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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2021 It has been a week of heightened apprehension on the Mars Helicopter team as we prepared a major flight challenge for Ingenuity. We uplinked instructions for the flight, which occurred Monday, July 5 at 2:03 am PT, and waited nervously for results to arrive from Mars later that morning. The mood in the ground control room was jubilant when we learned that Ingenuity was alive and well after completing a journey spanning 2,051 feet (625 meters) of challenging terrain. Flight 9 was not like the fligh ... read more |
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Meet the open-source software powering NASA's Ingenuity Mars HelicopterWashington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 When NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hovered above the Red Planet April 19 on its maiden voyage, the moment was hailed as the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet. Figurin ... more  
NASA, Northrop Grumman finalize Moon outpost living quarters contractWashington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 NASA and Northrop Grumman of Dulles, Virginia, have finalized a contract to develop the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) for Gateway, which will be a critical way station and outpost in orbit ... more 
Curiosity rover finds patches of rock record erased, revealing cluesPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 12, 2021 Today, Mars is a planet of extremes - it's bitterly cold, has high radiation, and is bone-dry. But billions of years ago, Mars was home to lake systems that could have sustained microbial life. As t ... more  
Scientists solve 40-year mystery over Jupiter's X-ray auroraLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 A research team co-led by UCL (University College London) has solved a decades-old mystery as to how Jupiter produces a spectacular burst of X-rays every few minutes. The X-rays are part of Ju ... more |
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An antioxidative stress regulator protects muscle tissue in spaceIbaraki, Japan (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 Most kids dream of growing up to be astronauts; but the downside of spending extended amounts of time in low gravity is that astronauts' muscles tend to shrink and weaken through disuse. Now, resear ... more  
Ancient diamonds show Earth was primed for life's explosion at least 2.7 billion years agoWashington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2021 A unique study of ancient diamonds has shown that the basic chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere which makes it suitable for life's explosion of diversity was laid down at least 2.7 billio ... more  
Homemade spacesuits ensure safety of Chinese astronauts in spaceBeijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2021 China's self-developed spacesuits have ensured the safety of astronauts during their stay in the space station core module Tianhe and while performing extravehicular activities (EVAs) outside the mo ... more 
Exercise bike in space helps keep crew fitBeijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2021 During a recent video sent from the core module of China's space station Tianhe (Harmony of Heavens), an exercise bike attracted lots of attention from viewers. China launched its seventh mann ... more 
Tiangong: astronauts are working on China's new space station - here's what to expectMelbourne, Australia (The Coversation) Jul 07, 2021 Three astronauts on China's new space station have just performed the country's first space walk and are busy configuring the module for future crews. Named Tiangong ("heavenly palace"), the station ... more |
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Mechanical arm is Chinese astronauts' space helperBeijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2021 The mechanical arm installed on China's space station core module Tianhe has played an important role in assisting the astronauts with their extravehicular activities (EVAs) on Sunday. The mec ... more  
Why does Mercury have a big iron core?Sendai, Japan (SPX) Jul 07, 2021 Scientists from Tohoku University and the University of Maryland have pinpointed the strong magnetic field of the early sun as the reason behind the radial variation of rock and metal in rocky plane ... more  
Methane in the plumes of Saturn's moon Enceladus: Possible signs of life?Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 07, 2021 An unknown methane-producing process is likely at work in the hidden ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus, suggests a new study published in Nature Astronomy by scientists at the U ... more 
'Lakes' under Mars' south pole: A muddy picture?Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 05, 2021 Two research teams, using data from the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, have recently published results suggesting that what were thought to be subsurface lakes on Mars may not really ... more 
Landing on Mars is one step closer for British-built roverLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2021 A new and upgraded parachute for the UK-built Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has successfully passed a series of high-altitude tests, bringing further exploration of the Red Planet one step closer. ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 05, 2021 
A new and upgraded parachute for the UK-built Rosalind Franklin Mars rover has successfully passed a series of high-altitude tests, bringing further exploration of the Red Planet one step closer.
