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  Miami (AFP) Feb 25, 2017 The US space agency said Friday it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth's neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight known as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) was scheduled for 2018 and was expected to be unmanned. But NASA's acting administrator Robert Lightfoot asked on February 15 for the space agen ... read more |
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Opportunity leaving crater rim for the Plains of MeridianiPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017 Opportunity is located on the rim of Endeavour crater, about to leave the rim and get back on the plains of Meridiani. The rover is not leaving the crater, just setting up for faster progress ... more  
Dawn discovers evidence for organic material on CeresPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 NASA's Dawn mission has found evidence for organic material on Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Scientists using the spacecraft's visibl ... more 
Scientists say Mars valley was flooded with water not long agoDublin, Ireland (UPI) Feb 15, 2017 Researchers have discovered the signature of periodic groundwater flooding in a Martian valley - further evidence that water flowed on Mars in the not-so-distant past. ... more 
Researchers pinpoint watery past on MarsDublin, Ireland (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a patch of land in an ancient valley on Mars that appears to have been flooded by water in the not-too-distant past. In doing so, they have pi ... more |
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Minor planet named Bernardperth, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2017 A minor planet in the Solar System will officially be known as Bernardbowen after Australian citizen science project theSkyNet won a competition to name the celestial body. The minor planet wa ... more 
Opportunity passes 44 kilometers of surface travel after 13 yearsPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2017 Opportunity is located on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is making progress towards the next major scientific objective, the gully less than a kilometer south of the current location. ... more 
Scientists shortlist three landing sites for Mars 2020Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 14, 2017 Participants in a landing site workshop for NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 mission have recommended three locations on the Red Planet for further evaluation. The three potential landing sites for N ... more 
Angling up for Mars scienceParis (ESA) Feb 08, 2017 ESA's latest Mars orbiter has moved itself into a new path on its way to achieving the final orbit for probing the Red Planet. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter arrived last October on a multiyear missi ... more 
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plays crucial role in search for landing sitesPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2017 At an international workshop this week about where NASA's next Mars rover should land, most of the information comes from a prolific spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars since 2006. Observatio ... more 
ISRO saves its Mars mission spacecraft from eclipseNew Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 10, 2017 Scientists from Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) have successfully executed crucial orbital maneuvering on Mars spacecraft to give it another lease of life. The Mission was facing imm ... more |
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Curiosity rover sharpens paradox of ancient MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 07, 2017 Mars scientists are wrestling with a problem. Ample evidence says ancient Mars was sometimes wet, with water flowing and pooling on the planet's surface. Yet, the ancient sun was about one-third les ... more 
Opportunity Takes Advantage of her Location to do a Mini Science CampaignPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 07, 2017 Opportunity is located on the rim of Endeavour Crater, heading south. The rover is trying to make progress towards the next major scientific objective, the gully about a kilometer south of the ... more 
'Curiosity' exposes low CO2 level in Mars' primitive atmosphereMadrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 07, 2017 The CO2 level in Mars' primitive atmosphere 3.5 billion years ago was too low for sediments, such as those found by NASA's Curiosity exploration vehicle in areas like the Gale Crater on the planet's ... more 
UAE Aims to Launch Its First Ever Mars Mission in 2020Abu Dhabi UAE (Sputnik) Feb 03, 2017 The United Arab Emirates has set an ambitious goal of sending nation's first mission to Mars in 2020, launching its unmanned orbiter from Japan's space center. The unmanned orbiter Hope, desig ... more |
  New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017 
ISRO has started a series of ground tests for testing the performance of sensors and actuators for soft landing of the Lander on the lunar surface.
India Space Research Organization (ISRO) has selected Russian company JSC Isotope for supply of Radionuclide curium-244 (Cm-244) that enables sources to determine chemical composition of any rocks and soils.
"Supplied by JSC Isotope sourc ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2017LunaH-Map CubeSat to map the Moon's water deposits |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017 
China plans to launch Shijian-13, its first high-throughput communications satellite, in April, the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) said Friday.
The 4.6-tonne satellite, with a message capacity of more than 20 GB, will be carried into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, according to the CAST.
An increase in satellite throughput will provide better access to the Internet ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April  Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2017China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory |
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 Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 
This week, astronauts are unloading more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and crew supplies from the Cygnus spacecraft to support dozens of science and research investigations. However, this shipment has special significance. This shipment arrived via an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket launches to the International Space ... moreMiami (AFP) Oct 23, 2016Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2016New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 19, 2016Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 
A mission to examine the habitability of Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon Europa is taking one step closer to the launchpad, with the recent completion of a major NASA review.
On Feb. 15, NASA's Europa multiple-flyby mission successfully completed its Key Decision Point-B review. This NASA decision permits the mission to move forward into its preliminary design phase, known as "Phase B," begin ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2017NASA receives science report on Europa lander concept  Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2017New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 
On Feb. 17, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft was making the first-ever close pass over Saturn's moon Enceladus as it worked through its detailed survey of the planet's icy satellites. Exciting, to be sure, just for the thrill of exploration. But then Cassini's magnetometer instrument noticed something odd. Since NASA's two Voyager spacecraft made their distant flybys of Enceladus about 20 years p ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2017Close views show Saturn's Rings in unprecedented detail  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 23, 2017Cassini captures stunning view of Saturn moon Daphnis  Paris (ESA) Jan 17, 2017Catching Cassini's call |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 
Atmospheric river storms are hailed as drought-busters when they bring needed rain and snow, but they have a well-known dark side: damaging floods. A new NASA study documents a second destructive force in these storms: high winds.
