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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 02, 2021 NASA's newest six-wheeled robot on Mars, the Perseverance rover, is beginning an epic journey across a crater floor seeking signs of ancient life. That means the rover team is deeply engaged with planning navigation routes, drafting instructions to be beamed up, even donning special 3D glasses to help map their course. But increasingly, the rover will take charge of the drive by itself, using a powerful auto-navigation system. Called AutoNav, this enhanced system makes 3D maps of the terrain ahead ... read more |
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Eye of ESA's asteroid missionParis (ESA) Jul 02, 2021 This is the main camera that ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence will be relying on to explore and manoeuvre around the Didymos asteroid system. Hera - named after the Greek goddess of ma ... more  
NASA offers $45M to solve risks for astronaut Lunar landing servicesWashington DC (SPX) Jul 02, 2021 NASA is preparing to establish a regular cadence of trips to the Moon under Artemis. To help the agency fine-tune its approach, NASA will award firm fixed-price, milestone-based contracts of up to $ ... more  
China begins construction of new survey telescope to detect space debrisXining (XNA) Jul 02, 2021 The construction of a survey telescope array, which will be mainly used to detect space debris in medium and high orbits, has begun in northwest China's Qinghai Province, taking advantage of the pla ... more 
Asteroid-hunting space telescope gets two-year mission extensionWashington DC (SPX) Jul 01, 2021 For two more years, NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) will continue its hunt for asteroids and comets - including objects that could pose a hazard to Earth. This ... more |
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A new chapter for space sustainabilityBoston MA (SPX) Jun 28, 2021 Each day, new and innovative space technologies are being developed in countries around the world, and with that, a steady stream of satellites, rockets, cargo ships, and crew vehicles are being lau ... more 
Scientists closer to explaining Mars methane mysteryGreenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 30, 2021 Reports of methane detections at Mars have captivated scientists and non-scientists alike. On Earth, a significant amount of methane is produced by microbes that help most livestock digest plants. T ... more 
Reprogrammable satellite shipped to launch siteParis (ESA) Jul 01, 2021 An advanced telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed in orbit has arrived at its launch site of Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Developed under an ESA Partnership Pr ... more  
Giving robots better movesBoston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2021 For most people, the task of identifying an object, picking it up, and placing it somewhere else is trivial. For robots, it requires the latest in machine intelligence and robotic manipulation. ... more 
Northrop Grumman building 'Justified Confidence' for Integrated Artificial Intelligence SystemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 "Justified confidence" in artificial intelligence is more than just new buzzwords. It's about developing AI systems that are robust, reliable and accountable, and ensuring these attributes can be ve ... more |
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Sweat-proof "smart skin" takes reliable vitals, even during workouts and spicy mealsBoston MA (SPX) Jul 02, 2021 MIT engineers and researchers in South Korea have developed a sweat-proof "electronic skin" - a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that monitors a person's health without malfunctioning or pe ... more  
Deep Space Atomic Clock moves toward increased spacecraft autonomyWashington DC (SPX) Jul 01, 2021 Designed to improve navigation for robotic explorers and the operation of GPS satellites, the technology demonstration reports a significant milestone. Spacecraft that venture beyond our Moon ... more 
Amazon dispatches Alexa to tell stories to kidsSan Francisco (AFP) June 29, 2021 Amazon on Tuesday said that its Alexa digital assistant can now be a reading buddy for children, coaching them when they get stuck on words. ... more  
China is using mythology and sci-fi to sell its space program to the worldManchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, carrying three Chinese astronauts - or taikonauts - towards the Tianhe core module. The module itself was launched ... more  
Are we missing other EarthsWashington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 Some exoplanet searches could be missing nearly half of the Earth-sized planets around other stars. New findings from a team using the international Gemini Observatory and the WIYN 3.5-meter Telesco ... more |
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 Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 30, 2021 
The Japanese government is considering sending a spacecraft to Mars's Phobos satellite in 2024 to obtain soil samples by 2029, public broadcaster NHK reported.
