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September 14, 2012
ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA's Space Launch System Celebrates a Year of Powering Forward
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Sep 14, 2012
NASA is powering ahead toward new destinations in the solar system. This week marks one year of progress since the formation of the Space Launch System (SLS), the nation's next step in human exploration efforts. On Sept. 14, 2011, NASA announced a new capability for America's space program: a heavy-lift rocket designed to carry the Orion spacecraft and send astronauts farther into space than ever before. And now, one year later, NASA has made swift progress improving on existing hardware, testing ... read more

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TECH SPACE

Gaia Service Module Thermal Balance Thermal Vacuum testing completed
The Protoflight Model of the Gaia Service Module has successfully completed thermal balance and thermal vacuum testing in the SIMLES chamber at Intespace Toulouse. These tests verify the thermal per ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Rover Curiosity Arm Tests Nearly Complete
NASA's Mars Curiosity team has almost finished robotic arm tests in preparation for the rover to touch and examine its first Martian rock. Tests with the 7-foot (2.1-meter) arm have allowed th ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Rover Spectrometer Finishes Calibration-Target Reading
On Sol 35 of its mission on Mars (Sept. 10, 2012) Curiosity continued activities for characterizing its arm and the tools on the arm. The Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) completed a r ... more
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EXO LIFE

Extreme Life Forms Might be Able to Survive on Eccentric Exoplanets
Astronomers have discovered a veritable rogues' gallery of odd exoplanets- from scorching hot worlds with molten surfaces to frigid ice balls. And while the hunt continues for the elusive "blue dot" ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

ISRO's 100th space mission blasts off, PM witnesses historic event
An Indian rocket carrying two satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh Sunday, with the launch being witnessed by Prime Minister Manm ... more
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EXO LIFE

Planets not like Earth could harbor life
Extreme forms of life could exist on eccentric planets outside the solar system with conditions unlike those on Earth, U.S. scientists say. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Memorial service honors 'man on the moon' Armstrong
Top NASA officials, fellow astronauts, relatives and well-wishers paid a final tribute to Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, in a somber memorial ceremony Thursday in the US capital. ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Sharp rise in GPS jamming in aviation over Baltic Sea: Sweden
Putin vows to carry on fighting in Ukraine, if peace deal not reached
Israel vows to inflict biblical plagues on Yemen's Huthis
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EXO WORLDS

Planets Can Form in the Galactic Center
At first glance, the center of the Milky Way seems like a very inhospitable place to try to form a planet. Stars crowd each other as they whiz through space like cars on a rush-hour freeway. Superno ... more
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MARSDAILY

Next Mars Mission Enters Final Phase Before Launch
NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has passed a critical milestone, Key Decision Point-D or KDP-D. The project is officially authorized to transition into the next phase o ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

A Canopy of Confidence: Orion's Parachutes
They were perhaps some of the most visible images of the end of each Apollo mission: Giant orange and white parachutes unfurled high above the spacecraft, gently descending toward the ocean. As NASA ... more
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EXO LIFE

Curious about Life: Interview with Danny Glavin
The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Mars Rover Curiosity's Arm Wields Camera Well
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity stepped through activities on Sept. 7, 8 and 9 designed to check and characterize precision movements by the rover's robotic arm and use of tools on the arm. The activiti ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

India completes ton of space missions
The Indian space odyssey crossed a milestone on Sunday, as the fully-indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) here, 100 km north of ... more
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TECH SPACE

HYLAS 2 Communications Satellite Completes In-Orbit Testing
Orbital Sciences has announced that the HYLAS 2 high-throughput broadband satellite has completed its in-orbit testing and operational control has been turned over to the customer, Avanti Communicat ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars rover Curiosity working 'flawlessly': NASA
NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars more than a month ago, appears to be working "flawlessly" as it prepares to continue its two-year exploration of the Red Planet, the US space agency said Wednesday. ... more
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Pixxel expands Firefly fleet advancing global hyperspectral satellite imaging
Metop SGA1 begins delivering atmospheric data weeks after launch
Searchers retrieve bodies as Afghan quake toll expected to rise
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TECH SPACE

System will seek orbiting space debris
The European Space Agency says it will help develop a radar system to test space debris monitoring to help European satellite operators avoid orbiting hazards. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

SES signs three satellite launches with SpaceX
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES said on Wednesday it had signed up to launch three more satellites with the privately-owned SpaceX company. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Japanese robot to sit top-ranked university exam
Japanese researchers are working on a robot they hope will be smart enough to ace entrance exams at the nation's top university, which test everything from maths to foreign languages. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Vesta in Dawn's Rear View Mirror
NASA's Dawn mission is releasing two parting views of the giant asteroid Vesta, using images that were among the last taken by the spacecraft as it departed its companion for the last year. Th ... more
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ROBO SPACE

NASA's 'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Aces Major Exam
Completing this round of flight test objectives, the "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended gently to a controlled landing during a successful ... more
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MARSDAILY

Lockheed Martin Begins Final Assembly of NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft
Lockheed Martin has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. MAVEN is scheduled to launch in November 2013 an ... more
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MOON DAILY

Chandrayaan II may be delayed, says ISRO Chief
India's quest for the moon, by the name of "Chandrayaan II," planned for 2013-14, may be delayed. Indicating this at a news conference organised after the successful launch of "PSLV-C21", the 100th ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

ATK and United Launch Alliance Test GEM-60 Motor
ATK and United Launch Alliance (ULA) conducted a successful cold-temperature ground test of a Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM-60) solid rocket motor used to boost ULA's Delta IV launch vehicles. The ... more
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Beijing shows off drones, missiles and lasers in military parade
New wave: sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port
'Mockery of science': US experts blast Trump climate report
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ROCKET SCIENCE

A false case that delayed India's cryogenic project
In the early 1990s, S. Nambi Narayanan was working to develop cryogenic technology when things went for a toss and he was arrested on false espionage charges, which according to him was an "internat ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Observations Point to 'Dry Ice' Snowfall on Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data have given scientists the clearest evidence yet of carbon-dioxide snowfalls on Mars. This reveals the only known example of carbon-dioxide snow falling anywhe ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Roscosmos Space Agency Recalls Briz-M Upper Stage Batch
The Russian space agency Roscosmos will recall the entire batch of Briz-M upper stages, one of which caused the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket to fail in August, the agency's chief Vladimir Pop ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

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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STATION NEWS

Luca Parmitano flying high
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is set to fly to the International Space Station in 2013, and his mission came a step a closer with the unveiling of his mission name and mission patch. Luca will spend ... more
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MOON DAILY

First man on moon to be buried at sea: Armstrong family
The first man on the moon will be buried at sea, a spokesman for Neil Armstrong's family said Thursday. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

S. Korea to make third rocket launch bid in October
South Korea will make its third attempt next month to put a satellite in space, the science ministry said Tuesday, as it bids to join an exclusive club of Asian nations with space-launch capability. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Early Mars may not have been hospitable after all: study
Instead of a warm, wet and possibly life-bearing planet as some scientists contend, early Mars may have been a hostile and volatile place with frequent volcanic outbursts, a study said Sunday. ... more
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