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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 10, 2021 On June 1, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover kicked off the science phase of its mission by leaving the "Octavia E. Butler" landing site. Until recently, the rover has been undergoing systems tests, or commissioning, and supporting the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's month of flight tests. During the first few weeks of this first science campaign, the mission team will drive to a low-lying scenic overlook from which the rover can survey some of the oldest geologic features in Jezero Crater, and they'll b ... read more |
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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity flies for 7th timeWashington DC (UPI) Jun 9, 2021 NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity moved to a new landing site about 115 feet away from its original position on the Red Planet during its seventh flight. ... more  
Wake Forest engineers win NASA's Vascular Tissue ChallengeWashington DC (UPI) Jun 9, 2021 A pair of engineering teams from Wake Forest University took home first and second place in NASA's Vascular Tissue Challenge, the space agency announced Wednesday. ... more  
Manned space mission preps for takeoffBeijing, China (SPX) Jun 10, 2021 China's upcoming manned mission - Shenzhou XII - is expected to set off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Desert to the Tianhe core module of the nation's space stati ... more  
Asteroid 16 Psyche might not be what scientists expectedTucson AZ (SPX) Jun 10, 2021 The widely studied metallic asteroid known as 16 Psyche was long thought to be the exposed iron core of a small planet that failed to form during the earliest days of the solar system. But new Unive ... more |
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Dust: An Out-of-This World ProblemCleveland OH (SPX) Jun 09, 2021 Dust is a nuisance on Earth. Thankfully, we can simply pull out a vacuum or grab a rag to rid ourselves of the concoction of dust mites, fibers, soil, pollen, and other tiny bits. Beyond Earth ... more  
First images of Ganymede as Juno sailed byPasadena CA (JPL) Jun 09, 2021 The first two images from NASA Juno's June 7, 2021, flyby of Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede have been received on Earth. The photos - one from the Jupiter orbiter's JunoCam imager and the other from ... more 
China releases new Mars image taken by Tianwen 1 probeBeijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2021 The China National Space Administration (CNSA) Monday released a new image taken by the Tianwen 1 probe, showing the country's first Mars rover and its landing platform on the red planet's surface. ... more  
New connector for sustainable structures on Earth and in spaceLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 08, 2021 During his time at EPFL under the Erasmus program, Romain van Wassenhove came up with an idea for a connector that could be used to make modular structures out of sustainable bamboo rather than wood ... more 
Space travel weakens our immune systemsSan Francisco CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2021 Microgravity in space perturbs human physiology and is detrimental for astronaut health, a fact first realized during early Apollo missions when astronauts experienced inner ear disturbances, heart ... more |
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Microscopic Superheroes to Help Protect Astronaut Health in SpaceMoffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2021 It's a classic superhero tale: Inconspicuous, underestimated, our hero is revealed to have powers beyond imagination! The hottest and coldest environments on Earth, decades without water, the powerf ... more 
ExoMars rover twin begins Earth-based mission in 'Mars Terrain Simulator'Turin, Italy (SPX) Jun 06, 2021 The replica ExoMars rover that will be used in the Rover Operations Control Centre to support mission training and operations is fully assembled and has completed its first drive around the Mars Ter ... more 
Moon habitat blueprint at Venice BiennaleParis (ESA) Jun 04, 2021 A detailed concept for a lunar habitat, created by one of the world's leading architectural firms with ESA technical support, is currently on show at the Biennale in Venice. Skidmore, Owings and Mer ... more 
NASA's OSIRIS-REx celebrates perfect departure maneuver from Asteroid BennuGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2021 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is 328,000 miles, or 528,000 kilometers, away from the asteroid Bennu, having fired its engines on May 10 to initiate a return trip to Earth. The spacecraft is on track ... more  
Frozen rotifer reanimated after 24,000 years in the Arctic tundraWashington DC (UPI) Jun 7, 2021 Move over water bears, rotifers are pretty tough too. ... more |
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 Turin, Italy (SPX) Jun 06, 2021 
The replica ExoMars rover that will be used in the Rover Operations Control Centre to support mission training and operations is fully assembled and has completed its first drive around the Mars Terrain Simulator at ALTEC, in Turin, Italy.
