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  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 Mars' organic carbon may have originated from a series of electrochemical reactions between briny liquids and volcanic minerals, according to new analyses of three Martian meteorites from a team led by Carnegie's Andrew Steele published in Science Advances. The group's analysis of a trio of Martian meteorites that fell to Earth - Tissint, Nakhla, and NWA 1950 - showed that they contain an inventory of organic carbon that is remarkably consistent with the organic carbon compounds detected by the Ma ... read more |
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Five things to know about InSight's Mars landingPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 01, 2018 Every Mars landing is a knuckle-whitening feat of engineering. But each attempt has its own quirks based on where a spacecraft is going and what kind of science the mission intends to gather. ... more  
Astroscale secures new funding for LEO debris clean up conceptSingapore (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 Astroscale has obtained additional funding of US $50 million from a group of investors led by INCJ Ltd. (INCJ), and including funds operated by SBI Investment Co., Ltd.(SBII) and Mitsubishi Estate C ... more  
OSIRIS-REx captures 'super-resolution' view of BennuTucson AZ (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 This "super-resolution" view of asteroid Bennu was created using eight images obtained by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Oct. 29, 2018, from a distance of about 205 miles (330 km). The spacec ... more 
NASA launches a new podcast to MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 31, 2018 NASA has a new mission to Mars, and it's taking podcast listeners along for the ride. Launching this week, the eight-episode series "On a Mission" follows the InSight lander as it travels hund ... more |
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OSIRIS-REx executes third asteroid approach maneuverGreenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has executed its third Asteroid Approach Maneuver (AAM-3). The trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) thrusters fired in a series of two braking maneuvers designed to slow ... more 
FEFU astrophysicists studied asteroid 3200 PhaetonVladivostok, Russia (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 Polarimetric investigation of a near-Earth asteroid Phaethon was carried out in December 2017 on its closest approach to the Earth. The study was conducted in collaboration with scientists from the ... more 
Third ASPIRE test confirms Mars 2020 parachute a goWallops Island, VA (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 In the early hours of Sept. 7, NASA broke a world record. Less than 2 minutes after the launch of a 58-foot-tall (17.7-meter) Black Brant IX sounding rocket, a payload separated and began its dive b ... more 
The surprising coincidence between two overarchieving NASA missionsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 Two vastly different NASA spacecraft are about to run out of fuel: The Kepler spacecraft, which spent nine years in deep space collecting data that detected thousands of planets orbiting stars outsi ... more  
India successfully conducts crucial test of Moon landerNew Delhi (Sputnik) Oct 29, 2018 The test demonstrated the capability of the navigation, guidance and control system of the lander to meet the mission requirement of a safe, soft and precise landing on the lunar surface by steering ... more |
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Shape-shifting robots perceive surroundings, make decisions for first timeIthaca NY (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 General-purpose robots have plenty of limitations. They can be expensive and cumbersome. They often accomplish only a single type of task. But modular robots - composed of several interchangea ... more  |
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NASA researchers teach machines to "see"Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 Your credit card company contacts you asking if you've purchased something from a retailer you don't normally patronize or spent more than usual. A human didn't identify the atypical transaction. A ... more  
Sci-Fi inspired tractor beam helps researchers boldly go where none have gone beforeAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 30, 2018 A light driven energy trap similar to tractor beams used to capture spaceships in science fiction movies such as Star Trek and Star Wars has been developed by researchers in South Australia. T ... more 
Humans help robots learn tasksStanford CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 In the basement of the Gates Computer Science Building at Stanford University, a screen attached to a red robotic arm lights up. A pair of cartoon eyes blinks. "Meet Bender," says Ajay Mandlekar, Ph ... more  
How hibernators could help humans treat illness, conserve energy and get to MarsNew Orleans LA (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 Researchers gathered Friday to discuss the potential for hibernation and the related process, torpor, to aid human health in spaceflight at the American Physiological Society's (APS) Comparative Phy ... more 
Desert test drive for Mars rover controlled from 1,000 miles awayLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 29, 2018 A UK-built Mars rover was taken for a test drive in Spain's Tabernas Desert this week, under remote control from the Harwell Space Cluster in Oxfordshire - 1,000 miles away. The ExoFiT Mars ro ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 31, 2018 
NASA has a new mission to Mars, and it's taking podcast listeners along for the ride.
