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US joins effort to draw up space 'code of conduct'Washington (AFP) Jan 17, 2012 The United States pledged Tuesday to join an EU-led effort to develop a space "code of conduct" that would set rules for orbiting spacecraft and for mitigating the growing problem of orbiting debris. "The long-term sustainability of our space environment is at serious risk from space debris and irresponsible actors," said a statement from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. "In response to these challenges, the United States has decided to join with the European Union and other nations to develo ... read more |
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  Shenzhou 9 Behind the Curtain The first crew to fly to a Chinese space laboratory could lift off within three months. The launch of the Shenzhou 9 mission to the Tiangong 1 module could take place at the end of March or early Ap ... more | .. |
  Lost in simulated space on the way to Mars China's Wang Yue was one of astronauts in the Mars-500 project to discover the effects of prolonged space flight on the body and mind. Wang Ru reports. Wang Yue, who is still recovering from 5 ... more | .. |
 China Plans to Launch 30 Satellites in 2012 China is planning to launch 21 carrier rockets with 30 satellites in 2012, the China Aerospace and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Wednesday. The country's ambitious space program will s ... more | .. |
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 Voyager Instrument Cooling After Heater Turned off In order to reduce power consumption, mission managers have turned off a heater on part of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, dropping the temperature of its ultraviolet spectrometer instrument more than ... more | .. |
  Montana Students Pick Winning Names for Moon Craft Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names, thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Mont. Their winning entry, "Ebb and Flow," was se ... more | .. |
  Saturn moon more Earth-like than thought Saturn's moon Titan may be more like Earth-like than previously thought with a layered atmosphere just like our planet, European researchers said. ... more | .. |
 Students rename NASA moon probes Ebb and Flow A pair of unmanned NASA spacecraft that are orbiting the Moon were renamed Ebb and Flow on Tuesday by a middle school class in Montana, the US space agency announced. ... more |
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AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE
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 US may be behind Mars probe failure: Russia Russia on Tuesday said the failure of its Phobos-Grunt probe for Mars could have been caused by radiation from US radars, in its latest allegation of Western interference in its space programme. ... more | .. |
  SpaceX delays February flight to space stationl SpaceX said Tuesday it has postponed its February test flight of the Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the first-ever bid by a private company to dock at the orbiting lab. ... more | .. |
 Another Russian Mars Mission Fails The ill-fated Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe reentered on Sunday at 1745 GMT (12:45 p.m. EST). Most of the surviving pieces reportedly fell into the Pacific Ocean. About two months ago Phobos ... more | .. |
  A new dawn over 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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 Goddard Spacecraft Cleanroom Goes Green For Magnetospheric Multiscale Fab When it launches in 2014, NASA's new Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission will give scientists unprecedented insights into a little-understood physical process at the heart all space weather. Thi ... more | .. |
  NASA Moves Shuttle Engines From Kennedy To Stennis The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center's Engine Shop in Cape Canaveral, Fla., is underway. The RS-25D flight engines, repurposed for NASA's Space ... more | .. |
  Re-thinking an Alien World Forty light years from Earth, a rocky world named "55 Cancri e" circles perilously close to a stellar inferno. Completing one orbit in only 18 hours, the alien planet is 26 times closer to its paren ... more | .. |
 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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AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection
Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study
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  A new Artificial Intelligence technique to speed the planning of tasks when resources are limited Scientists at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M) have presented a new technique based on Artificial Intelligence that can automatically create plans, allowing problems to be solved with much gr ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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 Russia Mars probe 'crashes into Pacific': military 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. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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