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  Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 When humans begin to colonize the moon and Mars, they will need to be able to make everything from small tools to large buildings using the limited surrounding resources. Northwestern University's Ramille Shah and her Tissue Engineering and Additive Manufacturing (TEAM) Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to 3D-print structures with simulants of Martian and lunar dust. This work uses an extension of their "3D-painting process," a term that Shah and her team use for their novel 3D inks and pri ... read more |
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NASA's MAVEN reveals Mars has metal in its atmosphereWashington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 Mars has electrically charged metal atoms (ions) high in its atmosphere, according to new results from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. The metal ions can reveal previously invisible activity in the mysteri ... more 
Humans to Mars Official NASA Goal, But What About RadiationWashington DC (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 Human exploration of Mars is now an official goal of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill to increase NASA's budget. The la ... more 
Opportunity Mars rover on the way to Perseverance ValleyPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2017 Opportunity is heading south to "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover drove on Sols 4686, 4688 and 4691 (March 30, April 1 and April 4, 2017), covering 127 feet (38.7 ... more 
Chile desert combed for clues to life on MarsEstacion Yungay, Chile (AFP) April 6, 2017 Chile's Atacama desert may seem to contain little besides red-grey rocks and sand - but scientists are busy searching here for clues to life in a place it much resembles: Mars. ... more |
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Russia critcal to ExoMars Project says Italian Space Agency HeadColorado Springs CO (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017 Russia is a fundamental partner in the joint project between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia's Roscosmos space corporation ExoMars, Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Roberto Battiston ... more  
The long legacy of space-farming leading us to MarsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2017 Following a new NASA bill, passed in March by the US Congress and which authorizes $19.5 billion spending for space exploration in 2017, manned missions to Mars are closer to reality than ever befor ... more 
Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 OrbitsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2017 The most data-productive spacecraft yet at Mars swept past its 50,000th orbit this week, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever accomplished by a camera at the Red Planet. ... more 
Potential Mars Airplane Resumes FlightEdwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 Flight tests have resumed on subscale aircraft that could one day observe the Martian atmosphere and a variant that will improve collection of Earth's weather data. Work on the shape of the ai ... more 
New MAVEN findings reveal how Mars' atmosphere was lost to spaceBoulder CO (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 Solar wind and radiation are responsible for stripping the Martian atmosphere, transforming Mars from a planet that could have supported life billions of years ago into a frigid desert world, accord ... more
Final two ExoMars landing sites chosenParis (ESA) Mar 29, 2017 Two ancient sites on Mars that hosted an abundance of water in the planet's early history have been recommended as the final candidates for the landing site of the 2020 ExoMars rover and surface sci ... more |
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Ancient Art of Weaving Ready to Head to Mars and BeyondGreenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 Weaving processes created millennia ago are part of the most cutting-edge technology on NASA's Orion spaceship that may one day shield humans from heat as they ride all the way to Mars and back. Tha ... more 
Mars dust storm west of Opportunity starting to abatePasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2017 Opportunity is just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, heading to the gully, named 'Perseverance Valley.' The large regional dust storm to the west of the rover's site has started to abate, althou ... more 
Breaks observed in Curiosity rover wheel treadsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017 A routine check of the aluminum wheels on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has found two small breaks on the rover's left middle wheel-the latest sign of wear and tear as the rover continues its journey, ... more  
NASA selects CubeSat, SmallSat mission concept studiesWashington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 NASA has selected ten studies under the Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSat Studies (PSDS3) program, to develop mission concepts using small satellites to investigate Venus, Earth's moon, asteroid ... more |
  Houston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
The moon no longer has a magnetic field, but NASA scientists are publishing new research that shows heat from crystallization of the lunar core may have driven its now-defunct magnetic field some 3 billion years ago.
Magnetized lunar rocks returned to Earth during the Apollo missions established that the moon once had a magnetic field. The moon's magnetic field lasted for more than a billi ... more Providence RI (SPX) Mar 30, 2017How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true age  Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017Surviving the long dark night of the Moon  Bengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From India |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017 
Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite measurement and control authority on Wednesday.
Yuanwang-5 left port Wednesday and Yuanwang-6 started its journey Monday.
Yuanwang-7 and the rocket transporting fleet will set sail in Apr ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing  Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes |
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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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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordinary details about a recently discovered far-flung member of our solar system, the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee.
At about three times the current distance of Pluto from the Sun, DeeDee is the second most distant known trans-Neptunian object (TNO) with a confirmed ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 10, 2017When Jovian Light and Dark Collide  Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Nap Time for New Horizons  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Hubble spots auroras on Uranus |
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 Washington (AFP) April 13, 2017 
An ice-encrusted moon orbiting Saturn appears to have the conditions necessary for life, NASA announced Thursday, unveiling new findings made by its unmanned Cassini spacecraft.
Cassini has detected hydrogen molecules in vapor plumes emanating from cracks in the surface of Enceladus, a small ocean moon coated in a thick layer of ice, the US space agency said.
