Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News

July 12, 2013

First Mission of Space Launch System with Orion Atop it to Preview Asteroid Visit
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 11, 2013
Managers in NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate have initiated a formal request to change the mission plan for the agency's first flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), Exploration Mission (EM) 1 in 2017. The flight will carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft to a deep retrograde orbit near the moon, a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where an asteroid could be relocated as early as 2021. The 25-day mission will send Orion more than 40,000 miles beyond the moon and allow ... read more

Previous Issues

Jul 10

Jul 09

Jul 08

Jul 06

Jul 05

NASA Selects Seven Projects for 2014 X-Hab Innovation Challenge NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation have selected seven projects from six universities to participate in the 2014 Exploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge. Throughout ... more		Navigation satellite orbit raised, ISRO starts testing cryogenic engine The Indian space agency Saturday evening successfully put its first navigation satellite - the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A (IRNSS-1A) - in the geosynchronous orbit at 27 degrees t ... more		NASA's Polar Robotic Ranger Passes First Greenland Test Defying 30 mph gusts and temperatures down to minus 22 F, NASA's new polar rover recently demonstrated in Greenland that it could operate completely autonomously in one of Earth's harshest environme ... more
				ReconRobotics touts market position ReconRobotics Inc., said sales of its tactical micro-robots passed 4,000 units, making it the world's second largest producer of military and police robots. ... more		N. Korea tested rocket engine: think-tank North Korea tested a rocket engine earlier this year in a potential bid to further develop its missile capability, a US think-tank said Thursday after reviewing new satellite images. ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Gaps in dust around stars may not indicate planets as many believe Gaps in dusty disks around young stars, thought by many astronomers to be indicative of planet formation, can occur without planets, U.S. scientists say. ... more		Most accurate atomic clock ever built could redefine the second European scientists say they have found a more accurate way to measure time, with a new type of atomic clock termed the most accurate yet devised. ... more		EU states to hold talks on 'drone wall' to protect bloc Denmark military intel fails to identify source of drone flights Lithuania eases rules on shooting down drones		Special group to be set up for inspecting production of Proton-M carrier rockets A special group of experts will be set up at the Khrunichev State Space Research Center for inspecting the entire technological chain of manufacturing the Proton-M carrier rocket, which collapsed on ... more
				Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Trek Toward Mount Sharp With drives on July 4 and July 7, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has departed its last science target in the "Glenelg" area and commenced a many-month overland journey to the base of the mission's main ... more		Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover The rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 should look for signs of past life, collect samples for possible future return to Earth, and demonstrate technology for future human exploration of the Red P ... more

Solar systems for home and business

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Station Astronauts Complete First of Two July Spacewalks Two Expedition 36 astronauts wrapped up a successful 6-hour, 7-minute spacewalk at 2:09 p.m. EDT Tuesday, completing the first of two July excursions to prepare the International Space Station for a ... more		Is Mars mission Indian rocket's silver jubilee flight? Immediately after the launch of India's first navigation satellite, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials said the space agency is gearing up for PSLV's silver jubilee mission, which w ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal		Specialists unrelated to Khrunichev to check Proton-M rocket production An inspection team will be set up to check the production of Proton-M rockets in the light of the latest accident at the Baikonur Space Center, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. ... more
				Increasing the Speed of Deep Space Communications Back in the early history of transatlantic shipping, sea captains used sextants to point to the stars in order to navigate earthly destinations. Today, scientists at NASA's Glenn Research Center are ... more		Two Rockets Launched From Wallops Two suborbital rockets were successfully launched 15 seconds apart this morning from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility as part of a study of electrical currents in the ionosphere. The launch of ... more

Two Rockets Launched From Wallops

Specialists unrelated to Khrunichev to check Proton-M rocket production

Europe okays design for next-generation rocket

Is Mars mission Indian rocket's silver jubilee flight?

Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Trek Toward Mount Sharp

Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover

Scientist says Earth may once have been orbited by two moons

Dust hazard for Moon missions: scientists

NASA Seeks Information on Commercial Robotic Lunar Lander Capabilities

Kerberos and Styx: Welcome to the Pluto System

New Horizons Team Sticking to Original Flight Plan at Pluto

Planning Accelerates For Pluto Encounter

	NASA's next Mars rover will advance hunt for past life The next robotic rover to explore Mars in 2020 should scour the surface of the red planet more closely than ever for signs of past life, a NASA science team said Tuesday. ... more		The last survivors of the end of the world In 2 billion years' time, life on Earth will be confined to pockets of liquid water deep underground, according to PhD astrobiologist Jack O'Malley James of the University of St Andrews. The new res ... more		In subglacial lake, surprising life goes on Lake Vostok, buried under a glacier in Antarctica, is so dark, deep and cold that scientists had considered it a possible model for other planets, a place where nothing could live. However, work by ... more		Europe okays design for next-generation rocket The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday said it had approved the final design for a next-generation rocket, Ariane 6, aimed at maintaining Europe's grip on the fast-changing market for satellite launches. ... more

JUNO begins decade-long mission to probe neutrino mysteries

SFL Missions to Deliver Spacecraft Buses for HawkEye 360 RF Signal Detection Expansion

Voyager debuts first space based multi cloud region to advance orbital data processing

Most reliable rockets are the oldest ones		Autonomous Rover Drills Underground in the Atacama		Russia to go ahead with space freighter launch		Indian space agency wants second rocket assembly facility		Robot mom would beat robot butler in popularity contest
New insights concerning the early bombardment history on Mercury		British astronomers set up E.T. search network		Scientist says Earth may once have been orbited by two moons		Fish, other animals, may live in Antarctic lake below 2 miles of ice		Hubble Telescope reveals variation between hot extrasolar planet atmospheres

Analysis of telemetry data of crashed Proton rocket flight completed

Kazakh PM orders to form govt commission to assess environmental impact from Proton crash

China's space tracking ship Yuanwang-5 berths at Jakarta for replenishment

Space seeds could "benefit" traditional Chinese medicines

Dust hazard for Moon missions: scientists

Premature launch said likely cause of Russian rocket failure

ISS technology to 'hear' potential leaks

Dawn's Ion propulsion 10 times more efficient than conventional chemical propulsion

ISRO plans string of satellite launches, including silver jubilee flight of PSLV-C25

Kennedy Facilities Key to NASA's Transition

New technique finetunes quest for life on other worlds

UCSB Astronomer Uncovers The Hidden Identity Of An Exoplanet

Inmarsat's First Fully Assembled Global Xpress Satellite Achieves Significant Testing Milestone

NASA Seeks Information on Commercial Robotic Lunar Lander Capabilities

NASA Tests Game Changing Composite Cryogenic Fuel Tank

Space Launch System: Tooling Up to Build the World's Largest Rocket

Cloud modeling expands estimate of life-supporting planets

Orbiting astronaut controls robot on Earth, testing feasibility of CU-Boulder project on far side of the moon

NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Completes Two Human-Critical Reviews

Gas-Giant Exoplanets Cling Close to Their Parent Stars

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2013 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement