|
|
|
|
  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017 Frequent belches of methane could explain how a younger Mars maintained liquid water on its surface despite a cold, arid climate. The evidence that water once flowed freely on Mars is overwhelming. Over the last decade, scientists have found signs that water moved across the surface of the Red Planet as recently as 3 billion years ago. The problem is, scientists have also uncovered a large body of evidence suggesting Mars' climate was especially cold and dry some 3 billion years ago. ... read more |
 |
 
Sputnik, the tiny sphere that launched the space raceKorolyov, Russia (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 When the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite 60 years ago, it marked both the beginning of space exploration and the start of a race between Moscow and Washington. ... more  
UN official commends China's role in space cooperationAdelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017 China is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and is impressive in opening its space missions to other countries, said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of ... more  
Your personal running coachParis (ESA) Oct 03, 2017 A start-up company from ESA's business incubator in Bavaria has developed a training app to help runners to exercise in a healthy way, and to reduce injuries from over-training. Drawing on erg ... more 
Lockheed Martin Reveals New Details to its Mars Base Camp VisionAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 This week at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, Lockheed Martin engineers are revealing new details of its Mars Base Camp concept including how it aligns with NAS ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Previous Issues | Oct 03 | Oct 02 | Oct 01 | Sep 29 | Sep 28 |
 
|
|
Better, cheaper bio-ink may be used to create artificial organsVancouver, Canada (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 A new bio-ink that may support a more efficient and inexpensive fabrication of human tissues and organs has been created by researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus. Keekyoung Kim, an assistant pr ... more  
Helicopter test for Jupiter icy moons radarFriedrichshafen, 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 ... more  
Glenn Tests Thruster Bound for Metal WorldCleveland OH (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 As NASA looks to explore deeper into our solar system, one of the key areas of interest is studying worlds that can help researchers better understand our solar system and the universe around us. On ... more  
Small collisions make big impact on Mercury's thin atmosphereWashington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 Mercury, our smallest planetary neighbor, has very little to call an atmosphere, but it does have a strange weather pattern: morning micro-meteor showers. Recent modeling along with previously publi ... more 
SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 Futurist and inventor Elon Musk unveiled ambitious plans Friday to send cargo ships to Mars in five years and use rockets to carry people between Earth's major cities in under half-an-hour. ... more 
Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars landerAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin. ... more |
|
 Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: report  
Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESAAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said Thursday as plans to reach and colonise the Red Planet gathered pace. ... more  
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full SailHuntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite the size of a shoebox, designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a full-scale solar sail deployment test at ManTech NeXolve's facility ... more 
Research sheds new light on how Earth and Mars were createdBristol UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Analysing a mixture of earth samples and meteorites, scientists from the University of Bristol have shed new light on the sequence of events that led to the creation of the planets Earth and Mars. ... more 
Searching for Distant Worlds With a Flying TelescopeBern, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Researchers from the University of Bern, using an observatory on board a jumbo jet, have observed how the extrasolar Planet GJ 1214b is passing in front of its star, causing a kind of mini-eclipse. ... more |
|
|
  |
|
 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
This week at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia, Lockheed Martin engineers are revealing new details of its Mars Base Camp concept including how it aligns with NASA's lunar Deep Space Gateway and a Mars surface lander.
Mars Base Camp is a vision of how to send humans to Mars in about a decade. It's a sound, safe and compelling mission architecture centere ... moreAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars lander  Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2017Methane belches kept water flowing on ancient Mars Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022 |
|
|
 Beijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 
Two Chinese lunar missions will be delayed by the failed launch of a powerful rocket in July, a state-run newspaper said, in a setback for the country's ambitious space programme.
Beijing sees its multi-billion-dollar forays into space as a symbol of China's rise and the success of the Communist Party in turning around the fortunes of the once poverty-stricken nation.
Officials are still ... more Moscow (XNA) Sep 28, 2017Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space station  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2017NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep Space Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA |
|
 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 |
|
|
 Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 02, 2017 
As NASA looks to explore deeper into our solar system, one of the key areas of interest is studying worlds that can help researchers better understand our solar system and the universe around us. One of the next destinations in this knowledge-gathering campaign is a rare world called Psyche, located in the asteroid belt.
Psyche is different from millions of other asteroids because it appea ... moreBern, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Searching for Distant Worlds With a Flying Telescope  Paris, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2017MATISSE to Shed Light on the Formation of Earth and Planets  Miami (AFP) Oct 2, 2017Meteors splashing into warm ponds sparked life on Earth |
|
 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
mu Space Corp has announced at the 68th Annual International Astronautical Congress that they have entered into an agreement with Blue Origin to partner on a future launch of a geostationary satellite aboard their New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch is set to happen early in the next decade.
