Spacecraft News

• newElysium Space to launch world's first memorial spacecraft - Santa Maria Times (subscription)
  Santa Maria Times (subscription)Elysium Space to launch world's first memorial spacecraftSanta Maria Times (subscription)The spacecraft will be deployed in a Sun-synchronous orbit, ensuring it will pass over every location in the world during it…
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• newNASA's Jupiter Mission Reveals the 'Brand-New and Unexpected' - New York Times
  NPRNASA's Jupiter Mission Reveals the 'Brand-New and Unexpected'New York TimesMultiple images combined show Jupiter's south pole, as seen by NASA's Juno spacecraft from an altitude of 32,000 miles. The oval features are cyclones. Credit NASA/JPL…
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• newNASA Ames Media Day for Small Spacecraft Technology and Announcement of Cube Quest Challenge Winners - Space Ref (press release)
  NASA Ames Media Day for Small Spacecraft Technology and Announcement of Cube Quest Challenge WinnersSpace Ref (press release)Media are invited to learn about NASA's small spacecraft technology development and upcoming launches, and to talk to fi…
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• newCassini Spacecraft Captures Saturn's Shifting Seasons and Summer Solstice - Popular Mechanics
  Popular MechanicsCassini Spacecraft Captures Saturn's Shifting Seasons and Summer SolsticePopular MechanicsCassini may be near the end of its existence, but the NASA spacecraft is still delivering a wealth of scientific information. It's capture…
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• ESA investigation finds Schiaparelli spacecraft was “ill-prepared” to make Mars landing - SpaceNews
  New AtlasESA investigation finds Schiaparelli spacecraft was “ill-prepared” to make Mars landingSpaceNewsESA investigation finds Schiaparelli spacecraft was “ill-prepared” to make Mars landing. by Jeff Foust — May 25, 2017. MRO Schiapa…
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• Soyuz 2-1B launches Tundra missile detection spacecraft ... - NASASpaceflight.com
  NASASpaceflight.comSoyuz 2-1B launches Tundra missile detection spacecraft ...NASASpaceflight.comRussia has launched a Soyuz-2-1b rocket from Plesetsk Thursday carrying a Tundra missile detection spacecraft, ending a year-long gap in Russian mil…
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• Boeing Awarded DARPA Contract to Build Spacecraft - TheStreet.com
  International Business Times UKBoeing Awarded DARPA Contract to Build SpacecraftTheStreet.comThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Boeing (BA) the contract to manufacture its experimental space plane. The XS-1, the sp…
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• NASA moves up launch of ASU-led Psyche Mission to a metal asteroid - Arizona State University
  LivemintNASA moves up launch of ASU-led Psyche Mission to a metal asteroidArizona State UniversityThe Psyche spacecraft is being built by Space Systems Loral (SSL), Palo Alto, California. In order to support the new mission trajectory, SSL redes…
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• Juno spacecraft makes fifth science pass of Jupiter - SpaceFlight Insider
  SpaceFlight InsiderJuno spacecraft makes fifth science pass of JupiterSpaceFlight InsiderThis enhanced color view of Jupiter's cloud tops was processed by citizen scientist Bjorn Jonsson using data from the JunoCam instrument on NASA's Juno spac…
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• Fullerton teen wins $10000 for creating spacecraft living quarters suggestion for Mars mission - OCRegister
  OCRegisterFullerton teen wins $10000 for creating spacecraft living quarters suggestion for Mars missionOCRegisterHis objective: Design living quarters for a Mars-bound spacecraft and present his creation to a global leader in aerospace research…
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• NASA's Cassini spacecraft aims to skirt Saturn's innermost ring - Spaceflight Now
  Spaceflight NowNASA's Cassini spacecraft aims to skirt Saturn's innermost ringSpaceflight NowFresh off its fifth passage through a gap between Saturn's atmosphere and rings, NASA's robotic Cassini spacecraft is looping toward a close brush with…
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• World's first memorial spacecraft to launch from Vandenberg AFB - Lompoc Record
  Lompoc RecordWorld's first memorial spacecraft to launch from Vandenberg AFBLompoc RecordElysium Space, a San Francisco-based company, announced this month that its Elysium Star II memorial spacecraft is scheduled to be among the secondary paylo…
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• Made in Space wants to 3D-print a spacecraft—in space - Blastr
