Friday 12 April 2013

Ancient Mars could have supported primitive life, says NASA






A sample of Mars drilled from a rock by NASA's Curiosity rover and then studied by onboard instruments "shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes," NASA officials announced on March 12 in a statement and press conference. The discovery ...

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Latest Curiosity Rover Update: Mars' Bygone Atmosphere






In this latest video update from the Mars Science Laboratory team, Ashwin Vasavada, the ...

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X-48 Project Completes Flight Research for Cleaner, Quieter Aircraft

NASA's remotely piloted X-48C hybrid-wing-body subscale aircraft, which demonstrates technology concepts for cleaner and quieter commercial air travel, completed an eight-month flight research campaign on April 9.

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NASA Announces Challenges for the 2013 International Space Apps Challenge

NASA and over 150 partner organizations worldwide will be hosting the International Space Apps Challenge on April 20-21, 2013.

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NASA TV Provides Coverage of Space Station Spacewalk

Two members of the Expedition 35 crew will venture outside the International Space Station April 19 for a six-hour spacewalk to deploy and retrieve several science experiments and install a new navigational aid.

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New Mars photos may reveal 1970s Soviet lander






2,1971, Mars 3 went dark for unknown reasons. Now a group of Russian Mars fans, who track the progress of NASA'Mars rover Curiosity online, may have found the lander after all these years. [Dead Spacecraft on Mars: A Countdown]. The citizen enthusiasts ...

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Russians approve of space tourism - poll: Russian Radio

More than half of Russians (56%) are enthusiastic about the idea of space travel – flights by individuals in near-Earth space on a commercial basis. Positive ...

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FAA's supercomputer will be first 'tourist' in space -- GCN

Before the joyrides begin, the agency will send a high-performance modular data center into space to test radiation levels 100 kilometers above the Earth.

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Dublin's Alexandra College hosts virtual visit to Cern Laboratory in Geneva ...






The science event, which is the first of its kind for students in Ireland, included a demonstration by astrophysicist Dr Sofoklis Sotiriu and a live virtual tour of the Cern Laboratory, and Atlas experiment located in Cern. “We are thrilled to host ...

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Commissioner Vassiliou to visit CERN






Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will visitthe European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 15 Aprilin order to meet scientists and researchers supported with funding ...

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Scientists Await New Worlds as CERN Collider Refitted






"It is a giant task," says senior CERN engineer Simon Baird, showing Reuters around the tunnel 100 meters (330 feet) below the Franco-Swiss border at the foot of the Jura mountains. "Every connection must be checked and reinforced during this shutdown ...

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Margaret Thatcher knew about the W boson discovery before everyone else






I am ever mindful of the promise I made on the occasion of your visit to CERN, in August of this year, that I would report to you immediately and directly on the day CERN obtained confirmed experimental evidence for the existence of the “intermediate ...

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CERN'S Tom Whyntie explains the universe, for beginners

If you thought the big bang theory was boring and particle physics was hard to understand, you've never seen it explained by a cartoon version of CERN physicist Tom Whyntie. He is able to put the information from a three-month long science course, into ...

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NASA Invites Media to View Orion, Speak With Kennedy Space Center Director

NASA is offering media representatives at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida an opportunity on Monday, April 15, to see Orion, the spacecraft that could take astronauts on a sample collection mission to an asteroid as early as 2021.

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NASA, Air Force Seek Next Generation Space Processor Program

NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are requesting research and development proposals to define the type of spacecraft computing needed for future missions.

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NASA Imaging Sensor Prepares for Western Wildfire Season

Airborne imaging technology developed at NASA and transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service (USFS) in 2012 is being tested to prepare for this year's wildfire season in the western United States.

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