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Thruster for Mars mission breaks records![]() ![]() Ann Arbor NI (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 An advanced space engine in the running to propel humans to Mars has broken the records for operating current, power and thrust for a device of its kind, known as a Hall thruster. The development of the thruster was led by Alec Gallimore, University of Michigan professor of aerospace engineering and the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering. Hall thrusters offer exceptionally efficient plasma-based spacecraft propulsion by accelerating small amounts of propellant very quickly using electric a ... read more |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 24, 2017 NASA's Mars rover Curiosity team is working to restore Curiosity's sample-drilling capability using new techniques. The latest development is a preparatory test on Mars. The five-year-old miss ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 Powerful solar eruptions could electrically charge areas of the Martian moon Phobos to hundreds of volts, presenting a complex electrical environment that could possibly affect sensitive electronics ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 NASA has authorized a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. During this extension, the spacecraft will descend to lower alt ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Oct 23, 2017 If there are habitable conditions on Mars, they may be underground. Scientists from around the world are now testing how to search for life in extreme environments by venturing a kilometre beneath t ... more |
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![]() Armagh UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 The planet Mars shares its orbit with a handful of small asteroids, the so-called Trojans. Among them, one finds a unique group, all moving in very similar orbits, suggesting that they originated fr ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 23, 2017 Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. Although winter conditions are constraining activity, rover energy production has ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 Mars has an invisible magnetic "tail" that is twisted by interaction with the solar wind, according to new research using data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ... more ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 20, 2017 When NASA scientists want to follow the path of the Curiosity rover on Mars, they can don a mixed-reality headset and virtually explore the Martian landscape. Starting today, everyone can get ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Oct 19, 2017 Plasma technology could hold the key to creating a sustainable oxygen supply on Mars, a new study has found. It suggests that Mars, with its 96 per cent carbon dioxide atmosphere, has nearly i ... more ![]() ![]() University of Vienna Vienna, Austria (SPX) Oct 18, 2017 At the Department of Biophysical Chemistry at the University of Vienna, Tetyana Milojevic and her team have been operating a miniaturized "Mars farm" in order to ... more |
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![]() ![]() Study shows how water could have flowed on 'cold and icy' ancient Mars ![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 18, 2017 Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The cold, low-light winter conditions continue to constrain activity, although wi ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (UPI) Oct 13, 2017 Mars is too cold to host flowing liquid water, but with the right mix of compounds, a water solution could be hiding on and below Mars' surface. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (ESA) Oct 18, 2017 An unprecedented catalogue of more than 21 000 images taken by a webcam on ESA's Mars Express is proving its worth as a science instrument, providing a global survey of unusual high-altitude cloud f ... more ![]() ![]() Kent UK (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 Six people recently returned from an eight-month long isolation experiment to test human endurance for long-term space missions. Their "journey to Mars" involved being isolated below the summit of t ... more |
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![]() Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA research suggests significant atmosphere in lunar past and possible source of water on Moon ![]() ![]() Lunar lava tube could be used as a moon mission base ![]() ![]() Potential human habitat located on Moon |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China launches three satellites ![]() ![]() Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission ![]() ![]() UN official commends China's role in space cooperation |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 27, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System ![]() ![]() Asteroid Luca ![]() ![]() A solar-powered asteroid nursery at the orbit of Mars |
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![]() Granada, Spain (SPX) Oct 17, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Ring around a dwarf planet detected ![]() ![]() Helicopter test for Jupiter icy moons radar ![]() ![]() Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice |
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![]() Ithaca NY (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA team finds noxious ice cloud on Saturn's moon Titan ![]() ![]() Saturn's A ring contained by not one, but seven moons ![]() ![]() Reconstructing Cassini's Plunge into Saturn |
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![]() Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Sentinel-1 sees through hurricanes ![]() ![]() Google Earth helps researchers identify 400 ancient stone gates in Saudi Arabia ![]() ![]() GOES-T Satellite "Brains" and "Body" Come Together |
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![]() Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Spacewalkers fix robotic arm in time to grab next cargo ship ![]() ![]() NASA develops and tests new housing for in-orbit science payloads ![]() ![]() Russia's space agency says glitch in manned Soyuz landing |
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![]() London, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New NASA study improves search for habitable worlds ![]() ![]() From Comets Come Planets ![]() ![]() A star that devoured its own planets |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() New RoboBee flies, dives, swims and explodes out the of water ![]() ![]() GA-ASI in cooperative agreements with South Korean entities ![]() ![]() Drone Aviation awarded contract for Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat from US Defense Dept |
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![]() La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() NASA sounding rocket instrument spots signatures of long-sought small solar flares ![]() ![]() How scientists used NASA data to predict the corona of the Aug. 21 Total Solar Eclipse ![]() ![]() Scientists propose space shield to protect Earth from solar storms |
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![]() Ann Arbor NI (SPX) Oct 26, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Draper and Sierra Nevada Corporation announce new agreement for space missions ![]() ![]() Aerojet Rocketdyne breaks ground on advanced manufacturing center in Huntsville ![]() ![]() New solid rocket motor development facility completed at Spaceport America |
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![]() Boston MA (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Gamma rays will reach beyond the limits of light ![]() ![]() Revealing Galactic Secrets ![]() ![]() Artificial Intelligence Finds 56 New Gravitational Lens Candidates |
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![]() Los Alamos NM (SPX) Oct 25, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Space Station Unit to Study Genetics of Model Organisms ![]() ![]() Acoustic gravity waves pinpoint where and when objects hit ocean surface ![]() ![]() NASA Challenges Students to Design Microgravity Experiments |
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![]() Cracow, Poland (SPX) Oct 20, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Stronger Tests of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity with Binary Neutron Stars ![]() ![]() Bringing the atomic world into full color ![]() ![]() Swansea University's physicists develop a new quantum simulation protocol |
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![]() Tokyo (AFP) Oct 19, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() Intel working with Facebook on chips for AI ![]() ![]() Self-taught, 'superhuman' AI now even smarter: makers ![]() ![]() Physics boosts artificial intelligence methods |
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![]() Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017 ![]() ![]() ![]() China launches three satellites ![]() ![]() Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission ![]() ![]() UN official commends China's role in space cooperation |
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