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June 18, 2015

NASA Signs Agreements to Advance Agency's Journey to Mars
Paris (SPX) Jun 17, 2015
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden signed agreements with two European partners to advance Mars exploration and our journey to the Red Planet during meetings Tuesday at the Paris Air Show. Bolden and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of the French space agency, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), signed an agreement for France to provide the mast for the SuperCam component of NASA's Mars 2020 rover. In terms of design, SuperCam is similar to the ChemCam on the Curiosity rover, which is currently ... read more

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New study favors cold, icy early Mars The high seas of Mars may never have existed, according to a new study that looks at two opposite climate scenarios of early Mars and suggests that a cold and icy planet billions of years ago better ... more		Scientists find methane in Mars meteorites An international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites, a possible clue in the search for life on the Red Planet. The researchers examined samples from six meteo ... more		UCLA-led NASA mission provides closest ever look at dwarf planet Ceres A NASA mission led by UCLA professor Christopher Russell has released new images of the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. The photos were produced by the spacecraft ... more
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Japanese space agency plans to get samples from Martian moon The Japanese space agency announced Thursday a plan to send a spacecraft to one of the two Martian moons for surface samples to bring back to Earth for analysis. ... more		Martian glass: Window into possible past life? Researchers from Brown University have used satellite data to detect deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, the glasses just might pr ... more		SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military		NASA Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 09, 2015 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, such dep ... more
				Supersonic NASA parachute torn to pieces in latest test NASA scientists working toward putting people on Mars said Tuesday a supersonic parachute they are developing to slow a vehicle's approach to the Red Planet partially deployed in a test, but immediately ripped apart. ... more		Rover Ready for Solar Conjunction and Period of Curtailed Operations Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater at the 'Spirit of St. Louis' crater near the entrance of 'Marathon Valley.' The rover is now configured for Solar Conjunction with all sequences on ... more

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Building a Smarter Rover The next mission to Mars could carry a smarter rover that is able to make better decisions absent instructions from Earth. Engineers are looking to automate some of the simple decision-making steps ... more		Mars Missions to Pause Commanding in June, Due to Sun In June 2015, Mars will swing almost directly behind the sun from Earth's perspective, and this celestial geometry will lead to diminished communications with spacecraft at Mars. The arrangeme ... more		OPERA satellite data sharpens US crop and water management Alen Space begins SATMAR satellite validation over Bay of Algeciras Deep Arctic gas hydrate mounds host ultra deep cold seep ecosystem		NASA Looks to Cut Travel Time to Mars in Half with Superfast Propulsion As NASA begins laying the foundations for a future mission to Mars, the Agency wants to use its partnership with a rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer to cut travel time to the Red Planet in ... more
United Arab Emirates Hopes to Reach Mars by2021 The United Arab Emirates has decided that while oil wealth is great, it might be wise to branch out and diversify their economy a bit. So they're going to go to Mars. Declaring that the development ... more		NASA to test supersonic parachute in flying saucer launch The US space agency plans to try out the largest parachute ever deployed Wednesday during a flying saucer launch that will test new technologies for landing on Mars. ... more		Similarities between aurorae on Mars and Earth An international team of researchers has for the first time predicted the occurrence of aurorae visible to the naked eye on a planet other than Earth. Mars' upper atmosphere may be indeed closer to ... more		NASA Begins Testing Next Mars Lander Insight Testing is underway on NASA's next mission on the journey to Mars, a stationary lander scheduled to launch in March 2016. The lander is called InSight, an abbreviation for Interior Exploration using ... more

	The Supreme Council of Parachute Experts It was not your typical NASA meeting. But then again, it would have been difficult to have a typical NASA meeting surrounded by all the hooks, nets, processing tables and other fishy paraphernalia f ... more		Is the Curiosity rover polluting Mars with methane? Methane readings on Mars are once again sparking scientific controversy back on Earth. Recently, sensors on NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, registered a sizable spike in methane gas, leading researchers to believe microbial life might not be far away. ... more

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