The agency said that Japan's strategic council has compiled a mid-term report on space policy on Tuesday. According to it, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) intends to launch a probe and reach one of the two satellites o ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 02, 2021 
NASA is preparing to establish a regular cadence of trips to the Moon under Artemis. To help the agency fine-tune its approach, NASA will award firm fixed-price, milestone-based contracts of up to $45 million for commercial-led work under a broad agency announcement released Thursday.
NASA is seeking new work to mature designs and conduct technology and engineering risk-reduction tasks for ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Jun 28, 2021 
A giant comet from the outskirts of our Solar System has been discovered in 6 years of data from the Dark Energy Survey. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is estimated to be about 1000 times more massive than a typical comet, making it arguably the largest comet discovered in modern times. It has an extremely elongated orbit, journeying inward from the distant Oort Cloud over millions of years. It i ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 
Some exoplanet searches could be missing nearly half of the Earth-sized planets around other stars. New findings from a team using the international Gemini Observatory and the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory suggest that Earth-sized worlds could be lurking undiscovered in binary star systems, hidden in the glare of their parent stars. As roughly half of all stars are i ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 30, 2021 
SpaceX successfully launched 88 small satellites from Florida on Wednesday after postponing the mission Tuesday because of an airplane in the launch area.
The Falcon 9 rocket on the Transporter-2 rideshare mission lifted off at 3:31 p.m. EDT from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX confirmed all satellites were deployed properly almost 90 minutes after liftoff.
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 Manchester UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 
On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12 spacecraft, carrying three Chinese astronauts - or taikonauts - towards the Tianhe core module. The module itself was launched at the end of April, forming part of the permanent Tiangong space station, which is planned to remain in orbit for the next ten years.
China's construction of its own space station stems from th ... more |
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As ESA's Hera mission for planetary defence probes the Didymos twin asteroid system, it will be joined by a pioneering pair of breadbox-sized 'CubeSats'. Juventas will perform radar soundings while Milani will image the bodies in a wider range of colours than the human eye can see, prospecting the mineral makeup of individual asteroid boulders.
Hera will reach the Didymos system in 2027, t ... more |
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 Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Jul 02, 2021 
The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate held its second in a series of wargaming, modeling, and simulation events June 21 - 25 at Kirtland AFB.
The latest Directed Energy Utility Concept Experiment, or DEUCE, focused on the use of high power electromagnetic (HPEM) weapons as part of an integrated air defense system, whereas the DEUCE held in January concentrated on th ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2021 
Installation of the Aegis Ashore Poland's Aegis Weapon System has begun. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) recently achieved critical installation milestones of the Aegis Weapon System at its Redzikowo, Poland, facility whose design and construction efforts are being accomplished in close partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
In March, the Aegis Weapon System completed ... 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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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jun 23, 2021 
"Detecting primordial black holes opens up new perspectives to understand the origin of the Universe, because these still hypothetical black holes are supposed to have formed just a few tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang. Their study is of great interest for research in theoretical physics and cosmology, because they could notably explain the origin of dark matter in the Universe". ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 30, 2021 
Here on Earth, earthquakes and underwater volcanic eruptions may displace enough ocean water to create a tsunami, a drumbeat of waves reaching huge heights as they approach land. Now, astrophysicists have used computer simulations to show that in deep in space, tsunami-like structures may form on much bigger scales, from gas escaping the gravitational pull of a supermassive black hole.
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2021 
For most people, the task of identifying an object, picking it up, and placing it somewhere else is trivial. For robots, it requires the latest in machine intelligence and robotic manipulation.
That's what MIT spinoff RightHand Robotics has incorporated into its robotic piece-picking systems, which combine unique gripper designs with artificial intelligence and machine vision to help compa ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Jun 30, 2021 
The initial group of Aviation Warrant Officers who will be trained to fly the MQ-25 drone aircraft will be selected in August, the U.S. Navy said on Wednesday.
The new identification for those with a specialty in flying the unmanned aerial vehicle, Aerial Vehicle Operator warrant officer, was announced in December 2020.
Within 10 years, the Navy expects to have about 450 personne ... more |
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