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July 07, 2015

Could This Become the First Mars Airplane
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2015
When an aircraft makes its first flight on Mars in the 2020s, a NASA Armstrong innovation may have made it possible. A prototype of the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-m, which is a flying wing aircraft with a twist, is planned to be ready for launch from a high altitude balloon later this year. The Prandtl-m will be released at about at 100,000 feet altitude, which will simulate the flight conditions of the Martian atmosphere, said Al Bowers, NASA Armstrong chi ... read more

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Curiosity rover back to work, studying rock-layer contact zone After a few weeks of limited communication with ground controllers, NASA's Curiosity rover is back online and doing some science. ... more		Curiosity Mars Rover Studies Rock-Layer Contact Zone NASA's Curiosity Mars rover is examining a valley where at least two types of bedrock meet, for clues about changes in ancient environmental conditions recorded by the rock. In addition to two rock ... more		Prandtl-m prototype could pave way for first plane on Mars NASA researchers are preparing to test the prototype that may pave the way for the first plane to fly Martian skies. The airplane is called the Prandtl-m. ... more
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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		NASA Prepares for First Interplanetary CubeSats When NASA launches its next mission on the journey to Mars - a stationary lander in 2016 - the flight will include two CubeSats. This will be the first time CubeSats have flown in deep space. If thi ... 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		Red Planet Rising Fresh off successfully retrieving samples from an asteroid in 2011, Japan's space agency, JAXA, has just unveiled an even loftier goal: to land a probe on one of Mars' two moons. It would be a major ... more
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		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

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