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April 22, 2011
MARSDAILY
Dry ice find hints Mars was a wetter place: study
Washington (AFP) April 21, 2011
NASA has discovered that the south pole of Mars is home to 30 times more dry ice than previously believed, suggesting that the red planet was once a much wetter place, said a study on Thursday. Taking data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, researchers found "large quantities of ancient atmospheric carbon dioxide may be trapped in the solid chunks of dry ice," said the study published in the journal Science. "The results add to a growing pile of evidence suggesting that long ago, ancient Mars ... read more

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PSLV-C16 Puts Three Satellites In Orbit
It was "a sweet seventeen" for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Wednesday, with the PSLV-C16 scoring a spectacular success by putting three satellites into orbit with precision. It ... more
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Resourcesat-2 Will Beam Back Huge Data On Resources
The remote-sensing satellite, Resourcesat-2, put up by PSLV-C16 on Wednesday, "will become a workhorse for the global community" with the huge data it will send back on the earth's resources, said R ... more
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For the second time, an attempt to take a photograph of a Space Shuttle docked with the International Space Station has been thwarted. Russia has again declined to undock a Soyuz spacecraft for a ph ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Iran To Put Monkey Into Orbit
Iran plans to launch a monkey into space in mid-September, the ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, citing Iranian Space Agency head Hamid Fazeli. The monkey will be sent into orbit in a capsul ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Underwater robots join search for tsunami victims
Two underwater robots operated by a joint US-Japanese team have searched a bay in northeast Japan for bodies of victims swept away by a tsunami nearly six weeks ago, officials said Thursday. ... more
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PSLV Success Lifts ISRO Gloom
Putting the dreaded 63-second failure of last Christmas when GSLV-F06 burst into flames and plunged into the Bay of Bengal behind them, Indian space scientists drew solace from yet another edition o ... more
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Ariane 5 Cleared For Launch With Yahsat Y1A And Intelsat New Dawn
Arianespace's second heavy-lift flight of 2011 has been authorized for its April 22 liftoff following the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana. Originally scheduled for li ... more
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Design Flaw Behind GSLV Crash
Design deficiency in the shroud (cover) at the bottom of the cryogenic stage has been identified as the primary factor in the crash of Isro's GSLV-F06 flight on December 25, 2010, over the Bay of Be ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Radio signals could 'tag' distant planets
British astronomers say the search for exoplanets outside our solar system could seek out radio "auroras" like ones detected on Jupiter and Saturn. ... more
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OUTER PLANETS

Carbon monoxide detected around Pluto
British astronomers say they have confirmed the presence of poisonous carbon monoxide gas in the atmosphere of Pluto, the only dwarf planet with an atmosphere. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Obama will attend shuttle Endeavour launch
US President Barack Obama plans to attend the April 29 launch of the space shuttle Endeavour from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, a White House official said Wednesday. ... more
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S. Korean firm unveils robot playmate for kids
South Korean telecoms operator KT on Wednesday rolled out a robot playmate for children in a move aimed at cashing in on the potentially lucrative industry. ... more
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STATION NEWS

CSA Celebrates A Decade Of Success With Canadarm2
Ten years ago, Canadarm2 was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. A larger, more robust successor to the Shuttle's Canadarm, Canadarm2 has provided a ... more
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It's A "Go" For Endeavour's Launch On April 29
NASA managers announced that space shuttle Endeavour is ready to launch next week on its final flight to the International Space Station following a daylong Flight Readiness Review on Tuesday. Endea ... more
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EXO WORLDS

The Shocking Environment Of Hot Jupiters
Jupiter-like worlds around other stars push shock waves ahead of them, according to a team of U.K. astronomers. Just as the Earth's magnetic "bow-shock" protects us from the high-energy solar wind, ... more
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Last Shuttle Ride To ISS For ESA Astronaut With "Dark Matter" Hunter
ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori and the five other astronauts of the STS-134 mission will be launched to the International Space Station on Space Shuttle Endeavour on 29 April to deliver a pioneering ... more
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NASA confirms April 29 launch for Endeavour shuttle
The US space agency on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch the shuttle Endeavour on its final mission to the International Space Station on April 29. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Device Inducted Into Space Technology Hall Of Fame
A rotating device developed by NASA inventors to grow better living tissue specimens was inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame Thursday, April 14. The Space Foundation honored the NASA tea ... more
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ULA Launches Fifth NRO Mission In Seven Months
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:24 p.m. PDT on April 14th. Designated NROL-34 ... more
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Ball Aerospace Moves NPP Satellite To Thermal Vacuum Chamber For Final Testing
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has moved the NPOESS Preparatory Satellite (NPP) to the thermal vacuum chamber for final testing. NPP was lowered into Ball's chamber on March 2, 2011, to ... more
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MARSDAILY

A Tale Of Two Deserts
Because the surface of Mars today is bone-dry and frozen all year round, it's difficult to find any place on Earth that is truly Mars-like. But two locations, Antarctica's Upper Dry Valleys and the ... more
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India Starts Countdown For Launch Of Three Satellites
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Monday began a 54-hour countdown for the launch of three satellites, an ISRO press secretary said. Remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2, as w ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Awards Next Set Of Commercial Crew Development Agreements
NASA has awarded four Space Act Agreements in the second round of the agency's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev2) effort. Each company will receive between $22 million and $92.3 million to advance ... more
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LockMart Commends Congressional Action On NASA Spacecraft
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NASA awards $270 million in spaceship contracts
NASA on Monday announced it has awarded nearly 270 million dollars to four companies, including Boeing and SpaceX, to help their pursuit of making a spacecraft to replace the US space shuttle. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Roberto Vittori's DAMA Mission To ISS
ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori is set to fly on the next Space Shuttle mission in late April to deliver the large Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer science payload to the International Space Station. Dedic ... more
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TECH SPACE

ITT's Commercial Imaging Payload Passes Major Milestone
ITT reached a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the imaging payload for WorldView-3, DigitalGlobe's high-resolution commercial Earth imaging satell ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Thousands of shuttle workers losing jobs
Almost 2,000 workers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., will be laid off after the last shuttle flight, a contractor says. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA mission control named for Chris Kraft
NASA says its Mission Control Center will be renamed to honor Christopher C. Kraft Jr., America's first flight director of human space missions. ... more
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NASA spared cuts in US spending bill passage
NASA breathed a sigh of relief Friday after Congress approved a government spending bill that secured $18.5 billion for the US space agency, sparing it from the prospect of cuts. ... more
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No Fleet Future For X-37B
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