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  Washington (AFP) May 18, 2019 On December 11, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed a directive ordering NASA to prepare to return astronauts to the Moon "followed by human missions to Mars and other destinations." The dates fixed by the space agency are 2024 for the Moon and Mars in 2033, but according to experts and industry insiders, reaching the Red Planet by then is highly improbable barring a Herculean effort on the scale of the Apollo program in the 1960s. "The Moon is the proving ground for our eventual mission to M ... read more |
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Giant impact caused difference between moon's hemispheresWashington DC (SPX) May 21, 2019 The stark difference between the Moon's heavily-cratered farside and the lower-lying open basins of the Earth-facing nearside has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, new evidence about the Moon's c ... more  
Gas insulation could be protecting an ocean inside PlutoSapporo, Japan (SPX) May 21, 2019 A gassy insulating layer beneath the icy surfaces of distant celestial objects could mean there are more oceans in the universe than previously thought. Computer simulations provide compelling ... more 
Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life?Washington DC (SPX) May 21, 2019 In 2020, NASA and European-Russian missions will look for evidence of past life on Mars. But while volcanic, igneous rock predominates on the Red Planet, virtually the entire Earth fossil record com ... more 
Fly over Mount Sharp on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2019 Ever wanted to visit Mars? A new animated video shows what it would be like to soar over Mount Sharp, which NASA's Curiosity rover has been climbing since 2014. This video highlights several r ... more |
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NASA Taps 11 American Companies to Advance Human Lunar LandersWashington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019 NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman a ... more 
Juno Finds Changes in Jupiter's Magnetic FieldPasadena CA (JPL) May 21, 2019 NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter made the first definitive detection beyond our world of an internal magnetic field that changes over time, a phenomenon called secular variation. Juno determined the g ... more  
Analyze This: Space Station Facility Enables Rapid Biomedical AnalysisHouston TX (SPX) May 21, 2019 In its role as a unique orbiting laboratory, the International Space Station provides a broad range of equipment for conducting health and life sciences research. However, the equipment available fo ... more 
On Pluto the Winter is approaching, and the atmosphere is vanishing into frostLisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 21, 2019 With less than a fifth of the Moon's mass, Pluto can still retain an atmosphere, though a tenuous envelope of gas produced by the periodical sublimation of nitrogen ices. A study that followed the e ... more 
NASA's New Horizons Team Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science ResultsLaurel MD (SPX) May 17, 2019 NASA's New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary building block and Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69. Analyzing just the first set ... more |
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 Chinese lunar rover's "lucky" find could unlock secrets of moon and earth 
China's Chang'E 4 Mission Discovers New "Secrets" from Far Side of the MoonBeijing, China (SPX) May 17, 2019 A lunar lander named for the Chinese goddess of the Moon may have lessened the mystery of the far side of the Moon. The fourth probe of Chang'E (CE-4) was the first mission to land on the far side o ... more  |
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Chang'e 4 mission discovers new secrets from Lunar farsideBeijing, China (SPX) May 16, 2019 A lunar lander named for the Chinese goddess of the moon may have lessened the mystery of the far side of the moon. The fourth probe of Chang'E (CE-4) was the first mission to land on the far side o ... more 
NASA's MRO Completes 60,000 Trips Around MarsPasadena CA (JPL) May 16, 2019 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter hit a dizzying milestone this morning: It completed 60,000 loops around the Red Planet at 10:39 a.m. PDT (1:39 p.m. EDT). On average, MRO takes 112 minutes to circ ... more 
Beresheet Impact Site SpottedWashington DC (SPX) May 16, 2019 The photo above shows the landing site of the Israeli Beresheet spacecraft on a region of the Moon called Sea of Serenity, or Mare Serenitatis in Latin. On April 11, 2019, SpaceIL, a non-profi ... more  
China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missionsBeijing (XNA) May 17, 2019 China has developed a number of new-generation carrier rockets to take the country's space industry to the next level. b>The Long March-7 br> /b> The Long March-7 is a medium-sized carrier r ... more  
Reprogrammable satellite takes shapeParis (ESA) May 16, 2019 The payload and platform of the first European satellite that can be completely reprogrammed after launch have been successfully joined together. The assembly of Eutelsat Quantum took place in ... more |
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 Lanzhou (XNA) May 21, 2019 
"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids," as an Elton John hit goes.
However, a Mars simulation base in the middle of China's Gobi desert might be the perfect place to introduce young, budding astronauts to what life would be like on the red planet.
