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July 23, 2019
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Red wine compound could help protect astronauts on trip to Mars



Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2019
Resveratrol, a phenol found in red wine, could be used to protect the muscles of astronauts during extended stays in space, like on a mission to Mars. During recent experiments, scientists found the supplement protected lab rats from muscle atrophy while living under conditions approximating Mars' microgravity environment. Research suggests long periods of time spent in space have a negative of effect on the body's muscles and bones. When gravity is weak, the body's bones and muscles don ... read more

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Mars 2020 Rover: T-Minus One Year and Counting
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 22, 2019
The launch period for NASA's Mars 2020 rover opens exactly one year from July 17, 2020, and extends through Aug. 5, 2020. The mission will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and ... more
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ExoMars radio science instrument readied for Red Planet
Paris (ESA) Jul 23, 2019
An ambitious instrument for ESA's ExoMars 2020 mission has passed its testing in conditions resembling those on the Red Planet. It will now be transported to Russia for its acceptance review, follow ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Trump pits Apollo 11 astronauts against NASA chief
Washington (AFP) July 19, 2019
President Donald Trump welcomed surviving Apollo 11 crew members Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the White House Friday, using the occasion to tell his space chief he would prefer to go straight to Mars without returning to the Moon. ... more
MARSDAILY
Red wine's resveratrol could help Mars explorers stay strong
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2019
Mars is about 9 months from Earth with today's tech, NASA reckons. As the new space race hurtles forward, Harvard researchers are asking: how do we make sure the winners can still stand when they re ... more
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A material way to make Mars habitable
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 17, 2019
People have long dreamed of re-shaping the Martian climate to make it livable for humans. Carl Sagan was the first outside of the realm of science fiction to propose terraforming. In a 1971 paper, S ... more
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Aerogel could be a key building material for Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2019
Raising crops on Mars is far easier in science fiction than it will be in real life: The Red Planet is an inhospitable world. Among other challenges, subzero temperatures mean water can persist on t ... more
TECH SPACE
NASA funds demo of 3D-Printed spacecraft parts made, assembled in orbit
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 13, 2019
NASA has awarded a $73.7 million contract to Made In Space, Inc. of Mountain View, California, to demonstrate the ability of a small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, to manufacture and assemble spa ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA SLS rocket testing ensures astronaut safety, mission success
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 11, 2019
As the world reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions, NASA is looking forward to its next giant leaps. One way NASA ensures the safety of astronauts and the success of the Artemis mi ... more
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Sustaining Life on Long-Term Crewed Missions Will Require Planetary Resources
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 09, 2019
When astronauts live and work on the Moon, they will need access to life-sustaining oxygen, water and other resources. On the Moon, and eventually Mars, they could collect local resources on the sur ... more
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InSight Uncovers the 'Mole' on Mars
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 05, 2019
Behold the "mole": The heat-sensing spike that NASA's InSight lander deployed on the Martian surface is now visible. Last week, the spacecraft's robotic arm successfully removed the support structur ... more
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Mars 2020 Rover Gets a Super Instrument
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 03, 2019
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have installed the SuperCam Mast Unit onto the Mars 2020 rover. The instrument's camera, laser and spectrometers can identify t ... more
PHYSICS NEWS
Artificial gravity breaks free from science fiction
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 05, 2019
Artificial gravity has long been the stuff of science fiction. Picture the wheel-shaped ships from films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Martian, imaginary craft that generate their own gravity b ... more
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Dust storms swirl at the north pole of Mars
Paris (ESA) Jul 08, 2019
ESA's Mars Express has been keeping an eye on local and regional dust storms brewing at the north pole of the Red Planet over the last month, watching as they disperse towards the equator. Loc ... more
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Methane vanishing on Mars
Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jul 05, 2019
The processes behind the release and consumption of methane on Mars have been discussed since methane was measured for the first time for approx. 15 years ago. Now, an interdisciplinary research gro ... more


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Mars 2020 Rover's 7-Foot-Long Robotic Arm Installed
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 01, 2019
In this image, taken on June 21, 2019, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, install the main robotic arm on the Mars 2020 rover. (A smaller arm to handle Mars sampl ... more

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Paragon Space Development Corp awarded NASA contract for ISRU technology
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 28, 2019
Paragon Space Development Corporation (Paragon), and its partner Giner Inc., are proud to announce that they are now under contract for the development and testing of the ISRU-derived water purifica ... more
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A Martian methane belch melts away
Washington (AFP) June 25, 2019
The mystery of the Martian methane continues. ... more
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A chaos found only on Mars
Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2019
The cracked, uneven, jumbled landscape seen in this image from ESA's Mars Express forms an intriguing type of terrain that cannot be found on Earth: chaotic terrain. The feature visible here, Aurora ... more
EXO WORLDS
NASA's TESS Mission Finds Its Smallest Planet Yet
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 28, 2019
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and Earth orbiting a bright, cool, nearby star. The planet, called L 98-59b, marks the tiniest di ... more
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Santorini volcano, a new terrestrial analogue of Mars
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 28, 2019
One of the great attractions of the island of Santorini, in Greece, lies in its spectacular volcanic landscape, which also contains places similar to those of Mars. A team of European and U.S. scien ... more
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India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon
Sriharikota, India (AFP) July 22, 2019
India launched a bid to become a leading space power Monday, sending up a rocket to put a craft on the surface of the Moon in what it called a "historic day" for the nation. Chandrayaan-2 - or Moon Chariot 2 - took off on time at 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh state. Applause broke out in the mission control room as t ... more
+ 50 years ago, humanity's first steps on another world
+ After Chandrayaan-m Mission India needs to improve satellite launcher capacity
+ India launches spacecraft on Moon-landing mission
+ China's plans to solve the mysteries of the moon
+ NASA seeks input from US industry on Artemis Lander development
+ Lunar Surface Trash or Treasure?
+ Powering the future with lunar soil
China's space lab Tiangong 2 destroyed in controlled fall to earth
Beijing (AFP) July 19, 2019
China's Tiangong-2 space lab successfully re-entered the Earth's atmosphere Friday under controlled conditions, completing the latest round of experiments in Beijing's ambitious space programme. Tiangong-2 - or "Heavenly Palace" - was launched into orbit in 2016 and re-entered the earth's atmosphere under control at around 9:06 pm local time (1306 GMT) on Friday, China Manned Space Agency ... more
+ Chinese scientists say goodbye to Tiangong-2
+ From Moon to Mars, Chinese space engineers rise to new challenges
+ China plans to deploy almost 200 AU-controlled satellites into orbit
+ Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets
+ Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos
+ China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missions
+ China's satellite navigation industry sees rapid development
What gives meteorites their shape
New York NY (SPX) Jul 23, 2019
Meteoroids coming from outer space are randomly shaped, but many of these, which land on earth as meteorites, are found to be carved into cones. Scientists have now figured out how the physics of flight in the atmosphere leads to this transformation. The progression, discovered through a series of replication experiments in New York University's Applied Mathematics Lab, involves melting an ... more
+ MASCOT Confirms What Scientists Have Long Suspected
+ Speeding up science on near-earth asteroids
+ ESA confirms asteroid will miss Earth in 2019
+ Hayabusa-makes completes second asteroid touchdown to collect samples
+ Japan's Hayabusa2 probe makes 'perfect' touchdown on asteroid
+ Japan's asteroid probe Hayabusa2 set for final touchdown
+ Zwicky Transient Facility Spots Asteroid with Shortest Year
Jupiter's auroras powered by alternating current
Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2019
New analysis of Juno mission data suggests Jupiter's auroras are powered by alternating current, not direct current. Jupiter, a the largest planet in the solar system, boasts an aurora with a radiant power of 100 terawatts, or 100 billion kilowatts. It's the brightest aurora in the solar system. Like Earth's auroras, Jupiter's light shows are centered around its poles. The aurora ... more
+ Kuiper Belt Binary Orientations Support Streaming Instability Hypothesis
+ Study Shows How Icy Outer Solar System Satellites May Have Formed
