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July 15, 2013

NASA, Industry Test Additively Manufactured Rocket Engine Injector
Cleveland OH (SPX) Jul 15, 2013
NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne of West Palm Beach, Fla., recently finished testing a rocket engine injector made through additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing. This space technology demonstration may lead to more efficient manufacturing of rocket engines, saving American companies time and money. NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland conducted the successful tests for Aerojet Rocketdyne through a non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement. A series of firings of a liquid oxygen and gaseous hydr ... read more

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				Alphasat and INSAT 3D fueled for Ariane 5 heavy lift dual launch The two satellite passengers for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission are being fueled at the Spaceport, preparing them for a July 25 liftoff on the company's fifth flight in 2013 from French Guiana ... more		Israel tests rocket system: ministry Israel on Friday staged what it said was a planned test of a rocket propulsion system at a military base on the Mediterranean coast. ... more

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British 'penetrator' space probe slams into block of ice, survives British engineers report they have tested a projectile technology they believe could be used to explore worlds within the solar system. ... more		Humanoid robot that could save people in disasters unveiled A Pentagon-financed humanoid robot named Atlas that made its debut Thursday could come to the aid of people in natural and man-made disasters, designers say. ... 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		Hubble Finds a Cobalt Blue Planet Astronomers working with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away. The planet is HD 189733b, one of the closest exoplanets th ... more
				Opportunity Making Progress Toward Solander Point Opportunity is in good health. On Sol 3351 (June 27, 2013), the rover drove over 393 feet (over 120 meters), heading toward 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Also on that sol, a set o ... more		A Giant Moon for the Ninth Planet This week the New Horizons mission team is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto's largest and "first" moon, Charon. This discovery was made in 1978 by U.S. Naval Observatory as ... more

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Proton Rocket to Stay in Demand Despite Accidents

Alphasat and INSAT 3D fueled for Ariane 5 heavy lift dual launch

Special group to be set up for inspecting production of Proton-M carrier rockets

Opportunity Making Progress Toward Solander Point

DNA-sequencing chip could be sent to Mars to search for signs of life

Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Trek Toward Mount Sharp

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

A Giant Moon for the Ninth Planet

Kerberos and Styx: Welcome to the Pluto System

New Horizons Team Sticking to Original Flight Plan at Pluto

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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

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Increasing the Speed of Deep Space Communications

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British astronomers set up E.T. search network

NASA's next Mars rover will advance hunt for past life

Scientist says Earth may once have been orbited by two moons

The last survivors of the end of the world

Fish, other animals, may live in Antarctic lake below 2 miles of ice

Indian space agency wants second rocket assembly facility

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Hubble Telescope reveals variation between hot extrasolar planet atmospheres

Europe okays design for next-generation rocket

Most reliable rockets are the oldest ones

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

Autonomous Rover Drills Underground in the Atacama

Space seeds could "benefit" traditional Chinese medicines

Russia to go ahead with space freighter launch

Dust hazard for Moon missions: scientists

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