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  Vandenberg Air Force Base, United States (AFP) May 5, 2018 NASA on Saturday launched its latest Mars lander, called InSight, designed to perch on the surface and listen for "Marsquakes" ahead of eventual human missions to explore the Red Planet. "Three, two, one, liftoff!" said a NASA commentator as the unmanned spacecraft blasted off on a dark, foggy morning atop an Atlas V rocket at 4:05 am Pacific time (1105 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, marking NASA's first interplanetary launch from the US west coast. The $993 million project a ... read more |
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One scientist's 30-year quest to get under Mars' skinParis (AFP) May 5, 2018 Philippe Lognonne has waited three decades to hear the heartbeat of Mars. ... more 
InSight probe to survey Mars for secrets inside the planetWashington DC (UPI) May 04, 2018 As NASA's Insight probe begins its trip to Mars on Saturday, the spacecraft is tasked with studying Mars' insides. But the probe's observations could offer insights into the formation and evolution of all rocky planets, including Earth. ... more  
Penn performs first-in-world robot-assisted spinal surgeryPhiladelphia PA (SPX) May 04, 2018 Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first patient in the world to undergo a complex three-part, robotic-assisted surgery. The robotic arms made it possible for the ... more  
China to Use Soviet Engine to Power Its First Reusable Space RocketMoscow (Sputnik) May 07, 2018 China is developing its first space rocket with a reusable first stage that could see its trial launch as early as 2020, SpaceNews reported, citing a senior Chinese rocket designer. Long Lehao ... more |
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Hubble detects helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first timeMunich, Germany (SPX) May 03, 2018 Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b. This is the first time this element has been detected in the atmosphere of a ... more 
Microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake could hold clues to life on MarsBoulder CO (SPX) May 03, 2018 Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered microbes living in a toxic volcanic lake that may rank as one of the harshest environments on Earth. Their findings, published recen ... more 
Early Mars may have been a warm desert with occasional rainTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 03, 2018 The climate of early Mars is a subject of debate. While it has been thought that Mars had a warm and wet climate, like Earth, other researchers suggested early Mars might have been largely glaciated ... more
Helium detected in exoplanet atmosphere for the first timeExeter UK (SPX) May 03, 2018 Astronomers have detected helium in the atmosphere of a planet that orbits a star far beyond our solar system for the very first time. An international team of researchers, led by Jessica Spak ... more  
Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway is First Step Towards Mars - ESA CoordinatorMoscow (Sputnik) May 02, 2018 The Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway, which will be used for deep space exploration and research, is due to start operating by 2025, and NASA is preparing its first manufacture contracts. Philippe Sch ... more |
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Airbus-built Mercury-mission is on its way to Kourou for launchAmsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 24, 2018 After years of development the BepiColombo spacecraft which will be heading to Mercury from autumn 2018 has at last taken to the air. On 23 April 2018 the first elements of the BepiColombo hardware ... more  |
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NASA's swarmathon improves student skills in robotics, computer scienceKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 01, 2018 Students from universities and community colleges across the nation recently participated in third annual Swarmathon. The robotic programming competition took place at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vi ... more 
First robotic system plays tic tac toe to improve task performanceNew York NY (SPX) May 07, 2018 Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel have demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of a robotic system that plays Tic Tac Toe with rehabilitation pa ... more  
Nanoscale measurements 100x more precise, thanks to improved two-photon techniqueWarwick UK (SPX) May 07, 2018 The precision of measuring nanoscopic structures could be substantially improved, thanks to research involving the University of Warwick and QuantIC researchers at the University of Glasgow and Heri ... more 
Researchers selected to develop novel approaches to lifelong machine learningWashington DC (SPX) May 07, 2018 Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems have significantly advanced in recent years. However, they are currently limited to executing only those tasks they are specifically de ... more  
Yale physicists find signs of a time crystalNew Haven CT (SPX) May 03, 2018 Yale physicists have uncovered hints of a time crystal - a form of matter that "ticks" when exposed to an electromagnetic pulse - in the last place they expected: a crystal you might find in a child ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 03, 2018  The climate of early Mars is a subject of debate. While it has been thought that Mars had a warm and wet climate, like Earth, other researchers suggested early Mars might have been largely glaciated.
A recent study by Ramses Ramirez from the Earth-Life Science Institute (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan) and Robert Craddock from the National Air and Space Museum's Center for Earth and ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2018 
NASA is returning to the Moon with commercial and international partners as part of an overall agency Exploration Campaign in support of Space Policy Directive 1. It all starts with robotic missions on the lunar surface, as well as a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway for astronauts in space beyond the Moon.
