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January 04, 2012
EXO WORLDS
Subaru's Sharp Eye Confirms Signs of Unseen Planets in the Dust Ring of HR 4796 A
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 04, 2012
The SEEDS (Strategic Exploration of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru Telescope/HiCIAO) project, a five-year international collaboration launched in 2009 and led by Motohide Tamura of NAOJ (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan) has yielded another impressive image that contributes to our understanding of the link between disks and planet formation. Researchers used Subaru's planet-finder camera, HiCIAO (High Contrast Instrument for the Subaru Next Generation Adaptive Optics), to take a crisp ... read more

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Navy Researchers Investigate Small-Scale Autonomous Planetary Explorers
Robotic exploration to remote regions, to include distant planetary bodies, is often limited by energy requirements to perform, in repetition, even the simplest tasks. With this in mind, researchers ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

India lags China in research, complains PM
India's prime minister on Tuesday said the country was not spending enough on scientific research, meaning it lagged badly behind regional rival China. ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China sets up state-level aerospace research institute
A research institute focusing on the development of the country's aerospace engineering technologies was jointly founded by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the China Aerospace Science and Tec ... more
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SSC supports simultaneous launch of Elisa, Pleiades 1A and SSOT
SSC has successfully finalized its launch support to the European space industry leader Astrium and the French space agency CNES for the six satellites that were simultaneously launched 17 December ... more
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MOON DAILY

Moon mission on the horizon
Preliminary research on a "giant leap" to the moon has been included in the government's plans for the next five years, according to a white paper issued on Thursday. The white paper, China's Space ... more
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MOON DAILY

Aristarchus Spectacular!
The Aristarchus plateau is one of the most geologically diverse places on the Moon: a mysterious raised flat plateau, a giant rille carved by enormous outpourings of lava, fields of explosive volcan ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Space Mountain Produces Terrestrial Meteorites
When NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around giant asteroid Vesta in July, scientists fully expected the probe to reveal some surprising sights. But no one expected a 13-mile high mountain, two ... more
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AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE
Ghosts of the Deep: China's AJX-002 XLUUV and the Geopolitics of Undersea Power
Global Invacom unveils XRJ transceiver for government and defense satcom
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SPACE TRAVEL

Voyager Goes Where No Human-Made Vehicle Has Gone Before
No human-made object is further out in space than NASA's Voyager I, which is currently near the edge of our Solar System, more than 33 lighthours - the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in one ... more
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TECH SPACE

SSTL tests TechDemoSat-1 plasma population payload
Surrey Satellite Technology has completed another milestone in the UK's technology demonstration satellite TechDemoSat-1 with the successful testing of the engineering model of the first payload, a ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Getting ready for challenges of space
With the successful completion of the Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace mission, China showed the world that it had accomplished a major milestone in space technology by mastering the sophisticated int ... more
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MOON DAILY

Two NASA probes both in lunar orbit
The second of two NASA lunar probes on a mission to study the Moon's inner core so scientists can better understand the origins of planets went into orbit Sunday as planned, the US space agency said. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Lockheed Martin Helps Nasa Place Two Spacecraft Into Lunar Orbit
Both of NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft were successfully inserted into orbit around the Earth's moon. The mission will analyze the internal structure and gr ... more
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MOON DAILY

NASA's Twin Grail Spacecraft Reunite in Lunar Orbit
The second of NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit. Working together, GRAIL-A and ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab
Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Rover Opportunity Positioned at Candidate Site for Winter
Opportunity is positioned at a candidate site for Mars' southern hemisphere winter. The rover is at the north end of 'Cape York' on the rim of Endeavour Crater, tilted about 15 degrees to the north ... more
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Orbcomm and SpaceX Improve Launch Plans for OG2 Satellites
Orbcomm Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today announced the launch schedule for Orbcomm's second generation (OG2) satellites. The updated plan includes launching the first OG2 ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China issues white paper on space exploration
China on Thursday issued a white paper on the development of space industry since 2006 and the major tasks for the next five years. The white paper titled "China's Space Activities in 2011" wa ... more
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EXO LIFE

Launching the Lake Lander 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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SPACE TRAVEL

China to push forward human spaceflight projects in next five years: white paper
China will push forward human spaceflight projects and make new technological breakthroughs, creating a foundation for future human spaceflight, according to a white paper titled "China's Space Acti ... more
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MOON DAILY

China to launch orbiters for lunar soft landing in next five years: white paper
Beijing (XNA) Dec 30, 2011 China will launch orbiters for lunar soft landing, roving and surveying to implement the second stage of lunar exploration in next five years, a white paper said Thursday ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China to launch Shenzhou-9, Shenzhou-10 spacecraft next year: spokesman
China will launch the Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and achieve space rendezvous and docking missions with the orbiting Tiangong-1 vehicle in 2012, a spokesman for the China National Space A ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China makes rapid progress, breakthroughs in space industry: white paper
A white paper published on Thursday said that China has made innovative achievements and breakthroughs in major space projects, and space technology has been upgraded remarkably. The white pap ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Chairman says Samsung to focus on new products
South Korea's Samsung Electronics will this year focus on developing new products and tapping into new businesses to get ahead of competitors amid the global economic slowdown, its chairman said Monday. ... 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
China penalises popular app Xiaohongshu over content
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MOON DAILY

First of NASA's GRAIL Spacecraft Enters Moon Orbit
The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail has entered lunar orbit. NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A spacecraft successfully completed ... more
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MOON DAILY

Twin Spacecraft on Final Approach for Moon Orbit
NASA's twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit. Named Gravity Recovery And Interior ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China lays out five-year space plans
China said Thursday cleaner fuel will power its next-generation rockets, which will launch heavy cargoes into space, bringing nearer plans to build a space station and put a man on the moon. ... more
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Arianespace Completes 2012 With Soyuz Launch Partner Mission For Globalstar
Arianespace wrapped up another busy - and historic - 12 months of commercial launch services today by orbiting six satellites for mobile voice and data services on the ninth flight of 2011 - during ... more
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MOON DAILY

Powerful Pixels Help Map The Apollo Zone
Grayscale pixels - up close, they look like black, white or grey squares. But when you zoom out to see the bigger picture, they can create a digital photograph, like this one of our moon: For NASA ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Journaling the Journey into Space
They likely don't make a notation of the star date or call it a captain's log, but astronauts aboard the International Space Station, like many other voyagers, keep journals during their journeys. T ... more
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Orbcomm Prepares For Launch Of Second AIS Satellite
LuxSpace, an affiliate of OHB System AG, has confirmed that construction and testing of the LuxSpace VesselSat2 AIS satellite has been successfully completed. The spacecraft has been shipped t ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

First J-2X Engine Rockets Through First Round of Testing
The best tech gift for propulsion engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.? It's NASA's first new human-rated rocket engine to be developed in 40 years. The J-2X engine - hi ... more
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