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Mars Express finds water supersaturation in the Martian atmosphereParis, France (ESA) Sep 30, 2011 New analysis of data sent back by the SPICAM spectrometer on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft has revealed for the first time that the planet's atmosphere is supersaturated with water vapour. This surprising discovery has major implications for understanding the Martian water cycle and the historical evolution of the atmosphere. Although numerous spacecraft have visited Mars over the past half a century, very few direct measurements of the vertical structure of the planet's atmosphere have been ... read more |
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  Snafu as China space launch set to US patriotic song It was supposed to be a patriotic tribute to China's technological prowess. Instead, a video showing the launch of China's first space station module inadvertently glorified the country's biggest rival. ... more | .. |
 Chief designer explains Chinese way of mastering space docking technology Some developed countries acquired docking technology crucial to landing a space station decades ago, and, to catch up with leaders in space technology, China plans to use more speed and cut costs, s ... more | .. |
 Tiangong-1 Forms Cornerstone Of China's Space Odyssey China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, is slated to blast into orbit between 13:16 and 13:31 GMT Thursday, just one day prior to China's National Day on Oct.1. It will be the latest showcase of ... more | .. |
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  NASA Tests Deep Space J-2X Rocket Engine at Stennis NASA conducted a 40-second test of the J-2X rocket engine Sept. 28, the most recent in a series of tests of the next-generation engine selected as part of the Space Launch System architecture that w ... more | .. |
  Boosters Gave Fiery Muscle to Shuttle Launches When Atlantis' STS-135 mission lifted off from Launch Pad 39A on July 8, 2011, on NASA's final space shuttle launch, it was carried aloft by the last two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) assembled at Ke ... more | .. |
  Orbiting ORS-1 Satellite System Operating Successfully Following the successful June 29, 2011 launch, completion of all on-orbit checkout activities and transition to operational status, the U.S. Air Force is reporting that the ORS-1 satellite and groun ... more | .. |
  NASA Space Telescope Finds Fewer Asteroids Near Earth New observations by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, show there are significantly fewer near-Earth asteroids in the mid-size range than previously thought. The findings also indi ... more |
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AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE
Ghosts of the Deep: China's AJX-002 XLUUV and the Geopolitics of Undersea Power
Global Invacom unveils XRJ transceiver for government and defense satcom | .. |
  MESSENGER Reveals Flood Lavas Hollows and Unprecedented Surface Details Of Mercury After only six months in orbit around Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft is sending back information that has revolutionized the way scientists think about the innermost planet. Analyses of ... more | .. |
 China to launch rockets with larger thrust says chief engineer China is working on the development of a new generation of carrier rockets featuring a larger thrust to cater to the demand of building a space station, a chief rocket engineer said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Civilians given chance to reach for the stars Officials in charge of astronaut recruitment say civilians could soon get the chance to compete for a place on a spacecraft. Bai Yanqiang, deputy chief of the program's astronaut system, said ... more | .. |
 "Heavenly Palace" China's dream home in space With a length of 10.4 meters and maximum diameter of 3.35 meters, China's first space lab module is hardly the size of any palace. But its name Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace-1," speaks for a dream ... more |
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  Heavy Metal Stars Produce Earth-Like Planets Based on data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, astronomers hunting for terrestrial planets should focus on smaller stars with an abundance of metals. New research reveals that, like their giant c ... more | .. |
 Doubts Over Fomalhaut b As astronomers continue to rack up exoplanet discoveries by the dozen, the precise status of just one may not seem like much to fret over. But Fomalhaut b is different. Unveiled in 2008, the t ... more | .. |
 SpaceX says 'reusable rocket' could help colonize Mars The US company SpaceX is working on the first-ever reusable rocket to launch to space and back, with the goal of one day helping humans colonize Mars, founder Elon Musk said Thursday. ... more | .. |
China launches first module for space station China took its first step towards building a space station on Thursday when it launched an experimental module ahead of National Day celebrations. ... more |
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AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection
Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study
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 Little threat to Earth from big asteroid: NASA Fewer giant asteroids are out in space than once thought and most of the biggest near-Earth asteroids have been found, leaving little threat of one smashing into the planet, NASA said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Light from galaxy clusters confirm theory of relativity All observations in astronomy are based on light emitted from stars and galaxies and, according to the general theory of relativity, the light will be affected by gravity. At the same time all inter ... more | .. |
  Not Because It Is Easy "We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and m ... more | .. |
 European experts follow satellite reentry ESA closely monitored the reentry on 24 September of the UARS observatory satellite. The Agency's Space Debris Office worked with NASA and international partners in a coordinated prediction and risk ... more |
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 Earth's Trapped Gas Fed the Early Atmosphere An international team of scientists has provided new insights into the processes behind the evolution of the planet by demonstrating how salty water and gases transfer from the atmosphere into the E ... more | .. |
 China launches first space station module: CCTV China took its first step towards building a space station on Thursday when it launched an experimental module ahead of National Day celebrations. ... more | .. |
 Another satellite to fall in November Another dead, drifting satellite will fall to Earth in November, following the U.S. satellite that showered pieces over the Pacific Ocean Saturday, experts say. ... more | .. |
China counts down to space module launch China will take its first step towards building a space station on Thursday when it launches an experimental module ahead of National Day celebrations. ... more |
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New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
Nuclearn secures $10.5 million to expand AI platform for nuclear operations
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 Rohrabacher Demands Release of NASA's Recent On-Orbit Fuel Depot Analysis today, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) continued his criticism of NASA's new design for deep space exploration by sending a letter to former NASA's Administrator Dr. Michael D. Griffin asking him to jo ... more | .. |
 Help NASA Find Life On Mars With MAPPER Would you like to participate in NASA's analog research program? Interested in helping scientists pinpoint where to look for signs of life on Mars and elsewhere in the universe? Now you can, with an ... more | .. |
 World's First DNA Astronauts to Launch Into Space Have you ever wanted to go to space? Not a multi-millionaire? No problem. rSPACE LLC, a company whose goal is to allow everyone the chance to actively and personally participate in a real rocket lau ... more | .. |
 OSU partners with NASA Thanks to the involvement with NASA, OSU's NASA Education Projects office is known more widely across the United States than here on campus. For the next five years, OSU will be the implementation p ... more |
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 The Sounds Of NASA Available For Download Historic and interesting sounds and sound bites from NASA space missions are available for download as ringtones or on your computer for events, errors, alarms and notifications. The public no ... more | .. |
 Drilling into Arctic Ice Drill Hill is a circular mound of impact breccia about a kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter, one of many such mounds that litter the floor of Haughton Crater. It's a large pile of rock rubble, initia ... more | .. |
  NASA Partners Uncover New Hypothesis On Crater Debris A team of researchers partnered with the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) has developed a new hypothesis for the origin of crater ejecta-debris that is launched out of a crater during meteorite i ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Completes Primary Structure of NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has reached a new milestone. Lockheed Martin has completed building the primary structure of NASA's MAVEN spacecraft at its Space System ... more |
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