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New Planet-weighing Technique FoundWashington DC (SPX) Jul 03, 2012 Although there have been about 800 extra-solar planets discovered so far in our galaxy, the precise masses of the majority of them are still unknown, as the most-common planet-finding technique provides only a general idea of an object's mass. Previously, the only way to determine a planet's exact mass was if it transits-has an orbit that periodically eclipses that of its host star. Former Carnegie scientist Mercedes Lopez-Morales has, for the first time, determined the mass of a non-transiting pl ... read more |
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  Astrium contracts DLR for major parts of the EDRS ground network Astrium continues to drive the implementation of the European Data Relay System (EDRS). As prime contractor, Astrium Services has now contracted the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to implement and op ... more | .. |
  China set to launch bigger space program China will deploy bigger spacecraft for longer missions following the success of its Shenzhou 9 voyage, allowing it to build a manned space station and potentially put a man on the moon, experts said. ... more | .. |
  Titan's tides point to hidden ocean Nothing like it has been seen before beyond our own planet: large tides have been found on Saturn's moon Titan that point to a liquid ocean - most likely water - swirling around below the surface. O ... more | .. |
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  The B612 Foundation Announces The First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission In a press conference at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday morning, the B612 Foundation unveiled its plans to build, launch, and operate the first privately funded deep space mission - SEN ... more | .. |
 Innovative technique enables scientists to learn more about elusive exoplanet One of the first planets discovered outside of the Solar System, Tau Bootis b, has eluded numerous attempts to measure the light coming from its atmosphere and so has remained something of a mystery ... more | .. |
  Three astronauts land on Earth from ISS in Russian capsule A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts on Sunday landed on schedule in the Kazakh steppe, the Russian mission control said. ... more | .. |
 China open to cooperation Woman may be on next year's manned mission, Xin Dingding and Wang Qian report. The grasslands of Inner Mongolia can by no means be called big when compared with outer space. But they sur ... 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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 Nation has long way to go as space power China has no intention to compete with others and take the lead in space, said a senior official with the manned space program. China's manned space program aims to build a space station by 20 ... more | .. |
 An inspiring mission The moment the Shenzhou IX capsule landed safely in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Friday morning, China moved closer toward its goal of establishing a permanent space station. The Sh ... more | .. |
  Three Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne RS-68A Engines Power Delta IV Heavy Upgrade Vehicle on Inaugural Flight The sky rumbled and the ground shook as the three most powerful hydrogen-fueled liquid rocket engines ever built successfully boosted a U.S. government satellite into orbit. Developed by Pratt and W ... more | .. |
 ULA Delta IV Heavy Launches Second Payload in Nine Days for the NRO A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 9:15 a.m. EDT Friday. Designated ... more |
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 China competes with no one in space program: official China is not competing with other countries with its space program, said Wang Zhaoyao, director of China's manned space program office, here on Friday. Wang made the remarks at a press confere ... more | .. |
 Interview: China's manned space mission marks "great first step": U.S. expert The Shenzhou-9 manned space mission is a "great first step" for the future development of China's space program and also exciting news for people all around the world, a U.S. expert has said. ... more | .. |
 Dramatic change spotted on a faraway planet Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have seen dramatic changes in the upper atmosphere of a faraway planet. Just after a violent flare on its parent star bathed it in intense X-ray ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Commercial GEO Satellites Surpass 1,000 Years in Orbit The Lockheed Martin commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite fleet has achieved a significant milestone by accumulating 1,000 years of in-orbit operations. JCSAT-13, built for SKY Per ... 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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 ISS crew rests before return to Earth The crew of the International Space Station is having a day of rest Saturday before three of them return to Earth, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Martian moon Phobos could be life clue Evidence of life on Mars could come not from a mission to the Red Planet but from one sent to the martian moon Phobos, U.S. researchers said. ... more | .. |
Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth as heroes on Friday after carrying out China's most complex and longest mission in orbit, vital steps in the country's effort to build a space station by 2020. ... more | .. |
 Liberty second stage one step closer to production Astrium, the number one company in Europe for space technologies and systems, has successfully completed a set of tests on tank structures proving that key design and manufacturing processes used fo ... more |
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 ATK Signs Teaming Agreement for Liberty Transportation Service ATK (ATK) and Astrium North America have signed a teaming agreement with NanoRacks, LLC, for NanoRacks to market opportunities for both astronaut explorers and the experiments they plan to carry int ... more | .. |
 NASA Adds Orbital's Antares To Launch Services II Contract NASA has modified its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to add the Antares launch vehicle, formerly known as Taurus II, for future missions. ... more | .. |
 Haigh-Farr Supports SpaceX in First Docking of the Dragon Capsule to ISS Haigh-Farr congratulates Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) on its third successful launch of the Falcon 9 Rocket, the second flight of the Dragon spacecraft and the first docking of Dragon to ... more | .. |
 MSG-3 Now Installed In Ariane 5 The final payload integration phase has begun for Arianespace's heavy-lift mission on July 5, with Europe's MSG-3 meteorological satellite now installed on its workhorse Ariane 5 launcher at the Spa ... 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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 ATK Completes Software TIM for Liberty under NASA's Commercial Crew Program ATK (ATK) completed its Liberty software technical interface meeting (TIM), which was held to support further development of the Liberty space transportation system under the company's Space Act Agr ... more | .. |
 Exhumed rocks reveal Mars water ran deep By studying rocks blasted out of impact craters, ESA's Mars Express has found evidence that underground water persisted at depth for prolonged periods during the first billion years of the Red Plane ... 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 | .. |
  Rocketdyne Completes CCDev 2 Hot Fire Testing on Thruster for NASA Commercial Crew Program Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has completed a series of hot-fire tests on a service module thruster for Boeing's Commercial Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft. The CST-100 spacecraft, designed ... more |
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 Houston Workshop Marks Key Step in Planning Future Mars Missions A recent workshop conducted for NASA by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, marked a key step in the agency's effort to forge a new Mars strategy in the coming decades. A report that ... more | .. |
 Thruster Tests Completed for Boeing's CST-100 Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a series of tests on a thruster destined for Boeing's Commercial Space Transportation spacecraft, designated CST-100. Boeing is one of s ... more | .. |
Ex-NASA astronauts aim to launch asteroid tracker A private company made up of former NASA astronauts and US scientists said Thursday it is planning to build and launch its own space telescope to track dangerous asteroids and protect the Earth. ... more | .. |
 Orbital's Antares Medium-Class Launch Vehicle On-Ramped to NASA's NLS-II Program Orbital Sciences has successfully completed contract negotiations with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to "on-ramp" its Antares medium-class launch vehicle onto the NASA Lau ... more |
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