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  Jiuquan, China (AFP) June 17, 2021 The first astronauts arrived at China's new space station on Thursday in the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. The trio blasted off on a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China's Gobi desert, and their craft docked at the Tiangong station around seven hours later, where they will spend the next three months. State broadcaster CCTV showed a live feed from inside the spacecraft during the journey ... read more |
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China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyondBeijing (AFP) June 17, 2021 The liftoff of three astronauts for China's new space station on Thursday marks a landmark step in its space ambitions, its longest crewed mission to date. ... more  
NASA Chief Predicts US Race with China to Put Next Human on MoonWashington DC (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2021 Chinese technical prowess demonstrated by landing a rover on Mars, plus an upcoming Russia-China announcement on cooperation in space, suggests that the United States could face competition in its b ... more  
Next stop Jupiter as country's interplanetary ambitions growBeijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2021 Barely a month after China landed its first rover on Mars, the country's scientists already have plans to explore Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System. Zhang Rongqiao, an official a ... more 
Commander takes place in China's space historyBeijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2021 Major General Nie Haisheng will become the second Chinese astronaut involved in three spaceflights, after his peer Jing Haipeng, as the country is set to launch its seventh manned space mission on T ... more |
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Brazil Signs Artemis AccordsBrasilia, Brazil (SPX) Jun 16, 2021 Brazil is the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords, affirming its commitment to ensuring sustainable space exploration that adheres to a common set of principles benefiting all of humanity. ... more  
European Robotic Arm enters service on the ISSParis (ESA) Jun 16, 2021 A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, according to one of the three laws of robotics imagined by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. On board humanity's only outpost in space, this ... more 
Brazil becomes first South American partner to NASA's Artemis AccordsWashington DC (UPI) Jun 16, 2021 Brazil has become the 12th nation and the first from South America to sign onto NASA's agreement to create a safe, transparent and sustainable environment for the exploration of space. ... more 
China ready to launch first crew to new space stationBeijing (AFP) June 15, 2021 The first crew for China's new space station prepared to blast off this week for the latest step in Beijing's ambitious programme to establish itself as a space power. ... more  
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of spaceLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 15, 2021 Today at the G7 Leaders' Summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, delegates from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USA, the UK and the EU pledged to take action to tackle the growing hazard of space ... more |
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Juice moves into Large Space SimulatorParis (ESA) Jun 15, 2021 The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer has moved into the 'Large Space Simulator' at ESA's test centre, ready for grueling environmental tests at a range of temperatures. Since arriving at ESA's Europ ... more  
Mars rover to move south after testingBeijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2021 China's Mars rover Zhurong will continue moving southward to explore the Red Planet, focusing on key scientific issues, such as potential locations of water and ice, as well as volcanic activities, ... more  
NASA approves further development of asteroid hunterLaurel MD (SPX) Jun 14, 2021 NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development after a successful mission review, authorizing the mission to move fo ... more 
Have your name forever on the Moon with Spacebit's Wevolver Engineering ChallengeAmsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 14, 2021 The Spacebit Engineering Challenge enables engineers around the world to contribute to the development of "Asagumo 2.0", a four-legged walking rover that is set to fly to the Moon with the NASA Comm ... more  
Star's death will play a mean pinball with rhythmic planetsWarwick UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2021 Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a study led by the University of Warw ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 15, 2021 
China's Mars rover Zhurong will continue moving southward to explore the Red Planet, focusing on key scientific issues, such as potential locations of water and ice, as well as volcanic activities, according to a project leader.
Liu Jianjun, chief designer of the Tianwen 1 mission's scientific system, said on Saturday that mission planners decided the rover would move south out of scientif ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2021 
Because of a phenomenon called gravitational locking, the Moon always faces the Earth from the same side. This proved useful in the early lunar landing missions in the 20th century, as there was always a direct line of sight for uninterrupted radiocommunications between Earth ground stations and equipment on the Moon. However, gravitational locking makes exploring the hidden face of the moon - t ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2021 
Barely a month after China landed its first rover on Mars, the country's scientists already have plans to explore Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System.
