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  Washington (AFP) April 9, 2021 The helicopter that NASA has placed on Mars could make its first flight over the Red Planet within two days after a successful initial test of its rotors, the US space agency said Friday. The current plan for the first-ever attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet is for the four-pound (1.8 kilogram) helicopter, dubbed the Ingenuity, to take off from Mars' Jezero Crater on Sunday at 10:54 pm US eastern time (0254 GMT Monday) and hover 10 feet (3 meters) above the surface for a half-mi ... read more |
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Mars didn't dry up in one goParis, France (SPX) Apr 09, 2021 The Perseverance rover has just landed on Mars. Meanwhile, its precursor Curiosity continues to explore the base of Mount Sharp (officially Aeolis Mons), a mountain several kilometres high at the ce ... more  
Lunar brightness temperature for calibration of microwave humidity soundersBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 09, 2021 Calibration and validation (CAL/VAL) is a key technology for quantitative application of space-borne remote sensing data. However, the complex space environment can cause many uncertainties and degr ... more 
Perseverance's take selfie with IngenuityPasadena 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. Pe ... more 
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 |
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China's Chang'e 4 probe resumes work for 29th lunar dayBeijing (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 (Jad ... more  
Asteroids are born big - and here is why!Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Apr 08, 2021 Why do asteroids in the solar system have the sizes we observe? Two researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have found an answer to that fundamental question: For the birth planets and ... 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 
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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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  |
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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  
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 
ESA invites ideas to open up in-orbit servicing marketParis (ESA) Apr 02, 2021 ESA is seeking to open the way to a new era of in-space activities such as refuelling, refurbishment, assembly, manufacturing, and recycling. The Agency is now soliciting ideas for In-Orbit Servicin ... more  
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  
Scientists achieve single-photon imaging over 200kmBeijing, China (SPX) Apr 06, 2021 A research team led by Professor PAN Jianwei and Professor XU Feihu from University of Science and Technology of China achieved single-photon 3D imaging over 200 km using high-efficiency optical dev ... 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, China (SPX) Apr 09, 2021 
Calibration and validation (CAL/VAL) is a key technology for quantitative application of space-borne remote sensing data. However, the complex space environment can cause many uncertainties and degrade the calibration accuracy. In-flight calibration is always needed. The thermal emission of the Moon is stable over hundreds of years because there is no atmosphere and no significant physical or ch ... more |
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 Pasadena 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 detailed design of the spacecraft to ensure that it is ready to complete construction. The mission is now able to complete hardware fabrication and testing, and move toward the assembly and testing of the sp ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Apr 08, 2021 
Enabling the Mars Rover's core operations in the harsh environment on Mars are Kaydon RealiSlim thin-section ball bearings, designed and manufactured by SKF at the company's global thin-section bearing engineering center in Muskegon, and its recently expanded manufacturing hub in Sumter, USA.
These highly engineered components contribute to the survival of the rover's main robotic arm, sam ... more |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 09, 2021 
When NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the Artemis I mission, the amount of data generated by the rocket, spacecraft, and ground support equipment will be about 100 megabytes per second. The volume and speed of this information demands an equally complex and robust computer system to process and deliver that ... 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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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 06, 2021 
Scientists from Russia and Germany studied the molecular composition of carbonaceous chondrites - the insoluble organic matter of the Murchison and Allende meteorites - in an attempt to identify their origin. Ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry revealed a wide diversity of chemical compositions and unexpected similarities between meteorites from different groups. The research was published i ... 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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 Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 08, 2021 
The long-awaited first results from the Muon g-2 experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory show fundamental particles called muons behaving in a way that is not predicted by scientists' best theory, the Standard Model of particle physics. This landmark result, made with unprecedented precision, confirms a discrepancy that has been gnawing at researchers ... more |
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 Boston 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, Adib's team is pushing the technology a step further. "We're trying to give robots superhuman perception," he says.
The researchers have developed a robot that uses radio waves, which can pass thr ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Apr 09, 2021 
The EU-manufactured FIXAR drone is the world's first industrial UAV to outperform other models in its class in both payload capacity and distance coverage.
The hybrid patented design combines the best elements of drones on the market - it provides the take-off and landing maneuverability of multirotor drones, and the increased payload and endurance of fixed-wing drones. Moreover, a plug-an ... more |
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