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  Beijing (XNA) Dec 09, 2020 Lunar samples collected by China's Chang'e 5 robotic probe will soon start their journey toward Earth, according to the China National Space Administration. The rocks and dust from the moon have been delivered from Chang'e 5's ascender to their final host-the probe's reentry capsule, which will later bring them to Earth. The 400-kilogram ascender docked with the 2.3-metric ton orbiter-reentry capsule combination early on Sunday morning and then transferred a sealed container holding 2 kilogr ... read more |
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NASA astrobiologists prepare to probe Ryugu asteroid dustGreenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 On Dec. 6 local time (Dec. 5 in the United States), Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 dropped a capsule to the ground of the Australian Outback from about 120 miles (or 200 kilometers) above Earth's sur ... more 
Ascender of Chang'e 5 leaves lunar orbit, lands on moonBeijing (XNA) Dec 09, 2020 The ascender of China's Chang'e 5 probe departed from the lunar orbit under ground commands at 6:59 am and landed on the moon at 7:30 am Tuesday (Beijing Time), sources with the China National Space ... more 
Image-based navigation could help spacecraft safely land on the moonTroy NY (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 In order for future lunar exploration missions to be successful and land more precisely, engineers must equip spacecraft with technologies that allow them to "see" where they are and travel to where ... more 
NASA defines science priorities for first crewed Artemis landing on MoonWashington DC (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 NASA has identified the agency's science priorities for the Artemis III mission, which will launch the first woman and next man to the Moon in 2024. The priorities and a candidate set of activities ... more |
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NASA outlines science goals for future astronauts on Moon Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2020 The US space agency NASA published a voluminous report on Monday outlining the scientific priorities for the Artemis III astronauts it intends to send to the Moon in 2024. ... more 
Japan space agency hails return of asteroid dust on EarthTokyo (AFP) Dec 6, 2020 Japan space agency officials on Sunday hailed the arrival of rare asteroid samples on Earth after they were collected by space probe Hayabusa-2 during an unprecedented mission. ... more  
Rochester researchers uncover key clues about the solar system's historyRochester NY (SPX) Dec 07, 2020 In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, researchers at the University of Rochester were able to use magnetism to determine, for the first time, when carb ... more  
Spain to invest 600 mn euros in artificial intelligenceMadrid (AFP) Dec 2, 2020 Spain is to invest 600 million euros (725 million dollars) in developing artificial intelligence over the next two years as part of plans to transform its national economy, the premier said Wednesday. ... more  
Brain prosthesis that may restore some vision shows promise in monkeysWashington DC (UPI) Dec 03, 2020 Scientists have for the first time used a high-definition brain prosthesis to stimulate shape perception in monkeys, demonstrating the technology's potential as an aid for the blind. ... more |
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 Chang'e 5 mission completes difficult docking in lunar orbit 
China unfurls its first fabric flag on moonWashington DC (UPI) Dec 04, 2020 China's Chang'e-5 lander departed the moon after spending two days on the surface, leaving behind its first official flag. ... more  |
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Biomining study could unlock future settlements on other worldsLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2020 Experiments on the International Space Station have shown that the process of "biomining" will work in microgravity; a discovery that could help the first space settlers gather the minerals they nee ... more 
China completes its first-ever docking in lunar orbitShanghai (AFP) Dec 6, 2020 A Chinese probe carrying samples from the lunar surface successfully docked Sunday with a spacecraft orbiting the moon, in another space first for the nation, state media reported. ... more  
China turns on nuclear-powered 'artificial sun'Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2020 China successfully powered up its "artificial sun" nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, state media reported Friday, marking a great advance in the country's nuclear power research capabilities. ... more  
New XLAB facility enhances Aerospace's prototyping capabilitiesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 The Aerospace Corporation recently unveiled its new xLab facility on the El Segundo campus. The renovations are designed to better equip our technical experts as they collaborate on building innovat ... more 
New Data Confirm 2020 SO to be the Upper Centaur Rocket Booster from the 1960'sPasadena CA (JPL) Dec 03, 2020 Using data collected at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) and orbit analysis from the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, scientists have confir ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Dec 07, 2020 
Experiments on the International Space Station have shown that the process of "biomining" will work in microgravity; a discovery that could help the first space settlers gather the minerals they need to build a long-term presence beyond Earth.
