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NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red Planet![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 29, 2017 Preparation of NASA's next spacecraft to Mars, InSight, has ramped up this summer, on course for launch next May from Vandenberg Air Force Base in central California - the first interplanetary launch in history from America's West Coast. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is assembling and testing the InSight spacecraft in a clean room facility near Denver. "Our team resumed system-level integration and test activities last month," said Stu Spath, spacecraft program manager at Lockheed Martin. "The lan ... read more |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 Opportunity is located in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has been staying in place collecting extensive Panoramic Camera (Pancam) stereo panoramas. ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017 This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the sun, from Earth's perspective, causing curtailed communications between Earth and Mars. NASA will refrain from sen ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017 A dried-out river valley with numerous tributaries is seen in this recent view of the Red Planet captured by ESA's Mars Express. This section of the Libya Montes region, which sits on the equator a ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 14, 2017 Opportunity is in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover has arrived at the location within the valley where she will spend the approximately three-week solar conjuncti ... more |
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![]() 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 Curios ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 23, 2017 As the energetic particles of the solar wind speed across interplanetary space, their motion is modified by objects in their path. A study, based on data from ESA's Mars Express orbiter, has thrown ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) Aug 21, 2017 Mars is buffeted by turbulent snowstorms that occur only at night, according to a study released Monday that revises our understanding of Red Planet weather. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which will look for signs of past life on Mars, will use smart methods originally developed to find the oldest life on Earth, according the mission's Deputy Project Scienti ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 17, 2017 Ten spacecraft, from ESA's Venus Express to NASA's Voyager-2, felt the effect of a solar eruption as it washed through the Solar System while three other satellites watched, providing a unique persp ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 14, 2017 An ancient mountain range on Mars preserves a complex volcanic and tectonic past imprinted with signs of water and ice interactions. The images, taken on 9 April by the high-resolution stereo ... more |
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![]() ![]() Opportunity takes in the panoramic view while crossing some rocky terrain ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017 Wispy, early-season clouds resembling Earth's ice-crystal cirrus clouds move across the Martian sky in some new image sequences from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. These clouds are the most clea ... more ![]() ![]() Xining, China (XNA) Aug 09, 2017 China will establish the country's first Mars simulation base, in northwest China's Qinghai Province, the local government said Tuesday. The base will be in the red cliff region in Da Qaidam ( ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 03, 2017 NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars. On Aug. 5, 2012, the mission team at NASA ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Aug 3, 2017 BWXT Nuclear Energy Inc. is to draw up conceptual designs for a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ... more |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry ![]() ![]() Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project ![]() ![]() Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() To boldly go where no startup has gone before ![]() ![]() China's satellite sends unbreakable cipher from space ![]() ![]() Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years |
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![]() Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Phoenicid meteor shower from dead comet arises again after 58 years ![]() ![]() Dino-killing asteroid could have thrust Earth into 2 years of darkness ![]() ![]() Large asteroid to safely pass Earth on September 1 |
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![]() Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot ![]() ![]() New evidence in support of the Planet Nine hypothesis ![]() ![]() Scientists probe Neptune's depths to reveal secrets of icy planets |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassini to begin final five orbits around Saturn ![]() ![]() Cassini Prepares to Say Goodbye to a True Titan ![]() ![]() NASA finds moon of Saturn has chemical that could form 'membranes' |
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![]() Keith Koehler for Wallops News ![]() ![]() ![]() Man-made fossil methane emission levels larger than previously believed ![]() ![]() Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows ![]() ![]() How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth's ozone layer |
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![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Setting the Spaceplane Stage ![]() ![]() Lockheed Martin Powers-up Next Orion Spacecraft for First Time ![]() ![]() Forty years on, Voyager still hurtles through space |
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![]() Exeter UK (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory ![]() ![]() Gulf of Mexico tube worm is one of the longest-living animals in the world ![]() ![]() Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Army concludes MAST program for small autonomous drone swarms ![]() ![]() Battelle, Dedrone partner for counter-drone system ![]() ![]() Go fetch! Drones help Swiss rescue dogs find the missing |
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![]() St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Charleston C-17 flies on "dark side of the moon" ![]() ![]() NASA, ESA spacecraft track solar storm through space ![]() ![]() ESA's Proba-3 will create artificial solar eclipses |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (AFP) Aug 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Wind Tunnel Test of Deep Space Rocket Calls For New Coat of Paint ![]() ![]() Falcon 9 launches from Vandenberg ![]() ![]() SpaceX unveils peek at sleek new spacesuit |
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![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() UChicago scientists detect first X-rays from mystery supernovas ![]() ![]() Best ever image of a star's surface and atmosphere ![]() ![]() Vast new super cluster of galaxies named Saraswati |
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![]() Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation ![]() ![]() Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched ![]() ![]() LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission |
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![]() Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists 'excited' by observations suggesting formation scenarios ![]() ![]() NICER and LISA to Confirm or Disprove Predictions of General Relativity ![]() ![]() Supermassive black holes feed on cosmic jellyfish |
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![]() St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Illinois researchers develop origami-inspired robot ![]() ![]() Smart computers ![]() ![]() Designing custom robots in a matter of minutes |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() To boldly go where no startup has gone before ![]() ![]() China's satellite sends unbreakable cipher from space ![]() ![]() Xian Satellite Control Center resolves over 10 major satellite faults in 50 years |
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