Zhang Rongqiao, an official at the China National Space Administration and chief planner of the Tianwen 1 Mars mission, told reporters at a news conference at his administration's Beijing headquarters on Saturday that China will ... more |
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Jun 14, 2021 
Four planets locked in a perfect rhythm around a nearby star are destined to be pinballed around their solar system when their sun eventually dies, according to a study led by the University of Warwick that peers into its future.
Astronomers have modelled how the change in gravitational forces in the system as a result of the star becoming a white dwarf will cause its planets to fly loose ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2021 
A small proportion of debris from a Long March 7 carrier rocket fell back to waters in the southern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday afternoon, said the China Manned Space Agency.
According to analysis of tracking data, most of the debris burned out during the atmospheric re-entry that started around 4:49 pm, the agency said in a brief statement.
The rocket, the third in the Long March 7 ser ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2021 
Astronauts on the Shenzhou XII mission have undergone intensive training and exercises for their planned extravehicular activities, commonly known as spacewalks, according to Liu Boming, a member of the crew.
"Compared with the extravehicular operation in the Shenzhou VII mission, extravehicular activities in this coming mission will be much longer and more sophisticated, and I believe tha ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jun 14, 2021 
NASA has approved the Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope (NEO Surveyor) to move to the next phase of mission development after a successful mission review, authorizing the mission to move forward into Preliminary Design (known as Key Decision Point-B).
The infrared space telescope is designed to help advance NASA's planetary defense efforts by expediting our ability to discover and ... more |
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 Kirtland NM (AFRL) Mar 24, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate will host a Virtual Briefing for Industry to introduce the new Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research (DETER), Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) April 13 - 14 from 10 a.m. to noon Mountain Standard Time each day.
"We are looking forward to hosting our first briefing for industry days," said Marcella Cantu, DETER ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 11, 2021 
The Defense Department will undertake a missile defense review in coming months to correlate its needs against rising nuclear powers, a Pentagon official said.
Leonor Tomero, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, told the Senate Armed Services Committee this week that the review will "align with the National Defense Strategy and contribute to the ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) May 13, 2021 
Science and technology advancements start with big ideas and creativity. Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland have imagined a new, early-stage concept for a lander to Saturn's moon Titan. The team is exploring technologies capable of collecting surface samples and returning them to Earth for laboratory analysis.
The team's futuristic idea was selected for a $125,000 NAS ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) May 31, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Nano-Bio Materials Consortium is currently in contract negotiation with hopes of starting projects by June that use a new process of industry and AFRL personnel in co-developing smart medical technology innovations.
NBMC awarded contracts to 12 organizations from industry and academia Feb. 15, totaling $20.4 million, which leveraged $10.7 million of cost ... more |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 28, 2021 
Five years on from the first discovery of gravitational waves, an international team of scientists, including from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), are continuing the hunt for new discoveries and insights into the Universe. Using the super-sensitive, kilometre-sized LIGO detectors in the United States, and the Virgo detector in Europe, the team have witness ... more |
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 Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 15, 2021 
By mapping the motion of galaxies in huge filaments that connect the cosmic web, astronomers at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP), in collaboration with scientists in China and Estonia, have found that these long tendrils of galaxies spin on the scale of hundreds of millions of light years. A rotation on such enormous scales has never been seen before. The results published in ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 16, 2021 
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, according to one of the three laws of robotics imagined by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. On board humanity's only outpost in space, this obedience has turned into cooperation. Astronauts and robots are working together.
The latest robot to service the International Space Station is the European Robotic Arm (ERA). This android au ... more |
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 10, 2021 
The latest attack on Baghdad airport, where US soldiers are deployed, was carried out with three "explosive-laden drones", the army said in a statement Thursday.
It said one of the drones had been intercepted by air defences Wednesday evening, in the fourth such drone attack in less than two months.
Experts say the use of such drones marks an escalation in attacks against American intere ... more |
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