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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2021 With about 2.4 million miles (3.9 million kilometers) left to travel in space, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is days away from attempting to land the agency's fifth rover on the Red Planet. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the mission is managed, have confirmed that the spacecraft is healthy and on target to touch down in Jezero Crater at around 3:55 p.m. EST (12:55 p.m. PST) on Feb. 18, 2021. "Perseverance is NASA's most ambitious Mars rover miss ... read more |
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Staying long-term on MarsBremen, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 The "red planet" in the evening sky seems more and more within reach, as leading space agencies aspire astronaut missions to Mars in the future. Unlike the 1969 moon landing, these missions are desi ... more 
The Mars Relay Network Connects Us to NASA's Martian ExplorersPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 17, 2021 A tightly choreographed dance between NASA's Deep Space Network and Mars orbiters will keep the agency's Perseverance in touch with Earth during landing and beyond. When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseveranc ... more 
The geological context of the Mars 2020 landing site through the eyes of DLRBerlin, Germany (DLR) Feb 17, 2021 On Thursday, 18 February 2021, at approximately 21:55 CET, NASA's control centre in Pasadena should receive the radio signal indicating that the Perseverance rover has been gently lowered onto the s ... more 
Biotech fit for the Red PlanetWashington DC (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 NASA, in collaboration with other leading space agencies, aims to send its first human missions to Mars in the early 2030s, while companies like SpaceX may do so even earlier. Astronauts on Mars wil ... more |
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NASA wants to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first timeWashington (AFP) Feb 16, 2021 More than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove it's possible to replicate the feat on another world. ... more 
Melting dusty ice may have carved Martian gulliesTempe AZ (SPX) Feb 16, 2021 By analyzing the occurrences of exposed dusty ice on Mars using data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, ASU planetary scientists Aditya Khuller and Philip Christensen have found the lowest lat ... more 
Tuning in for a precision landing on Mars on Feb 18Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 16, 2021 On 18 February 2021, NASA will initiate the most precise landing ever attempted on the Red Planet. A spacecraft with the Perseverance rover on board will enter the Martian atmosphere at around 21:38 ... more 
Perseverance rover lands on Mars this weekWashington (AFP) Feb 16, 2021 After a seven-month journey, NASA's Perseverance rover prepares to touch down on Mars on Thursday after first negotiating a risky landing procedure that will mark the start of its multi-year search for signs of ancient microbial life. ... more  
Northrop Grumman's SharkSat Payload Showcases Agility from the Ground to OrbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2021 A shark moves through the water with speed and agility, always focused on moving forward. It is in this same vein that Northrop Grumman recently developed SharkSat, a pioneering payload to demonstra ... more |
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 Tianwen 1 enters Mars' polar orbit 
InSight Is meeting the challenge of winter on dusty MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2021 As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the InSight team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order to keep the lander safe. NASA's InSight lander r ... more  |
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NASA's TESS discovers new worlds in a river of young starsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2021 Using observations from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting a much younger versio ... more 
UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home first image of MarsDubai (AFP) Feb 14, 2021 The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit. ... more 
Sensors prepare to collect data as Perseverance enters Martian atmospherePasadena CA (JPL) Feb 15, 2021 Nearly six-and-a-half months and 300 million miles since launch, NASA's Perseverance rover will land on Mars Feb. 18, 2021, to begin its robotic exploration of the Red Planet. But before Perseveranc ... more 
A new way of forming planetsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 12, 2021 In the last 25 years, scientists have discovered over 4000 planets beyond the borders of our solar system. From relatively small rock and water worlds to blisteringly hot gas giants, the planets dis ... more  
China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyondBeijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2021 The successful entry of China's Tianwen-1 probe into Mars' orbit on Wednesday underlined just how far the country has come in achieving its space dream. ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 
When NASA's Perseverance rover lands on the surface of the Red Planet next Thursday, key Airbus technology will be on board: the MEDA meteorological station will provide scientists with valuable Mars weather data and the High Gain Antenna System will ensure a high-speed comms link with Earth for the duration of the MARS2020 mission.
Perseverance will use seven scientific instruments to stu ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Feb 12, 2021 
Given plans for future manned missions to the Moon - and interest in the potential for longer-term lunar habitation - the presence of water on the Moon is of critical importance. Studies over the last few decades have revealed water lurking on our satellite in numerous forms. But how does it get there?
