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January 10, 2013

NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 10, 2013
Advanced propulsion researchers at NASA are a step closer to solving the challenge of safely sending human explorers to Mars and other solar system destinations. By using an innovative test facility at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., researchers are able to use non-nuclear materials to simulate nuclear thermal rocket fuels - ones capable of propelling bold new exploration missions to the Red Planet and beyond. The Nuclear Cryogenic Propulsion Stage team is tackling a thre ... read more

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Simulated mission to Mars reveals critical data about sleep needs for astronauts In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers led by faculty at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Baylor College of Medicine, has analyzed data on the ... more		Simulated Mars mission shows good sleep is critical Astronauts chosen for a manned mission to Mars could be in serious trouble if their sleep patterns are disrupted on the lengthy journey, a 520 day simulation has found. ... more		NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use Of Its Brush NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed first-time use of a brush it carries to sweep dust off rocks. Nearing the end of a series of first-time uses of the rover's tools, the mission has cleared d ... more
				Lockheed Martin Delivered Core Structure For First GOES-R Satellite Lockheed Martin delivered the core structure for the first in a series of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s next-generation geostationary weather satellites to the company ... more		Simulated mission to Mars reveals critical data about sleep needs for astronauts In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers led by faculty at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Baylor College of Medicine, has analyzed data on the ... more

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Lockheed Martin Delivered Core Structure For First GOES-R Satellite Lockheed Martin delivered the core structure for the first in a series of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s next-generation geostationary weather satellites to the company ... more		India scales down experimental flying payloads for exploring Mars India has scaled down its flying experimental payloads for exploring the Mars by reducing the payload from 25 kg to 15 kg, local media reported on Sunday. The Mars Orbiter Mission, expected to ... more		Greenland is helpful, but not vital, for US missile defense European military mission in Greenland as US aim 'remains intact' Amazon expands 'sovereign cloud' in Europe		Ancient Water-rich Meteorite Linked to Martian Crust While the Mars' Rovers continue to scour the surface of the Red Planet snapping pictures, zapping rocks and looking at any other clues about its composition, researchers at the University of New Mex ... more
				NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use Of Its Brush NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has completed first-time use of a brush it carries to sweep dust off rocks. Nearing the end of a series of first-time uses of the rover's tools, the mission has cleared d ... more		Curiosity Rover Explores Yellowknife Bay After imaging during the holidays, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed driving Jan. 3 and pulled within arm's reach of a sinuous rock feature called "Snake River." Snake River is a thin curvin ... more

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				Researchers Identify Water Rich Meteorite Linked To Mars Crust NASA-funded researchers analyzing a small meteorite that may be the first discovered from the Martian surface or crust have found it contains 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites from u ... more		Mars meteorite has significant water NASA says a small meteorite, possibly the first discovered from the martian surface, contains 10 times more water than meteorites that later originated on Mars. Scientists have spent a year studying the meteorite dubbed Northwest Africa 7034 found 2011 in the Sahara and have determined it formed 2.1 Bil years ago. ... more

Mission would drag asteroid to the moon

Russia designs manned lunar spacecraft

GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named for Astronaut Sally Ride

Mr Xi in Space

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

China to launch manned spacecraft

Crew Wraps Up Robonaut Testing

Station Crew Ringing in New Year

Expedition 34 Ready to Ring in New Year

Halfway Between Uranus and Neptune, New Horizons Cruises On

Dwarf planet Makemake lacks atmosphere

Keck Observations Bring Weather Of Uranus Into Sharp Focus

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Pendulum device taps power from ocean currents

Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology		Working Through the Holidays		Russia May Join ExoMars Project in Q1 2013		Clays on Mars: More Plentiful Than Expected		Opportunity For Some Shoulder Workout At Copper Cliff
Enabling ChemCam to Measure Key Isotopic Ratios on Mars and Other Planets		Curiosity Rover Explores 'Yellowknife Bay'		Curious About Life: Interview with Darby Dyer		Opportunity Checking Out Some Rocks At Matijevic Hill		Curiosity Rover Nearing Yellowknife Bay

Charitum Montes: a cratered winter wonderland

Opportunity Continues Rock Studies

Orbiter Spies Where Rover's Cruise Stage Hit Mars

NASA to send new rover to Mars in 2020

Ancient Mars May Have Captured Enormous Floodwaters

Safe Driving on Mars

NASA Announces Multi-Year Mars Program With New Rover In 2020

Opportunity Rover Does Walkabout Of Crater Rim

Curiosity Shakes, Bakes, and Tastes Mars with SAM

NASA Mars Rover Fully Analyzes First Soil Samples

China prepares to grow vegetables on Mars: state media

Opportunity Gets to Work on Interesting Rock Targets

Opportunity Gets To Work On Interesting Rock

Regional Dust Storm Dissipating

One Year After Launch, Curiosity Rover Busy on Mars

Curious About Life: Interview with Roger Summons

Life on Mars: NASA says 'hold on a minute!'

Matijevic Hill Survey Complete And Rover Passes 22 Miles Of Driving!

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