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  London, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2021 The End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration (ELSA-d) mission has been licenced by the UK Space Agency this week. The ELSA-d launch, scheduled for Saturday, March 20 2021, will mark the world's first commercial mission to demonstrate the core technologies and capabilities necessary for space debris docking and removal. The ELSA-d mission presents a leading test case for licensing for future missions undertaking complex rendezvous operations in space, such as active debris removal. This lic ... read more |
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Asteroid 2001 FO32 will safely pass by Earth March 21Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2021 The largest asteroid predicted to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on March 21, providing astronomers a rare opportunity to get a good look at a rocky relic that formed at the dawn ... more 
Canadian firm builds satellites to track space trashOrlando FL (UPI) Mar 12, 2021 A Canadian startup plans to launch the first-ever commercial fleet of satellites designed to track dangerous space trash in 2022. Montreal-based NorthStar Earth and Space has three of its Skyl ... more  
Distant planet may be on its second atmosphereBaltimore MD (SPX) Mar 12, 2021 Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that a planet orbiting a distant star may have lost its atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanic activity. The pla ... more  
Perseverance SuperCam science instrument delivers first resultsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2021 The first readings from the SuperCam instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover have arrived on Earth. SuperCam was developed jointly by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico and ... more |
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New study highlights first infection of human cells during spaceflightTempe AZ (SPX) Mar 10, 2021 Astronauts face many challenges to their health, due to the exceptional conditions of spaceflight. Among these are a variety of infectious microbes that can attack their suppressed immune systems. ... more 
Juno data shatter ideas about origin of Zodiacal LightGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 10, 2021 Look up to the night sky just before dawn, or after dusk, and you might see a faint column of light extending up from the horizon. That luminous glow is the zodiacal light, or sunlight reflected tow ... more 
An astronaut's guide to out-of-Earth manufacturingParis (ESA) Mar 09, 2021 Improvising new stuff from the stuff you have is part of an astronaut's job description - think Apollo 13's crew refitting CO2 filters to save their own lives, or stranded Mark Watney in The Martian ... more  
One giant step: Moon race hots upParis (AFP) March 9, 2021 As Russia and China sign a deal for a shared lunar space station, we look at the new race to the Moon with Nokia even working with NASA to give it a 4G network. ... more 
Ideas for future NASA missions searching for extraterrestrial civilizationsSan Cristobal de La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Mar 11, 2021 A researcher at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) is the lead author of a study with proposals for "technosignatures" -evidence for the use of technology or industrial activity in other ... more |
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China advances space cooperation in 2020: blue bookBeijing (XNA) Mar 11, 2021 China actively promoted international space cooperation in 2020, offering satellite exports and launches, cooperative research and application services to the world, according to a recent report on ... more  |
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Engineers propose solar-powered lunar ark as 'modern global insurance policy'Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 10, 2021 University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga is taking scientific inspiration from an unlikely source: the biblical tale of Noah's Ark. Rather than two of every animal, however, his solar-powered a ... more 
AI system allows smart speakers to wirelessly monitor heart rhythmsWashington DC (UPI) Mar 9, 2021 Scientists at the University of Washington have developed a new artificial intelligence system that allows smart speakers, like the Amazon Echo and Google Home, to locate and measure both regular and irregular heartbeats. ... more  
AFRL collaborates with Purdue University on autonomy challenge projectWright-Patterson AFB Oh (AFNS) Mar 12, 2021 Air Force Research Laboratory researchers are collaborating with Purdue University students on an autonomy challenge project, projected for completion in May 2021. "Collaboration with Purdue i ... more 
China, Russia to jointly build lunar postBeijing (XNA) Mar 10, 2021 China and Russia have agreed to join hands in building and running a robotic scientific outpost on the moon or in lunar orbit, according to the China National Space Administration. The adminis ... more 
NASA's Perseverance Drives on Mars' Terrain for First TimePasadena CA (JPL) Mar 05, 2021 NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars March 4, covering 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) across the Martian landscape. The drive served as a mobility test that marks just one o ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2021 
The first readings from the SuperCam instrument aboard NASA's Perseverance rover have arrived on Earth. SuperCam was developed jointly by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico and a consortium of French research laboratories under the auspices of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). The instrument delivered data to the French Space Agency's operations center in Toulou ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 11, 2021 
An orange pouch and a yellow cable are paving the way for missions to the Moon. By monitoring space radiation and enabling faster communications, the Dosis-3D experiment and the Columbus Ka-band or ColKa terminal, respectively, are providing the insights needed to enable safer missions father out in space.
