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  Wollongong, Australia (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 The University of Wollongong (UOW) will contribute to a national network of facilities to test technology for use in space. Space exploration missions, satellites and permanent space stations require advanced electronic instrumentation with the highest level of reliability. The physically extreme environments in space travel mean most commercially available components are unsuitable. To ensure electronics used in space can withstand the harsh conditions, a system of certification has been develope ... read more |
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Earth-like biospheres on other planets may be rareLondon, UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 A new analysis of known exoplanets has revealed that Earth-like conditions on potentially habitable planets may be much rarer than previously thought. The work focuses on the conditions required for ... more  
Lockheed Martin aeroshell selected to for next Mars landerDenver CO (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to design and build the aeroshell for the Mars Sample Retrieval Lander. The capsule will protect the spacecraft through its landin ... more 
Nightside radio could help reveal exoplanet detailsHouston TX (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 We can't detect them yet, but radio signals from distant solar systems could provide valuable information about the characteristics of their planets. A paper by Rice University scientists describes ... more  
Russian, US scientists spar over causes of astronauts' headacheMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 22, 2021 US astronauts on board the International Space Station have been complaining of headache, with Russian and US scientists divided on whether an increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the statio ... more |
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Xi lauds 'new horizon' for humanity in space chat with astronautsBeijing (AFP) June 23, 2021 President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lauded the work of three astronauts building China's first space station as opening "new horizons" in humanity's bid to explore the cosmos. ... more 
Astronauts arrange new 'home' in spaceBeijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2021 Astronauts on board the core module of China's space station have started to prepare their orbiting residence for operations over the next three months. As soon as the three crew members-Major ... more 
SpaceML.org aims to accelerate AI application in space science and explorationMountain View CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2021 The SETI Institute and Frontier Development Lab are announcing the launch of SpaceML.org. SpaceML is a resource that makes AI-ready datasets available to researchers working in space science and exp ... more 
Astronauts may get their spleen removed before long-distance flightsMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 18, 2021 Radiation is considered one of the main issues facing space agencies in their bid to send a manned flight to Mars, according to Russian scientists from the Institute of Biomedical Problems. Re ... more 
Study of young chaotic star system reveals planet formation secretsCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 18, 2021 A team of scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study the young star Elias 2-27 have confirmed that gravitational instabilities play a key role in planet format ... more |
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China in space for cooperation, not zero-sum raceBeijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2021 China's Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft with three taikonauts aboard blasted off from northwest China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Thursday morning, marking another major milestone in the country ... more  
QUT and MDA to develop robot for space applicationToronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 18, 2021 QUT robotics researchers will join the push to take humanity back to the Moon in designing and demonstrating a logistics robot for space application. Researchers from QUT's Centre for Robotics ... more 
Space sustainability rating to shine light on debris problemParis (ESA) Jun 18, 2021 There's a problem brewing overhead. Invisible to the naked eye and relatively unheard of, it threatens our future in space - space debris.A new 'Space Sustainability Rating' is currently in developm ... more 
Successful program ignited by modest spark of an ideaBeijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2021 It was in August 1958 that Chinese scientists started to float the idea of sending Chinese astronauts to space. At that time, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the country's top scientific body ... more 
Fresh group of astronauts readying for orbitBeijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2021 As construction of China's space station gradually unfolds, the country needs fresh vigor to carry out the ambitious endeavor. Currently, the Astronaut Center of China in Beijing is training t ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2021 
A Perseverance rover scientist's favorite shot from the young Mars mission provides a new angle on an old and intriguing surface feature. Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite image or two from their mission. For Apollo 8's Bill Anders, it was a picture looking back at the Earth from near the Moon.
Astronaut Randy Bresnik prizes a photo of an aurora he took while aboard the I ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 20, 2021 
Family members of the Apollo 14 crew that landed on the moon in 1971 marked the 50th anniversary of the historic expedition Saturday at Kennedy Space Center.
The three astronauts from Apollo 14 - Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell - have died, but their families and several other Apollo-era figures recalled the trip as a triumphant return to the moon after the Apollo 13 acc ... 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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 Houston TX (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 
We can't detect them yet, but radio signals from distant solar systems could provide valuable information about the characteristics of their planets. A paper by Rice University scientists describes a way to better determine which exoplanets are most likely to produce detectable signals based on magnetosphere activity on exoplanets' previously discounted nightsides.
The study by Rice alumnu ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 22, 2021 
DARPA's Operational Fires (OpFires) program, which is developing and demonstrating new technologies for ground-launched medium-range hypersonic weapons, successfully completed full-scale static test firing of a unique second stage propulsion system.
This high-performance, solid-fuel "throttleable" rocket motor can be turned off before burning through all of its fuel, potentially allowing a ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2021 
China's Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft with three taikonauts aboard blasted off from northwest China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Thursday morning, marking another major milestone in the country's space exploration endeavor.
It has been almost five years since China sent its taikonauts into space last time. During the current mission, the Chinese astronauts, the first visitors to the s ... 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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 Jerusalem (AFP) June 21, 2021 
Israel has used an airborne laser to shoot down drones in a series of tests, officials said Monday, calling it a "milestone" to update its already powerful defence systems.
During the tests, which took place "over the last week," a prototype of the high-power laser system carried on a small civilian plane "successfully intercepted several UAVs", said Yaniv Rotem, head of the defence ministry ... 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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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 
"Detecting primordial black holes opens up new perspectives to understand the origin of the Universe, because these still hypothetical black holes are supposed to have formed just a few tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang. Their study is of great interest for research in theoretical physics and cosmology, because they could notably explain the origin of dark matter in the Universe". ... more |
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 18, 2021 
An international team led by researchers at Princeton University has uncovered a new pattern of ordering of electric charge in a novel superconducting material.
The researchers discovered the new type of ordering in a material containing atoms arranged in a peculiar structure known as a kagome lattice. While researchers already understand how the electron's spin can produce magnetism, thes ... more |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 18, 2021 
QUT robotics researchers will join the push to take humanity back to the Moon in designing and demonstrating a logistics robot for space application.
Researchers from QUT's Centre for Robotics will partner with Canadian-based space technology company MDA and Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth in designing a logistics robot prototype that may be used inside the International S ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 17, 2021  The 4th Infantry Division participated in the Army's first unmanned aircraft system threat training ahead of deployment to the U.S. Central Command region, the branch announced.
The home-station training session took place at Fort Carson, Colorado from April 19 to May 7, the Army said this week.
The training included simulations of the Mobile-Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehi ... more |
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