  BlastrMade in Space wants to 3D-print a spacecraft—in spaceBlastrThe vision is to outfit a spacecraft with a 3D printer and flexible robotic arms that will be able to autonomously manufacture satellites and other structures while in orbit. Spa…
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• VIDEO: NASA's Juno Spacecraft Completes Fifth Science Pass of Jupiter - SpaceCoastDaily.com
  SpaceCoastDaily.comVIDEO: NASA's Juno Spacecraft Completes Fifth Science Pass of JupiterSpaceCoastDaily.comJuno's next close flyby of Jupiter will occur on July 11, 2017, taking it over Jupiter's Great Red Spot. NASA's Juno spacecraft made its f…
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• Juno spacecraft makes another pass by Jupiter – Spaceflight Now - Spaceflight Now
  Spaceflight NowJuno spacecraft makes another pass by Jupiter – Spaceflight NowSpaceflight NowThis image of cyclones near Jupiter's north pole was captured by the JunoCam imager during Friday's flyby. Credit: NASA/SWRI/MSSS. Making its fifth sc…
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• SpaceX Set To Launch Dragon Spacecraft On June 1 From KSC For Resupply Mission To ISS - SpaceCoastDaily.com
  SpaceCoastDaily.comSpaceX Set To Launch Dragon Spacecraft On June 1 From KSC For Resupply Mission To ISSSpaceCoastDaily.comSolar panels are an efficient way to generate power, but they can be delicate and large when used to power a spacecraft or…
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• Key Spacecraft Component Has Hoosier Connection - Inside INdiana Business
  Inside INdiana BusinessKey Spacecraft Component Has Hoosier ConnectionInside INdiana BusinessTwo Hoosier companies have joined forces to produce a key component to a vehicle that represents the future of space travel. The "upper dome," which wil…
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• Elysium Space to launch the first ever 'memorial spacecraft' via SpaceX - TechCrunch
  TechCrunchElysium Space to launch the first ever 'memorial spacecraft' via SpaceXTechCrunchA company providing very unique service has become a new client for SpaceX — Elysium, which creates memorial spacecraft commissioned to commemorate indi…
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• 'Archinaut' Spacecraft Could Build Huge Structures in Space (Videos) - Space.com
  Space.com'Archinaut' Spacecraft Could Build Huge Structures in Space (Videos)Space.comThe Archinaut concept integrates a 3D-printer and flexible robotic arms into a single spacecraft capable of manufacturing parts and putting them together in sp…
  - 10 days ago 16 May 17, 11:18am -
• NASA delivers detectors for ESA's Euclid spacecraft - Phys.Org
  Phys.OrgNASA delivers detectors for ESA's Euclid spacecraftPhys.OrgThe spacecraft, scheduled for launch in 2020, will observe billions of faint galaxies and investigate why the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace. Astrophysicists think…
  - 16 days ago 10 May 17, 10:30am -
• Secret X-37B military spacecraft lands with sonic boom after 718 days in orbit - Fox News
  Fox NewsSecret X-37B military spacecraft lands with sonic boom after 718 days in orbitFox NewsThe reusable X-37B spacecraft is built by Boeing and launches on Atlas V rockets for extended missions in orbit. The spaceplane, similar in appearance…
  - 18 days ago 8 May 17, 7:12pm -
• Mysterious military spacecraft lands in Florida causing sonic boom - Fox News
  Fox NewsMysterious military spacecraft lands in Florida causing sonic boomFox NewsMultiple media outlets reported that the 29-foot-long spacecraft's return caused a sonic boom that rattled central Florida and could be heard as far away as Tampa…
  - 18 days ago 8 May 17, 7:47am -
• Watch NASA's Cassini spacecraft fly between Saturn and its rings - The Verge
  The VergeWatch NASA's Cassini spacecraft fly between Saturn and its ringsThe VergeAlong the way, though, the spacecraft will continue to sample Saturn's atmosphere, measure the planet, and take more beautiful photos. The team responsible Cassini…
  - 22 days ago 4 May 17, 9:23pm -
• Scientists Figure Out Possible New Threat to Spacecraft - IEEE Spectrum
  IEEE SpectrumScientists Figure Out Possible New Threat to SpacecraftIEEE SpectrumAccording to scientists and engineers at Stanford University and Boston University one culprit could be dust-size particles streaking through space at tens of kilom…
  - 23 days ago 3 May 17, 1:56pm -
• NASA's Alien-Planet Hunter Spacecraft Gets a New Look at Neptune - Space.com
  Space.comNASA's Alien-Planet Hunter Spacecraft Gets a New Look at NeptuneSpace.comNeptune passed into Kepler's field of view between November 2014 and January 2015, when the spacecraft's orientation kept its instruments pointed along the plane o…
