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Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon![]() ![]() Columbia MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 To train future explorers to support NASA's mission to return to the Moon's surface, scientists use similar environments found on the Earth. Last week, a group of domestic and international students traveled to Barringer Meteorite Crater (aka Meteor Crater), Arizona, to learn necessary skills that could help NASA implement its plans for human and robotic missions to the lunar surface. Dr. David Kring, a Universities Space Research Association scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), c ... read more |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 NASA has announced a call for Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads that will fly to the Moon on commercial lunar landers as early as next year or 2020. The agency is working with U.S. in ... more ![]() ![]() Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft executed its second Asteroid Approach Maneuver (AAM-2). The spacecraft's main engine thrusters fired in a braking maneuver designed to slow the spacecraft's speed relati ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 China is participating in another moon-related project in cooperation with Russia. The two countries are planning to develop their own lunar program with the ultimate aim of building a moon base. ... more ![]() ![]() Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 20, 2018 The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury blasted off on an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou at 01:45:28 GMT on 20 October on its exciting mission to study the mysteries of the Solar Sys ... more |
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![]() Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 Orbit Logic reports NASA has selected the company's STK Scheduler software for the Restore-L technology demonstration mission. During its mission, the Restore-L spacecraft will demonstrate the techn ... more ![]() ![]() Boston MA (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 A team of Tufts University-led researchers has developed three-dimensional (3D) human tissue culture models for the central nervous system that mimic structural and functional features of the brain ... more ![]() ![]() Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 In an extensive and rigorous study of animal life on the Central Arctic Ocean floor, researchers have shown that water depth and food availability influence the species composition, density, and bio ... more ![]() ![]() Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 A quantum internet may very well be the first quantum information technology to become reality. Researchers at QuTech in Delft, The Netherlands, have published a comprehensive guide towards this goa ... more ![]() ![]() New Haven CT (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 A new study suggests that many theorized heavy particles, if they exist at all, do not have the properties needed to explain the predominance of matter over antimatter in the universe. If conf ... more |
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![]() ![]() Nanodiamonds as photocatalysts ![]() ![]() Sussex UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 A team of scientists led by Professor Richard Layfield at the University of Sussex has published breakthrough research in molecule-based magnetic information storage materials. The group at th ... more ![]() |
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![]() Washington DC (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 Electric vehicles and most electronic devices, such as cell phones and laptop computers, are powered by lithium-ion batteries. Until now, manufacturers have had to design their devices around the si ... more ![]() ![]() Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 For many years, quantum computers were not much more than an idea. Today, companies, governments and intelligence agencies are investing in the development of quantum technology. Robert Konig, ... more ![]() ![]() Ames IA (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 Measuring the properties of superconducting materials in magnetic fields at close to absolute zero temperatures is difficult, but necessary to understand their quantum properties. How cold? Lo ... more ![]() ![]() Herndon, VA (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 LGS Innovations, a technology company providing specialized mission-critical communication research and solutions, has announced that it will be supporting the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis ... more ![]() ![]() Beijing (XNA) Oct 19, 2018 An asteroid has been named after the university of China's top science academy, with approval from the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Asteroid Guokeda (Univ ... more |
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Plant hormone makes space farming a possibility Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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US astronaut Hague 'amazed' by Russian rescue team's work after Soyuz failure Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Minerals of the world, unite Paris (ESA) Oct 22, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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China's commercial aerospace companies flourishing Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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How Max Polyakov from Zaporozhie develops the Ukrainian space industry Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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QuTech researchers put forward a roadmap for quantum internet development Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Discovering a previously unknown role for a source of magnetic fields Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Icy moon of Jupiter, Ganymede, shows evidence of past strike-slip faulting Manoa HI (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Long range ENSO forecasting extended one year Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Oct 17, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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China launches twin BeiDou-3 satellites Xichang (XNA) Oct 16, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon Columbia MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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FEFU astrophysicist contributed into international-team efforts on study Comet 29P Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Government of Canada to invest $7.2M in exactEarth Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Students help scientist ID the sonic signatures of solar storms Washington (UPI) Oct 20, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Researchers solve mystery at the center of the Milky Way Lund, Sweden (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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A new way to measure nearly nothing Washington DC (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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