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March 05, 2021
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China's Tianwen-1 probe to land on Mars in May or June



Beijing (XNA) Mar 05, 2021
China's Mars probe Tianwen-1 is traveling at a speed of 4.8 km per second in the Mars orbit, and is expected to land on the red planet in May or June, a senior space expert said on Thursday. The probe is functioning normally and has sent home China's first high-definition images of Mars, which contain a large quantity of scientific information, said Bao Weimin, director of the Committee of Science and Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The probe will sur ... read more

MARSDAILY
NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 05, 2021
NASA has awarded the Mars Ascent Propulsion System (MAPS) contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Elkton, Maryland, to provide propulsion support and products for spaceflight missions at ... more
TECH SPACE
We're launching more than ever
Paris (ESA) Mar 04, 2021
Since the beginning of the space age, with the launch of Sputnik in 1958, we have launched thousands of rockets carrying more than ten thousand satellites into space. The last few years have s ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
NASA grants renewal and funding for deep space health protections
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 26, 2021
After a favorable program review in December 2020, NASA has exercised its option to renew the Houston-based Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) until 2028. TRISH works closely ... more
IRON AND ICE
Studying Near-Earth Asteroids with Radar
Washington DC (AAS) Mar 04, 2021
Some observatories - like the recently collapsed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico - examine nearby objects by bouncing radio light off of them. A new study has now improved how we analyze these obse ... more
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A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models
La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Mar 05, 2021
During the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction of astronomical instruments designed specifically for planet ... more
EXO WORLDS
Volcanoes might light up the night sky of this planet
Bern, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 05, 2021
On Earth, plate tectonics is not only responsible for the rise of mountains and earthquakes. It is also an essential part of the cycle that brings material from the planet's interior to the surface ... more
EXO WORLDS
Earth has a hot new neighbour - and it's an astronomer's dream
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2021
A newly discovered planet could be our best chance yet of studying rocky planet atmospheres outside the solar system, a new international study involving UNSW Sydney shows. The planet, called ... more
EXO WORLDS
Organic materials essential for life on Earth are found for the first time on the surface of an asteroid
London, UK (SPX) Mar 05, 2021
New research from Royal Holloway, has found water and organic matter on the surface of an asteroid sample returned from the inner Solar System. This is the first time that organic materials, which c ... more
EXO WORLDS
MAROON-X embarks on its exoplanet quest
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 05, 2021
Astronomers using the recently installed instrument MAROON-X on Gemini North have determined the mass of a transiting exoplanet orbiting the nearby star Gliese 486. As well as putting the innovative ... more
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MARSDAILY
Planetary science intern leads study of Martian crust
Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Mar 04, 2021
The planet Mars has no global magnetic field, although scientists believe it did have one at some point in the past. Previous studies suggest that when Mars' global magnetic field was present, it wa ... more
MARSDAILY
China shows first high-def pictures of Mars taken by Tianwen 1
Beijing (XNA) Mar 04, 2021
The China National Space Administration made public on Thursday morning the first high-definition pictures of Mars taken by the nation's spacecraft. The pictures - two black-and-white and one ... more
MOON DAILY
Lockheed Martin And NEC Put AI To Work On Programs Like NASA's Artemis Mission
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 03, 2021
Lockheed Martin and NEC Corporation have signed a joint collaboration agreement to extend their partnership utilizing NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT). The companies are also finali ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA, Navy test diving technology that could be used on the moon
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2021
The Navy teamed up with NASA astronauts and engineers last week to test a technology that allows divers to work more efficiently underwater and could be used the next time astronauts return to the moon. ... more
EXO WORLDS
Three elder sisters of the Sun with planets
Torun, Poland (SPX) Mar 03, 2021
An international team led by Prof. dr habil. Andrzej Niedzielski, an astronomer from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland), has discovered yet another three extrasolar planets. These ... more


Perseverance Hardware One Day after Landing

MARSDAILY
Ice frozen under Mars' surface offers major resource to aid future settlements
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 02, 2021
Frozen water is hiding beneath the dust-covered surface of Mars, and scientist Ali Bramson wants to find it. She sees a chance to both sustain future human explorers and answer questions about the r ... more
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TECH SPACE
L3Harris Technologies Awarded Second Year of Space Object-Tracking Modernization Contract
Melbourne FL (SPX) Feb 26, 2021
L3Harris Technologies (has been awarded $89 million for option-year two of a U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command contract to continue maintaining and modernizing infrastructure to track objects ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China tests high-thrust rocket engine for upcoming space station missions
Beijing (XNA) Mar 04, 2021
A Chinese high-thrust oxyhydrogen engine designed for the Long March-5 carrier rocket has completed a 520-second test in Beijing in preparation for space station missions, the engine's maker said on ... more
TECH SPACE
ISS Leaks May Be Caused by Metal Fatigue, Micrometeorite Impact, Source Says
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 04, 2021
A commission of Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos believes that cracks in Russia's Zvezda module at the International Space Station (ISS) were most likely formed due to metal fatigue or micr ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China has over 300 satellites in orbit
Beijing (XNA) Mar 02, 2021
China's satellite application system has made great progress in 2020, with more than 300 satellites in orbit for various applications, according to a recent report released by the China Aerospace Sc ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
The Robot will see you now
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2021
In the era of social distancing, using robots for some health care interactions is a promising way to reduce in-person contact between health care workers and sick patients. However, a key question ... more
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Perseverance Hardware One Day after Landing
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 02, 2021
This first HiRISE image of the Perseverance Rover on the surface of Mars also shows many parts of the descent system that got it safely there. Each inset shows an area about 650 feet (200 meters) across. The rover itself sits at the center of a blast pattern created by the hovering skycrane (labeled as "descent stage") that lowered it there. The skycrane flew off to crash as at a safe dist ... more
+ NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return
+ Planetary science intern leads study of Martian crust
+ Ice frozen under Mars' surface offers major resource to aid future settlements
+ China's Tianwen-1 probe to land on Mars in May or June
+ China shows first high-def pictures of Mars taken by Tianwen 1
+ Testing proves its worth with successful mars parachute deployment
+ SwRI scientist captures evidence of dynamic seasonal activity on a Martian sand dune




