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  Tokyo, Japan (The Conversation) May 03, 2017 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announced a mission to visit the two moons of Mars and return a rock sample to Earth. It's a plan to uncover both the mystery of the moons' creation and, perhaps, how life began in our Solar System. The Solar System's planets take their names from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Mars is the god of war, while the red planet's two moons are named for the deity's twin sons: Deimos (meaning panic) and Phobos (fear). Unlike our own Moon, Phobos ... read more |
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Several drives put opportunity closer to 'Perseverance Valley'Pasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2017 Opportunity is continuing the drive south to "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater, and is now only about 262 feet (80 meters) away. On Sol 4706 (April 19, 2017), she drove abou ... more 
How Old are Martian GulliesPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017 Gullies eroded into the steep inner slope of an impact crater at this location appear perfectly pristine in this image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Although at first glance ... more 
Engineers investigate simple, no-bake recipe to make bricks on MarsSan Diego CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017 Explorers planning to settle on Mars might be able to turn the planet's red soil into bricks without needing to use an oven or additional ingredients. Instead, they would just need to apply pressure ... more 
Opportunity Nears 'Perseverance Valley'Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017 Opportunity is continuing the drive south to 'Perseverance Valley' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover drove on Sols 4693 and 4695 (April 6 and April 8, 2017), covering 46 feet (14.11 me ... more |
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NASA spacesuits over budget, tight on timeline: auditMiami (AFP) April 26, 2017 The United States is in a hurry to send people to Mars by the 2030s, but a key question remains for these deep space explorers: what will they wear? ... more 
SwRI-led team discovers lull in Mars' giant impact historyBoulder CO (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 From the earliest days of our solar system's history, collisions between astronomical objects have shaped the planets and changed the course of their evolution. Studying the early bombardment histor ... more 
Danish Martian Experts Get Their Hands on a Piece of 'Black Beauty'Copenhagen (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017 Humans have yet to set foot on Mars, but meteorites have been, by far, the most frequent visitors from outer space on Earth. Recently, one which has been dubbed "Black Beauty" landed in the hands of ... more 
New Look at 2004's Martian Hole-in-One SitePasadena CA (JPL) Apr 24, 2017 A new observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captures the landing platform that the rover Opportunity left behind in Eagle Crater more than 13 years and 27 miles (or 44 kilometers ... more  
Are human space babies conceivable?Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2017 As astronauts continue to break records for time spent in space and manned Mars exploration is under discussion, scientists in China have begun a groundbreaking study to determine if humans can repr ... more 
Researchers Produce Detailed Map of Potential Mars Rover Landing SiteProvidence RI (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 Brown University researchers have published the most detailed geological history to date for a region of Mars known as Northeast Syrtis Major, a spot high on NASA's list of potential landing sites f ... more |
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 Mars Rover Opportunity Leaves 'Tribulation' 
Mars spacecraft's first missions face delays, NASA saysWashington (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. ... more  
New method for 3-D printing extraterrestrial materialsChicago 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 
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 
France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moonParis (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 |
  Tempe AZ (SPX) May 02, 2017 
NASA has selected an instrument developed by Mark Robinson of ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) and Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) to map the terrain and search for evidence of frost or ice deposits in the moon's permanently shadowed regions (PSRs).
The instrument, named ShadowCam, will be a U.S. contribution to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute's (KARI) first lun ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017Russia, US Ready to Give You a Lift to Moon Orbit, ISS  Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 23, 2017Swedish Institute of Space Physics goes back to the Moon  New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectors |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017 
China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft and Tiangong-2 space lab completed their first in-orbit refueling at 7:07 p.m. Thursday, another success of the Tianzhou-1 mission.
Mastering the technique of refueling in space will help the country to build a permanent space station.
China is the third country, besides Russia and the United States, to master refueling in space.
The in-orbit ... more Beijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity  Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020  Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017China courts international coalition set up to promote space cooperation |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 27, 2017 
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is preparing to observe Ceres on April 29 from an "opposition" position, directly between the dwarf planet's mysterious Occator Crater and the sun. This unique geometry may yield new insights about the bright material in the center of the crater.
While preparing for this observation, one of Dawn's two remaining reaction wheels stopped functioning on April 23. By elec ... more Paris (AFP) April 19, 2017Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 20, 2017Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2017New study ranks hazardous asteroid effects from least to most destructive |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) May 02, 2017 
Three weeks ago we put our New Horizons spacecraft into hibernation mode, the first time we'd done that since late 2014, before the Pluto flyby. By coincidence, that same day - April 7-was also the exact halfway mark on the calendar between our Pluto and Kuiper Belt object (KBO) flybys!
The hibernation period we're in will last through mid-September. Every Monday between now and then, the ... more Charlottesville VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017ALMA investigates 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system  Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Nap Time for New Horizons  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Hubble spots auroras on Uranus |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 
Toting a $12 million instrument built by the University of Colorado Boulder, NASA's Cassini spacecraft made the first of 22 dives between the rings of Saturn and the gaseous planet today, the beginning of the end for one of NASA's most successful missions ever. Launched in 1997 and pulling up at Saturn in 2004 for the first of hundreds of orbits through the Jovian system, the Cassini-Huygens mis ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 28, 2017NASA Spacecraft Dives Between Saturn and Its Rings  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 02, 2017Cassini Finds 'The Big Empty' Close to Saturn  Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2017Cassini makes first dive through Saturn's rings |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 03, 2017 
In May, a team of Goddard scientists will begin measuring greenhouse gases over the Mid-Atlantic region - an area chosen in part because it encompasses a range of vegetation, climate, and soil types that would influence the exchange of carbon dioxide and methane between the Earth and the atmosphere.
The airborne campaign, called the Carbon Airborne Flux Experiment, or CARAFE, could help sc ... more Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2017GRACE-FO satellites get an earful  Missoula MT (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Heavy precipitation speeds carbon exchange in tropics  New Delhi (Sputnik) May 01, 2017India's Space Agency Saves Over US$ 2 Billion per Year for the Country |
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 Daytona Beach, FL (SPX) May 01, 2017 
12 new Scientist-Astronaut Candidates have graduated at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, as part of PoSSUM Class 1701 through Project PoSSUM, a non-profit research program devoted to the study of Earth's upper atmosphere.
PoSSUM, an acronym for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere, uses research aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and commercial sub ... more Vancouver (AFP) April 30, 2017Elon Musk teases future plans at TED  Phoenix AZ (SPX) May 03, 2017Honeywell And Paragon To Create Life Support Technology For Future NASA Space Missions  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2017AGU journal commentaries highlight importance of Earth and space science research |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 
Building on the ability to sequence DNA in space and previous investigations, Genes in Space-3 is a collaboration to prepare, sequence and identify unknown organisms, entirely from space. When NASA astronaut Kate Rubins sequenced DNA aboard the International Space Station in 2016, it was a game changer. That first-ever sequencing of DNA in space was part of the Biomolecule Sequencer investigatio ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017Research Center A Hub For Origins of Life Studies  Ames IA (SPX) May 03, 2017Nearby Star Confirmed as Good Model of Our Early Solar System  Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 02, 2017Next Breakthroughs in Exoplanet Discovery |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2017 
The Fokker business unit of GKN Aerospace has opened a production line in the Netherland's for the manufacture of landing gear systems for Predator B drones.
The factory is located in Helmond, the Netherlands, and is highly automated, GKN said.
"We are proud to manufacture the landing gear of the innovative Predator B system for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems," Michiel van ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2017Lockheed flies long-range endurance test flights of Fury unmanned aircraft  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2017Service Academies Swarm Challenge Live-Fly Competition Begins  Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2017MQ-8C Fire Scout takes first flight from littoral combat ship |
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 Durham, UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2017  Large and small scale solar eruptions might all be triggered by a single process, according to new research that leads to better understanding of the Sun's activity. Researchers at Durham University, UK, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, used 3D computer simulations to show a theoretical link between large- and small-scale eruptions that were previously thought to be driven by differe ... more Beijing CA (SPX) Apr 25, 2017Interdisciplinary studies reveal relationship between solar activity and climate change  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 20, 2017NASA and Partners Survey Space Weather Science  Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Hawaii-built Infrared Instrument for World's Largest Solar Telescope Catches its First Rays |
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 Miami (AFP) May 1, 2017 
SpaceX on Monday blasted off a secretive US government satellite, known only as NROL-76, marking the first military launch for the California-based aerospace company headed by billionaire tycoon Elon Musk.
The payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, which makes and operates spy satellites for the United States, soared into the sky atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 7:15 am (1115 GMT).
Abo ... more New Delhi (IANS) May 01, 2017India to launch GSAT-9 communication satellite on May 5: ISRO  Miami (AFP) May 01, 2017SpaceX launches classified payload for NRO; 1st Stage returns to LZ-1  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017New Russian Medium-Class Carrier Rocket Could Compete With SpaceX's Falcon |
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 Green Bank WV (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 
As galaxies age, some of their basic chemical elements can also show signs of aging. This aging process can be seen as certain atoms "put on a little weight," meaning they change into heavier isotopes - atoms with additional neutrons in their nuclei.
Surprisingly, new surveys of the Milky Way with the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, found no ... more Boston MA (SPX) May 03, 2017Is Dark Matter "Fuzzy"  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Astrophysicists studied the 'rejuvenating' pulsar in a neighboring galaxy  Moscow (SPX) May 02, 2017Astrophysicists discovered a star polluted by calcium |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) May 03, 2017 
Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an international team of scientists has discovered a vast wave of hot gas in the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster. Spanning some 200,000 light-years, the wave is about twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy.
The researchers say the wave formed billions of years ago, after a small galaxy ... more Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Rare Brightening of Supernova's Light Found by Caltech's Palomar Observatory  Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017ZERO-G Research aims to advance deep-space mission technology  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 02, 2017 
Australian and German researchers have collaborated to develop a genetic algorithm to confirm the rejection of classical notions of causality.
Dr Alberto Peruzzo from RMIT University in Melbourne said: "Bell's theorem excludes classical concepts of causality and is now a cornerstone of modern physics.
"But despite the fundamental importance of this theorem, only recently was the firs ... more Paris (ESA) Apr 27, 2017Detector delivery marks another Euclid milestone  Washington (UPI) May 1, 2017Perfect pitch: Scientists explore the mechanics of throwing  Beijing, China (SPX) May 02, 2017Towards largest-possible separation between quantum and classical query complexities |
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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) May 02, 2017 
A computer-driven automated drill, similar to those used to machine auto parts, could play a pivotal role in future surgical procedures. The new machine can make one type of complex cranial surgery 50 times faster than standard procedures, decreasing from two hours to two and a half minutes.
Researchers at the University of Utah developed the drill that produces fast, clean, and safe cuts, ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Synthetic two-sided gecko's foot could enable underwater robotics  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017The rise of automated art  Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Human prejudices sneak into artificial intelligence systems |
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Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017
China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft and Tiangong-2 space lab completed their first in-orbit refueling at 7:07 p.m. Thursday, another success of the Tianzhou-1 mission.
Mastering the technique of refueling in space will help the country to build a permanent space station.
China is the third country, besides Russia and the United States, to master refueling in space.
The in-orbit ... moreBeijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020 Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017China courts international coalition set up to promote space cooperation |
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