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  Washington (AFP) April 29, 2021 NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter missed its fourth scheduled flight on Thursday, with the space agency blaming a software glitch and vowing to try again the next day. "The helicopter is safe and in good health," said a statement, adding the rotorcraft had failed to transition to "flight mode." The team plans to attempt the flight once more on Friday at 10:46 am Eastern Time (1446 GMT) with data expected back at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory around three hours later. The software issue is ... read more |
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How Zhurong will attempt to touch down on the red planetGlasgow, Scotland (The Conversation) Apr 30, 2021 For the first few months of 2021, the Martian atmosphere was buzzing with new visitors from Earth. First, it was the UAE Space Agency's Hope probe, followed by the Chinese Tianwen-1 entering orbit. ... more  
Core capsule launched into orbitBeijing (XNA) Apr 30, 2021 Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin undertook mankind's first space journey, China launched the core capsule of its space station on Thursday morning, formally embarking on the construction of one of the ... more 
China launches space station core module TianheWenchang, China (XNA) Apr 30, 2021 China on Thursday sent into space the core module of its space station, kicking off a series of key launch missions that aim to complete the construction of the station by the end of next year. ... more  
Blue Origin protests NASA choice of SpaceX to land astronauts on MoonWashington (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. ... more |
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New View of Asteroid Ryugu's SurfaceWashington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2021 Samples from the near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu recently arrived at Earth, ready for laboratory analysis. In the meantime, ground-based measurements of Ryugu's surface are helping us to complete ... more 
Measuring the Moon's nano dust is no small matterWashington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2021 Like a chameleon of the night sky, the Moon often changes its appearance. It might look larger, brighter or redder, for example, due to its phases, its position in the solar system or smoke in Earth ... more 
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dead at 90Washington (AFP) April 28, 2021 American astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module while his crewmates became the first people to walk on the Moon, died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family said. ... more 
Mars mission team prepares for its toughest challengeBeijing (XNA) Apr 29, 2021 As Beijing's residents bask among the spring blossoms, engineers and technicians in the capital's northwestern suburbs are busily preparing for a challenging maneuver involving a spacecraft hundreds ... more  
York Space Systems begins production of larger LX-CLASS platformDenver CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 York Space Systems has begun producing its new LX-CLASS spacecraft, a larger and more powerful platform scheduled for delivery in 2022 for a commercial constellation customer. The LX-CLASS leverages ... more |
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Smart shirt takes a trip to space for scienceWashington DC (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 A technology-packed tank top offers a simple, effective way to track astronauts' vital signs and physiological changes during spaceflight, according to research being presented at the American Physi ... more  |
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Icy clouds could have kept early Mars warm enough for rivers and lakes, study findsChicago IL (SPX) Apr 27, 2021 One of the great mysteries of modern space science is neatly summed up by the view from NASA's Perseverance, which just landed on Mars: Today it's a desert planet, and yet the rover is sitting right ... more 
New ESA telescope in South America to search for asteroidsParis (ESA) Apr 28, 2021 ESA's second Test-Bed Telescope, hosted at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile, has seen 'first light' - when a new telescope is first used to look up. A collabor ... more  
Astronomers detect first ever hydroxyl molecule signature in an exoplanet atmosphereDublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 An international collaboration of astronomers led by a researcher from the Astrobiology Center and Queen's University Belfast, and including researchers from Trinity College Dublin, has detected a n ... more 
Space law and the fight against space debrisSydney, Australia (The Conversation) Apr 29, 2021 Space is getting crowded. More than 100 million tiny pieces of debris are spinning in Earth orbit, along with tens of thousands of bigger chunks and around 3,300 functioning satellites. Large ... more 
China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyondBeijing (AFP) April 29, 2021 The launch of the first module of China's new space station - "Heavenly Palace" - on Thursday underlined how far the country has come in achieving its space dream. ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 27, 2021 
One of the great mysteries of modern space science is neatly summed up by the view from NASA's Perseverance, which just landed on Mars: Today it's a desert planet, and yet the rover is sitting right next to an ancient river delta.
The apparent contradiction has puzzled scientists for decades, especially because at the same time that Mars had flowing rivers, it was getting less than a third ... more |
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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 "elimi ... more |
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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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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 
An international collaboration of astronomers led by a researcher from the Astrobiology Center and Queen's University Belfast, and including researchers from Trinity College Dublin, has detected a new chemical signature in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet (a planet that orbits a star other than our Sun).
The hydroxyl radical (OH) was found on the dayside of the exoplanet WASP-33b. Th ... more |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Apr 29, 2021 
On Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 10:50 pm local time (01:50 UTC on Thursday, April 29), a Vega launch vehicle operated by Arianespace lifted off successfully from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana (South America). This mission marked Vega's return to flight, and was also the second successful launch by Arianespace's teams in less than 72 hours.
The mission's prima ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 29, 2021 
As Beijing's residents bask among the spring blossoms, engineers and technicians in the capital's northwestern suburbs are busily preparing for a challenging maneuver involving a spacecraft hundreds of millions of kilometers from Earth.
The team members-spacecraft control professionals at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center-are making all-out efforts to ensure that Tianwen 1, China's firs ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2021 
Samples from the near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu recently arrived at Earth, ready for laboratory analysis. In the meantime, ground-based measurements of Ryugu's surface are helping us to complete our picture of this nearby, rocky body.
In December 2020, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 completed a daring 6-year mission, successfully landing on near-Earth asteroid Ryugu and returning a ... 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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 Washington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2021 
The Missile Defense Agency did not meet 2020 goals, with only 62% of deliveries and 22% of interceptor missile tests completed, a report on Wednesday said.
While the Government Accountability Office noted that MDA "made progress" toward on individual systems of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, the agency "did not complete its overall planned deliveries or annual testing," according ... 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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 Herndon VA (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 
Fibertek was awarded a four-year contract with the University of Florida to support NASA's Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Charge Management Device (CMD) program. Under this contract Fibertek will continue our partnership with the University of Florida in designing and testing CMD spaceflight Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL-6) and engineering development units.
LISA is an inter ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Apr 29, 2021 
Studying the violent collisions of black holes and neutron stars may soon provide a new measurement of the Universe's expansion rate, helping to resolve a long-standing dispute, suggests a new simulation study led by researchers at UCL (University College London).
Our two current best ways of estimating the Universe's rate of expansion - measuring the brightness and speed of pulsating and ... 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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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 28, 2021 
University of South Australia researchers have drawn inspiration from a 300-million-year-old superior flying machine - the dragonfly - to show why future flapping wing drones will probably resemble the insect in shape, wings and gearing.
A team of PhD students led by UniSA Professor of Sensor Systems, Javaan Chahl, spent part of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown designing and testing key parts of ... more |
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