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These Organic-Inspired Planetary Landers Could Help NASA Reach Other Worlds
November 14, 2018 | ArticleNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Autodesk, a software company, have engaged in a multiyear collaborative research project to investigate new approaches for building interplanetary landers.
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Japanese Space Capsule Prototype Survives Fiery Fall to Earth
November 13, 2018 | ArticleAfter leaving the International Space Station last week, a Japanese cargo spacecraft dropped a small capsule of science experiments into the Pacific Ocean before falling to its fiery demise in Earth's atmosphere.
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Living on 'Mars 2': The Real Tech Behind Nat Geo's Martian Colony
November 11, 2018 | CountdownIn National Geographic's "Mars" docudrama series, a group of pioneers build the first colony on Mars, complete with rovers, helicopters and other tech inspired by NASA, SpaceX and other "big thinkers" in the space industry.
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Accion's 1st Space Thrusters Could Launch on a Cubesat This Weekend
November 09, 2018 | ArticleNatalya Bailey was always interested in space, but it wasn't until she was sitting in a university class on propulsion that she realized what she wanted to do with her life.
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Future Spacesuits Should Be Beautiful — and Not Just for Space. Here's Why.
November 08, 2018 | ArticleThe stereotypical image of an astronaut is shaped by their spacesuit, with its puffy, white body and boxy backpack holding the life-support system.
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This Space Station Air Recycler Could Help Astronauts Breathe Easier on Mars
November 07, 2018 | ArticleA new life-support system that can recycle breathable air is being installed at the International Space Station, promising to dramatically decrease the amount of water that needs to be brought to the orbital outpost to make oxygen.
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New Supercomputer with 1 Million Processors Is World's Fastest Brain-Mimicking Machine
November 07, 2018 | ArticleA supercomputer that "thinks" like a brain can simulate neural activity in real time.
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Pew! Pew! Pew! Powerful Laser Beacon Could Show Aliens Earth Is Inhabited
November 06, 2018 | ArticleHumanity could advertise its presence to potential intelligent aliens in our cosmic neighborhood via a powerful laser beacon, a new study suggests.
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Watch Thousands of Dancing Robots Combine on Dark Energy Instrument (Video)
November 05, 2018 | ArticleTo study what is accelerating our universe's expansion, scientists will use a new experiment that employs choreographed robots to watch millions of galaxies every 20 minutes.
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Air Force Launches $100K Challenge for 'Space Awareness Innovators'
November 04, 2018 | ArticleThe Air Force Visionary Q-Prize competition is set to run from Oct. 29 through Jan. 15, 2019.
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