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November 01, 2013

Mystery World Baffles Astronomers
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 01, 2013
Kepler-78b is a planet that shouldn't exist. This scorching lava world circles its star every eight and a half hours at a distance of less than one million miles - one of the tightest known orbits. According to current theories of planet formation, it couldn't have formed so close to its star, nor could it have moved there. "This planet is a complete mystery," says astronomer David Latham of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). "We don't know how it formed or how it got to where ... read more

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Indian space head braced for tricky Mars challenge The head of India's space agency warned Thursday of the immense complexity of sending a mission to Mars as the country prepares to send its first interplanetary probe to explore the atmosphere there. ... more		India Prepares for Mars Mission India will launch a spacecraft to Mars on November 5 - an ambitious feat attempted only by a handful of countries. The Red Planet mission marks a major expansion of India's space program as it tries ... more		Martian box of delights This spherical container has been engineered to house the most scientifically valuable cargo imaginable: samples brought back from the Red Planet. Still probably many years in the future and most li ... more
				Seeking the Sun's Rays as Winter Approaches Opportunity is ascending the northern edge of 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production as winter approache ... more		China providing space training China is providing training for space professionals from developing economies, enhancing their capacity in satellite operations and space technology application. "Hundreds of space engineers a ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Researchers discover that an exoplanet is Earth-like in mass and size In August, MIT researchers identified an exoplanet with an extremely brief orbital period: The team found that Kepler 78b, a small, intensely hot planet 400 light-years from Earth, circles its star ... more		NASA's Orion Spacecraft Comes to Life NASA's first-ever deep space craft, Orion, has been powered on for the first time, marking a major milestone in the final year of preparations for flight. Orion's avionics system was installed ... 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		Curiosity Mars Rover Approaches 'Cooperstown' NASA's Mars rover Curiosity completed its first two-day autonomous drive Monday, bringing the mobile laboratory to a good vantage point for pictures useful in selecting the next target the rover wil ... more
				'Hellish' exoplanet has Earth-like mass: research An Earth-sized planet far beyond our Solar System has been found to have a similar mass to our planet, said researchers Wednesday engaged in the hunt for other habitable worlds. ... more		Flights of Fancy "Flights of Fancy" hits home in an unique way. So, we thought it should be aired again in case you missed the first airing in August of this year. Robert Zimmerman got it exactly right. In an August ... more

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NASA and Sweden to test High Performance Green Propulsion technology The Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed a bilateral cooperative agreement for NASA to test and evaluate the 5-Newton and ... more		Cassini Swings Above Saturn to Compose a Portrait It's a view as good as gold. A loop high above Saturn by NASA's Cassini spacecraft revealed this stately view of the golden-hued planet and its main rings. The observation and resulting image mosaic ... 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		Aki Roberge - Looking for Life In All the Right Places Astrophysicist Aki Roberge is looking for life in all the right places on other planets. What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard' ... more
				Russia Mulls Development of New Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket Russia's Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, is to discuss with leading Russian scientists development of a new launch vehicle capable of carrying up payloads to 70 tons, its head said Friday. "W ... more		ATV-4: all good missions must come to an end ESA's supply and support ferry ATV Albert Einstein has served the International Space Station faithfully since it was launched from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana in June. Its mission comes to ... more

ILS Proton Launches Sirius FM-6 Satellite

Boeing Finalizes Agreement for Kennedy Space Center Facility

Russia Plans to Spend $22M on Soyuz-2 Launch Pad

Martian box of delights

India Prepares for Mars Mission

Seeking the Sun's Rays as Winter Approaches

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'

The Sounds of New Horizons

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

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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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Orbital Completes COTS Demonstration Mission to ISS		US unveils bionic man with 'Russian intellect'		ILS Proton Launches Sirius FM-6 Satellite		New planet found around distant star could be record-breaker		The Sounds of New Horizons

Planets rich in carbon could be poor in water, reducing life chances

European cargo freighter to undock from ISS

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Carbon Worlds May be Waterless

Enough lying about

Another hazardous asteroid to dart close to Earth in 2065

On the Path to Pluto, 5 AU and Closing

Ariane 5 arrives at the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building for payload installation

Dream Chaser Free-Flight Test Report

China launches experimental satellite Shijian-16

Boeing Finalizes Agreement for Kennedy Space Center Facility

It's raining satellite: Europe's gravity field explorer to fall back to Earth in two weeks

NASA to probe why Mars lost its atmosphere

NASA Partner SpaceX Completes Review of 2014 Commercial Crew Abort Test

Hardware Ready for Pressure Testing in Preparation for Orion Launch

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Study finds time in space is risk to astronauts' eyes, genes

Gaia launch delayed several months

Scientists discover how the atmosphere of Mars turned to stone

Mars Crater May Actually Be Ancient Supervolcano

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