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Researchers find evidence of ice content at the moon's south poleBoston MA (SPX) Jun 21, 2012 If humans are ever to inhabit the moon, the lunar poles may well be the location of choice: Because of the small tilt of the lunar spin axis, the poles contain regions of near-permanent sunlight, needed for power, and regions of near-permanent darkness containing ice - both of which would be essential resources for any lunar colony. The area around the moon's Shackleton crater could be a prime site. Scientists have long thought that the crater - whose interior is a permanently sunless abyss - may ... read more |
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  US military launches new satellite into space The US military launched an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday carrying a top secret satellite into space, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Space is Big, But Getting Smaller Last week there was an event that tells us the "end" is nearing; the end of BIG SPACE. Ever since the first satellite was launched some 55 years ago, the space community has thought of space as bein ... more | .. |
  Orbiter Out of Precautionary 'Safe Mode' NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has been taken out of a protective status called safe mode. Remaining steps toward resuming all normal spacecraft activities will probably be completed by next week. ... more | .. |
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 Researchers calculate size of particles in Martian clouds of CO2 snow In the dead of a Martian winter, clouds of snow blanket the Red Planet's poles - but unlike our water-based snow, the particles on Mars are frozen crystals of carbon dioxide. Most of the Martian atm ... more | .. |
  Seven scientists named as research team leaders for NSBRI The National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) has enlisted seven of the nation's top scientists to serve as team leaders in its efforts to protect astronaut health during long-duration sp ... more | .. |
  Robotics 101 - With NASA's Chris McQuin + Jaret Matthews When you hear the word "robot," you might think of Hollywood creations such as the Terminator, C-3PO or Megatron. Thankfully, the reality of current robotics isn't quite that sinister, emotional or ... more | .. |
  Rocket Scientist Who 'Spied for China' Freed The former head of a Russian rocket technology firm who was jailed in 2007 for selling state secrets to China has been released on parole, Radio Liberty reported. Igor Reshetin, the former dir ... more |
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Australia to deploy fleet of underwater strike drones
Pacific Island leaders back 'ocean of peace' at fraught summit
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 Backup Plans for Tiangong So far, so good. The first crewed expedition to China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory has been highly successful, with three astronauts travelling to the module and beginning work. In just a few days, ... more | .. |
 A milestone in launcher preparations for Arianespace's fourth Ariane 5 flight of 2012 Initial assembly of the fourth Ariane 5 for launch by Arianespace in 2012 has been completed at the Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a new milestone in preparations for a mission to loft a dual-p ... more | .. |
 ESA tests self-steering rover in 'Mars' desert ESA assembled a top engineering team then challenged them to devise a way for rovers to navigate on alien planets. Six months later, a fully autonomous vehicle was charting its own course through Ch ... more | .. |
  Did You Say 1.2 Billion Particles Per Month? If you want to understand the origin of the universe, you need a lot of power. That's exactly why the International Space Station is the perfect research platform for the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer ... more |
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 Boeing Completes CDR of MEXSAT Geomobile Satellite System Boeing and its supplier partners have completed the Critical Design Review of the MEXSAT Geomobile Satellite Communications System with their customer, the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes ... more | .. |
 Robot 'finger' more sensitive than human's Researchers in California say a robot equipped with a sensor to mimic the human fingertip has a touch more sensitive than a human's. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin ATC Delivers Flight Hardware For Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission Engineers and scientists at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) have completed delivery of key hardware subsystems for NASA's Magnetosphereic Multiscale mission (MMS). ... more | .. |
 Grand Finish For X-37B After a marathon 15-month mission in orbit, the second X-37B spaceplane has finally landed. Launched by the US Air Force on a semi-secret mission, the mission has apparently flown a successful missi ... more |
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Global search and rescue system gets recognition as real lifesaver
Solar flare ions reach extreme temperatures in breakthrough study
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  2nd Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Successfully Completes 1st Flight Boeing reports the successful de-orbit and landing of the second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office. The X-37B landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5 ... more | .. |
 X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle lands at Vandenberg The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:48 a.m. (PDT) June 16. OTV-2, which launched from Cape Canaveral ... more | .. |
 Robots get a feel for the world at USC Viterbi What does a robot feel when it touches something? Little or nothing until now. But with the right sensors, actuators and software, robots can be given the sense of feel - or at least the ability to ... more | .. |
 China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more |
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 Instrument Integration Begins at Goddard on MMS Spacecraft The decks have arrived. Engineers working on NASA'S Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission have started integrating instruments on the first of four instrument decks in a newly fabricated cleanroom ... more | .. |
 China develops new rocket engine China announced Thursday that it has developed a new engine for its new generation of carrier rockets, making it the second in the world to harness such engine technologies. The 120-tonne liqu ... more | .. |
 Liu Yang: China's first female astronaut As a child, Liu Yang once wanted to be a bus conductor and later had her sights set on becoming a lawyer, but decades later she has travelled into space as China's first ever female astronaut. ... more | .. |
 First astronauts enter orbiting China space module Three Chinese astronauts on Monday entered an orbiting module for the first time, in a move broadcast live on China's state television network and a key step towards the nation's first space station. ... more |
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China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs
Boeing says will hire replacements for striking US defense workers
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 China astronauts enter space module for first time Three Chinese astronauts on Monday entered an orbiting module for the first time, a key step towards the nation's first space station, in a move broadcast live on China's state television network. ... more | .. |
  West must cut appetite for cars and TVs, says UN official Rich countries will have to stop the consumer high life as part of any deal to heal the world's social and environmental stresses, a top UN official said ahead of a key development summit this week. ... more | .. |
 Flying to space is also women's work: Russian cosmonaut There are no jobs specifically for men or women, so flying to space is also women's work, former Soviet female cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya told Xinhua in an interview. Savitskaya, 63, who fl ... more | .. |
  Cassini Sees Tropical Lakes on Saturn Moon NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spied long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in the "tropics" of Saturn's moon Titan. One of the tropical lakes appears to be about half the size of Utah's Great Salt ... more |
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 Contingency plans to address 700 space scenarios China has designed contingency plans to address more than 700 emergencies during the Shenzhou-9 space mission, which includes both automated and manual docking between the spaceship and the target o ... more | .. |
 China's manned space mission "hits target": Russian expert The successful launching of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft on Saturday proves again China's grasp of essential space techniques and shows Chinese vision on how to develop the space program with steady st ... more | .. |
  NASA Releases Workshop Data and Findings on Asteroid 2011 AG5 Researchers anticipate that asteroid 2011 AG5, discovered in January 2011, will fly safely past and not impact Earth in 2040. Current findings and analysis data were reported at a May 29 works ... more | .. |
 Dawn Easing into its Final Science Orbit After successfully completing nearly five months scrutinizing the giant asteroid Vesta at its lowest orbit altitude, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin its final major science data-gathering phase at ... more |
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