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Troubleshooting of Mars InSight instrument continues
Space News - 15 May 2019 19:10
Engineers are continuing to work to free an instrument on NASA's InSight Mars lander that remains stuck just below the surface. SpaceNews.com
Water cycle wrapped
ESA - 15 May 2019 14:00
As our climate changes, the availability of freshwater is a growing issue for many people around the world. Understanding the water cycle and how the climate and human usage is causing shifts in natural cycling processes...
Eutelsat's Konnect Africa business struggles to lift off
Space News - 15 May 2019 07:14
Eutelsat executives said the challenges getting Konnect Africa off the ground since 2016 are now largely in the rearview, but have nonetheless pushed any material revenue from the growth initiative out to the company's n...
The new frontier of national security and exploration is in the heavens
Space News - 16 May 2019 01:01
Fifty years after man's first steps on the moon, the future of human exploration in the final frontier is at a critical turning point, ULA CEO Tory Bruno writes. SpaceNews.com
Moon Crash Site Found! NASA Probe Spots Grave of Israeli Lunar Lander
SPACE.com - 16 May 2019 00:38
A sharp-eyed NASA spacecraft spotted the probable remains of an Israeli spacecraft that crash-landed on the moon last month.
Weekly Space Hangout: May 15, 2019 - Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ - Director of the Vatican Observatory
Universe Today - 16 May 2019 00:09
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg & ChartYourWorld.org) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter....
Media Invited to SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch of Four NASA Missions
NASA Breaking news - 16 May 2019 00:08Carnival of Space #611
Universe Today - 16 May 2019 00:04
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog.
NASA's MRO Completes 60,000 Trips Around Mars
PTTU - 15 May 2019 23:21
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features:
What Lies Below the Moon's Crust? China's Yutu-2 Rover May Be the First to Find Out.
SPACE.com - 15 May 2019 22:18
The first rover on the far side of the moon may have discovered the first samples from the moon's mantle, released from the lunar interior by a giant, ancient cosmic impact, a new study finds.
Singtel profits dip • Argentine, Turkish companies form small GEO builder • KVH sells Videotel business for $90 million
Space News - 15 May 2019 21:45
To receive FIRST UP Satcom, a weekly SpaceNews newsletter for satellite and telecom professionals, sign up here. TOP STORIES Singtel reported its lowest profit in 16 years, citing increasing competitive pressure in India...
China's Chang'E 4 mission discovers new 'secrets' from the far side of the moon
Phys.org - 15 May 2019 21:00
A lunar lander named for the Chinese goddess of the moon may have lessened the mystery of the far side of the moon. The fourth Chang'E probe (CE-4) was the first mission to land on the far side of the moon, and it has co...
From the Lunar Far Side, China's Rover Reveals Moon's Hidden Depths
Scientific American - 15 May 2019 21:00
The Chang’e-4 mission appears to have found material excavated from a frozen magma ocean far below the lunar surface --
Monitoring Earth's shifting land
ESA - 15 May 2019 19:00
The monitoring of land subsidence is of vital importance for low-lying countries, but also areas which are prone to peculiar ground instability.
Beresheet Impact Site Spotted
PTTU - 15 May 2019 18:54
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:
Rocket Mortgage Underwrites New Statue of Apollo 11 Astronauts
SPACE.com - 15 May 2019 18:53
A new monument to the crew of the first moon landing will rise from the mission's launch site as the gift from an aptly-named financing company.
Reprogrammable satellite takes shape
ESA - 15 May 2019 18:04
The payload and platform of the first European satellite that can be completely reprogrammed after launch have been successfully joined together. The assembly of Eutelsat Quantum took place in the Airbus facility in Toul...
Maunakea observatories shed new light on obscured infant solar system
Phys.org - 15 May 2019 17:56
Astronomers using the combined power of two Hawaii telescopes have taken groundbreaking, sharp new images of a distant planetary system that likely resembles a baby version of our solar system.
Iceye and APSI enter pact to sell radar imagery in South Korea
Space News - 15 May 2019 17:00
Asia Pacific Satellite Inc. and Iceye, the Finnish company that launched the first synthetic aperture radar microsatellite, announced a memorandum of understanding May 15 to deliver radar imagery to government and commer...
Study finds open cluster NGC 2682 at least two times larger than previously thought
Phys.org - 15 May 2019 17:00
Based on new data from ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have provided more insights into properties of the nearby open cluster NGC 2682, revealing that its size is at least two times greater than previously believed. Th...
3D Earth in the making
ESA - 15 May 2019 17:00
A thorough understanding of the 'solid Earth' system is essential for deciphering the links between processes occurring deep inside Earth and those occurring nearer the surface that lead to seismic activity such as earth...
Proba-V is six
ESA - 15 May 2019 16:50
Technology image of the week: the snow-capped peaks of New Zealand's South Island, taken by ESA's Earth-observing minisatellite, into its sixth year in orbit