Right now, NASA is preparing to purchase new small lunar payload delivery services, de ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 01, 2018 
Far across the solar system, from where Earth appears merely as a pale blue dot, NASA's Galileo spacecraft spent eight years orbiting Jupiter. During that time, the hearty spacecraft - slightly larger than a full-grown giraffe - sent back spates of discoveries on the gas giant's moons, including the observation of a magnetic environment around Ganymede that was distinct from Jupiter's own magnet ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) May 03, 2018 
Astronomers have detected helium in the atmosphere of a planet that orbits a star far beyond our solar system for the very first time.
An international team of researchers, led by Jessica Spake from the University of Exeter, discovered evidence of the inert gas on 'super-Neptune' exoplanet WASP-107b, found 200 light years from Earth and in the constellation of Virgo.
The pivotal brea ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 07, 2018 
Conor Cimo can trace his interest in engineering back to his second-grade classroom in a Chicago suburb where he watched in awe as an F16 fighter aircraft broke the sound barrier. The video was presented by his friend's father during a career day as an example what engineers are capable of.
Or perhaps it was his grandfather that sparked the interest, an eclectic engineer who had a yard pep ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 07, 2018 
China is developing its first space rocket with a reusable first stage that could see its trial launch as early as 2020, SpaceNews reported, citing a senior Chinese rocket designer.
Long Lehao of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), revealed the new plans for the Long March 8 medium-lift launcher during a space industry conference in Harbin on April 24.
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 Providence RI (SPX) Apr 26, 2018 
Experiments using a high-powered projectile cannon show how impacts by water-rich asteroids can deliver surprising amounts of water to planetary bodies. The research, by scientists from Brown University, could shed light on how water got to the early Earth and help account for some trace water detections on the Moon and elsewhere.
"The origin and transportation of water and volatiles is on ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 19, 2018 
The US Air Force will this summer begin testing a laser that will be mounted on an F-15 warplane, an official said Monday.
The Pentagon last year awarded a $26 million contract to Lockheed Martin for a laser program called SHiELD (Self-protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator.)
The idea is to put a laser system on aircraft with an output of about 50 kilowatts to test their ability to zap ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 3, 2018 
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract for anti-ballistic missile interceptors.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $145.2 million under the terms of a fixed-price incentive-firm target contract for line item numbers - a modification to a previous Pentagon award.
The contract from the U.S. Missile Defense Agency enables Lockhee ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Jan 19, 2018 
Using the now-complete Cassini data set, Cornell University astronomers have created a new global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan that has opened new windows into understanding its liquid flows and terrain. Two papers, recently published in Geophysical Review Letters, describe the map and discoveries arising from it.
Creating the map took about a year, according to doctoral student ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Nearly a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose predicted that quantum mechanics can force a large number of particles to behave in concert as if they were only a single particle. The phenomenon is called Bose-Einstein condensation, and it took until 1995 to create the first such condensate of a gas of alkali atoms.
Although Bose-Einstein condensation has been observed ... more |
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 Hannover, Germany (SPX) Apr 13, 2018 
A permanent Max Planck Independent Research Group under the leadership of Dr. M. Alessandra Papa has been established at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) in Hannover.
The primary goal of the research group "Searching for Continuous Gravitational Waves" is to make the first direct detection of gravitational waves from rapidly rotating neutr ... more |
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 Dresden, Germany (SPX) May 04, 2018  When light of specific frequency hits a semiconductor crystal, it is absorbed and produces a excitation, a state of higher energy. In solar cells, this energy can be converted into electricity and used. In two-dimensional crystals, which consist of only a few atomic layers, so called "excitons" are the protagonists of these processes: These excitations from light incidence consist of one particl ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 01, 2018 
Students from universities and community colleges across the nation recently participated in third annual Swarmathon. The robotic programming competition took place at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex April 17-19. Their developments may lead to technology that could help astronauts find needed resources while exploring the Moon or Mars.
In her welcoming remarks, Deputy Center Di ... more |
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 McLean VA (SPX) May 04, 2018 
Earlier this year the consulting firm Northern Sky Research released the fourth edition of its Unmanned Aircraft Systems Satcom and Imaging Markets report. This report explores opportunities across the UAS industry value chain, with a particular focus on markets for satellite operators and geospatial imaging/analytics companies.
SatCom Frontier reached out to the lead analyst of this new r ... more |
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