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October 03, 2012
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H-IIB Launch Service Privatization
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 03, 2012
As a result of the successful launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 3, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries LTD. (MHI) have agreed to privatize the H-IIB launch service according to the "Basic Agreement on Development and Launch Service of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle." With this agreement, JAXA will procure launch and transportation services from MHI when a payload is launched by the H-IIB Launch Vehicle. However, JAXA will continue to take responsibili ... read more

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TECH SPACE

Space 'harpoon' could corral space junk
A space "harpoon" could grab hold of space debris such as a rogue or redundant satellite and pull it back to Earth, say the British developers of such a system. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Space freighter burns up in suicide dive
A bus-sized craft that had delivered food to the International Space Station will re-enter Earth's atmosphere overnight for a controlled implosion over the South Pacific, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robot artist learns masters' brush strokes
Robots that can mimic the exact brush strokes of master painters or calligraphers could recreate their work, a Japanese researcher said Tuesday. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Space debris delays Japan's satellite experiment
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Thursday it has decided to postpone an experiment to release satellites from the International Space Station (ISS) due to approaching space debris. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Uwingu's Crowdfunding Campaign Concludes
Commercial space start up Uwingu, LLC reports that its crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo culminated successfully on September 24th, raising 107% of the $75,000 fundraising target it set to launch i ... more
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TECH SPACE

EMCORE To Supply Solar Panels For ICESat-2 Mission
EMCORE Corporation (EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optic and solar power markets, has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing cont ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

SciTechTalk: NASA's planetary playbook
With the end of what was arguably NASA's marquee mission, the space shuttle program, the space agency is keen to maintain public interest in its remaining missions, especially those doing planetary exploration within our own solar system. ... 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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MARSDAILY

Rock Grinding Action
Opportunity is conducting an in-situ (contact) science campaign at a putative location of clay minerals at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Ariane 5 maintains Arianespace's track record of success with the launch of ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10
The fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2012 delivered a pair of telecommunications spacecraft to geostationary transfer orbit Friday, marking the 65th launch to date for Arianespace's heavy-lift workhorse. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Learning to live on Mars
Since the beginning of August, NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity, has been roaming all over the distant planet learning as much as it can about the Martian terrain. The mission control team back on Earth ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Navigating the Seas of Titan
Humanity has landed a rover on Mars. Now, say scientists, it's time to land a boat on Titan. This outlandish scenario could become reality, according to engineers presenting their proposals at the E ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Rover Opportunity Working at 'Matijevic Hill'
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, well into its ninth year on Mars, will work for the next several weeks or months at a site with some of the mission's most intriguing geological features. The si ... more
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MARSDAILY

Near Possible Target for Use of Arm Instruments
On Sol 52 (Sept. 28), Curiosity drove about 122 feet (37.3 meters) eastward toward the Glenelg area, using visual odometry to assess and adjust for any wheel slippage. The mission's total distance d ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Troughs Suggest Stunted Planetary Development Of Vesta
Enormous troughs that wrap around the giant asteroid Vesta may actually be dropped blocks of terrain bounded by fault lines, suggesting a geologic complexity beyond that of most asteroids. Sin ... more
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EXO WORLDS

The Magnetic Wakes of Pulsar Planets
Pulsars are among the most extreme stars in the universe: dense balls of matter which are heavier than the Sun, yet only a few tens of kilometers in diameter. They rotate rapidly (up to several hund ... 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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ROCKET SCIENCE

Australian hypersonic test a success
Australian military scientists successfully completed another test flight of an experimental hypersonic vehicle, this time at the Andoya Rocket Range in Norway. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Ariane rocket launches two telecom satellites
An Ariane 5 rocket carrying two satellites, ASTRA 2F and GSAT-10, successfully put its payload into orbit late Friday, European operator Arianespace announced. ... more
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SATURN DAILY

Titan Shows Surprising Seasonal Changes
Detailed observations of Saturn's moon Titan have now spanned 30 years, covering an entire solar orbit for this distant world. Dr. Athena Coustenis from the Paris-Meudon Observatory in France has an ... more
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IRON AND ICE

A New Dawn For NASA's Asteroid Explorer
On the fifth anniversary of the beginning of its ambitious interplanetary adventure, Dawn can look back with great satisfaction on its spectacular exploration of the giant protoplanet Vesta and forw ... 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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MARSDAILY

Curiosity Completes Longest Drive Yet
On Sol 50 (Sept. 26), Curiosity completed its longest drive yet, rolling about 160 feet (48.9 meters) eastward toward the Glenelg area. The mission's total distance driven has now reached one-quarte ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface
NASA's Curiosity rover mission has found evidence a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving. There is earlier evidence for the presence of water on Mars, but th ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Asteroid's Troughs Suggest Stunted Planet
Enormous troughs that reach across the asteroid Vesta may actually be stretch marks that hint of a complexity beyond most asteroids. Scientists have been trying to determine the origin of these unus ... more
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24/7 Energy News Coverage
Beijing shows off drones, missiles and lasers in military parade
New wave: sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port
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IRON AND ICE

Mysterious Case of Asteroid Oljato's Magnetic Disturbance
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ROCKET SCIENCE

ORBITEC Has Real "Vision" For Its New AUSEP Rocket Engine
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SPACE MEDICINE

SMARTCAP - Funding opportunity for companies with promising medical products for use on Earth, in space
Do you know of a small company developing a medical product that could be adapted to solve a health or human performance challenge in space? Have you developed a biomedical product for the space pro ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars-like Places on Earth Give Insights into Rover Data
Life thrives on Planet Earth. In even the most inhospitable places - the freezing Antarctic permafrost, Sun-baked salt pans in Tunisia or the corrosively acidic Rio Tinto in Spain - pockets of life ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Bryan Campen joins XCOR as Director of Media and Public Relations
XCOR Aerospace reports that Bryan Campen has joined the company as its Director of Media and Public Relations. Members of the press and media are invited to update their records. Campen will b ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Stagnant Interiors Suppress Chances of Life on Super-Earths
Exoplanet hunters estimate that there could be billions of super-Earths - planets with a mass of up to ten times that of Earth - orbiting stars in the Milky Way alone. But do super-Earths real ... more
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STATION NEWS

Space freighter undocking set for Friday
The undocking of a supply craft from the International Space Station (ISS) will take place Friday after a three-day delay, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Where is Deimos?
Despite more than a century of observations, the orbit of the Martian moon Deimos is still not known to a high degree of accuracy, but a new study using images taken by ESA's Mars Express orbiter ha ... more
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