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  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2020 Following a series of critical contract awards and hardware milestones, NASA has shared an update on its Artemis program, including the latest Phase 1 plans to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024. In the 18 months since NASA accepted a bold challenge to accelerate its exploration plans by more than four years and establish sustainable exploration by the end of the decade, the agency has continued to gain momentum toward sending humans to the Moon again for the ... read more |
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OSIRIS-REx finds possible pieces of Vesta on BennuGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 22, 2020 In an interplanetary faux pas, it appears some pieces of asteroid Vesta ended up on asteroid Bennu, according to observations from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The new result sheds light on the int ... more 
Ryugu's rocky past laid bareTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 22, 2020 The asteroid Ryugu may look like a solid piece of rock, but it's more accurate to liken it to an orbiting pile of rubble. Given the relative fragility of this collection of loosely bound boulders, r ... more  
China's Mars probe completes second orbital correctionBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2020 China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 on Sunday successfully carried out its second orbital correction, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The probe conducted the orbital corr ... more  
JPL meets unique challenge, delivers radar hardware for Jupiter MissionPasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2020 Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory met a significant milestone recently by delivering key elements of an ice-penetrating radar instrument for an ESA (European Space Agency) mission to exp ... more |
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China's new carrier rocket available for public viewShanghai (XNA) Sep 18, 2020 Spacecraft enthusiasts can catch a glimpse of a newly developed commercial Chinese rocket at the ongoing China International Industry Fair in Shanghai. The medium-sized carrier rocket was deve ... more 
Mission set to collect sample from asteroidFuzhou (XNA) Sep 21, 2020 China intends to carry out a mission to collect a sample from the smallest and closest "quasi-satellite" to Earth around 2025, said a key figure in the country's deep-space exploration program. ... more  
SwRI scientist searches for stellar phosphorus to find potentially habitable exoplanetsSan Antonio TX (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 A Southwest Research Institute scientist has identified stellar phosphorus as a probable marker in narrowing the search for life in the cosmos. She has developed techniques to identify stars likely ... more 
A white dwarf's surprise planetary companionWashington DC (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 For the first time, an intact, giant exoplanet has been discovered orbiting close to a white dwarf star. This discovery shows that it is possible for Jupiter-sized planets to survive their star's de ... more 
Industry starts work on Europe's Hera planetary defence missionParis (ESA) Sep 16, 2020 ESA awarded a 129.4 million euro contract covering the detailed design, manufacturing and testing of Hera, the Agency's first mission for planetary defence. This ambitious mission will be Europe's c ... more |
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DoD to start live fighter trials with AI pilots by 2024, Esper saysWashington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2020 The Pentagon plans to conduct live trials pitting tactical aircraft controlled by artificial intelligence against human pilots, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday. ... more  |
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Meteorite study calls into doubt a popular theory about the early solar systemTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 Around 4 billion years ago, the solar system was far less hospitable than we find it now. Many of the large bodies we know and love were present, but probably looked considerably different, especial ... more 
NASA missions spy first possible survivor planet hugging white dwarf starGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 An international team of astronomers using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope has reported what may be the first intact planet found closely orbi ... more 
Device could help detect signs of extraterrestrial lifeWashington DC (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 Although Earth is uniquely situated in the solar system to support creatures that call it home, different forms of life could have once existed, or might still exist, on other planets. But finding t ... more  
"Mighty Mice" in space could lead to new therapies for muscle and bone loss on EarthKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Sep 11, 2020 Findings from the "Mighty Mice" investigation on the International Space Station (ISS) may help "save the day" both for earthbound patients with muscle and bone loss as well as astronauts on prolong ... more 
Teams demonstrate swarm tactics in fourth major OFFSET Field ExperimentWashington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 Two Swarm Systems Integrators - Northrop Grumman Mission Systems and Raytheon BBN Technologies - are creating swarm systems architectures, advanced interfaces, and virtual and physical swarm testbed ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2020 
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 on Sunday successfully carried out its second orbital correction, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA).
