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NASA Extends Concessionaire Contract for Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
SPACE.com - 3 May 2017 18:31Record-Breaking 'Gigapixel' View of a Tiny Galaxy Reveals Secret Lives of Stars
SPACE.com - 3 May 2017 18:30Canada to build radar instrument for NASA Mars probe
Space News - 3 May 2017 23:28
The Canadian government will develop a radar instrument for NASA's future Mars orbiter as well as 13 cubesats to be deployed from the International Space Station. SpaceNews.com
Young Solar System 10 Light Years Away --"At Same Age Earth's Oceans and Conditions for Life Set"
The Daily Galaxy - 3 May 2017 22:21
"This star hosts a planetary system currently undergoing the same cataclysmic processes that happened to the solar system in its youth, at the time in which the moon gained most of its craters, Earth acquired the water i...
Strike-delayed European rocket launch to go ahead
Phys.org - 3 May 2017 21:58
A satellite launch delayed since March 20 due to a crippling general strike in French Guiana, will go ahead on Thursday, launch firm Arianespace said.
AstroPlant: Citizen Science for Growing Plants in Space
SpaceRef - 3 May 2017 21:09
AstroPlant is a citizen science initiative that aims to inspire home-gardeners, schools, urban farmers and enthusiasts to nourish seeds selected by the MELiSSA team. Data recorded via a smartphone app will be sent to ESA...
Air Force launches "Space Flag" exercise inspired by IMAX-worthy Red Flag war games
Space News - 3 May 2017 20:50
The service wants the new event to hone warfighter's skills at operations, problem solving, and potential space conflict. SpaceNews.com
NASA requests information on commercial lunar missions
Space News - 3 May 2017 20:10
Six months after seeking information about instruments it could fly to the moon, NASA has issued a request for information for commercial systems that could transport payloads there. SpaceNews.com
Printing Bricks From Moondust Using The Sun's Heat
SpaceRef - 3 May 2017 18:42
Bricks have been 3D printed out of simulated moondust using concentrated sunlight - proving in principle that future lunar colonists could one day use the same approach to build settlements on the Moon....
DigitalGlobe reports small loss in fiscal first quarter
Space News - 3 May 2017 17:43
The company said it suffered a net loss of $2.2 million on revenue of nearly $210 million in the quarter. SpaceNews.com
US Launches ICMB Test for Second Week in a Row | Video
SPACE.com - 3 May 2017 17:40"Disaster Sanctuaries" --Recovery of Life After Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction
The Daily Galaxy - 3 May 2017 17:28
An international team of researchers at the University of Calgary and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has shown just how precarious the recovery of life was following Earth's greatest extinction event about 251.9 million...
Air Force knocking down stovepipes to shore up space cybersecurity
Space News - 3 May 2017 17:11
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center faces unique challenges because it uses an extensive array of ground systems - some decades old - to communicate with individual satellites. SpaceNews.com
A ride on NASA's eye in the sky
Phys.org - 3 May 2017 16:34
As with most other telescopes, astronomers apply for observing time on SOFIA by submitting proposals that are being evaluated by peers for their scientific promise and intellectual merits. SOFIA, however, is special in t...
Calling all experts
ESA - 3 May 2017 16:17
Fuel the future by joining ESA's Innovation Exchange on 8June to shape how we manage resources in space
NASA Visualization Explorer App now available for Android
Phys.org - 3 May 2017 15:40
The NASA Visualization Explorer App is now available to users with Android devices running version 5.0 or higher.
'Excess' Gamma-Rays Likely Not Sign of Dark Matter After All
SPACE.com - 3 May 2017 15:00Gigantic X-Ray Tsunami Rolls Through Galaxy Cluster (Video, Photos)
SPACE.com - 3 May 2017 14:56Kamikaze Starshot: Will Some Interstellar Probes Slam into Their Target Planets?
SPACE.com - 3 May 2017 14:54Could the US Stop Nuclear Weapons?
SPACE.com - 3 May 2017 14:45Researchers present first results of solar observations with the Siberian Radioheliograph
Phys.org - 3 May 2017 14:42
(Phys.org)--Russian scientists have presented the first results of solar observations made with the new radioheliograph of the Siberian Solar Radio Telescope (SSRT). The Siberian Radioheliograph (SRH), has recently comme...
Senate passes space weather bill
Space News - 3 May 2017 14:16
The Senate unanimously passed a bill May 2 intended to support space weather research and planning to protect critical infrastructure from solar storms. SpaceNews.com