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December 19, 2013

NASA rigs up snorkel in spacesuit after risky water leak
Washington (AFP) Dec 18, 2013
Snorkels in space? NASA dreamed up the idea as a quick fix to a dangerous spacesuit problem so astronauts can step out to repair an equipment breakdown at the International Space Station. One of the two US astronauts preparing to embark on a series of spacewalks later this week and next will be wearing an American-made suit that had a helmet leak in July, nearly drowning the European astronaut who wore it. The three emergency spacewalks are planned for December 21, 23 and 25 in order to fix a br ... read more

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JPL to Test New Supersonic Decelerator Technology A giant crane will tower above NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., shooting out of a hilly mesa like an oversized erector set, ready to help test components of NASA's Low Density S ... more		NASA Engineers Crush Fuel Tank to Build Better Rockets NASA completed a series of high-tech can-crushing tests last week as an enormous fuel tank crumbled under the pressure of almost a million pounds of force, all in the name of building lighter, more ... more		NASA plans 3 urgent spacewalks to fix ISS coolant system, suspends cargo delivery American astronauts will undertake a series of urgent spacewalks to repair a broken cooling line on the International Space Station. NASA has announced that two American astronauts will move soon to ... more
				Gaia Mission Could Help Map Exoplanets The Kepler mission from NASA has discovered more than 3,600 possible worlds, a haul greater than any mission before it. Now researchers suggest the Gaia spacecraft, scheduled for launch on December ... more		Fungal pathogen shows profound effects from spaceflight At Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, Cheryl Nickerson and her team have been investigating the intriguing effects of spaceflight on microbial pathogens. In a new paper appearing ... more

First detection of a predicted unseen exoplanet A team of European astronomers, including EXOEarths member Alexandre Santerne (Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto - CAUP), used the SOPHIE spectrograph at the Observatoire de Haute-Prove ... more		Oil and metal munching microbes dominate deep sandstone formations Halomonas are a hardy breed of bacteria. They can withstand heat, high salinity, low oxygen, utter darkness and pressures that would kill most other organisms. These traits enable these microbes to ... 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		NASA's network for talking to space missions nears 50th anniversary NASA says its Deep Space Network, a powerful system for "talking to" spacecraft, is nearing a milestone - the 50th anniversary of its official creation. ... more
				SLS Chief Engineer Driven by 'Challenge' of Building America's Next Great Rocket During the Saturn V days, a 10-year-old boy came to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., with his dad and uncle for an open house. There to shake that young boy's hand was ... more		NASA postpones cargo mission for space station repairs NASA on Tuesday postponed a cargo mission to the International Space Station and instead scheduled three spacewalks so that astronauts can fix a broken cooling system at the research outpost. ... more

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Gaia secured inside fairing ESA's billion-star surveyor Gaia, less than a week from launch, is now tucked up inside the fairing that will protect it during the first few minutes of ascent into space. Last week, Gaia was ... more		Asia's year in space triggers applause but also worry The past 12 months will be remembered as the year when Asia's economic powerhouses barged their way into the elite club of spacefarers. ... 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		Google buys military robot-maker Boston Dynamics for battle with Amazon Google has acquired robotics engineering company Boston Dynamics, best known for its line of quadrupeds with funny gaits and often mind-blowing capabilities. Products that the firm has demonstrated ... more
				Yutu robotic rover begins lunar mission China's Jade Rabbit rover sent back its first pictures from the moon, as officials on Monday lauded the first lunar soft landing in nearly four decades as a step forward for "mankind as a whole". ... more		Deep space monitoring station abroad imperative China needs to build a deep space monitoring station abroad because the existing network is not capable of tracking deep space detectors round the clock, a leading scientist said on Monday. De ... more

Gaia secured inside fairing

India to decide December 27 on GSAT-14 launch date

Arianespace orders 18 rockets for 2 bn euros

Opportunity Communications Remain Slow Due To Odyssey Issues

New Views of Mars from Sediment Mineralogy

NASA poised to launch Mars atmosphere probe

China's Lunar Lander May Provide Additional Science for NASA Spacecraft

China plans to launch Chang'e-5 in 2017

Mining the moon is pie in the sky for China: experts

The Sounds of New Horizons

On the Path to Pluto, 5 AU and Closing

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	New Views of Mars from Sediment Mineralogy The first detailed examination of clay mineralogy in its original setting on Mars is offering new insights on the planet's past habitability, research led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scien ... more		Opportunity Communications Remain Slow Due To Odyssey Issues Opportunity is up on 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. Mars Odyssey went into safe mode and ... more		Nearby failed stars may harbor planet Astronomers, including Carnegie's Yuri Beletsky, took precise measurements of the closest pair of failed stars to the Sun, which suggest that the system harbors a third, planetary-mass object. ... more		India to decide December 27 on GSAT-14 launch date The Indian space agency Dec 27 would decide the date for the launch of communication satellite GSAT-14 using its heavier rocket geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV), said a senior official ... 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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Chinese sci-fi writers laud moon landing		China plans to launch Chang'e-5 in 2017		Innovative instrument probes close binary stars, may soon image exoplanets		China's Lunar Lander May Provide Additional Science for NASA Spacecraft		China's Jade Rabbit lunar rover sends first photos from moon

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The Dragon Has Landed

Iran sends second monkey into space

European consortium space company to offer 'affordable' trips to space

Arianespace orders 18 rockets for 2 bn euros

SpaceX to bid for rights to historic NASA launch pad

NASA mulls spacewalks to fix space station

Arianespace to launch GSAT-15 and GSAT-16 satellites for India

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Planning group calls for National Space Policy in Britain

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Chang'e-3 probe moves closer to the moon

Arianespace to launch Brazilian government satellite SGDC

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