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November 23, 2011
MARSDAILY
Station makes contact with Russia's stranded Mars probe: ESA
Paris (AFP) Nov 23, 2011
A European tracking station in western Australia has "established contact" with Russia's Phobos-Grunt space probe, which has been stranded in orbit since its launch on November 8, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday. "ESA teams are working closely with engineers in Russia to determine how best to maintain communication with the spacecraft," it said in a brief announcement on its website. ... read more

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STATION NEWS

Space Station Trio Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
Three International Space Station crew members safely returned to Earth on Monday, wrapping up nearly six months in space during which NASA and its international partners celebrated the 11th anniver ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russian experts baffled by erratic behavior of Mars probe
Russian Federal Space Agency experts are puzzled by the rising orbit of the Phobos-Grunt unmanned Mars probe, Roscosmos deputy head Vitaly Davydov said on Tuesday. The probe was launched on No ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars departure window closing, will open later
The astronomical window for the Phobos-Grunt's mission to Mars has just about closed, believe space industry sources. The probe could still fly by the red planet, but the expedition to land on and t ... more
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MOON DAILY

Russia wants to focus on Moon if Mars mission fails
If Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars mission fails the country's space agency may focus on Moon exploration, the deputy head of the Roscosmos agency said on Tuesday. The Mars probe was launched from ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

15 patents granted for Chinese space docking technology
China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) on Tuesday conferred 15 patent certificates to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), developer of the docking mechanism for China's ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

ULA Completes Milestone Toward Certifying Atlas V For Human Spaceflight
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the completion of a key milestone that could lead toward the certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight. ULA has successfully comple ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Space Law Symposium to Examine National Space Laws
The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law and the Journal of Space Law with the International Institute of Space Law will host the sixth Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on Critical Issu ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Updates Prelaunch Events for Mars Science Lab
NASA has updated information about the news conferences and other events for the agency's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover launch. Liftoff is scheduled at 7:02 a.m. PST (10:02 a.m. EST) on Sa ... more
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SPACE MEDICINE

Shenzhou-8 brings German SIMBOX experiments safely back to Earth
On 17 November at 19:38 local time (12:38 CET), the Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-8, carrying the German SIMBOX experiment, landed on schedule in the Gobi desert in Inner Mongolia, completing a succes ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

IT Geeks Would Rather Take The Money Than Blast Off Into Space
Given the choice between a ticket into space and $102,000 (approx 65,000 pounds), 60 percent of IT staff would take the cash. That's the finding of a survey of 4,000 global Twitter followers by UK-b ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Russia, France to team up on new launchers
Russia and France will pool their efforts to build cutting-edge reusable space rockets, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday. "Russian and French engineers are already working in this ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

SpaceX Searches For New Commercial Launch Site
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is seeking a new launch site to meet increasing demand from commercial customers. SpaceX already has an active launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

CHAPS Pressure Suits Evaluated During Simulated Missions In Centrifuge
Two researchers set to fly aboard suborbital spacecraft as a part of Southwest Research Institute's next-generation suborbital research program completed another milestone on November 2nd when they ... more
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MARSDAILY

'Little chance' of saving stranded Mars probe: Russia
Russia's space agency admitted Tuesday there was little chance of saving a probe that aimed to bring back soil from Mars's largest moon but has been stranded in Earth orbit since launch. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Russian Soyuz brings astronauts safely back to Earth
Three astronauts landed safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule on Tuesday after a stay of over five months aboard the International Space Station, Russian mission control said. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Schafer Corp Signs Licensing Agreement with MoonDust Technologies
The Schafer Corporation has signed a Licensing and Development Agreement with MoonDust Technologies, LLC (MDT) of Tucson, AZ to give them exclusive, worldwide production and marketing rights for a u ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Chronicles The Life And Times Of Giant Storm On Saturn
New images and animated movies from NASA's Cassini spacecraft chronicle the birth and evolution of the colossal storm that ravaged the northern face of Saturn for nearly a year. These new full ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China plans major effort in pursuing manned space technology
China will endeavor unremittingly in its pursuit of manned space technology, a senior space program official said Friday at a press briefing detailing the nation's first-ever space docking. On ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Tiangong-1 orbiter enters long-term operation management
Chinese orbiter Tiangong-1 has entered into long-term operation management in space after docking twice with the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8, a committee in charge of the orbiter's management dut ... more
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MOON DAILY

Flying over the three-dimensional Moon
Although the Moon is so far the only celestial body other than Earth on which a human being has ever walked, the topography of its surface has not been studied comprehensively. This is why NASA's Lu ... more
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EXO LIFE

Civilizations beyond Earth: Extraterrestrial Life and Society
Most scientists think that we are not alone in the universe. Somewhere out there, there must be other intelligent forms of life. Our radio telescopes regularly scan the galaxy in search of a signal ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Nearing A Winter Haven
The project continues to implement the seasonal plan for Opportunity, which is to winter over on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater where northerly tilts are favorable for s ... more
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MARSDAILY

Last chance to send Russian Mars moon probe expires Monday
The launch window to send Russia's Phobos-Grunt unmanned spacecraft to a Mars moon will close on Monday, an airspace source told RIA Novosti. "The spacecraft has already unfolded its solar panels an ... more
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TECH SPACE

All systems go for next communication spacecraft
The most recent evaluations of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) project confirmed all systems go for a third generation upgrade of the orbiting communications network. TDRS-K is sched ... more
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EXO LIFE

Research group proposes first system for assessing the odds of life on other worlds
Within the next few years, the number of planets discovered in orbits around distant stars will likely reach several thousand or more. But even as our list of these newly discovered "exoplanets" gro ... more
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MARSDAILY

Reliable nuclear device to heat, power Mars Science Lab
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which is scheduled to launch this week, has the potential to be the most productive Mars surface mission in history. That's due in part to its nuclear heat an ... more
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MARSDAILY

Launch Team Focuses on Unique Needs of Curiosity
About the size of a small SUV and weighing as much as some cars, the Mars Science Laboratory "Curiosity" is being asked to conduct the most intensive examination of the surface of the red planet eve ... more
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MARSDAILY

MRO Catches Mars Sand Dunes in Motion
Images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show sand dunes and ripples moving across the surface of Mars at dozens of locations and shifting up to several yards. These observations reveal the pl ... more
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MARSDAILY

New Missions To Investigate How Mars Turned Hostile
Maybe because it appears as a speck of blood in the sky, the planet Mars was named after the Roman god of war. From the point of view of life as we know it, that's appropriate. The Martian surface i ... more
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MARSDAILY

MSL launch delayed to Saturday Nov 26
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) has been delayed one day to allow time for the team to remove and replace a flight termination system bat ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Develops New Game-Changing Technology
Two NASA California centers have been selected to develop new space-aged technologies that could be game-changers in the way we look at planets from above and how we safely transport robots or human ... more
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