+ Astronomers See "Warm" Glow of Uranus's Rings
+ Table salt compound spotted on Europa
+ On Pluto the Winter is approaching, and the atmosphere is vanishing into frost
+ Neptune's moon Triton fosters rare icy union
+ Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic Field
Yale researcher has a window seat for planning NASA's Dragonfly mission
New Haven CT (SPX) Jul 17, 2019
By 2034, when the Dragonfly drone mission makes landfall on the surface of Titan, Yale's Juan Lora will have spent nearly half his life studying the climatic tendencies of Saturn's icy moon. That's when the real work will begin, he says. Finally, after long years of preparation and modeling, Lora and his colleagues on the scientific end of the NASA Dragonfly mission will begin to get ... more
+ SMU's 'Titans in a jar' could answer key questions ahead of NASA's space exploration
+ The mission of a lifetime: a drone on Titan in 2034
+ Dragonfly Mission to Study Titan for Origins, Signs of Life
+ NASA's Dragonfly Will Fly Around Titan Looking for Origins, Signs of Life
+ "Bathtub rings" around Titan's lakes might be made of alien crystals
+ Cassini reveals new sculpting in Saturn rings
+ Researchers find ice feature on Saturn's giant moon
Tracking Smoke From Fires to Improve Air Quality Forecasting
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 23, 2019
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory took to the skies on Monday to kick off a two-month investigation into the life cycles of smoke from fires in the United States. The goal is to better understand smoke impact on weather and climate and provide information that will lead to improved air quality forecasting. A joint campaign led by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NO ... more
+ Earth's Shining Upper Atmosphere - From the Apollo Era to the Present
+ Chaos theory produces map for predicting paths of particles emitted into the atmosphere
+ Animal observation system ICARUS is switched on
+ PlanetiQ secures $18.7M Series B financing round
+ First new DoD NEXRAD weather radar installed at Cannon Air Force Base
+ Airbus to develop CO3D Earth Observation programme for CNES
+ Scientists discover the biggest seaweed bloom in the world
Aiming higher: Airmen contribute to human spaceflight from Apollo to tomorrow
Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 22, 2019
What's the first thought or word that comes to your mind when you hear Apollo 11? Is it NASA, moon landing, Armstrong or Aldrin? While all of those are perfectly logical and correct answers, there's one response that's equally as valid, though not often given: U.S. Air Force or Airmen. From Air Force Col. Nick Hague, who is currently aboard the International Space Station, all the wa ... more
+ NASA seeks ideas from US firms on future lunar lander
+ The exploration of space in 10 key dates
+ To return to the Moon, astronauts need new spacesuits
+ Former NASA flight director Chris Kraft dies at 95
+ Trump pits Apollo 11 astronauts against NASA chief
+ LightSail 2 prepares to deploy sails, share new images of Earth
+ French inventor to hover across English Channel on 'flyboard'
Scientists deepen understanding of magnetic fields surrounding Earth and other planets
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 13, 2019
Vast rings of electrically charged particles encircle the Earth and other planets. Now, a team of scientists has completed research into waves that travel through this magnetic, electrically charged environment, known as the magnetosphere, deepening understanding of the region and its interaction with our own planet, and opening up new ways to study other planets across the galaxy. The sci ... more
+ Super salty, subzero Arctic water provides peek at possible life on other planets
+ Astronomers expand cosmic "cheat sheet" in hunt for life
+ Ejected moons could help solve several astronomical puzzles
+ A desert portal to other worlds
+ Discovering Exoplanets with Gravitational Waves
+ Planet Seeding and Panspermia
+ ALMA Pinpoints Formation Site of Planet Around Nearest Young Star
U.S. Defense Department considers buying Israeli-made drones
Washington (UPI) Jul 19, 2019
An Israeli-made anti-tank drone is under consideration for purchase by the U.S. Defense Department. The Defense Department is seeking the approval of the U.S. Congress to transfer $6.9 million between accounts to buy an undisclosed number of Hero-120 "loitering drones," canister-launched anti-armor munitions. The proposed purchase is part of the $2.8 billion omnibus Pentagon budget sent ... more
+ Automating complex design of universal controller for hybrid drones
+ C-Astral participates in demonstrations to help Europe set rules for drone deliveries
+ Navy's Fire Scout unmanned helicopter achieves initial operational capability
+ General Atomics gets $21.9M Army contract for work on Gray Eagle drone
+ Frequentis Defense gets $8.4M contract for work on MQ-25 Stingray
+ Saudi cities face growing threat of Yemen rebel drones
+ Metropolitan area of Amsterdam starts exploring use of drone technology
Details of Solar Science Mission Revealed at UK Astronomy Meeting
London, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2019
Named after a Celtic goddess of the Sun, SULIS is a UK-led solar science mission, designed to answer fundamental questions about the physics of solar storms. The mission consists of a cluster of small satellites and will carefully monitor solar storms using state-of-the-art UK technology, as well as demonstrating new technologies in space. Lead Investigator on the project, Dr. Eamon Scullion of ... more
