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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017 The next rovers to explore another planet might bring along a scout. The Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, was inspired by origami. Its lightweight design is capable of flattening itself, tucking in its wheels and crawling into places rovers can't fit. Over the past year and a half, PUFFER has been tested in a range of rugged terrains, from the Mojave Desert in California to the snowy hills of Antarctica. The ide ... read more |
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Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet statusBaltimore MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 Johns Hopkins University scientist Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: Regardless of what one prestigious scientific organization says to the contrary, Pluto is a planet. So, he says, is Eur ... more  
Ecosystem For Near-Earth Space ControlBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 In just two weeks, at the 33rd Space Symposium, the space community will hear about a possible game-changing discovery that may create a new "Ecosystem for Near-Earth Space Control." On April 3rd, a ... more  
Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One DayPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017 As children, we learned about our solar system's planets by certain characteristics - Jupiter is the largest, Saturn has rings, Mercury is closest to the sun. Mars is red, but it's possible that one ... more  
NASA twins study team begins integrating resultsHouston TX (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 It begins with one instrument. Then another joins in. Before you know it a grand symphony is playing before your eyes. NASA Twins Study researchers are eager to integrate their results and create a ... more |
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Toward Machines that Improve with ExperienceWashington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Self-driving taxis. Cell phones that react appropriately to spoken requests. Computers that outcompete world-class chess and Go players. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming part and parcel of t ... more  
Visualizing debris disk "roller derby" to understand planetary system evolutionWashington DC (SPX) Mar 16, 2017 When planets first begin to form, the aftermath of the process leaves a ring of rocky and icy material that's rotating and colliding around the young central star like a celestial roller derby. Anal ... more  
Experiments Show Titan Lakes May Fizz with NitrogenPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2017 A recent NASA-funded study has shown how the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn's moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles. For the study, researchers at NASA's Jet Pro ... more 
Protostar blazes bright, reshaping its stellar nurseryCharlottesville VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 A massive protostar, deeply nestled in its dust-filled stellar nursery, recently roared to life, shining nearly 100 times brighter than before. This outburst, apparently triggered by an avalanche of ... more 
Airbus ships first high-power all-electric EUTELSAT 172B satellite to Kourou for EutelsatToulouse, France (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 EUTELSAT 172B, the first high power all-electric telecommunications satellite, is now ready for shipment on 20 March from the Airbus satellite assembly facility in Toulouse to Kourou, French Guiana ... more 
Operation of ancient biological clock uncoveredUtrecht, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Ten years ago, researchers discovered that the biological clock in cyanobacteria consists of only three protein components: KaiA, KaiB and KaiC. These are the building blocks - the gears, springs an ... more |
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New feedback system could allow greater control over fusion plasmaPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 Like a potter shaping clay as it spins on a wheel, physicists use magnetic fields and powerful particle beams to control and shape the plasma as it twists and turns through a fusion device. Now a ph ... more 
ESA's Jupiter mission moves off the drawing boardParis (ESA) Mar 17, 2017 Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and strict planetary protection rules are some of the critical issues that had to be tackled in order to move ESA's Jupiter Icy ... more 
ExoMars: science checkout completed and aerobraking beginsParis (ESA) Mar 17, 2017 The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has completed another set of important science calibration tests before a year of aerobraking gets underway. The mission was launched a year ago this week, and has been ... more 
AsiaSat transmits live heart surgeryHong KongLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 AsiaSat was proud to support live transmissions of a heart surgery earlier this year in Hong Kong, providing medical practitioners attending a conference in Singapore the opportunity to see the proc ... 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) Mar 21, 2017 
As children, we learned about our solar system's planets by certain characteristics - Jupiter is the largest, Saturn has rings, Mercury is closest to the sun. Mars is red, but it's possible that one of our closest neighbors also had rings at one point and may have them again someday.
That's the theory put forth by NASA-funded scientists at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, whose findi ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017ExoMars: science checkout completed and aerobraking begins  Moffett Field Ca (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Mars Rover Tests Driving, Drilling and Detecting Life in Chile's High Desert  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017Opportunity Driving South to Gully |
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 Bengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017 
Seven teams, including three from India, have qualified for the country's first private moon mission in December, space technology start-up TeamIndus said on Wednesday.
