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  Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate is seeking partners to design and inform the capabilities of the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS) satellite, to provide space domain awareness beyond Geosynchronous orbit, in the region of the moon that is experiencing increasing activity. A draft Request for Proposals was posted last week, on the NSTXL.org website, and companies who are part of the Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC) are encouraged to submit ideas by the de ... read more |
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China's Tianzhou-2 cargo craft leaves space station core moduleBeijing (XNA) Mar 28, 2022 China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 separated from the core module of the country's space station Sunday afternoon, announced the China Manned Space Agency. At 3:59 pm Beijing Time, Tianzhou-2 ... more  
Turning astronaut waste into fuel on MarsParis (ESA) Mar 25, 2022 To survive on Mars will mean maximising use of all available resources. A team from Spanish technological centre Tekniker is working on a system that uses sunlight to produce fuel from astronaut was ... more 
Sols 3422-3423 Studying the Silly PlacePasadena CA (JPL) Mar 25, 2022 No, Silly Place hasn't become a new place name, but I totally agree with Ryan, who was yesterday's blogger, that this is not our usual terrain. Would I want to go for a hike there, if I could? Sure, ... more 
China releases images of Martian dust taken by Tianwen-1 orbiterBeijing (XNA) Mar 25, 2022 China's Tianwen-1 orbiter has beamed back high-resolution images of Mars, showing dust storms on the surface of the planet. Released by the China National Space Administration on Thursday, the ... more |
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NASA provides update to astronaut moon lander plans under ArtemisWashington DC (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 As NASA makes strides to return humans to the lunar surface under Artemis, the agency announced plans Wednesday to create additional opportunities for commercial companies to develop an astronaut Mo ... more  
Chaos terrains on Europa could be shuttling oxygen to oceanAustin TX (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be transporting oxygen into an ice-covered ocean of liquid water where it could potentially help sustain alien life, according to a tea ... more  
Handheld surgical robot can help stem fatal blood lossBoston MA (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 After a traumatic accident, there is a small window of time when medical professionals can apply lifesaving treatment to victims with severe internal bleeding. Delivering this type of care is comple ... more  
Ryugu be a remnant of an extinct cometNagoya, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 Asteroids hold many clues about the formation and evolution of planets and their satellites. Understanding their history can, therefore, reveal much about our solar system. While observations made f ... more |
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On icy moon Enceladus, expansion cracks let inner ocean boil outDavis UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 In 2006, the Cassini spacecraft recorded geyser curtains shooting forth from "tiger stripe" fissures near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus - sometimes as much as 200 kilograms of water per ... more 
Lunar scientists and engineers design Moon cave explorerParis (ESA) Mar 17, 2022 Lunar caves are not only a geologically pristine record of the Moon's history, but they could also provide a safe home for future human explorers. Building upon ESA Discovery's OSIP call and SysNova ... more  
Launching robots into lunar cavesLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 A hundred meters below the surface of the moon lie caves untouched by humans. They were discovered about ten years ago, but space agencies want to send robots to investigate these mysterious cavitie ... more 
Mars helicopter Ingenuity completes 22nd flightWashington DC (UPI) Mar 22, 2021 NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed its 22nd flight over the weekend, the space agency announced. ... more |
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Drilling into Mars with LasersPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2022 Perseverance is adding a pop of color to Mars' regular repertoire: purple. The color palette of Mars' surface is one of muted hues. Burnt orange tones reflect the iron-bearing minerals that have rus ... more 
Sol 3421: Close Encounter with a "Gator"Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2022 Curiosity is investigating the different surface expressions of the Greenheugh pediment, and the weekend drive put the rover right next to some "gator-back terrain" - some evenly spaced ridges with ... more 
Characteristics of Apophis, the asteroid that will approach Earth in 2029Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 The study, in which the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Estatal Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (Julio de Mesquita Filho Paulista State University) (UNESP) of Brazil are ... more  
NASA confirms more than 5,000 planets outside the solar systemWashington DC (UPI) Mar 22, 2021 The total number of confirmed planets in the universe ticked past 5,000 this week with the addition of 65 exoplanets, NASA says. ... more 
Scientists unlock mystery rooted in the deepest past of evolutionOttawa, Canada (SPX) Mar 19, 2022 For decades, scientists have been trying to unravel an enduring mystery of structural biology: Why do two otherwise identical protein forms found in everything from plants, amphibians and human bein ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 19, 2022 
The rover's self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before it - and it's doing so using artificial intelligence. On the path ahead are sandpits, craters, and fields of sharp rocks that the rover ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
As NASA makes strides to return humans to the lunar surface under Artemis, the agency announced plans Wednesday to create additional opportunities for commercial companies to develop an astronaut Moon lander.
