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  Houston TX (SPX) Sep 01, 2021 NASA is asking American companies for additional input on approaches and solutions for a vehicle to transport Artemis astronauts around the lunar South Pole later this decade. The lunar terrain vehicle (LTV), an unenclosed rover that astronauts can drive on the Moon while wearing their spacesuits, will need to last at least 10 years, spanning multiple Artemis missions. Through a request for information, NASA is addressing challenges associated with the LTV's lifetime, including surviving the long, ... read more |
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Spacecraft deorbiting device developed at Purdue ready for upcoming test launchWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 01, 2021 A drag sail that a team at Purdue University developed to pull launch vehicles in space back to Earth is scheduled to undergo a test launch on Thursday (Sept. 2). The mission, set to take off ... more  
Cold planets exist throughout our Galaxy, even in the Galactic bulgeOsaka, Japan (SPX) Aug 31, 2021 Although thousands of planets have been discovered in the Milky Way, most reside less than a few thousand light years from Earth. Yet our Galaxy is more than 100,000 light years across, making it di ... more 
World's first space junk cleaner satellite successfully picks up orbital debrisMoscow (Sputnik) Aug 27, 2021 According to the Union of Concerned Scientists' database, there are more than 3,300 functioning satellites in orbit and thousands of pieces of junk that can be traced, including discarded boosters, ... more 
Israel Space Agency selects Ramon.Space for computing payloadYokneam, Israel (SPX) Sep 01, 2021 Ramon.Space has been selected by the Israel Space Agency to provide a space computing payload for a mission scheduled to launch in early 2022. As part of the mission, Ramon.Space digital payload wil ... more |
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Autonomous solutions for industrial and e-commerce roboticsTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 01, 2021 Velodyne Lidar and MOV.AI report that the two companies are collaborating to provide robot manufacturers with enterprise-grade automation solutions, including mapping, navigation, obstacle avoidance ... more  
Mars mission to pause for about 50 daysBeijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2021 China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission will be inactivated for about 50 days from mid-September due to an expected disruption of its communications with Earth caused by solar electromagnetic radiation, the ... more  
Implantable drug delivery devices goes remote onboard the ISSKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 27, 2021 From Novartis to Lamborghini, Alessandro Grattoni and the Houston Methodist Research Institute have partnered with big names to leverage the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laborator ... more 
NASA's Perseverance plans next sample attemptPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 27, 2021 In its search for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover is once again preparing to collect the first of many rock core samples that could eventually be brought to Earth ... more  
Titan-in-a-glass experiments hint at mineral makeup of Saturn moonAtlanta GA (SPX) Aug 27, 2021 Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a natural laboratory to study the origins of life. Like Earth, Titan has a dense atmosphere and seasonal weather cycles, but the chemical and mineralogical makeup ar ... more |
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Robotic arm to help astronauts will head to space stationOrlando FL (UPI) Aug 27, 2021 Part of a robot that could help perform routine tasks for astronauts is among the cargo on SpaceX's planned launch Saturday to the International Space Station from Florida. Tokyo-based GITAI J ... more 
University of Zurich and Airbus grow miniature human tissue on the International Space Station ISSZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 27, 2021 With the next supply flight to the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Hub of the University of Zurich (UZH) and Airbus Defence and Space are bringing an experiment into space, which is int ... 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 
Mars helicopter sees potential rover road aheadPasadena 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 ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2021 
China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission will be inactivated for about 50 days from mid-September due to an expected disruption of its communications with Earth caused by solar electromagnetic radiation, the mission's chief designer said.
During the period, which will end in early November, the Zhurong rover and the mission's orbiter will suspend their working mode, Zhang Rongqiao of the China Natio ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Sep 01, 2021 
NASA is asking American companies for additional input on approaches and solutions for a vehicle to transport Artemis astronauts around the lunar South Pole later this decade. The lunar terrain vehicle (LTV), an unenclosed rover that astronauts can drive on the Moon while wearing their spacesuits, will need to last at least 10 years, spanning multiple Artemis missions.
Through a request fo ... 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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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Aug 31, 2021 
Although thousands of planets have been discovered in the Milky Way, most reside less than a few thousand light years from Earth. Yet our Galaxy is more than 100,000 light years across, making it difficult to investigate the Galactic distribution of planets. But now, a research team has found a way to overcome this hurdle.
In a study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, research ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 01, 2021 
The universe, and everything it encompasses, has kindled the curious human mind for ages, leading to numerous "eureka" moments in understanding the intricacies of "outer space." Several manned and unmanned space explorations have been successfully deployed to date, using chemical energy and solar energy as the primary sources of energy. However, these sources may not be very energy-efficient or ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2021 
President emphasizes cooperation on making bigger contributions to well-being of mankind
China is working on several huge space programs that aim to push forward the frontiers of its science, technology, engineering and exploration.
Once these programs are completed, the nation will have a massive space station, an unmanned outpost and more robots on the moon, and it is attempting to ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 25, 2021 
With NASA's Psyche mission now less than a year from launch, anticipation is building. By next spring, the fully assembled spacecraft will ship from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a launch period that opens Aug. 1, 2022.
In early 2026, the Psyche spacecraft will arrive at its target, an asteroid of the same name i ... more |
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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.
Over the summer, the new weapon was successfully tested in Fort ... more |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Aug 27, 2021 
US and Dutch officials recently formalized an agreement for the Netherlands to purchase Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors and related support equipment. With the signing, the Netherlands becomes the 12th customer of PAC-3 MSE and advances its missile defense technology from the PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) the country acquired in 2004.
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 Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 27, 2021 
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a natural laboratory to study the origins of life. Like Earth, Titan has a dense atmosphere and seasonal weather cycles, but the chemical and mineralogical makeup are significantly different. Now, earthbound researchers have recreated the moon's conditions in small glass cylinders, revealing fundamental properties of two organic molecules that are believed to exi ... 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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 Boston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2021 
A new technique using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has allowed astronomers to obtain an unprecedented look at a black hole system in the early Universe, as reported in our latest press release. This is providing a way for astronomers to look at faint and distant X-ray objects in more detail than had previously been possible.
Astronomers used an alignment in space that shows "gravitatio ... more |
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 Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 01, 2021 
Velodyne Lidar and MOV.AI report that the two companies are collaborating to provide robot manufacturers with enterprise-grade automation solutions, including mapping, navigation, obstacle avoidance and risk avoidance. The MOV.AI Robotics Engine PlatformTM, combined with Velodyne's lidar sensors, addresses the growing demand for automation in dynamic collaborative environments such as e-commerce ... more |
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 Solna, Sweden (SPX) Aug 27, 2021 
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden can now report the results of a unique pilot project where drones were used to deliver defibrillators to real-life alerts of suspected cardiac arrest. The drones were dispatched in more than a fifth of the emergencies and arrived on target and ahead of the ambulance in most cases. The results are published in the European Heart Journal and presented ... more |
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