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  Dulles VA (SPX) Apr 20, 2020 Intelsat announced Friday that Intelsat 901 has returned to service following the successful docking with the first Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV-1) from Northrop Grumman Corporation and the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, SpaceLogistics LLC, on February 25 - the first time that two commercial spacecraft docked in geostationary orbit. Since the February rendezvous, MEV-1 has assumed navigation of the combined spacecraft stack reducing its inclination by 1.6 degrees and relocating IS-901 to its ... read more |
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New photon-counting camera captures 3D images with record speed and resolutionWashington DC (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 Researchers have developed the first megapixel photon-counting camera based on new-generation image sensor technology that uses single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). The new camera can detect sing ... more  
ESA helps analyse untouched Moon rocksParis (ESA) Apr 17, 2020 Almost 50 years after the Apollo missions returned lunar material to Earth, ESA experts are helping to uncover the secrets of two previously unopened samples to learn more about ancient processes on ... more 
China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 17th lunar dayBeijing (XNA) Apr 17, 2020 The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 17th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night. The lander woke up at 1:24 p. ... more  
Applying mathematics to accelerate predictions for capturing fusion energyPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 A key issue for scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth is forecasting the performance of the volatile plasma that fuels fusion reactions. Making such predictio ... more |
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Long spaceflights affect astronaut brain volumeOak Brook IL (SPX) Apr 15, 2020 Extended periods in space have long been known to cause vision problems in astronauts. Now a new study in the journal Radiology suggests that the impact of long-duration space travel is more far-rea ... more 
Self-powered X-ray detector to revolutionize imaging for medicine and securityLos Alamos NM (SPX) Apr 14, 2020 A new X-ray detector prototype is on the brink of revolutionizing medical imaging, with dramatic reduction in radiation exposure and the associated health risks, while also boosting resolution in se ... more 
Xplore wins USAF award for innovative Cislunar commercial capabilitiesSeattle WA (SPX) Apr 15, 2020 Xplore Inc., a commercial space company has announced they have won an Air Force award to study positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solutions for cislunar space. The award category, for commerc ... more 
DARPA program to build travel adapter for human bodyWashington DC (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 Warfighters are travelers and thus suffer from travelers' ailments including disrupted sleep cycles and limited access to safe food and water. Warfighters who have not slept well have lower alertnes ... more  
Singapore disinfecting robot trialled in virus fightSingapore (AFP) April 17, 2020 Singapore researchers have invented a disinfecting robot with an arm that mimics human movement, to help take the load off overworked cleaners during the coronavirus pandemic. ... more |
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Salmon parasite is world's first non-oxygen breathing animalWashington DC (UPI) Feb 26, 2020 Scientists have discovered an unusual species of parasite hiding the muscles of salmon. The tiny species, comprised of just ten cells, is unlike all other animals known to science. The species, Henneguya salminicola, doesn't breathe oxygen. ... more  |
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Moon dust and 3D printing will be standard for future lunar operationsMilan, Italy (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 Can 3D Printers support extra-terrestrial colonisation in Space? One of the major challenges related to space exploration is the development of production technologies capable of exploiting the few ... more 
HD 158259 and it's six planets almost in rhythmGeneva, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 An international team lead by researchers of the University of Geneva has discovered a six-planets system. Almost visible to the naked eye in the Draco constellation, the star HD 158259 has be ... more 
CHEOPS space telescope ready for scientific operationBern, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 CHEOPS is a joint mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Switzerland, under the leadership of the University of Bern in collaboration with the University of Geneva (UNIGE). After almost thre ... more 
Earth-Size, Habitable Zone Planet Found Hidden in Early NASA Kepler DataMoffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star whe ... more 
CIMON-2 makes its successful debut on the ISSFriedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 CIMON-2, the updated version of the CIMON astronaut assistant, developed and built by Airbus for the German Aerospace Center Space Administration (DLR), has now demonstrated its capabilities during ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 15, 2020 
For people who are able to work remotely during this time of social distancing, video conferences and emails have helped bridge the gap. The same holds true for the team behind NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. They're dealing with the same challenges of so many remote workers - quieting the dog, sharing space with partners and family, remembering to step away from the desk from time to time - but wi ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 17, 2020 
Almost 50 years after the Apollo missions returned lunar material to Earth, ESA experts are helping to uncover the secrets of two previously unopened samples to learn more about ancient processes on the Moon - and to refine and practice techniques for future sample return missions.
