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  Washington DC (UPI) Oct 22, 2019 Blue Origin announced Tuesday a new partnership with old-guard aerospace firms Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper to land on the moon - signalling a new era in U.S. space exploration. Until now, Blue Origin functioned as a standalone startup, funded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' billions. It was seen chiefly as a competitor to new space companies like SpaceX. With Tuesday's announcement, Blue Origin leads a team in NASA's aggressive plan to return people to the moon by 2024, and t ... read more |
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NASA wants international partners to go to Moon tooWashington (AFP) Oct 21, 2019 As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international participation, which could mean a non-American setting foot on Earth's natural satellite for the first time in history, global space chiefs said Monday. ... more 
All-female spacewalk duo set sights on MoonWashington (AFP) Oct 21, 2019 What's even better than venturing out into the vacuum of space? Landing on the Moon, according to US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir, the first all-female duo to conduct a spacewalk. ... more  
Mars 2020 Rover unwrapped and ready for more testingPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 22, 2019 In this time-lapse video, taken on Oct. 4, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, bunny-suited engineers remove the inner layer of protective antistatic foil on the Mars ... more  
Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at Isaac Newton TelescopeLa Palma, Spain (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 The study of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is driven by both scientific and practical reasons. Because of their proximity to our planet, they can provide key information regarding the delivery of wate ... more |
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Mars once had salt lakes similar to EarthCollege Station TX (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 Mars once had salt lakes that are similar to those on Earth and has gone through wet and dry periods, according to an international team of scientists that includes a Texas A and M University Colleg ... more  
University of Hawaii team unravels origin, chemical makeup of Titan's dunesManoa HI (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 A team led by a University of Hawaii at Manoa chemistry professor and researcher has been able to provide answers to key questions about the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. Physical chemist Ra ... more  
Physicists develop fast and sensitive mechanical tool to measure lightEugene OR (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 A team of University of Oregon physicists has developed a fast, sensitive bolometer that can measure light at and far above room-temperature. The technology out of the Aleman Lab, known as a " ... more 
Mars InSight's 'Mole' is moving againPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 18, 2019 NASA's InSight spacecraft has used its robotic arm to help its heat probe, known as "the mole," dig nearly 2 centimeters (3/4 of an inch) over the past week. While modest, the movement is significan ... more 
India's second Moon mission begins spectroscopic studies of lunar surfaceNew Delhi (Sputnik) Oct 18, 2019 espite the setback in India's second lunar mission - Chandrayaan-2, the rover of the satellite continues to go around the Moon with all its payloads and is completely functional. The lander failed t ... more |
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Space Traffic Controller Not A Job, But An AdventureBethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 In the not-too-distant future an international regulatory and enforcement agency may be looking for Space Traffic Controllers to fill hundreds of positions for well-trained professionals. It i ... more  |
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Assembler robots make large structures from little piecesBoston MA (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 Today's commercial aircraft are typically manufactured in sections, often in different locations - wings at one factory, fuselage sections at another, tail components somewhere else - and then flown ... more  
New generation of intelligent bio-interfaces could overcome aspects of spinal cord injuryWashington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 Spinal cord injury disrupts the connection between brain and body, causing devastating loss of physiological function to the wounded warfighter. In addition to paralysis, service members living with ... more  
China prepares for space station constructionBeijing (XNA) Oct 18, 2019 China is preparing for the upcoming high-density space missions to construct China's space station, and the Long March-5B carrier rocket, set to launch capsules for the space station, is expected to ... more 
UK eases sanctions on Moscow to allow activities related to joint space mission to MarsLondon, UK (Sputnik) Oct 04, 2019 The United Kingdom has eased sanctions on Russia by amending its Export Control Order 2014 to allow for certain activities necessary for the ExoMars-2020 joint Russia-EU space mission. "Articl ... more 
Planned new rocket carries hope for China's manned lunar landing programBeijing (XNA) Oct 17, 2019 Space engineers have made a key step in designing a new generation launch vehicle that could help start China's manned lunar exploration program, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technol ... more |
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 College Station TX (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 
Mars once had salt lakes that are similar to those on Earth and has gone through wet and dry periods, according to an international team of scientists that includes a Texas A and M University College of Geosciences researcher.
Marion Nachon, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Texas A and M, and colleagues have had their work published in the cu ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Oct 21, 2019 
As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international participation, which could mean a non-American setting foot on Earth's natural satellite for the first time in history, global space chiefs said Monday.
"I think there's lots of room on the Moon, and we need all our international partners to go with us to the Moon," NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine told reporters ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2019 
Last night, NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver - extraordinarily long by mission standards. The goal of the burn, as it's known, will keep the solar-powered spacecraft out of what would have been a mission-ending shadow cast by Jupiter on the spacecraft during its next close flyby of the planet on Nov. 3, 2019.
Juno began the maneuver yeste ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 18, 2019 
Rock cores collected from deep beneath the planet's surface suggest ancient microbes have been living inside Europe's largest meteorite crater for millions of years.
Some 400 million years ago, a massive space rock slammed into northern Europe, excavating a giant crater in the middle of what's now Sweden. Today, prospectors are drilling for natural gas within the confines of the ancient ... more |
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 Orlando FL (UPI) Oct 19, 2019 
Rocket startup company Firefly Aerospace said Friday it will partner with Aerojet Rocketdyne. One of the first projects on which the two will collaborate is 3D printing of Firefly's Reaper engines, according to the formal announcement.
"This means we'll have access to the very significant expertise that Aerojet has developed over decades," said Eric Salwan, director of commercial business ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 18, 2019 
China is preparing for the upcoming high-density space missions to construct China's space station, and the Long March-5B carrier rocket, set to launch capsules for the space station, is expected to make its maiden flight in 2020.
Zhou Jianping, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has been appointed the chief designer of China's manned space program, and Gu Yidong, an aca ... more |
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 La Palma, Spain (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 
The study of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) is driven by both scientific and practical reasons. Because of their proximity to our planet, they can provide key information regarding the delivery of water and organic-rich material to the early Earth, and the subsequent emergence of life. On the other hand, these small bodies of the solar system have non-negligible long-term probabilities of colliding ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2019 
German defense contractors Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland will build a high-energy laser for installation aboard a German navy ship.
While performance specifications or timetables have not yet been developed by the government Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, the announcement last week is the first time the German military has entered the arena of laser weapon development.
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2019 
The U.S. Army does not intend to purchase additional Israeli-made Iron Dome missile defense systems, but may have to, the officer leading a missile group said.
The purchase of the interim system in the summer of 2019 was a stopgap measure, officials said, meant to meet Congress's 2023 deadline on missile defense in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act for the Army to develop its ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 
A team led by a University of Hawaii at Manoa chemistry professor and researcher has been able to provide answers to key questions about the surface of Saturn's moon Titan.
Physical chemist Ralf I. Kaiser and fellow researchers examined remote sensing data regarding NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan - the only solar system body besides Earth with a solid surface, lakes and a thick at ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 
Evening gowns with interwoven LEDs may look extravagant, but the light sources need a constant power supply from devices that are as well wearable, durable, and lightweight. Chinese scientists have manufactured fibrous electrodes for wearable devices that are flexible and excel by their high energy density. A microfluidic technology was key for the preparation of the electrode material was a mic ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have used a massive cluster of galaxies as an X-ray magnifying glass to peer back in time, to nearly 9.4 billion years ago. In the process, they spotted a tiny dwarf galaxy in its very first, high-energy stages of star formation.
While galaxy clusters have been used to magnify objects at optical wavelengths, this is the first time scientists have leveraged ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Oct 18, 2019 
"Weather" in clusters of galaxies may explain a longstanding puzzle, according to a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge. The scientists used sophisticated simulations to show how powerful jets from supermassive black holes are disrupted by the motion of hot gas and galaxies, preventing gas from cooling, which could otherwise form stars. The team publish their work in the journal M ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 
Today's commercial aircraft are typically manufactured in sections, often in different locations - wings at one factory, fuselage sections at another, tail components somewhere else - and then flown to a central plant in huge cargo planes for final assembly.
But what if the final assembly was the only assembly, with the whole plane built out of a large array of tiny identical pieces, all p ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 11, 2019 
Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems announced the sale of over 1,000 THOR mini-drones to an unnamed Southeast Asian country in a $153 million deal.
The contract for the unmanned aircraft systems, including other unmanned aircraft manufactured by the company, will be executed over a 22-month period, Elbit said earlier this week.
The contract calls for THOR multirotor vertical ... more |
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