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February 15, 2012
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ILS Proton Successfully Launches SES-4
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Feb 15, 2012
International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SES-4 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit today on an ILS Proton for SES of Luxembourg (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG). This was the 20th SES satellite launched on ILS Proton and the 70th ILS Proton launch overall. The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the Cosmodrome at 1:36 a.m. today local time (2:36 p.m. EST, 20:36 ... read more

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TECH SPACE

Space debris in the spotlight
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TECH SPACE

JPL and Caltech Cubesat Proposals Move Forward
NASA has selected 33 small satellites - including two Cubesats from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in partnership with the California Institute of Technology, both in Pasadena - to fly as auxiliary p ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Reaches Higher With Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request
NASA has announced a $17.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2013 supporting an ambitious program of space exploration that will build on new technologies and proven capabilities to expand Amer ... more
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MARSDAILY

Martian Carbon Dioxide Clouds Tied To Atmospheric Gravity Waves
On 4 March 1997 the Mars Pathfinder lander fell through the thin Martian atmosphere. During its descent, instrumentation aboard the lander recorded the changing atmospheric temperature, pressure, an ... more
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TECH SPACE

Lockheed Martin-Built Milstar Satellite Surpasses 10-Year On-Orbit Design Life
The second Milstar II military communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service, providing our nation's war ... more
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STATION NEWS

Advanced Communications Testbed for Space Station
New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications and Navigation Testbed - designed and bui ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA kills Mars deal with Europe
The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain. ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Chinese defence minister tells US counterpart containing China 'futile'
China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs
Russian drones in Poland put NATO to the test
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ESA's new Vega launcher scores success on maiden flight
Vega, ESA's new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ... more
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MARSDAILY

No future for Mars?
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STATION NEWS

Europe's ATV space ferry set for launch to Space Station
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Europe delighted as new rocket notches up success
Europe on Monday successfully launched a new lightweight rocket carrying a test payload, culminating a more than 12-year quest to master the entire range of space launchers. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Unique Testbed Soon Will Be in Space
New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station after a launch later this year from Japan. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications ... more
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MARSDAILY

New Views Show Old NASA Mars Landers
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recorded a scene on Jan. 29, 2012, that includes the first color image from orbit showing the thr ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Energy Levels Decreasing As Winter Takes Hold
Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for ... more
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NASA Seeks Game Changing Technology Payloads for Suborbital Research Flights
NASA is seeking proposals for small technology payloads that could fly on future NASA-sponsored suborbital flights. These future flights will travel to the edge of space and back, testing the innova ... more
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OUTER PLANETS

New Horizons on Approach: 22 AU Down, Just 10 to Go
Few spacecraft travel 10 astronomical units during their entire mission. But with New Horizons already logging more than twice that distance on its way to Pluto, coming to within 10 AU of its main t ... more
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SATURN DAILY

The Rings of Saturn and Enceladus
A crescent Enceladus appears with Saturn's rings in this Cassini spacecraft view of the moon. The famed jets of water ice emanating from the south polar region of the 504 km-diameter moon are ... more
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MARSDAILY

Venezuela Mars mission after 2030
Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez said Friday his country would be able to send a mission to Mars after 2030. "Venezuela has stepped onto the road to space," Chavez said on national television. ... more
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April new date for SpaceX capsule launch
Private space company SpaceX says late April is its new target for a launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Europe stakes billion-dollar bet on new rocket
A pencil-slim rocket is scheduled to lift into space from South America on Monday, carrying a billion-dollar bet that Europe can grab a juicy slice of the market to place satellites in low orbit. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Scientists say Obama Mars cuts to hit research
The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Obama budget slashes Mars exploration
The budget proposed Monday by US President Barack Obama for fiscal year 2013 would slash $226 million from the US space agency's Mars exploration program, likely axing a planned partnership with Europe. ... more
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Rockot to launch two Sentinel satellites
ESA and Eurockot have signed contracts for launching two ESA satellites: Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-3A will fly in 2013 on Rockot vehicles from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia for Europe's ... more
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Boeing accelerates spacecraft production with 3D-printed solar panel structures
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MARSDAILY

Mars Science Lab Computer Issue Resolved
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MARSDAILY

Spectra Systems Products on Their Way to Mars
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SPACE MEDICINE

Astrogenetix and NASA Sign Agreement to Continue Developing Medicines in Space to Save Lives on Earth
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STATION NEWS

Astronaut Don Pettit Shares Passion for Science from Space
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DRAGON SPACE

Space-tracking ship Yuanwang VI concludes trip
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SPACE TRAVEL

Sierra Nevada Delivers Flight Test Vehicle Structure
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SPACE TRAVEL

Space tours to the Moon - why not?
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TECH SPACE

Iran Launches New Home-Made Satellite into Orbit
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