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  Sriharikota, India (AFP) Jul 22, 2019 India on Monday launched a landmark spacecraft to land on the Moon, in a bid to become only the fourth nation to achieve the feat. Chandrayaan-2 - Moon Chariot 2 - took off as scheduled at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, an island off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh state. The launch came a week after a fuel leak forced the previous attempt to be scrubbed. The South Asian nation is bidding to become just the fourth nation - after Russia, t ... read more |
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One giant leap: 50 years ago, humanity's first steps on the MoonHouston (AFP) July 21, 2019 "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind": it was with these words that Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon 50 years ago, an occasion celebrated by space enthusiasts globally Saturday. ... more
Three original NASA moon-walk videos auctioned off for $1.82MWashington (UPI) Jul 21, 2019 The original NASA videotapes of the Apollo 11 moon walk were auctioned off for $1.82 million on the 50th anniversary of the feat. ... more 
Building a toolkit for the MoonParis (ESA) Jul 22, 2019 As the world celebrates 50 years since the first lunar landing, the team at ESA's astronaut centre is looking to the future of lunar exploration. This includes developing prototypes for rock and soi ... more 
Powering the future with lunar soilParis (ESA) Jul 22, 2019 Building a lunar base would be one of the next logical steps in our exploration of the Solar System, but the survival of a future crew depends on access to a reliable source of energy. An ESA Discov ... more |
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Man's first steps on the Moon, reported live by AFP Paris (AFP) July 19, 2019 It was 10:56 pm at mission control in Houston on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon. ... more 
Third European service module for Orion to ferry astronauts on Moon landingParis (ESA) Jul 18, 2019 NASA and ESA have a long term plan for Europe to deliver the European Service Modules for Orion. With NASA's announcement to bring humans back to the lunar surface before the end of 2024, it was als ... more  
Super salty, subzero Arctic water provides peek at possible life on other planetsSeattle WA (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched. NASA announced June 27 that it will send a vehicle to Saturn's icy moon, Titan, a celestial body known to harbor surfa ... more  
Could vacuum physics be revealed by laser-driven microbubble?Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jul 11, 2019 A "vacuum" is generally thought to be nothing but empty space. But in fact, a vacuum is filled with "virtual particle-antiparticle pairs" of electrons and positrons that are continuously created and ... more  
MASCOT Confirms What Scientists Have Long SuspectedBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 17, 2019 Ryugu and other asteroids of the common 'C-class' consist of more porous material than was previously thought. Small fragments of their material are therefore too fragile to survive entry into the a ... more |
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Buzz Aldrin has landed -- for the Apollo 11 anniversaryHuntsville, United States (AFP) July 18, 2019 The suspense had been building for 24 hours: would Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, show up Wednesday night in Huntsville, Alabama - nicknamed "Rocket City" for the nearby NASA space flight center? ... more  |
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A Few Things Artemis Will Teach Us About Living and Working on the MoonGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2019 Humans have not had much of an opportunity to work on the Moon. The 12 Apollo astronauts who got to explore its surface clocked in 80 hours in total of discovery time. From their brief encounters, a ... more 
Humanity needs bold new space mission, Apollo legends agreeCocoa Beach FL (UPI) Jul 17, 2019 A new, bold challenge in space exploration is needed to advance American prosperity and unite humanity with a common goal, a group of Apollo-era legends said Tuesday on the 50th anniversary of Apoll ... more 
'One giant leap': US marks Apollo mission 50 years onCape Canaveral (AFP) July 17, 2019 Fifty years after a mighty rocket set off from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon, a veteran of the Apollo 11 crew returned to its fabled launch pad Tuesday to commemorate "one giant leap" that became a defining moment in human history. ... more 
Who owns the moon? A space lawyer answersLincoln NB (The Conversation) Jul 13, 2019 Most likely, this is the best-known picture of a flag ever taken: Buzz Aldrin standing next to the first U.S. flag planted on the Moon. For those who knew their world history, it also rang some alar ... more 
Maxar teams with Dynetics on power and propulsion element for Lunar GatewayWestminster CO (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 Maxar Technologies has signed a teaming agreement with Huntsville, Alabama-based Dynetics to support Maxar in building and demonstrating the power and propulsion element for the Gateway - an essenti ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2019 
New analysis of Juno mission data suggests Jupiter's auroras are powered by alternating current, not direct current.
Jupiter, a the largest planet in the solar system, boasts an aurora with a radiant power of 100 terawatts, or 100 billion kilowatts. It's the brightest aurora in the solar system.
