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Elon Musk an innovator wary of humanity's future

Sep 29, 2016 (AFP)

If the future is an array of possibilities ranging from catastrophic to divine, Elon Musk is working to increase the probability of good things happening. Musk ...

Space Traffic Management May Soon be Here

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

Over the past few years there has been a dramatic increase in low orbital activities. The government is increasingly concerned with the congestion within these ...

Yoyager's Golden Record not just for aliens anymore

Sep 26, 2016 (Sputnik)

Flagrantly ignoring the warning of renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking, the Voyager spacecraft is on a multi-decade journey through interstellar space carrying...

Indian Space Organization Gears Up for First Multi-Orbit Mission

Sep 26, 2016 (Sputnik)

ISRO hopes to outperform other stakeholders in the lightweight satellite launcher category by exhibiting its capability to carry out multi-orbit missions. The I...

California dreamin' for Chinese investors in US

Sep 25, 2016 (AFP)

From real estate, to high-tech firms to entertainment giants, Chinese investments in the United States, notably California, are moving at a dizzying pace and ar...

Taiwan's summer slump as Chinese visitors stay away

Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)

Taiwan's tourism sector suffered the worst summer in 13 years due to a slump in Chinese visitors, officials said Friday, as ties with Beijing deteriorate. It wa...

Goddard space center mission-critical for ISS astronauts

Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)

The International Space Station may bring to mind launch pads in Florida or control rooms in Houston, but humanity's longest continuously inhabited outpost in s...

Every day closer to a new way to orbit

Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)

Two years after selecting the next generation of American spacecraft and rockets that will launch astronauts to the International Space Station, engineers and s...

Entropy

Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)

"Entropy" is defined as a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work. Many use this...

Feeding a Mars mission: the challenges of growing plants in space

Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)

Plants will play a critical role in the survival of human beings on long-duration space missions, such as a mission to Mars. However, as a paper published in Bo...

NASA's black female mathematicians hit the big screen

Sep 21, 2016 (AFP)

During the era of US racial segregation, a handful of black female mathematicians managed to break social barriers and propel the US space agency to new heights...

Orion heat shield for next space flight arrives at Kennedy

Sep 21, 2016 (SPX)

The Orion heat shield, which will protect the Orion crew module during re-entry after the spacecraft's first uncrewed flight test with NASA's Space Launch Syste...

Pentagon push to tap tech talent in 'weird' Texas city

Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)

Pentagon chief Ashton Carter on Wednesday announced the creation of a new defense innovation center in Austin, Texas -- the latest expansion in an ongoing effor...

'Star Trek' 50-year mission: to show the best of humanity

Sep 08, 2016 (AFP)

It launched with a five-year mission "to boldly go where no man has gone before," but half a century on "Star Trek" has become a visionary blueprint of humanity...

Astronaut returns home after logging record-breaking 534 days in space

Sep 07, 2016 (UPI)

NASA astronaut Jeff Williams returned to Earth on Wednesday with a new record. Williams' latest mission puts his days-in-space total at 534, the most by an Amer...

Taiwan tourism industry hit by drop in Chinese visitors

Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)

The number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan has fallen 22 percent since the island's Beijing-sceptic government took office in May, with tourism operators saying W...

Vietnam's 'Silicon Valley' sparks startup boom

Sep 07, 2016 (AFP)

Recent Vietnamese graduate looking for an English-language teacher? There's an app for that. Or hunting the best bowl of pho in your Hanoi neighbourhood? There'...

At Berlin tech fair, waterproof gadgets make a splash

Sep 03, 2016 (AFP)

From smartphones that can survive a dip in the sink to sweat-resistant earphones and floating speakers for your next pool party, waterproof gadgets are making a...

The Deep Space Network

Sep 01, 2016 (SPX)

NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) is a world-wide network of large antennas and communications facilities. Components of this network are located in the U.S., Spa...

35 years later Voyager's legacy continues at Saturn

Aug 25, 2016 (JPL)

Saturn, with its alluring rings and numerous moons, has long fascinated stargazers and scientists. After an initial flyby of Pioneer 11 in 1979, humanity got a ...