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First Soyuz ready for liftoff from French Guianaby Staff Writers Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 17, 2011 The first Soyuz to take off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana is now at its launch pad. The rocket that will carry the first two Galileo navigation satellites into orbit is on track for liftoff on 20 October. The three-stage Soyuz ST-B was rolled out horizontally on its erector from the preparation building using the 600 m-long railway that leads to the pad. The vehicle was then raised into its launch position. Earlier this week, the two Galil ... read more |
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  Opportunity Keeps Rolling With an Eye on Future Havens for Next Winter Opportunity is moving generally north across Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater with an eye ahead to the next winter. With her solar arrays dustier and atmospheric opacity higher than in ... more | .. |
 While the US Stalls, Europe Moves On to Mars The European Space Agency (ESA) seems to have gotten tired of waiting for NASA to commit to its share of the joint 2016/2018 Mars missions that were planned to lay the groundwork for an eventual del ... more | .. |
  UChicago launches search for distant worlds Since 1995, scientists have discovered approximately 600 planets around other stars, including 50 planets last month alone, and one that orbits two stars, like Tatooine in Star Wars. Detection of th ... more | .. |
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 Space Exploration Technologies Ready to Compete for Upcoming DoD Launches Today the U.S. Air Force issued a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the NRO and NASA that serves as a joint agreement on the process they will use to allow new companies to compete to provide l ... more | .. |
 New entrant certification strategy announced The U.S. Air Force, the National Reconnaissance Office, and NASA announced Oct. 14 their strategy for certifying commercial launch vehicles that could compete for future contracts for space launch m ... more | .. |
  CU-Boulder to play key role in global student space experiment competition A University of Colorado Boulder space center will play a key role in a new international contest being sponsored by YouTube, Lenovo, Space Adventures and several space agencies that challenges 14- ... more | .. |
 Huge stakes riding on maiden Soyuz launch from Kourou Prestige and a multi-billion-dollar gamble in satellite navigation will be riding on a Soyuz rocket next Thursday when the Soviet-era workhorse launches from Europe's space base in South America. ... more |
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 Russia invited to join Mars missions Europe has formally invited Russia to participate in financially troubled unmanned space missions to Mars set for 2016 and 2018, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Virgin Galactic to give NASA a ride Space tourism company Virgin Galactic says it has signed a deal to give NASA scientists rides into space to conduct experiments. ... more | .. |
  Dwarf planet may not be bigger than Pluto The dwarf planet Eris, responsible for Pluto's demotion from planet status in 2006, is not bigger than Pluto and may even be smaller, French scientists say. ... more | .. |
  The Hazy History of Titan's Air What rocky moon has a nitrogen-rich atmosphere, Earth-like weather patterns and geology, liquid hydrocarbon seas and a relatively good chance to support life? The answer is Titan, the fascinating mo ... more |
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  Messages from Mercury MESSENGER scientists will highlight the latest results on Mercury from MESSENGER observations obtained during the first six months (the first Mercury solar day) in orbit. These findings were present ... more | .. |
  Temporal cloaks adjust light's throttle to hide an event in time Researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have demonstrated for the first time that it's possible to cloak a singular event in time, creating what has been described as a "history editor. ... more | .. |
  ORBCOMM Announces Launch of AIS-Enabled Satellite ORBCOMM has announced the successful launch of VesselSat1, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG. VesselS ... more | .. |
UChicago launches search for distant worlds Since 1995, scientists have discovered approximately 600 planets around other stars, including 50 planets last month alone, and one that orbits two stars, like Tatooine in Star Wars. Detection of th ... more |
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AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection
Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study
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 Mercury Planetary Orbiter takes a simulated trip to the innermost planet Thermal-balance testing of the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter Structural and Thermal Model, which has been under way in ESA's Large Space Simulator since 20 September, has been successfully c ... more | .. |
  Caltech Event Marks 75th Anniversary of JPL Rocket Tests The 75th anniversary of the first rocket experiments at the site that became NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will be celebrated with a special free, public screening of the new ... more | .. |
 e2v celebrates the successful delivery of imaging sensors for Gaia On Thursday 6th October, e2v was joined by representatives from the European Space Agency (ESA), Astrium SAS (the prime contractor for Gaia), key suppliers and local dignitaries for a celebration at ... more | .. |
 Time Reversal: A Simple Particle Could Reveal New Physics A simple atomic nucleus could reveal properties associated with the mysterious phenomenon known as time reversal and lead to an explanation for one of the greatest mysteries of physics: the imbalanc ... more |
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 Mars Express observes clusters of recent craters in Ares Vallis Newly released images taken by ESA's Mars Express show an unusual accumulation of young craters in the large outflow channel called Ares Vallis. Older craters have been reduced to ghostly outlines b ... more | .. |
  NASA's Dawn Science Team Presents Early Science Results Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission are sharing with other scientists and the public their early information about the southern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta. The findings were presented at ... more | .. |
 Enceladus weather: Snow flurries and perfect powder for skiing Global and high resolution mapping of Enceladus confirms that the weather forecast for Saturn's unique icy moon is set for ongoing snow flurries. The superfine ice crystals that coat Enceladus's sur ... more | .. |
  Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Van ... 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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 New Mystery On Mars' Forgotten Plains One of the supposedly best understood and least interesting landscapes on Mars is hiding something that could rewrite the planet's history. Or not. In fact, about all that is certain is that decades ... more | .. |
 Wet and Mild: Caltech Researchers Take the Temperature of Mars' Past Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have directly determined the surface temperature of early Mars for the first time, providing evidence that's consistent with a warmer ... more | .. |
 Amateur skywatchers help space hazards team For the first time, observations coordinated by ESA's space hazards team have found an asteroid that comes close enough to Earth to pose an impact threat. The space rock was found by amateur astrono ... more | .. |
 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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 Indian-French satellite put into orbit An Indian-French satellite that will study monsoon patterns and global warming was launched on Wednesday from a space centre in southern India. ... more | .. |
  Iran failed with space monkey launch: report Iran acknowledged as a failure Wednesday its attempt to send a live monkey into space last month - touted as its first step towards launching a man into space. ... more | .. |
 New View of Vesta Mountain From NASA's Dawn Mission A new image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a mountain three times as high as Mt. Everest, amidst the topography in the south polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta. The peak of Vesta's so ... more | .. |
 German satellite hurtles towards Earth: officials A German satellite around the size of a car is speeding towards Earth, officials said Wednesday, due to re-enter the atmosphere later this month but with little idea where fragments could land. ... more |
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