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LRO Spectrometer Detects Helium in Moon's AtmosphereBoulder CO (SPX) Aug 17, 2012 Scientists using the Lyman Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter have made the first spectroscopic observations of the noble gas helium in the tenuous atmosphere surrounding the Moon. These remote-sensing observations complement in-situ measurements taken in 1972 by the Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment (LACE) deployed by Apollo 17. Although LAMP was designed to map the lunar surface, the team expanded its science investigation to examine the far ultraviolet ... read more |
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  Opportunity is on the Move Again Opportunity is on the move again at the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. On Sols 3036 and 3037 (Aug. 8 and 9, 2012), the rover completed a set of Alpha Particle X-ray Spe ... more | .. |
 How a Mars Sample Return Mission Can Go Electric Solving the mystery of life on Mars requires robots to collect Martian samples for a return to Earth - a mission that may come with the astronomical price tag of $5 billion to $10 billion. That roun ... more | .. |
  NASA Selects Green Propellant Technology Demonstration Mission NASA has selected a team led by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation of Boulder, Colo., for a technology demonstration of a high performance "green" propellant alternative to the highly toxic ... more | .. |
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 Curiosity Finds Humor on Mars Who knew that landing a rover on Mars could be so funny? But when NASA's Curiosity successfully touched down on Mars last week, the outpouring of jokes really took off. Ever since the Mars Sci ... more | .. |
  ATV-3 Vehicle Fails to Adjust Space Station Orbit The European Space Agency's ATV-3 space freighter failed on Wednesday to readjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), a space industry source said. Another attempt could be mad ... more | .. |
 Microsemi Space Solutions On Board Historic Mars Rover Mission Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, has extended its congratulations to NASA and the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) for ... more | .. |
  Russia: Wayward rocket no threat to ISS A Russian rocket that failed to put its payload into orbit is not a threat to the International Space Station, Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos said. ... more |
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North Korea's Kim oversees ICBM engine test: state media
SKorea, Japan defense chiefs meet amid growing NKorea concerns
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  NASA Historic Test Stands Make Way for New Reusable Robotic Lander Neig The landscape around two historic test stands at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has changed and now features a free-flying robotic lander that will demonstrate automated re ... more | .. |
 Ball Aerospace Incorporates Enhanced Data Communication for JPSS-1 Satellite Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. will incorporate essential data communication enhancements for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1), currently under development for an early 2017 launch. ... more | .. |
 Hypersonic vehicle fails flight test: US Air Force A flight test of an experimental unmanned vehicle designed to fly at hypersonic speeds has ended in failure, the US Air Force said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 India to launch Mars mission: PM India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh confirmed on Wednesday after press reports that the mission was scheduled to begin late next year. ... more |
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 Orbiter Views New Mars Rover In Color The first color image taken from orbit showing NASA's rover Curiosity on Mars includes details of the layered bedrock on the floor of Gale Crater that the rover is beginning to investigate. Operator ... more | .. |
 Contact established with wayward Russian satellite Contact had been established with one of two off-course telecom satellites but it would not be possible to direct it to the designated orbit, its manufacturer said Monday. Telemetric data show ... more | .. |
 NASA's 'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Flies Again at Marshall The "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, is soaring high again for a series of tests being conducted at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Since its last round ... more | .. |
  Pre launch verifications are underway for next Soyuz mission Europe's Galileo Flight Model #3 (FM3) satellite is undergoing checkout at the Spaceport in preparation for launch along with its "sister" FM4 co-passenger on Arianespace's next Soyuz mission from F ... more |
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EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashion
Philippine contractors allege lawmaker payoffs in flood control scandal
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  Dawn Engineers Assess Reaction Wheel Engineers working on NASA's Dawn spacecraft are assessing the status of a reaction wheel - part of a system that helps the spacecraft point precisely - after onboard software powered it off on Aug. ... more | .. |
 ISS crew to embark on two spacewalks in August Four International Space Station crew members will embark on two spacewalks to install new equipment and replace defective installations, the US space agency NASA said Tuesday. ... 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 | .. |
US military to test hypersonic vehicle over Pacific The US military plans to launch a hypersonic unmanned vehicle in a test flight Tuesday over the Pacific, with the X-51A due to reach mind-boggling speeds of Mach 6, a spokesman said. ... more |
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 GSAT-10 "spreads its wings" in preparation for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 launch India's GSAT-10 telecommunications satellite - which is one of two passengers for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 mission in September - has been put through its paces during pre-flight preparations ... more | .. |
  NASA Selects Space Biology Research Proposals NASA selected 15 experiments to be funded through its most recent research announcement for opportunities in space biology research. Ten of these experiments will be conducted aboard the Internation ... more | .. |
  Florida Spaceport Stakes Claim to Commercial Missions The three American companies building next-generation spacecraft that NASA could call on to carry astronauts into orbit in the future will perform much of their work along Florida's Space Coast, hom ... more | .. |
 New Way of Turning Station Offers Fuel Savings on Orbit The launch of the 48th Progress resupply vehicle to the International Space Station marked two technical firsts for station operations: it was the first same-day rendezvous and docking of a spacecra ... more |
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Deep Fission secures $30M to advance underground nuclear reactors
Ethiopia to inaugurate Africa's biggest dam
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 NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Installing Smarts for Driving NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its strong robotic arm. The rover's "brain transpl ... more | .. |
 NASA's Curiosity Beams Back a Color 360 of Gale Crater The first images from Curiosity's color Mast Camera, or Mastcam, have been received by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The 130 low-resolution thumbnails, which wer ... more | .. |
 Dutch reality show to offer one-way tickets to Mars As the world marvels at the latest US Mars landing, a Dutch start-up is aiming to beat NASA at its own game by sending the first humans to the red planet - and film all as a reality show. ... more | .. |
 UCLA scientist discovers plate tectonics on Mars For years, many scientists had thought that plate tectonics existed nowhere in our solar system but on Earth. Now, a UCLA scientist has discovered that the geological phenomenon, which involves the ... more |
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Mars rover captures crash landing NASA said Friday that a mysterious spot shown on a photograph sent back to Earth by the Mars rover Curiosity was the crash landing of its rocket stage. ... more | .. |
 Fuel Pipe to Blame for Proton Launch Failure Monday's failed satellite launch was caused by a fault in a fuel pipe, Kommersant daily reported on Thursday, citing a source in the government inquiry. The source said telemetry showed that p ... more | .. |
 Medvedev to Name and Shame Failed Satellite Launch Officials Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he will name officials responsible for Monday's failed satellite launch next week. "I would like to hold a meeting on this next week. It will ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong people share joy of China's manned space program Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said Friday that Hong Kong people shared the joy of the nation's remarkable achievements in its manned space mission, which has made all Chinese people proud. At t ... more |
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