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April 12, 2012
LAUNCH PAD
Dragon Expected to Set Historic Course
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Apr 12, 2012
The upcoming launch of a SpaceX spacecraft and rocket on a demonstration flight to the International Space Station is expected to cross a key milestone on the path to operational, commercial missions. "It's almost like the lead-up to Apollo, in my mind," said Mike Horkachuck, NASA's project executive for SpaceX. "You had Mercury then you had Gemini and eventually you had Apollo. This would be similar in the sense that, we're not going to the moon or anything as spectacular as that, but we are in t ... read more

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STATION NEWS

Learn to dock ATV the astronaut way
Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? ESA is making actual astronaut training available on your computer and tablet, so you can see for yourself. ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle ... more
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EXO LIFE

Could "advanced" dinosaurs rule other planets
New scientific research raises the possibility that advanced versions of T. rex and other dinosaurs - monstrous creatures with the intelligence and cunning of humans - may be the life forms that evo ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

United Launch Alliance Announces New Human Launch Services Organization
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced the formation of a new organization that will focus exclusively on NASA's human spaceflight programs. ULA's Human Launch Services organization will b ... more
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MOON DAILY

Russia postpones Luna-Glob moon mission
Russia's Luna-Glob moon mission will see its first moon landing in 2015, a year later than originally planned, the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences said Tuesday. "We ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Study On Extrasolar Planet Orbits Suggests That Solar System Structure Is The Norm
Recently, the HARPS spectrograph and the Kepler satellite made a census of the planetary population around stars like our own, revealing a bounty of planetary systems. A follow-up study lead by memb ... more
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STATION NEWS

Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES)
The Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) is the first onboard mechanically cooled superconducting mixer and high-resolution system for measuring atmospheric minor consti ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

New 'rocket' can go to moon on 100 cc fuel
A lightweight satellite thruster can go to the Moon on just 100 ml of fuel, slashing cost of space missions. The mini motor uses electricity to expel ions and generate thrust, built to manoeuvre spa ... 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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TIME AND SPACE

NASA to Fly Deep Space Atomic Clock to Improve Navigation Technology
When people think of space technologies, many think of high-tech solar panels, complex and powerful propulsion systems or sophisticated, electronic guidance systems. Another critical piece of spacef ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Private Lunar mission and the future of space tourism
Teams from America, Europe and Asia compete for the Google Lunar X-Prize. At stake are $30 mln. The aim is to send privately funded mission to the Moon, to land a robot on its surface able to travel ... more
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TECH SPACE

NASA Selects Loral Platform to Help Enable Next Era of Space Communications
Space Systems/Loral is teaming with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to host a laser communications relay demonstration (LCRD) on a commercial satellite to be launched in 2016. NASA 's Space Techn ... more
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EXO WORLDS

When Stellar Metallicity Sparks Planet Formation
In new research, scientists have attempted to determine the precise conditions necessary for planets to form in a star system. Jarrett Johnson and Hui Li of Los Alamos National Laboratory assert tha ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Open access to science research debated
One of the world's largest research charities, Britain's Wellcome Trust, says it will support efforts by scientists to make their work freely available for all. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Express - Pit chains on the Tharsis volcanic bulge
In the Tharsis volcanic region, almost the size of Europe, the Martian highlands have arched up into a shield several thousand metres in height as a consequence of volcanic processes. Quite a few un ... more
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TECH SPACE

Space Debris Remediation - Who Are We Kidding?
Over the past few years we have endured idea after idea on how to remove space debris. The list is almost endless. There is the ground-based high energy laser that will zap trash right out of space. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

NASA Awards Launch Contract For Goes-R And Goes-S Missions
NASA has selected United Launch Services, LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R and S, or GOES-R and GOES-S. The spacecraft will launch in Octob ... more
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AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection
Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study
Asteroid tells secrets of Earth's 'far wetter' building blocks
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ROBO SPACE

U.S. offers $2 million for rescue robot
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency says it is offering a $2 million prize for the design of an advanced rescue robot. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Russia Plans to Launch Lunar Rovers to Moon after 2020
Russia plans to send two lunar rovers to Moon after 2020 and a landing station after 2022 as the first steps to form the future manned lunar base there, the country's Academy of Sciences said in its ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Russia Plans First Tourist Spaceport
The Uniparx Development company said on Thursday it was planning to build a spaceport in central Russia near the birthplace of Yury Gagarin, the first man to conquer space. The Russian spacepo ... more
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MARSDAILY

Post Solstice Rover Takes The Opportunity For A Wiggle
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. The winter solstice (March ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russia and Europe give boost to Mars robotic mission
Russia's participation in ExoMars program is approaching. A meeting of ESA and Roscosmos is scheduled for April, 6. The European landing mission to Mars may prove to be a salvation for the Russian ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Easy Robotic Design and Production
An ambitious new project to reinvent how robots are designed and produced is being funded by a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). A team of researchers from MIT, Harvard U ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Russia Wants To Bind Satellite To Apophis Asteroid
Russia plans to send a satellite with a radio beacon to near-Earth asteroid of 99942 Apophis for finding out how big is a threat of its collision with Earth, the country's Academy of Sciences said i ... more
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EXO WORLDS

NASA Extends Kepler, Spitzer, Planck Missions
NASA is extending three missions affiliated with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. - Kepler, the Spitzer Space Telescope and the U.S. portion of the European Space Agency's Planck mi ... more
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Boeing accelerates spacecraft production with 3D-printed solar panel structures
New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
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MOON DAILY

Russia to explore moon
Russian scientists said Saturday they plan to put two lunar rovers on the moon by 2020 and a landing station after 2022. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Russia wants to puts satellite on asteroid
Russian scientists said Saturday they plan on binding a satellite with a radio beacon to an asteroid that will pass close to Earth. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars missions race, India takes lead
India aims at sending an orbiter to Mars in 2013. The race for the Red planet unwinds with NASA planning a launch for the same 2013 fiscal year and China somewhat lagging behind. Earlier this month ... more
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MARSDAILY

12-Mile-High Martian Dust Devil Caught In Act
A Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles high (20 kilometers) was captured whirling its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14. It was imaged by the High Resolution I ... more
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EXO LIFE

In the Beginning ... Was the Beaker?
In the beginning ... but how do you begin? That question has long perplexed scientists in fields from cosmology to anthropology. Fortunately, researchers at the Office of Science's Brookhaven Nation ... more
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EXO WORLDS

NASA's Kepler Mission Awarded Mission Extension
NASA's Kepler mission has been approved for extension through fiscal year 2016 based on a recommendation from the agencys Senior Review of its operating missions. The extension provides four a ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini makes simultaneous measurements of Saturn's nightside aurora and electric current system
Since the NASA / ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004, astronomers and space scientists have been able to study the ringed planet and its moons in great detail. Now, for the firs ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Plutonium to Pluto: Russian nuclear space travel breakthrough
A ground-breaking Russian nuclear space-travel propulsion system will be ready by 2017 and will power a ship capable of long-haul interplanetary missions by 2025, giving Russia a head start in the o ... more
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