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Jul 28, 2018
Lunar Eclipse: July 28 ‘blood moon’
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: biotech/medical, space
Watch on Rappler the longest total lunar eclipse of the century, and Mars will be right next to the eclipsing moon http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/earth-space/208321-how…nce-nature
Jul 27, 2018
Hayabusa2 descends from Home Position to take its first close look at Ryugu
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Harvesting plants in microgravity with resident farmer, astronaut Ricky Arnold, studying tiny organisms and their big role in astronaut health and uncovering how the crew catches 💤’s aboard the International Space Station. For all this and more, watch the latest episode of NASA’s Space to Ground:
Jul 27, 2018
Capture an asteroid, bring it back to Earth?
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
BEIJING — Next time when your kids ask you to bring them a star from the sky, you don’t have to shrug and walk away. Tell them to wait, instead.
A group of Chinese scientists are mulling a bold idea to capture a small near-Earth asteroid, which might be a potential threat, and bring it back to Earth to exploit its resources.
“Sounds like science-fiction, but I believe it can be realized,” said Li Mingtao, a researcher at the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Jul 27, 2018
COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS | Official Trailer | FOX BROADCASTING
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: futurism, space
Watch the official trailer for Cosmos: Possible Worlds.
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Jul 26, 2018
Watch Astronauts Trip And Fall On The Moon From The Apollo Missions
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: space
Jul 26, 2018
Liquid Water on Mars! Really for Real This Time (Probably)
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
A radar instrument on one of the oldest operational Mars orbiters has discovered possible evidence of present-day liquid water on Mars.
Liquid water on Mars? Again? Yes, again. The announcement came at a press briefing held by the Italian Space Agency in Rome, concerning a paper published today in Science.
How is today’s water-on-Mars hoopla different from all of the past announcements? In brief: the evidence is from a new instrument, examining a new location on Mars, and it’s the first place we’ve seen evidence for a present-day body of water that is liquid and stays liquid. For years.
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Jul 26, 2018
NASA-awarded ‘marsha’, a 3D-printed vertical martian habitat
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, habitats, robotics/AI, space
3D printing refers to various processes used to manufacture three dimensional objects in successive layers of material formed under computer control.
NASA-awarded ‘marsha’, a 3D-printed vertical Martian habitat by AI spacefactory.
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Jul 25, 2018
Drilling deep to the Mars Lake
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: robotics/AI, space
Honeybee Robotics has been working on a Planetary Deep drill. It has been tested to a depth of about 100 feet (30 meters). The plan has to been to have the lightweight system reach kilometers of depth. This would be able to reach the liquid Lake on Mars.
The Planetary Deep Drill is a wire-line drill designed to reach miles below extraterrestrial surfaces. The lightweight drill meets the payload and excavation requirements required to reach far below the icy surface formations of Mars, Enceladus or Europa.
