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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 05, 2019 Hardware installed onto NASA's Mars 2020 entry vehicle this week will help to increase the safety of future Mars landings. Charged with returning astronauts to the Moon by 2024, NASA's Artemis lunar exploration plans will establish a sustained human presence on and around the Moon by 2028. NASA will use its Moon missions along with robotic missions to Mars to prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet. The Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Instrumentation 2 (MEDLI2) project developed a su ... read more |
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World first as kits designed to extract metals from the Moon and Mars blast off for space station testsLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2019 Astronauts will test the devices on board the International Space Station, following the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last night (at 23:01 BST, Thursday 25 July) from NASA's Kenne ... more 
Mars 2020 rover does biceps curlsPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 30, 2019 The robotic arm on NASA's Mars 2020 rover does not have deltoids, triceps or biceps, but it can still curl heavy weights with the best. In this time-lapse video, taken July 19, 2019, in the clean ro ... more 
Europe prepares for Mars courierParis (ESA) Jul 26, 2019 The first round-trip to the Red Planet will see a European orbiter bringing martian samples back to Earth. ESA is opening the door to industry to build the spacecraft that will deliver the precious ... more 
Fueling of NASA's Mars 2020 rover power system beginsPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 26, 2019 NASA's Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, has given the go-ahead to begin fueling the Mars 2020 rover's Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generato ... more |
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Trump pits Apollo 11 astronauts against NASA chiefWashington (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 
ExoMars radio science instrument readied for Red PlanetParis (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 
Red wine compound could help protect astronauts on trip to MarsWashington (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. ... more 
Mars 2020 Rover: T-Minus One Year and CountingPasadena 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 
Red wine's resveratrol could help Mars explorers stay strongWashington 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 habitableBoston 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 
Aerogel could be a key building material for MarsPasadena 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  
NASA funds demo of 3D-Printed spacecraft parts made, assembled in orbitHuntsville 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  
NASA SLS rocket testing ensures astronaut safety, mission successHuntsville 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 
Sustaining Life on Long-Term Crewed Missions Will Require Planetary ResourcesCleveland 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 
Mars 2020 Rover Gets a Super InstrumentPasadena 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 |
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Artificial gravity breaks free from science fictionBoulder 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 
Dust storms swirl at the north pole of MarsParis (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 
Methane vanishing on MarsAarhus, 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 
Inflatable Decelerator Will Hitch a Ride on the JPSS-2 SatelliteGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 02, 2019 An inflatable decelerator technology that could one day help humans land on Mars will fly on the same Atlas V rocket as the JPSS-2 satellite. The Apollo lunar landers fired retro rockets to la ... more 
Mars 2020 Rover's 7-Foot-Long Robotic Arm InstalledPasadena 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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 Hampton VA (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
Can we get a wind-check on that launch? Engineers recently completed testing for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket in a low-speed wind tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia for lift-off conditions.
In the 14- by 22- Foot Subsonic Tunnel, researchers were able to measure the influence of ground winds on structures at the launch pad that might impact the SLS rocket. ... more |
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 Jerusalem (SPX) Aug 05, 2019 
Gamma-ray bursts, short and intense flashes of energetic radiation coming from outer space, are the brightest explosions in the universe. As gamma rays are blocked by the atmosphere, the bursts were discovered accidentally in the late sixties by the Vela satellites, defense satellites sent to monitor manmade nuclear explosions in space.
Since their discovery the bursts have been at the foc ... more |
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