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official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a richness of spiral galaxies: the large, prominent spiral galaxy on the right side of the image is NGC 1356; the two apparently smaller spiral galaxies flanking it are LEDA 467699 (above it) and LEDA 95415 (very close at its left) respectively; and finally,Continue reading “Hubble Views a Vast Galactic Neighborhood”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fund ideas that could  innovate for the benefit of all and transform future agency missions. From proposals to explore low Earth orbit to the stars, the 13 concepts chosen stem from companies and institutions across the United States. TheContinue reading “Funding Future Tech: NASA Names 2024 Innovative Concept Studies”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Amazonian leaders visit “Space for Earth,” an immersive audio-visual installation that draws from near real-time satellite data and images, in NASA’s Earth Information Center at the NASA Headquarters Mary W. Jackson Building in Washington on Nov. 17, 2023. The leaders, joined by University of Richmond faculty and NASA representatives, gatheredContinue reading “Amazonian Leaders Visit “Space for Earth””

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ryan SprengerFauna Bio Inc. The use of non-model organisms in medical research is an expanding field that has already made a significant impact on human health. Insights gleaned from the study of unique mammalian traits are being used to develop novel therapeutic agents. The remarkable phenotype of mammalian hibernation confersContinue reading “A Revolutionary Approach to Interplanetary Space Travel: Studying Torpor in Animals for Space-health in Humans (STASH)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Ge-Cheng ZhaCoflow Jet, LLC We propose to develop a novel global mobility Mars exploration platform , Mars Aerial and Ground Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE). MAGGIE is a compact fixed wing aircraft with ultra-high productivity efficiency powered by solar energy to fly in the Martian atmosphere with vertical take-off/landing (VTOL) capability, whichContinue reading “Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE)”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Aaswath Pattabhi RamanUniversity of California, Los Angeles Exploration of Mars has captivated the public in recent decades with high-profile robotic missions and the images they have acquired seeding our collective imagination. NASA is actively planning for human exploration of Mars and laid out some of the key capabilities that mustContinue reading “Electro-luminescently Cooled Zero-boil-off Propellant Depots Enabling Crewed Exploration of Mars”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Lynn RothschildNASA Ames Research Center (ARC) Water is the lifeblood of human survival and civilization and is critical for our sustained exploration beyond Earth. Fortunately, Mars has plenty of water to sustain our aspirations in the form of subsurface ice. Unfortunately, it is not clean water – it is contaminatedContinue reading “Detoxifying Mars: the biocatalytic elimination of omnipresent perchlorates”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Steven BennerFoundation For Applied Molecular Evolution As noted at NASA’s 2019 Carlsbad Conference we have good reason to think that: The purpose of this NIAC project is to change this view, and to do so before human arrival planned by NASA, the Chinese National Space Agency, and SpaceX, “by 2040”,Continue reading “Add-on to Large-Scale Water Mining Operations on Mars to Screen for Introduced and Alien Life”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Zhang, Beijia Zhang, BeijiaMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Lab Very large space-based RF antennas can be large and expensive to manufacture and deploy. These problems become more challenging for cases when an array of antennas are needed such as for correlation interferometers that provide high spatial resolution of EarthContinue reading “LIFA: Lightweight Fiber-based Antenna for Small Sat-Compatible Radiometry”

official news from : https://bit.ly/2QkyIbY Thomas EubanksSpace Initiatives, Inc. Tiny gram-scale interstellar probes pushed by laser light are likely to be the only technology capable of reaching another star this century. We presuppose availability by mid-century of a laser beamer powerful enough (~100-GW) to boost a few grams to relativistic speed, lasersails robust enough toContinue reading “Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances”