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  Washington (AFP) April 27, 2021 Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, on Monday filed a protest against NASA's choice of rival SpaceX to build the module that will land the next US astronauts on the Moon. "NASA has executed a flawed acquisition for the Human Landing System program and moved the goalposts at the last minute," Blue Origin said in a statement sent to AFP. The decision "eliminates opportunities for competition, significantly narrows the supply base, and not only delays, but also enda ... read more |
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China, Russia welcome int'l partners in moon station cooperationNanjing (XNA) Apr 24, 2021 China and Russia's aerospace authorities have invited all interested countries, international organizations and partners to cooperate in a moon station project. The announcement was made by th ... more  
Asteroid that Hit Botswana in 2018 likely came from VestaMountain View CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2021 An international team of researchers searched for pieces of a small asteroid tracked in space and then observed to impact Botswana on June 2, 2018. Guided by SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter J ... more  
Warp drives: Physicists give chances of faster-than-light space travel a boostStillwater OK (SPX) Apr 24, 2021 The closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.25 light-years away, or about 25 trillion miles (40 trillion km). The fastest ever spacecraft, the now- in-space Parker Solar Probe will ... more  
NASA's Mars helicopter's third flight goes farther, faster than beforeNew York (AFP) April 25, 2021 NASA's mini helicopter Ingenuity on Sunday successfully completed its third flight on Mars, moving farther and faster than ever before, with a peak speed of 6.6 feet per second. ... more |
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Seismicity on Mars full of surprises, in first continuous year of dataWashington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2021 The SEIS seismometer package from the Mars InSight lander has collected its first continuous Martian year of data, revealing some surprises among the more than 500 marsquakes detected so far. ... more  
Arrival of world-first test facilityNoordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 22, 2021 ESA's ESTEC technology centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, took delivery of this 2.8m-diameter vacuum chamber to host ESA's latest world-first test facility. The Dutch Terahertz company in G ... more  
NASA's Webb to study young exoplanets on the edgeBaltimore MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2021 Before planets around other stars were first discovered in the 1990s, these far-flung exotic worlds lived only in the imagination of science fiction writers. But even their creative minds coul ... more 
Mars 2020 used key systems at AFRL for pre flight testingWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Apr 23, 2021 On February 18, 2021, NASA's rover Perseverance touched down on the surface of Mars to begin searching for evidence of past life. The success of this touchdown would not have been possible without t ... more 
Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbial life beneath its surface, study findsProvidence RI (SPX) Apr 23, 2021 As NASA's Perseverance rover begins its search for ancient life on the surface of Mars, a new study suggests that the Martian subsurface might be a good place to look for possible present-day life o ... more |
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 Mars' changing habitability recorded by ancient dune fields in Gale crater  
To Mars and beyond, as China's cosmic journey continuesBeijing (XNA) Apr 24, 2021 Saturday marks the sixth Space Day of China. Five years after it was established in 2016, the nation has made tremendous progress in various aspects of space exploration. On the first Space Da ... more  |
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EU unveils AI rules to temper Big Brother fearsBrussels (AFP) April 21, 2021 The EU unveils a plan Wednesday to regulate the sprawling field of artificial intelligence, aimed at making Europe a leader in the new tech revolution while reassuring the public against "Big Brother"-like abuses. ... more 
Panasonic to buy AI logistics firm Blue Yonder for $7.1 bnTokyo (AFP) April 23, 2021 Panasonic will buy American AI supply chain software firm Blue Yonder for $7.1 billion, the Japanese company said Friday. ... more 
Accion Systems set for launch of two TILE 2 in-space propulsion systemsBoston MA (SPX) Apr 21, 2021 Accion Systems today announces that two TILE 2 in-space propulsion system units will launch onboard an Astro Digital micro-satellite aboard the June 2021 SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare launch. Astro Digi ... more 
3D motion tracking system could help autonomous technologies 'see'Washington DC (UPI) Apr 23, 2021 A new 3D motion tracking system could help autonomous technologies navigate their environs without the help of cameras or LiDAR. ... more  
Fooling fusion fuel: How to discipline unruly plasmaPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 27, 2021 The process designed to harvest on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars can sometimes be tricked. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics labor ... more |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Apr 23, 2021 
As NASA's Perseverance rover begins its search for ancient life on the surface of Mars, a new study suggests that the Martian subsurface might be a good place to look for possible present-day life on the Red Planet.
The study, published in the journal Astrobiology, looked at the chemical composition of Martian meteorites - rocks blasted off of the surface of Mars that eventually landed on ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Apr 24, 2021 
China and Russia's aerospace authorities have invited all interested countries, international organizations and partners to cooperate in a moon station project.
The announcement was made by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and its Russian counterpart Roscosmos at a conference for the international moon station in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province on Friday.
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 16, 2021 
In the weeks following its launch in early 2006, when NASA's New Horizons was still close to home, it took just minutes to transmit a command to the spacecraft, and hear back that the onboard computer received and was ready to carry out the instructions.
As New Horizons crossed the solar system, and its distance from Earth jumped from millions to billions of miles, that time between contac ... more |
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 Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 22, 2021 
Before planets around other stars were first discovered in the 1990s, these far-flung exotic worlds lived only in the imagination of science fiction writers.
But even their creative minds could not have conceived of the variety of worlds astronomers have uncovered. Many of these worlds, called exoplanets, are vastly different from our solar system's family of planets. They range from star- ... more |
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 Bay St. Louis MS (SPX) Apr 24, 2021 
The first core stage of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket departs Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, following completion of the Green Run series of tests of its design and systems. The stage now is in route to the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, its final stop prior to NASA's launch of the Artemis I mission around the Moon.
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 Wenchang (XNA) Apr 24, 2021 
The Long March 5B carrier rocket tasked with launching the core capsule of China's space station was moved on Friday morning to the launch tower at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province.
The China Manned Space Agency said that the rocket with the core capsule inside will begin pre-launch examinations. Currently, equipment at the coastal launch center is in good condition and ... more |
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 Mountain View CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2021 
An international team of researchers searched for pieces of a small asteroid tracked in space and then observed to impact Botswana on June 2, 2018. Guided by SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens, they found 23 meteorites deep inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and now have published their findings online in the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science.
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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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 Riyadh (AFP) April 20, 2021 
Greece will lend a Patriot missile battery to Saudi Arabia to protect its critical energy infrastructure, Greek officials said Tuesday, as the Gulf kingdom grapples with growing attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels.
Saudi Arabia, the top crude exporter which leads a military coalition against the Huthis, relies heavily on US-made Patriots to intercept missiles and drones fired at the kingdom on a ... 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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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2021  Using the Atacama ALMA array, astronomers found a rotating baby galaxy 1/100th the size of the Milky Way at a time when the Universe was only seven percent of its present age. Thanks to assistance by the gravitational lens effect, the team was able to explore for the first time the nature of small and dark "normal galaxies" in the early Universe, representative of the main population of the firs ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 23, 2021 
A new 3D motion tracking system could help autonomous technologies navigate their environs without the help of cameras or LiDAR.
The system utilizes nanoscale graphene photodetectors, which are highly sensitive to light.
Light absorbed by the photodetectors can be used to generate images in real-time, helping autonomous technologies "see" and move through their surroundings.
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 Mexico City (AFP) April 21, 2021 
Mexico's drug cartels are using explosive-laden drones to attack the country's security forces, Defense Minister Luis Sandoval said Wednesday.
"We have found that there are some cartels using drones with explosives," the general said during President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's daily news conference.
Jalisco New Generation, one of the country's most powerful cartels, is among those usi ... more |
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