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July 29, 2013

Experimental quest to test Einstein's speed limit
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2013
Albert Einstein's assertion that there's an ultimate speed limit - the speed of light - has withstood countless tests over the past 100 years, but that didn't stop University of California, Berkeley, postdoc Michael Hohensee and graduate student Nathan Leefer from checking whether some particles break this law. The team's first attempt to test this fundamental tenet of the special theory of relativity demonstrated once again that Einstein was right, but Leefer and Hohensee are improving the experi ... read more

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NASA Sees Enthusiastic Response to Asteroid Call for Ideas NASA has received more than 400 responses to its request for information (RFI) on the agency's asteroid initiative, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver announced Friday. "Under our plan, we're in ... more		Mars Rover Opportunity Nears Solander Point Opportunity has arrived in the region near the base of 'Solander Point.' At the current location, the rover is just a few drives from making landfall on the point. However, the science team wi ... more		The second satellite arrives for Arianespace's upcoming heavy-lift Ariane 5 launch Payload preparations for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission are moving into their full pace with the delivery of its second passenger - EUTELSAT 25B/ Es'hail 1 - to French Guiana, joining GSAT-7, w ... more
				Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-rays for First Time For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent sta ... more		US Lawmaker Seeks to Partner with Russia to Clean Up Space A prominent US lawmaker and advocate of the United States' role in space told a conference on the commercialization of space that the US and Russia should team up for extraterrestrial projects - and ... more

Zero Point Frontiers Delivers Favorable Architecture Assessment to Golden Spike Company This week Zero Point Frontiers Corp. delivered its report analyzing the different approaches that might be used to send people from nations around the world on commercial trips to the Moon. Working ... more		NASA and Korean Space Agency Discuss Space Cooperation NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and the president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Seung Jo Kim, met in Washington Monday to discuss collaboration in aeronautics research and spac ... more				Tenth Parachute Test for NASA's Orion Adds 10,000 Feet of Success A complicated, high-altitude test Wednesday demonstrated NASA's new Orion spacecraft could land safely even if one of its parachutes failed. The 10th in a series of evaluations to check out the Orio ... more
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Mars Rover Opportunity Nears Solander Point

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Curiosity Mars Rover Gleams in View from Orbiter		Scientists establish age of Mars meteorites found on Earth		European astronaut trains for medical emergencies in space		Spain museum uses robot to help restore works		Mystery of the Missing Waves on Titan

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Mars Curiosity sets one-day driving distance record

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Researcher Seeks New Way to Study Asteroid and Comet Interiors

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China launches three experimental satellites

N. Korea halts work at long-range rocket site: website

First-ever lunar south pole mission could be attempted by 2016

Ancient snowfall likely carved Martian valleys

Boeing CST-100 Spacecraft Model Passes Water-Recovery Tests

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Chips that mimic the brain

NASA launches new probe of spacesuit failure

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'Water-Trapped' Worlds

NASA announces funding for far-out space research

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Both payloads for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 flight are now mated to the launcher

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