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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2017 Artificial intelligence is changing how we study Mars. A.I. software on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has helped it zap dozens of laser targets on the Red Planet this past year, becoming a frequent science tool when the ground team was out of contact with the spacecraft. This same software has proven useful enough that it's already scheduled for NASA's upcoming mission, Mars 2020. A new paper in Science: Robotics looks at how the software has performed since rolling out to Curiosity's science team i ... read more |
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Mars rover Opportunity on walkabout near crater rimPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2017 NASA's senior Mars rover, Opportunity, is examining rocks at the edge of Endeavour Crater for signs that they may have been either transported by a flood or eroded in place by wind. Those scen ... more 
Opportunity Straightens Wheel, Resumes DrivingPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 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 
No One Under 20 Has Experienced a Day Without NASA at MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017 As the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft approached its destination on July 4, 1997, no NASA mission had successfully reached the Red Planet in more than 20 years. Even the mission team anxiously awa ... more 
India's Mars Orbiter Mission Completes First 1,000 Earth DaysNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) maiden Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan, completed its first 1,000 Earth days in its orbit around the red planet on Monday. ... more |
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Mars Orbiter spots rover ascending Mount SharpWashington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017 In an image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Martian rover Curiosity can been seen as a bright blue speck ascending the rocky terrain of Mount Sharp. ... more 
University Students Mine for Water at NASA's Mars Ice ChallengeHampton 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 ... more  
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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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 |
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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 27, 2017 
China has set the window to launch its Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket between July 2 and 5, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
Carrying Shijian-18 communication satellite, the rocket was vertically transferred to the launch area at Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Monday.
Shijian-18 will test ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017With a Strong Partner Like Russia, Nothing Would Stop China's New Space Station  Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes second docking with space lab  Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 19, 2017China to launch four more probes before 2021 |
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 The Hague (AFP) June 26, 2017 
Dutch scientists on Monday celebrated the rare discovery of meteorite in The Netherlands, which at 4.5-billion years old may hold clues to the birth of our solar system.
"Meteorites are very special because we do not have rocks of this age on earth," said geologist Leo Kriegsman from the Naturalis biodiversity centre in Leiden in a YouTube video marking the occasion.
The fist-sized meteo ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Impact Threat from Asteroid Apophis Cannot Be Ruled Out Belfast, UK (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Queen's University scientist warns of asteroid danger Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2017Are NEOs Coming to Earth? |
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Jun 27, 2017 
More than 30 years after Voyager 2 sped past Uranus, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers are using the spacecraft's data to learn more about the icy planet. Their new study suggests that Uranus' magnetosphere, the region defined by the planet's magnetic field and the material trapped inside it, gets flipped on and off like a light switch every day as it rotates along with the planet. It' ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 23, 2017The curious case of the warped Kuiper Belt  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 23, 2017NASA Completes Study of Future 'Ice Giant' Mission Concepts  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 20, 2017King of the Gods: Jupiter Dated to Be Oldest Planet in the Solar System |
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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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 Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 27, 2017  Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new mobile, ground-based system that could scan and map atmospheric gas plumes over kilometer distances.
The system uses an eye-safe laser instrument to send light that "combs" the air to a flying multi-copter and analyzes the colors of light absorbed along ... more Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jun 28, 2017VTT miniature hyperspectral camera launched to space in Aalto-1 satellite  Lancaster UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Ozone recovery may be delayed by unregulated chemicals  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017UK-Led Satellite Image Project That Helps Spot and Stop Slavery Sites From Space |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017 
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Lisbon agreed with Portuguese authorities on creation of alliance to advance space research, the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
India, Portugal sing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of space, according to the statement.
"During the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ... more Novosibirsk (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017Russia's Roscosmos May Provide Indian Astronauts With Training in Future  Paris (ESA) Jun 22, 2017Return to the blue  Fort Carson CO (SPX) Jun 21, 2017NASA Selects Army Surgeon for Astronaut Training |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 28, 2017 
Wherever you find people, you also find bacteria and other microorganisms. The International Space Station is no exception.
