India's spacecraft has beamed back its first photos of Mars, showing its crater-marked surface, as the country glowed with pride Thursday after winning Asia's race to the Red Planet.
Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2014
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A lighter and stronger "game-changing" tank that could have flown in space in a few years will be tested on the ground only, at least for now, according to the NASA budget and a few reports.
Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from France, the U.S. and the U.K. has presented its findings in measuring the movement of carbon and carbon dioxide in and out of a portion of the ocean known as the "twilight ...
Coastal portions of the world's oceans, once believed to be a source of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere, are now thought to absorb as much as two-thirds more carbon than they emitted in the preindustrial age, researchers ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2013
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Silicon Valley's high tech firms are fighting what they consider a deeply personal federal cut this summer that shelves a planned patent office in this innovation-fueled region.
Business
Sep 1, 2013
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(Phys.org) —NASA released Thursday new photos and video animations depicting the agency's planned mission to find, capture, redirect, and study a near-Earth asteroid. The images depict crew operations including the Orion ...
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2013
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Two Washington State University researchers say environmental restrictions have become unnecessarily restrictive and expensive—on Mars.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2013
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NASA and private sector experts now agree that a man or woman could be sent on a mission to Mars over the next 20 years, despite huge challenges.
Space Exploration
May 5, 2013
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A NASA plan to send astronauts to an asteroid was met with skepticism Wednesday when NASA Chief Charlie Bolden presented the idea to top space officials in Congress - though their doubts may not be enough to sink the program.
Space Exploration
Apr 24, 2013
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NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top U.S. senator disclosed Friday.
Space Exploration
Apr 5, 2013
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