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  Dubai (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 The United Arab Emirates are planning to create "Mars Scientific City," an ambitious project that would simulate the conditions of life on Mars. Russia's space corporation Roscosmos will consult the United Arab Emirates Space Agency in the implementation of the Martian town project in Dubai, Roscosmos chief Igor Komarov told Sputnik. "We have agreements that we shall provide consultations not only in preparation of UAE astronauts but also in the implementation of these projects ... I think t ... read more |
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Fracture swarms on Mars driven by ancient tectonicsParis (ESA) Nov 16, 2017 ESA's Mars Express has imaged striking features on Mars were caused by the planet's crust stretching apart in response to ancient volcanic activity. The fractures in the Sirenum Fossae region ... more 
New partnership on Mars drone applications researchMountain View CA (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 The Mars Institute, the SETI Institute, and FYBR Solutions Inc. (FYBR) are announcing a new partnership with the NASA Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) for the research and development of unmanned aerial ... more 
Powering up NASA's human reach for the Red PlanetCleveland OH (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 NASA is pushing forward on testing a key energy source that could literally "empower" human crews on the Mars surface, energizing habitats and running on-the-spot processing equipment to transform R ... more 
Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute testPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the s ... more |
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Astronaut meets volcanoParis (ESA) Nov 14, 2017 An expedition of astronauts, planetary scientists and engineers is off to Spain's Canary Island of Lanzarote to learn best how to explore uncharted planets. The training will equip space travellers ... more 
NASA Opens $2 Million Third Phase of 3D-Printed Habitat CompetitionHuntsville AL (SPX) Nov 08, 2017 Future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond will require innovative options to shelter our explorers, and we won't be able to carry all of the materials with us from Earth. NASA's 3D-Printed Habita ... more  
Dawn Explores Ceres' Interior EvolutionPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2017 Surface features on Ceres - the largest world between Mars and Jupiter - and its interior evolution have a closer relationship than one might think. A recent study, published in Geophysical Re ... more 
How long can microorganisms live on MarsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 09, 2017 Researchers from Lomonosov MSU, Faculty of Soil Science, have studied the resistance microorganisms have against gamma radiation in very low temperatures. The results have been published in the Extr ... more 
Opportunity Does a Wheelie and is Back on Solid FootingPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 06, 2017 Opportunity is continuing her winter exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of the Noachian-aged Endeavour Crater. The rover is investigating a site where there is evidence of sc ... more 
Insight will carry over two million names to MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 06, 2017 Last month, NASA invited members of the public to send their names to Mars. And the public responded loud and clear. More than 1.6 million people signed up to have their names etched on a micr ... more |
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 Martian Ridge Brings Out Rover's Color Talents 
Next Mars Rover Will Have 23 'Eyes'Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 01, 2017 When NASA's Mars Pathfinder touched down in 1997, it had five cameras: two on a mast that popped up from the lander, and three on NASA's first rover, Sojourner. Since then, camera technology h ... more 
In desert of Oman, a gateway to life on MarsDhofar, Oman (AFP) Oct 30, 2017 In sunglasses and jumpsuits, a crew of European test astronauts is laying the groundwork for a Mars simulation in the barren expanse of the Omani desert, a terrestrial mission intended to pave the way to the red planet. ... more  
Thruster for Mars mission breaks recordsAnn 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 developm ... more 
Levitation Key to How Martian Landscapes FormWashington DC (SPX) Oct 30, 2017 Scientists from the Open University (OU) have discovered a process that could explain the long-debated mystery of how recent and present-day surface features on Mars are formed in the absence of sig ... more |
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  Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 15, 2017 
Russia has successfully tested a simulator of the spaceship, with the objective of reaching the moon. The experiment's goal was to create conditions similar to those encountered by a mixed crew during a long autonomous interplanetary flight.
