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January 13, 2014
MOON DAILY
Moon rover, lander wake after lunar night
Beijing (XNA) Jan 13, 2014
China's moon rover "Yutu" (Jade Rabbit) and the Chang'e-3 lander have just "woken up" after a period of dormancy that lasted two weeks, or one lunar night, in a move designed to ride out harsh climactic conditions. Yutu was awakened autonomously at 5:09 a.m. Beijing Time on Saturday and has finished necessary setting procedures and entered a normal working mode following orders from the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC), according to a statement issued by the BACC on Sunday. It has sta ... read more
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DRAGON SPACE

Official: China's space policy open to world
Xu Dazhe, the new chief of China's space industry, is seeking more international cooperation in Washington less than a month after his country's first successful soft landing on the moon. Xu s ... more
MOON DAILY

India to launch second mission to moon by 2017
India plans to launch its second mission to moon by 2017 in the wake of the success of its maiden lunar mission. "Chandrayaan-II is a mission where we essentially need to move on (lunar) surfa ... more
STATION NEWS

Orbital's cargo ship arrives at space station
Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship on Sunday arrived at the International Space Station on the company's first regular supply mission to the research outpost. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

China, US move toward cooperation in space
China - which until now has worked alone as it pursues an ambitious space program - seems more open to international cooperation, especially with the United States, European and American experts say. ... more


SPACE TRAVEL

SciTechTalk: New year, new technology
Out with the old, in with the new. The 21st century is still young, but it's growing-up fast, technology-wise. ... more
The Year In Space
ROCKET SCIENCE

SpaceShipTwo soars to 71,000 feet above Earth during test
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo soared above Earth for a test flight Friday in the California desert, the corporation said. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Internet of Things poses new security risks
The hackers who got into your computer or smartphone are now taking aim at the Internet of Things. ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
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
SPACE TRAVEL

Earthly politicians seek roadmap for space exploration
Seeking to boldly go where few politicians have gone before, more than 30 space-faring nations gathered Thursday to map out ways to pool mankind's efforts to explore the stars. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE

SLS Avionics System Sees the (First) Light
The modern avionics system that will guide the most powerful rocket ever built saw the light - the "first light," that is. Hardware, software and operating systems for NASA's Space Launch System (SL ... more
LAUNCH PAD

Vega Flight VV03 And Ariane Flight VA218
Arianespace's "supply pipeline" is supporting the company's high-activity launch pace planned for 2014, with launcher elements arriving this week in French Guiana for its third flight of the lightwe ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Orbiter Images Rover and Tracks in Gale Crater
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and its recent tracks from driving in Gale Crater appear in an image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance ... more
LAUNCH PAD

Competiveness, quality and launcher family evolution are the keywords for Arianespace in 2014 and beyond
Arianespace begins the company's 30th year of launch operations by setting its sights high in 2014, benefitting from a capable launcher family and a record order book, along with enhancements that w ... more
24/7 News Coverage
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
TECH SPACE

GPM Completes Spacecraft Alignments
After a holiday break, final tests for the GPM Core Observatory resumed on Dec. 30, 2013, with alignment measurements. The spacecraft's instruments and components, such as star trackers and thruster ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Technology aims for perfect jump shot, golf swing
A connected basketball promises to improve your jump shot. Embedded sensors which gather and analyze data offer hope for a better swing in golf, baseball or tennis. ... more
LAUNCH PAD

Orbital Sciences launches second mission to space station
Orbital Sciences Corporation on Thursday launched its unmanned Cygnus cargo ship on the company's first regular supply mission to the International Space Station. ... more
LAUNCH PAD
Vega Flight VV03 And Ariane Flight VA218

Orbital Sciences launches second mission to space station

Competiveness, quality and launcher family evolution are the keywords for Arianespace in 2014 and beyond


LAUNCH PAD
Mars Orbiter Images Rover and Tracks in Gale Crater

Who Wants to Go to Mars - One Way?

More than 1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV mission


LAUNCH PAD
Moon rover, lander wake after lunar night

India to launch second mission to moon by 2017

Wake Up Yutu


LAUNCH PAD
A Busy Year Begins for New Horizons

The Sounds of New Horizons

On the Path to Pluto, 5 AU and Closing

OUTER PLANETS

A Busy Year Begins for New Horizons
With Pluto encounter operations now just a year away, the New Horizons team has brought the spacecraft out of hibernation for the first of several activities planned for 2014. Mission operator ... more
IRON AND ICE

Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New Asteroid
NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft has spotted a never-before-seen asteroid - its first such discovery since coming out of hibernation last year. ... more
EXO WORLDS

New kind of planet or failed star? Astrophysicists discover category-defying celestial object
An object discovered by astrophysicists at the University of Toronto nearly 500 light years away from the sun may challenge traditional understandings about how planets and stars form. The obj ... more
EXO WORLDS

NASA's Kepler Provides Insights on Enigmatic Planets
More than three-quarters of the planet candidates discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft have sizes ranging from that of Earth to that of Neptune, which is nearly four times as big as Earth. Such pl ... more
24/7 Energy News Coverage
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
STATION NEWS

Obama Administration Extends ISS Until at Least 2024

ENERGY TECH

Fusion instabilities lessened by unexpected effect

EXO WORLDS

Powerful Planet Finder Turns Its Eye to the Sky

EXO WORLDS

SF State astronomers discover new planet in Pisces constellation

MARSDAILY

Who Wants to Go to Mars - One Way?

ROCKET SCIENCE

Sierra Nevada Announces International Expansion of the Dream Chaser Space System

EXO WORLDS

Habitable zones around stars ten times wider than we thought

IRON AND ICE

U of Maryland undergraduates discover rare eclipsing double asteroid

LAUNCH PAD

Cygnus Heads to Space for First Station Resupply Mission

STATION NEWS

NASA extends space station life to 2024

Orbital to attempt launch to space station Thursday

Research: Smaller exoplanets found to be covered in gas

Toymakers target 'kidults' at high-tech Hong Kong fair

China has world's most outbound tourists

U.S. undergraduates impress astronomers with asteroid discovery

Planet-hunting telescope camera returns first images of exoplanets

An astronaut's rhythm

Robots invade consumer market for play, work

NASA Kepler Provides Insight About Enigmatic But Ubiquitous Planets, Five New Rocky Planets

Arianespace targets record year for rocket launches

One-way trip to Mars? Sign me up, says Frenchwoman

More than 1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV mission

SpaceX launches second commercial satellite

Wake Up Yutu

Earth appears to be an oddity, astronomers say

Facility upgrades will support X-37B program

New Science Bound for Station on Orbital's Cygnus

Now sky is the limit for India: Ex-ISRO scientist

'20 years of toil has paid off' Says Radhkrishnan

GSLV-D5 launch: What the success means

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