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  Fino 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, successfully released 12 SuperDove satellites for Earth-imaging company Planet, in the precise orbital slots requested by the client. The vehicle has been operational since September 3rd, when it was successfully released from an Arianespace VEGA launcher. On September 25th, it released successfully the f ... read more |
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Testing lunar 4G operationsParis (ESA) Oct 30, 2020 4G is coming to the Moon, to help support future international exploration efforts. To check the feasibility of this vision, the ESA-VSC High Power Radio Frequency Laboratory tested a prototype comp ... more  
Eclipses of Stars by Near-Earth Asteroids Might Help Save EarthGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 David Dunham, of the International Occultation Timing Association (composed mainly of dedicated amateur astronomers), and Marc Buie, Southwest Research Institute, coordinated the efforts of scores o ... more 
NASA Crowdsources with HeroX to Find Solutions for Unloading Lunar GoodsHouston TX (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 HeroX, the social network for innovation and the world's leading platform for crowdsourced solutions, has launched the crowdsourcing competition "NASA's Lunar Delivery Challenge" on behalf of the NA ... more  
About Half of Sun-Like Stars Could Host Rocky, Potentially Habitable PlanetsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 Since astronomers confirmed the presence of planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, humanity has wondered how many could harbor life. Now, we're one step closer to finding an answer. Acc ... more |
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NASA's Perseverance Rover Is Midway to MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 28, 2020 NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission has logged a lot of flight miles since being lofted skyward on July 30 - 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) to be exact. Turns out that is exa ... more 
NASA's OSIRIS-REx stows sample of Asteroid Bennu for return tripWashington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft's Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and its abunda ... more  
NASA's Webb To Examine Objects in the Graveyard of the Solar SystemBaltimore 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 ... more 
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 
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 |
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 NASA Scientists Discover 'Weird' Molecule in Titan's Atmosphere 
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  |
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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  
"What to Expect When You're Expecting Robots"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 sample ... more 
France using ExoOPSTM software for mission design and satellite operationMassy, France (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 In the frame of a software licensing contract signed this summer, CNES mission design analysis and system engineering teams are now using ExoOPSTM - Mission Design advanced functionalities developed ... 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 
Comets Had Impact in the Start of Life on EarthAlbion MI (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 The "Big Bang" may have started the universe but it's likely that littler bangs played a key role in life on Earth, say Albion College physics professor Nicolle Zellner and chemistry professor Vanes ... 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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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 a few days of dust exposure, Apollo spacesuits suffered obscured visors, clogged mechanisms and eroded suit layers. So an ESA team is looking into novel material options to serve as the basis of futu ... 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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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 
Since astronomers confirmed the presence of planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, humanity has wondered how many could harbor life. Now, we're one step closer to finding an answer. According to new research using data from NASA's retired planet-hunting mission, the Kepler space telescope, about half the stars similar in temperature to our Sun could have a rocky planet capable of su ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 
NASA's next sounding rocket will measure light from some of the hottest stars, in hopes of finding out what's cooking the space between galaxies.
The Dual-channel Extreme Ultraviolet Continuum Experiment, or DEUCE, is scheduled to launch from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico early on Nov. 2. This is DEUCE's second flight, during which it will observe the second of two stars on i ... 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.
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2020 
Marseille, France and Mountain View, CA: There are nearly one million catalogued asteroids, but we don't know much about many of them. Now Unistellar and its scientific partner, the SETI Institute, can count on a network of nearly 3,000 amateurs capable of observing thousands of asteroids and providing an estimate of their size and shape. With mobile stations located in Asia, North America and E ... 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.
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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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 Greenbelt 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: cyclopropenylidene, or C3H2. Scientists say that this simple carbon-based molecule may be a precursor to more complex compounds that could form or feed possible life on Titan.
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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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 Hanover 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 Clara University.
Research describing the effect shows that superposition--the ability of an atom to exist in more than one state at the same time--leads to a correction in atomic clocks known as "q ... 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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