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October 25, 2013

China Moon Rover A New Opportunity To Explore Our Nearest Neighbor
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 25, 2013
In December 2013, China will launch its first mission to soft-land on the surface of the Moon. The Chang'e-3 spacecraft will carry a robotic rover to the surface of the Moon, and also perform experiments stationed on the lander itself. This is gearing up to be an scientifically important mission. Nothing has landed softly on the Moon since 1976. It's about time that was changed. The international space community is eagerly anticipating this mission, and it's hard to find negative comments about it ... read more

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Study finds time in space is risk to astronauts' eyes, genes Astronauts spending as little as 2 weeks in space may experience profound changes in eye structure and gene expression, U.S. researchers report. ... more		Gaia launch delayed several months Yesterday, the decision was taken to postpone the launch of ESA's Gaia mission after a technical issue was identified in another satellite already in orbit. Gaia shares some of the components ... more		Scientists discover how the atmosphere of Mars turned to stone Scientists at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, the University of Glasgow and the Natural History Museum in London may have discovered how Mars lost its early carbon dioxide-r ... more
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Cassini Gets New Views of Titan's Land of Lakes With the sun now shining down over the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, a little luck with the weather, and trajectories that put the spacecraft into optimal viewing positions, NASA's Cassini spac ... more		Space cannon ready: Japan to shoot asteroid for samples in 2014 mission A unique space cannon developed for Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft has successfully test-fired on Earth in preparation for a 2014 mission. During its upcoming journey into space, the cannon will blas ... more				Orbital Completes COTS Demonstration Mission to ISS Orbital Sciences reports that its Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft reentered Earth's atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand at approximately 2:15 p.m. (EDT). Cygnus unberthed from th ... more
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Spacecraft Integration, Assembly and Test One would think that spacecraft assembly, integration and test (AI and T) is a well known process, designed and executed very efficiently by professionals after a significant amount of planning and ... more		Takeoff of Proton LV with US satellite may be put off until Oct 25 The takeoff of the Russian Proton-M launch vehicle with the US communication satellite Sirius FM-6 may be put off until October at the request of the US side,according to the Interfax citing a sourc ... more				Hardware Ready for Pressure Testing in Preparation for Orion Launch The design and fabrication of critical flight hardware that will be used to keep NASA's Orion spacecraft safe during launch was recently completed at Janicki Industries in Hamilton, Wash. The hardwa ... more
				Walking robots: it's all in the hips, say Japan researchers Robot researchers in Japan have proved what entertainers from Elvis Presley to Miley Cyrus knew all along: the secret is in the hips. ... more		US firm offers 30 kilometer-high balloon ride Seeking to cash in on the space tourism boom, a US firm is offering rides in a helium balloon 30 kilometers (20 miles) up to gaze down on Earth. ... more

Takeoff of Proton LV with US satellite may be put off until Oct 25

Gaia launch delayed several months

Technical glitch will delay launch of European space mission

Mars Crater May Actually Be Ancient Supervolcano

Scientists discover how the atmosphere of Mars turned to stone

Mars Rover Opportunity Heads Uphill

Crowdfunded Lunar Spacecraft Reaches Funding Milestone

LADEE Continues To Settle Into Operational Lunar Orbit

NASA's moon landing remembered as a promise of a 'future which never happened'

SwRI study finds that Pluto satellites' orbital ballet may hint of long-ago collisions

Archival Hubble Images Reveal Neptune's "Lost" Inner Moon

New Horizons - Late in Cruise, and a Binary Ahoy

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Robot challenge: unload a spacecraft		Crowdfunded Lunar Spacecraft Reaches Funding Milestone		Armed ground drones to take over battlefields in five years		Sounding Rocket Calibrates NASA's SDO Instrument		MAVEN Launch Preps on Schedule
NASA strives to tame 'big data' flowing in from dozens of missions		Who's the ace among aces?		Iowa research team see misaligned planets in distant system		Astrium awarded three new contracts by ESA for Ariane 6 and Ariane 5 ME launchers		Cygnus cargo craft readies to leave space station

India sets November 5 for Mars mission launch

Chinese no longer banned from NASA astronomy meet

Cygnus cargo craft leaves international space station

Count of discovered exoplanets passes the 1,000 mark

NASA's China policy faces mounting pressure

Phobos-Grunt-2: Russia to probe Martian moon by 2022

LADEE Continues To Settle Into Operational Lunar Orbit

Students creating satellite with self-healing material

Out-of-fuel European satellite to come crashing down

Ethiopia sets sights on stars with space program

ESA drives forward with all-electric telecom satellites

Satellite's gravity-mapping mission is over: ESA

Electrically powered in a geostationary orbit

Research aims at prosthetic arms with natural-like touch

SwRI study finds that Pluto satellites' orbital ballet may hint of long-ago collisions

Russian scientists set sights on space

Russia Readies Proton Rocket for October 20 Launch

Finding alien worlds on Earth

Heading to a High Slope for Some Sunshine

Astronomer see misaligned planets in distant system

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