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April 27, 2016

NASA rocket fuel pump tests pave way for methane-fueled Mars lander
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 27, 2016
NASA has tested a 3-D printed rocket engine turbopump with liquid methane - an ideal propellant for engines needed to power many types of spacecraft for NASA's journey to Mars. "This is one of the most complex rocket parts NASA has ever tested with liquid methane, a propellant that would work well for fueling Mars landers and other spacecraft," said Mary Beth Koelbl, the manager of the Propulsions Systems Department at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. "Additive man ... read more

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				China's long march into space On clear April nights, Zhu Jin, director of the Beijing Planetarium, retreats into the city's quiet, mountainous suburbs and aims a telescope at the sky. "Dongfanghong-1," Zhu whispered as a dim lig ... more		China's top astronaut goes to "space camp" Liu Wang, one of China's leading astronauts, visited a high school in Beijing Friday and shared his experiences ahead of April 24 celebrations of the launch of the country's first satellite 46 years ... more

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First rocket made ready for launch at Vostochny spaceport A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket has been installed at Russia's new Vostochny Cosmodrome's launch site ahead of its first space launch, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Saturday in a statemen ... more		New nanodevice shifts light's color at single-photon level Converting a single photon from one color, or frequency, to another is an essential tool in quantum communication, which harnesses the subtle correlations between the subatomic properties of photons ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes Next-Gen Automotive Innovation: Smarter, Safer, More Connected		The Universe, where space-time becomes discrete Our experience of space-time is that of a continuous object, without gaps or discontinuities, just as it is described by classical physics. For some quantum gravity models however, the texture of sp ... more
				British astronaut Tim Peaks ran London Marathon from space In an out-of-this-world feat, British astronaut Tim Peake competed in his own version of the London Marathon on Sunday. ... more		Kepler spacecraft recovered and returned to the K2 Mission The Kepler spacecraft has been recovered and, as of 8:30 a.m. PDT today, it is back on the job as the K2 mission searching for exoplanets - planets beyond our solar system. The team began the ... more

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China targets 2020 Mars mission launch: official China plans to send a rover to Mars to explore the Red Planet, a top space official announced on Friday, in the latest step of its ambitious space programme. ... more		China testing own reusable rocket technologies China is working on its own reusable rocket technologies, a source close to the research told Xinhua Thursday. Chinese experts have already built a prototype model to test theories on the reus ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		150 Long March rocket launches scheduled 2016-2020 China will launch about 150 of its Long March carrier rockets over the next five years, one of its space chiefs said on Friday, days ahead of celebrations marking the launch of the country's first s ... more
China to become aerospace power by 2030 China aims to become a global aerospace power by 2030, said Xu Dazhe, director of the China National Space Administration, on Friday. Xu said at a press conference held by the State Council In ... more		Algorithm for robot teams handles moving obstacles Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and decentralized algorithms, in which each r ... more		China produces key component for nuclear fusion facility A world-class ion cyclotron resonant heating (ICRH) antenna, a key part of nuclear fusion facility, was delivered to a French institute in Anhui Province on Monday. The antenna was manufacture ... more		Pluto's 'Halo' Craters Within Pluto's informally named Vega Terra region is a field of eye-catching craters that looks like a cluster of bright halos scattered across a dark landscape. The region is far west of the ... more

	China aims for deeper space with new generation rockets China will take its new generation heavy-lift rocket Long March-5 to the skies later this year, and is planning even bigger models. According to Wang Jue, head of the Long March-5 project, the ... more		NASA seeks industry ideas for an advanced Mars satellite NASA is soliciting ideas from U.S. industry for designs of a Mars orbiter for potential launch in the 2020s. The satellite would provide advanced communications and imaging, as well as robotic scien ... more

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Y Marks the Spot

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Re-entry capsule of SJ-10 lands in Northern China

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Two doctoral students work on NASA mission

UCF gets grant to plan for space mining on NASA mission

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Autonomous vehicles face test limits tto prove safety

University of Sussex research brings 'smart hands' closer to reality

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Russia to shift all Lunar launches to Vostochny Cosmodrome

Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust

First light for ExoMars

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