With one sample already being analysed, preparations are now being made to open the second later this year. ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 
New Horizons is healthy and performing perfectly as it flies deeper and deeper into the Kuiper Belt! Recently we conducted an engineering review of the spacecraft to "trend" how it was working compared to when it was launched. The result was amazing: Every system and science instrument aboard New Horizons is working as well as it did when we lifted off, more than 14 years and almost 5 billion mi ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 16, 2020 
Where did life first form on Earth? Some scientists think it could have been around hydrothermal vents that may have existed at the bottom of the ocean 4.5 billion years ago. In a new paper in the journal Astrobiology, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory describe how they mimicked possible ancient undersea environments with a complex experimental setup. They showed that under extreme ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 20, 2020 
A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will fly on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifting off on a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:32 p.m. EDT May 27, from Launch Complex 39A in Florida, fo ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 07, 2020 
China has been testing high-tech parachutes to control rocket debris and make space launches safer, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT).
During the March 9 launch of a Long March-3B rocket carrying a satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, a booster was equipped with parachutes and control devices.
After the booster separated from the rocke ... more |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2020 
A group of citizen astronomers scattered all over the world has just demonstrated how a network of digital Unistellar eVscopes can work together to deliver the first-of-its-kind crowd-generated images of Comet ATLAS while its disintegrating.
Discovered in December, Comet ATLAS was expected to become the brightest comet of 2020, visible to the naked eye. Several days ago, however, astronome ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020  Lockheed Martin was awarded a $22.4 million contract for work on the Layered Laser Defense system prototype onboard a Navy littoral combat ship, the Department of Defense announced.
The deal, announced Monday by the Pentagon, funds integration, demonstration, testing and operation of the LLD weapon system on board a vessel while the ship is underway.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 14, 2020 
Last month, a subsidiary of S-500 maker Almaz-Antey confirmed that multiple components of the next generation air defence system had been developed and tested, with the completed complex to start testing with the military later this year.
The S-500 is not just a conventional air and missile defence system, but an anti-space weapon whose introduction will fundamentally change Russia's air d ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 07, 2020 
The upper layers in the atmospheres of gas giants - Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune - are hot, just like Earth's. But unlike Earth, the Sun is too far from these outer planets to account for the high temperatures. Their heat source has been one of the great mysteries of planetary science.
New analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds a viable explanation for what's keeping ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2020 
Scientists have developed a way to remotely control the release of adrenal hormones like adrenaline and cortisol.
Previous studies have linked problems with the regulation of hormones from the adrenal gland with mental health disorders, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The new research, detailed in the journal Science Advances, could help scientists investig ... more |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 09, 2020 
A team from the University of Adelaide in South Australia are behind a new type of deformable mirror that could increase the sensitivity of ground-based gravitational wave detectors reaching into space.
Gravitational waves are faint ripples in space time caused by distant events like collisions between black holes or neutron stars.
These cosmic waves are detected at places like the A ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 
Observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way moves just as predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity. Its orbit is shaped like a rosette and not like an ellipse as predicted by Newton's theory of gravity. This long-sought-after result was made possible by increas ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) April 9, 2020 
Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against the deadly coronavirus.
One team of robots temporarily cared for patients in a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 outbreak began.
Meals were served, temperatures taken and communications handled by mac ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 
Swift Tactical Systems, a subsidiary of Swift Engineering, and Silvus Technologies have entered into a strategic alliance. This collaboration combines Swift's world-class unmanned aircraft systems with Silvus' advanced MIMO communication systems for tactical applications.
The commercial agreement will enable Swift to integrate the locally manufactured radios into its family of American mad ... more |
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