The plumes have led scientis ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017Cassini Mission Prepares for 'Grand Finale' at Saturn  Miami (AFP) April 5, 2017NASA's Cassini probe of Saturn prepares for last plunge  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2017Checking in on Bleriot |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
NASA scientists are releasing new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest yet composite view of the patterns of human settlement across our planet. This composite image, one of three new full-hemisphere views, provides a view of the Americas at night. The clouds and sun glint - added here for aesthetic effect - are derived from MODIS instrument land surface and cloud cover products ... more Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Satellites map carbon sequestered by forests, with accuracy of up to 10 meters  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 12, 2017Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth  Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Climate change to increase severe aircraft turbulence |
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 Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 10, 2017 
Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut touched down safely in central Kazakhstan Monday following a 173-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
"Touchdown confirmed," said a commentator on NASA Television, describing it as a "textbook" landing.
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough was accompanied by Russian space agency cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko in ... more Houston TX (SPX) Apr 10, 2017You Say Tomato, I Say Tomatosphere: ISS Science to the Classroom  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts  Rio De Janeiro (Sputnik) Apr 10, 2017No Roscosmos plans to send space tourists to ISS before 2020 |
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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 
Octopus, squid, and cuttlefish are famous for engaging in complex behavior, from unlocking an aquarium tank and escaping to instantaneous skin camouflage to hide from predators. A new study suggests their evolutionary path to neural sophistication includes a novel mechanism: Prolific RNA editing at the expense of evolution in their genomic DNA.
The study, led by Joshua J.C. Rosenthal of th ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017Scientists look for life's building blocks in outer space  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 13, 2017Earth-Sized 'Tatooine' Planets Could Be Habitable  Nashville TN (SPX) Apr 13, 2017The earliest animals were marine jellies |
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 Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 
When whiteflies take off, they don't just spread their wings and fly. Just .03 of an inch long, these tiny insects possess a variety of sophisticated techniques that provide them with exceptional stability in the air. Tel Aviv University researchers now say that they may hold the secret to stabilizing the take-off of small robotic manmade flyers such as miniaturized drones.
TAU research pr ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017MS-177 sensor completes test on Global Hawk  Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin demo unmanned F-16  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Swiss prisons getting drone-detection capability |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), currently under construction on Haleakala, Maui, is expected to start observing the Sun in 2020. When it does, it will rely on two complex infrared instruments being built by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA). Their goal is to measure the Sun's weak magnetic field.
The first of these to be completed is called the Cryogenic ... more Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Charting the skies of history  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 04, 2017Discovery of a source of fast magnetic reconnection  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 02, 2017Waves on sun give NASA new insight into space weather forecasting |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017 
ESA and a team of European industrial contractors led by QinetiQ have finalised an agreement with Sierra Nevada Corporation for the use of Europe's International Berthing Docking Mechanism on the Dream Chaser spaceplane.
The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Dream Chaser is being developed as a reusable, lifting-body, multimission spacecraft capable of landing at commercial airports or space ... more Sweden, Kiruna (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Europe's largest sounding rocket launched from Esrange  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Bezos sells $1 bn in Amazon stock yearly to pay for rocket firm  Washington DC (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017US-Russia Venture Hopes to Sell More RD-180 Rocket Engines to US |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 
Like a lot of pioneering science, the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper (WHAM) got its start as the shoestring project of a curious young researcher. Sawing a hole in the ceiling of an office at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Physical Sciences Laboratory in the late 1970s, astrophysicist Ron Reynolds pointed a specially built spectrometer skyward for the first time and discovered a previously unkn ... more Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Waterloo Researchers Capture First "Image" of a Dark Matter Web that Connects Galaxies  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 13, 2017ALMA Team Up to Give First Look at Birthplaces of Most Current Star  Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Apr 12, 2017The making of a supernova |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 
As part of NASA's Flight Opportunities Program, Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G) recently worked with research groups from University of Florida, Carthage College and University of Maryland to validate technology designed to further humanity's reach into space.
A collection of flights on G-FORCE ONE, ZERO-G's specially modified Boeing 727, gave researchers the chance to run experiments an ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects |
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 Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 
Next-generation sensors to be used in fields as diverse as mineral exploration and climate change will be turbo boosted thanks to University of Queensland and University of Sussex research.
Theoretical physicist Dr Stuart Szigeti, of UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics, said future precision sensing technology would exploit unusual effects of quantum mechanics.
"Our research showe ... more Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Brightness of the universe with NASA's New Horizons spacecraft  Birmingham, UK (SPX) Apr 10, 2017Scientists make progress on unravelling the puzzle of merging black holes  Houston TX (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Proton-nuclei smashups yield clues about 'quark gluon plasma' |
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 El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 
NASA has awarded Dr. Siegfried Janson of The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) with the 2017 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II grant award, worth approximately $500,000, for further development of his Brane Craft flat spacecraft proposal.
This award is one of 22 early-stage technical proposals that will transform the future of human and robotic exploration missions, introdu ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017Lockheed Martin gets license for military exoskeleton tech  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in US  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2017NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools for Use on Ocean Worlds |
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Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017
Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite measurement and control authority on Wednesday.
Yuanwang-5 left port Wednesday and Yuanwang-6 started its journey Monday.
Yuanwang-7 and the rocket transporting fleet will set sail in Apr ... moreBeijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes |
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