Orange Dosis-3D pouches are everywhere in the Columbus laboratory on the Internation ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 24, 2021 
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter's clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data and determined that they had captured a bolide, an extremely bright meteoroid explosion in the gas giant's upper atmosphere.
"Jupiter undergoes a huge number of im ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 12, 2021 
Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that a planet orbiting a distant star may have lost its atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanic activity.
The planet, GJ 1132 b, is hypothesized to have begun as a gaseous world with a thick hydrogen blanket of atmosphere. Starting out at several times the diameter of Earth, this so-called "sub-Neptune" is belie ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 15, 2021 
The Soyuz family of expendable rockets is by far the most frequently used launch vehicle in the world, with over a thousand successful launches under its belt, and a top-notch safety record thanks to its launch abort system. For nearly a decade, Soyuz rockets were also the sole means of transporting astronauts to the International Space Station.
Russia's Soyuz-2 rocket has been given a new ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 11, 2021 
China actively promoted international space cooperation in 2020, offering satellite exports and launches, cooperative research and application services to the world, according to a recent report on China's aerospace industry.
By the end of last year, 51 Chinese rockets had launched 59 foreign commercial satellites into space, said the 2020 Blue Book of China Aerospace Science and Technolog ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2021 
The largest asteroid predicted to pass by our planet in 2021 will be at its closest on March 21, providing astronomers a rare opportunity to get a good look at a rocky relic that formed at the dawn of our solar system.
Called 2001 FO32, the near-Earth asteroid will make its closest approach at a distance of about 1.25 million miles (2 million kilometers) - or 5 1/4 times the distance from ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 14, 2021 
Israel unveiled Sunday a laser-guided mortar system that it said could reduce civilian collateral damage, as the Jewish state faces an International Criminal Court investigation into possible war crimes.
The "Iron Sting" system, developed by the Israeli military with local firm Elbit Systems, will use laser and GPS technology to provide maximal accuracy to 120mm mortar rounds, the defence mi ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 08, 2021 
The Missile Defense Agency is again considering a radar defense array in Hawaii, with two sites under consideration, after previously dropping plans to build it because of adverse public reaction.
The proposed Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii, which MDA is accepting public comment on through April 12, would face North Korea and have properties similar to the Long-Range Discrimination Radar ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 
Rather like David versus Goliath, it appears that Saturn's tilt may in fact be caused by its moons. This is the conclusion of recent work carried out by scientists from the CNRS, Sorbonne University and the University of Pisa, which shows that the current tilt of Saturn's rotation axis is caused by the migration of its satellites, and especially by that of its largest moon, Titan.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2021 
Polished glass has been at the center of imaging systems for centuries. Their precise curvature enables lenses to focus light and produce sharp images, whether the object in view is a single cell, the page of a book, or a far-off galaxy.
Changing focus to see clearly at all these scales typically requires physically moving a lens, by tilting, sliding, or otherwise shifting the lens, usuall ... more |
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 Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2021 
At one-sixth that of Earth, the unique gravity of the lunar surface is one of the many variable conditions that technologies bound for the Moon will need to perform well in. NASA will soon have more options for testing those innovations in lunar gravity thanks to a collaboration with Blue Origin to bring new testing capabilities to the company's New Shepard reusable suborbital rocket system.
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 Oldenburg, Germany (SPX) Mar 10, 2021 
Wormholes play a key role in many science fiction films - often as a shortcut between two distant points in space. In physics, however, these tunnels in spacetime have remained purely hypothetical. An international team led by Dr. Jose Luis Blazquez-Salcedo of the University of Oldenburg has now presented a new theoretical model in the science journal Physical Review Letters that makes microscop ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB Oh (AFNS) Mar 12, 2021 
Air Force Research Laboratory researchers are collaborating with Purdue University students on an autonomy challenge project, projected for completion in May 2021.
"Collaboration with Purdue is an on-going effort that began in 2020 when AFRL established an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Purdue," said Andrea Gilkey, a senior engineer with AFRL. "Through this EPA, multiple thre ... more |
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 Texas City TX (SPX) Mar 12, 2021 
Windhover Labs, an emerging leader in open and reliable flight software and hardware, announces the upcoming availability of its first hardware product, a low cost modular flight computer for commercial drones and small satellites.
This new line of flight computers was created with hardware and software developed in the United States and will be available as a low-cost consumer model, as w ... more |
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