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  Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Unlocking humanity's future as an interplanetary species is no simple feat. But students at Arizona State University and the Central University of Tamil Nadu in India are up for the challenge. The international collaboration is vying for a chance to induce photosynthesis on the moon. "Photosynthesis is the basis of all life," said Jonathon Barkl, a physics and economics major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "If it can happen on another planet, we're one step closer to proving humanity ... read more |
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The Second Moon RaceGerroa, Australia (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 The US and China are in an undeclared race back to the Moon. At first glance it's easy to dismiss China's efforts as being little more than what the US and Russia achieved decades ago. And whi ... more 
Under Trump, the Moon regains interest as possible destinationWashington (AFP) March 12, 2017 Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Donald Trump's presidency. ... more 
NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbitersWashington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it has located its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft after disappearing for years. ... more  
Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and starsSan Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017 Sending tourists for a trip around the moon is the latest big idea launched by Elon Musk, a Silicon Valley star known for turning his passions into visionary enterprises. ... more |
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India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO ChiefMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 ISRO boss AS Kiran Kumar says the second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 is making good progress; it is scheduled for launch next year. But critics question why should India get into the manned spacefli ... more 
Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts sayParis (AFP) March 1, 2017 Non-stop vomiting, a puffy face and the constant need to pee: Volunteers for a week-long loop around the Moon may be in for a rough ride even if all goes to plan. In the week that SpaceX ann ... more 
An Epic Lunar Experience Lands at Space Center HoustonHouston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be ... more  
NASA mulls putting astronauts on deep space test flightMiami (AFP) Feb 25, 2017 The US space agency said Friday it is considering putting astronauts on an upcoming test flight of the deep space capsule Orion as it aims to orbit the Moon. ... more 
Russia to carry out tourist flights around Moon by 2022Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017 Russia's Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia hopes to be the first to offer space tourism around the Moon aboard the Soyuz spacecraft by 2021-2022. First round-the-Moon flights should ... more 
SpaceX blasts off cargo from historic NASA launchpadMiami (AFP) Feb 19, 2017 SpaceX on Sunday blasted off its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned Dragon cargo ship, packed with food and supplies for the six astronauts living at the International Space Station. ... more |
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 India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface  
Arecibo Observatory captures revealing images of Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-PajdusakovaColumbia, MD (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 Though not visible to the naked eye or even with binoculars, the green-tailed Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (HMP) did not escape the gaze of the world-renowned Arecibo Observatory. Scientists fr ... more  
Friday Night's Deep Penumbral Lunar EclipsePalm Coast FL (SPX) Feb 08, 2017 Lunar eclipses are enjoyable celestial events that can be seen from a wide geographic area. But we haven't experienced a total lunar blackout since September 2015, and the next one won't come until ... more 
Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for BillenniaMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017 The Moon may be peppered with oxygen transmitted by life on Earth, according to a scientific study, opening up the possibility that the Earth's atmosphere of billions of years ago may be preserved o ... more  
China tests its new super-accurate missile during war gamesBeijing (Sputnik) Feb 07, 2017 The Chinese People's Liberation Army Rocket Force has begun practicing the deployment of medium-range Dongfeng (DF) missiles capable of reaching strategic US and Japanese bases near China, the lates ... more |
  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017 
Opportunity is located just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, less than half a mile (700 meters) away from the next big science objective, a gully.
The rover completed the last in-situ science measurements inside Endeavour Crater on Sol 4657 (Feb. 28, 2017).
Because of constrained data volume, Sol 4658 (March 1, 2017), was a dedicated 'atmospheres' day, a sol of just low-data volu ... more Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Paleolake deposits on Mars might look like sediments in Indonesia  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mars Orbiter Tracks Back-to-Back Regional Storms  Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017New evidence for a water-rich history on Mars |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017 
On Feb. 17, 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft was making the first-ever close pass over Saturn's moon Enceladus as it worked through its detailed survey of the planet's icy satellites. Exciting, to be sure, just for the thrill of exploration. But then Cassini's magnetometer instrument noticed something odd. Since NASA's two Voyager spacecraft made their distant flybys of Enceladus about 20 years p ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2017Close views show Saturn's Rings in unprecedented detail  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 23, 2017Cassini captures stunning view of Saturn moon Daphnis  Paris (ESA) Jan 17, 2017Catching Cassini's call |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2017 
This close-up view of Jupiter captures the turbulent region just west of the Great Red Spot in the South Equatorial Belt, with resolution better than any previous pictures from Earth or other spacecraft.
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this image with its JunoCam citizen science instrument when the spacecraft was a mere 5,400 miles (8,700 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloudtops on Dec. 11, 2 ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 13, 2017NASA Mission Named 'Europa Clipper'  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 21, 2017Juno to remain in current orbit at Jupiter  Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 22, 2017Europa Flyby Mission Moves into Design Phase |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
When you're in the business of unlocking the secrets of the universe, making plans 40 years in advance doesn't seem like a stretch. That's why hundreds of visionaries from planetary science, astrophysics, engineering, and other disciplines came together last week at NASA headquarters to break conceptual ground on humanity's future in space.
