|
|
|
  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 13, 2018 NASA engineers attempted to contact the Opportunity rover today but did not hear back from the nearly 15-year old rover. The team is now operating under the assumption that the charge in Opportunity's batteries has dipped below 24 volts and the rover has entered low power fault mode, a condition where all subsystems, except a mission clock, are turned off. The rover's mission clock is programmed to wake the computer so it can check power levels. If the rover's computer determines that its batterie ... read more |
 |
 
New NASA position to focus on exploration of Moon, Mars and worlds beyondWashington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is taking a giant leap focusing the agency's exploration of the Moon, Mars and our Solar System. Effective immediately, Steve Clarke is SMD's Deputy As ... more 
Regional dust storm is affecting Opportunity Mars roverPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 13, 2018 Opportunity is halfway down in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. A nearby, regional dust storm is affecting Opportunity. The first indication of a dust storm 621.37 mi ... more 
Opportunity rover sends transmission amid Martian dust stormWashington (UPI) Jun 11, 2018 NASA's Opportunity rover is currently hunkered down, waiting out a severe dust storm on Mars. On Sunday, the rover sent a transmission back to Earth, letting NASA engineers know the rover still has enough battery life for basic communication. ... more 
Minerology on Mars points to a cold and icy ancient climateWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 The climate throughout Mars' early history has long been debated - was the Red Planet warm and wet, or cold and icy? New research published in Icarus provides evidence for the latter. Mars is ... more |
|
|
| Previous Issues | Jun 12 | Jun 11 | Jun 10 | Jun 08 | Jun 07 |
|
|
|
|
|
New data-mining technique offers most-vivid picture of Martian mineralogyWashington DC (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 A team of scientists led by Carnegie's Shaunna Morrison and including Bob Hazen have revealed the mineralogy of Mars at an unprecedented scale, which will help them understand the planet's geologic ... more 
From horizon to horizon: Celebrating 15 years of Mars ExpressParis (ESA) Jun 04, 2018 Fifteen years ago, ESA's Mars Express was launched to investigate the Red Planet. To mark this milestone comes a striking view of Mars from horizon to horizon, showcasing one of the most intriguing ... more 
Mars Curiosity's Labs Are Back in ActionPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 05, 2018 NASA's Curiosity rover is analyzing drilled samples on Mars in one of its onboard labs for the first time in more than a year. "This was no small feat. It represents months and months of work ... more 
Red Planet rover set for extreme environment workoutParis (ESA) May 30, 2018 A representative model of the ExoMars rover that will land on Mars in 2021 is beginning a demanding test campaign that will ensure it can survive the rigours of launch and landing, as well as operat ... more  
NASA CubeSats Steer Toward MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 03, 2018 NASA has achieved a first for the class of tiny spacecraft known as CubeSats, which are opening new access to space. Over the past week, two CubeSats called MarCO-A and MarCO-B have been firing thei ... more |
|
 New image shows exposed bedrock in Hale Crater on Mars 
Opportunity Mars rover ready to study rock targets up closeMoscow (Sputnik) May 31, 2018 Opportunity is halfway down in "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater, pursuing hypotheses as to the origin of the valley. The rover is still positioned near some tabular ro ... more  |
|
|
|
Embry-Riddle Student is Helping NASA Prepare for Trips to MarsDaytona Beach FL (SPX) May 31, 2018 Watching the Moon landing in 1969 on TV with her family in Trinidad and Tobago sparked Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate student Karen Brun's interest in the NASA space program. Th ... more  
Mars rocks may harbor signs of life from 4 billion years agoEdinburgh UK (SPX) May 28, 2018 Iron-rich rocks near ancient lake sites on Mars could hold vital clues that show life once existed there, research suggests. These rocks - which formed in lake beds - are the best place to see ... more
Why we won't get to Mars without teamworkWashington DC (SPX) May 25, 2018 If humanity hopes to make it to Mars anytime soon, we need to understand not just technology, but the psychological dynamic of a small group of astronauts trapped in a confined space for months with ... more 
Curiosity Mars rover back on drill dutyPasadena CA (JPL) May 24, 2018 Engineers working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been hard at work testing a new way for the rover to drill rocks and extract powder from them. This past weekend, that effort produced the fir ... more 
Scientists Shrink Chemistry Lab to Seek Evidence of Life on MarsGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 25, 2018 An international team of scientists has created a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will drill beneath the Martian surface looking for signs of past or present life. The toaster oven-sized lab, ca ... more |
|
|
 Madison WI (SPX) Jun 06, 2018 
For anyone who has ever wished there were more hours in the day, geoscientists have some good news: Days on Earth are getting longer.
