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Plutonium to Pluto: Russian nuclear space travel breakthroughMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 05, 2012 A ground-breaking Russian nuclear space-travel propulsion system will be ready by 2017 and will power a ship capable of long-haul interplanetary missions by 2025, giving Russia a head start in the outer-space race. The megawatt-class nuclear drive will function for up to three years and produce 100-150 kilowatts of energy at normal capacity. The new project proposes the use of an electric ion propulsion system. The engines exhaust thrust will be generated by an ion flow, which is further acc ... read more |
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  Cassini makes simultaneous measurements of Saturn's nightside aurora and electric current system Since the NASA / ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004, astronomers and space scientists have been able to study the ringed planet and its moons in great detail. Now, for the firs ... more | .. |
  NASA's Kepler Mission Awarded Mission Extension NASA's Kepler mission has been approved for extension through fiscal year 2016 based on a recommendation from the agencys Senior Review of its operating missions. The extension provides four a ... more | .. |
  In the Beginning ... Was the Beaker? In the beginning ... but how do you begin? That question has long perplexed scientists in fields from cosmology to anthropology. Fortunately, researchers at the Office of Science's Brookhaven Nation ... more | .. |
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  12-Mile-High Martian Dust Devil Caught In Act A Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles high (20 kilometers) was captured whirling its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14. It was imaged by the High Resolution I ... more | .. |
  Spy satellite-carrying rocket blasts off A Delta 4 rocket was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on a mission to deliver a spy satellite to orbit, officials said. ... more | .. |
 A planetary system from the early Universe A group of European astronomers has discovered an ancient planetary system that is likely to be a survivor from one of the earliest cosmic eras, 13 billion years ago. The system consists of th ... more | .. |
  Busy first days for ATV Edoardo Amaldi Just two days after a flawless docking with the ISS on 29 March, ESA's third ATV has conducted its first 'test' reboost, proving that it is fully integrated with the Station and ready to perform orb ... more |
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Chinese defence minister tells US counterpart containing China 'futile'
China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs
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 Space Savings for ISS Science Samples Efficiency is the name of the game when talking about packing things into small spaces. Anyone who has ever tried to compress an overstuffed suitcase knows that one of the greatest updates to carry- ... more | .. |
 NASA and ATK Push Ahead With Booster for Deep Space Exploration System NASA and ATK hascompleted the first test for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) booster program March 28 at ATK's Promontory, Utah, test facility. This demonstration was a key avionics and controls te ... more | .. |
 Orbital Receives Order for Minotaur I Space Launch Vehicle From USAF Orbital Sciences reports that the U.S. Air Force has exercised an option order for a Minotaur I space launch vehicle to support the ORS-3 "Enabler" mission for the Operationally Responsive Space (OR ... more | .. |
  Boeing Completes Parachute Drop Test of Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft Boeing has completed a parachute drop test of the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft at the Delmar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. CST-100 is part of the Boeing Commercial Crew T ... more |
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  Earth's Other Moons Earth usually has more than one moon, according to a team of astronomers from the University of Helsinki, the Paris Observatory and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Our 2,000-mile-diameter M ... more | .. |
 Discovery of an 'alien earth' imminent? The first planet that can be considered a true "alien Earth" will probably be discovered in the next two years, a NASA scientist says. ... more | .. |
  US scientists launch personalized robot project Imagine going to a local store, picking out a design for a robot to help with some household chores, and having the device built within a matter of hours. ... more | .. |
 New Study Calls For Recognition of Private Property Claims in Space 150 years ago in 1862, amidst the bloodiest war in our nation's history, the Lincoln administration had the foresight to pass two historic pieces of legislation: the Pacific Railway Act and the Home ... 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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 Spy robot can jump 30 feet straight up The U.S. Army has tested a reconnaissance robot that can jump 30 feet into the air, high enough to vault into a second story window, its maker says. ... more | .. |
 The sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed for the first time In a world first, the sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed as part of a planetarium show in Hampshire this Easter. Despite many years of space exploration, we have no evidence of the sound of other ... more | .. |
  Dawn Marks 205 Years Of Humans Watching Vesta Vesta is spending the 205th anniversary of its discovery by treating Dawn to more spectacular vistas. When Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaus Olbers first spotted Vesta, he could hardly have imagined that th ... more | .. |
 'Smart City' ambitions for quake-struck Italian town Three years after a quake devastated L'Aquila, the Italian town has launched a bid to become a hi-tech European city - to the scepticism of thousands of people still living in temporary housing. ... more |
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 Robosquirrels versus rattlesnakes Robot squirrels from the University of California, Davis, are going into rattlesnake country near San Jose, continuing a research project on the interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes. ... more | .. |
 Europe's ATV-3 Space Freighter Adjusts ISS Orbit Europe's ATV-3 unmanned resupply spacecraft, which docked with the ISS earlier this week, readjusted the space station's orbit on Sunday, the Mission Control said. Two main engines of ATV-3 we ... more | .. |
 SLS Avionics Test Paves Way for Full-Scale Booster Firing NASA has successfully tested the solid rocket booster avionics for the first two test flights of the Space Launch System, America's next heavy-lift launch vehicle. This avionics system include ... more | .. |
 Getting to Know the Goldilocks Planet NASA's Kepler spacecraft is discovering a veritable avalanche of alien worlds. Recent finds include planets with double suns, massive "super-Earths" and "hot Jupiters," and a miniature solar system. ... more |
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Boeing accelerates spacecraft production with 3D-printed solar panel structures
New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
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 Mars missions race, India takes lead India aims at sending an orbiter to Mars in 2013. The race for the Red planet unwinds with NASA planning a launch for the same 2013 fiscal year and China somewhat lagging behind. Earlier this month ... more | .. |
 Whether grasping Easter eggs or glass bottles - this robotic hand uses tact It may be difficult to imagine, but pouring juice into a plastic cup can be a great challenge to a robot. While one hand holds the glass bottle firmly, the other one must gently grasp the cup. Resea ... more | .. |
 Self-sculpting sand Imagine that you have a big box of sand in which you bury a tiny model of a footstool. A few seconds later, you reach into the box and pull out a full-size footstool: The sand has assembled itself i ... more | .. |
 UMass Amherst computer scientist leads the way to the next revolution in artificial intelligence As computer scientists this year celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the mathematical genius Alan Turing, who set out the basis for digital computing in the 1930s to anticipate the elect ... more |
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 Russia to Build Nuclear Space Engine by 2017 A Russian Megawatt-class nuclear propulsion system for long-range manned spacecraft must be ready by 2017, Skolkovo Foundation's Nuclear Cluster head Denis Kovalevich said on Wednesday. "At pr ... more | .. |
 Icy Moons through Cassini's Eyes These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione were taken on March 27 and 28, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini passed Enceladus first on March 27, coming ... more | .. |
 NASA Fires Up Rocket Sled Hardware at China Lake NASA recently performed a trial run on a rocket sled test fixture, powered by rockets, to replicate the forces a supersonic spacecraft would experience prior to landing. The sled tests will al ... more | .. |
 China launches French-made communication satellite China successfully sent a French-made communication satellite, "APSTAR-7," into orbit Saturday evening, using a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch C ... more |
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