Like Earth's auroras, Jupiter's light shows are centered around its poles. The aurora ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 13, 2019 
In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched. NASA announced June 27 that it will send a vehicle to Saturn's icy moon, Titan, a celestial body known to harbor surface lakes of methane and an ice-covered ocean of water, boosting its chance for supporting life.
On Earth, scientists are studying the most extreme environments to learn how life might exist unde ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 22, 2019 
The launch period for NASA's Mars 2020 rover opens exactly one year from July 17, 2020, and extends through Aug. 5, 2020. The mission will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and land at Mars' Jezero Crater on Feb. 18, 2021.
"Back when we started this project in 2013, we came up with a timeline to chart mission progress," said John McNamee, Mars 2020 project manager at ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) July 20, 2019 
Fifty years ago on Saturday, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans in history to set foot on the Moon, an event watched on television by half a billion people.
Their lunar module, named "Eagle," touched down at 2018 GMT (4:18pm ET) on July 20, 1969.
A little over six hours later, at 0256 GMT, Armstrong placed his left foot on the lunar surface, declar ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
To send humans to the Moon 50 years ago, an entire nation rose to the challenge. Surmounting countless hurdles, inventing new technologies while staring into the face of the unknown, NASA successfully pioneered multiple lunar landings. NASA demonstrated to the world the importance of partnerships and what a unified country can achieve.
Similarly, the task of building the world's most compl ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke stood on the Moon and looked back at Earth. From the lunar surface, they took a picture of Earth like none before: the first view of our planet in far ultraviolet light.
This picture highlights Earth's ionosphere, a region of the upper atmosphere that is mostly invisible to our eyes - aside from aurora or airglow, if you're in the r ... more |
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 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 17, 2019 
Ryugu and other asteroids of the common 'C-class' consist of more porous material than was previously thought. Small fragments of their material are therefore too fragile to survive entry into the atmosphere in the event of a collision with Earth. This has revealed the long-suspected cause of the deficit of this meteorite type in finds on Earth.
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center ( ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2019 
Named after a Celtic goddess of the Sun, SULIS is a UK-led solar science mission, designed to answer fundamental questions about the physics of solar storms. The mission consists of a cluster of small satellites and will carefully monitor solar storms using state-of-the-art UK technology, as well as demonstrating new technologies in space. Lead Investigator on the project, Dr. Eamon Scullion of ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 19, 2019 
China's Tiangong-2 space lab successfully re-entered the Earth's atmosphere Friday under controlled conditions, completing the latest round of experiments in Beijing's ambitious space programme.
Tiangong-2 - or "Heavenly Palace" - was launched into orbit in 2016 and re-entered the earth's atmosphere under control at around 9:06 pm local time (1306 GMT) on Friday, China Manned Space Agency ... more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 22, 2019
To send humans to the Moon 50 years ago, an entire nation rose to the challenge. Surmounting countless hurdles, inventing new technologies while staring into the face of the unknown, NASA successfully pioneered multiple lunar landings. NASA demonstrated to the world the importance of partnerships and what a unified country can achieve.
Similarly, the task of building the world's most compl ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) July 19, 2019 
A bold vision by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to mesh human brains with artificial intelligence remains more science fiction than reality.
Even as Musk claimed his Neuralink startup had enabled a monkey to control a computer with its brain, experts were quick to dampen expectations for a futuristic scenario from "The Matrix" films, based on people with cybernetic implants.
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 Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 22, 2019 
What's the first thought or word that comes to your mind when you hear Apollo 11? Is it NASA, moon landing, Armstrong or Aldrin?
While all of those are perfectly logical and correct answers, there's one response that's equally as valid, though not often given: U.S. Air Force or Airmen.
From Air Force Col. Nick Hague, who is currently aboard the International Space Station, all the wa ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Over the past 22 years, sea levels in the Arctic have risen an average of 2.2 millimeters per year. This is the conclusion of a Danish-German research team after evaluating 1.5 billion radar measurements of various satellites using specially developed algorithms.
"The Arctic is a hotspot of climate change," explains Prof. Florian Seitz of the German Geodetic Research Institute at the Techn ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2019 
A U.S. Navy request for proposals calls for a new class of unmanned surface vessels.
While the Navy floated performance specifications in February for a fleet of "medium unmanned surface vehicles," the request was officially announced Tuesday. It seeks developers for a craft of up to 164 feet long, to function as a sensor and communications relay in part of a family of unmanned surface ... more |
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 Durham UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2019 
Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's general theory of relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or how galaxies form.
Physicists at Durham University, UK, simulated the cosmos using an alternative model for gravity - f(R)-gravity, a so called Chameleon Theory. The resulting images produced by the simulation show that galaxies like our Mi ... more |
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