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  Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 29, 2020 NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully placed the spacecraft's sample collector head into its Sample Return Capsule (SRC). After the head was seated into the SRC's capture ring, the spacecraft performed a "backout check," which commanded the TAGSAM arm to back out of the capsule. This maneuver is designed to tug on the collector head and ensure that the latches - which keep the collector head in place - are well secured. Following the test, the mission team received telemetry confirming that the h ... read more |
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Positive signs for Europe as ESA goes forward to the MoonParis (ESA) Oct 28, 2020 ESA Director General Jan Worner and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to take Europe to the Moon. The historic agreement will see ESA Member States c ... more  
NASA Scientists Discover 'Weird' Molecule in Titan's AtmosphereGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 NASA scientists identified a molecule in Titan's atmosphere that has never been detected in any other atmosphere. In fact, many chemists have probably barely heard of it or know how to pronounce it: ... more 
ESA seeking dust-proof materials for lunar returnParis (ESA) Oct 28, 2020 When humans return to the Moon they'll have formidable challenge lying in wait: lunar dust. The talcum-like lunar regolith is considered the biggest operational problem facing Moon colonists. Within ... more  
Timekeeping theory combines quantum clocks and Einstein's relativityHanover NH (SPX) Oct 27, 2020 A phenomenon of quantum mechanics known as superposition can impact timekeeping in high-precision clocks, according to a theoretical study from Dartmouth College, Saint Anselm College and Santa Clar ... more |
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Data reveals evidence of molecular absorption in the atmosphere of a hot NeptuneAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 An international team of scientists recently measured the spectrum of the atmosphere of a rare hot Neptune exoplanet, whose discovery by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was annou ... more  
D-Orbit announces successful ORIGIN missionFino Mornasco Italy (SPX) Oct 29, 2020 D-Orbit, the in-orbit transportation company, announced the successful completion of the deployment phase of ORIGIN mission, the first of ION Satellite Carrier. ION, D-Orbit's satellite platform, su ... more  
Lighting a Path to Find Planet NineNew Haven CT (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 The search for Planet Nine - a hypothesized ninth planet in our solar system - may come down to pinpointing the faintest orbital trails in an incredibly dark corner of space. That's exactly wh ... more 
NASA, European Space Agency Formalize Artemis Gateway PartnershipWashington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have finalized an agreement to collaborate on the Artemis Gateway. This agreement is an important element in a broad effort by the United States to engage intern ... more 
Eagles to land first student project on Moon to snap selfie of Lunar landingDaytona Beach, FL (SPX) Oct 22, 2020 Embry-Riddle is partnering with NASA commercial payload provider Intuitive Machines to send a camera to space that will capture the first-ever selfie of a spacecraft touching down on the moon. ... more |
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 AI and photonics join forces to make it easier to find 'new Earths' 
Microbial diversity below seafloor is as rich as on Earth's surfaceKingston RI (SPX) Oct 21, 2020 For the first time, researchers have mapped the biological diversity of marine sediment, one of Earth's largest global biomes. Although marine sediment covers 70% of the Earth's surface, little was ... more  |
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ALMA shows volcanic impact on Io's atmosphereCharlottesville VA (SPX) Oct 22, 2020 New radio images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io. Io is the m ... more 
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft goes for early stow of asteroid sampleTucson AZ (SPX) Oct 27, 2020 NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is ready to perform an early stow on Tuesday, Oct. 27, of the large sample it collected last week from the surface of the asteroid Bennu to protect and return as much of th ... more 
SOFIA discovers water on sunlit surface of MoonWashington DC (SPX) Oct 27, 2020 NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed acr ... more 
NorthStar building world's first satellite constellation to combat imminent threat of space collisionsMontreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 NorthStar Earth and Space (NorthStar), a Canadian company with a first-in-space mission to deliver safe and sustainable operations for the rapidly accelerating New Space Economy, has contracted Thal ... more
D-Orbit secures 15M euro financing from EIBFino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 Despite the global challenges brought by the events of 2020, D-Orbit, an Italian systems and services provider for the space sector, is steadily moving forward with its roadmap. In September, ... more |
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 Athens GA (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 
Humankind's next giant step may be onto Mars. But before those missions can begin, scientists need to make scores of breakthrough advances, including learning how to grow crops on the red planet.
