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  Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Sep 19, 2017 As humans spread out across the Earth, the locations of new colonies were driven by the accessibility of resources: not only food and water, but also arable land, forests and minerals. Access to such resources remains important as the economy moves into space. Here, water has emerged as the pre-eminent resource to exploit first. The question then becomes, from where will we extract the water? Along with the Moon and near Earth asteroids as potential sources, Mars is an important candidate. ... read more |
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Splashdown! Crashing into Martian mudParis (ESA) Sep 19, 2017 An impactor smashing into an ice-rich surface gave rise to the complex flow features around this ancient crater on Mars. Impacts of comets and asteroids have shaped the surfaces of rocky planets and ... more 
New Gravity Map Suggests Mars Has a Porous CrustGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 NASA scientists have found evidence that Mars' crust is not as dense as previously thought, a clue that could help researchers better understand the Red Planet's interior structure and evolution. A ... more 
NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Climbing Toward Ridge TopPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 14, 2017 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun the steep ascent of an iron-oxide-bearing ridge that's grabbed scientists' attention since before the car-sized rover's 2012 landing. "We're on the climb now, d ... more 
New tools for exploring the surface of MarsParis (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 |
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45 Kilometers on the Odometry for OpportunityPasadena 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  
Crewed Missions Beyond LEOBethesda, 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 f ... more 
Discovery of boron on Mars adds to evidence for habitabilityLos 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 
Life on Mars: Let's Try Oman Desert First for Space MissionMoscow (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 
Citizen scientists spot Martian 'spiders' in unexpected placesWashington (UPI) Aug 30, 2017 Bowie wasn't lying about Ziggy's bandmates - there are spiders from Mars. Sort of. ... more 
Opportunity seeks energy-favorable locations to recharge during winterPasadena 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 
New mini tool has massive implicationsSalt 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 
Opportunity staying put for a bit to image valleyPasadena 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 
NASA's Next Mars Mission to Investigate Interior of Red PlanetPasadena 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 
The Moving Martian Bow ShockParis (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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  Providence RI (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
In research that may prove useful to future lunar explorers, scientists from Brown University have created the first quantitative map of water and its chemical building blocks trapped in the uppermost portion of the Moon's soil.
The study, published in Science Advances, builds on the initial discovery in 2009 of water and a related molecule - hydroxyl, which consists of one atom each of hy ... moreParis (ESA) Aug 22, 2017Call For Ideas For Research On The Deep Space Gateway  San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 
One of Chinese startups appears to be following in the footsteps of SpaceX as it has lately laid out its own project of reusable space launch system. Link Space, the country's first private rocket company, has recently presented the design of its New Line 1 (also known as Xin Gan Xian 1) launch vehicle, which could compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9 in the future.
Link Space uncovered the desi ... more Beijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2017Spacecraft passes docking test  Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says Expert  Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
Research at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering has revealed new evidence for the occurrence of ground ice on the protoplanet Vesta. The work, under the sponsorship of NASA's Planetary Geology and Geophysics program, is part of ongoing efforts at USC Viterbi to improve water detectability techniques in terrestrial and planetary subsurfaces using radar and microwave imaging techniques.
Th ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017Radar Reveals Two Moons Orbiting Asteroid Florence  Perth, Australia (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Sling-shot show for NASA spacecraft over Australia  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017NASA's Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017 
A long summer break ended for NASA's New Horizons on Sept. 11, as the spacecraft "woke" itself on schedule from a five-month hibernation period. Signals confirming that New Horizons had executed on-board computer commands to exit hibernation reached mission operations at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland, via NASA's Deep Space Network station in Madrid, Spain, at 12:55 p. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names  Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2017Jupiter's Auroras Present a Powerful Mystery  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 06, 2017New Horizons Files Flight Plan for 2019 Flyby |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 12, 2017 
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is headed toward its Sept. 15 plunge into Saturn, following a final, distant flyby of the planet's giant moon Titan.
The spacecraft made its closest approach to Titan Sep 10 at 12:04 p.m. PDT (3:04 p.m. EDT), at an altitude of 73,974 miles (119,049 kilometers) above the moon's surface. The spacecraft is scheduled to make contact with Earth on Sept. 12 at about 6:1 ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Cassini Spacecraft Demise Is Bittersweet for PSI's Hansen  Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2017Cassini readies final plunge into Saturn  Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion guides Cassini to its Grand Finale at Saturn |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 
For a few weeks over the summer in 2011, teams of scientists from around the world converged on a small patch of ponderosa pine forest in Colorado to carry out one of the most detailed, extended survey of atmospheric chemistry ever attempted in one place, in many cases using new measurement devices created especially for this project. Now, after years of analysis, their comprehensive synthesis o ... more Plesetsk, Russia (ESA) Sep 19, 2017Sentinel-5P launch preparations in full swing  Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Who is the chief culprit of dust concentrations over East Asia?  El Segundo CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2017Boeing to Design and Build Seven Medium Earth Orbit Satellites for SES |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 15, 2017 
Whether you are on a diet or just want to be healthier, you might be one of those millions of people around the planet who use a mobile app to track everything you eat. The trend has arrived in space: European astronauts are now logging their meals on a tablet to make sure they are getting the right amount of nutrients.
An optimal diet, paired with constant exercise, is essential to counte ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2017NASA's Robotic 'Sniffer' Confirms Space Station Leak, Repair  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 12, 2017Three astronauts blast off for five-month ISS mission Bethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Crewed Missions Beyond LEO |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
Astronomers have discovered that the well-studied exoplanet WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear essentially pitch black. This discovery sheds new light on the atmospheric composition of the planet and also refutes previous hypotheses about WASP-12b's atmosphere. The results are also in stark contrast to observations of another similarly sized exoplanet.
Using the Space Tele ... more Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 15, 2017The return of the comet-like exoplanet  Paris, France (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Does the Organic Material of Comets Predate our Solar System?  Boston MA (SPX) Sep 12, 2017X-rays Reveal Temperament of Possible Planet-hosting Stars |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017 
China is displaying its unmanned reconnaissance and attack helicopter drone to possible foreign military buyers at an exhibition in Tianjin.
The aircraft is the AV500W, a 24.6-feet long autonomous aircraft developed and produced at the AVIC Helicopter Research and Development Institute.
The drone has a flight ceiling of about 13,000 feet, a maximum speed of about 105 miles per ho ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017X-37B Flies Again In First SpaceX Launch  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Introduces Fixed Wing UAV with 5-Hour Flight Time, 150 Kilometer Operational Range  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Unveils NEST Smart Protective Charging Station for Enhanced Performance of Atlas Pro Platform |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017 
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured dramatic images of a significant solar flare that peaked at 12:06 p.m. EDT Sunday.
The space agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory watches the sun on a constant basis and captured the significant solar flare classified as X8.2-class.
X-class identifies the most intense solar flares and the number provides additional information about its s ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2017NASA captures images of strong solar flares  Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2017Space-inspired Star Storm to premiere next month  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2017NASA's Lunar mission captures solar eclipse as seen from the moon |
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 Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 
About two years ago the National Transportation Safety Board announced its finding regarding the Virgin Galactic crash that occurred on October 31, 2014. The simple explanation was that the co-pilot unlocked a critical vehicle mechanism too early. After a nine-month investigation the NTSB further concluded that human error and inadequate safety procedures caused the violent crash.
The vehi ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Dragon Splashes Down in Pacific With NASA Science Experiments  Paris (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Arianespace announces a new contract, bringing its order book to 53 launches across three rockets  Paris (SPX) Sep 13, 2017EUMETSAT signs with Arianespace for first Metop-SG satellite launch |
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 Trieste, Italy (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 
Like in a nail-biting thriller full of escapes and subterfuge, photons from far-off light sources, such as blazars, could go up against a continuous exchange of identity in their journey through the Universe. This is an operation that would allow these very tiny particles of light to escape an enemy which, if encountered, would annihilate them.
This is the phenomenon studied by a group of ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 12, 2017Accretion-powered pulsar reveals unique timing glitch  Washington (UPI) Sep 15, 2017Study shows star formation influenced by environmental conditions  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Keeping NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the dark |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 
With one of its twin satellites almost out of fuel after more than 15 years of chasing each other around our planet to measure Earth's ever-changing gravity field, the operations team for the U.S./German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission is making plans for an anticipated final science collection.
On Sept. 3, one of 20 battery cells aboard the GRACE-2 satellite stoppe ... more Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017Granting weightless wishes  Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe  Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
Researchers from Vienna University, together with colleagues from Greece and the USA, have now developed a new idea for a cloaking technology. A completely opaque material is irradiated from above with a specific wave pattern - with the effect that light waves from the left can now pass through the material without any obstruction.
This surprising result opens up completely new possibiliti ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry  Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 07, 2017First neutron beam produced: A great milestone for CSNS  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017UCLA physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universe |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference between hot and cold, while also offering advantages for a wide range of biomedical devices.
The work, reported in the journal Science Advances, describes a new mechanism for producing stretchable e ... more Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017Orbital ATK Begins Assembly of Industry's First Commercial In-Space Satellite Servicing System  Palo Alto, CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2017NASA awards SSL new funding for Dragonfly on-orbit assembly program  Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2017New Japanese sniffs out smelly feet |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017
One of Chinese startups appears to be following in the footsteps of SpaceX as it has lately laid out its own project of reusable space launch system. Link Space, the country's first private rocket company, has recently presented the design of its New Line 1 (also known as Xin Gan Xian 1) launch vehicle, which could compete with SpaceX's Falcon 9 in the future.
Link Space uncovered the desi ... moreBeijing (XNA) Sep 15, 2017Spacecraft passes docking test Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says Expert Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space |
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