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July 21, 2014

NASA Mission To Reap Bonanza of Earth-sized Planets
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2014
Set to launch in 2017, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor more than half a million stars over its two-year mission, with a focus on the smallest, brightest stellar objects. During its observations, TESS is expected to find more than 3,000 new planets outside of our solar system, most of which will be possible for ground-based telescopes to observe."Bright host stars are the best ones for follow-up studies of their exoplanets to pin down planet masses, and to character ... read more

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Manned mission to Moon scheduled by Roscosmos for 2020-2031 Russia is planning a manned mission to the Moon in 2030-2031, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) First Deputy Head Alexander Ivanov said on Monday, July 14, reports TASS. "In our program this (m ... more		NASA Rover's Images Show Laser Flash on Martian Rock Flashes appear on a baseball-size Martian rock in a series of images taken Saturday, July 12 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the arm of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover. The flashes occurr ... more		Russian Resupply Spacecraft to Deliver Snails to ISS for Experiments Russia's Progress M-24M resupply spacecraft, due to be launched on July 24, is to deliver 45 snails to the International Space Station (ISS) for scientific experiments, Russian space agency Roscosmo ... more
				GOES-R Magnetometer Ready for Spacecraft Integration The Magnetometer instrument that will fly on NOAA's GOES-R satellite when it is launched in early 2016 has completed the development and testing phase and is ready to be integrated with the spacecra ... more		Space Systems/Loral conducting technology studies for NASA Space Systems/Loral reports it has been chosen by NASA to study system concepts and technologies for the NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission. ... more

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NASA sends odor-resistant clothes to ISS An Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus spacecraft full of supplies was fired toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The rocket contains over 3,000 pounds of cargo, including food, mini satel ... more		Brown Dwarfs May Wreak Havoc on Orbits of Nearby Planets Planets that move around their stars in circular orbits are a better bet for life than those in elongated orbits when it comes to creating habitable climate conditions, according to a new study.That ... more		HawkEye 360 expands signals intelligence network with operational deployment of Cluster 12 York confirms successful deployment and health of 21 satellites for SDA Tranche 1 mission Spain faces uphill battle to cut Israel military ties: experts		ISS 'space truck' launch postponed: Arianespace The July 24 launch of a robot ship to deliver provisions to the International Space Station has been postponed "for a few days", space transport firm Arianespace said Friday. ... more
				SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 Flights Deemed Successful The U.S. Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center declared both the Dec. 3, 2013 and Jan. 6, 2014 flights of the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Falcon 9 v1.1 l ... more		SSERVI: Serving NASA's Mission to the Moon and Beyond, Part 1 Humanity has plans to expand into space: to the Moon, to Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), and to the moons of Mars. Like any trip to anywhere, we need to know certain things before we go. We need to kno ... more

NASA Announces Early Career Faculty Space Tech Research Grants NASA has selected seven university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs for America's space program. The selected proposals for ... more		ASU, USGS project yields sharpest map of Mars' surface properties A heat-sensing camera designed at Arizona State University has provided data to create the most detailed global map yet made of Martian surface properties. The map uses data from the Thermal Emissio ... more		Climate change causing havoc with global water cycle: UN Schools shut, flights cancelled as Typhoon Ragasa nears Hong Kong Over 60,000 Europeans died from heat during 2024 summer: study		Airbus Defence and Space prepares launch of ATV-5 "Georges Lemaitre" Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company, is preparing to launch the ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) -5 "Georges Lemaitre". In the early hours of 25 July 2014, the ATV, na ... more
Computing Paths to Asteroids Helps Find Future Exploration Opportunities As left over building blocks of the solar system's formation, asteroids are of significant interest to scientists. Resources, especially water, embedded within asteroids could be of use to astronaut ... more		ATV's fiery break-up to be seen from inside As ESA's remaining supply ferry to the International Space Station burns up in the atmosphere, its final moments as its hull disintegrates will be recorded from the inside by a unique infrared camer ... more		Asteroid Vesta to reshape theories of planet formation EPFL researchers have a better understanding of the asteroid Vesta and its internal structure, thanks to numerical simulations and data from the space mission Dawn. Their findings, published in Natu ... more		Orbital cargo ship reaches International Space Station Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station carrying a load of food and equipment for the six-man crew at the research outpost. ... more

	45th Space Wing launches 6 second-generation ORBCOMM satellites The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) successful launch of their Falcon 9 rocket carrying six second-generation ORBCOMM communications satellites from Space Launch C ... more		Sanctions on Russian launchers confers advantage to others Even though Russia's rocket industry is forced to operate under Western sanctions, thought these punitive measures can eventually do the industry more good than harm, Russia's deputy prime minister, ... more

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