Surrounded by barren hills and red soil in northwest China's Gansu Province, "Mars Base One" allows visitors to explore a varie ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019  NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman and next man - on the Moon's south pole by 2024 and establish sustainable missions by 2028.
"To accelerate our return to the Moon, we are challenging our traditional ways of doing business. We wi ... more |
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 Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 21, 2019 
With less than a fifth of the Moon's mass, Pluto can still retain an atmosphere, though a tenuous envelope of gas produced by the periodical sublimation of nitrogen ices. A study that followed the evolution of Pluto's atmosphere for fourteen years shows its seasonal nature, and predicts that it will now start to condensate as frost.
This study1 was published in the journal Astronomy and As ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 20, 2019 
If you've seen dental plaque or pond scum, you've met a biofilm. Among the oldest forms of life on Earth, these ubiquitous, slimy buildups of bacteria grow on nearly everything exposed to moisture and leave behind common tell-tale textures and structures identifying them as living or once-living organisms.
Without training and sophisticated microscopes, however, these biofilms can be diffi ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) May 21, 2019 
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed two contracts for technology maturation with MT Aerospace AG, an affiliate of the listed OHB SE space and technology group and with ArianeGroup, lead contractor for Ariane 6.
MT Aerospace and ArianeGroup are combining their respective skills in Augsburg and Bremen to design and test the Prototype of a Highly OptimizEd Black Upper Stage (PHOEBUS). ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) May 17, 2019 
China has developed a number of new-generation carrier rockets to take the country's space industry to the next level.
b>The Long March-7 br> /b>
The Long March-7 is a medium-sized carrier rocket with high reliability and safety. It is designed to launch cargo vehicles during the construction of China's manned space station project and meet the long-term demand for upgrading manned carri ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) May 21, 2019 
A Curtin University researcher has solved a nearly 100-year-old riddle by discovering that glass found in the Egyptian desert was created by a meteorite impact, rather than atmospheric airburst, in findings that have implications for understanding the threat posed by asteroids.
Published in leading journal Geology, the research examined tiny grains of the mineral zircon in samples of Libya ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) May 01, 2019 
A U.S. Air Force exercise involving high-energy microwaves and guided lasers to shoot down drones was a success, contractor Raytheon announced.
Dozens of unmanned aerial targets were defeated in the tests at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., a Raytheon statement released on Tuesday said.
The event expanded on previous directed energy demonstrations, including a U.S. Army exercise ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 16, 2019  The US believes it is "possible" Turkey will decide against buying a Russian air defense system whose proposed purchase has strained relations between the NATO allies, a top official said on Thursday.
Washington has warned for months that Turkey's adoption of the Russian S-400 missile system would endanger Western defense and jeopardize Ankara's planned purchase of 100 of the US's F-35 steal ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) May 01, 2019 
Rain, seas and a surface of eroding organic material can be found both on Earth and on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. However, on Titan it is methane, not water, that fills the lakes with slushy raindrops.
While trying to find the source of Titan's methane, University of Arizona researcher Caitlin Griffith and her team discovered something unexoldpected - a long ice feature that wraps nearl ... more |
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 Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019 
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) May 10, 2019 
Gravitational waves, first detected in 2016, offer a new window on the universe, with the potential to tell us about everything from the time following the Big Bang to more recent events in galaxy centers.
And while the billion-dollar Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detector watches 24/7 for gravitational waves to pass through the Earth, new research shows those ... more |
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 Cracow, Poland (SPX) May 10, 2019 
Collisions of lead nuclei take place under extreme physical conditions. Their course can be described using a model which assumes that the transforming, extremely hot matter - the quark-gluon plasma - flows in the form of hundreds of streaks. Until now, the "fire streaks" seemed to be purely theoretical structures. However, the latest analysis of collisions of individual protons reinforces the h ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 20, 2019 
NASA astronaut Anne McClain performs the first series of tests of an Astrobee robot, Bumble, during a hardware checkout. To her right is the docking station that was installed in the Kibo module on the International Space Station on Feb. 15.
Bumble, and another robot named Honey, launched to the space station on Apr. 17, aboard Northrop Grumman's eleventh commercial resupply services missi ... more |
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 San Diego, CA (SPX) May 21, 2019 
Commercially available drones are being adapted for nefarious use and can be employed by terrorists and criminals to drop explosive payloads, deliver harmful substances, conduct illicit surveillance, and execute harmful cyber security attacks on a network.
Government officials, security figureheads, and military leadership are extremely concerned about frequent illegal flights buzzing over ... more |
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