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  Washington (AFP) April 4, 2021 NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of Mars in preparation for its first flight, the US space agency said. The ultra-light aircraft had been fixed to the belly of the Perseverance rover, which touched down on the Red Planet on February 18. "MarsHelicopter touchdown confirmed!" NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tweeted Saturday. "Its 293 million mile (471 million kilometer) journey aboard @NASAPersevere ended with the final drop of 4 inches (10 centimeter) from the ... read more |
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OSIRIS-REx's set for final observation run before heading to EarthTucson AZ (SPX) Apr 02, 2021 NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it made on asteroid Bennu's surface during last fall's sample collection event. On Apr. 7, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft w ... more  
Gateway's propulsion system passes first testCleveland OH (SPX) Apr 02, 2021 The thruster system that will propel NASA's Gateway around the Moon was recently fired up for the first of many ground tests to ensure the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) is ready for flight. ... more 
InSight detects two sizable quakes on MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 02, 2021 NASA's InSight lander has detected two strong, clear quakes originating in a location of Mars called Cerberus Fossae - the same place where two strong quakes were seen earlier in the mission. The ne ... more 
Sensors collect crucial data on Mars landings with arrival of PerseveranceWashington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2021 "Tango delta. Touchdown confirmed. Perseverance safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the signs of past life." For more than six years, the Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Instrumen ... more |
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First X-rays from Uranus DiscoveredHuntsville AL (SPX) Apr 01, 2021 Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar ... more  
Roman Space Telescope predicted to find 100,000 transiting planetsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 01, 2021 NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous cosmic panoramas, helping us answer questions about the evolution of our universe. Astronomers also expect the mission to find thousands ... more  
A robot that senses hidden objectsBoston MA (SPX) Apr 02, 2021 In recent years, robots have gained artificial vision, touch, and even smell. "Researchers have been giving robots human-like perception," says MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib. In a new paper, Ad ... more  
A new phase in Bose-Einstein condensate of light particles observedBonn, Germany (SPX) Apr 02, 2021 A single "super photon" made up of many thousands of individual light particles: About ten years ago, researchers at the University of Bonn produced such an extreme aggregate state for the first tim ... more 
The largest European robotics and space event is counting down the time until take off!Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Apr 01, 2021 European Rover Challenge (ERC) is an annual celebration of space enthusiasts. Starting in 2014, it is now the most important space-robotic event in Europe, bringing together hundreds of supporters a ... more |
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 Even without a brain, Penn Engineering's metal-eating robots can search for food 
Researchers discover new type of ancient crater lake on MarsProvidence RI (SPX) Mar 31, 2021 Researchers from Brown University have discovered a previously unknown type of ancient crater lake on Mars that could reveal clues about the planet's early climate. In a study published in Pla ... more  |
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover takes selfie with Mont MercouPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2021 At the start of March, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover began approaching an impressive rock formation that scientists dubbed "Mont Mercou," a nickname taken from a mountain in France. Standing about 20 ... more 
NASA begins final assembly of spacecraft destined for Asteroid PsychePasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2021 A major component of NASA's Psyche spacecraft has been delivered to the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where the phase known as assembly, test, and launch operations is n ... more 
SwRI scientists discover a new auroral feature on JupiterSan Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 30, 2021 The SwRI-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) orbiting Jupiter aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft has detected new faint aurora features, characterized by ring-like emissions, which expand rapidly over tim ... more 
Photosynthesis could be as old as life itselfLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2021 Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think life evolved on Earth. The finding also challenges expectations for ... more 
Apophis impact ruled out for the first timeParis (ESA) Mar 29, 2021 New observations of asteroid Apophis - thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068 - rule out any chance of impact for at least a century. After 17 years of observations and orbit analy ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 02, 2021 
NASA's InSight lander has detected two strong, clear quakes originating in a location of Mars called Cerberus Fossae - the same place where two strong quakes were seen earlier in the mission. The new quakes have magnitudes of 3.3 and 3.1; the previous quakes were magnitude 3.6 and 3.5. InSight has recorded over 500 quakes to date, but because of their clear signals, these are four of the best qu ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) Apr 02, 2021 
The thruster system that will propel NASA's Gateway around the Moon was recently fired up for the first of many ground tests to ensure the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) is ready for flight.
