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June 20, 2011
MARSDAILY
19-Mile Mark See Opportunity For A Solar Panel Clean Up
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 20, 2011
Opportunity continues to make excellent progress towards Endeavour crater with under 3 kilometers (nearly 2 miles) to go before the first landfall on the rim. On Sols 2622, 2626, 2627 and 2628 (June 9, 14, 15 and 16, 2011), the rover drove over 345 meters (1,132 feet) backwards using a combination of blind driving and autonomous navigation. Opportunity has been driving towards the south/southeast, passing by interesting craters along the way. Currently, the rover is passing through a strewn ... read more

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ROCKET SCIENCE

NASA Issues Announcement For Solar Electric Propulsion Studies
NASA issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeking proposals for mission concept studies of a solar electric propulsion system demonstration to test and validate key capabilities and technologies ... more
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MERCURY RISING

MESSENGER Endures Its First Hot Season
Yesterday the MESSENGER spacecraft successfully completed the first of four "hot seasons" expected to occur during its one-year primary mission in orbit about Mercury. During these hot seasons, the ... more
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STATION NEWS

ATV preparing for fiery destruction
ATV Johannes Kepler has been an important part of the International Space Station since February. Next week, it will complete its mission by undocking and burning up harmlessly in the atmosphere hig ... more
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MARSDAILY

Phobos slips past Jupiter
Earlier this month, ESA's Mars Express performed a special manoeuvre to observe an unusual alignment of Jupiter and the martian moon Phobos. The impressive images have now been processed into a movi ... more
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TECH SPACE

European endorsement for space hazards program
The European Commission recently set out the EU's main space priorities, which include protection of Europe's space assets. The affirmation spotlights the Space Situational Awareness Preparatory Pro ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Commercial Spaceflight Federation Supports Use of Space Act Agreements
For the next phase of NASA's Commercial Crew Development Program, following CCDev Rounds 1 and 2, the Commercial Spaceflight Federation strongly supports the use of Space Act Agreements (SAAs) under ... more
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EXO WORLDS

A golden age of exoplanet discovery
An exciting meeting yesterday, Wednesday 15 June 2011, held at the Institute of Physics (IOP) in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), saw leading experts explain how far the field ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Coming Into Focus Minor Planet Vesta
While NASA's space probe Dawn is continuing its approach towards Vesta, the camera system on board is beginning to show the giant asteroid in more and more detail. The newest pictures taken on ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Reveals New Batch Of Space Program Artifacts
NASA is inviting eligible education institutions, museums and other organizations to examine and request space program artifacts online. The items represent significant human spaceflight technologie ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Former Astronaut Develops Powerful Rocket
As scientists develop plans one day to send humans to Mars, they know the journey will involve many hazards for the astronauts, including possibly many months of exposure to dangerous radiation outs ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Despite budget stress, US space ties strong: NASA
Relations between the United States and its partners in space remain strong, despite tighter budgets and concerns about costs and delays in building the space station, NASA chief Charles Bolden said on Friday. ... more
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STATION NEWS

European space freighter poised for suicide plunge
A European freighter will be destroyed by atmospheric burn-up next week after completing its supply mission to mankind's orbital outpost, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday. ... more
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EXO LIFE

Penn State expert determined to find life on Earth-like planets
Thanks to popular Hollywood films like "E.T.," "Avatar" and "Super 8," life on other planets seems highly conceivable to people who have considered the idea that we are not alone in the universe. Ji ... more
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MOON DAILY

CMU and Astrobotic Technology Complete Structural Assembly of Lunar Lander
Astrobotic Technology Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University researchers have completed structural assembly of the lunar landing craft that will deliver the Red Rover robot to the moon in 2014. The hal ... more
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MERCURY RISING

NASA Spacecraft Confirms Theories, Sees Surprises at Mercury
NASA scientists are making new discoveries about the planet Mercury. Data from MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, is giving scientists important clues to the origin of the planet and ... more
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MERCURY RISING

MESSENGER Provides New Data about Mercury
After nearly three months in orbit about Mercury, MESSENGER's payload is providing a wealth of new information about the planet closest to the Sun, as well as a few surprises. The spacecraft e ... more
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MARSDAILY

Countering Contamination for Mars Spacesuits
To search for life on Mars, future astronauts would naturally want to step outside their living habitat for a walk. But the spacesuits keeping them alive might also carry Earth microbes or ingredien ... more
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STATION NEWS

Keeping Cool With Heat Pipes on the Space Station
What happens when electronics overheat? The short answer is: nothing good! In microgravity, natural convection does not occur, which makes cooling equipment a challenge. So how do you keep electroni ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Iran to put a monkey into space: report
Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country's top space official said after the launch of the Rassad-1 satellite, state television reported on its website on Thursday. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Shuttle program's end leaves pension bill
NASA says it plans to spend about a half-billion dollars to refill the pension fund of a contractor who supplied workers to the U.S. space shuttle program. ... 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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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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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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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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MERCURY RISING

MESSENGER Adjusts Its Orbit around Mercury
The MESSENGER spacecraft successfully completed its first orbit-correction maneuver to reset its periapsis altitude - the lowest point of MESSENGER's orbit about Mercury relative to the planet's sur ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Breaks Backward Driving Record
Opportunity completed a drive-by imaging campaign of another small, but young crater, named "Gemini 5." On Sol 2616 (June 3, 2011), Opportunity set a new one-sol backwards driving distance rec ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

International Conference On Low-Cost Planetary Missions
Devising ways to explore space in tight fiscal times tops the agenda of the 9th International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions, set for June 21-23, 2011, at the Johns Hopkins University App ... more
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