Rosalind Franklin has been built with government backing to try to detect life, past or present, on the Red Planet.
After several weeks of delays due to bad weather the latest tests to deter ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 
NASA and Northrop Grumman of Dulles, Virginia, have finalized a contract to develop the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) for Gateway, which will be a critical way station and outpost in orbit around the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis program. NASA and its commercial and international partners are building Gateway to support science investigations and enable surface landings at the Moon, w ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 
A research team co-led by UCL (University College London) has solved a decades-old mystery as to how Jupiter produces a spectacular burst of X-rays every few minutes.
The X-rays are part of Jupiter's aurora - bursts of visible and invisible light that occur when charged particles interact with the planet's atmosphere. A similar phenomenon occurs on Earth, creating the northern lights, but ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 
Planets which are tilted on their axis, like Earth, are more capable of evolving complex life. This finding will help scientists refine the search for more advanced life on exoplanets. This NASA-funded research is presented at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference.
Since the first discovery of exoplanets (planets orbiting distant stars) in 1992, scientists have been looking for worlds wh ... more |
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 New York NY (SPX) Jul 07, 2021 
Skyroot Aerospace, India's leading private space launch company, is set to take the global stage with help from its recent $11 million Series A capital raise. The funding will be used to acquire new talent and complete the development of its Vikram-1 launch vehicle.
The company aims to reach orbit, with 90 percent less development cost than its competitors, as early as next year. This disr ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2021 
During a recent video sent from the core module of China's space station Tianhe (Harmony of Heavens), an exercise bike attracted lots of attention from viewers.
China launched its seventh manned spaceflight Shenzhou XII, on June 17, with three astronauts aboard for a three-month mission, during which they require regular exercise.
On June 23, astronaut Nie Haisheng opened a package c ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 
Scientists know that the Earth was bombarded by huge impactors in distant time, but a new analysis suggest that the number of these impacts may have been x10 higher than previously thought.
This translates into a barrage of collisions, similar in scale to that of the asteroid strike which wiped out the dinosaurs, on average every 15 million years between 2.5 and 3.5 billion years ago. Some ... more |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) June 21, 2021 
Israel has used an airborne laser to shoot down drones in a series of tests, officials said Monday, calling it a "milestone" to update its already powerful defence systems.
During the tests, which took place "over the last week," a prototype of the high-power laser system carried on a small civilian plane "successfully intercepted several UAVs", said Yaniv Rotem, head of the defence ministry ... 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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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 12, 2021 
Tidal stresses may be causing constant icequakes on Saturn's sixth largest moon Enceladus, a world of interest in the search for life beyond Earth, according to a new study. A better understanding of seismic activity could reveal what's under the moon's icy crust and provide clues to the habitability of its ocean.
Enceladus is about 500 kilometers in diameter and almost entirely covered in ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 08, 2021 
Imagine a dust particle in a storm cloud, and you can get an idea of a neutron's insignificance compared to the magnitude of the molecule it inhabits.
But just as a dust mote might affect a cloud's track, a neutron can influence the energy of its molecule despite being less than one-millionth its size. And now physicists at MIT and elsewhere have successfully measured a neutron's tiny effe ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2021 
DARPA has announced that three teams of researchers led by Raytheon, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman have been selected to develop event-based infrared (IR) camera technologies under the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program.
Event-based - or neuromorphic - cameras are an emerging class of sensors with demonstrated advantages relative to traditional imagers ... more |
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 Stillwater OK (SPX) Jul 07, 2021 
As a descendent of pioneers who crossed the Plains 150 years ago to establish a new life in what was then referred to as The Oklahoma Territory, it's ironic that the work that I and others in the State of Oklahoma are doing today related to Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has placed the State back at the center of what can best be described as the new "wild west of aviation."
Although many S ... more |
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