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Russian Space Research Institute Announces July 2020 Date for Mission to Mars![]() Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 10, 2017 According to the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute, the launch of the ExoMars-2020 mission, which will send a European rover to the red planet, is scheduled for July 24, 2020. The launch of the ExoMars-2020 mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is tentatively scheduled for July 24, 2020, head of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute (IKI) laboratory Daniil Rodionov told Sputnik. "The launch window is July 2020. The approximate ... read more |
Sensitivity to time improves performance at remotely controlling devicesRaleigh NC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 A new study from North Carolina State University finds that people who are more sensitive to the passage of time are better at accounting for the latency - or time lag - inherent in remotely control ... more
Asymmetric sound absorption lets in the lightWashington DC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 If you've ever lived in an apartment building or stayed in a hotel room, you are probably familiar with the inconvenience of inadequate sound absorption. Acoustic absorption refers to the absorption ... more
Moon Once Had an AtmosphereHouston TX (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 A new study shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion years ago, when intense volcanic eruptions spewed gases above the surface faster than they could escape to s ... more
Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of LifePasadena CA (JPL) Oct 09, 2017 The discovery of evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin of life on Earth. A recent international re ... more |
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ASU examines Mars' moon Phobos in a different lightTempe AZ (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 NASA's longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths. The Thermal Emission Imaging ... more
Are Self-Replicating Starships PracticalSydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 Science fiction has frequently considered self-replicating robots that travel across space, making copies of themselves as they spread throughout the galaxy. Such devices are formally known as "von ... more
New telescope attachment allows ground-based observations of new worldsUniversity Park, PA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017 A new, low-cost attachment to telescopes allows previously unachievable precision in ground-based observations of exoplanets - planets beyond our solar system. With the new attachment, ground-based ... more
Monitoring microbes to keep Marsonauts healthyWashington DC (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 To guarantee a safe environment for astronauts on long-duration space missions such as a journey to Mars, it is important to monitor how microorganisms such as bacteria adapt to the confined conditi ... more
A geochemist from MSU has assessed the oxidative environment inside asteroidsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 06, 2017 A postgraduate of the Faculty of Geology at Moscow State University working as a part of an international team has assessed the oxidative environment and its changes inside asteroids from the core t ... more
Biomarker Found In Space Complicates Search For Life On ExoplanetsParis (ESA) Oct 06, 2017 A molecule once thought to be a useful marker for life as we know it has been discovered around a young star and at a comet for the first time, suggesting these ingredients are inherited during the ... more |
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The Super-Earth that Came Home for DinnerPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2017 It might be lingering bashfully on the icy outer edges of our solar system, hiding in the dark, but subtly pulling strings behind the scenes: stretching out the orbits of distant bodies, perhaps eve ... more
Examining Mars' Moon Phobos in a Different LightPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2017 NASA's longest-lived mission to Mars has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths. The Thermal Emission Imaging Syste ... more
Another Chance to Put Your Name on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2017 When it lands on Mars in November of 2018, NASA's InSight lander will be carrying several science instruments - along with hundreds of thousands of names from members of the public. In 2015, n ... more
Telemedicine via satellite improves care at astronaut landingsParis (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 Tempus Pro, a portable vital-signs monitor offering telemedicine via satellite, is helping medics at ESA astronaut landings. Thomas Pesquet was the first to benefit at the end of his mission in May. ... more |
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Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 10, 2017
According to the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute, the launch of the ExoMars-2020 mission, which will send a European rover to the red planet, is scheduled for July 24, 2020.
The launch of the ExoMars-2020 mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is tentatively scheduled for July 24, 2020, head of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research In ... more Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 09, 2017ASU examines Mars' moon Phobos in a different light Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017Fresh Look at Old Data Yields Surprise Near Martian Equator Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2017Another Chance to Put Your Name on Mars |
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Houston TX (SPX) Oct 09, 2017
A new study shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion years ago, when intense volcanic eruptions spewed gases above the surface faster than they could escape to space. The study, supported by NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, was published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
When one looks up at the Moon, dark surfaces of vo ... more Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: report Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA Moscow (XNA) Sep 28, 2017Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space station |
Friedrichshafen, Germany (ESA) Oct 03, 2017
A long radar boom that will probe below the surface of Jupiter's icy moons has been tested on Earth with the help of a helicopter. ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is scheduled for launch in 2022, arriving seven years later.
JUICE will study Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere and vast magnetic fields, as well as the planet-sized moons Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. All three moons are ... more Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Solving the Mystery of Pluto's Giant Blades of Ice Irwindale CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names |
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Paris (ESA) Oct 06, 2017
A molecule once thought to be a useful marker for life as we know it has been discovered around a young star and at a comet for the first time, suggesting these ingredients are inherited during the planet-forming phase.
The discovery of methyl chloride was made by the ground-based Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, and by ESA's Rosetta spacecraft following Comet ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Are Self-Replicating Starships Practical University Park, PA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017New telescope attachment allows ground-based observations of new worlds Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 06, 2017The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner |
Sacramento CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2017
Aerojet Rocketdyne has entered into an agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop and ground test an innovative propulsion system under the agency's Advanced Full Range Engine (AFRE) program.
