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  Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 08, 2019 We see more and more reports of debris concern among satellite operators and space observers. Add to this the many recent announcements of multiple broadband satellite constellations that are being funded and developed for launch in the next few years. Just focusing on low Earth orbits (LEO), there are an estimated 15,000 satellites in the works. For example, Amazon is planning to launch 3,236 satellite and SpaceX is already building the first of 4,000 multi-hundred-kilogram spacecraft. Add all of ... read more |
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NASA's Curiosity Rover finds an ancient oasis on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 08, 2019 If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with NASA's Curiosity rover. Imagine ponds dotting the floor of Gale C ... more  
Artemis, meet ARTEMIS: Pursuing Sun Science at the MoonGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 08, 2019 By 2024, NASA will land astronauts, including the first woman and next man, on the Moon as part of the Artemis lunar exploration program. This won't be the first time NASA takes the name Artemis to ... more  
Saturn surpasses Jupiter after the discovery of 20 new moonsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 08, 2019 Move over Jupiter; Saturn is the new moon king. A team led by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard has found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn. This brings the ringed planet's total number of moons to 82, surpas ... more  
Were hot, humid summers the key to life's origins?St. Louis, MO (SPX) Oct 08, 2019 Uncovering how the first biological molecules (like proteins and DNA) arose is a major goal for researchers attempting to solve the origin of life. Today, chemists at Saint Louis University, in coll ... more |
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A fresh attempt for the first 'Mole' on MarsCologne, Germany (SPX) Oct 04, 2019 Only five centimetres of the Mars 'Mole' are still protruding above the planet's surface, and it is thought that it could have initially driven itself as much as 35 centimetres into the subsurface. ... more 
New organic compounds found in Enceladus ice grainsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2019 New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from Saturn's moon Enceladus. The findings are the result of the ongoing deep dive into data ... more 
UK eases sanctions on Moscow to allow activities related to joint space mission to MarsLondon, UK (Sputnik) Oct 04, 2019 The United Kingdom has eased sanctions on Russia by amending its Export Control Order 2014 to allow for certain activities necessary for the ExoMars-2020 joint Russia-EU space mission. "Articl ... more 
Scientists observe formation of individual viruses, a firstWashington (UPI) Oct 4, 2019 Scientists have captured images of individual viruses forming, gaining insights into the mechanics of viral assembly. ... more  
When it comes to robots, reliability may matter more than reasoningAdelphi MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 What does it take for a human to trust a robot? That is what Army researchers are uncovering in a new study into how humans and robots work together. Research into human-agent teaming, or HAT, has e ... more |
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 Controlling robots across oceans and space 
Vietnamese roll out Transformers-inspired robot with green messageHanoi (AFP) Oct 4, 2019 There is more than meets the eye to the towering robot resembling a character from the "Transformers" movie franchise - it speaks Vietnamese and is made from spare motorbike parts. ... more  |
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Illinois researchers develop new framework for nanoantenna light absorptionUrbana IL (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 Harnessing light's energy into nanoscale volumes requires novel engineering approaches to overcome a fundamental barrier known as the "diffraction limit." However, University of Illinois researchers ... more 
NASA designing shapeshifting robots for Saturn's moonsPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 26, 2019 Mini robots that can roll, fly, float and swim, then morph into a single machine? Together they form Shapeshifter, a developing concept for a transformational vehicle to explore treacherous, distant ... more 
Astroscale and Southampton jointly advance business case for active debris removal servicesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 Astroscale, the market-leader in developing a service to remove space debris and secure long-term orbital sustainability, has announced that it will collaborate with the University of Southampton on ... more 
NASA opens call for Artemis lunar landersWashington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2019 NASA is seeking proposals for human lunar landing systems designed and developed by American companies for the Artemis program, which includes sending the first woman and next man to the surface of ... more  
NASA's Juno prepares to jump Jupiter's shadowPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2019 Last night, NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver - extraordinarily long by mission standards. The goal of the burn, as it's known, will keep the solar ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 7, 2019 
Data collected by NASA's Curiosity rover suggests Mars once hosted dozens of shallow briny ponds that periodically overflowed and then dried.
