*NASA Canberra upgrade to affect the Voyager 2 spacecraft
NASA is undertaking a critical upgrade of its 70 metre Deep Space Network radio antenna near Canberra (Australia).

*A whole new generation of European Launch Vehicles about the fly
The European Space Agency is preparing to begin flights with two new rocket launch systems this year the Ariane 6 and the Vega-C.

*A new mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms
NASA has selected a new mission to study how the Sun generates and releases giant space weather events - known as solar particle storms.

*More Chinese military spy satellites launched
China has launched another three Yaogan-30 signet intelligence-gathering reconnaissance satellites.

*The Science Report
Claims 42,000 people have died in Wuhan from COVID-19 rather than the 3,300 claimed by Beijing.
Studies show the number of intensive care COVID-19 patients in Italy increased exponentially for 18 days.
20 percent of people over 80 infected with COVID-19 likely to require hospitalization.
Discovery of a new species of velociraptor in New Mexico.
Could Australia have the longest continuous cliff line in the world?

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