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NASA's Perseverance rover collects first rock sample![]() ![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 07, 2021 NASA's Perseverance rover has completed the collection of the first sample of Martian rock, a core from Jezero Crater slightly thicker than a pencil. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California received data that confirmed the historic milestone. The core is now enclosed in an airtight titanium sample tube, making it available for retrieval in the future. Through the Mars Sample Return campaign, NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are planning a series of ... read more |
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![]() Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2021 Finding and collecting the best lunar samples will be a major task for the next astronauts on the Moon. ESA's Pangaea training campaign launches today to equip astronauts with a geologist's eye on t ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Sept 7, 2021 NASA confirmed Monday that its Perseverance Mars rover succeeded in collecting its first rock sample for scientists to pore over when a future mission eventually brings it back to Earth. ... more ![]() ![]() New Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 07, 2021 According to state scientific representatives, India's space agency (ISRO) must identify indigenous solutions to achieve its ambitious space program. Researchers also state that the device has separ ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Sep 07, 2021 A simple mechanism could underlie the growth and self-replication of protocells-putative ancestors of modern living cells-suggests a study publishing September 3 in Biophysical Journal. Protocells a ... more |
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![]() Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 03, 2021 Data received late Sept. 1 from NASA's Perseverance rover indicate the team has achieved its goal of successfully coring a Mars rock. The initial images downlinked after the historic event show an i ... more ![]() ![]() Fino Mornasco, Italy (SPX) Sep 03, 2021 Space logistics and transportation company D-Orbit announced the signing of an agreement with HyImpulse Technologies aiming at a joint launch and deployment mission that will leverage HyImpulse's SL ... more ![]() ![]() Colorado Springs (Sputnik) Sep 03, 2021 The head of the German Space Agency at DLR, Walther Pelzer, has told Sputnik he plans to discuss the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) initiative with Roscosmos in an upcoming meeting that ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (Sputnik) Sep 03, 2021 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is not planning to share its lunar samples with China, although there are no amendments explicitly prohibiting such cooperation, NASA chie ... more ![]() ![]() Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 03, 2021 New analysis of Hayabusa2 data of the asteroid Ryugu reveals much of the surface reflects and scatters light in ways that are consistent with studies of carbonaceous chondrite meteorites in the lab. ... more |
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![]() Washington DC (UPI) Sep 1, 2021 NASA wants four people to test the limits of human isolation by placing them in a simulated Mars habitat for a year, cut off from the world except for delayed communication and possible simulated spacesuit walks. ... more ![]() ![]() New Haven CT (SPX) Sep 02, 2021 As scientists prepare for crewed research missions to nearby planets and moons, they've identified a need for something beyond rovers and rockets. They need accurate weather forecasts. Without ... more ![]() ![]() Yokneam, 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 ![]() ![]() Athens, GA (SPX) Sep 02, 2021 The asteroid Vesta is the second largest asteroid in our solar system. With a diameter of about 330 miles, it orbits the sun between the planets Mars and Jupiter. Asteroids have long played a ... more ![]() ![]() Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 02, 2021 In the early solar system, terrestrial planets like Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are thought to have formed from planetesimals, small early planets. These early planets grew over time, through col ... more |
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NASA plans yearlong Mars simulation to test limits of isolation Washington DC (UPI) Sep 1, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Astronaut geology bound for the Moon Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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A few steps closer to Europa: spacecraft hardware makes headway Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 06, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The first cells might have used temperature to divide Washington DC (SPX) Sep 07, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Firefly Aerospace rocket explodes minutes after first launch Washington DC (UPI) Sep 3, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Space exploration priority of nation's sci-tech agenda Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Asteroid Ryugu in opposition to Hayabusa2 Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 03, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Army successfully tests high-energy laser weapon Washington DC (UPI) Aug 12, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Netherlands completes deal to buy PAC-3 missile defense units Dallas TX (SPX) Aug 27, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Titan-in-a-glass experiments hint at mineral makeup of Saturn moon Atlanta GA (SPX) Aug 27, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Striking Gold: A Pathway to Stable, High-Activity Catalysts from Gold Nanoclusters Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 16, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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ESA and UN offer worldwide access to hypergravity testing Paris (ESA) Sep 02, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Putting a new theory of many-particle quantum systems to the test University Park PA (SPX) Sep 03, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Actuator discovery outperforms existing technology Houston TX (SPX) Sep 07, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Drone-powered logistics provider Swoop Aero partners with Iris Automation Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 02, 2021 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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