NASA, along with Maxar Technologies and Busek Co., successfully completed a test of the 6-kilowatt (kW) solar electric propulsion (SEP) subsystem destined for the PPE.
The hot fire tests were ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 01, 2021 
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar system.
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and has two sets of rings around its equator. The planet, which has four times the diameter of Earth, rotates on its side, making it different ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 01, 2021 
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous cosmic panoramas, helping us answer questions about the evolution of our universe. Astronomers also expect the mission to find thousands of planets using two different techniques as it surveys a wide range of stars in the Milky Way.
Roman will locate these potential new worlds, or exoplanets, by tracking the amount of light comi ... more |
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 Orlando FL (UPI) Apr 01, 2021 
A Florida rocket company, Rocket Crafters, has rebranded as Vaya Space and plans a new, larger rocket than it had been pursuing, now named Dauntless, according to company president Rob Fabian.
Rocket Crafters - now called Vaya - is one of many new companies pursuing new rockets considered small or medium, and far less powerful than SpaceX's Falcon 9.
The plan for Dauntless is to lift ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Mar 11, 2021 
China actively promoted international space cooperation in 2020, offering satellite exports and launches, cooperative research and application services to the world, according to a recent report on China's aerospace industry.
By the end of last year, 51 Chinese rockets had launched 59 foreign commercial satellites into space, said the 2020 Blue Book of China Aerospace Science and Technolog ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Apr 02, 2021 
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is on the brink of discovering the extent of the mess it made on asteroid Bennu's surface during last fall's sample collection event. On Apr. 7, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will get one last close encounter with Bennu as it performs a final flyover to capture images of the asteroid's surface. While performing the flyover, the spacecraft will observe Bennu from a distance ... more |
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 Kirtland NM (AFRL) Mar 24, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate will host a Virtual Briefing for Industry to introduce the new Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research (DETER), Advanced Research Announcement (ARA) April 13 - 14 from 10 a.m. to noon Mountain Standard Time each day.
"We are looking forward to hosting our first briefing for industry days," said Marcella Cantu, DETER ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 26, 2021 
The U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center successfully delivered the fifth Space Based Infrared System satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) to the processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The satellite traveled across the country from the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Center satellite integration facility in Sunnyvale, California via a C-5M Super Galaxy on March ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 26, 2021 
Buried beneath 20 kilometers of ice, the subsurface ocean of Enceladus--one of Saturn's moons--appears to be churning with currents akin to those on Earth.
The theory, derived from the shape of Enceladus's ice shell, challenges the current thinking that the moon's global ocean is homogenous, apart from some vertical mixing driven by the warmth of the moon's core.
Enceladus, a tiny fr ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 19, 2021  Researchers at Columbia University have found a way to marry the versatility of DNA nanotechnology with the toughness of silica-based materials.
DNA technology can be used to design self-assembling, complexly organized nanoparticle structures.
In theory, these structures can be designed for a variety of applications, but in reality, these structures are too soft and only stable i ... more |
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 La Laguna, Spain (SPX) Mar 26, 2021 
Scientists estimate that dark matter and dark energy together are some 95% of the gravitational material in the universe while the remaining 5% is baryonic matter, which is the "normal" matter composing stars, planets, and living beings. However for decades almost one half of this matter has not been found either.
Now, using a new technique, a team in which the Instituto de Astrofisica de ... more |
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 Swansea UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2021 
Swansea University physicists, as leading members of the ALPHA collaboration at CERN, have demonstrated laser cooling of antihydrogen atoms for the first time. The groundbreaking achievement produces colder antimatter than ever before and enables an entirely new class of experiments, helping scientists learn more about antimatter in future.
In a paper published in Nature, the collaboration ... more |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Apr 01, 2021 
When it comes to powering mobile robots, batteries present a problematic paradox: the more energy they contain, the more they weigh, and thus the more energy the robot needs to move. Energy harvesters, like solar panels, might work for some applications, but they don't deliver power quickly or consistently enough for sustained travel.
James Pikul, assistant professor in Penn Engineering's ... more |
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 Plano TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2021 
Martin UAV, a leading advanced aviation technology manufacturer in the United States, today announced the public release of the latest unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the V-BAT 128, for defense and commercial use, including search and rescue, firefighting, logistic resupply, and energy and oil and gas operations.
Martin UAV previously demonstrated its upgraded version of the V-BAT featurin ... more |
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