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Mars radiation levels not lethal to humans
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The Mars rover Curiosity found radiation levels on Mars are not lethal to humans, U.S. researchers say. "Absolutely, astronauts can live in this environment," said Don Hassler, principal investigator for the rover's Radiation Assessment Detector, at a news conference Thursday. Hassler said characterizing the radiation on the surface of another planet has never been done before now, CNN reported. Researchers plan to collect radiation numbers over time to create a better assessment ... read more

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Andrews Space To Manufacture Sinclair Rods Andrews Space (Andrews) has announced they have signed an exclusive agreement with Sinclair Interplanetary (Sinclair) of Toronto, Canada to begin selling and manufacturing Sinclair's highly popular ... more		Lowell astronomer, collaborators point the way for exoplanet search Though the search for planets around other stars, or exoplanets, is showing researchers that planets are abundant in our galaxy, it helps a great deal to have directions when searching for as-of-yet ... more		Student Teams to Build and Fly Rockets With Onboard Payloads for NASA Rocketry Challenge Organizers of the NASA Student Launch Projects have announced the 57 student teams whose inventive creations will soar skyward in April during the space agency's 2012-13 rocketry challenge. Re ... more
				DARPA's Advanced Space Surveillance Telescope Could Be Looking Up From Down Under DARPA's ground-based Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) may soon head to Australia. An agreement reached this week with Australia's Department of Defense will allow DARPA to take the 180,000 lb. thr ... more		Meteorites reveal warm water existed on Mars The study determined that water temperatures on the Red Planet ranged from 50C to 150C. Microbes on Earth can live in similar waters, for example in the volcanic thermal springs at Yellowstone Park, ... more

Mr Xi in Space The recent change of leadership in China has made foreign policy analysts very busy. Nobody is completely sure of how Xi Jinping will steer China, or how the somewhat opaque machinery of China's pol ... more		NASA Rover Providing New Weather and Radiation Data About Mars Observations of wind patterns and natural radiation patterns on Mars by NASA's Curiosity rover are helping scientists better understand the environment on the Red Planet's surface. Researchers ... more		'Israel wants to keep Assad in power' Syria's jihadists have edge, control oil Commentary: Israel: Crises 360 degrees Tunisia teeters as it grapples with jihadists Unspent billions of Chilean defense fund remain a mystery N. Korea 'special envoy' in China meeting Iran expanding nuclear activities: IAEA		New views of the Martian ionosphere High above the main body of Mars' atmosphere is a region of weakly ionised gas, known as the ionosphere. For the last eight years this poorly understood region has been observed by instruments on bo ... more
				A Reborn Planetary Nebula These images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, (a.k.a. A30), show one of the clearest views ever obtained of a special phase of evolution for these objects. The inset image on the right is a close-u ... more		Survey At 'Matijevic Hill' Wrapping Up Opportunity is nearing the completion of the local area survey around the location called "Matijevic Hill" (named in honor of Jake Matijevic) at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour ... more

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Russia restores space contact after cable rupture Russia on Thursday restored its communications with the International Space Station and satellites after repairing a cable in Moscow that had been damaged during road works. ... more		Lockheed Martin Submits Space Fence Radar Proposal to USAF to Detect and Track Orbital Objects Lockheed Martin has submitted its final contract proposal to build Space Fence, an advanced ground-based radar system that will improve the way the U.S. Air Force identifies and tracks orbital objec ... more		New discovery of ancient diet shatters conventional ideas of how agriculture emerged Why we need to put the fish back into fisheries Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise Climate change may have little impact on tropical lizards LLNL scientist finds topography of Eastern Seaboard muddles ancient sea level changes Parasitic wasps use calcium pump to block fruit fly immunity Storm shelters few in 'Tornado Alley'		XCOR Announces ATK as Lynx Mark I Wing Detailed Design And Build Contractor XCOR Aerospace has issued the initial phase of a two-phase contract to ATK's Aerospace Structures Division [NYSE:ATK] for the detailed design and manufacture of the Lynx Mark I suborbital reusable l ... more
				Rover's 'SAM' Lab Instrument Suite Tastes Soil A pinch of fine sand and dust became the first solid Martian sample deposited into the biggest instrument on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity: the Sample Analysis at Mars, or SAM. Located inside th ... more		Raytheon submits Space Fence proposal to the USAF Raytheon has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force's Space Fence program. Space Fence, a large, S-band radar to be based in Kwajalein atoll, will be capable of detecting more and much smalle ... more

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China's Chang'e-3 to land on moon next year

Moon crater yields impact clues

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	S. Korean space launch faces further delay South Korea's third try to launch its first space satellite may again be put off due to a delay in getting a Russian replacement part, officials said Wednesday. ... more		Lonely planet: Orphan world spotted in deep space Astronomers on Wednesday reported they had detected a planet that had strayed from its star system and was wandering alone in deep space. ... more		US to station powerful radar, space telescope in Australia The United States military will station a powerful radar and a space telescope in Australia as part of a major refocusing of priorities towards Asia, the two countries announced Wednesday. ... more		Russia loses contact with satellites, space station Russia on Wednesday lost the ability to send basic commands to most of its satellites and segment of the International Space Station following a vital cable failure near Moscow. ... more

Australia's resources boom over?

Israeli gas finds secure its self sufficiency

EU leaders face up to shale challenge

Chinese PM pledges stronger partnership with Pakistan

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Obama Win Keeps NASA's Space Plans on Course

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Discovery of a Giant Gap in the Disk of a Sun-like Star May Indicate Multiple Planets

Plans for manned space missions advance

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Swiss watches tick to Chinese heartbeat

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

NASA tests 'interplanetary Internet'

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CSA: Canada finds its space in space

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