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  Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin. Governments and private firms are collaborating on projects to send humans to new frontiers, with NASA planning missions next decade into the space between Earth and the Moon to prepare for trips to Mars. Lockheed Martin has been working on its "Mars Base Camp", a science laboratory that will orbit the p ... read more |
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Chinese moon missions delayed by rocket failure: reportBeijing (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Two Chinese lunar missions will be delayed by the failed launch of a powerful rocket in July, a state-run newspaper said, in a setback for the country's ambitious space programme. ... more 
Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESAAdelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 28, 2017 Setting up a permanent village on the moon is the first step towards exploring Mars, the European Space Agency said Thursday as plans to reach and colonise the Red Planet gathered pace. ... more 
Russian space agency, NASA agree to co-build lunar-orbit space stationMoscow (XNA) Sep 28, 2017 Russia's Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States said Wednesday that they have agreed to cooperate on build ... more 
NASA, Roscosmos Sign Joint Statement on Researching, Exploring Deep SpaceWashington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 Building a strategic capability for advancing and sustaining human space exploration in the vicinity of the Moon will require the best from NASA, interested international partners, and U.S. industry ... more |
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'Crash Scene Investigation' Reveals Resting Place of SMART-1 on MoonRiga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 24, 2017 Observations of the Moon have revealed the final resting place of the European Space Agency's first lunar mission, SMART-1. The spacecraft was sent into a controlled impact with the lunar surface 11 ... more 
Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station projectMoscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 Russia and the United States agreed Wednesday to cooperate on a NASA-led project to build the first lunar space station, part of a long-term project to send humans to Mars. ... more
First steps: returning humanity to the MoonParis (ESA) Sep 21, 2017 In the first act of lunar exploration, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were major characters. In setting its sights on the Moon, ESA hopes to bring many more actors to this off-world stage. By ... more 
Fly me to the Moon: For some, lunar village takes shapeRiga (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 By 2040, a hundred people will live on the Moon, melting ice for water, 3D-printing homes and tools, eating plants grown in lunar soil, and competing in low-gravity, "flying" sports. ... more  
At UN, world leaders confront North Korea crisisUnited Nations, United States Sept 21, 2017 North Korea's nuclear threat takes center stage at the United Nations on Thursday as US President Donald Trump holds talks with leaders of Japan and South Korea and the Security Council meets to push for sanctions to be enforced against Pyongyang. ... more 
Ice mined on Mars could provide water for humans exploring spaceSydney, Australia (The Conversation) Sep 19, 2017 As humans spread out across the Earth, the locations of new colonies were driven by the accessibility of resources: not only food and water, but also arable land, forests and minerals. Access ... more |
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India, Japan Set to Boost Space CooperationNew Delhi (Sputnik) Sep 13, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to India starting Wednesday is expected to set the pace for greater cooperation between the two countries, especially in the aerospace sector. ... more 
Japan, S.Korea push Putin over Pyongyang sanctionsVladivostok, Russia (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday echoed South Korea's demand for more pressure on Pyongyang after its nuclear tests as the leaders of the two countries looked to grind down resistance from Russia's Vladimir Putin. ... more 
Moon presses Putin over North Korea oil suppliesVladivostok, Russia (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 South Korean President Moon Jae-In urged Russia on Wednesday to cooperate over cutting oil supplies to North Korea but President Vladimir Putin appeared to pour cold water on the idea. ... more  
Trump, Moon agree to end limits on payload of S. Korean missilesSeoul (AFP) Sept 4, 2017 US President Donald Trump and South Korea's leader Moon Jae-In agreed Monday to remove limits on the payload of the South's missiles, Seoul's presidential office said, as the UN Security Council met to discuss a response to Pyongyang's sixth and most powerful nuclear test. ... more |
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  Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017 
A reusable, water-powered Mars lander that will allow humans to explore the Red Planet from an orbiting 'base camp' as early as the 2030s was unveiled Friday by US defence giant Lockheed Martin.
Governments and private firms are collaborating on projects to send humans to new frontiers, with NASA planning missions next decade into the space between Earth and the Moon to prepare for trips to ... more Riga Latvia (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Devilish Source of Dust in Atmosphere of Earth and Mars  Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Sept 29, 2017SpaceX's Musk unveils plan to reach Mars by 2022  Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Research sheds new light on how Earth and Mars were created |
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 Tampa FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 
After 20 years in space, NASA's famed Cassini spacecraft made its final death plunge into Saturn on Friday, ending a storied mission that scientists say taught us nearly everything we know about Saturn today and transformed the way we think about life elsewhere in the solar system.
Cassini, an international project that cost $3.9 billion and included scientists from 27 nations, disintegrat ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Cassini Spacecraft Demise Is Bittersweet for PSI's Hansen  Sacramento CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion guides Cassini to its Grand Finale at Saturn  Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 14, 2017CU Boulder Scientists Ready for Cassini Mission to Saturn Grand Finale |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
NASA's New Horizons mission revolutionized our knowledge of Pluto when it flew past that distant world in July 2015. Among its many discoveries were images of strange formations resembling giant knife blades of ice, whose origin had remained a mystery.
Now, scientists have turned up a fascinating explanation for this "bladed terrain": the structures are made almost entirely of methane ice, ... more Irwindale CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 11, 2017Pluto features given first official names  Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 14, 2017Hibernation Over, New Horizons Continues Kuiper Belt Cruise |
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 Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 29, 2017 
It's an exciting time to be working in the space sector - particularly with Australia's recently-announced commitment to developing a space agency.
But with advances come new challenges. Similar to technologies such as digital communications and robotics, advances in space science bring ethical dilemmas. What rights do space tourists have? How can we prevent space terrorism? Who should reg ... more Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond  Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 24, 2017Space Cooperation Between China, Russia Needs Long-Term Mechanism  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Mapping NASA's Space Missions |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
It has always been the Holy Grail of materials science to describe and control the material's structure-function relationship. Nanoparticles are an attractive class of components to be used in functional materials because they exhibit size-dependent properties, such as superparamagnetism and plasmonic absorption of light.
Furthermore, controlling the arrangement of nanoparticles can result ... more Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Application of air-sensitive semiconductors in nanoelectronics  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017A new kind of optical nanosensor uses torque for signal processing |
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 Wellington NZ (XNA) Sep 29, 2017 
New Zealand Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce on Wednesday opened New Zealand's first orbital launch site, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, on the Mahia Peninsula on the North Island's east coast.
Joyce congratulated Rocket Lab's chief executive and founder Peter Beck and his team "who have worked hard to achieve this," saying in a statement that "it is their innovation and perseveran ... more Lyon, France (SPX) Sep 29, 2017Arianespace signs contract for 10 Vega and Vega C launchers  Bethesda, MD (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Launch Vehicle and Missile Ascent Trajectories  Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Sep 26, 2017mu Space partners with Blue Origin to launch geostationary satellite |
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017 
China launched three remote sensing satellites Friday on a Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The Yaogan-30 01 satellites will conduct electromagnetic probes and other experiments.
The launch is the 251st flight mission of the Long March rocket family.
span class="BDL">Source: a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com">Xin ... more Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab  Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway'  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
Much can be detected in blood or urine: viral illnesses, metabolic disorders or autoimmune diseases can be diagnosed with laboratory tests, for instance. But such examinations often take a few hours and are quite complex, which is why doctors hand the samples over to specialist laboratories.
Scientists at ETH Zurich and the company Roche have jointly developed a completely new analysis met ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Fast magnetic writing of data  Washington (UPI) Sep 26, 2017Dosage formulations for anti-radiation drug being developed  Nottingham UK (SPX) Sep 27, 2017The 3-D selfie has arrived |
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 Oxford UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017 
Are we are living in a computer simulation? Intriguingly, the crux of this question may be hiding in an exotic quantum phenomenon which shows up in metals as a response to twists of space-time geometry.
A recurring theme in science fiction, most famously popularised by the "Matrix' film trilogy, is whether our physical reality is a computer simulation. While this seems to be a rather philo ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017British Technology at Heart of Gravitational Wave Discovery  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Three Ears Listen Even More Accurately Than Two  Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Gravity waves influence weather and climate |
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 Charlottesville VA (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
A recently discovered dwarf galaxy in the constellation Lynx may serve well as a proxy for better understanding the developing chemistry of the early universe, according to a research team that includes University of Virginia astronomers.
Their new finding, published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, shows that the oxygen level in the little galaxy is the lo ... more Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017New type of supercomputer could be based on 'magic dust' combination of light and matter  Paris, France (SPX) Sep 24, 2017Highest-energy cosmic rays have extragalactic origin  Washington (UPI) Sep 29, 2017NASA pushes back launch date for James Webb Space Telescope |
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Beijing (XNA) Oct 02, 2017
China launched three remote sensing satellites Friday on a Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The Yaogan-30 01 satellites will conduct electromagnetic probes and other experiments.
The launch is the 251st flight mission of the Long March rocket family.
span class="BDL">Source: a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com">Xin ... moreBeijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway' Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017 
On Sept. 25, 2017, media were invited to see NASA's Parker Solar Probe in its flight configuration at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, where it is being built.
The revolutionary heat shield that will protect the first spacecraft to fly directly into the Sun's atmosphere was installed for the first time on Sept. 21.
This is the only time the spacecraft wil ... more Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017Solar antics  Daytona Beach FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Solar wind impacts on giant 'space hurricanes' may affect satellite safety  Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2017NASA captures significant solar flare |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 21, 2017 
Thousands of new jobs and boosted local economies are the direct results from ESA's investment in young companies through its business incubation centres, which have now hosted more than 500 start-ups.
From healthcare to manufacturing, sport to agriculture, the centres are an important driver for entrepreneurship and the creation of new businesses, as well as positioning Europe at the fore ... more London, UK (SPX) Sep 29, 2017Spacepath Communications Acquires Tango Wave  Boston MA (SPX) Sep 29, 2017Brodeur Partners Launches Entrepreneurial Space Group  Hong Kong (SPX) Sep 27, 2017AsiaSat 9 Set for Launch from Baikonur on September 29 |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 02, 2017 
After more than 12 years in space, and two years following Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as they orbited the Sun, Rosetta's historic mission concluded on 30 September 2016 with the spacecraft descending onto the comet in a region hosting several ancient pits. It returned a wealth of detailed images and scientific data on the comet's gas, dust and plasma as it drew closer to the surface. But th ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid CubeSat Goes Full Sail  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Nanosat Fleet Proposed for Voyage to 300 Asteroids  Riga (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Europe urged to reconsider pullout from 'Armageddon' asteroid mission |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 
From self-folding robots, to robotic endoscopes, to better methods for computer vision and object detection, researchers at the University of California San Diego have a wide range of papers and workshop presentations at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (or IROS) which takes place from Sept. 24 to 28 in Vancouver, Canada. UC San Diego researchers also are organizing ... more (UPI) Sep 26, 2017Northrop subsidiary unveils new unmanned ground vehicle  Champaign IL (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots  Milan (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Robotic fashion: Wear your heartbeat on your sleeve |
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