A new study that reconstructs the deep history of our planet's relationship to the moon shows that 1.4 billion years ago, a day on Earth lasted just over 18 hours. This is at least in part because the moon was closer and changed the way the Earth spun around ... more |
|
 Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018 
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
|
|
 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 
Once every month, on average, somewhere on Earth a fireball appears out of nowhere and for mere seconds, casts a blinding flash across the sky before it blows up in a thunderous explosion. It happened last Saturday over southern Africa, where a small space rock disintegrated in the night sky and - possibly - scattered debris on the ground, awaiting discovery by meteorite hunters.
Despite t ... more |
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 11, 2018 
Ever since NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Jupiter in March, 1979, scientists have wondered about the origin of Jupiter's lightning. That encounter confirmed the existence of Jovian lightning, which had been theorized for centuries. But when the venerable explorer hurtled by, the data showed that the lightning-associated radio signals didn't match the details of the radio signals produced ... more |
|
|
 Paris (ESA) Jun 11, 2018
Data from the international Cassini mission has revealed that a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection can occur on the dayside of Saturn, within the planet's magnetic environment.
Reconnection happens when two magnetic fields collide - for example when the Earth's magnetic field is hit by the stream of charged particles released by the Sun as the solar wind.
The magnetic field arou ... more |
|
 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 13, 2018 
Less than three weeks after launch, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission has successfully completed its first mission phase and demonstrated the performance of the precise microwave ranging system that enables its unique measurements of how mass migrates around our planet.
The twin spacecraft launched May 22 from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. N ... more |
|
|
 Paris (ESA) Jun 08, 2018 
ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst has arrived at the International Space Station together with NASA astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Roscosmos commander Sergei Prokopyev, marking the start of Alexander's Horizons mission.
The trio were launched into space on 6 June at 11:12 GMT (13:12 CEST) in the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
After 34 orbits of Eart ... more |
|
 Boston MA (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
In humanity's search for life outside our solar system, one of the best places scientists have considered is Alpha Centauri, a system containing the three nearest stars beyond our Sun.
A new study that has involved monitoring of Alpha Centauri for more than a decade by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides encouraging news about one key aspect of planetary habitability.
It indica ... more |
|
|
 Tokyo (AFP) June 6, 2018 
It's the hands-free experience you never knew you needed - a Japanese company has developed a drone-powered parasol it says can hover over users, protecting them from the sun.
The drone-powered sunshade - being developed by Asahi Power Service - should be released next year, and will initially target those in need of a hands-free head covering wider than your average hat, like golfers. ... more |
|
 Williamstown MA (SPX) Jun 07, 2018 
"During the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse, our dozens of telescopes and electronic cameras collected data during the rare two minutes at which we could see and study the Sun's outer atmosphere, the corona," reported solar astronomer Jay Pasachoff to the American Astronomical Society, meeting in Denver during June 4-7. Pasachoff, Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams College, discuss ... more |
|
|
 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 13, 2018 
Three school teams from the second cycle of the Girls' Rocketry Challenge (GRC), Lockheed Martin's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education program in Japan, have successfully competed in the 32nd National Model Rocketry Competition, taking home three awards. The competition, held at JAXA, Tsukuba on May 19, marks the final milestone of the program.
The team from I ... more |
|
 Duryea, PA (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 
Half a century ago, materials specialists from SCHOTT used an ingenious process technology to develop ZERODUR, a special glass-ceramic with a coefficient of expansion of nearly zero. This property makes the material ideal for applications requiring the highest precision in fields such as astronomy, IC lithography, the semiconductor industry, metrology, and flat panel display production. In the m ... more |
|
|
 Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jun 11, 2018 
The UK, through the work of the University of Glasgow's Institute for Gravitational Research and the Science and Technology Facilities Council's UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) in Edinburgh, will develop the optical benches for the European Space Agency's LISA mission (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna). These optical benches are at the core of the laser interferometry measurement syste ... more |
|
 Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 08, 2018 
One of the unsolved mysteries in modern science is why the expansion of the universe appears to be accelerating. Some scientists argue it is due to a theoretical dark energy that counteracts the pull of gravity, while others think Albert Einstein's long-accepted theory of gravity itself may need to be modified.
As astrophysicists look for answers in the mountains of data gathered from astr ... more |
|
|
 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 12, 2018 
The new field of biohybrid robotics involves the use of living tissue within robots, rather than just metal and plastic. Muscle is one potential key component of such robots, providing the driving force for movement and function. However, in efforts to integrate living muscle into these machines, there have been problems with the force these muscles can exert and the amount of time before they s ... more |
|
Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6.
The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2018 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