Scientists on the Curiosity mission described their interpretation of the rover's Gale Crater observations - and of the ancient Martian landscape - in a new paper published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 07, 2019 
When the first woman and next man step foot on the Moon in 2024, they will be wearing the next generation of spacesuits designed to give astronauts enhanced mobility to accomplish their exploration tasks on the lunar surface. NASA is currently designing and developing a new spacesuit system, called the Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit or xEMU, for use during Artemis missions at the Moon ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2019 
Last night, NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver - extraordinarily long by mission standards. The goal of the burn, as it's known, will keep the solar-powered spacecraft out of what would have been a mission-ending shadow cast by Jupiter on the spacecraft during its next close flyby of the planet on Nov. 3, 2019.
Juno began the maneuver yeste ... more |
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 St. Louis, MO (SPX) Oct 08, 2019 
Uncovering how the first biological molecules (like proteins and DNA) arose is a major goal for researchers attempting to solve the origin of life. Today, chemists at Saint Louis University, in collaboration with scientists at the College of Charleston and the NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Evolution, published a study in the journal Nature Communications that suggests deliquescent minerals - whic ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2019 
Virgin Orbit, a private company planning launches of orbital satellites, announced that a Royal Air Force pilot will join its team.
Flight Lt. Mathew Stannard will join the Virgin Orbit program in a three-year contract. He will be one of the company's pilots in the trials of Boeing 747-400 aircraft from which satellites will be launched. The announcement was made on Thursday in Californ ... more |
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 Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019 
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 01, 2019 
A Southwest Research Institute scientist is helping NASA observe and characterize near-Earth objects (NEOs) that could pose a threat to Earth or have potential for further exploration. SwRI's Dr. Tracy Becker is part of an international team of scientists who will use the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to study nearby asteroids and comets through a $19 million grant managed by the University ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 
German defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland will build a high-energy laser for installation aboard a German navy ship.
While performance specifications or timetables have not yet been developed by the government Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, the announcement last week is the first time the German military has entered the arena of laser weapon development.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2019 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded nearly $163.9 million for support of the space based infrared system.
The contract, awarded specifically to the company's Lockheed Martin Space division on Wednesday by the Department of Defense, covers SBIRS contractor logistics support.
The SBIRS provides early missile warning for the U.S. military through infrared surveillance. It evolved from ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2019 
New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from Saturn's moon Enceladus. The findings are the result of the ongoing deep dive into data from NASA's Cassini mission.
Powerful hydrothermal vents eject material from Enceladus' core, which mixes with water from the moon's massive subsurface ocean before it is released into space as ... more |
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 Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals.
Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecul ... more |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2019 
Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighbouring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now set its sights on the Milky Way as its next main course.
The galactic detective work found that Andromeda has eaten several smaller galaxies, likely within the last few billion years, with left-overs found in large streams of stars.
ANU researcher Dr Dougal Mackey, who co ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 04, 2019 
Dark matter was likely the starting ingredient for brewing up the very first galaxies in the universe. Shortly after the Big Bang, particles of dark matter would have clumped together in gravitational "halos," pulling surrounding gas into their cores, which over time cooled and condensed into the first galaxies.
Although dark matter is considered the backbone to the structure of the univer ... more |
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 Adelphi MD (SPX) Sep 24, 2019 
What does it take for a human to trust a robot? That is what Army researchers are uncovering in a new study into how humans and robots work together. Research into human-agent teaming, or HAT, has examined how the transparency of agents - such as robots, unmanned vehicles or software agents - influences human trust, task performance, workload and perceptions of the agent. Agent transparency refe ... more |
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 National Harbor MD (SPX) Sep 30, 2019 
With small unmanned aircraft systems - frequently called drones, becoming more common every day, the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, has developed a counter-swarm high power weapon that should cause those with nefarious intentions of using drones against United States forces at U.S. military installations at home or overseas to th ... more |
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