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August 07, 2013

NASA Begins Launch Preparations for Next Mars Mission
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Aug 07, 2013
NASA's next spacecraft going to Mars arrived Friday, Aug. 2, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is now perched in a cleanroom to begin final preparations for its November launch. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft is undergoing detailed testing and fueling prior to being moved to its launch pad. The mission has a 20-day launch period that opens Nov. 18. The spacecraft will conduct the first mission dedicated to surveying the upper atmosphere of Ma ... read more

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NASA's Firestation on way to ISS An experiment to study the effects of lightning flashes on Earth's atmosphere hitched a ride to the International Space Station on Aug. 3, 2013. The Firestation experiment launched aboard a Japan Ae ... more		Talking robot sent to ISS to 'get along' with humans A small Japanese robot, Kirobo, that boasts the abilities to talk, recognize voice and emotions, as well as to learn, has been sent to the International Space Station. Kirobo says his mission is a h ... more		Big ice may explain Mars' double-layer craters Geologists from Brown University have developed a promising new explanation for a mysterious type of crater on the surface on Mars. Double-layered ejecta craters or DLEs, like other craters, are sur ... more
				NASA Selects Launch Services Contract for OSIRIS-REx Mission NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo. to launch the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. The O ... more		Alphasat deploys its giant reflector in orbit Alphasat, Europe's largest-ever telecom satellite, reached a temporary position in the geostationary ring last weekend, where it deployed its 11 m-diameter main antenna over the course of a day - ma ... more

Astronomers Image Lowest-mass Exoplanet Around a Sun-like Star Using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, an international team of astronomers has imaged a giant planet around the bright star GJ 504. Several times the mass of Jupiter and similar i ... more		Mission Criticality of Space Mechanisms - Part 1 The failure of a single space vehicle mechanism can cause a total loss of mission. This criticality is compounded by the fact that redundancy in mechanisms is often impractical. Consider this ... more				Full Curiosity Traverse Passes One-Mile Mark The total distance driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity passed the one-mile mark a few days before the first anniversary of the rover's landing on Mars. This map traces where Curiosity drove ... more
				Curious craters on Mars said result of impacts into ancient ice U.S. geologists say they've come up with a new explanation for a mysterious double-layer type of crater observed on Mars, and it's all about ice and impacts. ... more		Russia to restart Proton rocket launches after crash Russia plans to restart launches of its Proton-M rocket in September, a top space official said Monday, ending a freeze that was introduced when one of the carrier rockets crashed in July. ... more

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New Explorer Mission Chooses the 'Just-Right' Orbit Principal Investigator George Ricker likes to call it the "Goldilocks orbit" - it's not too close to Earth and her Moon, and it's not too far. In fact, it's just right. And as a result of this ... more		"Pandora" virus - covert threat from space? It seems that the world is on the threshold of another breakthrough. A huge virus, called the Pandora virus that was discovered accidentally underwater off the Australian coast, has triggered heated ... more				NASA Curiosity Rover Approaches First Anniversary on Mars NASA's Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars next week and has already achieved its main science goal of revealing ancient Mars could have supported life. The mobile laboratory also is guiding ... more
				Japan Delivers Hardware ISS Robotic Refueling Test It may be called the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM), but NASA's RRM was built to demonstrate much more than the clever ways space robots can fill up satellites. With the launch of new hardwar ... more		Next Ariane 5 is readied to receive its dual-satellite payload The launcher for Ariane 5's next heavy-lift flight is ready for rollout to the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, where it will be delivered to Arianespace for installation of the mission's dual-p ... more

Next Ariane 5 is readied to receive its dual-satellite payload

Russia to restart Proton rocket launches after crash

Japanese rocket takes supplies, robot to space station

NASA Curiosity Rover Approaches First Anniversary on Mars

Mars rover hoping to yield more secrets, one year on

Full Curiosity Traverse Passes One-Mile Mark

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Pluto Science Conference Exceeds Expectations

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	Mars rover hoping to yield more secrets, one year on The dazzling success of NASA's rover Curiosity has paved the way for a human conquest of Mars, scientists say, almost one year after the groundbreaking probe first touched down on the Red Planet. ... more		NASA's Space Launch System Completes Preliminary Design Review NASA has achieved a major milestone in its effort to build the nation's next heavy-lift launch vehicle by successfully completing the Space Launch System (SLS) preliminary design review. Senio ... more		Pluto Science Conference Exceeds Expectations Compressing eight decades of discoveries into five days, more than 100 scientists met last week at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., to talk everything Pluto - what ... more		NASA technologist makes traveling to hard-to-reach destinations easier Traveling to remote locations sometimes involves navigating through stop-and-go traffic, traversing long stretches of highway and maneuvering sharp turns and steep hills. The same can be said for gu ... more

Space cadets in Washington for one-way ticket to Mars		Japanese rocket takes supplies, robot to space station		Study: Teleportation would have a slight time-to-transmit problem		'Blinking' stellar system may yield clues to planet formation		Robot turning Japanese children into master calligraphers
Researchers create 'soft robotic' devices using water-based gels		Weekly recap from the International Space Station expedition lead scientist		Pulsating star sheds light on exoplanet		Launch Vehicles for Achieving Low and High Orbits		Alexander's space clinic

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Gravitational tide the secret of Saturn's weird moon

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ISS Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover From Space

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ULA Continues Rapid, Reliable Launch Rate

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Mars Rover Opportunity Nears Solander Point

The second satellite arrives for Arianespace's upcoming heavy-lift Ariane 5 launch

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US Lawmaker Seeks to Partner with Russia to Clean Up Space

Russian supply ship docks with orbiting space station

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