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January 16, 2012
TECH SPACE
Russia Mars probe 'crashes into Pacific': military
Moscow (AFP) Jan 15, 2012
Russia believes fragments of its Phobos-Grunt probe which spiralled back to Earth after failing to head on a mission to Mars crashed Sunday into the Pacific Ocean, a spokesman for its space forces said. The splashdown marks an inglorious if spectacular end for the Phobos-Grunt probe which Russia launched in November and hoped would scoop up a sample from Mars' largest moon Phobos and bring it back to Earth. "According to information from mission control of the space forces, the fragments of Phob ... read more

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MOON DAILY

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP reveals lunar surface features
New maps produced by the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal features at the Moon's northern and southern poles in regions that lie in perpetual darkness. L ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Targets Amboy Rock For Extra Study Ahead of Winter
Opportunity is positioned for winter on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is tilted about 15 degrees to the north for favorable solar energy production. Op ... more
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SATURN DAILY

NASA looking at Cassini radio problems
NASA says it's conducting diagnostic tests on its Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn after its signal was not detected during a tracking pass in late December. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Lunar orbiter spots moisture locations
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed features at the moon's northern and southern poles in regions that lie in perpetual darkness, researchers said. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

The gadgets which stood out at CES
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which wrapped up on Friday in Las Vegas featured a dazzling array of high-tech gadgetry. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Space station to dodge superfast debris
The International Space Station will need to dodge a small but superfast piece of orbiting communication debris Friday morning, the U.S. Space Command said. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Smart appliances set to transform the home
You're at work when you get word of unexpected dinner guests. No problem. Smart appliances to the rescue. ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Scientists Discover a Saturn-like Ring System Eclipsing a Sun-like Star
A team of astrophysicists from the University of Rochester and Europe has discovered a ring system in the constellation Centaurus that invites comparisons to Saturn. The scientists, led by Ass ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Express spots wrinkle ridges and grabens in Tempe Terra
Tempe Terra is located at the northeastern edge of the Tharsis volcanic region and forms the transition zone between the southern highlands and the northern lowlands. This area is characterised by a ... more
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EXO LIFE

Loss of Planetary Tilt Could Doom Alien Life
Although winter now grips much of the Northern Hemisphere, those who dislike the cold weather can rest assured that warmer months shall return. This familiar pattern of spring, summer, fall an ... more
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TECH SPACE

ESA Coordinates International Satellite Reentry Campaign For Phobos-Grunt
An international campaign to assess the imminent atmospheric reentry of Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars craft is being coordinated by experts in ESA's Space Debris Office. Participants include NASA and R ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Planets around stars are the rule rather than the exception
There are more exoplanets further away from their parent stars than originally thought, according to new astrophysics research. In a new paper appearing in the Jan. 12 edition of the journal, ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Science Lab Completes Biggest Maneuver On Route To Mars
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the biggest maneuver planned for the mission's journey between Earth and Mars. "We've completed a ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Android-powered watches get Internet savvy
The Internet was strapped to wrists at the Consumer Electronics Show on Wednesday in the form of Android-powered "smart watches" that serve up online content along with telling time. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Canaveral has busy 2012 launch schedule
The director of Florida's Cape Canaveral rocket range says a busy 2012 launch schedule is proof there's life after the end of NASA's shuttle program. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Boeing begins NASA solar electric propulsion study
Boeing has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies. Under the $600,000 firm, fixed-price contract, Boeing will ev ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Kepler discovery establishes new class of planetary systems
Using data from NASA's Kepler Mission, astronomers announced the discovery of two new transiting "circumbinary" planet systems - planets that orbit two stars. This work establishes that such "two su ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Planet Population is Plentiful
An international team, including three astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO), has used the technique of gravitational microlensing to measure how common planets are in the Milky W ... more
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MARSDAILY

Stranded Mars probe to crash into ocean Sunday: Russia
Russia's space agency on Wednesday pinpointed the likely trajectory of its stranded Mars probe, Phobos-Grunt, predicting it would crash into the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta later this week. ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Kepler Mission Finds Three Smallest Exoplanets
Astronomers using data from NASA's Kepler mission have discovered the three smallest planets yet detected orbiting a star beyond our sun. The planets orbit a single star, called KOI-961, and are 0.7 ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Open-source robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs
Robotics experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the University of Washington (UW) have completed a set of seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research la ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Milky Way teaming with 'billions' of planets: study
The Milky Way is home to far more planets than previously thought, boosting the odds that at least one of them may harbour life, according to a study released Wednesday. ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Scientists searching for Earth-type planets should consider two-star system
A group of astrophysicists from The University of Texas at Arlington plans to expand the discussion about a newly discovered planet orbiting two stars by presenting a study suggesting where an Earth ... more
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TECH SPACE

ARISSat-1/KEDR amateur radio satellite deorbits
On January 4, 2012, the Amateur Radio satellite, ARISSat-1/KEDR ended its 5 month mission as it deorbited through Earth's atmosphere. A report from the AMSAT web site states, "The last full telemetr ... more
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MARSDAILY

The Challenges of Building A House on Mars
Going to Mars? Expect to stay a while. Because of the relative motions of Earth and Mars, the pioneering astronauts who touch down on the Martian surface will have to remain there for a year and a h ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Ball Aerospace Submits Cryogenic Propellant Storage Mission Concept to NASA
Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has submitted a mission concept study to NASA for the storage and transfer of cryogenic propellants in space. Ball Aerospace was one of four companies awa ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

High-tech gadget show opens doors in Vegas
The International Consumer Electronics Show kicked off on Tuesday with a dazzling array of high-tech gadgetry including ultra-thin laptops, snazzy smartphones, iPad rivals and flat-screen and 3D TVs. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Orion Drop Test - Jan. 06, 2012
After six months of testing, an 18,000 pound (8,165 kg) Orion mockup took its final splash into NASA Langley Research Center's Hydro Impact Basin on Jan. 6. Orion, the next deep space explorat ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russia was well aware of Phobos-Grunt mission risks
Phobos-Grunt, a failed Russian sample mission to a Martian moon, was launched despite risks of which Russian scientists were well aware, the head of the Russian space agency said on Tuesday. P ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Google sees Android enhancing home appliances
Google's Android software is best known for powering smartphones, but executive chairman Eric Schmidt sees a future where it could also help devices communicate at home. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Solid state Swiss Army Knife can save digital lives
Victorinox has pulled from its technology pocket a version of its vaunted Swiss Army knife equipped with a solid state drive capable of holding all of the digital data in a person's life. ... more
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