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The Space.com Community Is Back!
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 16:43
Space.com is relaunching our space community forums as we celebrate our 20th anniversary. Welcome back and let's talk some space!
Timex Celebrates Space History With New NASA Logotype Wristwatch
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 16:00
Timex has bridged the divide between sea and space with its new tribute to the U.S. space program and the first moon landing. The American watch company has debuted a new vintage-inspired diver-style timepiece that featu...
Stormy Cluster Weather Could Unleash Black Hole Power And Explain Lack Of Cosmic Cooling
SpaceRef - 21 Oct 2019 02:55
"Weather" in clusters of galaxies may explain a longstanding puzzle, according to a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge....
Space agencies endorse continued cooperation in lunar exploration
Space News - 21 Oct 2019 23:53
Leaders of several national space agencies endorsed continued cooperation in space exploration, including missions to the moon, and said that effort should not come into conflict with separate work to address climate cha...
NASA Invites Media to Boeing Starliner Transport to Launch Site
NASA Breaking news - 21 Oct 2019 23:14Historic Women Spacewalkers Hope to Land on the Moon
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 22:45
After making history at the space station, NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir discuss landing on the moon.
ESA to seek funding for more Prometheus reusable engines at ministerial
Space News - 21 Oct 2019 22:42
The European Space Agency will ask its 22 member states to fund an additional two to eight Prometheus reusable engines so that the agency can further its development. SpaceNews.com
Hope Mars Mission: Launching the Arab World into the Space Race
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 22:13
When the UAE president announced that his country would make a satellite to study Mars' atmosphere in unparalleled detail, he set an unprecedented goal for the Arab world.
Lucy mission completes critical design review
Phys.org - 21 Oct 2019 21:32
The Lucy mission led by Southwest Research Institute is one step closer to its 2021 launch to explore the Trojan asteroids, a population of ancient small bodies that share an orbit with Jupiter. With the successful compl...
Astronomy Student Silhouetted by Milky Way, Jupiter in Stunning Photo
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 21:14
The image features the silhouette of one of my students during a workshop on astrophotography. He is standing against the background core of our galaxy at the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve, in Portugal.
Female spacewalking duo uplifted by excitement below
Phys.org - 21 Oct 2019 20:36
The astronauts who took part in the first all-female spacewalk are still uplifted by all the excitement down on Earth.
Space mice and robots among latest science heading into space from Wallops Island
Phys.org - 21 Oct 2019 20:30
Space mice, radiation vests, robotic avatars and recycling polymers for 3-D printers are among the science experiments bound for the International Space Station on the next commercial resupply mission from Virginia.
Space mice and robots among latest science heading into space from Wallops Island
Phys.org - 21 Oct 2019 20:16
Space mice, radiation vests, robotic avatars and recycling polymers for 3-D printers are among the science experiments bound for the International Space Station on the next commercial resupply mission from Virginia.
Boeing marketing its small GEO satellite to international governments
Space News - 21 Oct 2019 18:58
Potential customers include partner countries of the U.S. government's WGS constellation. SpaceNews.com
Musical Theater and Mike Pence? Broadway Performers Surprise at IAC
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 18:57
Broadway performers surprised the crowd at the 2019 IAC with show tunes, spoken word, dance and musical theater performance.
US Is Leading World in Space, VP Mike Pence Says
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 18:23
The United States is leading the world in space exploration once more but is still willing to work with "like-minded" countries to expand humanity's reach throughout the cosmos, Vice President Mike Pence said Monday (Oct...
Fireball That Flew Over Japan in 2017 Was Tiny Piece of Giant Asteroid that Might One Day Threaten Earth
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 18:00
If you'd looked up into the sky in Kyoto, Japan, on April 28, 2017, you may have seen a preview of an event that could, far down the road, threaten the whole Earth.
Pence calls for American-led cooperation in space exploration
Space News - 21 Oct 2019 17:52
Vice President Mike Pence told an international audience that the United States intends to lead in space but seeks cooperation in space exploration with "freedom-loving" nations. SpaceNews.com
VP Pence Speech Met by Protests at IAC 2019 Space Conference
SPACE.com - 21 Oct 2019 17:44
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence spoke today (Oct. 21) to kick off a prestigious international space conference, but not everyone in attendance was pleased to see him.
Umbra emerges from stealth mode with plans to offer 25-centimeter radar at optical imagery prices
Space News - 21 Oct 2019 17:00
After years of secrecy, Umbra Lab is revealing details of its plan to launch a constellation of 50-kilogram synthetic aperture radar satellites to capture imagery with a resolution of 25 centimeters. SpaceNews.com
Armoring satellites to survive and operate through attacks
Phys.org - 21 Oct 2019 16:50
Satellites do a lot of things--they help people navigate from one place to another, they deliver television programming, they search for new stars and exo-planets and they enable the U.S. nuclear deterrence strategy. But...
Solar orbiter ready to depart Europe
Phys.org - 21 Oct 2019 16:02
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission has completed its test campaign in Europe and is now being packed ready for its journey to Cape Canaveral at the end of this month, ahead of launch in February 2020.