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  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 11, 2020 Astrobotic proudly announces that it is has been selected to develop and lead a new commercial payload service onboard the Dynetics Human Landing System (HLS). Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, was recently announced as one of three awardees by NASA to develop a new commercial lunar lander for NASA's Artemis Program. The design and development of HLS for Artemis will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. With thisnew approach, the human lander will not only carry ... read more |
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Russian rocket breaks up in Earth orbit: space agencyMoscow (AFP) May 10, 2020 Russia's space agency on Sunday confirmed one of its rockets used in past launches and floating in space has broken down, leaving debris in orbit. ... more 
Chang Zheng-5B, China's Response to the US Lunar ProjectBeijing (Sputnik) May 11, 2020 China is able to compete with the United States in the exploitation of moon resources. Successful testing of the Chang Zheng-5B heavy-lift rocket is an important step in this direction, Sergei Filip ... more  
New 'planetary quarantine' report reviewing risks of alien contaminationStanford CA (SPX) May 11, 2020 In Michael Crichton's 1969 novel The Andromeda Strain, a deadly alien microbe hitches a ride to Earth aboard a downed military satellite and scientists must race to contain it. While fictional, the ... more 
'Space Architects' Design Origami-Inspired Foldable Lunar Habitat, Will Test in ArcticMoscow (Sputnik) May 08, 2020 The designers say that the aim of their project is to withstand the toughest weather conditions, something that might help NASA's scheduled 2024 mission to the moon, dubbed "Artemis". Two Dani ... more |
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Perseverance Presses On, Remains Targeted for Summer LaunchKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 08, 2020 Testing on NASA's Mars Perseverance rover at Kennedy Space Center closed out April on an extremely high note. The latest activities at the Florida spaceport included attaching the aeroshell ba ... more  
Telescopes and spacecraft join forces to probe deep into Jupiter's atmosphereWashington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 Researchers using a technique known as "lucky imaging" with the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea have collected some of the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the gro ... more 
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Scientists Train in the Nevada DesertPasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2020 Billions of years ago, the Martian surface could have supported microbial life as we know it. But did such life ever actually exist there? NASA and its Mars 2020 mission hope to find out with the Pe ... more  
How many jobs do robots really replace?Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without wo ... more  
Identifying light sources using artificial intelligenceWashington DC (SPX) May 06, 2020 Identifying sources of light plays an important role in the development of many photonic technologies, such as lidar, remote sensing, and microscopy. Traditionally, identifying light sources as dive ... more |
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Discovered a multilayer haze system on Saturn's HexagonLeioa, Spain (SPX) May 11, 2020 A rich variety of meteorological phenomena take place in the extensive hydrogen atmosphere of the planet Saturn, a world about ten times the size of the Earth. They help us to better understand thos ... more  |
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Microorganisms in parched regions extract needed water from colonized rocksIrvine CA (SPX) May 05, 2020 In Northern Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, microorganisms are able to eke out an existence by extracting water from the very rocks they colonize. Through work in th ... more  
China says launch of key new space rocket 'successful'Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2020 China on Tuesday successfully launched a new rocket and prototype spacecraft, state media said, in a major test of the country's ambitions to operate a permanent space station and send astronauts to the Moon. ... more 
Russia Probes Explosion of One of Its Used Boosters in OrbitMoscow (Sputnik) May 11, 2020 Earlier, the US Air Force 18th Space Control Squadron, which monitors objects in Earth orbit, reported that an explosion took place on 8 May, releasing 65 pieces of debris. The squadron said that th ... more 
The cost of space debrisParis (ESA) May 08, 2020 With hundreds of satellites launched every year, in-space collisions and the creation of fast-moving fragments of space debris - or 'space junk' - are becoming increasingly likely, threatening our c ... more 
Long March-5B rocket enables China to construct space stationWenchang (XNA) May 07, 2020 Construction of China's space station moves a step closer with the successful maiden flight of its new large carrier rocket, the Long March-5B, on Tuesday. The Long March-5B was specially deve ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 07, 2020 
Billions of years ago, the Martian surface could have supported microbial life as we know it. But did such life ever actually exist there? NASA and its Mars 2020 mission hope to find out with the Perseverance rover, which launches to the Red Planet this summer.
