|
|
|
  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2021 Data sent to Earth by NASA's Perseverance rover after its first attempt to collect a rock sample on Mars and seal it in a sample tube indicate that no rock was collected during the initial sampling activity. The rover carries 43 titanium sample tubes, and is exploring Jezero Crater, where it will be gathering samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) for future analysis on Earth. "While this is not the 'hole-in-one' we hoped for, there is always risk with breaking new ground," said ... read more |
 |
 
CAPSTONE's cubesat prepares for Lunar missionWashington DC (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 Small spacecraft will play a big role in lunar exploration, including a Moon-bound CubeSat launching later this year. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation ... more 
Lunar samples solve mystery of the moon's supposed magnetic shieldRochester NY (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 In 2024, a new age of space exploration will begin when NASA sends astronauts to the moon as part of their Artemis mission, a follow-up to the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Some of t ... more 
China's Mars rover travels over 800 meters on red planetBeijing (XNA) Aug 06, 2021 China's Mars rover Zhurong has traveled more than 800 meters on the surface of the red planet as of Friday, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Ad ... more 
NASA begins recruitment for long-duration Mars Mission Analog StudyWashington DC (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 As NASA ventures farther into the cosmos, the astronaut experience will change. In preparation for the real-life challenges of future missions to Mars, NASA will study how highly motivated individua ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Previous Issues | Aug 06 | Aug 05 | Aug 04 | Aug 03 | Aug 02 |
|
|
|
|
|
 
Astronomers find evidence of possible life-sustaining planetWashington DC (UPI) Aug 5, 2021 Astronomers have found signs of a planet that may have a life-supporting atmosphere, according to a study published Thursday. ... more  
Army award-winning research to transform Soldier-robot communicationAdelphi MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2021 Army researchers developed ground-breaking technology that will enhance how Soldiers and robots communicate and carry out tasks in tactical environments. This research sets out to develop a na ... more  
Tianhe astronauts use free time to watch ping-pong and exerciseBeijing (XNA) Aug 06, 2021 Chinese astronauts on board the Tiangong space station have enjoyed watching matches from the Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the China Manned Space Agency. "Technically, we can connect them ... more  
Juno joins Japan's Hisaki satellite and Keck Observatory to solve "energy crisis" on JupiterGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2021 Sitting more than five times the distance from the Sun as Earth, Jupiter is not expected to be particularly warm. Based on the amount of sunlight received, the average temperature in the planet's up ... more 
NASA is recruiting for yearlong simulated Mars MissionWashington DC (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 Mars is calling! NASA is seeking applicants for participation as a crew member during the first one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world, set to begin in Fall 2022. ... more |
|
 Mars rock drilling begins after NASA's helicopter helps plan rover's route  |
|
|
|
Small force, big effect: How the planets could influence the sunDubendorf, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 A new theory supports the controversial hypothesis that the planets affect solar activity. It puts forward a mechanism by which the very small influence of the planets could exert its rhythm on such ... more  
Scientists Have New Data on the Nearest Planet to the SunYekaterinburg, Russia (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 An international team of planetary scientists from Russia, Finland, and the United States has analyzed for the first time the factors that determine the number of boulders on the surface of the near ... more 
New ESO observations show rocky exoplanet has just half the mass of VenusMunich, Germany (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 A team of astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) in Chile to shed new light on planets around a nearby star, L 98-59, that resemble those in the i ... more 
Helicopter scouts ridge area for PerseverancePasadena CA (JPL) Aug 05, 2021 Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite photo or two from their mission. For Kevin Hand, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and co-lead of the Perseve ... more 
NASA identifies likely locations of the early molten Moon's deep secretsGreenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2021 Shortly after it formed, the Moon was covered in a global ocean of molten rock (magma). As the magma ocean cooled and solidified, dense minerals sank to form the mantle layer, while less-dense miner ... more |
|
|
|
 |
|
 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 
As NASA ventures farther into the cosmos, the astronaut experience will change. In preparation for the real-life challenges of future missions to Mars, NASA will study how highly motivated individuals respond under the rigor of a long-duration, ground-based simulation.
