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Mars spacecraft's first missions face delays, NASA says![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) April 14, 2017 NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule, being developed to send astronauts beyond earth's orbit and eventually to Mars, the US space agency said on Thursday. A report by NASA's Office of Inspector General cited technical as well as budget challenges. The first launch of the Orion spacecraft atop the planned Space Launch System, or SLS - set to become the world's most powerful rocket when it flies - is currently scheduled for early November 2018 with no ... read more |
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![]() Paris (AFP) April 13, 2017 France and Japan want to recover pieces of a Martian Moon and bring them back to Earth, the head of France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) said Thursday. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington 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 ![]() ![]() Washington 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 ![]() ![]() Pasadena 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 |
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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 Universi ... more ![]() ![]() Estacion 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 ![]() ![]() Colorado 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 ![]() ![]() Washington 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 ![]() ![]() Pasadena 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 ![]() ![]() Edwards 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 |
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![]() ![]() New MAVEN findings reveal how Mars' atmosphere was lost to space ![]() ![]() Paris (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 ![]() ![]() San Francisco (AFP) March 28, 2017 Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people's minds. ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt 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 ![]() ![]() Pasadena 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 |
![]() Houston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() How a young-looking lunar volcano hides its true age ![]() ![]() Surviving the long dark night of the Moon ![]() ![]() Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From India |
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![]() Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing ![]() ![]() Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft ![]() ![]() China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes |
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![]() Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 ![]() ![]() ![]() Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station ![]() ![]() New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases ![]() ![]() Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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![]() Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Nap Time for New Horizons ![]() ![]() Hubble spots auroras on Uranus ![]() ![]() Cold' Great Spot discovered on Jupiter |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassini Mission Prepares for 'Grand Finale' at Saturn ![]() ![]() NASA's Cassini probe of Saturn prepares for last plunge ![]() ![]() Checking in on Bleriot |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth ![]() ![]() Climate change to increase severe aircraft turbulence ![]() ![]() NASA's High-Altitude Plane Takes to the Sky for GOES-16 Field Campaign |
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![]() Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() You Say Tomato, I Say Tomatosphere: ISS Science to the Classroom ![]() ![]() NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration Concepts ![]() ![]() No Roscosmos plans to send space tourists to ISS before 2020 |
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![]() Nashville TN (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists look for life's building blocks in outer space ![]() ![]() Earth-Sized 'Tatooine' Planets Could Be Habitable ![]() ![]() Distantly related fish find same evolutionary solution to dark water |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() U.K. defense minister calls for autonomous supply vehicles ![]() ![]() MS-177 sensor completes test on Global Hawk ![]() ![]() Swiss prisons getting drone-detection capability |
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![]() Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Charting the skies of history ![]() ![]() Discovery of a source of fast magnetic reconnection ![]() ![]() Waves on sun give NASA new insight into space weather forecasting |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Europe's largest sounding rocket launched from Esrange ![]() ![]() Bezos sells $1 bn in Amazon stock yearly to pay for rocket firm ![]() ![]() US-Russia Venture Hopes to Sell More RD-180 Rocket Engines to US |
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![]() Madison WI (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Waterloo Researchers Capture First "Image" of a Dark Matter Web that Connects Galaxies ![]() ![]() ALMA Team Up to Give First Look at Birthplaces of Most Current Star ![]() ![]() The making of a supernova |
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![]() Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity ![]() ![]() 'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources ![]() ![]() New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Potential new applications stem from controlling particles' spin configurations ![]() ![]() Proton-nuclei smashups yield clues about 'quark gluon plasma' ![]() ![]() Brightness of the universe with NASA's New Horizons spacecraft |
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![]() El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Lockheed Martin gets license for military exoskeleton tech ![]() ![]() Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in US ![]() ![]() NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools for Use on Ocean Worlds |
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![]() Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing ![]() ![]() Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft ![]() ![]() China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes |
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