|
 
Vesta Science Program Continues At Low-altitude Mapping OrbitPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2012 Dawn is scrutinizing Vesta from its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO), circling the rocky world five and a half times a day. The spacecraft is healthy and continuing its intensive campaign to reveal the astonishing nature of this body in the mysterious depths of the main asteroid belt. Since the last log, the robotic explorer has devoted most of its time to its two primary scientific objectives in this phase of the mission. With its gamma ray and neutron detector (GRaND), it has been patiently mea ... read more |
. |
  |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| .. |
  Mars Rover Science Investigations Continue as Solar Energy Levels Drop Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production during the winter. Opp ... more | .. |
  JPL begins widespread adoption of Maplesoft technology Maplesoft has announced a major adoption of its products by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). JPL is implementing Maple, MapleSim, and MapleNet in its various projects. Whether creating ... more | .. |
 Robot competition in zero-gravity School teams from Europe and America have been commanding robots competing in the Spheres ZeroRobotics tournament in space. The arena: 400 km above Earth on the International Space Station. St ... more | .. |
 |
|
| .. |
  'Autonomous' combat drones debated Researchers say a drone aircraft being tested by the U.S. Navy that could conduct a combat mission without human involvement raises troubling ethical questions. ... more | .. |
  GE Energy Launches New Power Conversion Business GE Energy has announced the next step in the integration of its acquisition of Converteam by renaming the business Power Conversion. Power Conversion's technologies in process controls, automation s ... more | .. |
NASA Joins MIT and DARPA for Out-of-This-World Student Robotic Challenge NASA will join the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and high school student teams from the U.S. and abroad for the third annual Zero ... more | .. |
 Snakes Improve Search-and-Rescue Robots Designing an all-terrain robot for search-and-rescue missions is an arduous task for scientists. The machine must be flexible enough to move over uneven surfaces, yet not so big that it's restricted ... more |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| . | . | . | . |
  
Bats use sound flow to steer through cluttered habitats
Sentinel 2A trials reveal unexpected night sensing capability
Solar cycles seen in Antarctic fast ice history | .. |
 Adjusting Robotic Arm on Amboy Rock Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. Opportunity is conduc ... more | .. |
 MIT researchers find critical speed above which birds and UAVs will crash The northern goshawk is one of nature's diehard thrill-seekers. The formidable raptor preys on birds and small mammals, speeding through tree canopies and underbrush to catch its quarry. With reflex ... more | .. |
  Shenzhou 9 Behind the Curtain The first crew to fly to a Chinese space laboratory could lift off within three months. The launch of the Shenzhou 9 mission to the Tiangong 1 module could take place at the end of March or early Ap ... more | .. |
 A new Artificial Intelligence technique to speed the planning of tasks when resources are limited Scientists at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) have presented a new technique based on Artificial Intelligence that can automatically create plans, allowing problems to be solved with much gr ... more |
| .. |
 Open-source robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs Robotics experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Washington (UW) have completed a set of seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research la ... more | .. |
  Planck completes its survey of early Universe The High Frequency Instrument on ESA's Planck mission has completed its survey of the remnant light from the Big Bang. The sensor ran out of coolant on Saturday as expected, ending its ability to de ... more | .. |
  SpaceX delays February flight to space stationl SpaceX said Tuesday it has postponed its February test flight of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the first-ever bid by a private company to dock at the orbiting lab. ... more | .. |
  British scientific expedition discovers world's deepest known undersea volcanic vents A British scientific expedition has discovered the world's deepest undersea volcanic vents, known as 'black smokers', 3.1 miles (5000 metres) down in the Cayman Trough in the Caribbean. Using a deep ... more |
| . | . | . | . |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
Muon Space joins SHIELD missile defense effort with next generation space systems role
BlackSky expands Gen-3 satellite intelligence contracts worldwide
Stratoship alliance charts staged path for smallsat payloads | .. |
  Good parents are predictable when it comes to corn In order to breed new varieties of corn with a higher yield faster than ever before, researchers at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart, Germany, and other institutions are relying on a trick: ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Targets Amboy Rock For Extra Study Ahead of Winter Opportunity is positioned for winter on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is tilted about 15 degrees to the north for favorable solar energy production. Op ... more | .. |
  Hydrogen advances graphene use Physicists at Linkoping University have shown that a dose of hydrogen or helium can render the "super material" graphene even more useful. Graphene has engendered high expectations whereof its ... more | .. |
  Smart appliances set to transform the home You're at work when you get word of unexpected dinner guests. No problem. Smart appliances to the rescue. ... more |
| .. |
 Boeing begins NASA solar electric propulsion study Boeing has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies. Under the $600,000 firm, fixed-price contract, Boeing will ev ... more | .. |
  Star Destroyed in Supernova Was White Dwarf Last year's discovery of the nearest Type Ia supernova in decades - captured only 11 hours after it exploded - allowed astronomers to finally cinch the identity of the stars behind these explosions, ... more | .. |
 World's most extreme deep-sea vents revealed Scientists have revealed details of the world's most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, 5 kilometres down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor. The undersea hot springs, which lie 0.8 kilometres deeper ... more | .. |
 The Challenges of Building A House on Mars Going to Mars? Expect to stay a while. Because of the relative motions of Earth and Mars, the pioneering astronauts who touch down on the Martian surface will have to remain there for a year and a h ... more |
| . | . | . | . |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
 
It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech
Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Heavy impurities reveal new link in quantum matter theory | .. |
  World's deepest sea vents reveal unknown creatures The ocean's deepest volcanic vents, kilometres below the surface, are teeming with life forms never before seen that thrive near super-hot underwater geysers, according to a new study. ... more | .. |
  Toymakers aim to buck economic gloom at Asia fair A smartphone-controlled robot that fires foam bullets and a model of a tyrannosaurus with real bones are among the attractions drawing the crowds at Asia's largest toy show this week. ... more | .. |
 'Greeley Haven' is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), who ... more | .. |
  ISS Team Undertakes 'EPIC' Event Anyone who has ever been involved in a computer upgrade knows that they can be complicated, and that you have to take your time, be careful, and go step-by-step if you want to be successful. T ... more |
| .. |
 Spying on Tiangong In early January, the mass media went viral over a controversial story in the journal "Spaceflight", published by the British Interplanetary Society. To cut a long story short, "Spaceflight" claimed ... more | .. |
  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: A Year of Achievement and Success The James Webb Space Telescope marked a year of significant progress in 2011 as it continues to come together as NASA's next generation space telescope. The year brought forth a pathfinder backplane ... more | .. |
 China's space ambitions ally glory with pragmatism As China pushes to become a global space power, experts say its ambitions go well beyond a symbolic moon landing, to satellite observation and a global positioning system to rival that of the United States. ... more | .. |
 Dawn Wraps Up A Stunning Year Of Asteroid Exploration Dawn concludes 2011 more than 40 thousand times nearer to Vesta than it began the year. Now at its lowest altitude of the mission, the bold adventurer is conducting its most detailed exploration of ... more |
| Previous Issues | Jan 31 | Jan 30 | Jan 27 | Jan 26 | Jan 25 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
|
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy |
| Buy Advertising | Media Advertising Kit | Editorial & Other Enquiries | Privacy statement |