That generally is not a problem. For one thing, the space station is kept cleaner than many environments on Earth. Routine cleaning activities are included on astronaut task schedules. Cargo sent to the station, and the vehicles that carry it, undergo a rigorous clean ... moreLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Could a Dedicated Mission to Enceladus Detect Microbial Life There  Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 21, 2017New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered  Washington (AFP) June 19, 2017NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets |
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 Izhevsk, Russia (SPX) Jun 27, 2017 
Unmanned Systems Group (Izhevsk, Russia) has successfully conducted joint flights of Supercam UAV together with manned aircrafts (both equipped with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system) in conjuction with FGUP "GosNIIAS" on a drifting ice base in the Arctic. Rapid deployment of an aerodrome and a base for scholars and tourists was a priority task.
Possessing knowledge ... more Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone system  Washington (UPI) Jun 22, 2017Leonardo, Hensoldt awarded $323 million U.K. IFF contract  Washington (UPI) Jun 22, 2017Rockwell Collins to supply avionics for General Atomics MQ-9B |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017 
New analysis of plasma clouds ejected by the sun suggest solar eruptions behave like a sneeze.
Until now, astronomers looked at cloud-like structures of coronal mass ejections as single entities. The latest research - detailed in the journal Scientific Reports - suggest CMEs are more like a sneeze or dust cloud, a collection of millions of individual plasma parcels, each acting indepe ... more Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Eclipse Expectations Excite Escapades for Enlightenment  Washington (AFP) June 22, 2017Rare US total solar eclipse excites Americans coast-to-coast  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2017NASA Prepares for Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse with Live Coverage, Safety Information |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017 
The first launch of the new modification of the Proton-M carrier rocket will be conducted in 2019, the press service of Russia's Roscosmos State Space Corporation said Tuesday.
The Proton-M is the largest carrier rocket in Russia's fleet of space launch vehicles. The rocket has lifted dozens of Russian and foreign satellites into orbit since it was first commissioned into service in 2001. ... more Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Amtrak to SpaceX Launch, Wifi hack, Spectacular trip, But where's my SatPhone...  Michoud MS (SPX) Jun 26, 2017SLS Core Stage Production Continues for Rocket's First Flight  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017Putin: Russia, Brazil Consider Joint Space Launches From Brazilian Spaceport |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2017 
A global hunt for the universe's missing matter is underway, and this autumn everyone is invited to join in.
On and around October 31, 2017, events around the world will celebrate the hunt for the universe's unseen "dark matter." Dark Matter Day events will engage the public in discussions about dark matter, and about the many experiments that seek to solve its mysteries.
Universitie ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 28, 2017'Pompom' Stars May Solve Quasar Puzzle  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 27, 2017Hubble captures massive dead disk galaxy that challenges theories of galaxy evolution  Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Astronomers see mysterious nitrogen area in a butterfly-shaped star formation disk |
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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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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 
For the first time ever, astronomers at The University of New Mexico say they've been able to observe and measure the orbital motion between two supermassive black holes hundreds of millions of light years from Earth - a discovery more than a decade in the making.
UNM Department of Physics and Astronomy graduate student Karishma Bansal is the first-author on the paper, 'Constraining the Or ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Quantum thermometer or optical refrigerator  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Shining light on low-energy electrons  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 16, 2017No Universe without Big Bang |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 26, 2017 
How do you get a robot to recognize a surprise? That's a question artificial intelligence researchers are mulling, especially as A.I. begins to change space research.
A new article in the journal Science: Robotics offers an overview of how A.I. has been used to make discoveries on space missions. The article, co-authored by Steve Chien and Kiri Wagstaff of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Personalized exoskeletons are taking support one step farther  Washington (UPI) Jun 20, 2017Snake robot could help maintain space station, explore moon  Redwood City CA (SPX) Jun 22, 2017Numenta demonstrates machine intelligence algorithm for real-time anomaly detection |
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Beijing (XNA) Jun 27, 2017
China has set the window to launch its Long March-5 Y2 carrier rocket between July 2 and 5, according to the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.
Carrying Shijian-18 communication satellite, the rocket was vertically transferred to the launch area at Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Monday.
Shijian-18 will test ... moreBeijing (Sputnik) Jun 23, 2017With a Strong Partner Like Russia, Nothing Would Stop China's New Space Station Beijing (XNA) Jun 21, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes second docking with space lab Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 19, 2017China to launch four more probes before 2021 |
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