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May 06, 2014

Pioneering Mercury Astronauts Launched America's Future
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 07, 2014
From ancient astronomers to fantasy authors to modern-day scientists, visionaries dreamed for centuries about travel beyond Earth into outer space. On a spring day in 1959, America's fledgling space agency introduced seven military test pilots who would turn the stuff of science fiction into the "right stuff," launching the nation into the future. Over the coming years these new astronauts would make frequent trips to Florida's Space Coast and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station training for flights ... read more

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Lockheed assembles satellite propulsion module Lockheed Martin reports it has assembled the propulsion module of a satellite that will help provide continuous early warning of ballistic missile launches. ... more		Saturn returns to evening sky this weekend This weekend, Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, will be the closest it will be to Earth this year as it goes into opposition with the sun. Opposition occurs when the sun, Earth and Saturn are directly aligned, with Earth in the middle. ... more		25-foot asteroid comes within 186,000 miles of Earth A 25-foot asteroid passed between Earth and the moon over the weekend, coming within 186,000 miles of Earth's surface. On average, the moon's orbit is 238,855 miles from Earth. ... more
				Replacing Russian-made rocket engines is not easy The Pentagon is hard-pressed to find a replacement for the Russian-made rocket engines it buys, a senior official has revealed. The import of the engines has for now been banned via a court order lo ... more		SHERPA launch service deal to deploy 1200 kilo smallsat payloads Spaceflight has announced it has secured a launch service agreement to orbit its "SHERPA" hosted payload and in-space transportation system. Spaceflight's inaugural SHERPA mission will deploy up to ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

ATK Validates MegaFlex Solar Array For NextGen Solar Electric Propulsion Missions ATK has completed testing of its MegaFlex solar array wing under a contract with NASA Glenn Research Center (Glenn) to ready high-power solar arrays for powering large-scale Solar Electric Propulsio ... more		Competition of the multiple Gortler modes in hypersonic boundary layer flows The present study illustrates, for the hypersonic flows, through the local and marching analysis, the crossover of the mode W and the mode T at O(1) wavenumber and large Gortler number regime. ... 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		NASA's Next Prototype Spacesuit has a Brand New Look, and it's All Thanks to You With 233,431 votes, the "Technology" option has won NASA's Z-2 Spacesuit design challenge with just over 63% of the total vote. This design now will be incorporated into the final version of the sui ... more
				ILS Satellite Launches Remain on Schedule Despite Sanctions The newly imposed US sanctions against Russia will not affect the work of the International Launch Services (ILS) company, a spokesperson for the Luxembourg-based satellite fleet operator SES told R ... more		ISS research shows that hardy little space travelers could colonize Mars In the movies, humans often fear invaders from Mars. These days, scientists are more concerned about invaders to Mars, in the form of micro-organisms from Earth. Three recent scientific papers exami ... more

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Astrobotic Partners With NASA To Develop Robotic Lunar Landing Capability Astrobotic Technology has announced a new partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for development of robotic lunar landing capability. Astrobotic has been sel ... more		Parallel Ariane 5 and Soyuz mission campaigns keep Arianespace on track The Spaceport is busy with launch campaign activity in support of Arianespace's record 2014 mission pace, with parallel preparations now underway for three heavy-lift Ariane 5 flights, as well as an ... 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		Boeing Showcases Future Commercial Spacecraft Interior Boeing has unveiled a new commercial interior of its Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) next-generation manned space capsule, showing how people other than NASA astronauts may one day travel to spa ... more
				Peacekeeper Safing - The Ultimate Re-Use Project NASA Johnson Space Center's White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) contracted with the United States Air Force (USAF) to safe Peacekeeper Post Boost Propulsion System (PBPS) stages in the next four years ... more		Sierra Nevada Corporation Completes and Delivers Satellites for ORBCOMM Mission 1 Launch Sierra Nevada has announced the successful completion of the ORBCOMM Generation 2 (OG2) Pre-Ship Review and shipment of six satellites from the company's Space Systems' location in Louisville, Color ... more

Replacing Russian-made rocket engines is not easy

Parallel Ariane 5 and Soyuz mission campaigns keep Arianespace on track

SHERPA launch service deal to deploy 1200 kilo smallsat payloads

ISS research shows that hardy little space travelers could colonize Mars

Target on Mars Looks Good for NASA Rover Drilling

Mars Rover Switches to Driving Backwards Due to Elevated Wheel Currents

Astrobotic Partners With NASA To Develop Robotic Lunar Landing Capability

John C. Houbolt, Unsung Hero of the Apollo Program, Dies at Age 95

NASA Completes LADEE Mission with Planned Impact on Moon's Surface

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

	Undersea warfare: Viruses hijack deep-sea bacteria at hydrothermal vents More than a mile beneath the ocean's surface, as dark clouds of mineral-rich water billow from seafloor hot springs called hydrothermal vents, unseen armies of viruses and bacteria wage war. L ... more		Robots may need to include parental controls Older adults' fears that companion robots will negatively affect young people may create design challenges for developers hoping to build robots for older users, according to Penn State researchers. ... more		Robot mimics cartwheel movement of desert spider The newly discovered flic-flac spider is the gold medal gymnast of the arachnid world, cartwheeling and summersaulting its way along the sand dunes of Morocco's Erg Chebbi deserts, which border the Mediterranean coast. ... more		NASA Invests in Hundreds of US Small Businesses to Enable Future Missions Recognizing the critical role of American small businesses and research institutions play as innovation engines for new space technologies that will enable future space exploration, NASA has selecte ... more

AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners

Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power

UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

Stephen Hawking says threat of artificial intelligence a real concern		Less than a year from its Ceres rendezvous		Length of Exoplanet Day Measured for First Time		Mars Rover Switches to Driving Backwards Due to Elevated Wheel Currents		MDA selected to define robotic concepts for deep-space missions
Search for life on exoplanets more difficult than thought		Court blocks US plan to buy Russian rocket engines		NASA Seeks to Evolve ISS for New Commercial Opportunities		Arianespace to launch Indonesia satellite BRIsat		Spitzer and WISE Telescopes Find Close, Cold Neighbor of Sun

Orion Undergoes Simulation Of Intense Launch Vibrations

Second O3b satellite cluster delivered for upcoming Arianespace Soyuz launch

Orion Feels the Vibe During Tests at Kennedy Space Center

Target on Mars Looks Good for NASA Rover Drilling

It's a "go" for Arianespace's Vega launch with Kazakhstan's first Earth observation satellite

ViaSat Awarded Damages in Patent Infringement and Breach of Contract Lawsuit Against Space Systems/Loral

Orion Exploration Design Challenge Winner Announced

Equipped with New Sensors, Morpheus Preps to Tackle Landing on its Own

Twins Mark and Scott Kelly to participate in long-term space travel study [VIDEO]

Alien planet's rotation speed clocked for first time

Mission to Mars

Commercial liftoff for Europe's smallest launcher

Programming the smart home: 'If this, then that'

No Plans to Produce Zenit Rocket in Russia

Russia Gives Green Light to Super-Heavy Rocket Project

Space terrorism, floating debris pose threats to US

Astronomical Forensics Uncover Planetary Disks in NASA's Hubble Archive

NASA Partners with LittleBits Electronics on STEM Activitie

Traces of recent water on Mars

Drill Here? NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Inspects Site

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