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February 02, 2013

Ten years on, US recalls Columbia shuttle disaster
Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2013
With somber ceremonies, the United States on Friday commemorated the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew on the tenth anniversary of the disaster. Columbia, NASA's first space shuttle orbiter to be put into service, disintegrated during re-entry on February 1, 2003, as it was ending its 28th mission. All seven astronauts on board died in the landmark incident that triggered the end of the shuttle mission. "Ten years ago, seven brave astronauts gave their lives in th ... read more

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NASA Launches Next-Gen Communications Satellite The first of NASA's three next-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), known as TDRS-K, launched at 8:48 p.m. EST Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. "TDR ... more		South Korean Satellite Makes First Contact with Ground After a successful Wednesday launch, South Korea's scientific satellite made its first contact with a ground station on Thursday, the Yonhap news agency said. The country's Satellite Technolog ... more		NASA Launches Rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia NASA successfully launched a Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital rocket at 5:50 p.m. EST this evening from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the flight, two red-colored lithium vap ... more
				TW Hydrae: There's more to astronomers' favorite planetary nursery than previously thought Using ESA's Herschel Space Telescope, astronomers including Thomas Henning from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg have used a new method to determine the mass of the planetary nur ... more		NASA's Cassini Watches Storm Choke on Its Own Tail Call it a Saturnian version of the Ouroboros, the mythical serpent that bites its own tail. In a new paper that provides the most detail yet about the life and death of a monstrous thunder-and-light ... more

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Sierra Nevada Corporation and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Partner On Dream Chaser Programs Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems is pleased to announce Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Littleton, Colo., is joining the SNC Dream Chaser team. Lockheed Martin will be ... more		AAS Division For Planetary Sciences Issues Statement On Mars 2020 Program The following statement from the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences was prepared in collaboration with the Planetary Society, the American Geophysical Union's Planetary ... more		US Navy And Lockheed Martin Deliver Secure Communications Satellite For Mobile Users Second Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Intercepts Ballistic Missile Target Northrop Grumman Proves Concept for New B-2 Satellite Communication System Making frequency-hopping radios practical F-35A Completes High Angle Of Attack Testing Carrier-based unmanned jet launch set to open new markets Gunmen kill two NATO drivers in Pakistan: officials		Columbia space tragedy, 10 years on NASA on Friday will commemorate the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts a decade ago, a landmark incident that triggered the end of the shuttle mission. ... more
				Iran's Bio-Capsule Comes Back from Space Iran announced on Monday that it has sent a monkey into the space on the back of Pishgam (Pioneer) explorer rocket and that it has brought back and recovered the living cargo. Iranian Defense ... more		Record Setting Asteroid Flyby Talk about a close shave. On Feb. 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football field will fly past Earth only 17,200 miles above our planet's surface. There's no danger of a collision, but the ... more

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Site of space rocket launch to become home of S. Korea's space program The Naro Space Center, the site of South Korea's space rocket launch, will be further developed into the home of South Korea's space development program that seeks to produce an indigenous s ... more		NASA Wallops Rocket Mission January 29 Prepping for Future Projects A NASA rocket mission to test technology for gathering science data during future projects is scheduled for launch between 5:30 - 6:50 p.m. EST, January 29, from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in ... more		Research into carbon storage in Arctic tundra reveals unexpected insight into ecosystem resiliency World's melting glaciers making large contribution to sea rise H1N1 discovered in marine mammals TD Alvin Marks Starts Of US Hurricane Season Sea level: One-third of its rise comes from melting mountain glaciers Corals turn to algae for stored food when times get tough Tropical air circulation drives fall warming on Antarctic Peninsula		Payload preps continue for first Ariane 5 flights of 2013 Preparations with passengers for Ariane 5's upcoming two flights are advancing in parallel at the Spaceport, underscoring the flexibility of this workhorse vehicle and highlighting the sustained pac ... more
				NASA Takes Strides Forward to Launch Americans from U.S. Soil On Jan. 22, NASA took a crucial next step toward launching astronauts to the International Space Station from the United States. Beginning the first phase of the Commercial Crew Program's (CCP) cert ... more		Russia's Troubled Rocket Cleared for Launch Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket will orbit a Mexican communication satellite, SatMex-8, in the first launch since the Yamal-402 satellite trouble, a spokesman for the Proton manufacturer, the Khrun ... more

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Payload preps continue for first Ariane 5 flights of 2013

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New insights into how materials transfer heat could lead to improved electronics

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TDRS-K Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net

Flies to hitch ride into space for heart study

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The Origin And Maintenance Of A Retrograde Exoplanet

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Russia Set for Year's First Baikonur Space Launch Feb. 5

Commercial Asteroid Hunters Announce Plans For New Robotic Exploration Fleet

Scientists create tractor beam

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Synchrotron infrared unveils a mysterious microbial community

Thawing Dry Ice Drives Groovy Action On Mars

Azerspace And Africasat-1a "fit" for Ariane 5 launch

Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Arm Camera at Night

Opportunity At Work At Whitewater Lake

Iran Manufacturing Hi-Tech Spacesuits

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Possible Clues to Ancient Subsurface Biosphere on Mars

Competition for hypersonic vehicles resumes

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