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The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration requested a budget of $17.7 billion (€13.46 billion) for Fiscal Year 2013. NASA says that this level of funding will be sufficient to allow the United States to maintain its leadership status in space.
The budget includes $627.6 million for the James Webb Spa... |
14 February 2012
02:49 GMT |
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A group of scientists at NASA is strongly considering the possibility of constructing what they refer to as a waypoint tended by humans on the far side of the Moon. This structure would serve as a relay and resupply base for space missions probing deeper within the solar system.
Top NASA officials say that the cons... |
10 February 2012
08:45 GMT |
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Two planetary exploration missions headed for Mars may have to go on without the participation of the American space agency, if analysts' predictions come true. They say that the budgets NASA gets for planetary exploration will receive deep cuts in fiscal year 2013.
US President Barack Obama's federal bud... |
10 February 2012
03:35 GMT |
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Scientists with the European Space Agency (ESA) announce the development of an augmented reality (AU) device for astronauts. This piece of equipment will help people in space diagnose any potential problems with their crew members, as well as enable them to perform basic surgeries.
AU devices were already created fo... |
6 February 2012
04:50 GMT |
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The commercial crew program being fostered by the American space agency is bound to get an extension on February 7. NASA has just announced plans to solicit new proposals for the development of spacecraft capable of transporting astronauts to low-Earth orbit.
This call for proposals is meant to attract more private... |
31 January 2012
05:33 GMT |
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As European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli was living on the International Space Station, he conducted a series of experiments involving miniature greenhouses. The goal was to compare the results to those obtained by another group, the Mars 500 experiment crew.
While the plants aboard the orbital outpos... |
25 January 2012
11:10 GMT |
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According to an announcement made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January 17, the United States is willing to cooperate with other nations for developing an international code that regulates how nations explore and behave in space, as long as the agreement does not interfere with national security.
The Whit... |
18 January 2012
09:40 GMT |
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Scientists say that one way of ensuring our species will survive whatever the Universe may throw against it is to spread amongst the stars. This may be achievable through suspended animation, or perhaps by sending spacecraft carrying our DNA to other planets.
This is a very interesting perspective on space explorat... |
5 January 2012
03:58 GMT |
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Space robotics experts at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are working on a new generation of exploration rovers. They say that the machines would look entirely different from the robots we're used to seeing launch in space. For starters, they will be powered by microbes. Scientists acknowledge the fact th... |
4 January 2012
11:02 GMT |
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Understanding the full extent of the influence that being exposed to microgravity has on human beings is absolutely essential for our ability to conquer space. Since it's economically unsound to conduct such experiments with astronauts, researchers are now turning to fruit flies for answers.
In a new set of tes... |
4 January 2012
05:15 GMT |
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The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is the next-generation spacecraft NASA is developing for deep-space exploration, and is currently scheduled to start ferrying astronauts to space in 2021. In late December, 2011, NASA conducted a new drop test of the capsule, in order to verify its parachutes.
The test was... |
4 January 2012
04:22 GMT |
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In a new paper published in the latest issue of the journal Astrobiology, experts explain that life is theoretically possible on large swaths of the Martian surface. Granted, not all areas are habitable, but some may support life. This discovery has several important implications, including the fact that it may info... |
14 December 2011
08:58 GMT |
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Major Asian powers are currently engaged in a quiet space race of sorts, which is going by largely unnoticed by other countries. It's only now that analysts are beginning to put things into perspective.
The major actors in this race are China, India and Japan, all of which are currently ramping up their space ... |
8 December 2011
05:36 GMT |
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The European Space Agency's (EAS) Gaia spacecraft has recently achieved an impressive milestone in its development, when its sunshield was deployed for the very first time. Mission controllers say that the probe remains well on track for a 2013 launch.
At first, the name Gaia stood for Global Astrometric Inter... |
8 December 2011
04:42 GMT |
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Having access to large water supplies will be one of the main issues of future manned missions to Mars. But a group of explorers could easily settle the area near Phlegra Montes without having to worry about water. The area, recently revisited by Mars Express, would take care of them.
Data collected from orbit indic... |
2 December 2011
08:22 GMT |
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A study conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and focusing on a species of very tiny worms, may provide mission planners with the extra knowledge they need to develop missions meant to colonize Mars.
According to the conclusions of the research, it would seem that the microscopic roundworm species ... |
30 November 2011
07:48 GMT |
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After suffering a series of errors last month, all related to its onboard data storage systems, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft is now slowly being returned to active scientific service. Some of its instruments have already been brought online again.
