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  Hampton VA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017 For humans to survive on other worlds, they'll have to harness the resources - like water - that exist there. A recent competition held at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, aimed to find ways of doing just that. Dozens of students from seven U.S. universities traveled to NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, to see if their projects could extract water from simulated Martian subsurface ice. The RASC-AL (Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts - Academic Lin ... read more |
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Are NEOs Coming to Earth?Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2017 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids in heliocentric orbits that have been influenced by planetary flybys causing them to approach Earth. Comets are composed mostly of water ice and du ... more 
NASA, French Space Agency Express Commitment to Joint ExplorationLe Bourget, France (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 France and the United States have a long history of cooperation in space, combining their talents over the years to advance science and launch exploration missions whose results have been instrument ... more 
MAVEN's top 10 discoveries at MarsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2017 On June 17, NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) will celebrate 1,000 Earth days in orbit around the Red Planet. Since its launch in November 2013 and its orbit insertion in ... more 
Opportunity collecting panoramas of high-value targets at Endeavour CraterPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 19, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of Perseverance Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover experienced a left-front wheel steering actuator stall on Sol 4750 (June 4, 2017) leaving the wheel ' ... more |
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Martian Crater Provides Reminder of Apollo MoonwalkPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 19, 2017 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity passed near a young crater this spring during the 45th anniversary of Apollo 16's trip to Earth's moon, prompting a connection between two missions. O ... more 
Elon Musk's vision of a self-sustaining city on Mars published in New SpaceNew Rochelle, NY (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 The Commentary entitled "Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species presents the vision of Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, for future manned trips to other planets and specifically what will be needed to cre ... more 
Russian Institute to Start Long-Haul Mars Mission Simulations in NovemberMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017 The first among a series of psychological experiments designed to look into problems that might arise in a mixed crew on its way to Mars will start in November at the Institute of Biomedical Problem ... more 
Walkabout Above 'Perseverance Valley'Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to perform a walk-about survey above the valley. To start the w ... more 
Hot rocks, not warm atmosphere, led to relatively recent water-carved valleys on MarsProvidence RI (SPX) Jun 14, 2017 Present-day Mars is a frozen desert, colder and more arid than Antarctica, and scientists are fairly sure it's been that way for at least the last 3 billion years. That makes a vast network of water ... more
Opportunity Surveying the spillway into Perseverance ValleyPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 08, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of Perseverance Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to survey the valley from the top and to perform a walk-about survey ab ... more |
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NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity SamplesPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017 NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp on Mars, suggesting that conditions ch ... more  
Pence hails new NASA astronauts as 'best of us'Miami (AFP) June 7, 2017 Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday hailed 12 new NASA astronauts as "the best of us," after they were selected from a record-breaking pool of more than 18,000 applicants. ... more  
China to provide more opportunities to private space companiesBeijing (XNA) Jun 09, 2017 China will offer more opportunities for private companies to participate in lunar and Mars exploration, a space exploration official said. Tian Yulong, secretary general of the China National ... more 
Curiosity Peels Back Layers on Ancient Martian LakePasadena CA (JPL) Jun 02, 2017 A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another, according to a comprehensive look at findings from the ... more |
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  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017 
Russia's Lavochkin Research and Production Association is ready to work with China on designing lunar exploration missions, including orbital and return ones, Sergei Lemeshevsky, the Russian company's director general, told Sputnik on Thursday.
Xu Yansong, the head of the International Cooperation Department of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), said on Wednesday that China an ... more Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017New NELIOTA project detects flashes from lunar impacts  Washington DC (SPX) May 25, 2017Cube Quest Challenge Team Spotlight: Cislunar Explorers  Paris (ESA) May 12, 2017Winning plans for CubeSats to the Moon |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2017 
China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft completed its second docking with Tiangong-2 space lab at 2:55 p.m. Monday, after flying around the space lab.
Tianzhou-1 separated from Tiangong-2 on Monday morning and remained at distance of five kilometers behind the space lab for about 90 minutes.
