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  Miami (AFP) Feb 25, 2017 The US space agency said Friday it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. Orion is being built with an eye to one day ferrying astronauts to Earth's neighboring planet, Mars, perhaps by the 2030s. Until now, the Orion test flight known as Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1) was scheduled for 2018 and was expected to be unmanned. But NASA's acting administrator Robert Lightfoot asked on February 15 for the space agen ... read more |
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Does Pluto Have The Ingredients For Life?Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 Pluto has long been viewed as a distant, cold and mostly dead world, but the first spacecraft to pass by it last year revealed many surprises about this distant dwarf planet. Data from the New Horiz ... more 
Spitzer reveals largest batch of earth-size, habitable-zone planets around single starPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around ... more  
Why it will take supercomputers, AI to solve time travel conundrumMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017 In an interview with Sputnik Mundo, Russian cosmologist Andrei Kananin said that time travel is possible and people may be able to visit the future in a time machine, but there is one serious catch. ... more 
Opportunity leaving crater rim for the Plains of MeridianiPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017 Opportunity is located on the rim of Endeavour crater, about to leave the rim and get back on the plains of Meridiani. The rover is not leaving the crater, just setting up for faster progress ... more |
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Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven PlanetsMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 Astronomers have found a system of seven Earth-sized planets just 40 light-years away. Using ground and space telescopes, including ESO's Very Large Telescope, the planets were all detected as they ... more 
Seven Terrestrial Exoplanets Around a Nearby StarBern, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 TRAPPIST-1 is the name of the small, ultracool star that is the new hot topic in astronomy and the search for life outside our solar system. Observing the star with telescopes from the ground and sp ... more 
Excited reports of 'habitable planets' need to come back down to EarthSantiago, Chile (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 In 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi famously asked, "Where are they?" as a kind of lament about the lack of observational evidence for alien intelligence in our universe. Today, the question is still as ... more 
From Rocks, Evidence of a 'Chaotic Solar System'Madison WI (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 Plumbing a 90 million-year-old layer cake of sedimentary rock in Colorado, a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Northwestern University has found evidence confirming a c ... more
Seven Earth-like planets discovered around single starParis (AFP) Feb 22, 2017 Researchers announced Wednesday the stunning discovery of seven Earth-like planets orbiting a small star in our galaxy, opening up the most promising hunting ground so far for life beyond the Solar System. ... more  
New data about 2 distant asteroids give a clue to the possible 'Planet Nine'Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 In the year 2000 the first of a new class of distant solar system objects was discovered, orbiting the Sun at a distance greater than that of Neptune: the "extreme trans Neptunian objects (ETNOs). T ... more |
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 Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase 
Dawn discovers evidence for organic material on CeresPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 NASA's Dawn mission has found evidence for organic material on Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Scientists using the spacecraft's visibl ... more 
Prediction: More gas-giants will be found orbiting Sun-like starsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 New planetary formation models from Carnegie's Alan Boss indicate that there may be an undiscovered population of gas giant planets orbiting around Sun-like stars at distances similar to those of Ju ... more  
An Ice World...With an OceanPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 On Feb. 17, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft was making the first-ever close pass over Saturn's moon Enceladus as it worked through its detailed survey of the planet's icy satellites. Exciting, to be ... more  
Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart's biomechanical propertiesNashville TN (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart's amazing ... more |
  Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 
In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space Policy."China is trying to expand its space launching services, developing new boosters for different segments of the market," Moiseev told RIA Novosti.
"It has constructed a new spacecraft launc ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 27, 2016Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission  Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2016Antares Rides Again  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 21, 2016Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017 
Opportunity is located on the rim of Endeavour crater, about to leave the rim and get back on the plains of Meridiani.
The rover is not leaving the crater, just setting up for faster progress south along the rim toward the next major scientific objective, the gully now less than a kilometer away.
Opportunity completed the last in-situ (contact) measurements on Sol 4638 (Feb. 9, 2017) ... more Miami (AFP) Feb 25, 2017NASA mulls putting astronauts on deep space test flight  Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Feb 15, 2017Scientists say Mars valley was flooded with water not long ago  Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Researchers pinpoint watery past on Mars |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017 
ISRO has started a series of ground tests for testing the performance of sensors and actuators for soft landing of the Lander on the lunar surface.
India Space Research Organization (ISRO) has selected Russian company JSC Isotope for supply of Radionuclide curium-244 (Cm-244) that enables sources to determine chemical composition of any rocks and soils.
"Supplied by JSC Isotope sourc ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2017LunaH-Map CubeSat to map the Moon's water deposits |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017
A mission to examine the habitability of Jupiter's ocean-bearing moon Europa is taking one step closer to the launchpad, with the recent completion of a major NASA review.
On Feb. 15, NASA's Europa multiple-flyby mission successfully completed its Key Decision Point-B review. This NASA decision permits the mission to move forward into its preliminary design phase, known as "Phase B," begin ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 10, 2017NASA receives science report on Europa lander concept  Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2017New Horizons Refines Course for Next Flyby |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Pluto has long been viewed as a distant, cold and mostly dead world, but the first spacecraft to pass by it last year revealed many surprises about this distant dwarf planet. Data from the New Horizons flyby finished downloading to Earth in October, and while it will take many years for scientists to complete their inventory and model the results, early studies offer intriguing hints of its comp ... more Washington DC (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Prediction: More gas-giants will be found orbiting Sun-like stars  Madison WI (SPX) Feb 22, 2017From Rocks, Evidence of a 'Chaotic Solar System'  Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Ultracool Dwarf and the Seven Planets |
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 Miami (AFP) Feb 23, 2017  An unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, a day after SpaceX aborted the process due to a GPS problem.
