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NASA Planning Group Takes Key Steps For Future Mars ExplorationPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 16, 2012 NASA's Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG), established to assist the agency in developing a new strategy for the exploration of the Red Planet, has begun analyzing options for future robotic missions and enlisting the assistance of scientists and engineers worldwide. NASA is reformulating the Mars Exploration Program to be responsive to high-priority science goals and the President's challenge of sending humans to Mars in the 2030s. "We're moving quickly to develop options for future Mars ex ... read more |
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  Peaceful atom for distant space missions According to Russia's Nuclear Agency (Rosatom) the nuclear power and propulsion installation of the megawatt-class is to be built by 2017. The assembly will start already next year, first units of t ... more | .. |
  Herschel images extrasolar analogue of the Kuiper Belt New images from ESA's Herschel Space Observatory reveal the glow from dust in the debris disc - a structure resembling the Kuiper Belt in the primordial Solar System - around the young star Fomalhau ... more | .. |
 Russia to Go Back to the Moon Before Reaching for Mars Recent setbacks have not stopped the Russian space effort but have drastically modified its plans. "Less fuss and more business" is now the philosophy. While not dropping its ambitions for Mars rese ... more | .. |
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  'Time machine' instrument sees the past U.S. researchers say a new instrument will be a "time machine" to allow scientists to study the universe's earliest galaxies that could never be studied before. ... more | .. |
 NASA seeks new ideas for Mars missions The US space agency said Friday it is seeking fresh ideas for robotic missions to explore Mars, after budget cuts nixed a planned partnership with the European space agency. ... more | .. |
 Why do N. Korea's missile tests keep failing? North Korea's disastrous bid to launch a Taepodong-2 missile showed Pyongyang has a long way to go before mastering long-range ballistic technology and has failed to draw lessons from previous botched attempts, experts told AFP Friday. ... more | .. |
 North Korean rocket launch fails, draws condemnation North Korea's heralded long-range rocket test ended in failure Friday, disintegrating in mid-air soon after blastoff and plunging into the sea in a major embarrassment for the reclusive state. ... more |
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N. Korea admits failure as world raps rocket launch North Korea admitted Friday its long-range rocket launch had failed, disintegrating mid-air and plunging into the sea soon after liftoff in a major embarrassment for the reclusive state. ... more | .. |
  NASA's Human Spaceflight Programs: From Space Shuttle To The Future The space shuttle helped the United States expand its leadership in space exploration during the program's 30 years of flight and laid the groundwork for the next 30 years of space exploration. The ... more | .. |
  Commercial Platform Offers Exposure at ISS Researchers will be able to expose experiments to the weightlessness and vacuum of space by using a new commercial platform outside of the International Space Station (ISS). NanoRacks will develop a ... more | .. |
  ALMA Reveals Workings of Nearby Planetary System span class="NL"> a href="http://www.nrao.edu/" class="highlight">National Radio Astronomy Observatory /a> br> /span> by Staff Writers Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2012 A new observatory still u ... more |
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 UF-led team uses new observatory to characterize low-mass planets orbiting nearby star Astronomers have found compelling evidence for two low-mass planets orbiting the nearby star Fomalhaut, just 25 light years from Earth. Twice as massive as the sun and 20 times brighter, Fomalhaut i ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Innovate or evaporate He was voted one of the "50 Great Americans," holds 28 honorary degrees, received, not once, but five times, the U.S. Defense Department's highest civilian decoration - the Distinguished Service Medal. ... more | .. |
  Dragon Expected to Set Historic Course The upcoming launch of a SpaceX spacecraft and rocket on a demonstration flight to the International Space Station is expected to cross a key milestone on the path to operational, commercial mission ... more | .. |
 Learn to dock ATV the astronaut way Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? ESA is making actual astronaut training available on your computer and tablet, so you can see for yourself. ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle ... 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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 Study On Extrasolar Planet Orbits Suggests That Solar System Structure Is The Norm Recently, the HARPS spectrograph and the Kepler satellite made a census of the planetary population around stars like our own, revealing a bounty of planetary systems. A follow-up study lead by memb ... more | .. |
  Russia postpones Luna-Glob moon mission Russia's Luna-Glob moon mission will see its first moon landing in 2015, a year later than originally planned, the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences said Tuesday. "We ... more | .. |
 Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) The Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) is the first onboard mechanically cooled superconducting mixer and high-resolution system for measuring atmospheric minor consti ... more | .. |
  Could "advanced" dinosaurs rule other planets New scientific research raises the possibility that advanced versions of T. rex and other dinosaurs - monstrous creatures with the intelligence and cunning of humans - may be the life forms that evo ... more |
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 United Launch Alliance Announces New Human Launch Services Organization United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the formation of a new organization that will focus exclusively on NASA's human spaceflight programs. ULA's Human Launch Services organization will b ... more | .. |
  Estonian robots boost global online clothing market Fashion fans have one more reason to swap brick-and-mortar shops for online retailers: a company in tech-savvy Estonia has come up with a way to let you try on new clothes on your own computer. ... more | .. |
 Robotic cats, a kitten mummy and a major UK vet gathering April 11th sees over 300 world-class veterinary speakers converging for the WSAVA/FECAVA/BSAVA* World Congress 2012 in Birmingham UK. The current issue of the new-look JFMS, timed to coincide with t ... more | .. |
 Real-life scientific tail of the first 'electrified snail' The world's first "electrified snail" has joined the menagerie of cockroaches, rats, rabbits and other animals previously implanted with biofuel cells that generate electricity - perhaps for future ... 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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 N.Korea's rocket exploded mid-air North Korea's rocket exploded mid-air before splashing down in the Yellow Sea off South Korea, Seoul's defence ministry said Friday. ... more | .. |
 When Stellar Metallicity Sparks Planet Formation In new research, scientists have attempted to determine the precise conditions necessary for planets to form in a star system. Jarrett Johnson and Hui Li of Los Alamos National Laboratory assert tha ... more | .. |
 NASA to Fly Deep Space Atomic Clock to Improve Navigation Technology When people think of space technologies, many think of high-tech solar panels, complex and powerful propulsion systems or sophisticated, electronic guidance systems. Another critical piece of spacef ... more | .. |
 New 'rocket' can go to moon on 100 cc fuel A lightweight satellite thruster can go to the Moon on just 100 ml of fuel, slashing cost of space missions. The mini motor uses electricity to expel ions and generate thrust, built to manoeuvre spa ... more |
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  NASA Selects Loral Platform to Help Enable Next Era of Space Communications Space Systems/Loral is teaming with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to host a laser communications relay demonstration (LCRD) on a commercial satellite to be launched in 2016. NASA 's Space Techn ... more | .. |
 Private Lunar mission and the future of space tourism Teams from America, Europe and Asia compete for the Google Lunar X-Prize. At stake are $30 mln. The aim is to send privately funded mission to the Moon, to land a robot on its surface able to travel ... more | .. |
U.S. offers $2 million for rescue robot The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says it is offering a $2 million prize for the design of an advanced rescue robot. ... more | .. |
Inventors limber up for Geneva showcase A ultra-quick sock drier and a device to repel pesky bugs are among about 1,000 inventions being showcased at the 40th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva next week. ... more |
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