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June 25, 2013

Xi vows bigger stride in space exploration
Beijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2013
President Xi Jinping said that the Chinese people will take bigger strides in space exploration, during his talk to astronauts aboard the orbiting space module Tiangong-1 on Monday. "The space dream is part of the dream to make China stronger. With the development of space programs, the Chinese people will take bigger strides to explore further into the space," said Xi, making the video call at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. Xi expressed his sincere greetings to the three astronauts w ... read more

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Retirement for planet-hunting space probe The CoRot spacecraft built to eavesdrop on the music of the stars and detect distant Earth-like planets, will be retired after a successful mission double as long as envisioned, French space agency CNES said Monday. ... more		Revealed - the mystery of the gigantic storm on Saturn We now understand the nature of the giant storms on Saturn. Through the analysis of images sent from the Cassini space probe belonging to the North American and European space agencies (NASA and ESA ... more		A robot that runs like a cat Even though it doesn't have a head, you can still tell what kind of animal it is: the robot is definitely modeled upon a cat. Developed by EPFL's Biorobotics Laboratory (Biorob), the "cheetah-cub ro ... more
				Chinese astronauts manually dock spacecraft Three Chinese astronauts on the country's longest manned space mission on Sunday succeeded in manually docking their spacecraft with a module orbiting Earth, state media said. ... more		Arianespace will retain its market leadership by building on the company's flexibility and agility Arianespace's new chairman and CEO has detailed his perspectives for the company's future - continuing the focus on operational excellence with the Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega launcher family, while al ... more

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NASA and Italian Space Agency Sign Agreement on Exploration of Mercury At a meeting in Rome Thursday, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Italian Space Agency (ASI) President Enrico Saggese signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on the European Space Ag ... more		Four O3b Network birds integrated to Arianespace Soyuz launcher The fifth Soyuz to be launched from French Guiana is now complete following the integration of its upper composite consisting of four O3b Networks satellites, their protective payload fairing and th ... more				Metamorphosis of Moon's Water Ice Explained Using data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, scientists have explained how energetic particles penetrating lunar soil can create molecular hydrogen from water ice. The f ... more
				Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity Rover A billion-pixel view from the surface of Mars, from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity, offers armchair explorers a way to examine one part of the Red Planet in great detail. The first NASA-produced ... more		Mars had oxygen-rich atmosphere 4,000 million years ago Differences between Martian meteorites and rocks examined by a NASA rover can be explained if Mars had an oxygen-rich atmosphere 4000 million years ago - well before the rise of atmospheric oxygen o ... more

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				China seeks to boost share of satellite market China is actively exploring commercial opportunities to boost its share of the global satellite-launching market, in an attempt to challenge US and European dominance of this field. China Grea ... more		China's space program less costly China's manned space program has achieved rapid development in a "less costly way," a U.S. astrophysicist said Sunday. "China did a great job in successfully sending another three astronauts i ... more

Four O3b Network birds integrated to Arianespace Soyuz launcher

Arianespace will retain its market leadership by building on the company's flexibility and agility

Plan for modified European rocket gets backing

Mars had oxygen-rich atmosphere 4,000 million years ago

Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity Rover

Study: Mars may have had ancient oxygen-rich atmosphere

Metamorphosis of Moon's Water Ice Explained

Scientists use gravity, topographic data to find unmapped moon craters

Australian team maps Moon's hidden craters

New Horizons Team Sticking to Original Flight Plan at Pluto

Planning Accelerates For Pluto Encounter

'Vulcan' wins Pluto moon name vote

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Australian team maps Moon's hidden craters

New Zealand emerges as guinea pig for global tech firms

Peru launches first homemade rocket

Exoplanet formation surprise

Biological Soil Crust Secrets Uncovered

NASA's Hubble Uncovers Evidence of Farthest Planet Forming From its Star

Russia to Unveil New Piloted Spacecraft at MAKS Airshow

Robot that runs like a cat springs to life in Switzerland

Lebanese start-ups seek tech boom

A letter to China's first space teacher from U.S. predecessor

Space enthusiasts dream big after Shenzhou-10 launch

A dream launch for Shenzhou X

China confident in space exploration

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INSAT-3D is delivered to French Guiana for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 launch

Students and Teachers Become Rocket Scientists at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility

Chinese astronauts complete warm-up maintenance work in space module

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