Then, it was commanded to fly around Tiangong-2 from behind to a distance of five kilometers in f ... more Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 19, 2017China to launch four more probes before 2021  Xichang (XNA) Jun 20, 2017New broadcasting satellite fails to enter preset orbit  Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2017China launches remote-sensing micro-nano satellites |
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 Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2017 
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are comets and asteroids in heliocentric orbits that have been influenced by planetary flybys causing them to approach Earth. Comets are composed mostly of water ice and dust particles that were formed in the cold outer planet system.
Most of the rocky asteroids were formed in the warmer inner solar system between the orbits of Mars and Earth. There is a great dea ... more Le Bourget, France (AFP) June 20, 2017ESA boss urges action on 'ticking timebombs' in Earth orbit  Silicon Valley CA (SPX) Jun 14, 2017B612 Creates Asteroid Institute  Paris (ESA) Jun 12, 2017Rosetta finds comet connection to Earth's atmosphere |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017 
A new study from an international team of astronomers has dated Jupiter for the first time, and their findings suggest that the Gas Giant is the oldest planet in the solar system.
Dating a celestial object isn't too difficult, so long as you have a sample of it. The Earth is about 4.543 billion years old, for instance. Jupiter, meanwhile is about 4.599 billion years old, making it 56 milli ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017New Horizons Team Digs into New Data on Next Flyby Target  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017A whole new Jupiter with first science results from Juno  Washington DC (SPX) May 26, 2017First results from Juno show cyclones and massive magnetism |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 
Enceladus - a large icy, oceanic moon of Saturn - may have flipped, the possible victim of an out-of-this-world wallop.
While combing through data collected by NASA's Cassini mission during flybys of Enceladus, astronomers from Cornell University, the University of Texas and NASA have found the first evidence that the moon's axis has reoriented, according to new research published in Icaru ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2017Cassini Finds Saturn Moon May Have Tipped Over  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 26, 2017Cassini Looks On as Solstice Arrives at Saturn  Boston MA (SPX) May 19, 2017History of Titan's Landscape Resembles Mars's, not Earth's |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 
Designed to operate for five years, Airbus's Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite TerraSAR-X has achieved ten years of flawless operations in orbit providing high-resolution radar images in all weather conditions 24 hours a day.
Developed and constructed by Airbus Defence and Space teams from Friedrichshafen for the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), the satellite orbits at a height of 514 ... more Cotonou (AFP) June 18, 2017Free mapping: plotting development in Africa  Paris (ESA) Jun 16, 2017Satellites forewarn of locust plagues  Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017NASA satellites image, measure Florida's extreme rainfall |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2017 
Astronaut ice cream may be an exotic treat for kids, but for real space explorers, a fresh, crunchy salad could sometimes really hit the spot. And the ability to grow food in space will prove crucial for longer-duration voyages envisioned over the next decades.
Growing plants in a spaceship, and one day on another planet, is a complicated endeavor. But one tool making it easier is a specia ... more Fort Carson CO (SPX) Jun 21, 2017NASA Selects Army Surgeon for Astronaut Training  Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 19, 2017Orion Kicks Off Summer with Series of Safety Tests  Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2017Teachers doubt most students interested in subjects that promote space careers |
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 London UK (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 
The astronomers who discovered the nearest potentially habitable planet to our solar system are inviting the public to take part in their search for more Earth-like planets.
Last year an international team of astronomers led by Dr. Guillem Anglada-Escude, of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), discovered a planet around the closest star to our Sun, Proxima Centauri. Details of the obse ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2017NASA releases Kepler Survey Catalog with 100s of new exoplanet candidates  Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered  Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 13, 2017Astronomers Explain Formation of Seven Exoplanets Around TRAPPIST-1 |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2017 
Leonardo debuted its new Mirach 40 aerial target drone at the the 2017 Paris Air Show, the company announced on Friday.
The M-40 is based off of the Mirach 100/5 target drone that is already in service and has been widely exported.
The target drone is a remotely piloted aerial system that is designed to mimic the flight paths and speed of different aircraft and missiles. It can s ... more Los Angeles CA (Sputnik) Jun 21, 2017Pentagon Builds Robo-Wingmen to Fly With Manned Fighter Jets  Brussels (AFP) June 16, 2017EU unveils plans to regulate drones by 2019  Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017Insitu receives $45 million contract extension for SOCOM UAVs |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 30, 2017 
On May 25, 2017, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun. The lunar transit lasted almost an hour, between 2:24 and 3:17 p.m. EDT, with the moon covering about 89 percent of the sun at the peak of its journey across the sun's face. The moon's crisp horizon can be seen from this view because the moon has n ... more Miami (AFP) May 31, 2017A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017NASA renames Solar mission to honor Eugene Parker  Huntsville AL (SPX) May 24, 2017CLASP Sounding Rocket Mission Opens New Research Window in Solar Physics |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 
OHB Italia Spa and Arianespace have announced the signature of the launch contract for the Italian Space Agency's PRISMA (PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa) satellite.
The launch will be carried out by a Vega rocket in 2018 from the Guiana Space Center, within the scope of a contract signed by OHB Italia Spa on behalf of the Italian Space Agency ASI.
PRISMA is an Ea ... more Chennai (IANS) Jun 20, 2017India's 'Baahubali' GSLV MK III Lifts Less Luggage Than Lighter Rockets  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 14, 2017Launch Vehicle Rocket Engines New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 14, 2017India's Kerosene-Based Semi-Cryogenic Engine to Be Flight Test Ready by 2021 |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 
An international team of astronomers, led by Dutch scientists, has discovered a region in our Milky Way that contains many nitrogen compounds in the southeast of a butterfly-shaped star formation disk and very little in the north-west.
The astronomers suspect that multiple stars-to-be share the same star formation disk, but the precise process is still a puzzle. The article with their find ... more Green Bank WV (SPX) Jun 20, 2017GBT Captures Orion Blazing Bright in Radio Light  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Hubble applauds waltzing dwarfs  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Radio astronomers peer deep into the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
Astronomers have used the sharp vision of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to repeat a century-old test of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The Hubble team measured the mass of a white dwarf, the burned-out remnant of a normal star, by seeing how much it deflects the light from a background star.
This observation represents the first time Hubble has witnessed this type of effect creat ... more Innsbruck, Austria (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Breaking Newton's Law  San Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Are dense star clusters the origin of the gravitational waves discovered by LIGO? Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 02, 2017Gravitational Waves Detected for Third Time |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 
The scientific community has known about the existence of electrons for over a hundred years, but there are important facets of their interaction with matter that remain shrouded in mystery.
One particular area of interest is low-energy electrons or electrons that have kinetic energy levels of about 10 electronvolts (eV) or less. These electrons affect the functioning of insulators in elec ... more Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 16, 2017No Universe without Big Bang  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 15, 2017Russian Spektr-RG mission to identify 3 billin black holes after 2018 launch  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 15, 2017Galaxy alignments traced back 10 billion years |
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 Washington (AFP) June 14, 2017 
Facebook's artificial intelligence researchers announced Wednesday they had broken new ground by giving automated programs or "bots" the ability to negotiate, and make compromises.
The new technology pushes forward the ability to create bots "that can reason, converse and negotiate, all key steps in building a personalized digital assistant," said researchers Mike Lewis and Dhruv Batra in a ... more Boston MA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Learning with light: New system allows optical 'deep learning'  San Francisco (AFP) June 7, 2017Apple wants to rock the market with HomePod, faces challenges  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Autonomous machines edge towards greater independence |
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Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2017
China's Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft completed its second docking with Tiangong-2 space lab at 2:55 p.m. Monday, after flying around the space lab.
Tianzhou-1 separated from Tiangong-2 on Monday morning and remained at distance of five kilometers behind the space lab for about 90 minutes.
Then, it was commanded to fly around Tiangong-2 from behind to a distance of five kilometers in f ... moreJiuquan (XNA) Jun 19, 2017China to launch four more probes before 2021 Xichang (XNA) Jun 20, 2017New broadcasting satellite fails to enter preset orbit Beijing (XNA) Jun 16, 2017China launches remote-sensing micro-nano satellites |
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