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  Dubai (AFP) April 14, 2021 Lunar exploration firm iSpace said Wednesday it will transport a United Arab Emirates unmanned rover to the Moon next year, as the Gulf state seeks to expand its space sector. The UAE - made up of seven emirates including the capital Abu Dhabi and freewheeling Dubai - announced in September 2020 that it planned to launch the "Rashid" rover by 2024. The rover "will be transported to the Moon on iSpace's lunar lander" during a mission in 2022, the Japanese company said in a statement. iSpa ... read more |
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Drone test of Hera mission's asteroid radarParis (ESA) Apr 15, 2021 This drone hauled a model of the Juventas CubeSat high into the air, as a practical test of the antennas designed to perform the first radar sounding of the interior of an asteroid. The shoebo ... more  
Study warns of 'oxygen false positives' in search for signs of life on other planetsSanta Cruz CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2021 In the search for life on other planets, the presence of oxygen in a planet's atmosphere is one potential sign of biological activity that might be detected by future telescopes. A new study, howeve ... more 
China releases lunar sample data onlineBeijing (XNA) Apr 15, 2021 China's space agency has released an online database of the first batch of the lunar samples brought back by the Chang'e-5 probe. Researchers and the public can access the Lunar and Deep Space ... more  
NASA delays Mars helicopter flight again for software updateWashington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2021 NASA has postponed the flight of the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, the first controlled flight on another planet, to work through a software problem. ... more |
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New research reveals secret to Jupiter's curious aurora activityFairbanks AK (SPX) Apr 11, 2021 Auroral displays continue to intrigue scientists, whether the bright lights shine over Earth or over another planet. The lights hold clues to the makeup of a planet's magnetic field and how that fie ... more 
DARPA Selects Performers for Phase 1 of Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) ProgramWashington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2021 DARPA has awarded contracts for the first phase of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The goal of the DRACO program is to demonstrate a nuclear thermal propulsio ... more  
Northrop Grumman and Intelsat make history with docking of 2nd Mission Extension VehicleDulles VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2021 Northrop Grumman and the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, SpaceLogistics LLC, have successfully completed the docking of the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) to the Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) co ... more  
EU to unveil AI rules to fight Big Brother fearsBrussels (AFP) April 14, 2021 The EU is set to unveil a proposal to regulate the sprawling field of artificial intelligence next week, with the aim of reassuring the public against "Big Brother"-like abuses. ... more 
People may trust computers more than humansAthens GA (SPX) Apr 14, 2021 Despite increasing concern over the intrusion of algorithms in daily life, people may be more willing to trust a computer program than their fellow humans, especially if a task becomes too challengi ... more |
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 New laser to help clear the sky of space debris 
NASA awards contract for communicationless coordination of robotic swarmsWorcester MA (SPX) Apr 11, 2021 Geisel Software, a Massachusetts-based custom software development firm, and Arizona State University (ASU) are pleased to announce they have been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) ... more  |
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Hands-free: Monkey plays video game - with its brainSan Francisco (AFP) April 10, 2021 Elon Musk's startup devoted to meshing brains with computers was closer to its dream on Friday, having gotten a monkey to play video game Pong using only its mind. ... more 
Crustal mineralogy drives microbe diversity beneath Earth's surfaceWashington DC (UPI) Apr 9, 2021 Deep beneath the surface of the earth, microbes proliferate without sunlight and oxygen - eating and breathing minerals, these microbes colonize the rocks that buoy the planet's continents. ... more 
Amounts of organic molecules in planetary systems differ from early onTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 11, 2021 An international group of scientists led by the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have studied the chemical composition of 50 protoplanetary-disk forming regions in the Perseus Molecular Cloud, ... more 
Report: U.S. military must speed up AI development to maintain edgeWashington DC (UPI) Apr 9, 2021 The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence vice chair said on Friday the United States lacks a strategy to compete with China in military AI. ... more  
A molecule that responds to lightKarlsruherw, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2021 Light can be used to operate quantum information processing systems, e.g. quantum computers, quickly and efficiently. Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Chimie ParisTech/CNRS ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 14, 2021 
The Ingenuity team has identified a software solution for the command sequence issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned high-speed spin-up test of the helicopter's rotors. Over the weekend, the team considered and tested multiple potential solutions to this issue, concluding that minor modification and reinstallation of Ingenuity's flight control software is the most robust path for ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) April 14, 2021 
Lunar exploration firm iSpace said Wednesday it will transport a United Arab Emirates unmanned rover to the Moon next year, as the Gulf state seeks to expand its space sector.
The UAE - made up of seven emirates including the capital Abu Dhabi and freewheeling Dubai - announced in September 2020 that it planned to launch the "Rashid" rover by 2024.
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 Fairbanks AK (SPX) Apr 11, 2021 
Auroral displays continue to intrigue scientists, whether the bright lights shine over Earth or over another planet. The lights hold clues to the makeup of a planet's magnetic field and how that field operates.
New research about Jupiter proves that point - and adds to the intrigue.
Peter Delamere, a professor of space physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institu ... more |
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 Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2021 
In the search for life on other planets, the presence of oxygen in a planet's atmosphere is one potential sign of biological activity that might be detected by future telescopes. A new study, however, describes several scenarios in which a lifeless rocky planet around a sun-like star could evolve to have oxygen in its atmosphere.
The new findings, published April 13 in AGU Advances, highli ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 09, 2021 
Sustainability and environmental compatibility are becoming increasingly important considerations in the space sector. In order to achieve these objectives, scientists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Lampoldshausen are developing fuels for next-generation space applications. The focus is on application-related properties such as improved environ ... more |
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 WenchangBeijing (XNA) Apr 13, 2021 
China's Long March-7 Y3 rocket, which will launch the cargo craft of China's space station, has arrived at its launch site in southern China's Hainan Province.
The rocket, alongside the Tianzhou-2 cargo craft that has already been transported to the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, will be assembled and tested at the launch site, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said on Mo ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Apr 15, 2021 
This drone hauled a model of the Juventas CubeSat high into the air, as a practical test of the antennas designed to perform the first radar sounding of the interior of an asteroid.
The shoebox-sized Juventas will be transported to the Didymos double-asteroid system by ESA's Hera mission. Once it flies freely in space, Juventas will deploy a cross antenna to perform a low-frequency radar s ... 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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 Mainz, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2021 
Extremely precise measurements are possible using atom interferometers that employ the wave character of atoms for this purpose. They can thus be used, for example, to measure the gravitational field of the Earth or to detect gravitational waves. A team of scientists from Germany has now managed to successfully perform atom interferometry in space for the first time - on board a sounding rocket. ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 14, 2021 
All supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies appear to have periods when they swallow matter from their close surroundings. But that is about as far as the similarities go. That's the conclusion reached by British and Dutch astronomers from their research with ultra-sensitive radio telescopes in a well-studied region of the universe. They publish their findings in two articles in the ... more |
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 Athens GA (SPX) Apr 14, 2021 
Despite increasing concern over the intrusion of algorithms in daily life, people may be more willing to trust a computer program than their fellow humans, especially if a task becomes too challenging, according to new research from data scientists at the University of Georgia.
From choosing the next song on your playlist to choosing the right size pants, people are relying more on the adv ... more |
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 Arbil, Iraq (AFP) April 14, 2021 
An attack Wednesday at the airport of Arbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, was carried out by drone, the Kurdish interior ministry said - an unprecedented escalation of the arms used to target US soldiers based there.
"A drone charged with TNT targeted a coalition base at Arbil's airport," the ministry said, adding that no one was hurt in the blast but a building was damaged.
A Turkish s ... more |
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