The study shows that atmospheric rivers were associated with almost half of the most extreme mid-latitude windstorms globally for the past 20 years, doing billio ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 24, 2017'Quartz' crystals at the Earth's core power its magnetic field  Ottobrunn, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Airbus to develop payload for first Franco-German Earth observation satellite  London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017First-ever global view of transshipment in commercial fishing industry |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017 
Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hopes to be the first to offer space tourism around the Moon aboard the Soyuz spacecraft by 2021-2022.
First round-the-Moon flights should be possible for space tourists aboard the Soyuz spacecraft in 2021-2022, Vladimir Solntsev, the head of Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, told Sputnik.
"We are speaki ... more Berlin (UPI) Feb 22, 2017Study: People don't want their future revealed  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2017NASA selects proposals for first-ever Space Technology Research Institutes  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017NASA saves energy and water with new modular supercomputing facility |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Pluto has long been viewed as a distant, cold and mostly dead world, but the first spacecraft to pass by it last year revealed many surprises about this distant dwarf planet. Data from the New Horizons flyby finished downloading to Earth in October, and while it will take many years for scientists to complete their inventory and model the results, early studies offer intriguing hints of its comp ... more Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Prediction: More gas-giants will be found orbiting Sun-like stars  Madison WI (SPX) Feb 22, 2017From Rocks, Evidence of a 'Chaotic Solar System'  Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven Planets |
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 Mont-De-Marsan, France (AFP) Feb 20, 2017 
Faced with the risk of drones being used to snoop or carry out attacks on French soil, the air force is showing its claws.
At Mont-de-Marsan in southwestern France a quartet of fearsome golden eagles is being trained to take out unmanned aircraft in mid-flight.
The roar of a departing Rafale fighter jet gives way to the buzz of a drone lifting into the air on a runway at the air base, so ... more Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Israeli warplanes shoot down Hamas drone: army  Rome (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Leonardo supplying radars for Patroller drones  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Ukroboronprom presents modified Phantom unmanned vehicle |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
The National Science Foundation to provide critical funding to nationwide eclipse data-gathering effort. The Citizen Continental America Telescopic Eclipse project, or Citizen CATE for short, will be deploying at least 56 identical telescopes across the path of totality thanks to the financial backing of the National Science Foundation.
The NSF is providing the largest contribution for the ... more Paris (ESA) Feb 17, 2017Setting Sun on Space Station Solar research  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2017What happened to the sun over 7,000 years ago?  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2017NASA Scientist Studies Whether Solar Storms Cause Animal Beachings |
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 Miami (AFP) Feb 23, 2017  An unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, a day after SpaceX aborted the process due to a GPS problem.
This time, the Dragon cargo ship made a "perfect approach to the capture point," a NASA commentator said, and was grabbed by the station's robotic arm at 5:44 am (1044 GMT).
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet o ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 21, 2017Russian Aviation Company S7 Group restructures  Moscow (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Russia successfully launches space freighter after crash  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Energia to make 2 modifications of Federatsiya spaceship |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found a signal at the center of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy that could indicate the presence of the mysterious stuff known as dark matter.
The gamma-ray signal is similar to one seen by Fermi at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy.
Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light, produced by the universe's most energetic phenomena. ... moreMadison WI (SPX) Feb 24, 2017From rocks in Colorado, evidence of a 'chaotic solar system'  Austin TX (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Experiments call origin of Earth's iron into question  East Lansing MI (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Examining exploding stars through the atomic nucleus |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Our Galaxy's gravitational field limits the accuracy of astrometric observations of distant objects. This is most clearly appeared for objects that are visually located behind the central regions of the Galaxy and the Galactic plane, where the deviation can be up to several dozen microarcseconds.
And, more importantly, the effect of this gravitational "noise" cannot be removed. This means ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors  Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2017New laser technology from Hannover enables more sensitive gravitational-wave detectors |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Members of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have been studying changes in the appearance of emission from around the supermassive black hole in the centre of a galaxy known to astronomers as NGC 2617. The centre of this galaxy, underwent dramatic changes in its appearance several years ago: it became much brighter and things that had not been seen bef ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Why it will take supercomputers, AI to solve time travel conundrum  Warwick, UK (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Molecular phenomenon discovered by advanced NMR facility  Cracow, Poland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017First trace of differences between matter and 'ordinary' antimatter |
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 Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 23, 2017  An analysis of bot behavior over the course of a decades shows even "benevolent" bots bicker. In fact, researchers found evidence of bot-versus-bot fights lasting several years.
The bots in question were employed by Wikipedia to perform a variety of editing and maintenance tasks. Editing bots repair vandalized text, enforce content and language bans, check and fix spelling, insert links ... more Lausanne, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 17, 2017Scientists invent new, faster gait for six-legged robots  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Now you can 'build your own' bio-bot  Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2017How algorithms secretly run the world |
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Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017
China plans to launch Shijian-13, its first high-throughput communications satellite, in April, the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) said Friday.
The 4.6-tonne satellite, with a message capacity of more than 20 GB, will be carried into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, according to the CAST.
An increase in satellite throughput will provide better access to the Internet ... moreMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2017China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory |
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