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• The Abort Rocket Motor for NASA's Orion Spacecraft Just Aced a Big Test - Space.com
  Space.comThe Abort Rocket Motor for NASA's Orion Spacecraft Just Aced a Big TestSpace.comFlanked by a forest view, a motor for the Orion spacecraft underwent a three-pronged fiery test ahead of being used for flights across the solar system. Orb…
  - 24 days ago 2 May 17, 6:32pm -
• Between Saturn's rings: The Cassini spacecraft is sending back amazing images - PRI
  PRIBetween Saturn's rings: The Cassini spacecraft is sending back amazing imagesPRIIt's been 20 years since NASA launched its Cassini spacecraft into our solar system, with the mysterious gas giant Saturn as its destination. Billions of miles la…
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• NASA spacecraft survives unprecedented trip between Saturn, rings - The Daily Telegram
  NASA spacecraft survives unprecedented trip between Saturn, ringsThe Daily TelegramThis combination of April 26, 2017, images show features in Saturn's atmosphere from closer than ever before. The view was captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a…
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• Cassini Spacecraft Re-Establishes Contact After 'Dive' Between Saturn And Its Rings - NPR
  NPRCassini Spacecraft Re-Establishes Contact After 'Dive' Between Saturn And Its RingsNPRNASA's Cassini spacecraft re-established contact with ground controllers shortly before 3 a.m. ET after passing through the gap between Saturn and the plane…
  - 29 days ago 27 Apr 17, 8:17am -
• NASA's Cassini spacecraft prepares to dive between Saturn and its rings - Fox News
  Fox NewsNASA's Cassini spacecraft prepares to dive between Saturn and its ringsFox NewsNo spacecraft has ever explored the 1,500-mile gap between Saturn and its rings, so Cassini will use its dish-shaped high-gain antenna, which measures 13 feet…
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Space Business (Google)

• newRechler: LI's continued economic growth requires industrial space - Long Island Business News (subscription)
  Rechler: LI's continued economic growth requires industrial spaceLong Island Business News (subscription)The Hampton Business District, where we recently broke ground on a planned 68,000 square-foot facility, is the first and only Class A indust…
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• newPrized industrial flex space going up quickly at Lakewood Ranch - Bradenton Herald
  Bradenton HeraldPrized industrial flex space going up quickly at Lakewood RanchBradenton HeraldHarrod Properties of Tampa is rapidly pushing ahead with the Gatewood Corporate Center at Lakewood Ranch. And well it might, considering the demand fo…
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• newWho Will Build the World's First Commercial Space Station? - Scientific American
  Scientific AmericanWho Will Build the World's First Commercial Space Station?Scientific AmericanMichael Suffredini has big business plans for low Earth orbit. After a decade as NASA's program manager for the International Space Station (ISS) he…
  - 8 hours ago 26 May 17, 11:17am -
• newSpace recruits new business director - Event Magazine
  Event MagazineSpace recruits new business directorEvent MagazineCope was formerly client services director at the Starbucks UK & EMEA on-site agency, and has now moved to Space where he will be in charge of leading client relationships and overs…
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• newHow officials are pitching Baltimore despite running out of space - Baltimore Business Journal
  How officials are pitching Baltimore despite running out of spaceBaltimore Business JournalWeekly Edition. Filled with “must read” stories, industry news and reporter insights, exclusive interviews with local business leaders, and expanded T…
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• newABQ event pros on making their venue unique - Albuquerque Business First
  ABQ event pros on making their venue uniqueAlbuquerque Business FirstOr finding a toilet after the event is over and everyone rushes to the bathrooms. These ratios represent the number of parking spaces, and toilets, available at the best meetin…
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• NASA's Stennis Space Center earns agency's Small Business Administrator's Cup Award - Mississippi Business Journal
  NASA's Stennis Space Center earns agency's Small Business Administrator's Cup AwardMississippi Business JournalNASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis,, has been awarded the agency's fiscal year 2016 NASA Small Business Administrator's Cu…
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• DraftKings is shopping for downtown Chicago office - Crain's Chicago Business (blog)
  Crain's Chicago Business (blog)DraftKings is shopping for downtown Chicago officeCrain's Chicago Business (blog)One qualm that some of the bill's opponents have had, Zalewski said, is that the biggest companies in the space had no Illinois footp…
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• Spark review – cosmic monkey business is a load of space junk - The Guardian
  The GuardianSpark review – cosmic monkey business is a load of space junkThe GuardianThis egregiously bad cartoon posits a universe in which a race of upright, vaguely simian creatures have mastered interplanetary travel. The title character (…
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• Rocket Lab puts its first low-cost Electron launch vehicle in space from New Zealand - GeekWire
  GeekWireRocket Lab puts its first low-cost Electron launch vehicle in space from New ZealandGeekWireTo drive down the cost of access to space, the Electron takes advantage of several technologies that might be considered experimental for the spa…
  - 2 days ago 25 May 17, 6:08am -

• 500 new space startups by 2025? The Founder Institute wants to make that happen. - SpaceNews
  SpaceNews500 new space startups by 2025? The Founder Institute wants to make that happen.SpaceNews“This is an international call for anyone working in space or passionate about space to launch a company,” said Adeo Ressi, co-founder and chie…
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• WeWork has quietly launched a fitness business inside its network of shared offices - Quartz
  QuartzWeWork has quietly launched a fitness business inside its network of shared officesQuartzWeWork, the office-space rental startup, has quietly started a new business related not to work, but to workouts. Since last year, the company has off…
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• DARPA just announced it's one step closer to building a hypersonic space plane - Business Insider
  Business InsiderDARPA just announced it's one step closer to building a hypersonic space planeBusiness InsiderThe XS-1 program envisions a fully reusable unmanned vehicle, roughly the size of a business jet, which would take off vertically like…
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• Brooks Brothers shutters store on busy Austin corner - Austin Business Journal
  Washington Business JournalBrooks Brothers shutters store on busy Austin cornerAustin Business JournalThe closure opens up intriguing downtown space on a coveted thoroughfare, on the ground floor of an office mid-rise built more than 100 years a…
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• Grand Junction company lands contract for space project - Business Times of Western Colorado
  Grand Junction company lands contract for space projectBusiness Times of Western ColoradoGJEP, Tipton, Thurlow and Club 20 have supported efforts to promote the Western Slope aerospace industry, including trips and interactions among Lockheed Ma…
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• Colorado Business Roundtable names Joe Rice to its 'Inner Circle' - The Colorado Statesman
  The Colorado StatesmanColorado Business Roundtable names Joe Rice to its 'Inner Circle'The Colorado StatesmanJoe Rice, the director of government relations for Lockheed Martin Space Systems, is the latest addition to the Colorado Business Roundt…
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• Pat McAfee Selects 'Barstool Sports' Space in Indy - Inside INdiana ... - Inside INdiana Business
  Inside INdiana BusinessPat McAfee Selects 'Barstool Sports' Space in Indy - Inside INdiana ...Inside INdiana BusinessThe sports humor and lifestyle media company launched by former Indianapolis Colts punter Pat McAfee has announced the location…
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• Downtown Indy Space to Become Infosys U.S. 'Hub' - Inside INdiana ... - Inside INdiana Business
  Inside INdiana BusinessDowntown Indy Space to Become Infosys U.S. 'Hub' - Inside INdiana ...Inside INdiana BusinessState, city and company officials Tuesday laid out several reasons for why India-based technology giant Infosys selected Indianapo…
  - 3 days ago 23 May 17, 6:20pm -
• NASA has sent 2 astronauts outside its $100 billion space station to make an emergency repair - Business Insider
  Business InsiderNASA has sent 2 astronauts outside its $100 billion space station to make an emergency repairBusiness InsiderCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two US astronauts floated outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday for a hastil…
  - 3 days ago 23 May 17, 1:43pm -
• Birge Picked to Lead 'Next Level' Coworking Space - Inside INdiana Business
  Inside INdiana BusinessBirge Picked to Lead 'Next Level' Coworking SpaceInside INdiana BusinessIn an interview with Inside INdiana Business, Birge says Launch Indy's location in The Union 525 building is a "big draw" for the organization. "One t…
  - 3 days ago 23 May 17, 9:11am -
• Femology Business Lounge Plans to Help Women-Owned Businesses Thrive - Black Enterprise
  Black EnterpriseFemology Business Lounge Plans to Help Women-Owned Businesses ThriveBlack EnterpriseWhen Meagan Ward, founder and CEO of Creatively Flawless, met client-turned-business-partner Ashleigh Brock they immediately bonded over the need…
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• Sperm frozen in space successfully led to a bunch of healthy baby mice - Business Insider
  Business InsiderSperm frozen in space successfully led to a bunch of healthy baby miceBusiness InsiderCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After nine months in space, mouse sperm has yielded healthy mice, Japanese scientists reported Monday. The freeze-drie…
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• A critical computer has failed on NASA's $100 billion space station and astronauts are gearing up for emergency repairs - Business Insider
  Business InsiderA critical computer has failed on NASA's $100 billion space station and astronauts are gearing up for emergency repairsBusiness InsiderCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Sta…
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• Here's how long humans could survive in space without a spacesuit - Business Insider
  Business InsiderHere's how long humans could survive in space without a spacesuitBusiness InsiderWhat would happen if you went to space without a spacesuit? Whatever you do, don't hold your breath!The vacuum of space will pull the air from your…
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• Risky Business: At Mars Conference, Experts Discuss Threats to Space Travelers - Space.com
  Space.comRisky Business: At Mars Conference, Experts Discuss Threats to Space TravelersSpace.comSpace will never be a risk-free environment, but there are ways to reduce the risk for crew who travel on future deep-space missions, experts noted a…
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• Business Notes: Report Finds Office Space Demand Increasing in Downtown Bethesda - BethesdaMagazine.com
  BethesdaMagazine.comBusiness Notes: Report Finds Office Space Demand Increasing in Downtown BethesdaBethesdaMagazine.comThe firm projects that by 2019 there will be demand for about 3.7 million square feet of investment-grade office space in Bet…
  - 14 days ago 12 May 17, 3:16pm -
• ​Engility eyes commercial space market - Washington Business Journal
  ​Engility eyes commercial space marketWashington Business JournalEngility's space business involves consulting and advising space customers on policy and strategy, technical assistance and systems engineering. Space is a hot market for the com…
  - 21 days ago 6 May 17, 12:57am -
• Black Dot business incubator moves into bigger space with more opportunities - GeekWire
  GeekWireBlack Dot business incubator moves into bigger space with more opportunitiesGeekWireBlack Dot, a business incubator for black-owned enterprises, is celebrating its new, bigger home in Seattle's Central District. The expanded space will p…
  - 22 days ago 5 May 17, 12:57am -
• Twitter's abandoned Berlin office has been turned into a space for the city's entrepreneurs - Business Insider
  Business InsiderTwitter's abandoned Berlin office has been turned into a space for the city's entrepreneursBusiness InsiderBERLIN — At the end of last year, Twitter quietly closed down its office in Berlin as part of a broader plan to cut cost…
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• United States: Space Business Review - April 2017 - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
  United States: Space Business Review - April 2017Mondaq News Alerts (registration)Analysts view Luxembourg's commitment to the nascent industry as significant given the general reluctance of venture capital firms to endure the potentially decade…
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SpaceRef

• newNASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 25 May 2017 - Training for a Dragon Arrival
  The Expedition 51 crew trained today for the next SpaceX Dragon mission due early next month. The five crew members also explored how microgravity affects their bodies to help scientists keep astronauts healthy in space....