The rover 'Ground Test Model' (GTM) will play a critical role in the coming months as rover operators prepare for Rosalind Franklin's arrival in Oxia Pl ... more |
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A detailed concept for a lunar habitat, created by one of the world's leading architectural firms with ESA technical support, is currently on show at the Biennale in Venice. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, originator of many of the world's tallest skyscrapers, worked with ESA on a semi-inflatable habitat design which could be part of a long-term vision for an international Moon settlement.
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 09, 2021 
The first two images from NASA Juno's June 7, 2021, flyby of Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede have been received on Earth. The photos - one from the Jupiter orbiter's JunoCam imager and the other from its Stellar Reference Unit star camera - show the surface in remarkable detail, including craters, clearly distinct dark and bright terrain, and long structural features possibly linked to tectonic fa ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 10, 2021 
The moons of planets that have no parent star can possess an atmosphere and retain liquid water. Astrophysicists at LMU have calculated that such systems could harbor sufficient water to make life possible - and sustain it.
Water - in liquid form - is the elixir of life. It made life possible on Earth and is indispensable for the continuing existence of living systems on the planet. This e ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 10, 2021 
After their initial blast, space rockets shoot away from the Earth with rumbles in infrasound, soundwaves too low to be heard by human ears that can travel thousands of miles.
New research used a system for monitoring nuclear tests to track the infrasound from 1,001 rocket launches. The research identified the distinctive sounds from seven different types of rockets, including the Space Sh ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 10, 2021 
China's upcoming manned mission - Shenzhou XII - is expected to set off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Desert to the Tianhe core module of the nation's space station.
A Long March 2F carrier rocket with the Shenzhou XII spacecraft on top of it was moved to its launch pad at the space complex on Wednesday evening, according to the China Manned Space Agency ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 10, 2021 
The widely studied metallic asteroid known as 16 Psyche was long thought to be the exposed iron core of a small planet that failed to form during the earliest days of the solar system. But new University of Arizona-led research suggests that the asteroid might not be as metallic or dense as once thought, and hints at a much different origin story.
Scientists are interested in 16 Psyche bec ... 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) Jun 1, 2021 
The USS Paul Ignatius fired two Standard Missile-3 interceptors at the end of May in order to engage ballistic missile targets launched from the Hebrides Guided Weapon Range off the west coast of Scotland, the Navy announced on Tuesday.
The test was carried out as part of a cooperative engagement with the Royal Netherlands Navy, which used its advanced combat system suite to warn the ma ... more |
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 Cleveland OH (SPX) May 13, 2021 
Science and technology advancements start with big ideas and creativity. Researchers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland have imagined a new, early-stage concept for a lander to Saturn's moon Titan. The team is exploring technologies capable of collecting surface samples and returning them to Earth for laboratory analysis.
The team's futuristic idea was selected for a $125,000 NAS ... more |
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 Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) May 31, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory's Nano-Bio Materials Consortium is currently in contract negotiation with hopes of starting projects by June that use a new process of industry and AFRL personnel in co-developing smart medical technology innovations.
NBMC awarded contracts to 12 organizations from industry and academia Feb. 15, totaling $20.4 million, which leveraged $10.7 million of cost ... more |
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 Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 28, 2021 
Five years on from the first discovery of gravitational waves, an international team of scientists, including from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), are continuing the hunt for new discoveries and insights into the Universe. Using the super-sensitive, kilometre-sized LIGO detectors in the United States, and the Virgo detector in Europe, the team have witness ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 08, 2021 
Finding the hypothetical particle axion could mean finding out for the first time what happened in the Universe a second after the Big Bang, suggests a new study published in Physical Review D on June 7.
How far back into the Universe's past can we look today? In the electromagnetic spectrum, observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background - commonly referred to as the CMB - allow us to se ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) May 27, 2021 
Over the years, robots have gotten quite good at identifying objects - as long as they're out in the open. Discerning buried items in granular material like sand is a taller order. To do that, a robot would need fingers that were slender enough to penetrate the sand, mobile enough to wriggle free when sand grains jam, and sensitive enough to feel the detailed shape of the buried object.
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 Baghdad (AFP) June 6, 2021  The Iraqi army said Sunday two drones were destroyed above a base housing US troops, one month after the same base was targeted by an armed drone.
The US military's C-RAM defence system was activated to shoot down the drones above the Ain al-Assad base, located in Iraq's western desert, the Iraqi military said.
Several hours earlier a rocket was shot down above Baghdad airport, "without ... more |
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