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Martian Ridge Brings Out Rover's Color Talents![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 02, 2017 Color-discerning capabilities that NASA's Curiosity rover has been using on Mars since 2012 are proving particularly helpful on a mountainside ridge the rover is now climbing. These capabilities go beyond the thousands of full-color images Curiosity takes every year: The rover can look at Mars with special filters helpful for identifying some minerals, and also with a spectrometer that sorts light into thousands of wavelengths, extending beyond visible-light colors into infrared and ultraviolet. T ... read more |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 01, 2017 When NASA's Mars Pathfinder touched down in 1997, it had five cameras: two on a mast that popped up from the lander, and three on NASA's first rover, Sojourner. Since then, camera technology h ... more ![]() ![]() Dhofar, Oman (AFP) Oct 30, 2017 In sunglasses and jumpsuits, a crew of European test astronauts is laying the groundwork for a Mars simulation in the barren expanse of the Omani desert, a terrestrial mission intended to pave the way to the red planet. ... more ![]() ![]() Ann Arbor NI (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 An advanced space engine in the running to propel humans to Mars has broken the records for operating current, power and thrust for a device of its kind, known as a Hall thruster. The developm ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 Scientists from the Open University (OU) have discovered a process that could explain the long-debated mystery of how recent and present-day surface features on Mars are formed in the absence of sig ... more |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Oct 27, 2017 New lab experiments suggest the sublimation of carbon dioxide - which freezes in the winter and thaws in the spring - is leaving unique marks on Mars' sand dunes. ... more ![]() ![]() Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 Researchers based millions of kilometres from Mars have unveiled new evidence for how contemporary features are formed on the Red Planet. Their innovative lab-based experiments on carbon dioxide (CO ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 24, 2017 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity team is working to restore Curiosity's sample-drilling capability using new techniques. The latest development is a preparatory test on Mars. The five-year-old miss ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 Powerful solar eruptions could electrically charge areas of the Martian moon Phobos to hundreds of volts, presenting a complex electrical environment that could possibly affect sensitive electronics ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 NASA has authorized a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. During this extension, the spacecraft will descend to lower alt ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Oct 23, 2017 If there are habitable conditions on Mars, they may be underground. Scientists from around the world are now testing how to search for life in extreme environments by venturing a kilometre beneath t ... more |
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![]() ![]() A solar-powered asteroid nursery at the orbit of Mars ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 23, 2017 Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Although winter conditions are constraining activity, rover energy production has ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Mars has an invisible magnetic "tail" that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 When NASA scientists want to follow the path of the Curiosity rover on Mars, they can don a mixed-reality headset and virtually explore the Martian landscape. Starting today, everyone can get ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 Plasma technology could hold the key to creating a sustainable oxygen supply on Mars, a new study has found. It suggests that Mars, with its 96 per cent carbon dioxide atmosphere, has nearly i ... more |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Oct 27, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Human presence in Lunar orbit one step closer with successful RS-25 engine test ![]() ![]() NASA research suggests significant atmosphere in lunar past and possible source of water on Moon ![]() ![]() Lunar lava tube could be used as a moon mission base |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut ![]() ![]() China launches three satellites ![]() ![]() Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission |
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![]() Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA Evaluates Use of a Coin-Sized Thermometer to Characterize Comets and Earthbound Asteroids ![]() ![]() ROSINA Spectral Measurements Bring Comet's Chemistry to Life ![]() ![]() Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth's climate more than previously thought |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Jupiter's X-ray auroras pulse independently ![]() ![]() Haumea, the most peculiar of Pluto companions, has a ring around it ![]() ![]() Ring around a dwarf planet detected |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Saturn's Radiation Belts: A Stranger to the Solar Wind ![]() ![]() To keep Saturn's A ring contained, its moons stand united ![]() ![]() NASA team finds noxious ice cloud on Saturn's moon Titan |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Nov 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Initial Signals Received From Six Small Satellites Built by SSL for Planet ![]() ![]() Orbital ATK Successfully Launches Minotaur C Rocket Carrying 10 Spacecraft to Orbit for Planet ![]() ![]() Warm Air Helped Make 2017 Ozone Hole Smallest Since 1988 |
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![]() Riyadh (AFP) Oct 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mice, fish and flies: the animals still being sent into space ![]() ![]() Dog star: Scientist recalls training Laika for space ![]() ![]() The Noah's Ark of animals sent in to space |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Nov 1, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() 'Monster' planet discovery challenges formation theory ![]() ![]() Atmospheric beacons guide NASA scientists in search for life ![]() ![]() Overlooked Treasure: The First Evidence of Exoplanets |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Oct 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New RoboBee flies, dives, swims and explodes out the of water ![]() ![]() Boeing invests in autonomous flight technology company ![]() ![]() Drone Aviation awarded contract for Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat from US Defense Dept |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 02, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() On the generation of solar spicules and Alfvenic waves ![]() ![]() NASA sounding rocket instrument spots signatures of long-sought small solar flares ![]() ![]() How scientists used NASA data to predict the corona of the Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse |
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![]() Paris (SPX) Oct 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Alaska Aerospace Launches Aurora Launch Services Company ![]() ![]() Launch your design with Cheops ![]() ![]() NASA Selects Studies for Gateway Power and Propulsion Element |
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![]() Reno NV (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Physicists describe new dark matter detection strategy ![]() ![]() Premature Death of Star is Confirmed by Astronomers ![]() ![]() Newest dark matter map hints at where astrophysics must go for breakthroughs |
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![]() Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 27, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Prolific Earth Gravity Satellites End Science Mission ![]() ![]() Supercomputers help Los Alamos team interpret LIGO findings ![]() ![]() NASA Challenges Students to Design Microgravity Experiments |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Chinese scientists measure universe with "magic ruler" ![]() ![]() Monster colliding black holes might lurk on the edge of spiral galaxies ![]() ![]() Scientists penetrate mystery of raging black hole beams |
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![]() New York NY (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Physics boosts artificial intelligence methods ![]() ![]() Liquid metal brings soft robotics a step closer ![]() ![]() Intel working with Facebook on chips for AI |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut ![]() ![]() China launches three satellites ![]() ![]() Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission |
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