NASA is now accepting applications for participation as a crew member during the first one-year analog mission in a habita ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2021 
Shortly after it formed, the Moon was covered in a global ocean of molten rock (magma). As the magma ocean cooled and solidified, dense minerals sank to form the mantle layer, while less-dense minerals floated to form the surface crust. Later intense bombardment by massive asteroids and comets punched through the crust, blasting out pieces of mantle and scattering them across the lunar surface. ... more |
|
 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 05, 2021 
Sitting more than five times the distance from the Sun as Earth, Jupiter is not expected to be particularly warm. Based on the amount of sunlight received, the average temperature in the planet's upper atmosphere should be about minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit or a chilly minus 73 Celsius. Instead, the measured value soars to around 800 degrees Fahrenheit or 426 Celsius. The source of this extra he ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Munich, Germany (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 
A team of astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) in Chile to shed new light on planets around a nearby star, L 98-59, that resemble those in the inner Solar System. Amongst the findings are a planet with half the mass of Venus - the lightest exoplanet ever to be measured using the radial velocity technique - an ocean world, and a possible plane ... more |
|
 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 3, 2021 
Boeing postponed the launch of its Starliner spacecraft Tuesday due to problems detected with valves in the capsule's propulsion system and reset a potential launch for Wednesday midday.
"We are off for today. Recycling for tomorrow," Tory Bruno, CEO of rocket company United Launch Alliance tweeted Tuesday morning.
ULA had planned to launch an Atlas V rocket carrying the uncrewed ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Beijing (XNA) Aug 06, 2021 
Chinese astronauts on board the Tiangong space station have enjoyed watching matches from the Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
"Technically, we can connect them to live broadcasts, but they've chosen to watch transmitted recordings during their time off, because there are so many tasks for them to complete," the agency said in an article on its WeChat accoun ... more |
|
 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 
A close examination of the millimeter-wavelength emissions from the asteroid Psyche, which NASA intends to visit in 2026, has produced the first temperature map of the object, providing new insight into its surface properties. The findings, described in a paper published in Planetary Science Journal (PSJ) on August 5, are a step toward resolving the mystery of the origin of this unusual object, ... more |
|
|
|
|
 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 |
|
 Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 05, 2021 
Russia's Ministry of Defence released the first-ever video footage of the S-500 surface-to-air missile system last month. The first S-500s will be introduced into Moscow region's air defence troops once combat trials are wrapped up.
Despite the recent impressive gains made by China's domestic military industry in the production of advanced air defences, the country has nothing like the S-5 ... more |
|
|
|
|
 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 |
|
 Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Jul 28, 2021 
Based on the principle of interaction between matter and light, a new method has been developed to track and observe the Brownian motion of fast-moving nanometer-sized molecules, and measure the different fluorescence signals of each biological nanoparticle.
The nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) system is the most commonly used nanoparticle quantification method in the world. It is a me ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 22, 2021 
Vanderbilt astrophysicist Karan Jani has led a series of studies that make the first case for a gravitational wave infrastructure on the surface of the moon. The experiment, dubbed Gravitational-Wave Lunar Observatory for Cosmology, uses the moon's environment and geocentric orbit to analyze mergers of black holes, neuron stars and dark matter candidates within almost 70 percent of the entire ob ... more |
|
 Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 06, 2021 
A spectacular set of rings around a black hole has been captured using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The X-ray images of the giant rings have revealed new information about dust located in our Galaxy, using a similar principle to the X-rays performed in doctor's offices and airports.
The black hole is part of a binary system called V404 Cygni, located ... more |
|
|
|
|
 Adelphi MD (SPX) Aug 03, 2021 
Army researchers developed ground-breaking technology that will enhance how Soldiers and robots communicate and carry out tasks in tactical environments.
This research sets out to develop a natural language understanding, or NLU, pipeline for robots that would be easily ported over to any computational system or agent and incrementally tames the variation that we see in natural language, s ... more |
|
 Daqiao, China (AFP) Aug 4, 2021 
First the entire village is shooed indoors, its power supply is cut, and finally bananas and other elephant treats are dumped on the opposite side of town to coax the uninvited guests to pass through.
So goes the routine welcome ceremony for China's wayward herd of 14 wild elephants, whose wandering ways have sparked an unusual operation aimed at steering them home across steep, winding, and ... more |
|
|
|
|
| Buy Advertising | About Us | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2020 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement |
