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October 04, 2013

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Ten days ago NASA's Inspector General, Paul K. Martin, testified before the House about the state of the agency's infrastructure. Martin started by pointing out that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is dedicated to providing independent, aggressive, and objective oversight of NASA, and in this case we are focusing on the challenges with respect to aging infrastructure and antiquated facilities. NASA was formed in 1958, with foundations based on the work of 9.30.13.1NACA. The National Advisory ... read more

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Milky Way-mapping Gaia receives its sunshield A high-tech sunshield to protect the Gaia spacecraft during its deep space mission is now being installed at the Spaceport as preparations continue for Arianespace's Flight VS06 Soyuz launch of the ... more		Lockheed Martin Powers on First GOES-R Weather Satellite Lockheed Martin has powered on the system module of the GOES-R satellite for the first time. The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series (GOES-R) is NOAA's next geostationary weat ... more		Rensselaer Researchers Propose New Theory To Explain Seeds of Life in Asteroids A new look at the early solar system introduces an alternative to a long-taught, but largely discredited, theory that seeks to explain how biomolecules were once able to form inside of asteroids. ... more
				Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission will serve two key customers: SES and HISPASAT The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's next dual-payload heavy-lift mission has begun its assembly at the Spaceport for a mid-December launch with telecommunications satellites from two established customer ... more		Paper written as science hoax published by 157 science journals An error-ridden science paper submitted in an effort to expose unethical academic publishers was accepted by 157 open-access science journals, its author says. ... more

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Putting a face on a robot What does the assistive robot of the future look like? It depends. A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that older and younger people have varying preferences about what they w ... more		A Seasonal Ozone Layer Over The Martian South Pole For the past decade, ESA's Mars Express orbiter has been observing atmospheric structure on the Red Planet. Among its discoveries is the presence of three separate ozone layers, each with its own ch ... 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		First CASIS Funded Payloads Berthed to the ISS The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization managing research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, congratulates Orbital ... more
				Taking Snapshots Galore at 'Solander Point' Opportunity is at the northern edge of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is investigating the geologic contact at the base of Solander Point. Sol 3432 (Sept. 18, 2013) ... more		US private spacecraft company SpaceX launches upgraded Falcon rocket U.S. private spacecraft company SpaceX launched its first new version Falcon 9 rockets from California, an ambitious test flight that also marked the company's first flight from the West Coast. ... more

US Navy History of Human Spaceflight Conference

Space Situational Awareness Conference 2013

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

First ARCA flight in the ExoMars Program completed successfully ARCA has successfully completed the validation test flight in the ExoMars Program High Altitude Drop Test (HADT), carried out in cooperation with the European Space Agency. The launch took pla ... more		After Successful Spacecraft Docking, US Orbits Five Satellites Sunday saw two successful space debuts for the United States: hours after the Cygnus cargo spacecraft eventually reached the International Space Station (ISS), a new version of the Falcon 9 rocket t ... 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		Aerojet Rocketdyne Thrusters Help Cygnus Spacecraft Berth at the International Space Station Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced that its propulsion helped position Orbital Sciences Corporation's (ORB) Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft for a successful berthing with the International Space Sta ... more
				Proton booster back in service after mishap According to an announcement made by officials at the Russian spaceport of Baikonur in Kazakhstan, the remainder of this year should see four satellite launches performed with the help of the Proton ... more		Suggestion of supervolcanoes on Mars ignites controversy Some of Mars' deep craters were actually ancient supervolcanoes that may have changed the planet's climate, U.S. and British researchers suggest. ... more

Milky Way-mapping Gaia receives its sunshield

Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission will serve two key customers: SES and HISPASAT

After Successful Spacecraft Docking, US Orbits Five Satellites

First ARCA flight in the ExoMars Program completed successfully

Science Benefits From Diverse Landing Area Of NASA Mars Rover

A Seasonal Ozone Layer Over The Martian South Pole

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

	People prefer different robot faces depending on task assigned People have varying opinions about what a personal robot should look like, and they change their minds based on what it is supposed to do, U.S. researchers say. ... more		Tokyo gadget show offers glimpse of tomorrow A car that drives itself and glasses that translate a menu as you read it are some of the glimpses of tomorrow on offer at a gadget fair near Tokyo that began on Tuesday. ... more		Astronomers create first cloud map of distant planet U.S. astronomers say data from NASA space telescopes have allowed them to create the first cloud map of a planet beyond our solar system. ... more		UFO? Star cluster? No, it's Falcon 9's jettisoned fuel 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. ... 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

Science Benefits From Diverse Landing Area Of NASA Mars Rover		NASA Wants Investigations for a Mars 2020 Rover		NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint		Cassini finds ingredient of household plastic on Saturn moon		Martian chemical complicates hunt for life's clues
Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like		Dawn Reality-Checks Telescope Studies of Asteroids		Researchers describe unusual Mars rock		APSCC 2013 reaffirms Arianespace's focus on the Asia-Pacific region		ILS Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 2E for SES

Dawn Marks Six Years In Space

Water for future Mars astronauts

NASA Mars rover Curiosity finds water in first sample of planet surface

China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover

Unmanned cargo ship docks with orbiting Space Station

Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA's New Orion Spacecraft

How Engineers Revamped Spitzer to Probe Exoplanets

First scoop of Mars soil contains 2 percent water: study

Fusion, anyone?

Long-Stressed Europa Likely Off-Kilter at One Time

New space crew joins ISS on Olympic torch mission

The Harshest Habitats on Earth

"GRAVITY" is Almost Here

American, two Russians take shortcut to space

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

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