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April 27, 2012
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Three astronauts land on Earth from ISS in Russian capsule
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 27, 2012
Three astronauts on Friday landed safely in the Kazakh steppe aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule after a stay of almost six months aboard the International Space Station. Live NASA TV footage showed Russians Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin and NASA astronaut Dan Burbank touched down at 1145 GMT under a clear blue sky after deploying a massive parachute that helped their capsule glide safely through the lower reaches of orbit. ... read more

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MARSDAILY

Martian Volcanic Glass Could Be Hotspot for Life
Glass sand on Mars may point the way to chemically-rich water ideal for hosting life. The newly discovered glass dune fields, spread across almost a third of the planet, likely formed from interacti ... more
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MOON DAILY

Moon Express Delivers Lunar Mission Design Report for mining the Moon for precious resources
Moon Express has announced that it has successfully delivered a mission design package to NASA under its Innovative Lunar Demonstration Data (ILDD) Program, providing NASA continuing data on the dev ... more
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SATURN DAILY

NASA Research Estimates How Long Titan's Chemical Factory Has Been in Business
Saturn's giant moon Titan hides within a thick, smoggy atmosphere that's well-known to scientists as one of the most complex chemical environments in the solar system. It's a productive "factory" cr ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

ORBITEC and Sierra Nevada Space Systems Begin Testing Dream Chaser Life Support and Thermal Systems
Orbital Technologies (ORBITEC) is the prime contractor for Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) and Thermal Control System (TCS) for the Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Dream Chas ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Express explores the roots of Martian volcanoes
Recent analysis of radio signals sent back by ESA's Mars Express orbiter has enabled a team of Belgian and German scientists to probe deep beneath the surface of Mars. The first targeted, high resol ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Finds Saturn Moon has Planet-Like Qualities
Data from NASA's Cassini mission reveal Saturn's moon Phoebe has more planet-like qualities than previously thought. Scientists had their first close-up look at Phoebe when Cassini began exploring t ... more
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STATION NEWS

Expedition 30 Crew Returning Home Friday
The six astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station packed cargo and shifted their sleep schedule Thursday as three Expedition 30 crew members prepare to return to Earth early F ... 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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EXO WORLDS

Three Earthlike planets identified by Cornell astronomers
It's not little green men, but it could be a step in that direction: Cornell astronomers, using data from the NASA Kepler Mission, have identified three Earthlike planets orbiting their own suns, al ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Space -- the next frontier for Hillary Clinton?
She has been the US secretary of state, a senator and nearly became president, but Hillary Clinton joked Thursday that she might want to try another role - space tourist. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Lava flows carved Mars valleys: study
Lava flows carved valleys on Mars, US scientists said Thursday amid a long-running debate over whether water or volcanoes formed part of the red planet's landscape. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn Reveals Secrets of Giant Asteroid Vesta
Findings from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal new details about the giant asteroid Vesta, including its varied surface composition, sharp temperature changes and clues to its internal structure. The f ... more
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EXO LIFE

Did Exploding Stars Help Life On Earth To Thrive?
Research by a Danish physicist suggests that the explosion of massive stars - supernovae - near the Solar System has strongly influenced the development of life. Prof. Henrik Svensmark of the Techni ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Indian rocket being fuelled for Risat-1 launch
With 5.47 am Thursday set for the blast-off of the Indian rocket carrying a remote sensing/earth observation satellite - Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) - into space, the Indian space agency is fu ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Company to Create 'Gas Stations' in Space
A company based in the northwestern United States called Planetary Resources says it plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals. Planetary Reso ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

J-2X Engine Ready For Second Test Series
The next-generation engine that will help carry humans deeper into space than ever is back, bigger and better. The J-2X engine is currently on the A-2 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mi ... 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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STATION NEWS

Three astronauts to land from ISS Friday
Three astronauts are due to land on Earth Friday after almost six months on board the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian flight control centre said on its website. ... more
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EXO LIFE

First fertile, then futile: ammonites or the boon and bane of many offspring
Ammonites changed their reproductive strategy from initially few and large offspring to numerous and small hatchlings. Thanks to their many offspring, they survived three mass extinctions, a researc ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

SpaceX aims for May 7 launch to ISS
SpaceX confirmed Tuesday it plans to launch a rocket and capsule on May 7 in a historic first flight of a private spaceship to the International Space Station. ... more
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SATURN DAILY

SwRI Scientists Assess Age Of Titan's Organic Atmosphere
Shrouded in a thick, complex, organic haze, Saturn's giant moon Titan is proving to be one of the most scientifically interesting destinations in the solar system. Titan's atmosphere, which is mostl ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Computer scoring of student work debated
Computers may someday help teachers grade their students' essays, and can provide results that mirror human scores, some U.S. educators say. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

US firm plans to mine asteroids
A startup backed by top Google executives and film director James Cameron on Tuesday unveiled a plan to mine asteroids for precious minerals and water. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Scientist unveils mind-controlled robot for paraplegics
A professor at a Swiss university on Tuesday unveiled a robot that can be controlled by the brainwaves of a paraplegic person wearing an electrode-fitted cap, news agency ATS reported. ... more
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MOON DAILY

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Brings 'Earthrise' to Everyone
Imagine yourself in orbit, your spacecraft flying backward with its small window facing down toward the surface of the moon. You peer out, scouring the ash-colored contours of the cratered landscape ... more
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Boeing accelerates spacecraft production with 3D-printed solar panel structures
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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ROBO SPACE

New brain-machine interface moves a paralyzed hand
A new Northwestern Medicine brain-machine technology delivers messages from the brain directly to the muscles - bypassing the spinal cord - to enable voluntary and complex movement of a paralyzed ha ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Intelsat 19 Satellite Arrives at Sea Launch Home Port Site
The spacecraft for the Intelsat-19 mission contracted for launch by Sea Launch AG has been delivered on April 17th to the "Home Port" launch complex in Long Beach, California. The Intelsat 19 ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Cassini Sees Objects Blazing Trails in Saturn Ring
Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange half-mile-sized (kilometer-sized) objects punching through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering trails b ... more
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MARSDAILY

People to Land on Mars in Next 40 Years
The world may see a manned spaceflight to Mars in the first half of this century, a prominent Russian academic said on Monday. "I think [a manned trip to Mars] will take place in the first hal ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Assembly begins for the third Ariane 5 to be launched in 2012
The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's third heavy-lift mission of 2012 is now taking shape at the Spaceport, using procedures that have become routine with this workhorse vehicle's operations from French G ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

The 'Missile Woman' behind Indian test launch
Hailed as a trail blazer in male-dominated India, Tessy Thomas juggles domestic duties with her day job - as the country's top ballistic missile expert. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Mechanical tests for SHEFEX
The SHEFEX II (SHarp Edge Flight EXperiment) spacecraft successfully withstood vibration on a shaker and spinning at two rotations per second. These tests represented the final simulation of the con ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Crash of hypersonic test craft analyzed
A U.S. military drone that hit 13,000 mph before crashing in the Pacific was damaged by the excessive heat of hypersonic flight, military officials say. ... more
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