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| April 24, 2014 |
 Russia to Keep Working With Astronauts From US, Europe, Japan Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 24, 2014 - Russian cosmonauts will continue to work with their colleagues from the US, Europe and Japan, despite a number of recent NASA statements about curtailing space cooperation, the head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center said. "I have been flying with these guys, with the Americans and the Europeans, my friends have been flying as well," Yuri Lonchakov, a former cosmonaut, said in a ... more |  |
Russia to Boost Manpower on New Space Center Construction Site Uglegorsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 24, 2014 - Russia will significantly boost the number of workers involved in the construction of its new Far Eastern Vostochny space launch center, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said at a meeting Wednesday. "We are going to increase by several fold the manpower currently engaged at the site, disregarding climate or weather conditions," said Rogozin, who oversees the space and defense i ... more |  |
 Taylor Small Satellite Launched Upland, IN (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - Following three launch delays, the Taylor University nanosatellite was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this afternoon from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The small satellite, which had been designed and built by Taylor University engineering students, blasted away at 3:25 p.m., and was deployed shortly after launch. According to Dr. Hank Voss, Taylor physics professor and the proj ... more |  |
 Liquid spacetime Rome, Italy (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - What if spacetime were a kind of fluid? This is the question tackled by theoretical physicists working on quantum gravity by creating models attempting to reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics. Some of these models predict that spacetime at the Planck scale (10-33cm) is no longer continuous - as held by classical physics - but discrete in nature. Just like the solids or fluids we come in ... more |  |
Physicists consider implications of recent revelations about the universe's first light Oxnard CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - The world was stunned by the recent announcement that a telescope at the South Pole had detected a cosmic fossil from the earliest moments of creation; During a live Google Hangout, 4 astrophysicists discussed the implications. Last month, scientists announced the first hard evidence for cosmic inflation, the process by which the infant universe swelled from microscopic to cosmic size in a ... more |  |
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 No Official Confirmation of NASA Severing Ties with Russian Space Agency Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 24, 2014 - Russia's Roscosmos space agency has yet received no official notifications from NASA on curtailing cooperation, and working contacts continue, Roscosmos chief Oleg Ostapenko said in an interview with Vedomosti newspaper Wednesday. "Roscosmos has received no official notifications on suspending cooperation, we continue working contacts with NASA and other space agencies," Ostapenko told Ved ... more |  |
 NASA Selects Commercial Crew Program Manager Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - NASA has selected Kathy Lueders as program manager for the agency's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). Lueders, who has served as acting program manager since October 2013, will help keep the nation's space program on course to launch astronauts from American soil by 2017 aboard spacecraft built by American companies. "This is a particularly critical time for NASA's human spaceflight endeavors ... more |  |
 SSL Selected To Provide Two Satellites To Sky Perfect JSAT Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced that it was selected to provide two communications satellites to SKY Perfect JSAT, a leading satellite operator based in Japan, with a fleet of 16 satellites. The satellites, JCSAT-15 and JCSAT-16 will be used by SKY Perfect JSAT to meet the growing demand for telecommunications infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region. "We are very honored th ... more |  |
Astronauts Complete Short Spacewalk to Replace Backup Computer Houston TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - NASA Astronauts Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio have completed a short spacewalk to replace a failed Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (MDM) back up computer. They began the re-pressurization of the Quest airlock at 11:32 a.m. EDT signifying the excursion's end time. The backup computer failed April 11 after a routine health check by the Mission Control team in Houston. While the primary comput ... more |  |
 Spiders in Space Weave a Web of Scientific Inspiration for Spider-Man Fans Houston TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - While spiders were busy spinning webs in space, researchers on Earth weaved their knowledge of this activity into educational materials to inspire and motivate students. Now, this free, Web-based guide is being re-released through Scholastic and Sony Pictures as curriculum for educators to leap on the excitement surrounding the release of the film, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." For those who ... more |  |