Mission controllers are working aro... |
25 November 2011
09:35 GMT |
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Officials from the European Space Agency (ESA) announce the creation of a new device meant to help astronauts check for potential infections and diseases in space. The instrument is meant to be used primarily on the International Space Station (ISS), but other uses are also possible.
The agency is proud to announce... |
11 November 2011
08:19 GMT |
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This is, in my opinion, one of the most amazing pictures ever taken by NASA throughout its long years of manned space exploration. Seeing astronaut Bruce McCandless flying hundreds of feet away from any point of contact, backdropped just by Earth's blue skies, is truly a remarkable experience.
One can only stop... |
7 November 2011
10:23 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that the first full-length, high-fidelity simulation of a manned mission to the Red Planet has just concluded in the Russian Capital. The six “astronauts” of the Mars500 experiment exited the simulation facility today, November 4.
The hatches separat... |
4 November 2011
09:51 GMT |
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The Dell’Osso Family Farm in Lathrop, California, is now the home of an impressive corn maze, which was created based on the NASA Kepler Telescope mission. The space observatory was created to detect extrasolar planets around a batch of around 150,000 stars in the Milky Way.
This new view of the corn field ... |
29 October 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that a new test flight of the newest generation of robotic landers it is currently developing has been scheduled for November 4. The Robotic Lander Project seeks to develop spacecraft that could land autonomously on the Moon and Mars. The reason why the November 4 test ... |
29 October 2011
07:02 GMT |
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Following 77 days of non-stop flight, the China National Space Administration's (CNSA) Chang'e 2 spacecraft is now parked in the L2 Lagrangian point. This spot is located about 1.5 million kilometers (932,000 miles) away from Earth.
Lagrangian points are locations around the Moon and Earth where an object... |
25 October 2011
05:12 GMT |
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On October 16, Charles Elachi – the director of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California – received the prestigious Arthur M. Bueche Award from the US National Academy of Engineering, in recognition of his life's work. The prize was awarded to Elachi for “extraordinary ... |
25 October 2011
01:43 GMT |
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European, American, Russian and Japanese astronauts recently completed a six-day stay in the darkness of a remote cave, on the island of Sardinia, in Italy. The CAVES project, which is managed by the European Space Agency (ESA), seeks to prepare crews for real-life space exploration.
Conditions inside spacecraft af... |
21 October 2011
04:48 GMT |
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According to officials from the American space agency, the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO 15) expedition to the ocean floor has been canceled due to stormy weather off the coasts of Key Largo, Florida. A crew of six astronauts was supposed to enter the sea, and take up residence in the Aquarius Un... |
18 October 2011
02:55 GMT |
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Two Europeans, three Russians and one Chinese will “return to Earth” on November 4, when the Mars500 experiment currently being housed at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) ends.
The research project has been carrying one for more than 18 months, with the six pseudo-astronauts carrying out a r... |
10 October 2011
04:20 GMT |
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California Institute of Technology (Caltech) scientists are a quirky bunch, as demonstrated by a recent workshop they held, assessing the challenges associated with capturing a near-Earth asteroid from its peaceful orbit, and dragging it closer to our planet.
The goal of doing this – other than to prove tha... |
5 October 2011
09:53 GMT |
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Speaking at the 100-Year Starship Symposium held over the weekend, researchers drew attention to some of the challenges associated with multi-generation, long-term space exploration. One of these issues is human reproduction, since the spacecraft's population would have to be replenished in space.
Reaching an... |
3 October 2011
03:26 GMT |
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Officials at the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) announce plans to augment their rocket and space capsule ranges with the world's first fully-reusable delivery system. The rocket would be able to deliver its cargo, and then return to land vertically near its launch pad.
In addition to the... |
1 October 2011
06:41 GMT |
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A number of corporations involved in the private spaceflight industry say that they want to beat the American space agency in a race to put astronauts on low-Earth orbit again. At this point, NASA estimates that the soonest it can do this is 2017, whereas companies are aiming for 2015. There are several large players... |
1 October 2011
02:48 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the University of Western Ontario (UWO) and the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) say that they managed to come up with a new hypothesis for the origins of crater ejecta. These formations are produced from the debris released when a meteorite impacts the ground.
Ejecta are visible m... |
28 September 2011
16:31 GMT |
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At a meeting organized by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Thursday, September 22, officials in Washington, DC, heard the opinions of former Apollo astronauts, a former NASA Administrator, and an esteemed MIT scientist on the course of development the agency now follows.
