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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 08, 2021 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (4 meters) away in this image from April 6, 2021, the 46th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Perseverance captured the image using a camera called WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering), part of the SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals) instrument, located at the end of the rover's robotic arm. Perseverance' ... read more |
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Odyssey marks 20 years of mapping MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 08, 2021 NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched 20 years ago on April 7, making it the oldest spacecraft still working at the Red Planet. The orbiter, which takes its name from Arthur C. Clarke's class ... more  
NASA's OSIRIS-REx completes final tour of Asteroid BennuGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 08, 2021 NASA's OSIRIS-REx completed its last flyover of Bennu around 6 a.m. EDT (4 a.m. MDT) April 7 and is now slowly drifting away from the asteroid; however, the mission team will have to wait a few more ... more  
Ningbo to build $3.05b rocket launchpad siteBeijing (XNA) Apr 08, 2021 The port city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province is building a 20 billion yuan ($3.05 billion) rocket launch site to meet surging demand for putting satellites into orbit and further develop the industr ... more 
Mars helicopter Ingenuity performs well before first flightWashington DC (UPI) Apr 7, 2021 NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity, the first powered aircraft on another planet, is free of the Perseverance rover that carried it and appears to be functioning well ahead of its first flight on Sunday, the space agency said. ... more |
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Origins of life could have started with DNA-like XNAsNagoya, Japan (SPX) Apr 07, 2021 Nagoya University scientists in Japan have demonstrated how DNA-like molecules could have come together as a precursor to the origins of life. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communica ... more 
NASA's First Weather Report from Jezero Crater on MarsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 07, 2021 The weather often plays a role in our daily plans. You might put on a light jacket when the forecast calls for a cool breeze or delay your travel plans because of an impending storm. NASA engineers ... more
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter survives first night alone on MarsWashington (AFP) April 6, 2021 NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has survived its first night alone on the frigid surface of Mars, the US space agency said, hailing it as "a major milestone" for the tiny craft as it prepares for its first flight. ... more  
German Space Agency Selects Lockheed Martin iSpace System For Space Situational AwarenessColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 07, 2021 To obtain real-time awareness of the more than 300,000 objects orbiting the earth, the German Space Agency at DLR has selected Lockheed Martin's iSpace command and control system. The iSpace system ... more 
NASA's Curiosity team names Martian hill that serves as mission gatewayGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 06, 2021 The team of scientists and engineers behind NASA's Curiosity rover named a hill along the rover's path on Mars in honor of a recently deceased mission scientist. A craggy hump that stretches 450 fee ... more |
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 NASA's Mars Helicopter Survives First Cold Martian Night on Its Own 
Raindrops also keep fallin' on exoplanetsBoston MA (SPX) Apr 06, 2021 One day, humankind may step foot on another habitable planet. That planet may look very different from Earth, but one thing will feel familiar - the rain. In a recent paper, Harvard researcher ... more  |
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Even without a brain, Penn Engineering's metal-eating robots can search for foodPhiladelphia 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 harveste ... 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 
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  
NASA's Europa Clipper builds hardware, moves toward assemblyPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 02, 2021 Europa Clipper, NASA's upcoming flagship mission to the outer solar system, has passed a significant milestone, completing its Critical Design Review. During the review, experts examined the detaile ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 08, 2021 
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a selfie with the Ingenuity helicopter, seen here about 13 feet (4 meters) away in this image from April 6, 2021, the 46th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. Perseverance captured the image using a camera called WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering), part of the SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminesce ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 08, 2021 
The lander and rover of the Chang'e 4 probe have resumed work for a 29th lunar day on the far side of the moon.
The lander woke up at 9:43 pm Tuesday (Beijing Time), and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), awoke at 3:54 am Tuesday, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.
The Chang'e 4 probe, switching to dormant mode duri ... 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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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Apr 07, 2021 
Nagoya University scientists in Japan have demonstrated how DNA-like molecules could have come together as a precursor to the origins of life. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, not only suggest how life might have begun, but also have implications for the development of artificial life and biotechnology applications.
"The RNA world is widely thought to be a stag ... more |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 07, 2021 
The rocket engine with one of the most storied histories in spaceflight, the RS-25, is returning to space for a second act - this time to send humans on the Artemis missions to explore the Moon.
As the space shuttle main engine, the RS-25 has a proven record of launching 135 missions spanning over three decades. At the end of the shuttle program in 2011, 16 RS-25 engines that helped build ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 08, 2021 
The port city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province is building a 20 billion yuan ($3.05 billion) rocket launch site to meet surging demand for putting satellites into orbit and further develop the industrial cluster of the commercial aerospace sector, according to the local authorities.
Highlighted in the recently revealed draft for mega projects in Zhejiang during the 14th Five-Year Plan period ... 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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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Apr 06, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory successfully completed the XQ-58A Valkyrie's sixth flight test and first release from its internal weapons bay, March 26, 2021 at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.
This test, conducted in partnership with Kratos UAS and Area-I, demonstrated the ability to launch an ALTIUS-600 small, unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) from the internal weapons bay of the XQ-58A. ... more |
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