"Teams Callisto, Ears and Kalpana from India, Space4Life from Italy, Lunadome from Britain, Killa Lab from Peru and Regolith Revolution from the US have qualified to fly their experiments to the lunar surface in our spacecr ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor  Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiters  Washington (AFP) March 12, 2017Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destination |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
Johns Hopkins University scientist Kirby Runyon wants to make one thing clear: Regardless of what one prestigious scientific organization says to the contrary, Pluto is a planet. So, he says, is Europa, commonly known as a moon of Jupiter, and so is the Earth's moon, and so are more than 100 other celestial bodies in our solar system that are denied this status under the prevailing definition of ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017ESA's Jupiter mission moves off the drawing board  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper'  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017Juno Captures Jupiter Cloudscape in High Resolution |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 16, 2017 
When planets first begin to form, the aftermath of the process leaves a ring of rocky and icy material that's rotating and colliding around the young central star like a celestial roller derby. Analogs to our own Solar System's Kuiper Belt, these disks of debris left over from planet formation can be detected by astronomers and studied to help understand the processes that create planetary syste ... more Charlottesville VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Protostar blazes bright, reshaping its stellar nursery  Utrecht, Netherlands (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Operation of ancient biological clock uncovered  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Fossil or inorganic structure? Scientists dig into early life forms |
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 Washington (SPX) March 20, 2017  A SpaceX reusable cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely on Sunday, ending a mission to supply astronauts on the International Space Station, the company said.
The Dragon capsule - the only such vessel capable of returning research samples and other material to Earth - remained docked with the ISS for nearly a month after delivering more than two tonnes of food, water and sci ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Hitting the brakes at Alpha Centauri  Seoul (AFP) March 19, 2017N. Korea's Kim hails engine test as 'new birth' for rocket industry  Seoul (AFP) March 20, 2017N.Korea rocket test shows 'meaningful progress': South |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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 Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Among the most striking features on the surface of Ceres are the bright spots in the center of Occator crater which stood out already as NASA's space probe Dawn approached the dwarf planet. Scientists under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) have now for the first time determined the age of this bright material, which consists mainly of deposits of special ... more Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Warped Meteor Showers Hit Earth at All Angles  Onna, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Mechanism underlying size-sorting of rubble on asteroid Itokawa revealed  Zurich (UPI) Mar 7, 2017Earth is bombarded at random, crater study shows |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 16, 2017 
Lockheed Martin has completed its designs, development and demonstrations for a 60 kW-class laser defense system to be delivered to the U.S. Army.
The system is a vehicle-mounted platform to be used to defend ground-based assets against unmanned aerial vehicles and artillery attacks such as mortar fire and rockets. Lockheed Martin's latest design for the solution was based on earlier co ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017U.S. Army demos laser weapon with Stryker vehicle  Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 21, 2017Battle Lasers! US, Russia, China Develop Brighter Beams for Blasting Enemies  New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017Inside China's High-Tech Space-Based Laser Arsenal |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 20, 2017 
A senior army officer said Monday that Israel had fired its Arrow missile at a Syrian rocket which posed a "ballistic threat" during clashes over the weekend.
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria on Friday, drawing retaliatory missile fire, in the most serious incident between the two countries since the start of the Syrian war six years ago.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah ... more Riyadh (AFP) March 18, 2017Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile as camp toll rises  Tokyo (AFP) March 20, 2017Russia takes swipe at US missile defence in South Korea  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017Raytheon developing next-gen missile defense communications |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 17, 2017 
A recent NASA-funded study has shown how the hydrocarbon lakes and seas of Saturn's moon Titan might occasionally erupt with dramatic patches of bubbles. For the study, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, simulated the frigid surface conditions on Titan, finding that significant amounts of nitrogen can be dissolved in the extremely cold liquid methane that ra ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2017Cassini Sees Heat Below the Icy Surface of Enceladus  Paris, France (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Enceladus' south pole is warm under the frost  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 15, 2017Farewell to Mimas |
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 Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
The project received support from the Regional Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the competition for oriented interdisciplinary research in 2016. The results of the research were published in the journals Physics of the Solid State, Vacuum and Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism.
The authors of the project say that with the help of this techno ... more Paris, France (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Light-controlled gearbox for nanomachines  Akron OH (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Researchers develop new method to program nanoparticle organization in polymer thin films  Paris, France (SPX) Mar 15, 2017The world's first international race for molecule-cars, the Nanocar Race is on |
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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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 East Lansing, MI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 
Astronomers have found evidence for a star that whips around a black hole about twice an hour. This may be the tightest orbital dance ever witnessed for a black hole and a companion star. Michigan State University scientists were part of the team that made this discovery, which used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as NASA's NuSTAR and the Australia Telescope Compact Array.
The clo ... more New York NY (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Streamlining the measurement of phonon dispersion |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017 
The next rovers to explore another planet might bring along a scout. The Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, was inspired by origami. Its lightweight design is capable of flattening itself, tucking in its wheels and crawling into places rovers can't fit.
Over the past year and a half, PUFFER has been tested ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Toward Machines that Improve with Experience Boston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2017'Tree-on-a-chip' passively pumps water for days  Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Songs that make robots cry |
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 McLean VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
arlier this year there was an announcement that could usher in a new era for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the United States. The Northern Plains UAS Test Site in North Dakota became the first such facility authorized to conduct beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations for UAS.
By giving Northern Plains its stamp of approval, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is helping ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Heron 1 UAV becomes operational in Singapore  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Rakuten and AirMap announce joint venture to bring unmanned traffic management platform to Japan  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Progress Toward an Ability to Recover Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the Fly |
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