+ Citizen scientists discover cyclical pattern of complexity in solar storms
+ UK-led solar science mission to use cubesats
+ Research details response of sagebrush to 2017 solar eclipse
+ NASA selects missions to study our sun, its effects on space weather
+ Northern lights' social networking reveals true scale of magnetic storms
+ UK scientists to work with NASA on new mission to study the Sun
+ NASA Selects PUNCH Mission to Image Beyond the Sun's Outer Corona
India to make new bid to launch Moon rocket on Monday
New Delhi (AFP) July 18, 2019
India will make a new bid to launch a landmark mission to the Moon on Monday, a week after aborting lift-off at the last minute because of a fuel leak, officials said. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said it had rescheduled the launch of Chandrayaan-2, or Moon Chariot-2, for 2:43 pm (0913 GMT) on Monday. India is aiming to become just the fourth nation after Russia, the Uni ... more
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+ Von Braun: Apollo hero, rocket builder for Hitler, father
+ SpaceX Dragon capsule explosion blamed on titanium valve failure
+ Fuel leak halted blastoff for Indian rocket: reports
+ India's heavy rocket Bahubali gearing up for Moon
+ Vega rocket fails after takeoff in French Guiana
+ China to launch constellation with 72 satellites for Internet of Things
The early days of the Milky Way revealed
Santa Cruz, Spain (SPX) Jul 23, 2019
The universe 13,000 million years ago was very different from the universe we know today. It is understood that stars were forming at a very rapid rate, forming the first dwarf galaxies, whose mergers gave rise to the more massive present-day galaxies, including our own. However the exact chain of the events which produced the Milky Way was not known until now. Exact measurements of positi ... more
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+ Astronomers Map Vast Void in Our Cosmic Neighborhood
+ Coupled exploration of light and matter
+ Spectrum X-Gamma Rockets into Space with X-ray Vision
+ IceCube Antarctic Neutrino Detector to Get $37M Upgrade
+ eROSITA Launch Heralds New Era for X-ray Astronomy
Chameleon Theory Could Change How We Think About Gravity
Durham UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2019
Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's general theory of relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or how galaxies form. Physicists at Durham University, UK, simulated the cosmos using an alternative model for gravity - f(R)-gravity, a so called Chameleon Theory. The resulting images produced by the simulation show that galaxies like our Mi ... more
+ Artificial gravity breaks free from science fiction
+ Researchers find quantum gravity has no symmetry
+ Development of a displacement sensor to measure gravity of smallest source mass ever
+ Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
+ UCLA students touch space with a microgravity experiment
+ LIGO and Virgo Detect Neutron Star Smash-Ups
+ Scientists Find More Evidence the Universe Is a Violent Place
Physicists find first possible 3D quantum spin liquid
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 22, 2019
There's no known way to prove a three-dimensional "quantum spin liquid" exists, so Rice University physicists and their collaborators did the next best thing: They showed their single crystals of cerium zirconium pyrochlore had the right stuff to qualify as the first possible 3D version of the long-sought state of matter. Despite the name, a quantum spin liquid is a solid material in which ... more
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+ New Measurement Adds to Mystery of Universe's Expansion Rate
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+ New Method May Resolve Difficulty in Measuring Universe's Expansion
+ Theoretical physicists unveil one of the most ubiquitous and elusive concepts in chemistry
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Russia's Humanoid Robot FEDOR Renamed to Skybot Ahead of Its First Space Mission
Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 22, 2019
Russia's humanoid robot FEDOR has been renamed to Skybot ahead of its first space mission scheduled in August, Rocket and Space Corporation Energia told Sputnik. "Anthropomorphic robot Skybot F-850 and its control equipment have been delivered to corporation Energia," the corporation said, referring to FEDOR. Energia is the operator of the Russian segment of the International Space S ... more
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China's space lab Tiangong 2 destroyed in controlled fall to earth
Beijing (AFP) July 19, 2019
China's Tiangong-2 space lab successfully re-entered the Earth's atmosphere Friday under controlled conditions, completing the latest round of experiments in Beijing's ambitious space programme. Tiangong-2 - or "Heavenly Palace" - was launched into orbit in 2016 and re-entered the earth's atmosphere under control at around 9:06 pm local time (1306 GMT) on Friday, China Manned Space Agency ... more
+ Chinese scientists say goodbye to Tiangong-2
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+ Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets
+ Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos
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+ China's satellite navigation industry sees rapid development
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