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March 28, 2013

XCOR Driving Rocket Science Forward With Lynx Suborbital Vehicle
Mojave CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2013
XCOR Aerospace has announced a first in aviation and space history, the firing of a full piston pump-powered rocket engine. This breakthrough is the foundation for fully reusable spacecraft that can fly multiple times per day, every day. It is a game changing technology that has the power to fundamentally alter the way we as a society view, visit, and utilize the abundant resources around our planet and in our solar system. The initial portion of XCOR's pump test program culminated in a 67-s ... read more

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Measuring Mars: The MAVEN Magnetometer When the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission begins its journey to the Red Planet in 2013, it will carry a sensitive magnetic-field instrument built and tested by a team at NASA's ... more		ILS Proton Launches Satmex 8 Satellite for Satmex International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, report it has successfully carried the Satmex 8 satell ... more		Saturn is Like an Antiques Shop, Cassini Suggests A new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that Saturn's moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system's birth. Though they are tin ... more
				Ultraviolet spectrograph observes mercury and hydrogen in GRAIL impact plumes When NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft made their final descent for impact onto the Moon's surface last December, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's sophisticated payload was in position to observe the e ... more		Miners shoot for the stars in tech race A self-sustaining mechanised colony that mines and exports resources from the Moon could be a reality within a generation, helping to meet demand for materials key to innovation on Earth. ... more

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NASA Scientists Find Moon, Asteroids Share History NASA and international researchers have discovered that Earth's moon has more in common than previously thought with large asteroids roaming our solar system. Scientists from NASA's Lunar Scie ... more		The Great Exoplanet Debate At the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference, Astrobiology Magazine hosted a plenary session titled: "Expanding the Habitable Zone: The Hunt for Exoplanets Now and Into the Future." Originally formul ... more		India signs $7 bn deal for 97 domestically made fighter jets France doubles down on threat to build future fighter jet alone US approves $1.2 bn missile sale to Germany		Ephemeral vacuum particles induce speed-of-light fluctuations Two forthcoming EPJ D papers challenge established wisdom about the nature of vacuum. In one paper, Marcel Urban from the University of Paris-Sud, located in Orsay, France and his colleagues identif ... more
				Removing orbital debris with less risk Global Aerospace Corporation has announced that the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is publishing an article entitled "Removing Orbital Debris With Less Risk" in the March/ ... more		Russia may recycle space station modules Russia may at some point use modules it sends to the International Space Station to build its own orbital station, a senior space industry official said. ... more

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SpaceX capsule returns after ISS resupply mission An unmanned, privately-owned US space capsule which took supplies to the International Space Station splashed down safely in the Pacific on Tuesday, its mission completed. ... more		China's Next Women Astronauts In mid-2013, China's second woman in space is expected to lift off. Wang Yaping, a former air force pilot, is expected to be aboard the crew of the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft, which will fly to a rendez ... more		Simulations of Exoplanet Formation May Help Inform Search for Extraterrestrial Life Ancient hot springs reveal how microbes thrived before Earth gained oxygen Framework proposed to study planetary scale impact of life		The Future of Exploration Starts With 3-D Printing The latest in cutting-edge manufacturing is already making a significant impact in the future of space exploration. Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Park, Calif., the prime contractor fo ... more
				Digging for hidden treasure on Mars ESA's Mars Express has spent nearly ten years imaging the Red Planet, and there are plenty of hidden treasures buried in the mission's rich picture archive. HRSCview is a web interface to the ... more		Opportunity Heads to Matijevic Hill After returning to the location called 'Kirkwood,' Opportunity completed a busy contact investigation of the mysterious 'newberry' spherules seen there. On Sol 3248 (March 13, 2013), using the robot ... more

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	SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Carrying NASA Cargo Ready for Return to Earth More than three weeks after arriving at the International Space Station, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) Dragon spacecraft is ready for the trip back to Earth, now scheduled for Tu ... more		Space Innovation Center Will Help Govt Agencies Launch Future Space Missions The EDGE Innovation Network has announced that the new EDGE Space Innovation Center is officially open following a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, March 22. Housed within the General Dynamics' Se ... more		Curiosity Resumes Science Investigations NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has resumed science investigations after recovery from a computer glitch that prompted the engineers to switch the rover to a redundant main computer on Feb. 28. Th ... more		When quality counts: Arianespace reaffirms its North American market presence The value, reliability and on-time delivery of Arianespace's services have resulted in multiple payload launch contracts from all major U.S.-based television broadcast and telecommunications provide ... more

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