The probe conducted the orbital correction at 11 p.m. on Sunday (Beijing Time) after four of its 120N engines were in operation for 20 seconds. The performance of the 120N engines was tested simultaneously.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2020 
Following a series of critical contract awards and hardware milestones, NASA has shared an update on its Artemis program, including the latest Phase 1 plans to land the first woman and the next man on the surface of the Moon in 2024.
In the 18 months since NASA accepted a bold challenge to accelerate its exploration plans by more than four years and establish sustainable exploration by the ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 22, 2020 
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory met a significant milestone recently by delivering key elements of an ice-penetrating radar instrument for an ESA (European Space Agency) mission to explore Jupiter and its three large icy moons.
While following the laboratory's stringent COVID-19 Safe-at-Work precautions, JPL teams managed to build and ship the receiver, transmitter, and elect ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 
For the first time, an intact, giant exoplanet has been discovered orbiting close to a white dwarf star. This discovery shows that it is possible for Jupiter-sized planets to survive their star's demise and settle into close orbits around the remaining stellar ember, near the habitable zone. This foretells one possible future for our own Solar System when the Sun ages into a white dwarf.
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2020 
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has delivered a design concept of a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) reactor to power future astronaut missions to Mars for a NASA-funded study. The study, managed by Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA), explored a design space defined by key performance parameters as well as figures of merit.
The GA-EMS design exceeded the key performance ... more |
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 Shanghai (XNA) Sep 18, 2020 
Spacecraft enthusiasts can catch a glimpse of a newly developed commercial Chinese rocket at the ongoing China International Industry Fair in Shanghai.
The medium-sized carrier rocket was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology affiliated to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. It is 59 meters long, with a take-off thrust of about 500 tonnes and a tak ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 
Around 4 billion years ago, the solar system was far less hospitable than we find it now. Many of the large bodies we know and love were present, but probably looked considerably different, especially the Earth.
We know from a range of sources, including ancient meteorites and planetary geology, that around this time there were vastly more collisions between, and impacts from, asteroids or ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 11, 2020 
The Army is evaluating new air and missile defense systems - and testing laser weapons - after postponing some tests due to COVID-19.
Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment and 3rd Bn., 6th Air Defense Artillery Air Missile Defense Test Detachment are involved in a limited user test of the Integrated Battle Command System that began in early July, accordi ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 
As part of the U.S. Space Force's effort to build a more flexible, resilient and survivable missile early warning system, while also reducing long-term sustainment and operations costs, control of our nation's advanced infrared surveillance satellites will soon be integrated via the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution (FORGE) onto the next-generation ground system, the Government-own ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 
Volcano-like features seen in polar regions of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft could be evidence of explosive eruptions that may continue today, according to a new paper by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Charles A. Wood and coauthor Jani Radebaugh of Brigham Young University.
Morphological features such as nested collapses, elevated ramparts, halos, and islan ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage.
Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Sep 21, 2020 
China plans to launch Taiji-2, a satellite to conduct in-orbit experiments on key technologies related to space-based gravitational wave detection, before 2024, Wu Yueliang, chief scientist of the Taiji program, said on Friday.
Taiji-1, China's first satellite in the program, was launched in August 2019 and has been performing well in orbit, said Wu, an academician of the Chinese Academy o ... more |
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 Mumbai, India (SPX) Sep 22, 2020 
An international team of astrophysicists has found distinctive signatures of black hole event horizon, unmistakably separating them from neutron stars - objects, comparable to black holes in mass and size but confined within a hard surface. This is by far the strongest steady signature of stellar-mass black holes to date.
The team consisting of Mr. Srimanta Banerjee and Professor Sudip Bha ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 10, 2020 
The Pentagon plans to conduct live trials pitting tactical aircraft controlled by artificial intelligence against human pilots, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday.
He also said the United States' AI will be governed by ethics that power rivals like Russia and China lack, and will coordinate AI strategy with nearly a dozen democratic allies in a new partnership.
The comme ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2020 
France is confident that a deal on developing a joint European military drone project will be signed this year, after the conclusion of tough price negotiations with manufacturers, the defence ministry said Wednesday.
"A few small details" still need to be worked out, but "we're rather optimistic about this project," an official in Defence Minister Florence Parly's office said.
The Eurod ... more |
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