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 Some astronauts at risk for cognitive impairment, animal studies suggest Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - Johns Hopkins scientists report that rats exposed to high-energy particles, simulating conditions astronauts would face on a long-term deep space mission, show lapses in attention and slower reaction times, even when the radiation exposure is in extremely low dose ranges. The cognitive impairments - which affected a large subset, but far from all, of the animals - appear to be linked to pr ... more |  |
NASA Names Six New Members to Advisory Council Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has announced the appointment of six new members to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC). The group advises NASA's senior leadership on challenges and solutions facing the agency as it unfolds a new era of exploration. The six new members are Wanda Austin, Wayne Hale, Scott Hubbard, Miles O'Brien, Thomas Young, and Kathryn Schmoll. The group has a wide range of ... more |  |
 Launcher build-up begins for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 mission to orbit an ATV Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 24, 2014 - The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's fifth flight to service the International Space Station is now being assembled in French Guiana, preparing the launcher for its 2014 mission with another European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo resupply vessel. Build-up procedures commenced this week in the Spaceport's Launcher Integration Building with positioning of the core cryogenic stage over its ... more |  |
NASA Innovative Advanced Concept Program Seeks Phase II Proposals Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2014 - NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking proposals for technologies that could be used on future exploration missions. The new proposals will build on the most promising ideas developed in the program's first phase. The NIAC program funds cutting-edge concepts that have the potential to transform future missions, enable new capabilities, or significantly alter current ... more |  |
Soviet space capsule up for sale in Belgium Brussels (AFP) April 23, 2014 - For those who have everything, how about a Soviet-era space capsule dating back to the 1970s, when it carried three cosmonauts into space? German firm Lempertz unveiled plans Wednesday for what it says is the first such auction in Europe, with the capsule expected to fetch up to 1.4 million euros ($1.9 million) on May 7. "It was developed during the Soviet-US space race, part of the Cold ... more |  |
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European astronomers spot pair of supermassive black holes Paris (UPI) Apr 23, 2013 - Luck for the average pedestrian is happening upon a crisp dollar bill tumbling down the sidewalk. For European astronomers, it's happening to be looking at the right portion of sky at the exact moment a star is ripped apart by a giant black hole. The auspicious discovery was made by the European Space Agency's orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton. The cosmological providence revealed n ... more |  |
 26 asteroids have caused atomic-like explosions in Earth's atmosphere over last ten years [VIDEO] Menlo Park, Calif. (UPI) Apr 23, 2013 - The B612 Foundation, a California-based nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness about the risks of an asteroid collision, has released a video visualizing the 26 asteroids that have hit the Earth's atmosphere between 2000 and 2013. The 26 asteroids were identified by listening devices manned by the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization - a global detection network created ... more |  |
 Warm US West, cold East: A 4,000-year pattern Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 22, 2014 - Last winter's curvy jet stream pattern brought mild temperatures to western North America and harsh cold to the East. A University of Utah-led study shows that pattern became more pronounced 4,000 years ago, and suggests it may worsen as Earth's climate warms. "If this trend continues, it could contribute to more extreme winter weather events in North America, as experienced this year with ... more |  |
 21st Space Wing reaches inspection milestone Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Apr 19, 2014 - The 21st Space Wing was recently recognized by the Air Force Inspector General as the first active duty or Reserve wing in the Air Force to fully implement the Air Force Inspection System and become commander's inspection program capable. Leveraging an outstanding test bed effort on the part of U.S. Air Forces in Europe units, the 21st Space Wing achieved this milestone in February of this ... more |  |
Filling the gap between quantum and classical world Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 22, 2014 - Quantum superposition is a fundamental and also intriguing property of the quantum world. Because of superposition, a quantum system can be in two different states simultaneously, like a cat that can be both "dead" and "alive" at the same time. However, this anti-intuitive phenomenon cannot be observed directly, because whenever a classical measuring tool touches a quantum system, it immed ... more |  |
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