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May 17, 2014

MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer Will Look at Key Player in Mars Atmosphere Loss
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 16, 2014
This past November, NASA launched the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission in the hope of understanding how and why the planet has been losing its atmosphere over billions of years. One instrument aboard the spacecraft will study a special component of the Martian atmosphere to help solve this mystery. By studying ions, or small electrically charged particles, in and above the Red Planet's tenuous atmosphere, the Solar Wind Ion Analyzer will help answer why Mars has gradually los ... read more

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Opportunity In Search Of Aluminum-Hydroxyl Clays Opportunity is exploring south of 'Solander Point' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is approaching a region of aluminum-hydroxyl clay minerals detected from orbit. On Sol 3650 (M ... more		Against the current with lava flows Primeval lava flows formed the massive canyons and gorge systems on Mars. Water, by contrast, was far too scarce on the red planet to have cut these gigantic valleys into the landscape. This is the ... more		NASA wants greenhouse on Mars by 2021 NASA researchers have proposed depositing a small greenhouse on Mars when the next rover bound for the Red Planet is expected to land in 2021. Experimenting with plant life is another step in the pr ... more
				NASA's Curiosity Rover Drills Sandstone Slab on Mars Portions of rock powder collected by the hammering drill on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover from a slab of Martian sandstone will be delivered to the rover's internal instruments. Rover team membe ... more		Mars mission scientist Colin Pillinger dies British planetary scientist Colin Pillinger, the driving force behind the ill-fated Beagle 2 mission to Mars, died on Thursday at the age of 70, his family said. ... more

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Reset and Recovery for Opportunity Opportunity is exploring south of "Solander Point" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is headed to a region of aluminum-hydroxyl clay minerals detected from orbit. On Sol 3645 (Apr ... more		Nonprofit says: fire missiles at Mars to dig for signs of life Scientists have long hypothesized that evidence of life could be hiding deep below Mars' subsurface ice. But digging for such evidence is not currently in the cards for NASA and its Mars rover, as Curiosity's drill only extends an inch or so. ... more		Terran Orbital to build satellite buses for SDA Tranche 3 Tracking Layer AST BlueBird 6 enters orbit as record low Earth orbit cellular array North Korea's Kim touts new rocket launchers that could target South		ISS research shows that hardy little space travelers could colonize Mars In the movies, humans often fear invaders from Mars. These days, scientists are more concerned about invaders to Mars, in the form of micro-organisms from Earth. Three recent scientific papers exami ... more
				Less than a year from its Ceres rendezvous Less than a year from its rendezvous with dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn is continuing to make excellent progress on its ambitious interplanetary adventure. The only vessel from Earth ever to take up resi ... more		Mars Rover Switches to Driving Backwards Due to Elevated Wheel Currents Opportunity is exploring south of "Solander Point" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is headed to a region of clay minerals seen from orbit. Opportunity drove six times on Sols 36 ... more

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Target on Mars Looks Good for NASA Rover Drilling The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover plans to proceed in coming days with the third-ever drilling into a rock on Mars to collect a sample for analysis. The rover used several tools t ... more		Mission to Mars In recent news reports the discussion of sending astronauts to Mars has been a hot topic. Certain private individuals and companies have indicated interest in a variety of missions designed to take ... more		OPERA satellite data sharpens US crop and water management Neural network sharpens satellite ocean color in complex coastal waters Deep Arctic gas hydrate mounds host ultra deep cold seep ecosystem		Traces of recent water on Mars The southern hemisphere of Mars is home to a crater that contains very well-preserved gullies and debris flow deposits. The geomorphological attributes of these landforms provide evidence that they ... more
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Saturn in opposition tonight, will appear next to the moon

LRO View of Earth

Russia to begin Moon colonization in 2030

Moon rover Yutu comes closer to public

The Phantom Tiangong

New satellite launch center to conduct joint drill

Three astronauts land back on Earth in Soyuz capsule

Expedition 39 Trio Wrapping Up Six Months on Station

Botanical Studies, Dragon Departure Preps for ISS Crew

Dwarf planet 'Biden' identified in an unlikely region of our solar system

Planet X myth debunked

WISE Finds Thousands Of New Stars But No Planet X

	Curiosity spots asteroids from the surface of Mars For the first time, NASA's Curiosity rover has captured images of an asteroid from the surface of Mars - two of them, in fact. ... more		NASA's Human Path to Mars NASA is developing the capabilities needed to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and Mars in the 2030s - goals outlined in the bipartisan NASA Authorization Act of 2010 and in the U.S. National Spac ... more		Opportunity Rover Driving Up To Crater Rim Opportunity is exploring 'Murray Ridge,' part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The near-term plan is to drive up to the crater rim's ridgeline and image the interior of Endeavour. On Sol 3 ... more		NASA Rover Opportunity's Selfie Shows Clean Machine In its sixth Martian winter, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity now has cleaner solar arrays than in any Martian winter since its first on the Red Planet, in 2005. Cleaning effects of wind ev ... more

NASA and Boeing advance control strategies for flexible long span airliner wings

PCBM additive strategy lifts efficiency and durability of inverted perovskite solar cells

Project Pele microreactor reaches key milestone with first TRISO fuel delivery

NASA Mars Orbiter Spies Rover Near Martian Butte		Meteorites Yield Clues to Red Planet's Early Atmosphere		The Path to Mars		NASA Gears Up for Next Set of Engine Tests for Space Launch System		From Red Mars To Green Earth
Meteorite studies suggest hidden water on Mars		Getting in Place for a Better View of Endeavour Crater		Mars' halcyon times may have been fleeting		Gusev Crater once held a lake after all		Reporters See NASA's Latest High Tech Exploration Tool Before Testing

Mars Exploration in a Deep Mine

NASA's rover Curiosity discovers Australia on Mars, sort of

Journey to Mars Only Possible With International Cooperation

Russian Astronaut Misurkin Dreams of Going to the Moon, Mars

India's mission to Mars crosses half-way mark

Images From NASA Mars Rover Include Bright Spots

Opportunity Moves Further Southwest On Murray Ridge

What's so hard about counting craters?

Curiosity Scoping Out Next Study Area

Health risks of Mars mission would exceed NASA limits

Mars and Earth move closer together this month

The Opposition of Mars

Mars yard ready for Red Planet rover

Cleaner NASA Rover Sees Its Shadow in Martian Spring

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Mars-Bound Comet Sprout Multiple Jets

Mars One building simulated colony to vet potential colonists

Mars-mimicking chamber explores habitability of other planets

Mars on Earth: vacuum chambers mimic the Red Planet

NASA Mars Rover's Next Stop Has Sandstone Variations

NASA Seeks Proposals on Asteroid Redirect Mission Concepts Development

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