Under this new approach, NASA is asking American companies to propose lander concepts capable of ferrying astronauts between lunar orbit and the lunar surface for missions beyond Arte ... more |
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 Austin TX (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be transporting oxygen into an ice-covered ocean of liquid water where it could potentially help sustain alien life, according to a team of researchers led by The University of Texas at Austin.
This theory has been proposed by others, but the researchers put it to the test by building the world's first physics-based computer si ... more |
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 Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Mar 19, 2022 
For decades, scientists have been trying to unravel an enduring mystery of structural biology: Why do two otherwise identical protein forms found in everything from plants, amphibians and human beings hang onto a slight variation across the mighty span of evolution?
It's a puzzle rooted in the deepest past. But now, the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine and Yale University colleag ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 25, 2021  Axiom Space, a private space company, expects to send the first all-private crew to the International Space Station as early as April 3 pending weather conditions and other scheduling concerns, NASA officials said Friday.
The Ax-1 mission passed its flight readiness review, representatives from NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX - which is providing a Falcon 9 rocket to launch the mission -- ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 28, 2022 
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2 separated from the core module of the country's space station Sunday afternoon, announced the China Manned Space Agency.
At 3:59 pm Beijing Time, Tianzhou-2 left the core module of the Tiangong space station after completing all of its scheduled tasks, said the agency.
During its operation in orbit, Tianzhou-2 carried out a series of extended appli ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 
The study, in which the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Estatal Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho (Julio de Mesquita Filho Paulista State University) (UNESP) of Brazil are participating, analyses the surface and dynamics of Apophis, an asteroid that will pass close to Earth in 2029.
The Apophis asteroid was discovered in 2004 and has been monitored since then due ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate hosted a collaborative wargame with its sister AFRL unit, the Munitions Directorate, at Kirtland AFB, Jan. 24-28, 2022. The Directed Energy and Kinetic Energy Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment, or DEKE DEUCE, explored synergies between directed energy and kinetic concepts in the future battlespace.
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 Berlin (AFP) March 27, 2022 
Germany is looking at buying an Israeli anti-missile shield system that could also offer protective cover for neighbouring EU states, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday.
"I can reveal to you that that is certainly among the things that we are discussing, and for good reasons," Scholz told state television channel ARD.
The chancellor's comments confirmed earlier statements from German par ... more |
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 Davis UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2022 
In 2006, the Cassini spacecraft recorded geyser curtains shooting forth from "tiger stripe" fissures near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus - sometimes as much as 200 kilograms of water per second. A new study suggests how expanding ice during millennia-long cooling cycles could sometimes crack the moon's icy shell and let its inner ocean out, providing a possible explanation for the gey ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Nanoparticles (which have sizes ranging between 3-500 nm), and sub-nanoclusters (which are around 1 nm in diameter) are utilized in many fields, including medicine, robotics, materials science, and engineering. Their small size and large surface-area-to-volume ratios give them unique properties, rendering them valuable in a variety of applications, ranging from pollution control to chemical synt ... more |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Mar 18, 2022 
Researchers from the UAB, IFAE and University College London propose using the variations in distance between the Earth and the Moon, which can be measured with a precision of less than a centimeter, as a new gravitational wave detector within a frequency range that current devices cannot detect. The research, which could pave the way for the detection of signals from the early universe, was pub ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 25, 2022 
It looks like fireflies flickering in the darkness. Slowly, more and more amass, lighting up the screen in large chunks and clusters. But this is not a video about insects. It's a simulation of the early universe, a time after the Big Bang when the cosmos transformed from a place of utter darkness to a radiant, light-filled environment.
The stunning video is part of a large suite of simula ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 
A hundred meters below the surface of the moon lie caves untouched by humans. They were discovered about ten years ago, but space agencies want to send robots to investigate these mysterious cavities before astronauts venture in.
"On the moon's surface, the temperature is 150 degrees above zero during the day and 150 degrees below zero at night," says Lucas Froissart, who recently complete ... more |
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 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2022 
The wind is not just 'wind' - but a complicated arrangement of turbulent features that are influenced by the surrounding environment. Air turbulence is created by the landscape, but also by buildings, roads and wind turbines. In the ESTABLIS-UAS project, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is researching these flow effects. For this purpose, a swarm of dr ... more |
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