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October 11, 2016

US relies on industry help to make 'giant leap' to Mars
Washington (AFP) Oct 11, 2016
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday the nation is relying on private industry to find ways to make the "giant leap" to Mars, with human missions on the horizon by the 2030s. The US president's announcement confirmed a long-standing agreement to partner with commercial companies on future missions to deep space, and gave some new details on how such collaborations will play out in the coming years, particularly aboard the International Space Station. "We have set a clear goal vital to the next ... read more

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Hurricane Nicole delays next US cargo mission to space The next US cargo supply trip to the International Space Station has been postponed until Sunday due to Hurricane Nicole, which is bearing down on Bermuda, NASA said Tuesday. ... more		Kepler Gets the 'Big Picture' of Comet 67P On Sept. 30, the European Space Agency concluded its Rosetta mission and the study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. During the final month of the mission, NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft ... more		NASA's Opportunity Rover to Explore Mars Gully NASA's Opportunity Mars rover will drive down a gully carved long ago by a fluid that might have been water, according to the latest plans for the 12-year-old mission. No Mars rover has done that be ... more
				Visitors to Mars could develop dementia from cosmic ray exposure When scientists at the University of California, Irvine exposed rodents to doses of high-energy charged particles, the test subjects developed cognitive impairments and dementia - bad news for Mars-bound astronauts. ... more		Chinese startups making world's largest space plane and more Access to space has long been an interest area of space agencies. In this domain, China became a force to be reckoned with as several Chinese space companies made great strides in the space race.For ... more

MinXSS CubeSat Brings New Information to Study of Solar Flares Along with the visible light and warmth constantly emitted by our sun comes a whole spectrum of X-ray and ultraviolet radiation that streams toward Earth. A new CubeSat - a miniature satellite that ... more		China getting ready for Shenzhou 11 launch The rollout of the Long March 2F launch vehicle carrying the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft was a critical step in the lead-up to its launch. It's also an indication that the state of the rocket and the spa ... more		Chinese defence minister tells US counterpart containing China 'futile' China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs Russian drones in Poland put NATO to the test		Researchers discover effect of rare solar wind on Earth's radiation belts Researchers from the University of New Hampshire have captured unique measurements of the Van Allen radiation belts, which circle the Earth, during an extremely rare solar wind event. The findings, ... more
				Sanchez' Mission: Implement Science and Technology Goals for Space Command As part of a continuing exchange between the military and the commercial space industry working together, Space Command leader Gen. John Hyten outlined his science and technology goals in a February ... more		Aerojet Rocketdyne motor plays key role in Blue Origin crew escape test Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced that its Blue Origin Crew Capsule Escape Solid Rocket Motor (CCE SRM) was part of the successful In-Flight Escape Test conducted by Blue Origin yesterday from Blue O ... more

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Astronomers Celebrate Inauguration of Green Bank Observatory Today astronomers celebrate the inauguration of the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, home to the 100-meter Green Bank Telescope, one of the world's most powerful astronomical instruments. Fo ... more		How to control polarization of light The results of this case can be used in the manufacture of the so-called spatial light modulators serving as a base for all LCDs, for example. They are arranged so that each pixel can switch the lig ... more		AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study Asteroid tells secrets of Earth's 'far wetter' building blocks		Small droplets feel the vibe A team of researchers at the University of Bristol have used ultrasonic forces to accurately pattern thousands of microscopic water-based droplets. Each droplet can be designed to perform a biochemi ... more
One-pot synthesis towards sulfur-based organic semiconductors Dr. Lingkui Meng, Dr. Yasutomo Segawa, Professor Kenichiro Itami of the JST-ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Project, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of Nagoya University and Integr ... more		Nanotechnology for energy materials: Electrodes like leaf veins An international team headed by HZB scientist Prof. Michael Giersig has recently demonstrated for these applications that networks of metallic mesh possessing fractal-like nano-features surpass othe ... more		Measuring forces with oscillations A child swings on a swing, gaining momentum with its legs. For physicists, this is a reasonably easy movement. They call it parametric oscillation. Things are getting more complicated if - in additi ... more		Enhancing the superconducting properties of an iron-based material Iron-based superconductors can conduct electricity without resistance at unusually high temperatures relative to those of conventional superconductors, which must be chilled to near absolute zero (m ... more

	Your next nurse could be a robot The nursing assistant for your next trip to the hospital might be a robot. This is the implication of research recently published by Dr. Elena De Momi and colleagues in the open access journal Front ... more		Efficient low-cost method for hydrogenation of graphene with visible light An environmentally friendly, efficient and low-cost method for hydrogenation of graphene with visible light has been developed by researchers at Uppsala University and AstraZeneca Gothenburg, Sweden ... more

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