This time, the Dragon cargo ship made a "perfect approach to the capture point," a NASA commentator said, and was grabbed by the station's robotic arm at 5:44 am (1044 GMT).
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet o ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 21, 2017Russian Aviation Company S7 Group restructures  Moscow (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Russia successfully launches space freighter after crash  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Energia to make 2 modifications of Federatsiya spaceship |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017 
China plans to launch Shijian-13, its first high-throughput communications satellite, in April, the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) said Friday.
The 4.6-tonne satellite, with a message capacity of more than 20 GB, will be carried into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, according to the CAST.
An increase in satellite throughput will provide better access to the Internet ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April  Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2017China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory |
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 Albuquerque NM (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
When a meteor is about to conk your neighborhood and gives fair warning by emitting sizzling, rustling and hissing sounds as it descends, you might think that the universe is being sporting.
But these auditory warnings, which do occur, seem contrary to the laws of physics if they are caused by the friction of the fast-moving meteor or asteroid plunging into Earth's atmosphere. Because soun ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Dawn discovers evidence for organic material on Ceres  Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (SPX) Feb 22, 2017New data about 2 distant asteroids give a clue to the possible 'Planet Nine'  Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 17, 2017SwRI scientist studies geology of Ceres to understand origin of organics |
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 London, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Within the next fifty years, scientists at BAE Systems believe that battlefield commanders could deploy a new type of directed energy laser and lens system, called a Laser Developed Atmospheric Lens which is capable of enhancing commanders' ability to observe adversaries' activities over much greater distances than existing sensors.
At the same time, the lens could be used as a form of 'de ... more London (UPI) Jan 6, 2017U.K. Defense Ministry finalizes laser weapon system contract  Washington (UPI) Jan 6, 2017U.S. Air Force issues RFP for aircraft laser weapons Redondo Beach, Calif. (UPI) Nov 2, 2016Northrop Grumman to develop next-gen fighter laser system |
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 Dulles, Va. (UPI) Feb 16, 2017  Raytheon is developing an automated assessment system for judging the effectiveness of 21st century weapons in war game scenarios.
The first-of-its-kind tool, commissioned by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, will automatically teach war game participants which weapons to use in every possible scenario, including missiles, kinetic interceptors, cyber and electronic warfare weapons.
... more Washington (UPI) Feb 10, 2017U.S. Army awards $3 billion in missile defense contracts  Washington DC (Sputnik) Feb 08, 2017New US Missile Hits Target in Space  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 07, 2017New Age, New Aims: CIS Air Defense to Be Upgraded for Aerospace Tasks |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 
On Feb. 17, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft was making the first-ever close pass over Saturn's moon Enceladus as it worked through its detailed survey of the planet's icy satellites. Exciting, to be sure, just for the thrill of exploration. But then Cassini's magnetometer instrument noticed something odd. Since NASA's two Voyager spacecraft made their distant flybys of Enceladus about 20 years p ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2017Close views show Saturn's Rings in unprecedented detail  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 23, 2017Cassini captures stunning view of Saturn moon Daphnis  Paris (ESA) Jan 17, 2017Catching Cassini's call |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2017 
A new technique using liquid metals to create integrated circuits that are just atoms thick could lead to the next big advance for electronics. The process opens the way for the production of large wafers around 1.5 nanometres in depth (a sheet of paper, by comparison, is 100,000nm thick). Other techniques have proven unreliable in terms of quality, difficult to scale up and function only at ver ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Switched-on DNA spark nano-electronic applications  Ramat Gan, Israel (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Scientists create a nano-trampoline to probe quantum behavior  Lincoln NB (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shell |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Our Galaxy's gravitational field limits the accuracy of astrometric observations of distant objects. This is most clearly appeared for objects that are visually located behind the central regions of the Galaxy and the Galactic plane, where the deviation can be up to several dozen microarcseconds.
And, more importantly, the effect of this gravitational "noise" cannot be removed. This means ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors  Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2017New laser technology from Hannover enables more sensitive gravitational-wave detectors |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
Members of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have been studying changes in the appearance of emission from around the supermassive black hole in the centre of a galaxy known to astronomers as NGC 2617. The centre of this galaxy, underwent dramatic changes in its appearance several years ago: it became much brighter and things that had not been seen bef ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Why it will take supercomputers, AI to solve time travel conundrum  Warwick, UK (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Molecular phenomenon discovered by advanced NMR facility  Cracow, Poland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017First trace of differences between matter and 'ordinary' antimatter |
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 Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 23, 2017  An analysis of bot behavior over the course of a decades shows even "benevolent" bots bicker. In fact, researchers found evidence of bot-versus-bot fights lasting several years.
The bots in question were employed by Wikipedia to perform a variety of editing and maintenance tasks. Editing bots repair vandalized text, enforce content and language bans, check and fix spelling, insert links ... more Lausanne, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 17, 2017Scientists invent new, faster gait for six-legged robots  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Now you can 'build your own' bio-bot  Washington (AFP) Feb 11, 2017How algorithms secretly run the world |
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 Mont-De-Marsan, France (AFP) Feb 20, 2017 
Faced with the risk of drones being used to snoop or carry out attacks on French soil, the air force is showing its claws.
At Mont-de-Marsan in southwestern France a quartet of fearsome golden eagles is being trained to take out unmanned aircraft in mid-flight.
The roar of a departing Rafale fighter jet gives way to the buzz of a drone lifting into the air on a runway at the air base, so ... more Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Israeli warplanes shoot down Hamas drone: army  Rome (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Leonardo supplying radars for Patroller drones  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Ukroboronprom presents modified Phantom unmanned vehicle |
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