The purpose of the hearin... |
23 September 2011
07:30 GMT |
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The American space agency is working hard towards creating an advanced optical communications system, which it plans to use on future deep-space missions. Such a technology will enable the transmission of HD videos and images from anywhere in the solar system.
At this time, conventional communications methods take... |
23 September 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency say that they have awarded the Composite Cryotank Technologies Demonstration (CCTD) contract to Huntington Beach, California-based Boeing Company. The corporation must now improve this technology by a wide margin.
Boeing has only a couple of years to design, manufacture and ... |
21 September 2011
04:37 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announce that NASA had just initiated its newest advanced project, the Game Changing Technology Development program. Its goal is to develop highly-advanced technologies that would boost our ability to explore deep-space in the near future.
Already, the agency has selected tw... |
17 September 2011
18:01 GMT |
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During a luncheon sponsored by the Planetary Society on September 9, three avid science advocates told members of Congress that funding for space exploration should continue despite the financial hardships that the United States are currently facing.
While the tough economic times that lie ahead are dangerous, th... |
12 September 2011
08:45 GMT |
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When the White House called on the National Academies to determine precisely how many astronauts NASA needed to conduct space exploration after the retirement of the shuttles, the numbers the organization returned were a lot lower than what is actually needed.
According to a new report released by the National Re... |
12 September 2011
03:45 GMT |
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As the Space Age began, the Soviet Union and the United States started a space race that saw numerous rockets, satellites and astronauts being sent to orbit. Later, when other countries joined, activity levels increased until finally the amount of junk they put in orbit while doing so posed tremendous risks.
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7 September 2011
18:01 GMT |
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One of the main problems that will affect astronauts during long space exploration journeys is the lack of gravity. The American space agency has now commissioned a group of researchers to investigate the creation of a new class of spacesuits that would resist their wearers' movements, simulating gravity.
Th... |
6 September 2011
10:22 GMT |
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According to NASA Space Food Systems Laboratory senior research scientist Maya R. Cooper, one of the greatest challenges the American space agency will have to face before even considering sending humans to Mars is finding a way of feeding the space explorers.
As space agencies around the world are starting to co... |
6 September 2011
03:36 GMT |
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Yesterday, August 22, the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) powered up their newest crewmember, Robonaut 2. This is a robotic astronauts designed to assist the astronauts with some of the most perilous and complex tasks on the orbital facility. The machine was launched to the ISS on Febr... |
23 August 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Officials with the American space agency announce that three more Technology Demonstration Missions (TDM) have been approved by a special NASA commission. The endeavors have the potential to change the way space is explored, experts say. At the same time, another main reason why these specific missions were selected ... |
23 August 2011
02:37 GMT |
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Officials from the American space agency announce that engineers are working on refining new technologies that could be used for space exploration. Particularly, their goal is to enable the creation of a new generation of robotic landers that could be sent to numerous locations in the solar system.One of the long-ter... |
16 August 2011
03:12 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announced today, August 12, that a new Mission Directorate has been created at NASA. Dubbed Human Exploration and Operations (HEO), the organization's main objective will be to focus on operations conducted in low-Earth orbit (LEO) and beyond.The Space Operations and Explor... |
12 August 2011
12:01 GMT |
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In the absence of active, aggressive action for removing space junk from low-Earth orbit (LEO), spacecraft and satellite launching to space will soon be at a tremendous risk of destruction during ascent. Experts say that the situation in space is currently reaching a critical status. At this point, the space industry... |
12 August 2011
11:34 GMT |
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Representatives of the American space agency announce that NASA has just awarded 30 new research grants, to study teams investigating advanced concepts related to the exploration of space. The agency gets involved in such endeavors in order to foster innovation in this important field of research.The projects are fun... |
9 August 2011
05:53 GMT |
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The American space agency announces that it has just awarded four individual contracts to companies that announced their intention to start research on orbital refueling technologies. In order to move beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) with more astronauts and larger spacecraft, these gas stations are needed.
NASA has b... |
6 August 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Lori Garver, the Deputy Administrator at NASA, said during the NewSpace 2011 conference that the American space agency will continue to support the private spaceflight industry despite the hard time NASA itself is going through.
The meeting – held on July 28, in Mountain View, California – was organiz... |
1 August 2011
02:59 GMT |
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In a recent test conducted by the US Air Force on the X-51 Waverider, the hypersonic-capable, scramjet engine-driven vehicle did not ignite in mid-air, essentially failing one of its most important tests. The USAF has been trying to build a working scramjet engine for years, and the X-51 vehicle was its most promisin... |
27 July 2011
10:24 GMT |
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