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  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 09, 2018 Sustainable methods of transportation are there for us not merely on Earth, but perhaps also in outer space, with researchers now striving to find more or less "green" options even for cargo deliveries in outer space. Russian scientists have suggested launching cargo from Mars with the help of huge cables stretching from Phobos or Deimos. The innovative move essentially implies saying no to using rockets operating on chemical fuels, according to reports published in a Russian scientific research j ... read more |
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NASA's Idea to Send Swarm of Robots to MarsMoscow (Sputnik) Apr 05, 2018 NASA has announced their intent to fund research which will send a swarm of Robot bees up to Mars to explore the red planet. Sputnik spoke to Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics at the Universi ... more 
Opportunity Completes In-Situ Work on 'Aguas Calientes'Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 03, 2018 Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley ... more 
NASA Ready to Study Heart of MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 03, 2018 NASA is about to go on a journey to study the interior of Mars. The space agency held a news conference at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, detailing the next mission to ... more 
Mars Parachute Test Successfully Launched from WallopsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 The launch of a Black Brant IX sounding rocket carrying the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment or ASPIRE was successfully conducted at 12:19 p.m. EDT, March 31, 2018, from N ... more |
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Curiosity rover gets ready for its next adventurePasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2018 This mosaic, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover, looks uphill at Mount Sharp. Spanning the center of the image is an area with clay-bearing rocks that scientists are eager to explore; it could shed a ... more 
Sol 2000: Roving for 2000 Martian DaysPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2018 Today marks a milestone for Curiosity. Our trusty Martian rover has spent 2000 sols exploring Gale Crater helping to unravel the geologic history preserved in the rocks. We've observed a huge variet ... more 
Opportunity Mars Rover brushes a new rock targetPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 20, 2018 Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about halfway down the approximately 656 feet (200 meter) valley ... more 
Mars' oceans formed early, possibly aided by massive volcanic eruptionsBerkeley CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2018 A new scenario seeking to explain how Mars' putative oceans came and went over the last 4 billion years implies that the oceans formed several hundred million years earlier and were not as deep as o ... more 
Instruments for next NASA mission to Mars being tested under Germany's Black ForestWashington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 Scientists in Germany are working hard to ensure NASA's next Mars mission, the Insight mission, gets the most accurate data possible. ... more |
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Tribal College and University Student Conference to host NASA competitionWashington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 Thirty students representing six Native American colleges from around the nation have been selected to compete in a NASA Mars Rover competition at the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AI ... more  |
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Martian oceans formed earlier but weren't as deep as previously thought, study findsWashington (UPI) Mar 20, 2018 New research suggests oceans first formed on Mars earlier and were significantly shallower than previously predicted. The new findings also highlight the important role volcanic activity played in shaping the formation and evolution of Mars' oceans. ... more  
CosmoQuest releases Mappers 2.0 for crater mappingSan Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018 The CosmoQuest Citizen Science facility released a major update to its Mappers software. This software previously demonstrated that everyday people can map craters as effectively as a group of profe ... more 
360 Video: Tour a Mars Robot Test LabPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2018 NASA's InSight lander looks a bit like an oversized crane game: when it lands on Mars this November, its robotic arm will be used to grasp and move objects on another planet for the first time. ... more  
Elon Musk plans to launch spacecraft for Mars in 2019Washington (UPI) Mar 11, 2018 Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Sunday that he is on track to launch a spacecraft for Mars by next year. ... more 
Next NASA Mars Rover Reaches Key Manufacturing MilestonePasadena CA (JPL) Mar 14, 2018 NASA's Mars 2020 mission has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase of its development, on track for a July 2020 launch to Mars. The first planned ATLO activities will inv ... more |
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 Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
NAU assistant professor of planetary science Christopher Edwards co-authored a paper recently published in Nature Geoscience that has generated interest among scientists in the field as well as in mainstream science news, such as Science Daily and Outer Places.
The researchers analyzed remote-sensing data from two lunar missions and concluded that water appears to be evenly spread across t ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2018 
The plunge back to Earth of a defunct Chinese space laboratory will not slow down Beijing's ambitious plans to send humans to the moon.
The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed Monday, was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station, but its problems highlight the difficulties of exploring outer space.
But China has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 
After years of searching, scientists are confident they're finally closing in on the location of the crater left by a meteorite that struck Australasia 800,000 years ago.
When the 12-mile-wide meteor struck Earth, debris was exploded in the sky and deposited across the region. The fragments have not been hard to come by, and yet, scientists have failed to locate the crater.
"It's ... more |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2018 
SSL has been selected by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and build critical equipment for a spacecraft that will explore Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. The award reflects SSL's leadership role in the space industry as a valued contractor supporting NASA mission needs and long-term commitment to accelerating innovation for the new space economy.
The Europa Clipper spacecraft, se ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 
Using the now-complete Cassini data set, Cornell University astronomers have created a new global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan that has opened new windows into understanding its liquid flows and terrain. Two papers, recently published in Geophysical Review Letters, describe the map and discoveries arising from it.
Creating the map took about a year, according to doctoral student ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 
A 314-kilogram heavy observatory launched to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center is a culmination of almost 20 years of work by a Danish research team that cost close to $50 million. The project is expected to shed light on climate change and propel Denmark to a top slot in space exploration.
The Asim Space Observatory has been successfully launched into space and ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) April 9, 2018 
At a conference where thinkers and luminaries gather to discuss world-changing ideas and innovations, the talk is shifting to the dark side.
This year's theme of the annual Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference starting Tuesday in Vancouver is "Age of Amazement," but with a keen eye on unintended consequences.
The gathering comes amid growing fears about a loss of privacy ... more |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study led by Dr Eike Guenther of the Thueringer Observatory in Germany.
Dr Guenther sets out the work in a presentation on 3rd April at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool.
Astronomers now know of around 4000 planets i ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2018 
DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments. By leveraging and combining emerging technologies in swarm autonomy and human-swarm teaming, the program seeks to ... more |
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 Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 09, 2018 
Despite their appearance solar tornadoes are not rotating after all, according to a European team of scientists. A new analysis of these gigantic structures, each one several times the size of the Earth, indicates that they may have been misnamed because scientists have so far only been able to observe them using 2-dimensional images.
Dr Nicolas Labrosse will present the work, carried out ... more |
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 Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed it will open a 14-day launch window this month to conduct the company's first fully commercial launch. The mission, named 'It's Business Time', includes manifested payloads for Spire Global and GeoOptics Inc., built by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.
The 14-day 'It's Business Time' launch window will open on Friday April 20, 2018 NZT. Durin ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 05, 2018 
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time precisely measured the distance to one of the oldest objects in the universe, a collection of stars born shortly after the big bang.
This new, refined distance yardstick provides an independent estimate for the age of the universe. The new measurement also will help astronomers improve models of stellar evolution. Star ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 23, 2018 
When a gravitational wave reaches Earth, every second counts. The data processing speed will have a crucial impact on how much astronomers can learn from these space-time ripples, says computer scientist Cao Junwei.
"In an era of multi-messenger astronomy, we have to shorten the time as much as possible so as to trigger the alert quickly enough for follow-up observations," says Cao, who le ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 5, 2018 
Physicists have achieved the most precise measurement of antimatter yet.
And yet, the cosmos' biggest mystery remains unsolved: why do we exist?
As part of the ALPHA experiment, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research synthesized and measured the spectral properties of 15,000 atoms of antihydrogen. Each antihydrogen particle is made up of an antiproton orbite ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 04, 2018 
The new Russian manned spacecraft Federatsiya (Federation) is designed to deliver people and cargo to low earth orbit, as well as to the moon. The first such spaceship is expected to be commissioned by 2021.
It will be a modernized version of the humanoid robot FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) that is expected to be the first to fly to outer space on board the state ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2018
The plunge back to Earth of a defunct Chinese space laboratory will not slow down Beijing's ambitious plans to send humans to the moon.
The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed Monday, was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station, but its problems highlight the difficulties of exploring outer space.
But China has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United ... more |
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