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Ariane 5 ECA orbits EchoStar XVII and MSG-3Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Jul 06, 2012 On Thursday, July 5, Arianespace successfully launched two satellites: the dedicated Internet satellite EchoStar XVII for the American operator Hughes Network Systems, and the MSG-3 weather satellite for Eumetsat, the European Meteorological Satellite organization. The successful Ariane 5 launch once again proves the launcher's operational capabilities. Ariane 5 handles a complete range of missions, from commercial launches into geostationary orbit to launches into special orbits. This was the 63r ... read more |
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  Opportunity Uses Robotic Arm Tools on Rock Opportunity continues to explore the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater, specifically the transition layer between Cape York and Meridiani Planum. Mars Odyssey has returned ... more | .. |
  Planet-Forming Disk Turns Off Lights, Locks Doors That surprise you feel when your favorite store turns off its lights, locks up its doors, and suddenly, for no apparent reason, goes out of business? That's just how astronomers felt recently when a ... more | .. |
 Evidence for Mars Life Could Come From Phobos A mission to a martian moon could return with alien life, according to experts at Purdue University, but don't expect the invasion scenario presented by summer blockbusters like "Men in Black 3" or ... more | .. |
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 New Instrument Sifts Through Starlight to Reveal New Worlds An advanced telescope imaging system that started taking data last month is the first of its kind capable of spotting planets orbiting suns outside of our solar system. The collaborative set of high ... more | .. |
 Life's molecules could lie within reach of Mars Curiosity rover Stick a shovel in the ground and scoop. That's about how deep scientists need to go in order to find evidence for ancient life on Mars, if there is any to be found, a new study suggests. That's with ... more | .. |
 Study in Nature sheds new light on planet formation A study published in the July 5 edition of the journal Nature is challenging scientists' understanding of planet formation, suggesting that planets might form much faster than previously thought or, ... more | .. |
  Recognizing Telstar and the Birth of Global Communications Telstar, the satellite that made the world's first transmissions of live television possible in 1962, will be the subject of a program at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum July 12. The ... 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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 Butterfly ejecta and wrinkle ridges in Melas Dorsa On 17 April 2012, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft acquired im ... more | .. |
 Mars Panorama: Next Best Thing to Being There From fresh rover tracks to an impact crater blasted billions of years ago, a newly completed view from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the ruddy terr ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Receives DARPA ALASA Contract Award Lockheed Martin has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to receive a Phase I Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (ALASA) program study contract valued at about $6. ... more | .. |
 ATK Unveils Unique Liberty Capability ATK is pleased to announce an expanded crew and cargo capability. The extended cargo configuration will allow the Liberty spacecraft to take full advantage of the launch vehicle lift capacity to tra ... more |
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 Running on empty When you consider the cost of launching a satellite, it's small wonder that ESA is looking to keep them working as long as possible. For satellites offering communications services that are bought a ... more | .. |
  ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti set for ISS in 2014 ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has been assigned to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2014 for a long-duration mission aboard the International Space ... more | .. |
 Orion's First Test Flight Offers SLS a First Look at Hardware Operation, Integration When NASA conducts its first test launch of the Orion spacecraft in 2014, the crew module's designers will record invaluable data about its performance - from launch and flight, to re-entry and land ... more | .. |
  ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers returns to Earth ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, together with his Russian Commander Oleg Kononenko and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, has landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 08:14 GMT (10:14 CEST) in Soyuz TM ... 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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 Gaia checks out of antenna testing Entombed by the distinctive foam pyramids typical of test chambers, the main antenna of the Gaia billion-star surveyor has been put through its paces ahead of launch next year. The antenna will send ... more | .. |
 Avanti Announces Launch Date for HYLAS 2 Satellite Avanti Communications Group has announced that HYLAS 2, its second satellite, will launch at approximately 9.50pm UK-time on 2 August 2012 upon an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. HYLAS 2, which has a ... more | .. |
 The Road to Space The road to space is a long and arduous path, a meandering trip that in many ways is more demanding than the Space Station mission itself. Training to fly into space is also the next best thing to a ... more | .. |
  Explained: Near-miss asteroids On May 29, an asteroid the size of a bus came whizzing past Earth at 10 times the speed of a fired bullet. The near-miss asteroid, named 2012 KT42 - or "KT42" for short - streaked across the orbits ... more |
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  Most accurate robotic legs mimic human walking gait A group of US researchers has produced a robotic set of legs which they believe is the first to fully model walking in a biologically accurate manner. The biological accuracy of this robot, which ha ... more | .. |
 Muscle-like action allows camera to mimic human eye movement Using piezoelectric materials, researchers have replicated the muscle motion of the human eye to control camera systems in a way designed to improve the operation of robots. This new muscle-like act ... more | .. |
 Falling lizards use tail for mid-air twist, inspiring lizard-like 'RightingBot' Lizards, just like cats, have a knack for turning right side up and landing on their feet when they fall. But how do they do it? Unlike cats, which twist and bend their torsos to turn upright, lizar ... 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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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Fireworks Over Mars: The Spirit of 76 Pyrotechnics One month and a day after celebrating its independence with fireworks exhibitions throughout the country, America will carry its penchant for awe-inspiring aerial pyrotechnic displays to the skies o ... 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 |
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 NASA Unveils Orion During Ceremony The Orion capsule that will make the first flight test into space was celebrated Monday morning as the cornerstone of a new era of exploration for America's space program. The spacecraft's aluminum- ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  'Leap second' wreaks Internet havoc An adjustment of a mere second in the official global clock sent dozens of websites crashing in an incident reminiscent of the Y2K bug over a decade ago. ... more |
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