Lockheed Martin And NEC Put AI To Work On Programs Like NASA's Artemis Mission
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 03, 2021
Lockheed Martin and NEC Corporation have signed a joint collaboration agreement to extend their partnership utilizing NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT). The companies are also finalizing a licensing agreement with a multi-year option. "The power of AI is leveraged across our entire enterprise, and with a trusted partner like NEC, we gain the resources to expand its abilitie ... more
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SwRI scientists image a bright meteoroid explosion in Jupiter's atmosphere
San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
From aboard the Juno spacecraft, a Southwest Research Institute-led instrument observing auroras serendipitously spotted a bright flash above Jupiter's clouds last spring. The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) team studied the data and determined that they had captured a bolide, an extremely bright meteoroid explosion in the gas giant's upper atmosphere. "Jupiter undergoes a huge number of im ... more
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Three elder sisters of the Sun with planets
Torun, Poland (SPX) Mar 03, 2021
An international team led by Prof. dr habil. Andrzej Niedzielski, an astronomer from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland), has discovered yet another three extrasolar planets. These planets revolve around the stars that can be called elder sisters of our Sun. You can read about the astronomers' success in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The prestigious European journal will pub ... more
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+ Earth has a hot new neighbour - and it's an astronomer's dream
+ MAROON-X embarks on its exoplanet quest
+ Volcanoes might light up the night sky of this planet
+ A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models
+ Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process
+ Big galaxies steal star-forming gas from their smaller neighbours
New rocket, Firefly's Alpha, may be ready to launch by April
Orlando FL (UPI) Feb 26, 2021
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace plans to launch its new Alpha rocket from California in April and send a lunar lander to the moon by 2023. The 95-foot-high launch vehicle is designed to lift satellite payloads that weigh just over a ton into low-Earth orbit, or slightly lighter loads to a higher orbit. Firefly has existed for only four years, and would join a small, but growing, group ... more
+ Rocket Lab plans new Neutron rocket, intends to go public
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+ India launches PSLV-C51 carrying Brazil's Amazonia-1 and 18 Satellites
+ New design for Russian super-heavy methane-powered launch vehicle completed
+ SpaceX successfully launches 20th Starlink mission
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+ China's 1st reusable rocket on way, says expert




China has over 300 satellites in orbit
Beijing (XNA) Mar 02, 2021
China's satellite application system has made great progress in 2020, with more than 300 satellites in orbit for various applications, according to a recent report released by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Among them are Beidou navigation satellites, remote sensing satellites for meteorological and marine monitoring, and communication satellites. China start ... more
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Studying Near-Earth Asteroids with Radar
Washington DC (AAS) Mar 04, 2021
Some observatories - like the recently collapsed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico - examine nearby objects by bouncing radio light off of them. A new study has now improved how we analyze these observations to learn about near-Earth asteroids. There's plenty we can learn about the universe from passive radio astronomy, in which we observe the radio signals emitted by distant sources. But w ... more
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Army partners with Air Force's THOR for base defense
Kirtland AFB NM (AFNS) Feb 26, 2021
In an effort to counter the increasing threat posed by enemy drones and other airborne threats, the U.S. Army is making an investment in directed energy prototype technology, with the Tactical High Power Operational Responder, or THOR, system, developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, playing a key role. THOR is a prototype dir ... more
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SPY-7 joint Japan project completes initial demonstration of capability
Fort Belvoir VA (SPX) Feb 26, 2021
On 27 January, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy Aegis Technical Representative (TECHREP) witnessed the successful demonstration of the first software release of the Japanese J7.B Aegis Weapon System equipped with SPY-7 radar in Moorestown, New Jersey. Overall, there has been significant program progress since Japan's Aegis SPY-7 system selection in July 2018, and this demonst ... more
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Saturn's Tilt Caused By Its Moons
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. Recent o ... more
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New "metalens" shifts focus without tilting or moving
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 24, 2021
Polished glass has been at the center of imaging systems for centuries. Their precise curvature enables lenses to focus light and produce sharp images, whether the object in view is a single cell, the page of a book, or a far-off galaxy. Changing focus to see clearly at all these scales typically requires physically moving a lens, by tilting, sliding, or otherwise shifting the lens, usuall ... more
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University students test NASA techology in microgravity
Cleveland OH (SPX) Feb 26, 2021
NASA teamed up with a group of researchers from Dr. Jacob Chung's lab at the University of Florida in Gainesville and the Aerospace Corporation based in El Segundo, California, to test two technologies to reduce the amount of cryogenic propellant consumed during future space missions. Instead of working in a typical lab, a plane following a parabolic flight path briefly suspended the technologie ... more
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Hefei, China (SPX) Mar 04, 2021
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Hi, Robot: Japan's android pets ease virus isolation
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 26, 2021
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Air Force runs second swarming air munitions test over New Mexico
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 4, 2021
The Air Force has put Golden Horde, its new swarming air-launched munitions program, to the test a second time. The Department of Defense this week released several images of an F-16D Viper fighter jet circling the target after "successfully dropping four [collaborative small diameter bombs] for the second Golden Horde test mission" near New Mexico's Holloman Air Force Base Feb. 19. ... more
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