Lunar water has been found locked in ice form in the cold, permanently shadowed craters ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Feb 11, 2021 
A team, including an astronomer from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA), have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, making it the most distant object ever observed in our solar system. The planetoid, nicknamed "Farfarout," was first detected in 2018, and the team has now collected enough observations to pin down the orbit. The Minor ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 15, 2021 
Using observations from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a trio of hot worlds larger than Earth orbiting a much younger version of our Sun called TOI 451. The system resides in the recently discovered Pisces-Eridanus stream, a collection of stars less than 3% the age of our solar system that stretches across one-third of the ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Feb 15, 2021 
NASA has assigned two crew members to launch on the agency's SpaceX Crew-4 mission - the fourth crew rotation flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the Crew-4 mission. Additional crew members will be assigned as mission specialists in the future by the a ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 10, 2021 
The successful entry of China's Tianwen-1 probe into Mars' orbit on Wednesday underlined just how far the country has come in achieving its space dream.
Beijing has poured billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and eventually sending humans to the Moon.
The country has come a long way in its race to catch up with the United Sta ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 15, 2021  A new analysis of ceramic chips embedded in meteorites suggests the formation of our solar system was not as quiet and orderly as we once thought.
A new study from University of Chicago scientists builds evidence that the baby solar system likely witnessed wild temperature swings and changing conditions-contradicting the decades-old theory that the solar syst ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Feb 01, 2021  The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate recently held its newest wargaming, modeling and simulation event at Kirtland Air Force Base.
The Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment, or DEUCE, under the leadership of the directorate's wargaming team, brought together F-16 pilots, F-15E weapon systems officers and an Airborne Warning and Control System air battle manage ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 10, 2021 
The United States on Wednesday renewed its call on Turkey to get rid of an advanced Russian air defense system, appearing to reject an offer by Ankara to avoid US sanctions.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in an interview this week proposed a compromise in which the NATO ally does not fully deploy the S-400s, which Russia originally built to target Western jets.
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 Paris, France (SPX) Jan 22, 2021 
Rather like David versus Goliath, it appears that Saturn's tilt may in fact be caused by its moons. This is the conclusion of recent work carried out by scientists from the CNRS, Sorbonne University and the University of Pisa, which shows that the current tilt of Saturn's rotation axis is caused by the migration of its satellites, and especially by that of its largest moon, Titan.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Feb 12, 2021 
Superconductors - materials that conduct electricity without resistance - are remarkable. They provide a macroscopic glimpse into quantum phenomena, which are usually observable only at the atomic level. Beyond their physical peculiarity, superconductors are also useful. They're found in medical imaging, quantum computers, and cameras used with telescopes.
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 New York NY (SPX) Feb 12, 2021 
A description of gravity compatible with the principles of quantum mechanics has long been a widely pursued goal in physics. Existing theories of this 'quantum gravity' often involve mathematical corrections to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (HUP), which quantifies the inherent limits in the accuracy of any quantum measurement.
These corrections arise when gravitational interactions ar ... more |
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 Lancaster UK (SPX) Feb 15, 2021 
Fast and energy-efficient future data processing technologies are on the horizon after an international team of scientists successfully manipulated magnets at the atomic level.
Physicist Dr Rostislav Mikhaylovskiy from Lancaster University said: "With stalling efficiency trends of current technology, new scientific approaches are especially valuable. Our discovery of the atomically-driven ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 12, 2021 
Soft robots may not be in touch with human feelings, but they are getting better at feeling human touch. Cornell University researchers have created a low-cost method for soft, deformable robots to detect a range of physical interactions, from pats to punches to hugs, without relying on touch at all. Instead, a USB camera located inside the robot captures the shadow movements of hand gestures on ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 16, 2021 
The NATO AGS RQ-4D remotely piloted aircraft has reached initial operational readiness, according to Gen. Tod Wolters, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander.
The AGS system enables NATO to perform persistent surveillance over wide areas from high-altitude long-endurance aircraft at considerable distances, according to NATO.
All 30 NATO allies will have access to the intelligence the ra ... more |
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