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https://www.universetoday.com/?p=136174: Snake Rovers Might be the Best Way to Explore the Surface and Tunnels on Mars
Universe Today

Direct link Snake Rovers Might be the Best Way to Explore the Surface and Tunnels on Mars

23 Jun 2017, 02:16 UTC Human space exploration is going to kick into high gear in the coming decades. Within the inner Solar System alone, missions are being planned that will see robotic explorers and crews sent to Near Earth Objects (NEOs), back to the Moon, and even on to Mars. Beyond that, there are even plans to send robotic missions to Europa, Enceladus, Titan, and other “ocean worlds” to look for signs of life. In all cases, questions natural arise as to what kinds of missions will be most suited to them. In the case of places like Titan (which have low gravity and dense atmospheres) aerial drones are considered the best bet. But when it comes to rocky place like asteroids, the Moon and Mars, the best candidate may be robot snakes, which could find their way through tight spaces and travel underground. This concept was proposed three years ago by the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia. As part of a project commissioned by the ESA – known as SERPEX – they began studying how robots designed to mimic the movements of snakes could assist astronauts aboard the International Space Station. SINTEF researchers Pål ...
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/23/finding-neemo-nasa-goes-from-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-to-outer-space: Finding Neemo: Nasa goes from the bottom of the ocean to outer space | Andrea Boyd
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23 Jun 2017, 01:26 UTC On Sunday a group of six astronauts, engineers and scientists submerged 19 metres to the bottom of an Atlantic Ocean reef to live underwater for Nasa’s extreme environment mission operations (Neemo) expedition.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/?p=255463096: NASA Closes Out Its Asteroid Redirect Mission
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22 Jun 2017, 19:43 UTC Following the release of the 2018 budget, the space agency has ordered an “orderly closeout” for the Asteroid Redirect program.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/?p=255463104: A Partly Cloudy Exoplanet
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22 Jun 2017, 18:42 UTC Direct imaging of exoplanets was once only possible for the brightest of planets orbiting the dimmest of stars — but improving technology is turning this into an increasingly powerful technique. In a new study, direct-imaging observations of the Jupiter-like exoplanet 51 Eridani b provide tantalizing clues about its atmosphere.y & Telescope.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/?p=4650: Crew Studies Bone Loss Reversal and Unloads New Cargo
NASA Space Station Blog

Direct link Crew Studies Bone Loss Reversal and Unloads New Cargo

22 Jun 2017, 17:52 UTC Expedition 52 is continuing to explore a new drug therapy today that may keep humans healthier in space. The trio onboard the International Space Station also worked on standard maintenance activities to keep the orbital complex in ship-shape.
http://www.astrobio.net/?p=57471: The Curious Case of the Warped Kuiper Belt
Astrobiology Magazine

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22 Jun 2017, 15:28 UTC The plane of the solar system is warped in the outer reaches of the Kuiper Belt, signaling the presence of an unknown Mars-to-Earth-mass planetary object far beyond Pluto, according to new research.
https://medium.com/p/e403c0420346: One mission is now the make-or-break future for NASA Earth science
Starts With a Bang!

Direct link One mission is now the make-or-break future for NASA Earth science

22 Jun 2017, 14:01 UTC The Earth and Sun, not so different from how they might have appeared 4 billion years ago. Yet daily or even hourly changes can tell us incredible information about near-term environmental and ecological threats to our world. Image credit: NASA / Terry Virts.With the launch of JPSS-1 coming up this year, everything that NASA Earth science stands for hinges on its success.“There is, then, no water that is wholly of the Pacific, or wholly of the Atlantic, or of the Indian or the Antarctic. The surf that we find exhilarating at Virginia Beach or at La Jolla today may have lapped at the base of antarctic icebergs or sparkled in the Mediterranean sun, years ago, before it moved through dark and unseen waterways to the place we find it now. It is by the deep, hidden currents that the oceans are made one.” -Rachel CarsonWhen it comes to viewing anything in space that changes — whether it’s a distant galaxy, star, or even the Sun or Earth in our own backyard — the goal is to measure it as frequently and comprehensively as possible. For the Earth, that means imaging the planet at high resolution, with as many instruments as ...
http://feeds.space.com/~r/spaceheadlines/~3/GgS80fV8oXA/37284-future-con-rethinking-aliens.html: Is It Time to Rethink How We Search for Alien Life?
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22 Jun 2017, 10:57 UTC
http://feeds.space.com/~r/spaceheadlines/~3/lmKnuvqv5VQ/37238-proxima-centauri-exoplanet-search-continues.html: Astronomers Continue Search for Earth-Like Planets at Proxima Centauri and Other Stars (Video)
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Direct link Astronomers Continue Search for Earth-Like Planets at Proxima Centauri and Other Stars (Video)

22 Jun 2017, 10:55 UTC
https://www.universetoday.com/?p=136132: See NASA’s Curiosity Rover Simultaneously from Orbit and Red Planet’s Surface Climbing Mount Sharp
Universe Today

Direct link See NASA’s Curiosity Rover Simultaneously from Orbit and Red Planet’s Surface Climbing Mount Sharp

22 Jun 2017, 05:10 UTC NASA’s Curiosity rover as seen simultaneously on Mars surface and from orbit on Sol 1717, June 5, 2017. The robot snapped this self portrait mosaic view while approaching Vera Rubin Ridge at the base of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater – backdropped by distant crater rim. This navcam camera mosaic was stitched from raw images and colorized. Inset shows overhead orbital view of Curiosity amid rocky mountainside terrain taken the same day by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo You can catch a glimpse of what its like to see NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover simultaneously high overhead from orbit and trundling down low across the Red Planet’s rocky surface as she climbs the breathtaking terrain of Mount Sharp – as seen in new images from NASA we have stitched together into a mosaic view; showing the perspective views above. Earlier this month on June 5, researchers commanded NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to image the car sized Curiosity rover from Mars orbit using the spacecrafts onboard High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) telescopic camera during Sol 1717 of her Martian expedition – see below. HiRISE is the most powerful telescope ever sent to Mars. And as she ...

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