Three of the six crew members of the SIRIUS project (an experiment simulating a flight to the moon) successfully carried out the first tests of the si ... more Bristol UK (The Conversation) Nov 10, 2017China and the US are both shooting for the moon  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA Team Studies CubeSat Mission to Measure Water on the Moon  Moscow (AFP) Nov 7, 2017Russia locks up six for Moon flight simulation |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 
China is expected to complete its first sea launch for commercial payloads in 2018, said Yang Baohua, vice general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC).
Yang made the remarks at an annual academic conference on space science held from November 1 to 2 in Beijing.
The service will also be provided in other regions in addition to its four major sites in Jiuqu ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020  Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut  Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites |
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 Sendai, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017 
An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into the atmosphere, forming soot in the stratosphere.
Soot is a strong, light-absorbing aerosol that caused global climate changes that triggered the mass extinction of dinosaurs, ammonites, and other ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2017Unlucky dinosaurs: Scientists say asteroid had 13 percent chance of triggering extinction Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 10, 2017Dawn Explores Ceres' Interior Evolution  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
The gas composition of a planet's atmosphere generally determines how much heat gets trapped in the atmosphere. For the dwarf planet Pluto, however, the predicted temperature based on the composition of its atmosphere was much higher than actual measurements taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
A new study published November 16 in Nature proposes a novel cooling mechanism contr ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Jupiter's Stunning Southern Hemisphere  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Watching Jupiter's multiple pulsating X-ray Aurora  Mountain View CA (SPX) Nov 07, 2017Help Nickname New Horizons' Next Flyby Target |
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Enough heat to power hydrothermal activity inside Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years could be generated through tidal friction if the moon has a highly porous core, a new study finds, working in favour of the moon as a potentially habitable world.
A paper published in Nature Astronomy presents the first concept that explains the key characteristics of 500 km-diameter Encel ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 07, 2017Powering Saturn's Active Ocean Moon  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 03, 2017ASA Advances Instrument to Study the Plumes of Enceladus  Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2017Saturn's Radiation Belts: A Stranger to the Solar Wind |
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Climate scientists studying three decades of ozone measurements from seven satellites see a positive trend in global recovery thanks to international efforts to curb ozone-depleting substances.
The part of Earth's atmosphere with high concentrations of ozone gas protects life on Earth from the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. However, pollutants can break down ozone, thinning this ozone layer ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017NASA readies for another JPSS-1 launch attempt  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017NASA CubeSat to Test Miniaturized Weather Satellite Technology  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Nov 14, 2017How ice in clouds is born |
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NASA's Orion spacecraft is scheduled to undergo a design test in April 2019 of the capsule's launch abort system (LAS), which is a rocket-powered tower on top of the crew module built to very quickly get astronauts safely away from their launch vehicle if there is a problem during ascent.
This full-stress test of the LAS, called Ascent Abort Test 2 (AA-2), will see a booster, provided by O ... more Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Nov 14, 2017NanoRacks launches Full External Cygnus Deployer on OA-8 to ISS  Houston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Robotic arm reaches out and grapples Cygnus  San Francisco (AFP) Nov 12, 2017Colossal SoftBank fund could shake up tech world |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 
A team of mainly Dutch astronomers has observed moving shadows on a dust disk around a star. On multiple days they took a 'photo' of the star and its disk. They used the SPHERE instrument, partially built in the Netherlands, on the Very Large Telescope in Chile. Probably, processes in the inner disk cast their shadows at the outer disk. The astronomers publish their findings in The Astrophysical ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 16, 2017Our Living Planet Shapes the Search for Life Beyond Earth  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017NASA plans mission to study why planets lose their atmospheres  Paris (ESA) Nov 15, 2017Closest temperate world orbiting quiet star discovered |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 14, 2017 
Leonardo has announced the delivery of its Falco EVO tactical unmanned aerial system to its customers in the Middle East, the company said in a press statement during the Dubai Air Show 2017 exhibition.
