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  Paris (ESA) Jul 10, 2017 Rockets and spacecraft may get us to Mars, but food must nourish us on the journey. Now researchers are using the International Space Station to look at how much food will be needed on a spacecraft heading to the Moon, Mars or beyond. By tracking the energy used by astronauts, we can count the number of calories humans will need for long flights. Calculating total energy expenditure involves making many measurements over a period of 10 days. ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli will be the last of the requ ... read more |
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6 teams share honors and money in NASA's 2nd 3-D Print a Habitat challengeHuntsville AL (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 ASA has awarded a total of $201,023 to teams of citizen inventors that have reached the latest milestone of NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, completing the Phase 2: Level 2 Beam Member competiti ... more  
Pitted Materials in Craters Could Indicate Buried Ice on AsteroidsTucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 Pitted terrains inside fresh complex craters on Ceres are similar to terrains seen Mars and Vesta, and are likely formed through the rapid evaporation of subsurface H2O, a new paper by Planetary Sci ... more  
Mars surface 'more uninhabitable' than thought: studyParis (AFP) July 6, 2017 Hopes of finding life on Mars, at least on the surface, were dealt a blow Thursday by a study revealing that salt minerals present on the Red Planet kill bacteria. ... more  
Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the MoonBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017 The past decades have seen China making great progress, both economic and also in the field of space exploration. The construction of new space launch centers, ambitious lunar and Mars exploration p ... more |
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Magnetic memories of a metal worldCambridge UK (SPX) Jun 28, 2017 4.5 billion years ago in the violent, high-speed environment of the early solar system, a protoplanet roughly the size of Mars was involved in a series of fierce collisions with other large planetar ... more 
Mars Rover Opportunity continuing science campaign at Perseverance ValleyPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2017 Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is completing the remaining science as part of a walkabout campaign above Perseverance Valley before the ... more 
Russian Devices for ExoMars Mission to Be Ready in Fall 2017Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017 Two Russian devices to be mounted on the Mars rover of the ExoMars 2020 mission are nearly ready, by the end of 2017 they will be supplied to the European Space Agency (ESA), head of the Russian Aca ... more 
The Niagara Falls of Mars once flowed with lavaWashington (UPI) Jun 29, 2017 Water is often the focus of NASA's many Martian scientific missions. It's true, Mars was once a surprisingly watery world. But it also once featured large amounts of magmatic activity. ... more  
Scientist Reveals Health Challenges That Flight to Mars Poses for HumansMoscow (Sputnik) Jun 28, 2017 Thais Russomano, the first female doctor in Latin America specializing in space medicine and the founder and director of the InnovaSpace and MicroG research centers for space biology, revealed in an ... 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 |
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 Laser-targeting AI Yields More Mars Science 
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 
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 
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 
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 |
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  Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017 
During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration.
Four 'aquanauts', including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA's 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-22) mission, spending 10 days in the Aquarius habitat ... more Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold  Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon |
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 Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 
Pitted terrains inside fresh complex craters on Ceres are similar to terrains seen Mars and Vesta, and are likely formed through the rapid evaporation of subsurface H2O, a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Hanna G. Sizemore says.
"Pitted terrains may be common morphological markers of volatile-rich near-surface material in the asteroid belt," Sizemore said.
... more Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Bizarro comet challenging researchers  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017NASA'S First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase  Paris (AFP) June 28, 2017Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'? |
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 Miami (AFP) July 10, 2017 
An unmanned NASA spacecraft is about to fly over a massive storm raging on Jupiter, in a long-awaited a journey that could shed new light on the forces driving the planet's Great Red Spot.
The flyby of the Juno spacecraft, surveilling the 10,000-mile-wide (16,000-kilometer-wide) storm, is scheduled for 9:55 pm Monday (0155 GMT Tuesday).
"Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot is probably th ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2017Juno Completes Flyby over Jupiter's Great Red Spot  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot  Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 07, 2017New Mysteries Surround New Horizons' Next Flyby Target |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017 
New research suggests the lakes on Saturn's moon Titan are especially calm. Satellite data studied and analyzed by researchers at the University of Texas revealed waves no taller than a single centimeter.
The findings - detailed in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters - present Titan as an ideal place for future probe landings.
"There's a lot of interest in one day s ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 04, 2017Methanol Points to Evolving Story of Enceladus's Plumes  Ithaca NY (SPX) Jun 01, 2017In a Cosmic Hit-and-Run, Icy Saturn Moon May Have Flipped  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 31, 2017Cassini Finds Saturn Moon May Have Tipped Over |
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 Newcastle UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Researchers are using satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system.
