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March 29, 2014

Mars yard ready for Red Planet rover
Paris (ESA) Mar 31, 2014
A state-of-the-art 'Mars yard' is now ready to put the ExoMars rover through its paces before the vehicle is launched to the Red Planet in 2018. ESA, the UK Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space opened the renovated test area in Stevenage, UK. ExoMars is a joint endeavour between ESA and Russia's Roscosmos space agency. Comprising two missions for launch to Mars in 2016 and 2018, ExoMars will address the outstanding scientific question of whether life has ever existed on the planet, by investi ... read more

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NASA Marks Major Milestone for Spaceport of the Future NASA achieved a major milestone this month in its effort to transform the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida into a multi-user spaceport by successfully completing the initial design and techn ... more		New way to filter light Light waves can be defined by three fundamental characteristics: their color (or wavelength), polarization, and direction. While it has long been possible to selectively filter light according to it ... more		Russian spacecraft brings three-man crew to ISS after two-day delay A Russian spacecraft carrying a three-man Russian and US crew on Friday docked successfully at the International Space Station after an unprecedented two-day delay caused by a technical hitch. ... more
				Mars One building simulated colony to vet potential colonists Mars One is a a private, Netherlands-based push to realize a human colony on the red planet by 2025. ... more		Soyuz Docking Delayed Till Thursday as Station Crew Adjusts Schedule Three crew members headed to the International Space Station are safe and healthy as they continue on their journey to the orbiting outpost today. All systems on their Soyuz spacecraft appear to be ... more

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Software glitch most probable cause of Soyuz TMA-12 taking two day approach The automatic shift of Soyuz TMA-12M to a trajectory of the two-day approach to the International Space Station (ISS) might have been caused by a software glitch, Energia Corporation President Vital ... more		Dwarf planet 'Biden' identified in an unlikely region of our solar system Astronomers believe they have discovered a dwarf planet beyond Pluto, 7 billion miles from Earth. The new discovery is already causing scientists to reconsider everything they know about our solar s ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		US, Russian astronauts take new trajectory to dock the ISS The crew of two Russians and an American has successfully blasted off into space. Despite the diplomatic skirmish on the ground, the greatest problems faced by the international Soyuz team are dozen ... more
				Cleaner NASA Rover Sees Its Shadow in Martian Spring Late afternoon lighting produced a dramatic shadow of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity photographed by the rover's rear hazard-avoidance camera on March 20, 2014. The shadow falls acr ... more		Cosmic collision creates mini-planet with rings Until now, rings of material in a disc have only been observed around giant planets like Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and especially Saturn, which is known for its spectacular rings. Now astronomers fro ... more

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Arianespace's seventh Soyuz mission from French Guiana is readied for liftoff next week The campaign for Arianespace's medium-lift Soyuz launch with the Sentinel-1A Earth observation satellite is moving into its final preparations for an April 3 liftoff from French Guiana. Follow ... more		Four Moons About Saturn's Rings Two pairs of moons make a rare joint appearance. The F ring's shepherd moons, Prometheus and Pandora, appear just inside and outside of the F ring (the thin faint ring furthest from Saturn). Meanwhi ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		Lick's Automated Planet Finder: First robotic telescope for planet hunters Lick Observatory's newest telescope, the Automated Planet Finder (APF), has been operating robotically night after night on Mt. Hamilton since January, searching nearby stars for Earth-sized planets ... more
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Arianespace's seventh Soyuz mission from French Guiana is readied for liftoff next week

NASA Seeks Suborbital Flight Proposals

Arianespace Launches ASTRA 5B and Amazonas 4A

Mars yard ready for Red Planet rover

Mars One building simulated colony to vet potential colonists

Cleaner NASA Rover Sees Its Shadow in Martian Spring

Unique camera from NASA's moon missions sold at auction

Expeditions to the Moon: beware of meteorites

A Wet Moon

Dwarf planet 'Biden' identified in an unlikely region of our solar system

Planet X myth debunked

WISE Finds Thousands Of New Stars But No Planet X

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UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

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Unique camera from NASA's moon missions sold at auction		E3-production - sustainable manufacturing		A Wet Moon		NASA Seeks Collaborative Partnerships With Commercial Space		NASA Mars Rover's Next Stop Has Sandstone Variations

Mars on Earth: vacuum chambers mimic the Red Planet

New ISS Crew Wrapping Up Training for Launch

Two Suns Could Make More Habitable Moons

NASA Seeks Proposals on Asteroid Redirect Mission Concepts Development

ASU camera creates stunning mosaic of moon's polar region

Boeing on Schedule to Deliver World's First All-Electric Satellites

US more dependent on Russia in space, than Russia on US - NASA

Expeditions to the Moon: beware of meteorites

Arianespace Launches ASTRA 5B and Amazonas 4A

Helpful Wind Cleans Solar Panels On Opportunity Mars Rover

Airbus Defence and Space to cooperate with Snecma on electric propulsion

Could Alien Life Cope with a Hotter, Brighter Star?

New hypothesis explains Earth's continued habitability

How astronauts survive diplomatic tensions in space

Europe's IXV atmospheric reentry demonstrator ready for final tests

SpaceX Launch to the ISS Reset for March 30

Ariane 5 hardware arrives for next ATV mission

TED turns 30 with new chapter of 'ideas worth spreading'

Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets

NASA Extends Lockheed Martin Contract to Support ISS

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