Launching this week, the eight-episode series "On a Mission" follows the InSight lander as it travels hundreds of millions of miles and attempts to land on Mars on Nov. 26. "On a Mission" will be the first JPL podcast to track a mission during flight, through interviews with the InSight team at NASA's Jet ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Oct 31, 2018  Talk about a pack rat: thousands of things that Neil Armstrong saved over the course of a career that saw him become the first man to walk on the moon will be auctioned off this week.
Nobody really knew the extent of the stuff Armstrong amassed during his 82 years on earth, not even the children of the man who made history with his feat on July 20, 1969. Some of the mementos are from his spa ... more |
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 San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 25, 2018 
A Southwest Research Institute team using internal research funds has made several discoveries that expand the range and value of a future Pluto orbiter mission. The breakthroughs define a fuel-saving orbital tour and demonstrate that an orbiter can continue exploration in the Kuiper Belt after surveying Pluto. These and other results from the study will be reported this week at a workshop on fu ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
After nine years in deep space collecting data that indicate our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets - more planets even than stars - NASA's Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. NASA has decided to retire the spacecraft within its current, safe orbit, away from Earth. Kepler leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outsi ... more |
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 Huntington Beach CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
US orbital launch provider Rocket Lab has confirmed the launch window for the upcoming 'It's Business Time' mission. The nine-day launch window will open from 11 to 19 November (NZDT), with daily launch opportunities between 16:00 - 20:00 NZDT (03:00 - 07:00 UTC).
The Electron launch vehicle is on site at Launch Complex 1 undergoing final pre-launch checkouts, following a final successful ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 24, 2018 
When German scientists were conducting micro-gravity experiments on China's recoverable satellite in the 1980s, Chinese space engineer Tang Bochang was busy solving technical problems, while carefully keeping Chinese secrets.
Tang joined the China Academy of Space Technology in 1970, the same year China launched its first satellite. He has participated in the development of returnable sate ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
This "super-resolution" view of asteroid Bennu was created using eight images obtained by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Oct. 29, 2018, from a distance of about 205 miles (330 km).
The spacecraft was moving as it captured the images with the PolyCam camera, and Bennu rotated 1.2 degrees during the nearly one minute that elapsed between the first and the last snapshot.
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a nine month, $25.5 million contract extension to continue development of its Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) missile interceptor concept. This program, awarded Aug. 31, builds on a 2017 contract to develop an initial LPLD concept.
Lockheed Martin's LPLD concept consists of a fiber laser system on a high-performing, high-altitude airbo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 29, 2018 
Raytheon's Standard Missile-3 Block IIA variant anti-ballistic missile system completed a second round of successful tests for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency.
Crew members on the USS John Finn on Friday launched the SM-3 Block IIA missile to successfully destroy a a land-launched target that resembled a ballistics missile.
The target missile was launched from the Pacifi ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Oct 25, 2018 
Mysterious straight bright stripes have been discovered on Saturn's moon Dione, says research by Planetary Science Institute Associate Research Scientist Alex Patthoff.
The origins of these linear virgae (virgae meaning a stripe or streak of color) are most likely caused by the draping of surface materials like material from Saturn's rings, passing comets, or co-orbital moons Helene and Po ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
Applied research is not always initiated by industry - but oftentimes it yields results that can swiftly be implemented by companies. A prime example can be seen on the Empa campus in Thun: Tiny watch springs are on display at the Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures. These springs - the beating heart of every mechanical clock - are not your usual components. They are not mad ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 24, 2018 
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will enable astrophysicists to observe gravitational waves emitted by black holes as they collide with or capture other black holes. LISA will consist of three spacecraft orbiting the sun in a constant triangle formation.
Gravitational waves passing through will distort the sides of the triangle slightly, and these minimal distortions can be de ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
ESO's exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further evidence to the long-standing assumption that a supermassive black hole lurks in the centre of the Milky Way. New observations show clumps of gas swirling around at about 30% of the speed of light on a circular orbit just outside its event horizon - the first time material has been observed orbiting close to the point of no return, ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Nov 01, 2018 
General-purpose robots have plenty of limitations. They can be expensive and cumbersome. They often accomplish only a single type of task.
But modular robots - composed of several interchangeable parts, or modules - are far more flexible. If one part breaks, it can be removed and replaced. Components can be rearranged as needed - or better yet, the robots can figure out how to reconfigure ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 31, 2018 
An S-76B commercial helicopter flew over a small crowd gathered at Fort Eustis, Virginia, landed in an adjacent field after adjusting to miss a vehicle, and rose up to hover perfectly motionless for several minutes. The mid-October demonstration was remarkable because the pilot carried out the maneuvers using supervised autonomy in an aircraft equipped with DARPA's Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Autom ... more |
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