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Tuesday, April 23, 2019 11:37:51 AM

New concept for novel fire extinguisher in space

Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2019A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed new concept of fire extinguisher optimized for space-use; named Vacuum Extinguish Method (VEM). VEM is

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CNET

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 7:23:05 PM

'Walnut' asteroid nearly a mile wide is flying by with a friend in May - CNET

The largest asteroid to come near our cosmic neighborhood this year has its own moon.

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CNET

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 7:24:43 PM

Marsquake! NASA InSight lander detects a shimmy on Mars - CNET

Shake it up. Mars' stomach is rumbling and InSight is there for it.

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New Scientist - Home

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 12:10:34 PM

SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule lost after 'anomaly' during ground test

The Crew Dragon capsule is intended to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, but a possible explosion during a ground test may set launches back

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Live Science

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 11:43:13 AM

There Are Toxic Fungi in Space and No One Knows If They're Dangerous

The fungus among astronauts.

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SpaceDaily.Com

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 8:01:12 PM

SpaceX to launch cargo resupply mission despite Crew Dragon mishap

Washington (UPI) Apr 22, 2019 The 'anomaly' experienced by SpaceX's Crew Dragon over the weekend won't affect the company's planned space station resupply mission. According to NASA officials, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is still scheduled to launch

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SpaceDaily.Com

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 8:02:00 PM

The Third Installment of the SpaceFund Reality (SFR) rating

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2019The third installment of our SpaceFund Reality (SFR) rating is focused on space habitats. With this rating we begin to move into areas that are more obviously related to the SpaceFund mission of supporting 'frontier

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SpaceDaily.Com

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 8:03:26 PM

China opens Chang'e-6 for international payloads, asteroids next

Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2019China announced the cooperation plan for its future Chang'e-6 mission, offering to carry a total of 20-kg solicited payloads, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Thursday. The orbiter and lander

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SpaceDaily.Com

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 8:05:35 PM

Debris of Satellite Destroyed by India May Threaten ISS - Russian MoD

Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2019When India tested its anti-satellite weapons, more than 100 fragments of destroyed spacecraft were created; in the future, these fragments could pose a threat to the ISS, the Russian Defence Ministry said. 'On 27 March,

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Phys.org

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 11:23:55 AM

Scientists find an underground bacterium that could live on Mars

Tomsk State University microbiologists were the first in the world to isolate Desulforudis audaxviator from deep underground waters. Translated from Latin, its name means 'a brave traveler'. Scientists from different countries have hunted for this

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Engadget

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 10:26:29 AM

Vine successor Byte is now in closed beta

These days, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok dominate the short social video space, but that wasn't always the case. Vine, the popular six-second looping video app, helped give rise to many of today's YouTube stars over the course of three years,

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SpaceDaily.Com

Monday, April 22, 2019 7:14:00 AM

Things Are Stacking Up for NASA's Mars 2020 Spacecraft

Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 19, 2019For the past few months, the clean room floor in High Bay 1 at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has been covered in parts, components and test equipment for the Mars 2020 spacecraft, scheduled

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Sky & Telescope

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 1:15:08 AM

Astronomers Find Stars Streaming from Our Galaxy’s Biggest Cluster

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Paste

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 5:42:34 AM

Armando Iannucci's Space Tourism Comedy Avenue 5 Ordered to Series at HBO

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Best World News

Monday, April 22, 2019 11:23:02 PM

NASA spots gigantic ‘jellyfish’ in space

Jellyfish have been on Earth for approximately 500 million years, making them the longest surviving creature on the planet.But now, NASA has a “jellyfish” of its own in space.

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Thrive Global

Monday, April 22, 2019 9:48:49 PM

Rising Star Rachel Noll James: “Let’s move the support for women out of the advice phase and into a tangible space where real money is backing real women at the early stages of their career.”

Women still face substantial hurdles as directors and content creators — getting investors to take a chance on a first (or even second or third) time female director, producer or writer feels sometimes like an unscalable mountain. I would love to