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September 30, 2013

UFO? Star cluster? No, it's Falcon 9's jettisoned fuel
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (UPI) Sep 30, 2013
The Falcon 9 launch from California not only boosted the cache of commercial spaceflight but also of UFO sightings, a review of observers' comments indicated. Reports of an unidentified flying object flowed in from observers in southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean, NBC News reported Monday. The sightings began about an hour after the SpaceX's Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base for the first time Sunday morning. One observer called it ... read more

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Cassini finds ingredient of household plastic on Saturn moon The Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, an ingredient in household plastics, on Saturn's moon, Titan, the U.S. space said Monday. ... more		Martian chemical complicates hunt for life's clues The quest for evidence of life on Mars could be more difficult than scientists previously thought. A scientific paper published today details the investigation of a chemical in the Martian soil that ... more		Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like During the nearly 14 months that it has spent on the red planet, Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, has scooped soil, drilled rocks, and analyzed samples by exposing them to laser b ... more
				Researchers describe unusual Mars rock The first rock that scientists analyzed on Mars with a pair of chemical instruments aboard the Curiosity rover turned out to be a doozy - a pyramid-shaped volcanic rock called a "mugearite" that is ... more		ILS Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 2E for SES International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, successfully placed the ASTRA 2E satellite into a geos ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Water for future Mars astronauts Within its first three months on Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover saw a surprising diversity of soils and sediments along a half-kilometer route that tell a complex story about the gradual desiccation o ... more		NASA Mars rover Curiosity finds water in first sample of planet surface The first scoop of soil analyzed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA's Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight. The ... 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		Unmanned cargo ship docks with orbiting Space Station An unmanned cargo ship successfully berthed with the orbiting International Space Station on Sunday following a one-week delay due to a technical glitch, NASA said. ... more
				Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA's New Orion Spacecraft NASA astronauts recently experienced what it will be like to launch into space aboard the new Orion spacecraft during the first ascent simulations since the space shuttles and their simulators were ... more		NASA Wants Investigations for a Mars 2020 Rover NASA has released its announcement of an open competition for the planetary community to submit proposals for the science and exploration technology instruments that would be carried aboard the agen ... more

US Navy History of Human Spaceflight Conference

Space Situational Awareness Conference 2013

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NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has resumed a trek of many months toward its mountain-slope destination, Mount Sharp. The rover used instruments on its arm last week to inspect rocks at its first waypoi ... more		Science Benefits From Diverse Landing Area Of NASA Mars Rover NASA's Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere. Examination of loose ... 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		Dawn Reality-Checks Telescope Studies of Asteroids Tantalized by images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based data, scientists thought the giant asteroid Vesta deserved a closer look. They got a chance to do that in 2011 and 2012, when ... more
				Dawn Marks Six Years In Space On the sixth anniversary of leaving Earth to embark on a daring deep-space expedition, Dawn is very, very far from its erstwhile planetary residence. Now humankind's only permanent resident of the m ... more		China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover Chinese scientists described the country's first moon rover on Wednesday and invited the global public to come up with a name for it. Zhao Xiaojin, director of the aerospace department of the ... more

ILS Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 2E for SES

UFO? Star cluster? No, it's Falcon 9's jettisoned fuel

APSCC 2013 reaffirms Arianespace's focus on the Asia-Pacific region

First scoop of Mars soil contains 2 percent water: study

Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like

Water for future Mars astronauts

China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover

Mission to moon will boost research and awareness

Mighty Eagle Improves Autonomous Landing Software With Successful Flight

New Horizons - Late in Cruise, and a Binary Ahoy

Pluto Science Conference Exceeds Expectations

SciTechTalk: Grab your erasers, there are more moons than we thought

	How Engineers Revamped Spitzer to Probe Exoplanets Now approaching its 10th anniversary, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has evolved into a premier observatory for an endeavor not envisioned in its original design: the study of worlds around other st ... more		First scoop of Mars soil contains 2 percent water: study The first scoop of Martian soil analyzed by NASA's Curiosity rover held about two percent water, offering hope for hydrating humans who someday explore the Red Planet, scientists said Thursday. ... more		Fusion, anyone? The dream of igniting a self-sustained fusion reaction with high yields of energy, a feat likened to creating a miniature star on Earth, is getting closer to becoming reality, according the authors ... more		APSCC 2013 reaffirms Arianespace's focus on the Asia-Pacific region Arianespace remains committed to its customers in the Asia-Pacific market and is targeting new developments to expand its position as the region's benchmark launch services provider - highlighted by ... 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

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Martian Life: Good or Bad?		Tech glitch delays space station berthing to Saturday		Chinese VP stresses peaceful use of space		Mission to moon will boost research and awareness		NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint

Station Crew Readies for Cygnus' Sunday Arrival

International Partnership Releases Space Exploration Benefits Paper

Mighty Eagle Improves Autonomous Landing Software With Successful Flight

XCOR And ULA Complete Critical Milestone In Liquid Hydrogen Engine Program

Arianespace and Astrium sign deal to begin production of 18 new Ariane 5 vehicles

Space oddity: the mystery of 2013 QW1

UEA scientists reveal Earth's habitable lifetime and investigate potential for alien life

Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne Test CST-100 Thrusters

Cygnus arrival at ISS delayed by at least 2 days: NASA

Communications Tests Go the Distance for MAVEN

NEXT Provides Lasting Propulsion and High Speeds for Deep Space Missions

Curiosity Rover Detects No Methane On Mars

Robotic Arm Goes to Work on Rock Target

China's space station to open for foreign peers

Wind Tunnel Testing Used to Ensure SLS Will 'Breeze' Through Liftoff

Problems with Proton booster fixed

US launches unmanned Cygnus cargo ship to ISS

Life on Mars hopes fade after rover findings: study

India unveils Mars mission spacecraft

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