Practically speaking, astronauts cannot haul an endless supply of topsoil through space. So University of Georgia geologists are figuring out how best to use the materials already on the planet's ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 27, 2020 
NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.
SOFIA has detected water molecules (H2O) in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth, located in the Moon's ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 29, 2020 
Beyond the orbit of Neptune, a diverse collection of thousands of dwarf planets and other relatively small objects dwells in a region called the Kuiper Belt. These often-pristine leftovers from our solar system's days of planet formation are called Kuiper Belt Objects, or Trans-Neptunian Objects. NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will examine an assortment of these icy bodies in a serie ... more |
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 Kingston RI (SPX) Oct 21, 2020 
For the first time, researchers have mapped the biological diversity of marine sediment, one of Earth's largest global biomes. Although marine sediment covers 70% of the Earth's surface, little was known about its global patterns of microbial diversity.
A team of researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the University of Hyogo, the University of ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 
A University at Buffalo research team has been awarded $8.5 million to study hybrid rockets, a technology that could provide a safer and less expensive way to explore outer space compared to conventional rockets.
The grant from the U.S. Department of Energy enables UB to establish the Center for Hybrid Rocket Exascale Simulation Technology (CHREST).
The funds will provide UB with the ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Oct 23, 2020 
China's manned space program has entered the mission preparation stage with the selection of a new group of 18 reserve astronauts. According to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA), the reserve astronauts, including one female, have been selected recently from 2,500 candidates. Among them are seven spacecraft pilots, seven space flight engineers and four payload experts.
Flight engineers a ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 29, 2020 
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully placed the spacecraft's sample collector head into its Sample Return Capsule (SRC). After the head was seated into the SRC's capture ring, the spacecraft performed a "backout check," which commanded the TAGSAM arm to back out of the capsule.
This maneuver is designed to tug on the collector head and ensure that the latches - which keep the collector h ... more |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 23, 2020  Since the mid-1960s few weapons have held as much potential and have constantly failed to live up to that potential as Directed Energy Weapons (DEW). However, since the turn of this century even as most countries have curtailed both their hopes and funding from the highs of decades past, DEWs have gradually and quietly matured.
DEWs use the electromagnetic spectrum (light and radio energy) ... more |
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 Bethesda VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2020 
Lockheed Martin teamed with Aerojet Rocketdyne on a proposal to compete for the Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) contract for The Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
Lockheed Martin is offering an interceptor designed from the ground up as an all-up-round to address all elements of environmental survivability from day one. Our partner Aerojet Rocketdyne will power our primary propulsion to addr ... more |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Oct 22, 2020 
New radio images from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) show for the first time the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Io.
Io is the most volcanically active moon in our solar system. It hosts more than 400 active volcanoes, spewing out sulfur gases that give Io its yellow-white-orange-red colors when they freeze out on its surface. ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Oct 28, 2020 
Nanomechanics at Rice University and the University of Houston are getting ready to rev their engines for the second international Nanocar Race.
While they'll have to pump the brakes for a bit longer than expected, as the race has been bumped a year to 2022, the Rice-based team is pushing forward with new designs introduced in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Organic Chemistry. ... more |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 
It's been three years since the landmark detection of a neutron star merger from gravitational waves. And since that day, an international team of researchers led by University of Maryland astronomer Eleonora Troja has been continuously monitoring the subsequent radiation emissions to provide the most complete picture of such an event.
Their analysis provides possible explanations for X-ra ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Oct 23, 2020  Not even the most precise atomic clocks are immune to the quantum phenomenon known as superposition, according to a new theory developed by a team of physicists from Dartmouth College, Saint Anselm College and Santa Clara University.
Superposition describes the ability of an atom to simultaneously exist in multiple states. In a new study, published Friday in the journal Nature, scientis ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 22, 2020 
As Covid-19 has made it necessary for people to keep their distance from each other, robots are stepping in to fill essential roles, such as sanitizing warehouses and hospitals, ferrying test samples to laboratories, and serving as telemedicine avatars.
There are signs that people may be increasingly receptive to robotic help, preferring, at least hypothetically, to be picked up by a self- ... more |
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 Moss Point MS (SPX) Oct 29, 2020 
Northrop Grumman has initiated the build process for Australia's first MQ-4C Triton, a game-changing unmanned maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft. In a ceremony broadcast to a virtual audience, speakers from the Australian Government, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), U.S. Congress, U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman emphasized the significance of this event.
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