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June 09, 2011
ROCKET SCIENCE
ISRO to begin flight testing of GSLV MkIII in next two years
New Delhi, India (IANS) Jun 09, 2011
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said it will start flight testing of the GSLV Mk III for launching four-tonne class of satellites in the next two years. Addressing the National Technology Summit here, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said the space agency would be completing work on the Astrosat and the Aditya projects by 2012 and 2013 respectively. "In the next two years, we are looking to begin the flight-testing of the GSLV Mk III engine, which will be the third-larg ... read more

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MERCURY RISING

A Mariner 10 Perspective on MESSENGER: A First-person Account
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TECH SPACE

TacSat-3 Reaches 2-year Anniversary
Space professionals at Air Force Space Command recently marked the two-year anniversary of the launch of the Tactical Satellite 3 and its primary payload ARTEMIS, the Advanced Responsive Tactically ... more
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MOON DAILY

NASA Releases New Lunar Eclipse Video
In anticipation of the upcoming lunar eclipse later this month, NASA has released a new video that shows how lunar eclipses work. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team will release anoth ... more
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MARSDAILY

New solar system formation models indicate that Jupiter's foray robbed Mars of mass
Planetary scientists have long wondered why Mars is only about half the size and one-tenth the mass of Earth. As next-door neighbors in the inner solar system, probably formed about the same time, w ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Spending Shift to Benefit Centers Focused on Science and Technology
Euroconsult along with the consulting firm Omnis have announced the findings of a study foreseeing a significant shift in NASA spending toward Earth science and R and D programs and away from legacy ... more
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STATION NEWS

Soyuz heads to ISS carrying Russian, US, Japanese astronauts
A Soyuz spacecraft lifted off on Tuesday with a Russian, a US and a Japanese astronaut aboard headed for the International Space Station (ISS). ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

NASA releases first photo of shuttle docked in space
NASA on Tuesday released the first ever pictures of a US space shuttle docked at the International Space Station, taken by astronauts aboard a departing Russian spacecraft last month. ... more
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Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace
MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes
AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE
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DRAGON SPACE

Building harmonious outer space to achieve inclusive development
China hopes all countries would continue to strengthen open and inclusive international cooperation characterized by equality and mutual benefit and further improve related laws in outer space explo ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

FOGE Reaches 10
On June 4th, the Federation of Galaxy Explorers (FOGE) celebrated its tenth anniversary with a formal gala event. For those of you who do not know about FOGE, it is a non-profit educational organiza ... more
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STATION NEWS

Soyuz heads to ISS carrying Russian, US, Japanese astronauts
A Soyuz spacecraft lifted off on Tuesday with a Russian, a US and a Japanese astronaut aboard headed for the International Space Station (ISS). ... more
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MARSDAILY

A Salute to the Spirit of Mars
The Voyagers are, perhaps, the best known example. Launched in the 1970s to explore the outer planets, the iconic spacecraft have zoomed far beyond their original targets to the edge of interstellar ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Japan's next gizmo: brainwave-controlled cat ears
A team of Japanese inventors have come with a new device that blends the country's fascination with cuteness and its penchant for experimental high-tech - brainwave-controlled cat ears. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Testing Spacesuits in Antarctica - part 3
Our wake-up call came at 8am (later than expected): the winds in Marambio were an incredibly strong 80-100 km/h (50-60 mph), and we were on hold, waiting for a break in the weather. Aside from the u ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Endeavour Lands, Atlantis at Launch Pad
Space shuttle Endeavour completed its final flight by delivering the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station during the STS-134 mission. "I think we all should be really ... more
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STATION NEWS

Thales delivers First Cygnus PCM to Orbital
Thales Alenia Space announced that it has delivered to Orbital Sciences its first Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) developed to transport cargo to the International Space Station. This first PCM will ... more
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Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems
Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon
Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Atlantis in place as Endeavour returns
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis was wheeled to the launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Wednesday as the shuttle Endeavour completed its final mission. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Looking at the volatile side of the Moon
Four decades after the first Moon landing, our only natural satellite remains a fascinating enigma. Specialists from Europe and the US have been looking at ESA's proposed Lunar Lander mission to fin ... more
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TECH SPACE

THAICOM 6 Satellite Project
THAICOM Public Company has announced that the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has approved the THAICOM 6 satellite that was proposed by the Company and the Board of Directors of ... more
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MARSDAILY

NC State Students Look To Support Manned Mission To Mars
What would it take to make a manned mission to Mars a reality? A team of aerospace and textile engineering students from North Carolina State University believe part of the solution may lie in advan ... more
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MERCURY RISING

The Shape of Mercury
The MESSENGER spacecraft, recently injected into orbit about the Solar Systems' inner-most planet is already yielding important new information about Mercury. This spacecraft carries a laser altimet ... more
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MARSDAILY

Camera Duo on Mars Rover Mast Will Shoot Color Views
Two digital color cameras riding high on the mast of NASA's next Mars rover will complement each other in showing the surface of Mars in exquisite detail. They are the left and right eyes of the Mas ... more
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STATION NEWS

New Crew Members Prepare for Launch
Expedition 28 Flight Engineers Mike Fossum, Sergei Volkov and Satoshi Furukawa are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:12 p.m. EDT Tuesday (2:12 a.m. Wednesday, Baiko ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Studies Rock Outcrop
Opportunity has exceeded 30 kilometers (nearly 19 miles) of odometry! The rover spent the last few sols investigating some exposed rock outcrop en route to Endeavour crater, now just a few kilometer ... more
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Manipulating light to advance quantum entanglement research
Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech
Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience
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ROBO SPACE

Industry Helps Engineering Students Reanimate Robotic Mine Vehicles
In just 10 weeks, a group of University of Arizona engineering students took five crates of surplus hardware and two heavy-duty test vehicles, which didn't run, and mixed them with youthful enthusia ... more
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EXO LIFE

Gliese's Hints of Habitability
An international team of astronomers has ruled out transits of a water-rich or hydrogen-helium atmosphere planet for Gliese 581e. The host star itself is relatively quiet which means good news for t ... more
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STATION NEWS

Science and Maintenance for Station Crew
The three residents of the International Space Station were busy with science experiments and maintenance activities Friday as they await the arrival of three additional crew members. Joining ... more
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SPACE MEDICINE

NASA, NSBRI Select 12 Proposals To Support Crew Health On Missions
NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) of Houston will fund 12 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performanc ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Teledyne and Aerojet form alliance to build rocket engines
Teledyne Technologies reports that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, Ala., has signed a letter of agreement to form a strategic alliance with Aerojet - General Corpora ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Shipments Of Sea Launch Zenit-3Sl Hardware Resume On Schedule
Sea Launch has resumed shipments of Zenit-3SL hardware in preparation for its return to launch operations in the third quarter of 2011. The two-stage Zenit-2S booster, manufactured by PO Yuzhm ... more
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STATION NEWS

ATV-2 adjusts ISS orbit; ext TMA Soyuz assembled
Russia's Mission Control raised the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by 3.74 km (2.3 miles), to 346,4 km (215.2 miles), a Mission Control spokesman said on Friday. "The adjustmen ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Five Steps Toward Future Exploration
The NASA Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP) program has announced a set of new projects to develop and test technologies that will enable the astrobiological explorati ... more
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