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MUOS-4 secure communications satellite responding normally to ground control post-launch
Phys.org - 3 Sep 2015 15:20
The U.S. Navy's fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-4) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, is talking from space to the satellite control team at the Naval Spacecraft Operations Control facility here after its Flo...
SpaceX Will Debut Upgraded Falcon 9 Rocket on Return to Flight Mission
SPACE.com - 3 Sep 2015 12:24
The return to flight of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, in a couple of months, will also be the first launch of an upgraded version of the vehicle.
Syfy Space Shows 'Dark Matter' and 'Killjoys' Will Be Back for 2nd Seasons
SPACE.com - 3 Sep 2015 00:52
The space-based action shows "Killjoys" and "Dark Matter" will both be getting second seasons in 2016, the Syfy network announced this week.
NASA Satellite's Dirt-Mapping Radar Bites the Dust
SPACE.com - 3 Sep 2015 23:47
The radar instrument on NASA's $916 million Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft stopped returning data on July 7, a few months after the satellite began its science mission. The SMAP team now views the instrum...
Hubble survey unlocks clues to star birth in neighboring galaxy
Phys.org - 3 Sep 2015 23:44
In a survey of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope images of 2,753 young, blue star clusters in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy (M31), astronomers have found that M31 and our own galaxy have a similar percentage of newborn st...
'Hedgehog' Robots Hop, Tumble in Microgravity
PTTU - 3 Sep 2015 23:38
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NASA's Laser-Communication Tech for Spacecraft Zaps Forward
SPACE.com - 3 Sep 2015 23:30
NASA is working to develop laser-based communications systems that will allow far-flung spacecraft to beam data home far faster than previously possible.
Carnival of Space #421
Universe Today - 3 Sep 2015 22:29
The tent is up! This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Kimberly Arcand at the Chandra X-Ray Observatory blog.
Gravity Data Helps Refine Height of Denali
SpaceRef - 3 Sep 2015 21:24
Physically, not too much has changed on Denali, North America's highest peak. What did change in 2015 is how people describe and measure Alaska's majestic mountain....
iriss blog
ESA - 3 Sep 2015 20:50
Follow the entire 10-day mission of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen to the International Space Station with behind-the-scenes info on the iriss blog
Finer Wine Through Space-Flight - ISS Experiment Yields Underground Spin-Off | NASA Video
SPACE.com - 3 Sep 2015 19:55
Technology created to remove plant-killing ethylene from International Space Station crop growing experiments has been applied to an air purification system on Earth.
'Star Wars' Celebration Takes Over Toys 'R' Us in NYC's Times Square
SPACE.com - 3 Sep 2015 19:38SpaceGeeks Ep. 11: Cold War Coda
Space News - 3 Sep 2015 19:34Hubble Survey Unlocks Clues to Star Birth in Neighboring Galaxy
PTTU - 3 Sep 2015 19:00
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NASA Gives Up on Broken SMAP Radar
Space News - 3 Sep 2015 17:05
SpaceNews.com - Daily news coverage of the business and politics of the global space industry. A NASA satellite launched in January to measure global soil-moisture levels will do so without its primary radar, which faile...
'Floating Spoon' on Mars Is Just a Weird Rock, But Still Awesome
SPACE.com - 3 Sep 2015 16:46
A so-called "floating spoon" on Mars spotted by NASA's Curiosity rover is cooking up a storm on the Internet, but it's actually a cool rock formation sculpted over time by the Martian winds, officials with the space agen...
A First Real-World "Interstellar" Wormhole?
The Daily Galaxy - 3 Sep 2015 16:39
"Wormholes" are cosmic tunnels that can connect two distant regions of the universe, and have been popularised by the dissemination of theoretical physics and by works of science fiction like Stargate, Star Trek or, more...
Colorado Lawmaker Pushes U.S. Air Force To Scrutinize SpaceX
Space News - 3 Sep 2015 16:34
SpaceNews.com - Daily news coverage of the business and politics of the global space industry. U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) is unmoved by Air Force assurances that it is keeping close tabs SpaceX's rocket failure inv...
NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 2 September 2015
SpaceRef - 3 Sep 2015 16:33
Three crew members are orbiting Earth getting ready to dock to the International Space Station early Friday in their Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft. Meanwhile, the six residents on the orbital laboratory are exploring human re...
Three Years After Launch, SES-5 Operational for Navigation Service
Space News - 3 Sep 2015 16:32
SpaceNews.com - Daily news coverage of the business and politics of the global space industry. The European GNSS Agency said the L-band navigation payload on the SES-5 is performing well and will replace the payload on a...
Spaceship Earth
ESA - 3 Sep 2015 16:11
Come and see how images of Earth from space show how science meets art at a new exhibition at Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria
Space Station docking
ESA - 3 Sep 2015 16:09
After a two-day flight in space, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander Sergei Volkov and Aidyn Aimbetov will arrive at the International Space Station on 4 September. Watch live from 07:20 GMT (09:20 CEST)