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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 26, 2021 Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite photograph or two from their mission. For Ken Farley, the project scientist for NASA's Perseverance rover, one of his current favorites is a color image of "South Seitah," an area the mission's science team had considered potentially worthy of a rover visit. The agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the image during its 12th and most recent flight, on Aug. 16. Prior to Ingenuity's latest flight, the majority of what the Perseverance science tea ... read more |
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Russia postpones lunar mission over 'problems during testing'Moscow (AFP) Aug 24, 2021 Russia revealed Tuesday it postponed its first mission to the moon's surface in decades as a result of "problems" encountered during tests of the Luna-25 spacecraft. ... more 
China's rover travels over 1 km on MarsBeijing (XNA) Aug 25, 2021 China's Mars rover Zhurong had traveled more than 1,000 meters on the surface of the red planet as of Monday, the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administratio ... more  
Astroscale's ELSA-d demonstrates repeated magnetic captureTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 26, 2021 Astroscale's End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA-d) successfully tested its ability to capture its client spacecraft using the servicer's magnetic capture system, in a demonstrati ... more  
New extravehicular pump ensures stable operation of China's space stationBeijing (XNA) Aug 26, 2021 Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming completed extravehicular activities (EVAs) for the second time during the construction of the space station on Aug 20. They installed extravehicular ex ... more |
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Intuitive Machines selects MDA lunar landing sensors to support moon missionToronto, Canada (SPX) Aug 25, 2021 MDA Ltd has signed an agreement with Intuitive Machines, LLC to provide Lunar landing sensors to support its upcoming IM-1 and IM-2 missions. As a result, MDA landing sensors will support the first ... more 
Indian space agency seeks proposal to utilise data from Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiterNew Delhi (Sputnik) Aug 25, 2021 The researcher with the winning proposal will have three years to complete the project with financial support. The invitation, described as an 'Announcement of Opportunity', is open to all researche ... more 
UCF experimental space dirt used by NASA, private companies to advance space explorationOrlando FL (SPX) Aug 24, 2021 An ingenious idea born out of a research lab at the University of Central Florida has led to a growing operation that is having a direct impact on space exploration. Chances are that some of t ... more 
Martian snow is dusty, could potentially melt, new study showsTempe AZ (SPX) Aug 24, 2021 Over the last two decades, scientists have found ice in many locations on Mars. Most Martian ice has been observed from orbital satellites like NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. But determining th ... more  
Solar System's fastest-orbiting asteroid discoveredWashington DC (SPX) Aug 24, 2021 The Sun has a new neighbor that was hiding in plain twilight. An asteroid that orbits the Sun in just 113 days-the shortest known orbital period for an asteroid and second shortest for any object in ... more |
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Chinese astronauts out of spacecraft for second time EVABeijing (XNA) Aug 23, 2021 Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming had both slipped out of the space station core module Tianhe by 10:12 a.m. (Beijing Time) on Friday to conduct extravehicular activities (EVAs) for a s ... more 
Planetary scientists find evidence of solar-driven change on the MoonFlagstaff AZ (SPX) Aug 23, 2021 Tiny iron nanoparticles unlike any found naturally on Earth are nearly everywhere on the Moon-and scientists are trying to understand why. A new study led by Northern Arizona University doctoral can ... more 
A 'True' Blue Moon occurs this weekendWashington DC (SPX) Aug 20, 2021 The full Moon of Sunday, August 22nd, will be a "Blue Moon" according to the original - but not the most popular - definition of the phrase. In modern usage, "Blue Moon" has come to refer to t ... more  
'Always there': the AI chatbot comforting China's lonely millionsBeijing (AFP) Aug 24, 2021 After a painful break-up from a cheating ex, Beijing-based human resources manager Melissa was introduced to someone new by a friend late last year. ... more 
Making machines that make robots, and robots that make themselvesBoston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2021 After a summer of billionaires in space, many people have begun to wonder when they will get their turn. The cost of entering space is currently too high for the average citizen, but the work of PhD ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 26, 2021 
Ask any space explorer, and they'll have a favorite photograph or two from their mission. For Ken Farley, the project scientist for NASA's Perseverance rover, one of his current favorites is a color image of "South Seitah," an area the mission's science team had considered potentially worthy of a rover visit. The agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the image during its 12th and most recent f ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 20, 2021 
The full Moon of Sunday, August 22nd, will be a "Blue Moon" according to the original - but not the most popular - definition of the phrase.
In modern usage, "Blue Moon" has come to refer to the second full Moon in a month (the last of these occurred on October 31, 2020) - but that hasn't always been the case. This colorful term is actually a calendrical goof that worked its way into the p ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2021 
The hardware that makes up NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is rapidly taking shape, as engineering components and instruments are prepared for delivery to the main clean room at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. In workshops and labs across the country and in Europe, teams are crafting the complex pieces that make up the whole as mission leaders direct the elaborate ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 10, 2021 
A Carnegie-led survey of exoplanet candidates identified by NASA's Transiting Exoplanets Satellite Survey (TESS) is laying the groundwork to help astronomers understand how the Milky Way's most common planets formed and evolved, and determine why our Solar System's pattern of planetary orbits and sizes is so unusual.
Carnegie's Johanna Teske, Tsinghua University's Sharon Wang (formerly of ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 26, 2021 
ESA safeguards Europe's guaranteed access to space through its Future Launchers Preparatory Programme, FLPP.
FLPP oversees system studies and research activities to foster new and disruptive technologies which have the potential to reduce cost, improve performance, improve reliability, or on their ability to fulfil the specific needs of an identified service, system, demonstrator or missio ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 26, 2021 
Chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming completed extravehicular activities (EVAs) for the second time during the construction of the space station on Aug 20. They installed extravehicular extended pump sets and lifted the panoramic camera in their EVAs.
The newly installed extravehicular extended pump sets will play a key role in ensuring the in-orbit operation of China's space sta ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 24, 2021 
The Sun has a new neighbor that was hiding in plain twilight. An asteroid that orbits the Sun in just 113 days-the shortest known orbital period for an asteroid and second shortest for any object in our Solar System after Mercury-was discovered by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard in evening twilight images taken by Brown University's Ian Dell'Antonio and Shenming Fu.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2021 
The U.S. Army says it's developed a combat-capable prototype of a high-energy laser weapon.
The laser, which has been 24 months in the making, can be mounted on a Stryker military vehicle and used to defend troops against drones as well as rockets, artillery and mortars, according to an Army press release this week.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 23, 2021 
The U.S. Army has successfully executed live-fire test of its first Iron Dome Defense System (IDDS-A) Battery, the branch announced Monday.
The execution of the live-fire test of the first of two IDDS-A batteries, which the U.S. Army acquired from Israel, at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico was "a critical step" forward, the U.S. Army said in a statement.
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 18, 2021 
In the same way that earthquakes cause our planet to rumble, oscillations in the interior of Saturn make the gas giant jiggle around ever so slightly. Those motions, in turn, cause ripples in Saturn's rings.
In a new study accepted in the journal Nature Astronomy, two Caltech astronomers have analyzed those rippling rings to reveal new information about the core of Saturn. For their study, ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 16, 2021 
Precise metal nanoclusters (NCs) are ideal for developing practical catalysts for chemical reactions. However, their catalytic activity is reduced either due to protective molecules called "ligands" surrounding them or aggregation resulting from ligand removal. In a new study, scientists from Japan elucidate the ligand removal mechanism for gold NCs and irradiate them with UV light to prevent ag ... more |
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 Haifa, Israel (SPX) Aug 16, 2021 
The three-body problem is one of the oldest problems in physics: it concerns the motions of systems of three bodies, like the Sun, Earth and the Moon - how their orbits change and evolve due to their mutual gravity. The three-body problem has been a focus of scientific inquiry ever since Newton.
When one massive object comes close to another, their relative motion follows a trajectory dict ... more |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 25, 2021 
Scientists have taken the clearest picture yet of electronic particles that make up a mysterious magnetic state called a quantum spin liquid (QSL).
The achievement could facilitate the development of superfast quantum computers and energy-efficient superconductors.
The scientists are the first to capture an image of how electrons in a QSL decompose into spin-like particles called spi ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2021 
After a summer of billionaires in space, many people have begun to wonder when they will get their turn. The cost of entering space is currently too high for the average citizen, but the work of PhD candidate Martin Nisser may help change that. His work on self-assembling robots could be key to reducing the costs that help determine the price of a ticket.
Nisser's fascination with engineer ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Aug 24, 2021  In honor of Women's Equality Day, an all-female crew supported an "unmanned" KC-10 aerial refueling mission, the 380th Expeditionary Wing announced Tuesday.
The "unmanned" KC-10 Extender aircraft took off on Aug. 1 from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, the 380th Expeditionary Wing said in a press release.
Aerial refueling missions to extend airborne time in support of re ... more |
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