"Through the AFRE program, we aim to mature the design and component technologies and bring them together to conduct a full system-level Turbine Based Combined Cyc ... more Wallops Flight Facility VA (SPX) Oct 10, 2017ASPIRE Successfully Launches from NASA Wallops Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017Arianespace to launch COSMO-SkyMed satellites manufactured by Thales Wellington NZ (XNA) Sep 29, 2017New Zealand opens first rocket launch site |
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Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017
China launched three remote sensing satellites Friday on a Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The Yaogan-30 01 satellites will conduct electromagnetic probes and other experiments.
The launch is the 251st flight mission of the Long March rocket family.
span class="BDL">Source: a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com">Xin ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017UN official commends China's role in space cooperation Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab |
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Oct 06, 2017
A postgraduate of the Faculty of Geology at Moscow State University working as a part of an international team has assessed the oxidative environment and its changes inside asteroids from the core to the surface. This gives the authors of the study a better understanding of how the planets were formed. The paper was published in Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
Asteroids were formed by a ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Team led by UCLA astrophysicist observes primitive comet 2 billion kilometres from the sun Riga, Latvia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Studies of 'Crater Capital' in the Baltics Show Impactful History Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2017Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta |
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Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine-month, $9.4 million contract to develop a Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile interceptor concept, the agency announced Oct. 5.
"Our Low Power Laser Demonstrator concept puts advanced beam control systems and a fiber laser on a high-performance, high-altitude platform to maximize risk reduction value over the demonstrat ... more White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Upgraded Lockheed Martin Laser Outguns Threat in Half the Time Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2017ATHENA laser testbed system successfully shoots down drones Washington (UPI) Aug 24, 2017DOD to invest $17M on laser weapons research in New Mexico |
Washington (AFP) Oct 6, 2017
The US government has approved the sale to Saudi Arabia of the advanced Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system for $15 billion, the State Department said Friday.
"This sale furthers US national security and foreign policy interests, and supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Iranian and other regional threats," a stateme ... more Sydney (AFP) Oct 3, 2017Australia's new frigates to feature long-range missile defence system Dallas TX (SPX) Sep 26, 2017PAC-3 MSE Test Successful from Remote Launcher Riyadh (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile |
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Tampa FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017
After 20 years in space, NASA's famed Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge into Saturn on Friday, ending a storied mission that scientists say taught us nearly everything we know about Saturn today and transformed the way we think about life elsewhere in the solar system.
Cassini, an international project that cost $3.9 billion and included scientists from 27 nations, disintegrat ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Cassini Spacecraft Demise Is Bittersweet for PSI's Hansen Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion guides Cassini to its Grand Finale at Saturn Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2017CU Boulder Scientists Ready for Cassini Mission to Saturn Grand Finale |
Atlanta GA (SPX) Oct 09, 2017
Using a simple layer-by-layer coating technique, researchers from the U.S. and Korea have developed a paper-based flexible supercapacitor that could be used to help power wearable devices. The device uses metallic nanoparticles to coat cellulose fibers in the paper, creating supercapacitor electrodes with high energy and power densities - and the best performance so far in a textile-based superc ... more Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Tungsten offers nano-interconnects a path of least resistance Houston TX (SPX) Oct 05, 2017Nanoscale islands dot light-driven catalyst Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Nanoparticle supersoap creates 'bijel' with potential as sculptable fluid |
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University Park, PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017
For the first time, three detectors have tracked the gravitational waves emitted by a merger of two black holes - a critical new capability that allows scientists to more closely locate a gravitational wave's birthplace in space. Gravitational waves are ripples in space and time created when two massive, compact objects such as black holes merge. A paper about the new gravitational wave, known a ... more Oxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Gravitational twists help theoretical physicists shed light on quantum complexity London, UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017British Technology at Heart of Gravitational Wave Discovery Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Three Ears Listen Even More Accurately Than Two |
Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017
The idea that all of human existence might simply be a computer simulation - most recently popularized by Elon Musk - has captivated the minds of millions of computer chair philosophers and college stoners.
But new research by a pair of theoretical physicists suggests it is simply not possible to build a computer big enough to run such a massive simulation.
Zohar Ringel and Dmi ... more Providence RI (SPX) Oct 09, 2017What Earth's climate system and topological insulators have in common London, UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2017Electron behavior under extreme conditions described for the first time Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Oct 09, 2017What can be discovered at the junction of physics and chemistry? |
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Raleigh NC (SPX) Oct 09, 2017
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that people who are more sensitive to the passage of time are better at accounting for the latency - or time lag - inherent in remotely controlling robots or other tools.
"There are many situations, from bomb disposal to remote surgeries, in which people want to remotely control devices," says Federico Scholcover, a Ph.D. student at NC ... more Washington (AFP) Oct 5, 2017Mattel scraps plan for digital assistant for kids Hong Kong (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Servosila introduces Mobile Robots equipped with Software Defined Radio payloads Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2017DeepMind forms ethics unit for AI; Google unveils $49 mini assistant |
Washington (UPI) Oct 4, 2017
U.S Marines have tested small 3D-printed drones to demonstrate their flexibility and usefulness to troops in the field.
The testing of the additive-manufactured vehicles, supplied by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, took place late last month at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
"At this point we are focusing on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions," Eric Spero, ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 5, 2017Boeing to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Washington (UPI) Oct 10, 2017New long range drones expected in 2018 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017BAE Systems, Cranfield University envision dual-mode UAVs |
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