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US spacecraft enters giant asteroid's orbitWashington (AFP) July 17, 2011 The US spacecraft Dawn has entered the orbit of Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the solar system, the US space agency announced early Sunday. Dawn is expected to come within 10,000 miles (16,000 kilometers) of Vesta to study its surface while traveling 116 million miles (188 million kilometers) from Earth. "It has taken nearly four years to get to this point," said Robert Mase, manager of the $466 million project at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. After a ye ... read more |
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  Shuttle's end opens new era, new legal issues in spaceflight The space shuttle's final mission marks the end of an era, but also opens an unprecedented age of private and commercial spaceflight. This new era will require international collaboration to keep wa ... more | .. |
  Russia launches 2 foreign satellites into orbit Russia launched early on Saturday a Proton-M rocket carrying a Kazakh and a U.S. communications satellites from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said. "T ... more | .. |
 When minor planets Ceres and Vesta rock the Earth into chaos Astronomy and Astrophysics is publishing a new study of the orbital evolution of minor planets Ceres and Vesta, a few days before the flyby of Vesta by the Dawn spacecraft. A team of astronomers fou ... more | .. |
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 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Launches GSAT-12 Satellite India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C17) successfully launched GSAT-12 communication satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch of PSLV-C17 was the eight ... more | .. |
  "Space taxi" coming The last Atlantis shuttle which docked with the ISS this week is due to return to Earth on July 21st . From then on, astronauts and cargoes will be delivered to the ISS by Russian Soyuz spaceships. ... more | .. |
  NASA Begins Testing of Next-Gen J-2X Rocket Engine NASA conducted a combined chill test and 1.9-second ignition test July 14 of the next-generation J-2X rocket engine that could help carry humans beyond low-Earth orbit to deep space. The test ... more | .. |
  Atlantis crew leaves historic flag aboard ISS Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts brought with them a historic U.S. flag that flew aboard shuttle Columbia on America's first shuttle flight, STS-1 in 1981, the National Aeronautics and Space Admini ... more |
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 Dawn Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Asteroid Vesta NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Saturday became the first probe ever to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Dawn will study the asteroid, named Vesta, fo ... more | .. |
 ILS Proton Successfully Launches the SES-3 Satellite for SES International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully carried the SES-3 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit for SES of Luxembourg, one of the world's largest telecommunications satellite oper ... more | .. |
  NASA in Australia for Mars research NASA says it is using a remote region of Australia's outback as a training ground for planetary scientists preparing to send a new rover to Mars. ... more | .. |
 Obama dials for pizza, gets space station Astronauts aboard the International Space Station got a very long-distance call Friday from US President Barack Obama, who joked that he thought he was dialing out for pizza. ... more |
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  Mapping Microbialites The Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) is moving its base of operations. For the past several years, PLRP has used DeepWorker submersible vehicles to explore the unusual carbonate structures, kno ... more | .. |
 Mars Opportunity Rover Nears Endeavour Crater Rim Opportunity is now within 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of the first landfall on the rim of Endeavour crater, at a place called "Spirit Point." With multi-sol planning for the 4th of July holiday w ... more | .. |
 Appropriations Committee Approves the Fiscal Year 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill, which provides annual funding for the Departments of Commerce and Justice ... more | .. |
 Flying the STA: Landing Like the Shuttle A Shuttle Training Aircraft plunges 28,000 feet in a little more than a minute when astronauts use it to practice a space shuttle approach. It's as close as anyone can get to experiencing a shuttle ... 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
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  Ten new distant planets detected Astronomers using a French telescope say they've discovered 10 new distant planets, including twin Neptune-sized worlds and a rare Saturn-like planet. ... more | .. |
  Saturn moon color mystery explained U.S. astronomers say they've figured out origins of the mysterious colors of Saturn's moon Iapetus, bright white on one side and coal-black on the other. ... more | .. |
 Cargo Transfers for Shuttle and Station Crews Aboard the docked Atlantis/International Space Station complex, the combined 10-member crew wrapped up its busy day of transfer work. Station lead flight director Chris Edelen said at an after ... more | .. |
 Scientists Explore the Deep to Learn More about Life and Science NASA and the Canadian Space Agency invite the news media to join the international, multidisciplinary Pavilion Lake Research Project (PLRP) team as it explores, studies and documents rare freshwater ... more |
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 Long, cramped road trips ahead for US astronauts If you think of the shuttle as a kind of big space bus, the future for US astronauts will be a lot like squeezing into a three-seat compact car, made by Russia, for a very long road trip. ... more | .. |
  Twin Artemis Probes To Study Moon In 3D On Sunday, July 17, the Moon will acquire its second new companion in less than a month. That's when the second of two probes built by the University of California, Berkeley, and part of NASA's five ... more | .. |
 NASA Spacecraft to Enter Asteroid's Orbit on July 15 On July 15, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin a prolonged encounter with the asteroid Vesta, making the mission the first to enter orbit around a main-belt asteroid. The main asteroid belt lie ... more | .. |
 Countdown commenced for PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 Mission The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) for PSLV-C17/GSAT-12 mission, which met on July 12, 2011 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre - SHAR, Sriharikota has cleared the launch of PSLV-C17 at 16:48 hrs (IST) ... more |
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Manipulating light to advance quantum entanglement research
Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech
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 AIA Concerned by NASA, NOAA Cuts The Aerospace Industries Association is concerned about the substantial cuts being made to the budgets of NASA and NOAA in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science mark ... more | .. |
 NASA Releases Book About Psychology of Human Spaceflight NASA's History Program Office is releasing a new book that examines the different psychological factors that affect astronauts during space travel, especially long-duration missions. The book, ... more | .. |
 NASA Selects Nonprofit to Manage Space Station National Lab Research NASA has selected the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to develop and manage the U.S. portion of the International Space Station that will be operated as a national laboratory. ... more | .. |
 SpaceX Names Mark Bitterman Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has announced that former Orbital Sciences executive and industry leader Mark Bitterman is joining the company's Washington office as Senior Vice President of ... more |
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 Special American Meal Planned for Final Space Shuttle Crew Food scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston have prepared a special "All-American Meal" for the final space shuttle crew as the iconic American spacecraft makes its last voyage. The pu ... more | .. |
 Dawn Nears Start of Year-Long Stay at Giant Asteroid NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended visit to a large asteroid. The mission expects to go into orbit around Vesta on July 16 and begin gathering science data in early Augus ... more | .. |
  China launches new data relay satellite China blasted off a new data relay satellite "Tianlian I-02" on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest Sichuan Province . The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carr ... more | .. |
 Private space race heats up as US shuttle retires Private companies, aided by NASA's cash and expertise in human space flight, are rushing to be the first to build a space capsule to replace the retiring US shuttle in the next few years. ... more |
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