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October 11, 2011
IRON AND ICE
Almahata Sitta Meteorites Could Come From Triple Asteroid Mash-Up
Nantes, France (SPX) Oct 10, 2011
Analysis of fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite, which landed in Sudan in 2008, has shown that the parent asteroid was probably formed through collisions of three different types of asteroids. The meteorites are of particular interest because they contain material both primitive and evolved types of asteroids. The results will be presented at the EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 in Nantes, France, by Dr Julie Gayon-Markt on Friday 7th October. The meteorites are fragments of the asteroid 20 ... read more

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TECH SPACE

Boeing and Lion Air Pioneer Precision Satellite Navigation Technology
Boeing and Lion Air, an all-Boeing Next-Generation 737 operator, are pioneering the use of precision navigation technology in South Asia with the introduction of Required Navigation Performance (RNP ... more
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OUTER PLANETS

Mission to Mysterious Uranus
Earlier this year, the Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommended that NASA consider sending a mission to the planet Uranus. With all the attention paid to Mars, Jupiter, and even poor little Plut ... more
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MARSDAILY

Video Documents Three-Year Trek on Mars by NASA Rover
While NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traveling from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, between September 2008 and August 2011, the rover team took an end-of-drive image on each Mart ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

On-time preparations continue for Soyuz' milestone mission from French Guiana
Preparations for the first Soyuz launch from French Guiana are on track for its historic liftoff later this month with two Galileo navigation satellites. "We're right on the timeline, and ever ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity is on the Move Again
Opportunity finished her in-situ work at the target called "Chester Lake" at Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater and is on the move again. On Sol 2726 (Sept. 24, 2011), the rover performe ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Russia puts new Rus-M carrier rocket project on hold
The Russian space agency has dropped plans to construct a new Rus-M carrier rocket by 2015, Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin said on Friday. "We have come to the conclusion that we do not need ... more
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MOON DAILY

Subtly Shaded Map of Moon Reveals Titanium Treasure Troves
A map of the Moon combining observations in visible and ultraviolet wavelengths shows a treasure trove of areas rich in Titanium ores. Not only is Titanium a valuable mineral, it is key to helping s ... more
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Ghosts of the Deep: China's AJX-002 XLUUV and the Geopolitics of Undersea Power
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LAUNCH PAD

Chinese rocket sends French telecom satellite into space
China's Long March-III2 rocket carrier sent a French-made telecom satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center Friday afternoon, marking the first time for China to provide launch s ... more
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STATION NEWS

It's All in the Mix With Fluid Physics in Space
If you had the choice between a product that you had to shake before use and one that came premixed, you'd probably buy the one that was easier to use and worked best. Industries are aware of ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

UN highlights everyday benefits from space science and technology
Understanding more about space science and that benefits that such technology has brought to everyday life is essential to helping the world address its most urgent problems, the United Nations said ... more
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IRON AND ICE

The Secrets of Asteroid Minerva and its Two Moons
Since the discovery of its two moons, the triple asteroid Minerva has been the focus of space and ground-based telescope studies that have attempted to unravel the secrets of this intriguing system. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Express: Current flows and 'islands' in Ares Vallis
The Ares Vallis outflow channel meanders for more than 1700 kilometres across the southern highlands of Mars and ends in a 100-kilometre-wide delta-like region in the lowlands of Chryse Planitia. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Russia to abandon rocket booster work
Russia's space agency Roscosmos says it has decided to abandon the development of its Rus-M booster rocket because of inadequate funding. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Titanium treasure found on Moon
A new map of the Moon has revealed an abundance of titanium ore that is up to 10 times richer than on Earth, a finding that could one day lead to a lunar mining colony, astronomers said on Friday. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

US telecoms satellite reaches designated orbit
The U.S. Intelsat 18 telecommunications satellite was put into orbit on Thursday, a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos said. "The separation took place according to the schedule. The ... more
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TECH SPACE

A Race To Space Waste
The Space race has managed a significant achievement. In 50 years, humanity has sent tons of waste from Earth to space. "The ocean above" as Victor Hugo called it is a victim of industrial pollution ... more
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MOON DAILY

NASA's Moon Twins Going Their Own Way
NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-B spacecraft successfully executed its first flight path correction maneuver Wednesday, Oct. 5. The rocket burn helped refine the spacecraft's ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Astronomers Find Elusive Planets in Decade-Old Hubble Data
In a painstaking re-analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images from 1998, astronomers have found visual evidence for two extrasolar planets that went undetected back then. Finding these hidden ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Cape Canaveral continues cleanup efforts
Air Force officials have recently implemented changes to the force's environmental cleanup program to focus on cleaning up more sites more quickly. The environmental management team here is using cu ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China's first space lab module in good condition
China's first space lab module were in good condition and all tests went on "smoothly" during the past week, according to a statement issued by the country's space project authorities Thursday. ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Piecing together a global colour map of Saturn's largest moon
An international team led by the University of Nantes has pieced together images gathered over six years by the Cassini mission to create a global mosaic of the surface of Titan. The global maps and ... more
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MARSDAILY

Tracing the Canals of Mars
In a remarkable discovery, images taken over the past five years by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which circles Mars to ph ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robot Brain Implanted in a Rodent
With new cutting-edge technology aimed at providing amputees with robotic limbs, a Tel Aviv University researcher has successfully implanted a robotic cerebellum into the skull of a rodent with brai ... more
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New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
Nuclearn secures $10.5 million to expand AI platform for nuclear operations
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IRON AND ICE

UT Scientist Searches for Moons Around Asteroids
Most people know that some planets have moons but would be surprised to know that some asteroids do, too. According to Joshua Emery, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences at the Univer ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Science Laboratory Meets its Match in Florida
In preparation for launch later this year, the "back shell powered descent vehicle" configuration containing NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been placed on the spacecraft's heat ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Shot US lawmaker honors astronaut husband
US lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head earlier this year, honored her NASA astronaut husband Mark Kelly Thursday, at his White House naval retirement ceremony. ... more
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EXO WORLDS

University of Texas-led Team Discovers Unusual Multi-Planet System with NASA's Kepler Spacecraft
A team of researchers led by Bill Cochran of The University of Texas at Austin has used NASA's Kepler spacecraft to discover an unusual multiple-planet system containing a super-Earth and two Neptun ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn at Vesta: Massive mountains, rough surface, and old-young dichotomy in hemispheres
NASA's Dawn mission, which has been orbiting Vesta since mid-July, has revealed that the asteroid's southern hemisphere boasts one of the largest mountains in the Solar System. Other results show th ... more
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TECH SPACE

SSTL redefines the cost of radar imaging with NovaSAR-S
Small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has announced completion of the development phase of its new low-cost Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite system. Called ... more
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MOON DAILY

NASA Invites Students to Name Moon-Bound Spacecraft
NASA has a class assignment for U.S. students: help the agency give the twin spacecraft headed to orbit around the moon new names. The naming contest is open to students in kindergarten throug ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Mars Rovers Win Popular Mechanics 'Breakthrough' Award
More than seven years after completing their three-month prime missions on opposite sides of Mars, NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been selected for lifetime achievement award honors as part ... more
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