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May 19, 2014

NASA aims to land on, capture asteroids within next 15 years
Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 19, 2014
NASA researchers are at work developing a plan that not only hopes to physically place astronauts on an asteroid for the first time, but also to wrangle a space object and place it in the orbit of the Earth's moon. The project is not scheduled to be complete until the 2020s, although prospective astronauts are already preparing for the low gravity mission by training underwater - the most similar circumstances scientists can simulate on earth. They have also finished a replica of the Orion spacecr ... read more

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Rounding up the BCATs on the ISS Although it may not be herding cats exactly, all the NASA-supported Binary Colloidal Alloy Tests (BCAT) studies have ended on the International Space Station, and the experimental samples are being ... more		NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Wrapping Up Waypoint Work Portions of powdered rock collected by drilling into a sandstone target last week have been delivered to laboratory instruments inside NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, and the rover will soon drive on t ... more		Cascading dunes in a martian crater A new mosaic from ESA's Mars Express shows a swirling field of dark dunes cascading into sunken pits within a large impact crater. The mosaic was created from two images taken on 7 December 2005 and ... more
				SpaceX supply capsule heads back to Earth The unmanned Dragon capsule from US firm SpaceX landed safely in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's coast Sunday, hours after undocking from the International Space Station. ... more		Australians report flaming object falling from sky Residents of northeastern Australia have reported seeing a flaming object plummeting to Earth, police said Friday, adding that the incident remains a mystery as no evidence of a crash has been found. ... more

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First 'heavy mouse' leads to first lab-grown tissue mapped from atomic life Scientists have created a 'heavy' mouse, the world's first animal enriched with heavy but non-radioactive isotopes - enabling them to capture in unprecedented detail the molecular structure of natur ... more		MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer Will Look at Key Player in Mars Atmosphere Loss This past November, NASA launched the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission in the hope of understanding how and why the planet has been losing its atmosphere over billions of years ... more				A light-speed voyage to the distant future An enthusiastic group of schoolchildren sent a greeting to the future today, beaming a radio signal into space via an ESA tracking station in Spain. In January, over 200 participants around the worl ... more
				Botanical Studies, Dragon Departure Preps for ISS Crew The three-person Expedition 40 crew spent its first full workday Thursday aboard the International Space Station working with a trio of botanical experiments and preparing for Sunday's departure of ... more		NASA hopes to continue cooperation with Russia on ISS NASA has not received from Russia notifications of changes in cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS) and expects to continue cooperation, press service of the US space agency stated, c ... more

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				Odd planet, so far from its star A gas giant has been added to the short list of exoplanets discovered through direct imaging. It is located around GU Psc, a star three times less massive than the Sun and located in the constellati ... more		Three astronauts land back on Earth in Soyuz capsule Three astronauts, including a Russian and an American, touched down safely on Earth Wednesday aboard a Soyuz capsule, the first such landing since Russia's relationship with the West slumped amid the Ukraine crisis. ... more

SpaceX supply capsule heads back to Earth

Replacing Russian-made rocket engines is not easy

Pre-launch processing begins for the O3b Networks satellites

Opportunity In Search Of Aluminum-Hydroxyl Clays

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Against the current with lava flows

LRO View of Earth

Saturn in opposition tonight, will appear next to the moon

Russia to begin Moon colonization in 2030

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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Exoskeleton to remote-control robot

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25-foot asteroid comes within 186,000 miles of Earth

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NASA, NSBRI Select 26 Proposals to Support Crew Health on Deep Space Missions

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Robots may need to include parental controls

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Preliminary Injunction Lifted - ULA Purchase of RD-180 Engines Complies with Sanctions

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