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ChangE-2 Mission To Lagrange L2 PointBethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 10, 2012 Last week, the 63rd International Astronautical Congress was held in Naples, Italy. One of the more interesting papers addresses the recent Chinese Chang'e-2 mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrange point, located along the extended line of the two bodies, but lying in the shadow of the Earth. Chang'e-2 was launched two years ago, on Oct 1st 2010. It primary mission was to maintain a lunar orbit for several months, which was successful. That mission was completed by April 2011 and an additional ... read more |
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  Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration An elevator to transport people to the moon, an inflatable habitat for living in space, a sleek new spacesuit for a stroll on Mars: These are some of the fascinating exhibits in Beyond Planet Earth: ... more | .. |
  Sea and space meet for business in Ireland A new ESA project led by Irish industry is putting satellite data to use for monitoring the quality of coastal water. The Irish minister for Research and Innovation is supporting this initiative, in ... more | .. |
 Electromagnetic Interference/Capability testing and structural dynamics testing completed for LDCM Orbital Sciences Corporation recently completed Electromagnetic Interference/Capability (EMI/EMC) testing and structural dynamics testing of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite. ... more | .. |
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 HorizonSat Taps ASC Signal for Antennas to Support New Teleports ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a contract by HorizonSat Teleports GmbH, a subsidiary of HorizonSat. HorizonSat is a major provider of satellite services located in the United Arab Emirates, ... more | .. |
  Curious About Life: Interview with Pan Conrad 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 | .. |
  Mars rover finds 'bright object' NASA's Curiosity rover has uncovered a "bright object" in the red soil of Mars that might be a part of the robotic explorer that broke off, the US space agency said. ... more | .. |
 Austrian eyes record jump from edge of space in US An Austrian daredevil is hoping to make an unprecedented leap from the edge of space Tuesday, setting records as he breaks the speed of sound in freefall in the skies above the US state of New Mexico. ... more |
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Sharp rise in GPS jamming in aviation over Baltic Sea: Sweden
Putin vows to carry on fighting in Ukraine, if peace deal not reached
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 Strathclyde takes the lead in space research Academics at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow are set to investigate the removal of space debris and deflection of asteroids - leading the first research-based training network of its kind i ... more | .. |
First Scoopful A Success On the mission's 61st Martian day, or sol (Oct. 7, 2012),NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its soil scoop for the first time, collecting a scoopful of sand and powdery material at the "Rocknest" site ... more | .. |
  NASA and International Partners Approve Year Long ISS Stay NASA and its international partners have announced an agreement to send two crew members to the International Space Station on a one-year mission designed to collect valuable scientific data needed ... more | .. |
 Year on ISS planned ahead of manned Mars mission NASA and the Russian space agency plan to send an international crew to the ISS for a year. The extended mission, if it succeeds, may bring scientists a step closer to manned flights to Mars and bey ... more |
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 The Hunt for Clay Minerals Continues 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 | .. |
  SpaceX On Course For Crew Resupply Cargo Delivery To Space Station The Dragon spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station this morning and is performing nominally following the launch of the SpaceX CRS-1 official cargo resupply mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 8:35PM ET Sunday, October 7, 2012. ... more | .. |
NASA Mars Curiosity Rover Prepares to Study Martian Soil NASA's Curiosity rover is in a position on Mars where scientists and engineers can begin preparing the rover to take its first scoop of soil for analysis. Curio ... more | .. |
 45th Space Wing Supports First SpaceX Launch for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed a successful launch of their Falcon 9 Dragon spacecraft, called Dragon C3, from Space Launch Complex 40 at 8:35 p.m. EDT Monday with safety and rang ... more |
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Pixxel expands Firefly fleet advancing global hyperspectral satellite imaging
Metop SGA1 begins delivering atmospheric data weeks after launch
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 SpaceX craft on way to ISS in first supply run A cargo-laden capsule on Monday was on its way to the International Space Station on NASA's first privately-run supply mission after a successful blast-off atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. ... 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 | .. |
 NASA Celebrates Milestone Liftoff NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell celebrated the successful liftoff of a landmark cargo mission to the International Space Station tonight as a SpaceX Dragon spa ... more | .. |
  Asteroid fragments could hint at the origin of the solar system The tiny pieces of rock - at 50-100 micrometers smaller than a human hair - have been captured from asteroid Itokawa by the Japanese mission Hayabusa. They were carefully unpacked by experts at the ... more |
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Deep Impact Spacecraft Completes Rocket Burn NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft completed a firing of its onboard rocket motors earlier today. The maneuver began at 1 p.m. PDT (4 p.m. EDT), lasted 71 seconds, and changed its velocity by 4.5 mph (2 ... more | .. |
  Comet crystals found in a nearby planetary system Pristine material that matches comets in our own Solar System have been found in a dust belt around the young star Beta Pictoris by ESA's Herschel space observatory. Twelve-million-year-old Be ... more | .. |
 Ice-clad beauty on the 'Silver Island' of Mars On 8 June 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 | .. |
NASA rover checks in online from Mars NASA's Mars rover took the post-PC revolution into space on Wednesday by using location-sharing mobile application Foursquare to "check-in" on the Red Planet. ... 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
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 Virgin Galactic Acquires Full Ownership of The Spaceship Company Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, has announced that it has taken 100% ownership of its sister company, The Spaceship Company (TSC), by acquiring the 30% stake held by Scaled ... more | .. |
 SpaceX craft on way to ISS in first supply run SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Sunday, launching the cargo-laden Dragon capsule into Earth's orbit on its way to the International Space Station for NASA's first privately-run supply mission. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Russia, U.S. to send crew to ISS for year A Russian cosmonaut and a U.S. astronaut will fly to the International Space Station for the first-ever yearlong mission in 2015, officials said. ... more |
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 Wind delays Austrian's edge of space jump in US US organizers of an Austrian daredevil's record-breaking attempt to jump from the edge of space have delayed the mission by a day due to forecast wind, they said Friday. ... more | .. |
 From 'Bathurst Inlet' to 'Rocknest' On Sol 55 (Oct. 1, 2012), Curiosity finished observations at the "Bathurst Inlet" rock target it had examined with instruments on the arm. Then the rover completed a drive of about 77 feet (23.5 met ... more | .. |
  Rotors seen as method of spacecraft return Researchers at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida will try out a rotor system that could be used in place of parachutes on returning spacecraft, NASA said. ... more | .. |
Mars rover to 'sandblast' sampling equipment NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is parked at a sand pit and ready to scoop up soil to clean and test its geological sampling hardware, the US space agency said Thursday. ... more |
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