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December 22, 2011
STATION NEWS
Russia sends multinational crew to ISS
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 21, 2011
Russia on Wednesday sent a multinational crew of three astronauts to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers blasted off aboard a Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft at 1316 GMT in a spectacular night-time launch from the Kazakh steppe. The launch, which filled the otherwise pitch-black steppe with blazing light, appeared to go smoothly and mission control s ... read more

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NASA 'Smart SPHERES' Tested on ISS
In November, a free-flying robot on the International Space Station successfully gathered and delivered motion data to its astronaut handler for the first time via a new smartphone controller. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn Obtains First Low Altitude Images of Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has sent back the first images of the giant asteroid Vesta from its low-altitude mapping orbit. The images, obtained by the framing camera, show the stippled and lumpy s ... more
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TECH SPACE

Belarus Strongman Vows Nation Will Build World's Best Spacecraft Ever
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday the former Soviet republc would build the best spaceship the world has ever seen. Lukashenko, once famoulsy dubbed "Europe's last dictator ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Exo planets that survived red giant stage found
Astronomers have discovered two Earth-sized planets that survived getting caught in the red-giant expansion of their host star. Steve Kawaler, an Iowa State University professor of physics and astro ... more
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EXO WORLDS

NASA Discovers First Earth-Size Planets Beyond Our Solar System
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Astrophysicist John Grunsfeld to Head NASA Science Directorate
NASA has named physicist and former astronaut John Grunsfeld as the new associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at the agency's headquarters in Washington. Grunsfeld will take th ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Vega to fly ESA experimental reentry vehicle
The launch of ESA's IXV Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle on Europe's new Vega rocket is now in detailed planning, a major step towards the craft's flight in 2014. Launched into a suborbital t ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

A Brighter Future for Spaceflight
Recent times have been troubling for the global spaceflight community. We have witnessed the end of the venerable Shuttle program, without an operational replacement vehicle for NASA. America's spac ... more
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EXO WORLDS

NASA Discovers First Earth-size Planets Beyond Our Solar System
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be ... more
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EXO WORLDS

First Earth-sized planets found
Astronomers using NASA's Kepler mission have detected two Earth-sized planets orbiting a distant star. This discovery marks a milestone in the hunt for alien worlds, since it brings scientists one s ... more
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OUTER PLANETS

SwRI researchers discover new evidence for complex molecules on Pluto's surface
The new and highly sensitive Cosmic Origins Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a strong ultraviolet-wavelength absorber on Pluto's surface, providing new evidence that poi ... more
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EXO LIFE

A Look below the Surface At Laguna Negra
A team of scientists has traveled to remote Laguna Negra in the central Andes of Chile to test technologies that could one day be used to explore the lakes of Titan. The Planetary Lake Lander (PLL) ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Earth-sized worlds spotted in new advance for exoplanets
Astronomers on Tuesday said that for the first time they had spotted two Earth-sized worlds orbiting a Sun-like star, in another big advance in the search for so-called exoplanets. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

New system may one day steer microrobots through blood vessels for disease treatment
Microscopic-scale medical robots represent a promising new type of therapeutic technology. As envisioned, the microbots, which are less than one millimeter in size, might someday be able to travel t ... more
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TECH SPACE

SSTL tests TechDemoSat-1 plasma population payload
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has completed another milestone in the UK's technology demonstration satellite TechDemoSat-1 with the successful testing of the engineering model of the first ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Next ESA Astronaut Ready For Launch As Soyuz Rolls Out
The Christmas season has brought the gift of a Soyuz launcher for the PromISSe mission. ESA's Andre Kuipers and his crewmates are running their final simulations and preparing to board the rocket on ... more
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EXO LIFE

Seeking a Pot of Geological Gold
Mass extinctions are a relatively common theme in the history and evolution of life on Earth,the most famous of which is the extinction of the dinosaurs. A plethora of research has been conducted to ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Mankind faces long road in space exploration
After the retirement of the U.S. space shuttle fleet, the only way for astronauts to reach the International Space Station (ISS) is by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft until at least 2015. However, as one ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Goddard Scientists Selected as Participating Scientists in Mars Lab and Cassini Missions
Five scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. have been selected as Participating Scientists in NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) and Cassini missions. The new MSL Parti ... more
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STATION NEWS

As Soyuz Rolls ISS Crew Work On Science
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft that will carry new Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko, Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers into space rolled out to the launch pad Monday at Baikonur Cosmodrome in ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Vega moves closer to its first liftoff
The integration of Vega's first, second and third stages is now complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The new rocket is moving full speed ahead towards its maiden flight at the end of Jan ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity at One of its Two Winter Spots
Opportunity is positioned at one of the candidate sites for winter, on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. There are two candidate sites for winter havens that indicate suff ... more
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MARSDAILY

Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars
A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions. The microbes tolerate tem ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Tiangong-1 orbiter starts planned cabin checks against toxic gas
The Chinese prototype space lab Tiangong-1 on Thursday started regular checks for toxic gas inside the cabin to better prepare for the country's future manned space docking mission. The Tiango ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China celebrates success of space docking mission
China held a rally on Friday to celebrate the success of the country's first space docking mission between the target orbiter Tiangong-1 and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft. President Hu Jintao, als ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Acra Control Proven in Low Earth Orbit
Acra Control is proud to support Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) as they work to become the first commercial company in history to berth with the International Space Station (ISS). In ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Industry Leaders Discuss New Booster Development for Space Launch System
On Dec. 15, more than 120 aerospace industry leaders from more than 70 companies attended the Space Launch System's Advanced Booster Industry Day held at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Reaffirms Agency Scientific Integrity Policy
NASA has reaffirmed its commitment to science with the release of a new framework on scientific integrity. The framework summarizes the agency's policies and practices that strengthen and uphold sci ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

NASA Takes Next Step In Developing Commercial Crew Program
NASA has announced a modified competitive procurement strategy to keep on track the agency's plan to have U.S. companies transport American astronauts into space instead of outsourcing this work to ... more
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MARSDAILY

Meteorite Shock Waves Trigger Dust Avalanches on Mars
When a meteorite careens toward the dusty surface of the Red Planet, it kicks up dust and can cause avalanching even before the rock from outer space hits the ground, a research team led by an under ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Arianespace Completes 2011 Launch Manifest With Successful Soyuz Campaign
Arianespace confirmed Soyuz' mission flexibility in operations from the Spaceport with tonight's successful launch that placed six satellite passengers into Sun-synchronous orbit. Departing pr ... more
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