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https://news.mit.edu/2020/fabric-iss-space-1125: 3 Questions: Using fabric to “listen” to space dust
MIT

Direct link 3 Questions: Using fabric to “listen” to space dust

25 Nov 2020, 14:00 UTC Earlier this month a team of MIT researchers sent samples of various high-tech fabrics, some with embedded sensors or electronics, to the International Space Station. The samples (unpowered for now) will be exposed to the space environment for a year in order to determine a baseline for how well these materials survive the harsh environment of low Earth orbit.
3399 at https://www.ipmu.jp: A hint of new physics in polarized radiation from the early Universe
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe

Direct link A hint of new physics in polarized radiation from the early Universe

23 Nov 2020, 19:00 UTC Using Planck data from the cosmic microwave background radiation, an international team of researchers has observed a hint of new physics. The team developed a new method to measure the polarization angle of the ancient light by calibrating it with dust emission from our own Milky Way. While the signal is not detected with enough precision to draw definite conclusions, it may suggest that dark matter or dark energy causes a violation of the so-called “parity symmetry.”
news/2020-31: Growing Interest in Moon Resources Could Cause Tension, Scientists Find
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Direct link Growing Interest in Moon Resources Could Cause Tension, Scientists Find

23 Nov 2020, 12:02 UTC An international team of scientists led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, has identified a problem with the growing interest in extractable resources on the moon: there aren’t enough of them to go around. With no international policies or agreements to decide "who gets what from where," scientists believe tensions, overcrowding, and quick exhaustion of resources to be one possible future for moon mining projects. The paper published today in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-us-and-european-partners-launch-mission-to-monitor-global-ocean: NASA, US and European Partners Launch Mission to Monitor Global Ocean
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Direct link NASA, US and European Partners Launch Mission to Monitor Global Ocean

21 Nov 2020, 17:55 UTC A joint U.S.-European satellite built to monitor global sea levels lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Saturday at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 p.m. EST). About the size of a small pickup truck, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich will extend a nearly 30-year continuous dataset on sea level collected by an ongoing collaboration of U.S. and European satellites while enhancing weather forecasts and providing detailed information on large-scale ocean currents to support ship navigation near coastlines.
news/2020-30: "Strange Rays" Crowd Sourced on Social Media Shed Light on Black Hole Illumination
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Direct link "Strange Rays" Crowd Sourced on Social Media Shed Light on Black Hole Illumination

19 Nov 2020, 15:10 UTC Sparked by an image uploaded to Twitter, new research indicates that the light produced by black hole accretion may be bright enough to reflect off of dust, illuminating the host galaxy, and creating light and dark rays similar to the effect of crepuscular rays on Earth. The research is published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-s-webb-completes-significant-testing-milestone-for-deployable-tower: NASA’s Webb Completes Significant Testing Milestone for Deployable Tower
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Direct link NASA’s Webb Completes Significant Testing Milestone for Deployable Tower

18 Nov 2020, 15:56 UTC NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope marked another significant testing milestone with the successful deployment of a critical structure that plays an important role in how the observatory will unfurl and deploy once in space.
fccfbaa3295f43315c4371b72a704b35: ExoMars parachute testing moves forward
ESA Top News

Direct link ExoMars parachute testing moves forward

18 Nov 2020, 10:00 UTC The parachute system that will help deliver the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover to Mars has completed the first full-scale high altitude drop test with redesigned elements following two unsuccessful tests last year. Parachute extraction and deceleration proceeded as expected, the test vehicle landed safely and the test parachutes were recovered. However, some canopy damage occurred, pointing to the early inflation process for the focus of further improvements.
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-spacex-crew-1-astronauts-arrive-at-space-station-nasa-leaders-and-crew-to: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Arrive at Space Station, NASA Leaders and Crew to Discuss Mission
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Direct link NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 Astronauts Arrive at Space Station, NASA Leaders and Crew to Discuss Mission

17 Nov 2020, 03:44 UTC The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience successfully docked to the International Space Station at 11:01 p.m. EST Monday, transporting NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2020/11/15/nasa-spacex-officials-thrilled-with-crew-1-launch-success/: NASA, SpaceX Officials Thrilled With Crew-1 Launch Success
NASA Kennedy Space Center

Direct link NASA, SpaceX Officials Thrilled With Crew-1 Launch Success

16 Nov 2020, 04:19 UTC Space X's Falcon 9 rocket, with astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi aboard the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft, blasts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-commissions-space-solar-power-stations-research#2020-11-14T09:15:05Z: Press release: UK government commissions space solar power stations research
United Kingdom Space Agency

Direct link Press release: UK government commissions space solar power stations research

14 Nov 2020, 09:15 UTC The UK government has commissioned new research into space-based solar pwer (SBSP) systems that would use very large solar power satellites to collect solar energy, convert it into high-frequency radio waves, and safely beam it back to ground-based receivers connected to the electrical power grid.

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