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Crewed Missions Beyond LEO![]() ![]() Bethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Sending humans to Mars has been a dream of scientists and a large part of the population ever since Nicolaus Copernicus first postulated that it was a planet, about 500 years ago. Even before that first Soviet satellite, Sputnik 1, was sent into orbit 60 years ago, a mission to Mars has been the subject of many science fiction articles and books. Over the past half-century technological advances have just about overtaken the fictional aspects of getting to Mars. Each year we get closer and closer ... read more |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Sep 12, 2017 In past decades, spacecraft have sent back huge amounts of complex data about Mars, providing a wealth of information about the planet. More than ever, the scientific community needs a way to sift t ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2017 Opportunity is continuing the winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Winter is constraining the available energy, so the project has the rover doing " ... more ![]() ![]() Los Alamos NM (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. ... more ![]() ![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2017 Life on Mars may still be light years away - but it clearly hasn't stopped us from thinking ahead. Next year six space-suited and booted astronauts will head to the Dhofar desert in Oman in an attem ... more |
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![]() 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 ![]() ![]() 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 ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Aug 30, 2017 Bowie wasn't lying about Ziggy's bandmates - there are spiders from Mars. Sort of. ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2017 Opportunity is exploring "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour crater as mission planners prepare to park the rover for a winter layover. Winter substainally constrains the energy ... more |
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![]() ![]() Big dishes band together ![]() ![]() Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere - and that's just one of its myriad possible uses. For de ... more ![]() ![]() 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) 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 launc ... 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 |
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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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![]() Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space ![]() ![]() Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration ![]() ![]() ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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![]() Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Radar Reveals Two Moons Orbiting Asteroid Florence ![]() ![]() NASA's Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth ![]() ![]() Close encounters of the stellar kind |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Pluto features given first official names ![]() ![]() Juno Scientists Prepare for Seventh Science Pass of Jupiter ![]() ![]() New Horizons Files Flight Plan for 2019 Flyby |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 11, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassini Makes its 'Goodbye Kiss' Flyby of Titan ![]() ![]() Europe's Science Highlights With Cassini ![]() ![]() Cassini's 21st dive is over |
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![]() Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() High Resolution Smallsats Built by SSL Arrive at Vandenberg AFB for Launch ![]() ![]() Team gathers unprecedented data on atmosphere's organic chemistry ![]() ![]() Airbus to reshape Earth observation market with its Pleiades Neo constellation |
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![]() Bethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS mission ![]() ![]() 'Star Trek' actor Shatner sends message to Voyager ![]() ![]() ESA retrieves NASA astronauts with new procedure in wake of hurricane |
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![]() Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() X-Rays Reveal Temperament of Possible Planet-Hosting Stars ![]() ![]() Does the Organic Material of Comets Predate our Solar System? ![]() ![]() X-rays Reveal Temperament of Possible Planet-hosting Stars |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Lockheed Martin Unveils a New Lightweight Canister Launched Unmanned Aircraft System ![]() ![]() Atlas Dynamics Introduces Fixed Wing UAV with 5-Hour Flight Time, 150 Kilometer Operational Range ![]() ![]() Atlas Dynamics Unveils NEST Smart Protective Charging Station for Enhanced Performance of Atlas Pro Platform |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA captures images of strong solar flares ![]() ![]() Space-inspired Star Storm to premiere next month ![]() ![]() NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon |
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![]() Paris (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Rocket fever launches UB students to engineering competition in New Mexico ![]() ![]() EUMETSAT signs with Arianespace for first Metop-SG satellite launch ![]() ![]() MHI to launch first Inmarsat-6 satellite |
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![]() Trieste, Italy (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Accretion-powered pulsar reveals unique timing glitch ![]() ![]() LOFAR Radio Telescope Discovers Record-Breaking Pulsar ![]() ![]() 'Extreme' Telescopes Find the 2nd-Fastest-Spinning Pulsar |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe ![]() ![]() First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation ![]() ![]() Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched |
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![]() Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() UCLA physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universe ![]() ![]() Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry ![]() ![]() Researchers propose how the universe became filled with light |
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![]() Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA awards SSL new funding for Dragonfly on-orbit assembly program ![]() ![]() Chinese robotics artist makes real-life 'Transformers' ![]() ![]() Voice assistants promise a light-fingered future |
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![]() Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space ![]() ![]() Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration ![]() ![]() ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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