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  Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2017 Next week, the ExoMars orbiter will devote two days to making important calibration measurements at the Red Planet, which are needed for the science phase of the mission that will begin next year. The Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), a joint endeavour between ESA and Roscosmos, arrived at Mars on 19 October. During two dedicated orbits in late November, the science instruments made their first calibration measurements since arriving at Mars. These included images of Mars and one of its moons, Phobos, and basic ... read more |
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Martian Winds Carve Mountains, Move Dust, Raise DustPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017 On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales ... more  
How bright is the future of space foodHonolulu HI (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 Research at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa could play a major role in NASA's goal to travel to Mars in the 2030s, including what the astronauts could eat during that historic mission. A tr ... more 
More Earth-like than moon-likeBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 Mars' mantle may be more complicated than previously thought. In a new study published in the Nature-affiliated journal Scientific Reports, researchers at LSU document geochemical changes over time ... more 
NASA mulls putting astronauts on deep space test flightMiami (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. ... more |
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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 
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 
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 
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 |
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 Scientists shortlist three landing sites for Mars 2020 
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 
Swirling spirals at the north pole of MarsParis (ESA) Feb 03, 2017 A new mosaic from ESA's Mars Express shows off the Red Planet's north polar ice cap and its distinctive dark spiralling troughs. The mosaic was generated from 32 individual orbit 'strips' captured b ... more |
  Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be the only location where guests can see the space capsules for both the first and last lunar landings.
The awe-inspiring "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit, on display Oct. 14-Mar ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface  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 |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017 
China is planning to develop the next-generation CZ-8 (Long March 8) medium-lift carrier rocket and will conduct the first test flight by the end of 2018, Li Tongyu, the head of carrier rocket development at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology said Monday.
The core-stage of CZ-8 will be based on CZ-7 and CZ-3A (Long March 3A) carrier rockets, the CZ-8 is expected to have two sol ... more Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April  Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration |
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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 21, 2017 
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission. This will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, while avoiding the risk of a previously-planned engine firing that would have reduced the spacecraft's orbital period to 14 days.
"Juno is healthy, its science instrum ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase  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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
The Earth's core consists mostly of a huge ball of liquid metal lying at 3000 km beneath its surface, surrounded by a mantle of hot rock. Notably, at such great depths, both the core and mantle are subject to extremely high pressures and temperatures.
Furthermore, research indicates that the slow creeping flow of hot buoyant rocks - moving several centimeters per year - carries heat away f ... more London, UK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017First-ever global view of transshipment in commercial fishing industry  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2017The Long Shot: Photographing A Milk Carton 3500 Kilometres Away  Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017NASA to launch sequel to successful Lightning Study Mission |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 
Research at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa could play a major role in NASA's goal to travel to Mars in the 2030s, including what the astronauts could eat during that historic mission.
A trip to Mars and back is estimated to take about two and half years, and ideally, their diet would be healthy while requiring minimal effort and energy. UH Manoa mechanical engineering student Aleca Bor ... more Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Marshall shakes, packs, ships and tracks NASA payloads  Gabreski ANGB NY (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Guardsmen to test space capsule recovery systems  Moscow (AFP) Feb 24, 2017Russian cargo ship docks with space station |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Hunting for habitable exoplanets now may be easier: Cornell University astronomers report that hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets throughout the universe could improve the chances of locating life in the cosmos.
Planets located great distances from stars freeze over. "On frozen planets, any potential life would be buried under layers of ice, which would make it really hard t ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Does Pluto Have The Ingredients For Life?  Sheffield UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Evidence of Star Wars-like Planetary System  Washington DC (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Ancient microbes push limits of what life can survive on Earth, and off |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2017  U.S. Navy research teams recently completed combat trials with the branch's Tactical Battle Manager system using unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Tactical Battle Manager system, or TBM, is a software platform designed to coordinate combat missions using "wingman" UAVs to assist manned and unmanned teams in combat. Researchers tested the system in a simulated beyond-visual-range combat scen ... more Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2017U.S. Air Force to retire MQ-1 Predator drone in 2018  Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Israeli warplanes shoot down Hamas drone: army  Cincinnati OH (SPX) Feb 28, 2017UC researchers teach drones to land themselves on moving targets |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2017 
The sky above parts of Earth's Southern Hemisphere will be illuminated Sunday in a "ring of fire" during the first solar eclipse of 2017, NASA said.
The annular eclipse will be mainly visible near parts of the Southern Hemisphere, including Chile, Argentina and Angola. Unlike a total solar eclipse, an annular eclipse happens when the moon is too far from the Earth to obscure the sun com ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 24, 2017NSF to Fund a Nationwide Effort to Capture the Eclipse  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? |
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 Poker Flat Research Range AK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
The first of four sounding rockets scheduled for launch from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska to examine the structure of auroras was launched at 5:14 a.m. EST, Feb. 22, 2017. The Black Brant IX sounding rocket carried instruments to an altitude of 225 miles as part of the Ionospheric Structuring: In Situ and Groundbased Low Altitude StudieS or ISINGLASS mission.
ISINGLASS, includes ... more Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2017SpaceX says it will fly civilians to the moon next year Hawthorne CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Spacex To Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond The Moon Next Year  Miami (AFP) Feb 23, 2017SpaceX cargo ship arrives at space station |
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 Clemson SC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
When the universe was young, a supermassive black hole - bloated to the bursting point with stupendous power - heaved out a jet of particle-infused energy that raced through the vastness of space at nearly the speed of light.
Billions of years later, a trio of Clemson University scientists, led by College of Science astrophysicist Marco Ajello, has identified this black hole and four other ... more Amherst MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Investigating Star Formation Is UMass Amherst Researcher's Mission  Madison WI (SPX) Feb 24, 2017From rocks in Colorado, evidence of a 'chaotic solar system'  Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Feb 24, 2017NASA to blast James Webb Space Telescope with 'earsplitting' noise |
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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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 Sheffield UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 
Astronomers based at the University of Sheffield have found evidence that stars are ripped apart by supermassive black holes 100 times more often than previously thought.
Until now, such stellar cannibalism - known as tidal disruption events, or TDEs - had only been found in surveys which observed many thousands of galaxies, leading astronomers to believe they were exceptionally rare: only ... more Cracow, Poland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017First trace of differences between matter and 'ordinary' antimatter  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Changes of supermassive black hole in the center of NGC 2617 galaxy  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Why it will take supercomputers, AI to solve time travel conundrum |
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 Raleigh, NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
New research from North Carolina State University offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches - or biobots - move when exploring new spaces. The work moves researchers closer to their goal of using biobots to explore collapsed buildings and other spaces in order to identify survivors.
NC State researchers have developed cockroach biobots that can be remotely controlled and ... more Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 23, 2017Study: Even 'benevolent bots' fight, sometimes for years  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 |
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Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017
China is planning to develop the next-generation CZ-8 (Long March 8) medium-lift carrier rocket and will conduct the first test flight by the end of 2018, Li Tongyu, the head of carrier rocket development at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology said Monday.
The core-stage of CZ-8 will be based on CZ-7 and CZ-3A (Long March 3A) carrier rockets, the CZ-8 is expected to have two sol ... moreBeijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration |
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