The team from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) have been tracking the devastating events of last week when a massive landslide ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought'  Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017See our seasons change from space  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2017 
Founded in 2009, the Houston, Texas-based company NanoRacks LLC provides commercial hardware and services onboard the International Space Station (ISS) for government and commercial customers. To date, the firm has sent more than 550 payloads from over 30 countries to ISS, creating trends in commercial hardware in space. In an interview with Astrowatch.net, Jeffrey Manber, the founder and CEO of ... more Paris (ESA) Jul 10, 2017Counting calories in space  Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 9, 2017Trump offers bold space goals but fills in few details  Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 9, 2017Liftoff for Trump's bold space plans may have to wait |
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 Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
In a paper highlighted by Astronomy and Astrophysics journal, a team2 of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco (IA3) discovered observational evidence for the existence of two distinct populations of giant planets.
So far, more than 3500 planets have been detected orbiting solar type stars. Although recent results suggest that most planets in our Galaxy are roc ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2017Hidden Stars May Make Planets Appear Smaller  Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Astronomers Track the Birth of a 'Super-Earth'  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Odd planetary system around fast-spinning star doesn't quite fit existing models of planet formation |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017 
The U.S. Air Force reported Thursday that its new Block 5 variant of the MQ-9 Reaper drone has performed its first combat mission against Islamist terrorists.
The recent 16-hour sortie, flown June 23 in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, involved the unmanned aerial vehicle dropping a GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions bomb and firing two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles in support of gr ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Smart Quadcopters Find their Way without Human Help or GPS  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone system  Shenzhen, China (AFP) June 25, 2017China drone king turns to farming |
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 Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
How much do solar cycle variations influence our climate system? Could the rising Earth temperatures due to anthropogenic effects partly be compensated by a reduction of solar forcing in the future?
These questions have been in the focus of climate research for a long time. In order to answer these questions as precisely as possible, it is required to know the fluctuations of solar forcing ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Musical Sun Reduces Range of Magnetic Activity  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 06, 2017Scientists uncover origins of the Sun's swirling spicules  Los Angeles, CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2017Eclipse Expectations Excite Escapades for Enlightenment |
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 Sacramento CA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 
Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully conducted a series of hot-fire tests on a Power Processing Unit (PPU) for an Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) designed to advance the nation's commercial space capabilities as well as support NASA's plans for deep space exploration. The tests were conducted at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
"The Power Processing Unit successfu ... more Houghton MI (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Spiky ferrofluid thrusters can move satellites  Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Russia to Carry Out Five Launches From Vostochny Space Center in 2018  Cape Canaveral (AFP) July 5, 2017After two delays, SpaceX launches broadband satellite for IntelSat |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
A group of astronomers have shown that the fastest-moving stars in our galaxy - which are travelling so fast that they can escape the Milky Way - are in fact runaways from a much smaller galaxy in orbit around our own.
The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and computer simulations to demonstrate that these stellar sprinters originate ... more Cambridge, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Smallest-Ever Star Discovered by Astronomers  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Australia Enters Strategic Partnership with European Southern Observatory  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Transfer of atomic mass with a photon solves the momentum paradox of light |
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 Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Swirling motions in clouds of cold, dense gas have given, for the first time, an active insight into how gravity creates the compact cores from which stars form in the interstellar medium. The results will be presented, Thursday 6 July, by Gwen Williams at the National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Hull.
Williams, of Cardiff University, explains: "We've known for some time that du ... more Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2017LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission  Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Hints of Extra Dimensions in Gravitational Waves |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 
Scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have made the first direct measurements, and by far the most precise ones, of how electrons move in sync with atomic vibrations rippling through an exotic material, as if they were dancing to the same beat.
The vibrations are called phonons, and the electron-phonon coupling the researchers ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Shocking case of indigestion in supermassive black hole  Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Into the quantum world with a tennis racket  Lancaster UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2017A future without fakes thanks to quantum technology |
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 Multan, Pakistan (AFP) July 6, 2017 
Pakistan's first robot waitresses are serving up smiles for customers at an upscale pizza restaurant in the ancient city of Multan, better known for its centuries-old Sufi shrines, mango orchards and handicrafts.
Rabia, Annie and Jennie greet customers and bring them their pies at Pizza.com, where owner Osama Jafari - who built the prototypes himself - says the response has been a surge of ... more McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Government Agencies Turn to Private Sector for Help Adopting Intelligent Technologies  Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Human pose estimation for care robots using deep learning  Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017Scientists design robot to aid visually impaired schoolchildren |
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Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... moreBeijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon |
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