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Curiosity Mars Rover Begins Study of Ridge Destination![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017 The car-size NASA rover on a Martian mountain, Curiosity, has begun its long-anticipated study of an iron-bearing ridge forming a distinctive layer on the mountain's slope. Since before Curiosity's landing five years ago next month, this feature has been recognized as one of four unique terrains on lower Mount Sharp and therefore a key mission destination. Curiosity's science team informally named it "Vera Rubin Ridge" this year, commemorating astronomer Vera Cooper Rubin (1928-2016). "Our V ... read more |
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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 ... more ![]() ![]() Huntsville 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 ![]() ![]() 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 Sci ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (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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![]() Paris (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 ![]() ![]() Cambridge 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 ![]() ![]() Pasadena 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 ![]() ![]() Moscow (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 ![]() ![]() Washington (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 ![]() ![]() Moscow (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 |
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![]() ![]() No One Under 20 Has Experienced a Day Without NASA at Mars ![]() ![]() 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 sc ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena 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 ![]() ![]() New 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 ![]() ![]() Washington (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 |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon ![]() ![]() Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030 ![]() ![]() Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold ![]() ![]() Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit ![]() ![]() Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon |
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![]() Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Bizarro comet challenging researchers ![]() ![]() NASA'S First Asteroid Deflection Mission Enters Next Design Phase ![]() ![]() Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'? |
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![]() Miami (AFP) July 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Juno Completes Flyby over Jupiter's Great Red Spot ![]() ![]() Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot ![]() ![]() New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Methanol Points to Evolving Story of Enceladus's Plumes ![]() ![]() In a Cosmic Hit-and-Run, Icy Saturn Moon May Have Flipped ![]() ![]() Cassini Finds Saturn Moon May Have Tipped Over |
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![]() Newcastle UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought' ![]() ![]() See our seasons change from space ![]() ![]() Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Counting calories in space ![]() ![]() Trump offers bold space goals but fills in few details ![]() ![]() Liftoff for Trump's bold space plans may have to wait |
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![]() Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Hidden Stars May Make Planets Appear Smaller ![]() ![]() Astronomers Track the Birth of a 'Super-Earth' ![]() ![]() Big, shape-shifting animals from the dawn of time |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New Reaper drone variant performs first combat mission ![]() ![]() Smart Quadcopters Find their Way without Human Help or GPS ![]() ![]() Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone system |
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![]() Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory sees sunspot turn toward Earth ![]() ![]() Musical Sun Reduces Range of Magnetic Activity ![]() ![]() Scientists uncover origins of the Sun's swirling spicules |
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![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Aerojet Rocketdyne tests Advanced Electric Propulsion System ![]() ![]() Russia to Carry Out Five Launches From Vostochny Space Center in 2018 ![]() ![]() After two delays, SpaceX launches broadband satellite for IntelSat |
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![]() Cambridge UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Smallest-Ever Star Discovered by Astronomers ![]() ![]() Australia Enters Strategic Partnership with European Southern Observatory ![]() ![]() Heart of an exploded star observed in 3-D |
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![]() Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation ![]() ![]() LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission ![]() ![]() Hints of Extra Dimensions in Gravitational Waves |
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![]() Lancaster UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China teleports quantum information to space, a first ![]() ![]() Neutrons detect elusive Higgs amplitude mode in quantum material ![]() ![]() Scientists get first direct look at how electrons 'dance' with vibrating atoms |
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![]() McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Human pose estimation for care robots using deep learning ![]() ![]() Pizza bytes! Pakistan enchanted by first robot waitresses ![]() ![]() Three European firms join in robot ship project |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold ![]() ![]() Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit ![]() ![]() Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon |
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