Now is an especially important time to be having ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Campaign Tests Parachutes Designed to Provide Astronauts a Soft Landing  Houston TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Keeping Liquids Off the Wall  Washington DC (VOA) Mar 09, 2017Space Tourism and Business Looking Up |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a meter (nanometers, nm) in diameter with polymers, which are long molecular chains. Often used to make injection-molded products, they are common in automobiles, fire retardants, packaging materials, drug-delivery systems, medical devices, coatings, adhesives, sensors, membranes and consumer goods. When a team led by the Department of Energy's ... more Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Phonon nanoengineering: Vibrations of nanoislands dissipate heat more effectively  Evanston IL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Most complex nanoparticle crystal ever made by design  Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties |
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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
The problem has haunted the space program since Apollo: the flame inside the rocket engine literally spirals out of control, producing forces that can cause the engine to explode. It's one of the reasons why some U.S. military and commercial satellite launches rely on Russian rocket engines to take them to space.
Now, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan, Purdue University a ... more Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Space squadron supports record-breaking satellites launch  Cayenne (AFP) March 7, 2017Europe launches fourth Earth monitoring satellite  San Francisco (AFP) March 5, 2017Elon Musk: tech dreamer reaching for sun, moon and stars |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2017China to launch 6-8 latest navigation satellites in 2017  Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft |
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Following three days of intensive work, mission control has declared the newly launched Sentinel-2B satellite fit and ready for commissioning. The 1100 kg Sentinel was launched on Tuesday atop a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Joining its orbiting twin, the new satellite will double the high-resolution coverage from the Sentinel-2 mission for the EU's Copernicus env ... more Washington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017Cancer-Causing Radiation Biggest Threat to Humans on Deep Space Missions  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Conquering metal fatigue  Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Polymer-coated silicon nanosheets - an alternative to graphene |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears? Previously, many experiments exhibited cell changes - after hours or even days in zero gravity. Astronauts, however, returned to Earth without any severe health problems after long missions in space, which begs the question as to how capable cells are of ada ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors |
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 Madison WI (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
In an abandoned gold mine one mile beneath Lead, South Dakota, the cosmos quiets down enough to potentially hear the faint whispers of the universe's most elusive material - dark matter. Shielded from the deluge of cosmic rays constantly showering the Earth's surface, and scrubbed of noisy radioactive metals and gasses, the mine, scientists think, will be the ideal setting for the most sensitive ... more San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Bevy of quasars boosts understanding of galaxies' origins  Montreal, Canada (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Iota Orionis: Pulsating beacon of a constellation  Riverside CA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Cosmic environments and their influence in star formation |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 26, 2016 
In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space Policy."China is trying to expand its space launching services, developing new boosters for different segments of the market," Moiseev told RIA Novosti.
"It has constructed a new spacecraft launc ... more Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 27, 2016Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission  Bethesda MD (SPX) Oct 25, 2016Antares Rides Again  Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 21, 2016Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... moreBeijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2017China to launch 6-8 latest navigation satellites in 2017 Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft |
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 Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
Eruptions on the Sun's surface send clouds of electrically charged particles towards Earth, producing solar storms that - among other things - can trigger the beautiful Northern Lights over the Arctic regions. But the storms may also have a strong impact on the efficiency of communication and navigation systems at high latitudes. It is therefore important to study the phenomena.
New resear ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Studying magnetic space explosions with NASA missions  Copenhagen, Denmark (UPI) Mar 3, 2017Solar storms remove electrons from large portions of Earth's atmosphere  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017First Solar Images from NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
The UK Space Agency has awarded just under 150,000 pounds to three business incubation centres across the UK which will support entrepreneurs and small companies in the space industry.
The Agency is working with UK industry to deliver world-class science innovation support, in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy, which emphasises the importance of science, innovation and skills. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Kymeta and Intelsat announce new service to revolutionize how satellite services are purchased  New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 07, 2017ISRO Makes More Space for Private Sector Participation in Satellite Making  Kuwait (KUNA) Mar 09, 2017Kuwait Space Agency - a pipedream or reality |
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 Onna, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
In 2005, the Hayabusa spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed on Itokawa, a small near-Earth asteroid named after the famous Japanese rocket scientist Hideo Itokawa. The aim of the unmanned mission was to study the asteroid and collect a sample of material to be returned to Earth for analysis.
Contrary to scientific predictions that small asteroids are ... more Mountain View CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Warped Meteor Showers Hit Earth at All Angles  Zurich (UPI) Mar 7, 2017Earth is bombarded at random, crater study shows  Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Long-Lasting Cryovolcanism on Dwarf Planet Ceres |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 
Music, more than any art, is a beautiful mix of science and emotion. It follows a set of patterns almost mathematically to extract feelings from its audience. Machines that make music focus on these patterns, but give little consideration to the emotional response of their audience. An international research team led by Osaka University together with Tokyo Metropolitan University, imec in Belgiu ... more Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017DARPA robotic servicing program has become stalled  Tel Aviv (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Rafael completes test firing with Protector USV  Providence RI (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently |
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