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April 01, 2015

Flash Reformatted and Marathon Completed
Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 01, 2015
The Opportunity mission is now the first human enterprise to exceed marathon distance of travel on another world. Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater near 'Marathon Valley', a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover is approaching a feature called 'Spirit of St. Louis Crater' at the entrance to Marathon Valley. On Sol 3964 (March 19, 2015), the flash-memory file system was reformatted using new flight software. The reformat was successful. The rover is again us ... read more

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Comet dust: Planet Mercury's 'invisible paint' A team of scientists has a new explanation for the planet Mercury's dark, barely reflective surface. In a paper published in Nature Geoscience, the researchers suggest that a steady dusting of carbo ... more		Stop blaming the moon "It must be a full moon" is a common refrain when things appear more hectic than usual. The moon is even blamed when things get crazy at hospital emergency rooms or birth wards. "Some nurses ascribe ... more		IXV test flight total success says operations manager European Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) was launched on a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on Feb. 11. The spacecraft was then released into a suborbital trajectory, and ... more
				Goddard releases open source core flight software suite to public The Innovative Technology Partnerships Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, announced the release of its core Flight System (cFS) Application Suite to the public. The ... more		ESA's spaceplane back on dry land ESA's recovered IXV spaceplane arrived at the Port of Livorno in Italy yesterday and is set to be taken to Turin for final analysis. Hardware will be removed for engineers to evaluate the reusabilit ... more

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As stars form, magnetic fields influence regions big and small Stars form when gravity pulls together material within giant clouds of gas and dust. But gravity isn't the only force at work. Both turbulence and magnetic fields battle gravity, either by stirring ... more		DARPA seeking technology for unmanned surface vessel The U.S, military has issued a Request for Information on available technologies that could aid development of a new type of unmanned surface vessel. ... more		U.S. defense in free fall Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		Spring plankton bloom hitches ride to sea's depths on ocean eddies Just as crocus and daffodil blossoms signal the start of a warmer season on land, a similar "greening" event - a massive bloom of microscopic plants, or phytoplankton - unfolds each spring in the No ... more
				LiDAR studies Colorado flooding and debris flows Scott W. Anderson and colleagues use repeat aerial LiDAR to quantify the erosional impact of the heavy rains that inundated the Colorado Front Range in September 2013. The five-day storm triggered m ... more		Super sensitive measurement of magnetic fields There are electrical signals in the nervous system, the brain and throughout the human body and there are tiny magnetic fields associated with these signals that could be important for medical scien ... more

Physicists report technology with potential for sub-micron optical switches A team that includes Rutgers University and National Institute of Standards and Technology scientists believes that a technology it is reporting this week in Nature Photonics could result in optical ... more		Brief moon eclipse coming April 4 A brief total eclipse of the Moon may be visible on April 4 to skywatchers in western North America, Australia and East Asia, astronomers say. ... more		GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems		Using magnetic fields to understand high-temperature superconductivity Taking our understanding of quantum matter to new levels, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are exposing high-temperature superconductors to very high magnetic fields, changing the temper ... more
Bacteria can use magnetic particles to create a 'natural battery' New research shows bacteria can use tiny magnetic particles to effectively create a 'natural battery.' According to work published in journal Science on 27 March, the bacteria can load electrons ont ... more		A first glimpse inside a macroscopic quantum state In a recent study published in Physical Review Letters and highlighted by the magazine Science News, the research group led by ICREA Prof at ICFO Morgan Mitchell has detected, for the first time, en ... more		France, Britain jointly contract for naval drones Surface and underwater naval drones for combating mines are to be developed by a European industrial consortium by 2019. ... more		Spy agencies in 'technology arms race', says British chief Spy agencies are caught in a "technology arms race" with terrorists and criminals, the new head of Britain's MI6 said on Monday in his first public comments since becoming chief. ... more

	U.S. Air Force tests Minuteman III missiles Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles have been launched by the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command to verify the accuracy and reliability of the weapon system. ... more		Australia eyes new air search radar A proposal to replace air search radar aboard Royal Australian Navy frigates has received First Pass approval from the government. ... more

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