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January 11, 2011
EXO WORLDS
Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet
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NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. The discovery of this so-called exoplanet is based on more than eight months of data collected by the spacecraft from May 2009 to early January 2010. "All of Kepler's best capabilities have converged to yield the first solid evidence of a rocky planet orbiting a star other than our sun," said Nata ... read more

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ICPMSE-10J: Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environment Conference The effects of differing space environments on materials and structures.
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini To Probe Rhea For Clues To Saturn Rings
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MARSDAILY

Rover Continues To Explore Santa Maria Crater
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SPACE TRAVEL

Ex-NASA worker charged military tech sale to SKorea
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TECH SPACE

Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Goes Live
Lockheed Martin has announced that the satellite command and control system - the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Ground System Architecture- recently went operational with the successful ... more
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MOON DAILY

Lunar water may have come from comets - scientists
Water on the Moon came in large part from comets which bombarded the lunar surface in its infancy, a study published on Sunday suggests. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Home appliances get 'smart' at CES
Mobile phones aren't the only things getting smart. Home appliances are too. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

From 'Star In A Jar' To Spaceflight, One Experimenter Has High Hopes For Fusion
Dr. Robert Goddard, the inventor of the liquid-fuel rocket engine, conducted most of his pioneering work alone and with a close-knit group of technicians. Working alone, he was derided by scientists ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

An Escalator To Space - Not Very Far Away
The day may not be far away when an elevator attendant asks your preferred destination - low earth orbit (LEO) or geostationary orbit (GSO). Research is fast progressing in advanced countries on des ... more
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EXO WORLDS

NASA spots tiny Earth-like planet, too hot for life
NASA has spotted a tiny, rocky planet about the size of Earth doing a speedy orbit of a star outside our solar system, but its scorching temperatures are too hot for life, the space agency said Monday. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Balls, blocks, cars among high-tech toys at CES
Balls, blocks and miniature cars with a high-tech twist were among the toys at the Consumer Electronics Show here - although at prices only adults who are still children at heart may be able to afford. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Wave Power Could Contain Fusion Plasma
Researchers at the University of Warwick's Centre for Fusion Space and Astrophysics and the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Centre for Fusion Energy may have found a way to channel the flux and ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

From bathroom to bedroom, homes get 'smart'
Mobile phones aren't the only things getting smart. Home appliances are too. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robots massage, clean, and amuse at CES
The world's first massage robot was at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to soothe those sore from dashing about the gargantuan gadget extravaganza. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robotic ball a hit at electronics show
A glowing robotic ball that is controlled by a smartphone has won fans and the interest of game developers at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Repairs push shuttle launch to late Feb.
Ongoing investigations and repair of cracks on the fuel tank of the space shuttle Discovery will push a possible launch to late February, NASA officials said. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Moon Has Earth-Like Core
State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth's. Uncovering details about the lunar core is critical for developing accurate ... more
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TECH SPACE

Chennai Students Design Nano Satellite
A group of 54 engineering students from the city has designed a 10-kg nano satellite to monitor greenhouse gases (GHG) that the Indian space agency is planning to launch in April. The students ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Sugar And Spice
In a packed arena, students are yelling and cheering in the bleachers at a national championship event. But this is no traditional sporting event: It's a FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST stan ... more
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TECH SPACE

ISRO Official Says Swarms Of Satellites Possible
Swarms of satellites in the sky and even an individual owning one is possible today - thanks to the emergence of small satellites targeted at performing specific activities, a top official of the In ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
First Super-Earth Atmosphere Analyzed

Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet

NASA spots tiny Earth-like planet, too hot for life

EARTH OBSERVATION
Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Goes Live

Goodrich delivers 331st sonar window

Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria

EARTH OBSERVATION
China schools issue GPS phones to boost safety

Another GPS Software Upgrade Completed

GPSCaddy Golf App Now Offers Free Course Maps

EARTH OBSERVATION
China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport

Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing

China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected

EARTH OBSERVATION
Meteorite Just One Piece Of An Unknown Celestial Body

Building Blocks of Life Created In "Impossible" Place

Peak viewing for 'shooting stars' meteor show

EARTH OBSERVATION
A Look Into Vesta's Interior

Dawn Has A Consistent 2010

Asteroid Itokawa Sample Return

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MOON DAILY

Rocket City Space Pioneers Announce Partnership With Solidworks
The Rocket City Space Pioneers - a partnership of Huntsville businesses, educational institutions and non-profit organizations - have announced that Dassault Systemes SolidWorks has partnered with t ... more
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MOON DAILY

The Hunt For The Lunar Core
The Moon, Earth's closest neighbor, has long been studied to help us better understand our own planet. Of particular interest is the lunar interior, which could hold clues to its ancient origins. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

A Look Into Vesta's Interior
Researchers from the University of North Dakota and from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany have discovered a new kind of asteroid using NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility ... more
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ROBO SPACE

The 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an exciting, nationwide competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. For ma ... more
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SATURN DAILY

New Images Indicate Tectonic Activity On Rhea
Newly released images of Saturn's second largest moon Rhea obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft show dramatic views of fractures cutting through craters on the moon's surface, revealing a history o ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn Has A Consistent 2010
Dawn finishes 2010 much as it began the year, thrusting with its ion propulsion system in steady pursuit of a distant world. During the next year, the probe will arrive there and begin its scrutiny. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Arianespace Will Have A Record Year Of Launch Activity In 2011
Arianespace will use the "world's best operational launch team" to meet its goal of performing a planned total of 12 missions in 2011, when the expanded launcher family of Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega w ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

ISRO To Launch Two Communication Satellites This Year
ISRO said on Wednesday, it plans to launch at least two large communication satellites within this calendar year to tide over the scarcity of transponders due to the failure of two consecutive GSLV ... more
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