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  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 NASA researchers say they have passed a major milestone in their quest to mature more powerful tools for directly detecting and analyzing the atmospheres of giant planets outside the solar system - one of the observational goals of NASA's proposed Wide-Field Infrared Space Telescope, also known as WFIRST. In tests conducted at the High-Contrast Imaging Testbed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or JPL, in Pasadena, California - one of the world's most advanced testbeds of its kind - researchers ... read more |
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Juno Scientists Prepare for Seventh Science Pass of JupiterWashington DC (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its seventh science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Friday, Sept. 1, at 2:49 p.m. PDT (5:49 p.m. EDT and 21:49 UTC). At the time of perijove (defined a ... more  
Cassini's 21st dive is overPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2017 The heavens often seem vast and unchanging as seen from Earth, but movement in the skies is the norm. The relative motions of both Cassini and Enceladus over a 15-minute period create the movement s ... more 
To Pluto and beyondCincinnati, OH (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 NASA's successful mission to Pluto in 2015 was spurred by a graduate student with a big idea. Alan Stern was finishing his astrophysics degree at the University of Colorado Boulder in 1989 when he a ... more  
NASA's Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft to Slingshot Past EarthGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 NASA's asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security - Regolith Explorer), will pass about 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) abov ... more |
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Opportunity seeks energy-favorable locations to recharge during winterPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2017 Opportunity is exploring "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour crater as mission planners prepare to park the rover for a winter layover. Winter substainally constrains the energy ... more 
Ultraviolet Light May Be Ultra Important in Search for LifeBoston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2017 In everyday life, ultraviolet, or UV, light earns a bad reputation for being responsible for sunburns and other harmful effects on humans. However, research suggests that UV light may have played a ... more 
Hubble delivers first hints of possible water content of TRAPPIST-1 planetsMunich, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2017 An international team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to estimate whether there might be water on the seven earth-sized planets orbiting the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. The ... more 
Citizen scientists spot Martian 'spiders' in unexpected placesWashington (UPI) Aug 30, 2017 Bowie wasn't lying about Ziggy's bandmates - there are spiders from Mars. Sort of. ... more  
Roboteam receives orders for tactical robots(UPI) Aug 29, 2017 Maryland-headquartered Robot provider Roboteam Inc. reports it has received new orders for its Micro Tactical Ground Robot to support U.S. and international military missions. ... more  
Weightlessness affects health of cosmonauts at molecular levelMoscow, Russia (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 A team of scientists from Russia and Canada has analyzed the effect of space conditions on the protein composition in blood samples of 18 Russian cosmonauts. The results indicated many significant c ... more |
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 China, Russia to Have Smooth Space Cooperation, Says Expert  
Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into spaceBeijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017 China's Kuaizhou-11 solid-fuelled carrier rocket will send six satellites into space in its first mission, according to the rocket's developer and producer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp ... more 
X-ray footprinting solves mystery of metal-breathing proteinBerkeley CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 Scientists have discovered the details of an unconventional coupling between a bacterial protein and a mineral that allows the bacterium to breathe when oxygen is not available. The research, ... more 
Voice assistants promise a light-fingered futureBerlin (AFP) Sept 4, 2017 Tomorrow's digital interface may be even more revolutionary than the pinching, tapping and scrolling heralded by the smartphone: voice commands promise to unify and tame our digital lives. ... more 
New robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conductBoston MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 Just as drivers observe the rules of the road, most pedestrians follow certain social codes when navigating a hallway or a crowded thoroughfare: Keep to the right, pass on the left, maintain a respe ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 01, 2017  Opportunity is exploring "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour crater as mission planners prepare to park the rover for a winter layover.
Winter substainally constrains the energy levels of the rover, such that the program has been exercising the strategy of driving the rover from one energy-favorable "lily pad" to the next.
These lily pads are locations where the terrai ... moreWashington (UPI) Aug 30, 2017Citizen scientists spot Martian 'spiders' in unexpected places  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun  Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017Tributes to wetter times on Mars |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 22, 2017 
The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the science community in Europe to propose ideas for research that could be performed on the Deep Space Gateway, a crewed spaceship in lunar vicinity.
The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-Earth Orbit and out into the S ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
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NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its seventh science flyby over Jupiter's mysterious cloud tops on Friday, Sept. 1, at 2:49 p.m. PDT (5:49 p.m. EDT and 21:49 UTC). At the time of perijove (defined as the point in Juno's orbit when it is closest to the planet's center), the spacecraft will be about 2,200 miles (3,500 kilometers) above the planet's cloud tops.
Juno launched on Aug. 5, 2011, ... moreCincinnati, OH (SPX) Sep 04, 2017To Pluto and beyond  Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 17, 2017New Horizons Video Soars over Pluto's Majestic Mountains and Icy Plains  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2017Juno spots Jupiter's Great Red Spot |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2017 
In everyday life, ultraviolet, or UV, light earns a bad reputation for being responsible for sunburns and other harmful effects on humans. However, research suggests that UV light may have played a critical role in the emergence of life on Earth and could be a key for where to look for life elsewhere in the universe.
A new study by Sukrit Ranjan of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrop ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017NASA Team Passes Major Technological Milestone for Characterizing Exoplanets Munich, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2017Hubble delivers first hints of possible water content of TRAPPIST-1 planets Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017X-ray footprinting solves mystery of metal-breathing protein |
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The US Defense Department's technical and funding challenges will result in Pentagon using the Russian RD-180 rocket engines until mid-2020s which is longer than it had initially been expected, local media reported on Monday.
The US Wall Street Journal newspaper reported that the US Air Force and Pentagon leadership initially said that the replacement of the Russian engines with the US dom ... more Stennis Space Center MS (SPX) Sep 04, 2017NASA Concludes Summer of Testing with Fifth Flight Controller Hot Fire  Washington DC (UPI) Sep 4, 2017SpaceX tests first stage of 'world's most powerful rocket'  Port Vila, Vanuatu (SPX) Sep 05, 2017Kacific selects SpaceX to provide launch service |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 
China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN reported on Monday.
The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth re ... moreBeijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration  Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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NASA's asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security - Regolith Explorer), will pass about 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) above Earth just before 12:52 p.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 22. Using Earth as a slingshot, the spacecraft will receive an assist to complete its journey to the asteroid Bennu.
OSIRIS-REx is undertaking ... more Paris (ESA) Sep 01, 2017Close encounters of the stellar kind  Tucson AZ (SPX) Aug 31, 2017House-Sized Near-Earth Objects Rarer Than We Thought  Miami (AFP) Aug 30, 2017Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1 |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017 
The Department of Defense is investing $17 million in directed energy laser weapons, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., announced at the Boeing facility in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday.
"With our state's unique expertise in directed energy work, this funding will jump start the deployment of this critical technology and bring more high-paying jobs to the state," said Heinrich, a member of ... more Washington DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017'Eyes in space' and more powerful lasers will enhance US Army's arsenal  Washington (UPI) Jun 26, 2017Raytheon successfully fires high-energy laser from helicopter  Washington (UPI) Jun 14, 2017Missile Defense Agency seeks laser-armed drone |
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 Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017  South Korea and the United States will deploy more of the anti-missile defences hated by China in response to Sunday's nuclear test by North Korea, Seoul's defence ministry said Monday.
Two launchers of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system are already operational, but public concern about the possible environmental impact of the US system forced Seoul to suspend the install ... more Seoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017S. Korea launches missile drill after North's nuclear test  Washington (AFP) Sept 4, 2017US cites its nuclear capabilities in defense against N.Korea  Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne Providing Propulsion System Support to Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 05, 2017 
The heavens often seem vast and unchanging as seen from Earth, but movement in the skies is the norm. The relative motions of both Cassini and Enceladus over a 15-minute period create the movement seen in this movie sequence.
Cassini has monitored Enceladus (313 miles or 504 kilometers across) with a particular interest in the plumes and the geology of the south polar region for many years ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 30, 2017Saturn Plunge Nears for Cassini Spacecraft Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 28, 2017NASA Announces Cassini End-of-Mission Activities  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2017Cassini to begin final five orbits around Saturn |
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 Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 
When environmental and soil chemist Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began reading in 2014 that a new, two-dimensional material known as layered black phosphorous (BP) was gaining the attention of biomedical researchers for use in drug delivery systems and tumor photothermal therapy, he was both intrigued and concerned.
"I am not only a soil chemist, but an environme ... more Bethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017A more complete picture of the nano world  Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals  Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Carbon nanotubes worth their salt |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 
ESA this week helped to provide children with disabilities the opportunity to experience weightlessness and lunar gravity on aircraft flights.
Eight children from five ESA member states - UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy -boarded the converted Airbus A310 in Bordeaux, France on 24 August as part of the Kid's Weightless Dreams campaign organised by Novespace and Reves de Gosse.
... more Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe  Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation  Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Aug 29, 2017 
A team of astronomers has observed the magnetic field of a galaxy five billion light-years from Earth. The galaxy is the most distant in which a coherent magnetic field has been observed and provides important insight into how magnetism in the Universe formed and evolved.
The observation shows a magnetic field of a similar strength and configuration to that seen in our own Milky Way Galaxy ... more Iowa City IA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Researchers propose how the universe became filled with light  Albuquerque NM (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Black hole models contradicted by hands-on tests at Sandia's Z machine  Birmingham UK (SPX) Aug 24, 2017Scientists 'excited' by observations suggesting formation scenarios |
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 (UPI) Aug 29, 2017 
Maryland-headquartered Robot provider Roboteam Inc. reports it has received new orders for its Micro Tactical Ground Robot to support U.S. and international military missions.
The third-generation robot is an all-terrain system used for explosive ordnance disposal, and in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear material missions and HAZMAT operations.
Roboteam said the two ... moreBerlin (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Voice assistants promise a light-fingered future Boston MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017New robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conduct  Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Illinois researchers develop origami-inspired robot |
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 Washington (AFNS) Sep 01, 2017  The Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office is undergoing final launch preparations for the fifth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. The OTV is scheduled to launch on Sept. 7, 2017, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
The fifth OTV mission continues to advance the X-37B's performance and flexibility as a space technology demonstrator and host platform for experimental payloads. ... more Arusha, Tanzania (AFP) Aug 31, 2017TED: Phones and drones transforming healthcare  Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017Lockheed pairs drone with counter-UAS system  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control |
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