The BioAsteroid experiment will take up match-box sized containers carrying asteroid rock, that will then be used to grow bacteria and fungi in an i ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Dec 04, 2020  China's Chang'e-5 lander departed the moon after spending two days on the surface, leaving behind its first official flag.
China brought two flags on previous missions, but the one left Thursday was the first one made of fabric, the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. said. The fabric and rod structure of the flag were treated to be protected during extreme temperatures on the lu ... more |
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 Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Nov 19, 2020 
The Swedish-led satellite instrument Particle Environment Package (PEP) will help researchers at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) to understand how three of Jupiter's icy moons are affected by the particles around Jupiter and search for the pre-conditions for life. After 14 years of work, the instrument is ready to take its place on ESA's Jupiter spacecraft JUICE.
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 Riverside CW (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 
UC Riverside is leading one of the NASA Astrobiology Program's eight new research teams tackling questions about the evolution and origins of life on Earth and the possibility of life beyond our solar system.
The teams comprise the inaugural class of NASA's Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research program. The UCR-led team is motivated by the fundamental question of how to det ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 
Arianespace has signed a contract with Airbus to launch four new-generation optical observation satellites of the CO3D (Composante Optique 3D) constellation, to be orbited using the Vega C launcher.
Arianespace Chief Executive Officer Stephane Israel and Philippe Pham, Senior Vice President - Head of Earth Observation, Navigation and Science at Airbus, reports that the two companies have s ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 30, 2020 
China plans to launch a space telescope for research in electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves in December, according to the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The telescope, Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM), will be launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's S ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 09, 2020 
On Dec. 6 local time (Dec. 5 in the United States), Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 dropped a capsule to the ground of the Australian Outback from about 120 miles (or 200 kilometers) above Earth's surface. Inside that capsule is some of the most precious cargo in the solar system: dust that the spacecraft collected earlier this year from the surface of asteroid Ryugu.
By the close of 2021, t ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Nov 25, 2020 
The U.S. Navy Surface War Center announced a test in which an autonomous drone was launched and landed on a moving ship as a target for laser weapons.
The tests, held last week at the NSWC Division at Port Hueneme, Calif., involved software made for the Navy by Planck Aerosystems Inc. that allow the drone to follow the ship without people controlling it, the Navy said.
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 Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2020 
Lockheed Martin has announced the U.S. Space Force has determined the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) is complete and ready for launch in 2021.
Built in a record time and at no additional cost to the government for the upgrade, SBIRS GEO-5 is the first military space satellite built on the company's modernized, modular LM 2100 combat bus ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 30, 2020 
Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini mission to delve into the impact craters on the surface of Titan, revealing more detail than ever before about how the craters evolve and how weather drives changes on the surface of Saturn's mammoth moon.
Like Earth, Titan has a thick atmosphere that acts as a protective shield from meteoroids; meanwhile, erosion and other geologic processes e ... more |
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 Upton NY (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 
Three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials - those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter - that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices. For example, such 3-D superconducting nanostructures could find application in signal amplifiers to enhance the speed and accuracy of quantum computers and ultrasensitive magnetic field ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 19, 2020 
What resembles a donut or the iris of an eye is actually a liquid cell illuminated from below.
Part of the Chemo-Hydrodynamic Patterns and Instabilities (CHYPI) experiment that recently flew on the 73rd ESA parabolic flight campaign, this cell has a lot to offer the chemical solutions industry.
Researchers behind CHYPI are seeking to validate a theoretical model, developed by Anne De ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2020 
The effect that nearly massless, subatomic particles called neutrinos have on the formation of galaxies has long been a cosmological mystery - one that physicists have sought to measure since discovering the particles in 1956.
But an international research team including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) Principal Investigator Naoki Yoshida, w ... more |
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 Madrid (AFP) Dec 2, 2020 
Spain is to invest 600 million euros (725 million dollars) in developing artificial intelligence over the next two years as part of plans to transform its national economy, the premier said Wednesday.
The programme would run from 2021 to 2023, starting with an initial injection of 330 million euros, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.
Developing artificial intelligence (AI) is one of th ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 18, 2020 
Smart cities are developing around the world. In order to turn them into sustainable and livable spaces, one of the key points is that they must respond to new mobility challenges. As days go by, betting on the introduction of a reliable and safe unmanned vehicle network on its transport routes is not as impossible.
In this context, UAV Navigation and CATEC have presented a project within ... more |
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