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SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022![]() ![]() Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 Futurist and inventor Elon Musk unveiled ambitious plans Friday to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth's major cities in under half-an-hour. The founder of SpaceX said a planned interplanetary transport system, codenamed BFR (Big Fucking Rocket), would be downsized so it could carry out a range of tasks that would then pay for future Mars missions. "The most important thing... is that I think we have figured out how to pay for (BFR)," Musk told a ... read more |
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![]() Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin. ... more ![]() ![]() Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said Thursday as plans to reach and colonise the Red Planet gathered pace. ... more ![]() ![]() Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Analysing a mixture of earth samples and meteorites, scientists from the University of Bristol have shed new light on the sequence of events that led to the creation of the planets Earth and Mars. ... more ![]() ![]() Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 As the NASA Curiosity rover roams the surface of Mars, its ChemCam captures the chemical makeup of its surroundings with a specially designed laser system. It is the most powerful laser to operate o ... more |
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![]() Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 Three-dimensional (3-D) subsurface radar volumes generated from thousands of 2-D radar profiles are revealing new information about the polar regions of Mars, including more accurate mapping of CO2 ... more ![]() ![]() Riga Latvia (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 Swirling columns of sand and dust, known as dust devils, are a feature of desert areas on Mars and on Earth. Now, a study of terrestrial dust devils has shown that around two thirds of the fine part ... more ![]() ![]() Hampton VA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 NASA heat shield material that could one day be used on an inflatable aeroshell during atmospheric entry on Mars recently underwent testing at Boeing's Large Core Arc Tunnel in St. Louis, Missouri. ... more ![]() ![]() Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 With the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a German-led group of astronomers have observed the intriguing characteristics of an unusual type of object in the asteroid belt between Mars an ... more ![]() ![]() Houston TX (SPX) Sep 24, 2017 Charged particles may be small, but they matter to astronauts. NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) is investigating these particles to solve one of its biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 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 to rover hop (dri ... more |
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![]() ![]() Hope to discover sure signs of life on Mars ![]() ![]() Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 River deposits exist across the surface of Mars and record a surface environment from over 3.5 billion years ago that was able to support liquid water at the surface. A region of Mars named Aeolis D ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017 China's programme to launch a mission to Mars in 2020 is "well underway", its top planner said Wednesday as the country moves forward with its ambitious space programme. ... more ![]() ![]() Miami (AFP) Sept 19, 2017 Six people have emerged from an isolated dome in Hawaii where they spent the past eight months on a mock Mars mission, living in close quarters, eating dried foods and trying to get along. ... more ![]() ![]() 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 ... more |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space station ![]() ![]() NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep Space ![]() ![]() 'Crash Scene Investigation' Reveals Resting Place of SMART-1 on Moon |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' ![]() ![]() Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle ![]() ![]() Spacecraft passes docking test |
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![]() Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Nanosat Fleet Proposed for Voyage to 300 Asteroids ![]() ![]() Europe urged to reconsider pullout from 'Armageddon' asteroid mission ![]() ![]() Dino-killing asteroid's impact on bird evolution |
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![]() Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA ![]() ![]() Pluto features given first official names ![]() ![]() Hibernation Over, New Horizons Continues Kuiper Belt Cruise |
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![]() Tampa FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassini Spacecraft Demise Is Bittersweet for PSI's Hansen ![]() ![]() Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion guides Cassini to its Grand Finale at Saturn ![]() ![]() CU Boulder Scientists Ready for Cassini Mission to Saturn Grand Finale |
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![]() Buffalo NY (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() OSIRIS-REx views Pacifica on Earth Flyby ![]() ![]() How aerial thermal imagery is revolutionizing archaeology ![]() ![]() A Box of 'Black Magic' to Study Earth from Space |
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![]() Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond ![]() ![]() Space Cooperation Between China, Russia Needs Long-Term Mechanism ![]() ![]() Mapping NASA's Space Missions |
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![]() Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Scientists propose new concept of terrestrial planet formation ![]() ![]() The return of the comet-like exoplanet ![]() ![]() New prediction of a detection wavelength for searching phototrophs on exoplanets |
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![]() Dubai (AFP) Sept 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Drones, Fighter jets on table as Mattis visits key ally India ![]() ![]() Wanted: Novel Approaches for Detecting and Stopping Small Unmanned Air Systems ![]() ![]() Landmark study suggests risks vary widely in drone-human impacts |
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![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Solar antics ![]() ![]() Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety ![]() ![]() NASA captures significant solar flare |
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![]() Wellington NZ (XNA) Sep 29, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Arianespace signs contract for 10 Vega and Vega C launchers ![]() ![]() Launch Vehicle and Missile Ascent Trajectories ![]() ![]() mu Space partners with Blue Origin to launch geostationary satellite |
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![]() Charlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New type of supercomputer could be based on 'magic dust' combination of light and matter ![]() ![]() Highest-energy cosmic rays have extragalactic origin ![]() ![]() Researchers demonstrate quantum teleportation of patterns of light |
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![]() Oxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() British Technology at Heart of Gravitational Wave Discovery ![]() ![]() Three Ears Listen Even More Accurately Than Two ![]() ![]() Gravity waves influence weather and climate |
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![]() Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() A preparative-scale reaction using platinum clusters with a single-digit atomicity realized ![]() ![]() Two Stars, Three Dimensions, and Oodles of Energy ![]() ![]() Mathematicians develop new models to describe ripples |
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![]() San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Northrop subsidiary unveils new unmanned ground vehicle ![]() ![]() Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots ![]() ![]() Robotic fashion: Wear your heartbeat on your sleeve |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' ![]() ![]() Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle ![]() ![]() Spacecraft passes docking test |
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