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| November 19, 2013 |
 Russia starts ambitious super-heavy space rocket project Moscow (Voice of Russia) Nov 19, 2013 - On the 25th anniversary of the historic flight of the Soviet space shuttle Buran, Russia's Roscosmos space agency has formed a working group to prepare "within weeks" a roadmap for the revival of the Energia super-heavy booster rocket. The group led by Oleg Ostapenko, the new head of Roscosmos Federal Space Agency, is set to draw up proposals on the design of a super-heavy launch vehicle c ... more |  |
 NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere Cape Canaveral (AFP) Nov 18, 2013 - NASA on Monday launched its unmanned MAVEN spacecraft toward Mars to study the Red Planet's atmosphere for clues as to why Earth's neighbor lost its warmth and water over time. The white Atlas V 401 rocket carrying the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) orbiter blasted off on schedule at 1:28 pm (1828 GMT). The liftoff of the $671 million spacecraft, followed by a successful ... more |  |
The Overprotection of Mars? Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - A recent commentary paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience argues that planetary protection policies and practices designed to guard solar system bodies from biological contamination from spacecraft need to be re-evaluated because they are "unnecessarily inhibiting" a more ambitious agenda to search for life on Mars. In the paper, called The Overprotection of Mars, co-authors Alb ... more |  |
 NASA Issues 2014 Call for Advanced Technology Concepts Washington DC (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - NASA is looking for visionary concepts that have the potential to enable new missions or significantly improve current approaches to achieve aerospace objectives. Through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals for revolutionary concepts with the potential to transform aerospace endeavors. These include visionar ... more |  |
 Research program to tackle asteroid and space debris manipulation Glasgow, UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - World-leading scientists will push the boundaries of studies on how to deflect asteroids and manipulate space debris, as the University of Strathclyde gets set to transform international space research. Led by Strathclyde, the Stardust programme - the first research-based training network of its kind - boasts some of the world's foremost experts in the field and aims to protect the planet ... more |  |
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 Quantum state world record smashed London, UK (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - A normally fragile quantum state has been shown to survive at room temperature for a world record 39 minutes, overcoming a key barrier towards building ultrafast quantum computers. The research, published in the journal Science, was led by Mike Thewalt (Simon Fraser University, Canada), with involvement from researchers at UCL and Oxford University, and material provided from collaborating insti ... more |  |
 UNH scientists document, quantify deep-space radiation hazards Durham NH (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - Scientists from the University of New Hampshire and colleagues have published comprehensive findings on space-based radiation as measured by a UNH-led detector aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The data provide critical information on the radiation hazards that will be faced by astronauts on extended missions to deep space such as those to Mars. The papers in a special issu ... more |  |
The Plan for Inspiration Mars Bethesda MD (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - Earlier this year Dennis Wingo wrote a very interesting piece for SpaceRef.com on Dennis Tito's announced plan to send two space passengers on a commercial flyby of Mars in 2018. Mr. Tito has created the Inspiration Mars Foundation which he appears to be personally funding. Although the plan is still evolving, it is clearly inspirational and ... more |  |
Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains in planetary regolith. Instruments on the Curiosity Mars rover not only measure the chemistry of rocks, elemental abundances of soils and wind speeds, but also take an incredible number of images from both mast-mounted cameras and up-close imaging systems mounted to robotic arms. The process of analyzing soil images can be dauntin ... more |  |
Evidence found for granite on Mars Atlanta GA (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - Researchers now have stronger evidence of granite on Mars and a new theory for how the granite - an igneous rock common on Earth - could have formed there, according to a new study. The findings suggest a much more geologically complex Mars than previously believed. Large amounts of a mineral found in granite, known as feldspar, were found in an ancient Martian volcano. Further, minerals ... more |  |