The Falco EVO is specifically designed for long range intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, and can carry a wide range of payloads that can deliver pinpoint accuracy o ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 12, 2017First operational MQ-4C Triton drone delivered to U.S. Navy  Dubai UAE (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Lockheed Martin Integrates New Engine for Fury Unmanned Air Vehicle  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 16, 2017Alpha Unmanned Systems teams with Sightec for image stabilization and object tracking. |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 10, 2017 
On Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft arrived at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for environmental tests. During the spacecraft's stay at Goddard, engineers and technicians will simulate extreme temperatures and other physical stresses that the spacecraft will be subjected to during its historic mission to the Sun.
Before arriving at Godda ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Proposed NASA mission would investigate where space weather begins  Garching, Germany (SPX) Nov 14, 2017View the 2019 solar eclipse from La Silla Observatory  London, UK (SPX) Nov 06, 2017UK space science mission SMILE gets first round of funding |
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 Dubai (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017 
United Arab Emirates Space Agency and Russia's space corporation Roscosmos plan to create a joint technical committee for the implementation of space projects.
Roscosmos chief Igor Komarov told Sputnik that Russia's space corporation Roscosmos and its Kazakh colleagues have offered the United Arab Emirates Space Agency use of the Baikonur space center for launch services. Additionally, he ... more Washington DC (AFP) Nov 12, 2017Orbital ATK launches eighth cargo mission to space  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Nov 14, 2017The state of commercial spaceports in 2017  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 09, 2017Vega launches Earth observation satellite for Morocco |
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 Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) suspects that neutron stars with a strong magnetic field can still launch so-called jets. Since the 1980s, it was thought that strong magnetic fields inhibit the formation of these plasma streams. But observations with more advanced telescopes indicate jet-like radiation. The astronomers publish their findi ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2017Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe  Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017How physicists turned Antarctica into particle detector  Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2017Winds blowing off a dying star |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017 
One of the most spectacular achievements in physics so far this century has been the observation of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time that result from masses accelerating in space.
So far, there have been five detections of gravitational waves, thanks to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and, more recently, the European Virgo gravitational-wave detecto ... more New York NY (SPX) Nov 14, 2017Gravity waves from merging supermassive black holes will be found soon  Yekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 27, 2017Russian scientists have found flaws in popular theories of gravity  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2017Prolific Earth Gravity Satellites End Science Mission |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 08, 2017 
The concept of "valence" - the ability of a particular atom to combine with other atoms by exchanging electrons - is one of the cornerstones of modern chemistry and solid-state physics.
Valence controls crucial properties of molecules and materials, including their bonding, crystal structure, and electronic and magnetic properties.
Four decades ago, a class of materials called "mixed ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Nov 09, 2017A quasiparticle quest  Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 09, 2017University of Chicago scientists see fireworks from atoms at ultra-low temperatures  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 09, 2017Theoretical physicists are modeling complex quantum processes with cold atoms and ions |
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 Orlando FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 
A study by the University of Michigan Human Neuromechanics Laboratory suggests that battle-equipped soldiers would be less fatigued if they wore Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] FORTIS Knee-Stress Relief Device (K-SRD)TM exoskeleton on inclined terrain. The independently funded study states that "K-SRD consistently decreased the cost of transport of walking up an incline with a load."
Cost of ... more Geneva (AFP) Nov 10, 2017UN to host first talks on use of 'killer robots'  Boston MA (SPX) Nov 08, 2017Computer system finds 'recipes' for producing materials  Raleigh NC (SPX) Nov 06, 2017Study shows need for adaptive powered knee prosthesis to assist amputees |
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Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017
China is expected to complete its first sea launch for commercial payloads in 2018, said Yang Baohua, vice general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC).
Yang made the remarks at an annual academic conference on space science held from November 1 to 2 in Beijing.
The service will also be provided in other regions in addition to its four major sites in Jiuqu ... moreBeijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 Beijing (XNA) Oct 23, 2017Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017China launches three satellites |
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