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• newEarth from Space: Russian Wildfires
  Wildfires break out in the boreal forests of eastern Russia most summers, but last year was particularly bad....
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• newA Whole New Jupiter
  Early science results from NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world...
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• newCollapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole
  Astronomers have watched as a massive, dying star was likely reborn as a black hole....
  - 19 hours ago 26 May 17, 12:01am -
• newOrbital View Of Venice
  Thomas Pesquet: When art supports science. Venice is one of the many cities that will suffer from sea-level rising #BiennaleArte2017...
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• newNASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 24 May 2017 - Preparing for More CubeSat Launches
  Today - OsteoOmics: The crew fixated BioCells in Biocell Habitat 1 inserted the sample into the Minus Eighty Degree Celsius Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI)....
  - 22 hours ago 25 May 17, 8:58pm -
• newFirst Science Results From Juno
  The Juno spacecraft has been in orbit around Jupiter since July 2016, passing within 3,000 miles of the equatorial cloud tops....
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• Jupiter's Little Red Spot
  This enhanced color view of Jupiter's cloud tops was processed by citizen scientist Bjorn Jonsson using data from the JunoCam instrument on NASA's Juno spacecraft....
  - 2 days ago 25 May 17, 1:11am -
• The Aswan Dam As Seen From Orbit
  Thomas Pesquet: The Aswan Dam. With a good camera lens, we can see the water spill when the valves are open from up here!...
  - 2 days ago 25 May 17, 1:07am -
• Cassini Looks on as Solstice Arrives at Saturn
  NASA's Cassini spacecraft still has a few months to go before it completes its mission in September, but the veteran Saturn explorer reaches a new milestone today....
  - 2 days ago 25 May 17, 12:49am -
• NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid
  Psyche, NASA's Discovery Mission to a unique metal asteroid, has been moved up one year with launch in the summer of 2022, and with a planned arrival at the main belt asteroid in 2026 -- four years earlier than the...
  - 2 days ago 24 May 17, 7:34pm -
• NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 23 May 2017 - Unexpected Spacewalk Completed
  Expedition 51 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 10:06 p.m. EDT....
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• Schiaparelli Crash Landing on Mars Investigation Completed
  The inquiry into the crash-landing of the ExoMars Schiaparelli module has concluded that conflicting information in the onboard computer caused the descent sequence to end prematurely....
  - 2 days ago 24 May 17, 4:32pm -
• RS-25 Engine Test Rumbles Across Mississippi
  Aerojet Rocketdyne tested its second flight engine controller unit for its RS-25 engine that will be used on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) today at the Stennis Space Center....
  - 3 days ago 24 May 17, 12:33am -
• VLA Reveals New Object Near Supermassive Black Hole
  Pointing the Very Large Array (VLA) at a famous galaxy for the first time in two decades, a team of astronomers got a big surprise, finding that a bright new object had appeared near the galaxy's core....
  - 3 days ago 24 May 17, 12:31am -