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Variation of halogens in martian soil calls for an atmosphere-surface cycle Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Nov 19, 2013 - In the November issue of Icarus, researchers from LSU's Department of Geology and Geophysics and Stony Brook's Department of Geosciences assess the details of halogen variability and an unusual process that may influence it. The group, led by LSU's Suniti Karunatillake, investigated the potential for an existing halogen cycle on Mars, which would alter the current paradigm of halogens dist ... more |  |
 Lockheed Martin Conducts Second Successful LRASM Flight Test Orlando FL (SPX) Nov 18, 2013 - Lockheed Martin's Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) recently achieved another successful flight test, with the missile scoring a direct hit on a moving maritime target. The test was conducted in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Office of Naval Research (ONR) program. Flying over the Sea Range at Point Mugu, Calif., a U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber f ... more |  |
 'No room for error' for US nuclear forces: Hagel Washington (AFP) Nov 15, 2013 - Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Friday acknowledged "troubling lapses" among troops managing the country's nuclear arsenal and warned their job allowed "no room for error." In a speech marking a change of leadership at the US military's Strategic Command that oversees nuclear forces, Hagel noted recent failings in upholding "professionalism," an apparent reference to alleged misconduct by seni ... more |  |
 First detailed map of dinosaur brains suggests complex behaviors Durham, N.C. (UPI) Nov 14, 2013 - U.S. scientists say a detailed map of a dinosaur brain suggests faculties for complex behavior, and possibly the ability to make sounds to communicate. Soft tissues like brain matter are not preserved in fossils, but faint impressions left on the insides of fossilized skulls can yield "endocasts" giving clues of the size and shape of the outermost brain parts, they said. To recre ... more |  |
 Penguin-inspired propulsion system Washington DC (SPX) Nov 18, 2013 - Back in 1991, Nature published a picture from the IMAX movie Antarctica, along with the caption: "Emperor penguins may be waddling jokes on land, but underwater they can turn into regular rockets...accelerating from 0 to 7 m/s in less than a second." That's all it took to inspire Flavio Noca, who at the time was a graduate student in Caltech's Aeronautics Department, and now teaches aerody ... more |  |
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 Virtual Toothpick Helps Technologist 'Bake' the Perfect Thin-Film Confection Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 18, 2013 - Creating thin films using a rapidly evolving technology that promises to solve some of NASA's thorniest engineering challenges is a lot like baking a cake. That's why Vivek Dwivedi, a technologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has assembled a special "oven" and a "virtual toothpick" to monitor the progress of his confections. The technology, called atomic layer d ... more |  |
Pilbara home to 3.5 billion-year-old bacterial ecosystems Perth, Australia (SPX) Nov 14, 2013 - Evidence of complex microbial ecosystems dating back almost 3.5 billion years has been found in Western Australia's Pilbara region by an international team including UWA Research Assistant Professor David Wacey. Professor Wacey said identifying and reconstructing Earth's earliest biosphere was challenging because the oldest sedimentary rocks were not only rare, but also almost always chang ... more |  |
 Nano magnets arise at 2-D boundaries Houston TX (SPX) Nov 18, 2013 - When you squeeze atoms, you don't get atom juice. You get magnets. According to a new theory by Rice University scientists, imperfections in certain two-dimensional materials create the conditions by which nanoscale magnetic fields arise. Calculations by the lab of Rice theoretical physicist Boris Yakobson show these imperfections, called grain boundaries, in two-dimensional semiconducting ... more |  |
Structure of bacterial nanowire protein hints at secrets of conduction Richland WA (SPX) Nov 18, 2013 - Tiny electrical wires protrude from some bacteria and contribute to rock and dirt formation. Researchers studying the protein that makes up one such wire have determined the protein's structure. The finding is important to such diverse fields as producing energy, recycling Earth's carbon and miniaturizing computers. "This is the first atomic resolution structure of this protein from an ele ... more |  |
Lockheed Martin-Built MAVEN Launches To Mars Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Nov 18, 2013 - NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, was launched Monday at 1:28 pm ET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-401 rocket. The spacecraft has departed Earth and is now on its way to Mars, where it will study the planet's upper atmosphere. MAVEN separated from the rocket's Centaur upper stage ... more |  |
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