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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 03, 2017 NASA's MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars' moon Phobos. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has been orbiting Mars for just over two years, studying the Red Planet's upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the spacecraft carried out a rocket motor burn that boosted its velocity by 0.4 meters per second (less than 1 mile per hour). A ... read more |
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Humans May Quickly Evolve on Mars, Biologist ClaimsHouston (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 An evolutionary biologist has suggested that human colonists on Mars could go through rapid evolution, eventually becoming an entirely new human species. Scott Solomon, an evolutionary biologist wit ... more  
India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO ChiefMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 ISRO boss AS Kiran Kumar says the second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 is making good progress; it is scheduled for launch next year. But critics question why should India get into the manned spacefli ... more  
China to launch space station core module in 2018Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 China will launch a space station core module in 2018 as the first step in completing the country's first space outpost, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Co ... more  
Asteroid Split in Two and, Years Later, Developed TailsGranada, Spain (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Asteroids on the main belt, situated between Mars and Jupiter, move around the Sun in quasi circular orbits, so they do not undergo the temperature changes which, in comets, produce the characterist ... more |
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Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 China is likely to conduct its second Mars mission, aimed at collecting soil samples for analysis, by 2030, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). CASC con ... more 
Remnants of a mega-flood on MarsParis (ESA) Mar 03, 2017 ESA's Mars Express has captured images of one of the largest outflow channel networks on the Red Planet. The Kasei Valles channel system extends around 3000 km from its source region in Echus Chasma ... more  
Faraway Planet Systems Are Shaped Like the Solar SystemCanberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have found that far-away planet systems are shaped like the solar system, with multiple planets aligning with the host star on a flat plain, i ... more 
Researchers aim to measure risk of exploding asteroidsBerkeley, Calif. (UPI) Feb 27, 2017 As 2013's Chelyabinsk meteor proved, an asteroid doesn't have to make direct contact with Earth's surface to do considerable damage. ... more 
Mars is more Earth-like than moon-likeBaton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 Mars' mantle may be more complicated than previously thought. In a new study published in the Nature-affiliated journal Scientific Reports, researchers at LSU document geochemical changes over time ... more 
An Epic Lunar Experience Lands at Space Center HoustonHouston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be ... more |
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 NASA Explores Opportunity for Smaller Experiments to 'Hitch a Ride' to Mars 
The missing link in how planets formMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 A French-UK-Australian team of astronomers may have discovered in planet formation that explains how initial dust develops into planetary systems. ... more 
Science checkout continues for ExoMars orbiterParis (ESA) Feb 28, 2017 Next week, the ExoMars orbiter will devote two days to making important calibration measurements at the Red Planet, which are needed for the science phase of the mission that will begin next year. T ... more 
Martian Winds Carve Mountains, Move Dust, Raise DustPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 28, 2017 On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales ... more 
Volcanic hydrogen spurs chances of finding exoplanet lifeIthaca NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Hunting for habitable exoplanets now may be easier: Cornell University astronomers report that hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets throughout the universe could improve the chances of ... 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 28, 2017 
On Mars, wind rules. Wind has been shaping the Red Planet's landscapes for billions of years and continues to do so today. Studies using both a NASA orbiter and a rover reveal its effects on scales grand to tiny on the strangely structured landscapes within Gale Crater.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, on the lower slope of Mount Sharp - a layered mountain inside the crater - has begun a secon ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 03, 2017NASA Orbiter Steers Clear of Mars Moon Phobos  Paris (ESA) Feb 28, 2017Science checkout continues for ExoMars orbiter  Paris (ESA) Mar 03, 2017Remnants of a mega-flood on Mars |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be the only location where guests can see the space capsules for both the first and last lunar landings.
The awe-inspiring "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit, on display Oct. 14-Mar ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO Chief  New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017 
NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission. This will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, while avoiding the risk of a previously-planned engine firing that would have reduced the spacecraft's orbital period to 14 days.
"Juno is healthy, its science instrum ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase  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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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 
Hunting for habitable exoplanets now may be easier: Cornell University astronomers report that hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets throughout the universe could improve the chances of locating life in the cosmos.
Planets located great distances from stars freeze over. "On frozen planets, any potential life would be buried under layers of ice, which would make it really hard t ... more Sheffield UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Evidence of Star Wars-like Planetary System  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2017The missing link in how planets form  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Faraway Planet Systems Are Shaped Like the Solar System |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017 
Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises.
Musk has become one of the United States' best-known innovators. He was a founder of payments company PayPal, electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, maker and launcher of rockets and spacecraft.
SpaceX recently anno ... more Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2017SpaceX says it will fly civilians to the moon next year  Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017ULA launches NROL-79 payload for NRO  Paris (AFP) March 1, 2017Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts say |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 
China will launch a space station core module in 2018 as the first step in completing the country's first space outpost, according to a senior engineer with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) on Thursday.
The core module of the space station, named "Tianhe-1" according to previous reports, will be launched on board a new-generation Long March-5 heavyweight carrier rocket, ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017Thinking Big: China Hopes to Conduct 2nd Mission to Mars by 2030  Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017China to Conduct Test Flight of CZ-8 Carrier Rocket by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
A trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet - an effect not seen by astronomers before, a new NASA study suggests. Astronomers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, observed the Oort cloud comet C/2014 Q2, also called Lovejoy, when it passed near Earth in early 2015. Through NASA's partnership in the W. M. Keck Observa ... more Granada, Spain (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Asteroid Split in Two and, Years Later, Developed Tails  Berkeley, Calif. (UPI) Feb 27, 2017Researchers aim to measure risk of exploding asteroids  Paris, France (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Surprising Dunes on Comet Chury |
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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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 Seoul (AFP) Feb 28, 2017  People living near a South Korean golf course on Tuesday sued to stop it hosting a controversial US missile system loathed by Beijing, lawyers said, after Chinese media issued a veiled threat of a consumer boycott over the plan.
A subsidiary of retail giant Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-biggest company, signed an agreement Tuesday with the defence ministry to provide the course in the sou ... more Berlin (UPI) Feb 24, 2017Jenoptik contracted for Patriot missile components  Dulles, Va. (UPI) Feb 16, 2017Raytheon developing new tool for war game assessment  Washington (UPI) Feb 10, 2017U.S. Army awards $3 billion in missile defense contracts |
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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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 Evanston IL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
The most complex crystal designed and built from nanoparticles has been reported by researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Michigan. The work demonstrates that some of nature's most complicated structures can be deliberately assembled if researchers can control the shapes of the particles and the way they connect using DNA.
"This is a tour de force demonstration of wh ... more Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties  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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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears? Previously, many experiments exhibited cell changes - after hours or even days in zero gravity. Astronauts, however, returned to Earth without any severe health problems after long missions in space, which begs the question as to how capable cells are of ada ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  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 |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
In January 2017 - just one year after the dawn of gravitational-wave astronomy - the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) has expanded through the addition of a young research team.
Led by Dr. Frank Ohme, the Max Planck Independent Research Group "Binary Merger Observations and Numerical Relativity" will study collisions of black holes and neutron ... more Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Quantum entanglement between a single photon and a trillion of atoms  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Existence of a new quasiparticle demonstrated  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Exploring the mysteries of supercooled water |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 2, 2017 
Norwegian company Kongsberg received a $15 million contract to deliver updated Protector remote weapon systems to the government of Switzerland.
The weapon system was ordered by Armasuisse, Switzerland's federal procurement office. According to Kongsberg, the Protectors to be delivered will be modified to integrate with modern platforms.
"Kongsberg has delivered Protector remote ... more Sendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signals  Raleigh, NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches  Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 23, 2017Study: Even 'benevolent bots' fight, sometimes for years |
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 Jacksonville FL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
Drone Aviation Holding Corp. has successfully completed the integration of Government-furnished ISR equipment supporting the simultaneous use of communications and optical payload packages onto the Winch Aerostat Small Platform ("WASP") tactical aerostat under its most recent contract award from the U.S. Department of Defense ("DoD").
Under terms of the integration contracts valued in exce ... more Geelong, Australia (UPI) Feb 27, 2017GA-ASI forms team to supply Reaper drones to Australia  San Diego (UPI) Mar 1, 2017Northrop Grumman begins flight tests with MS-177 sensor  Geelong, Australia (UPI) Mar 1, 2017Schiebel taps Leonardo for radar system for unmanned helicopter |
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