Scientists have sought answers to astrobiological questions on Earth, studying regions similar enough to Mars to understand what t ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 08, 2020 
The designers say that the aim of their project is to withstand the toughest weather conditions, something that might help NASA's scheduled 2024 mission to the moon, dubbed "Artemis".
Two Danish designers have developed an origami-inspired foldable house that could be useful for offworld explorers from NASA's Artemis mission to the moon.
The project, called 'Lunark Habitat', is a com ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 
Researchers using a technique known as "lucky imaging" with the Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea have collected some of the highest resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the ground. These images are part of a multi-year joint observing program with the Hubble Space Telescope in support of NASA's Juno mission. The Gemini images, when combined with the Hubble and Juno observat ... more |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) May 11, 2020 
In Michael Crichton's 1969 novel The Andromeda Strain, a deadly alien microbe hitches a ride to Earth aboard a downed military satellite and scientists must race to contain it. While fictional, the plot explores a very real and longstanding concern shared by NASA and world governments: that spacefaring humans, or our robotic emissaries, may unwittingly contaminate Earth with extraterrestrial lif ... more |
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 Redmond WA (SPX) May 07, 2020 
In the near future, a box weighing just one pound and measuring 128 cubic inches will be launched 100 kilometers into the sky on-board Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle. Minutes later, it will return to the ground. What's special about this box is that it and its contents are being designed, programmed, and built by a group of third-year students in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engi ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 8, 2020  China's new prototype spacecraft "successfully landed" on Friday, marking an important step in its ambitions to run a permanent space station and send astronauts to the moon.
The spacecraft - which was launched Tuesday - arrived safely at a predetermined site, the China Manned Space Agency said, after a hitch in an earlier part of the key test.
It said the cabin structure of the spacec ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2020 
High-resolution images and video were taken by the Japanese space agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft as it briefly landed to collect samples from Ryugu - a nearby asteroid that orbits mostly between Earth and Mars - allowing researchers to get an up-close look at its rocky surface, according to a new report. During the touchdown Hayabusa2 obtained a sample of the asteroid, which it will bring back to ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 08, 2020 
Navy leaders and private contractors broke ground this week on what will become the fleet's only dedicated facility to test, fire and evaluate complete laser weapon systems in a maritime environment, Naval Sea Systems Command announced on Thursday.
The Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory is projected to open in roughly a year along the Point Mugu Sea Range near Naval Base Ventur ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 08, 2020 
Boeing was awarded a $128.5 million modification to its Ground-based Midcourse Defense development and sustainment contract Thursday, according to the Pentagon.
The deal modifies a contract awarded in 2018 for upgrades to the GMD, which is the United States' ballistic missile defense system.
The modification increases the total value of the contract from $11.2 billion to $11.3 billio ... more |
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 Leioa, Spain (SPX) May 11, 2020 
A rich variety of meteorological phenomena take place in the extensive hydrogen atmosphere of the planet Saturn, a world about ten times the size of the Earth. They help us to better understand those that operate in a similar way in the Earth's atmosphere.
Featuring among them due to its uniqueness is the well-known "hexagon", an amazing wave structure that surrounds the planet's polar reg ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) May 11, 2020 
Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism. Scientists have been using this as inspiration to learn how to transport energy efficiently in, for example, molecular electronics. Physicist Richard Hildner from the University of Groningen and his colleagues have investigated energy transport ... more |
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 Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2020 
Neutron stars are among the densest objects in the universe. If our Sun, with its radius of 700,000 kilometres were a neutron star, its mass would be condensed into an almost perfect sphere with a radius of around 12 kilometres. When two neutron stars collide and merge into a hyper-massive neutron star, the matter in the core of the new object becomes incredibly hot and dense.
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2020 
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a triple system that can be seen with the naked eye.
The team found evidence for the invisible object by tracking its two companion stars using ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 05, 2020 
In many parts of the U.S., robots have been replacing workers over the last few decades. But to what extent, really? Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without work, while other observers have been more skeptical about such scenarios.
Now a study co-authored by an MIT professor puts firm numbers on the trend, finding a very real impact - although one tha ... more |
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 Arlington VA (SPX) May 08, 2020 
FLIR Systems has won an additional $20.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS). The advanced nano-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will support platoon- and small unit-level surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as part of the Army's Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program.
In January 2019, the U.S. Army awarded FLIR a ... more |
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