nearl ... more
+ Giant planets and big data: What deep learning reveals about Saturn's storms
+ Deep learning takes Saturn by storm
+ NASA's Cassini Reveals Surprises with Titan's Lakes
+ New close-ups of the mini-moons in Saturn's rings
+ Scientist sheds light on Titan's mysterious nitrogen atmosphere
+ Cassini data show Saturn's Rings relatively new
+ Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn
Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles
Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more
+ Fast and selective optical heating for functional nanomagnetic metamaterials
+ 2D gold quantum dots are atomically tunable with nanotubes
+ Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems
+ AD alloyed nanoantennas for temperature-feedback identification of viruses and explosives
+ Quantum optical cooling of nanoparticles
+ Researchers report new light-activated micro pump
+ Defects help nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time


Development of a displacement sensor to measure gravity of smallest source mass ever
Sendai, Japan (SPX) May 23, 2019
One of the most unknown phenomena in modern physics is gravity. Its measurement and laws remain somewhat of an enigma. Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed important information about a new aspect of the nature of gravity by probing the smallest mass-scale. Professor Nobuyuki Matsumoto has led a team of researchers to develop a gravity sensor based on monitoring the displacement ... more
+ Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
+ UCLA students touch space with a microgravity experiment
+ LIGO and Virgo Detect Neutron Star Smash-Ups
+ Scientists Find More Evidence the Universe Is a Violent Place
+ What Earth's gravity reveals about climate change
+ Ten years before the detection of gravitational waves
+ Upgraded Detectors to Resume Hunt for Gravitational Waves
A unique experiment to explore black holes
Paris (ESA) May 27, 2019
What happens when two supermassive black holes collide? Combining the observing power of two future ESA missions, Athena and LISA, would allow us to study these cosmic clashes and their mysterious aftermath for the first time. Supermassive black holes, with masses ranging from millions to billions of Suns, sit at the core of most massive galaxies across the Universe. We don't know exactly ... more
+ The geometry of an electron determined for the first time
+ Physicists create stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet in laboratory
+ Clocks, gravity, and the limits of relativity
+ Colliding lasers double the energy of proton beams
+ Physicists discover new type of spin waves
+ NIST team demonstrates heart of next-generation chip-scale atomic clock
+ 'Fire streaks' ever more real in the collisions of atomic nuclei and protons


Rise of the Machines: AI beats humans in multiplayer shooter
Washington (AFP) May 31, 2019
It's official: the machines are going to destroy you (if, that is, you're a professional multiplayer gamer). A team of programmers at a British artificial intelligence company has designed automated "agents" that taught themselves how to play the seminal first-person shooter Quake III Arena, and became so good they consistently beat human beings. The work of the researchers from DeepMind ... more
+ Army project develops agile scouting robots
+ Robots activated by water may be the next frontier
+ Better together: human and robot co-workers
+ Artificial intelligence becomes life-long learner with new framework
+ Toy transformers and real-life whales inspire biohybrid robot
+ With a hop, a skip and a jump, high-flying robot leaps through obstacles with ease
+ Spidey senses could help autonomous machines see better
Insitu nabs $47.9M to deliver ScanEagle drones to four U.S. allies in Asia
Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019
Insitu was awarded a $47.9 million contract for 34 ScanEagle reconnaissance unmanned air vehicles for four governments in Asia. The Boeing subsidiary will provide 12 aircraft for Malaysia, 8 for Indonesia, 8 for the Philippines and six for Vietnam, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. The order also provides for spare payloads, spare and repair parts, support equipmen ... more
+ General Atomics awarded $36.4M for drone, intelligence work in Afghanistan
+ Northrop Grumman nabs $65M for drones for Navy, Australia
+ 'Neural Lander' uses AI to land drones smoothly
+ Vestas launches massive drone-based blade inspection campaign
+ Citadel Defense awarded contract to prevent UAV attacks at sensitive government locations
+ Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can't
+ Northrop Grumman awarded $163.6M to support Army's Hunter drone
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