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  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 To answer significant questions about planetary systems, such as whether our solar system is a rare phenomenon or if life exists on planets other than Earth, NASA should lead a large direct imaging mission - an advanced space telescope - capable of studying Earth-like exoplanets orbiting stars similar to the Sun, says a new congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The study of exoplanets - planets outside our solar system that orbit a star - ... read more |
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Asteroid-Deflection Mission Passes Key Development MilestoneLaurel MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 The first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense has moved into the final design and assembly phase, following NASA's approval on Aug. 16. The Doubl ... more  
Tally Ho UltimaLaurel MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 More than 12 years after launch, New Horizons continues to be healthy, perform well, and speed across the outer solar system at a clip of nearly 1 million miles per day! Since I last wrote, ea ... more 
Rutgers scientists identify protein that may have existed when life beganNew Brunswick NJ (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 How did life arise on Earth? Rutgers researchers have found among the first and perhaps only hard evidence that simple protein catalysts - essential for cells, the building blocks of life, to functi ... more  
Saturn's Famous Hexagon May Tower Above the CloudsParis (ESA) Sep 05, 2018 The long-lived international Cassini mission has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn's northern pole as it nears summertime: a warming, high-altitude vortex with a hexagonal shape, akin ... more |
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If military robot falls, it can get itself upAberdeen Proving Ground, MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have developed software to ensure that if a robot falls, it can get itself back up, meanin ... more  
US Geological Survey Hopes to Begin Prospecting for Space Mines SoonWashington DC (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2018 The US Geological Survey is looking to expand its scope beyond the United States and into the cosmos, applying its understanding of geology to the search for ? and collection of ? valuable mineral r ... more 
Little star sheds light on young planetsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 05, 2018 Astronomers from the Department of Physics at the University of Tokyo discovered a dense disk of material around a young star, which may be a precursor to a planetary system. Their research could va ... more  
Mars dust storm clears, raising hope for stalled NASA roverTampa (AFP) Aug 31, 2018 One of the biggest Martian dust storms on record is clearing up after nearly three months, raising hope that NASA's stranded, solar-powered robotic vehicle, Opportunity, will soon come back to life. ... more 
Water worlds could support life, study saysChicago IL (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, opening up the possibility that water worlds could be habitable, according to a new pap ... more |
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NASA Launching Mars Lander Parachute Test from Wallops Sep 7Wallops Island, VA (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 NASA will conduct the third in a series of parachute tests for possible future missions to Mars during the flight of a Terrier-Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket in the morning on Sep. 7, 201 ... more  
Chilled And Checked, Shaken And Not StirredParis (ESA) Sep 03, 2018 This summer, the CHEOPS satellite breezed through thermal tests in France and vibration tests in Switzerland, demonstrating that it is ready to operate in the extreme cold of space and also fit to w ... more  
Bepicolombo Science Orbiters Stacked TogetherParis (ESA) Sep 03, 2018 The two science orbiters of the joint ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission are connected in their launch configuration and the European science orbiter and transport module have been given the go-ahead to b ... more 
Team Continues to Listen for OpportunityPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 03, 2018 No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018). The dust storm on Mars continues its decay with atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site decreasing. It is expect ... more 
Opportunity rover expected to call home as Martian dust storm clearsWashington (UPI) Aug 31, 2018 The weeks-long Martian dust storm is waning, and Opportunity rover can finally see clearly. NASA scientists think the rover will soon receive enough sunlight to recharge its batteries and resume its science mission. ... more |
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NASA's InSight has a thermometer for MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 31, 2018 Ambitious climbers, forget Mt. Everest. Dream about Mars. The Red Planet has some of the tallest mountains in the solar system. They include Olympus Mons, a volcano nearly three times the height of ... more |
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New Horizons makes first detection of Kuiper Belt flyby targetLaurel MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 Mission team members were thrilled - if not a little surprised - that New Horizons' telescopic Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) was able to see the small, dim object while still more than 10 ... more 
Deep inside the Great Red Spot hints at water on JupiterGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 For centuries, scientists have worked to understand the makeup of Jupiter. It's no wonder: this mysterious planet is the biggest one in our solar system by far, and chemically, the closest relative ... more 
Maxar's SSL selected by NASA to explore commercial satellite assembly and manufacturing in LEOPalo Alto CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 SSL, a Maxar Technologies company reports it has been selected by NASA to perform a study exploring the use of commercial habitats in space as satellite manufacturing facilities. In support of ... more 
Water discovered in the Great Red Spot indicates Jupiter might have plenty moreClemson SC (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 On Dec. 7, 1995, NASA's historic Galileo probe plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere at 106,000 mph, relaying 58 minutes of data back to Earth before it was pulverized in the depths of the enormous plan ... more 
Hubble observes energetic light show at Saturn's north poleWashington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 Astronomers using the Hubble Space telescope have taken a series of images featuring the fluttering auroras at the north pole of Saturn. The observations were taken in ultraviolet light and the resu ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 03, 2018 
No signal from Opportunity has been heard since Sol 5111 (June 10, 2018). The dust storm on Mars continues its decay with atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover site decreasing.
It is expected that Opportunity has experienced a low-power fault and perhaps, a mission clock fault and then, an up-loss timer fault.
The project is continuing to listen for the rover either during the exp ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 05, 2018 
The US Geological Survey is looking to expand its scope beyond the United States and into the cosmos, applying its understanding of geology to the search for ? and collection of ? valuable mineral resources from moons, asteroids, comets and planets in outer space.
The Colorado School of Mines, which offers one of the coolest sounding university degree tracks ever - the Space Resources Prog ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 
More than 12 years after launch, New Horizons continues to be healthy, perform well, and speed across the outer solar system at a clip of nearly 1 million miles per day!
Since I last wrote, earlier this year, our flight team has been incredibly busy operating our spacecraft and planning for our next flyby. That work includes conducting mission simulations and preparing contingency plans fo ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 
To answer significant questions about planetary systems, such as whether our solar system is a rare phenomenon or if life exists on planets other than Earth, NASA should lead a large direct imaging mission - an advanced space telescope - capable of studying Earth-like exoplanets orbiting stars similar to the Sun, says a new congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, E ... more |
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 Kodiak, AK (SPX) Sep 06, 2018 
Alaska Aerospace is hosting an Open House at the Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska (PSCA) on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm to celebrate twenty years of launch activities. The public is invited to visit the site, where Alaska Aerospace staff will be providing tours of the spaceport facilities.
"In commemoration of twenty years of launch activity from our spaceport ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 05, 2018 
The long-lived international Cassini mission has revealed a surprising feature emerging at Saturn's northern pole as it nears summertime: a warming, high-altitude vortex with a hexagonal shape, akin to the famous hexagon seen deeper down in Saturn's clouds. This suggests that the lower-altitude hexagon may influence what happens up above, and that it could be a towering structure spanning hundre ... more |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 04, 2018 
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic "building blocks" from which stable structures formed.
The findings, reported in Nature Communications, provide insights that may improve design of 2D materials for fast-charging energy-storage and electronic devices.
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