Commenting on the new partnership, mu Space CEO James Yenbamroong says, "We've decided to go with ... more 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  Lyon, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Arianespace signs contract for 10 Vega and Vega C launchers |
|
|
 Adelaide, Australia (XNA) Oct 03, 2017 
China is an active member of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and is impressive in opening its space missions to other countries, said Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).
Di Pippo made the remarks when having an interview with Xinhua on Wednesday during the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC ... more Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017Mars probe to carry 13 types of payload on 2020 mission  Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab  Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' |
|
 Baltimore MD (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has photographed the farthest active inbound comet ever seen, at a whopping distance of 1.5 billion miles from the Sun (beyond Saturn's orbit). Slightly warmed by the remote Sun, it has already begun to develop an 80,000-mile-wide fuzzy cloud of dust, called a coma, enveloping a tiny, solid nucleus of frozen gas and dust. These observations represent the earliest si ... more Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2017Unexpected Surprise: A Final Image from Rosetta  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Studies of 'Crater Capital' in the Baltics Show Impactful History Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail |
|
|
 White Sands Missile Range NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 
A Lockheed Martin prototype laser weapon system proved that an advanced system of sensors, software and specialized optics can deliver decisive lethality against unmanned aerial vehicle threats.
In tests conducted with the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command in August, the 30-kilowatt class ATHENA (Advanced Test High Energy Asset) system brought down five 10.8' wingspan Outlaw un ... more 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 DC (AFNS) Jul 25, 2017'Eyes in space' and more powerful lasers will enhance US Army's arsenal |
|
 Sydney (AFP) Oct 3, 2017 
Australia's new frigates will be equipped with a long-range missile defence system to counter threats from rogue states like North Korea, officials announced Tuesday.
Canberra in May revealed details of a massive shipbuilding strategy, its largest peacetime naval investment, including 12 new submarines and 12 offshore patrol vessels.
The Aus$89 billion (US$70 billion) package to shore up ... more Dallas TX (SPX) Sep 26, 2017PAC-3 MSE Test Successful from Remote Launcher  Riyadh (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Saudi intercepts Yemen rebel missile  Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017Lockheed Martin to replace USS Fitzgerald's SPY-1D AEGIS radar |
|
|
 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 |
|
 Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
A new two-dimensional film, made of polymers and nanoparticles and developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), can direct two different non-mixing liquids into a variety of exotic architectures. This finding could lead to soft robotics, liquid circuitry, shape-shifting fluids, and a host of new materials that use soft, rather than ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Assembly of nanoparticles proceeds like a zipper  Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Application of air-sensitive semiconductors in nanoelectronics |
|
|
 Oxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 
Are we are living in a computer simulation? Intriguingly, the crux of this question may be hiding in an exotic quantum phenomenon which shows up in metals as a response to twists of space-time geometry.
A recurring theme in science fiction, most famously popularised by the "Matrix' film trilogy, is whether our physical reality is a computer simulation. While this seems to be a rather philo ... more University Park, PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017New gravitational wave hits Earth  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 |
|
 Canary Islands, Spain (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
Black holes appear to play a fundamental role in how galaxies evolve throughout their life during a phase in which they are active and consume material from the galaxy itself. During this phase, the galaxy hosts an active galactic nucleus (AGN), and the effect that this nuclear activity produces in the galaxy is known as AGN feedback.
This feedback can take place in different forms: the AG ... more College Park MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Ravenous Black Holes Define Type I Active Galaxies  San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Supersonic gas streams from Big Bang drive massive black hole formation  Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 03, 2017Team led by graduate student at PPPL produces unique simulation of magnetic reconnection |
|
|
 Cleveland OH (SPX) Oct 03, 2017 
A Case Western Reserve University researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer space.
Kiju Lee, the Nord Distinguished Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and her lab have moved from paper robots to 3-D-printed models that bend, contract, extend and t ... more Chiba, Japan (AFP) Oct 2, 2017Smash hit: Ping pong robot takes on Olympian at Tokyo tech fair Zurich (AFP) Oct 3, 2017UBS could slash third of staff amid technology shift: CEO  Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 03, 2017Robot Spelunkers Go for a Dip |
|
 Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017  BAE Systems engineers, with students from Cranfield University, have come up with a new technology concept that uses unmanned aerial vehicles.
Called Adaptable UAVs, the concept involves unmanned aerial vehicles that can alternate between fixed-wing and rotary flight on the same mission for greater speed and versatility.
The aircraft would feature adaptive flight control and adva ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017IAI unmanned helo performs proof-of-concept demo  Dubai (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Driverless hover-taxi makes first 'concept' flight in Dubai  New Delhi (AFP) Sept 24, 2017Drones, Fighter jets on table as Mattis visits key ally India |
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
