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February 15, 2014

ORBITEC Supports NASA Kennedys Advanced Plant Habitat for ISS
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Feb 14, 2014
Orbital Technologies Corporation is supporting a NASA Kennedy development of the Advanced Plant Habitat or (APH) for life science research and investigations on the International Space Station. The support contract awarded is for ORBITEC to co-develop, with NASA engineering, the NASA managed APH system. The APH Flight units will then be fabricated, and qualified, with an anticipated goal of being delivered to the International Space Station in the 2016 time frame. The support contract was recently ... read more

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Calculated Risks: How Radiation Rules Mars Exploration Nearly everything we know about the radiation exposure on a trip to Mars we have learned in the past 200 days. For much longer, we have known that space is a risky place to be, radiation being one o ... more		'Pinnacle Island' Rock Studies Continue Opportunity is up on "Solander Point," part of the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover continues to explore the region called "Cook Haven." The rock named "Pinnacle Island" continues to be a ta ... more		NASA Moves Longest-Serving Mars Spacecraft for New Observations NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has tweaked its orbit to help scientists make the first systematic observations of how morning fogs, clouds and surface frost develop in different seasons on the Red P ... more
				ASU Mars camera to get new views of Red Planet For the first time since the Viking Mars mission of the 1970s, which ended more than a generation ago, scientists will soon begin systematic observations of Mars from orbit at times of day around lo ... more		Hollande on Silicon Valley charm offensive Francois Hollande announced Wednesday measures to boost innovation and start-ups in France, as he became the first French president in 30 years to set foot in California. ... more

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China's Jade Rabbit rover comes 'back to life' China's troubled Jade Rabbit lunar rover has survived a bitterly cold 14-day lunar night, officials said Thursday, prompting hopes it can be repaired after suffering a malfunction last month. ... more		Flowing Water on Mars Appears Likely But Hard to Prove Martian experts have known since 2011 that mysterious, possibly water-related streaks appear and disappear on the planet's surface. Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. candidate Lujendra Ojha disc ... more		Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China Venezuela accuses US of waging 'undeclared war,' urges UN probe		Yutu Awakes After a considerable delay and some highly vague statements, China has indicated that the Yutu Moon rover is transmitting telemetry to Earth. This is a highly encouraging development, as it suggests ... more
				Source of 'Moon Curse' Revealed by Eclipse Strange events have long been linked to nights of a full moon, though careful scrutiny dispels any association. So, when signals bounced off the lunar surface returned surprisingly faint echoes on f ... more		Russian-European spacecraft to go on Martian mission in Jan 2016 A spacecraft built for the Russian-European ExoMars project will begin its voyage to Mars in January 2016, Director of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Lev Zelyony sai ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining Current Systems; IDGA�s Military Radar Summit - April 2014

NASA Mars Orbiters See Clues to Possible Water Flows NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars have returned clues for understanding seasonal features that are the strongest indication of possible liquid water that may exist today on the Red Planet. The fea ... more		NASA Spacecraft Get a 360-Degree View of Saturn's Auroras NASA trained several pairs of eyes on Saturn as the planet put on a dancing light show at its poles. While NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, orbiting around Earth, was able to observe the northern auro ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		Is it time to lift alcohol ban in space? Russians were not only the first to travel to space. They were also the first to secretly carry a bottle of brandy aboard a spaceship, while researchers were still uncertain as to whether to include ... more
				Russia-Kazakhstan Working Group to Report on Proton Launches A Russia-Kazakhstan working group will finalize its recommendations this week on the frequency of launches of the Proton rocket, Kazakh media reported Monday. A spokesperson for the Kazakh pre ... more		100 Days Of Mars Orbiter Spacecraft Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, India's first interplanetary probe, was launched by PSLV-C25 at 1438 hours on November 5, 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. In its voyage towards Mars, the ... more

Russia-Kazakhstan Working Group to Report on Proton Launches

Russian Telecoms Satellites Readied for March Launch

Ariane 5's heavy-lift mission is an on the numbers launch success

'Pinnacle Island' Rock Studies Continue

Calculated Risks: How Radiation Rules Mars Exploration

ASU Mars camera to get new views of Red Planet

Source of 'Moon Curse' Revealed by Eclipse

NASA bets on private companies to exploit moon's resources

Astrobotic Begins Testing at Masten Space Systems

Thanks America, New Horizons Ahead

Countdown to Pluto

A Busy Year Begins for New Horizons

	NASA and French Space Agency Sign Agreement for Mars Mission NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president of the National Center of Space Studies of France (CNES), signed an implementing agreement Monday for cooperation on a future NASA ... more		Robotic construction crew needs no foreman On the plains of Namibia, millions of tiny termites are building a mound of soil-an 8-foot-tall "lung" for their underground nest. During a year of construction, many termites will live and die, win ... more		New system combines control programs so fleets of robots can collaborate Writing a program to control a single autonomous robot navigating an uncertain environment with an erratic communication link is hard enough; write one for multiple robots that may or may not have t ... more		Tech products can turn uncool when they become too popular In the tech world, coolness takes more than just good looks. Technology users must consider a product attractive, original and edgy before they label those products as cool, according to researchers ... more

How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems

Neutrinovoltaic master formula published as pathway to scalable clean energy

Boeing defense workers reject deal to end strike

Scientists develop 'friendly' robot to improve human-android bond		Google wins contract to take over historic NASA-owned airfield		Russian Telecoms Satellites Readied for March Launch		US, France sign deal for 2016 Mars lander		Orion Stage Adapter Aces Structural Loads Testing
Putting Rovers to the Test		Thanks America, New Horizons Ahead		Through the Gap: Curiosity Mars Rover Crosses Dune		NASA Evolves Student Rocketry Challenge, Enhances Ties to Space Launch System		MESSENGER Surpasses 200,000 Orbital Images of Mercury

NASA bets on private companies to exploit moon's resources

Mars rover successfully negotiates risky move over sand dune

Russian Progress M-22M docks with ISS following fast rendezvous

NASA Technology to Help Develop Noninvasive Medical Treatments

NASA EDGE Showcases Three Technology Demonstration Missions

Andrews Space Cargo Module Power Unit Provides Power For Payloads Bound For ISS

Antrix to launch UK and Singapore satellite using India's Polar Satellite Launcher

Russian scientists break ground in new asteriod discovery

Ariane 5's heavy-lift mission is an on the numbers launch success

Vacuum cleaner guru James Dyson puts $8 million into robotics lab

New scientific field looks at the big picture

MDA announces Canada's DND Sapphire satellite completes commissioning

MAVEN on Track to Carry Out its Science Mission

58th successful launch in a row of Ariane 5

Astrobotic Begins Testing at Masten Space Systems

Report: U.S. science and technology lead diminishing as Asia competes

A Proposal For The Space Debris Society

Kepler Finds a Very Wobbly Planet

Russian Resupply Spacecraft Begins Expedited Flight to Station

NASA Mars Orbiter Examines Dramatic New Crater

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