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Update: Opportunity Ready to Rove Again
Posted May 1, 2013 by Justin Cowart
UPDATE (May 2): NASA has regained full control over the Opportunity rover after uploading a new set of commands on May 1.
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Now Announcing TESS, NASA’s Next Planet-Hunter
Posted April 7, 2013 by Justin Cowart
NASA announced on April 6 that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been selected for development in its latest round of Explorer-class mission proposals. The satellite is scheduled to launch in 2017.
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Masten Space Systems Xombie rocket makes 1600 foot leap
Posted April 6, 2013 by Chris Trudgen
Xombie is a Masten Space Systems technology demonstrator for building a rocket that can land propulsively with pinpoint accuracy while simulating a planetary approach.
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XCOR Aerospace successfully tests piston pump powered rocket
Posted April 6, 2013 by AstroAggregator
Last week saw the successful test by XCOR Aerospace of their LYNX rocket engine with both propellant and oxidiser being supplied by positive displacement pumps – a claimed first in the industry.
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Perchlorates Common on Mars
Posted April 5, 2013 by Justin Cowart
Curiosity’s work at target named Rocknest last October helps advance the idea that a class of salts called perchlorates are common on Mars.
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Update: Opportunity Ready to Rove Again
Posted May 1, 2013 by Justin Cowart
UPDATE (May 2): NASA has regained full control over the Opportunity rover after uploading a new set of commands on May 1.
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Chandra unravels the origin of Kepler’s Supernova
Posted April 24, 2013 by AstroAggregator
X-ray data from the Chandra observatory has shed new light on the origin of “Kepler’s Supernova”, first seen in 1604 by Johannes Kepler himself.
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Now Announcing TESS, NASA’s Next Planet-Hunter
Posted April 7, 2013 by Justin Cowart
NASA announced on April 6 that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been selected for development in its latest round of Explorer-class mission proposals. The satellite is scheduled to launch in 2017.
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Jeff Bezos recovers Apollo-era rocket engines from the ocean floor
Posted April 6, 2013 by AstroAggregator
Multiple millionaire Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the Blue Origin aerospace company, has successfully recovered some of the massive F-1 engines from Apollo era Saturn V rocket debris on the ocean floor.
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Planck reveals new detail in cosmic background radiation
Posted April 6, 2013 by AstroAggregator
The Planck mission has released a new sky map of the cosmic microwave background radiation – the after-echo of the Big Bang, revealing unprecedented detail.
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Masten Space Systems Xombie rocket makes 1600 foot leap
Posted April 6, 2013 by Chris Trudgen
Xombie is a Masten Space Systems technology demonstrator for building a rocket that can land propulsively with pinpoint accuracy while simulating a planetary approach.