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September 09, 2014

MAVEN Spacecraft Makes Final Preparations For Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2014
On Sept. 21, 2014, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft will complete roughly 10 months of travel and enter orbit around the Red Planet. The orbit-insertion maneuver will be carried out as the spacecraft approaches Mars, wrapping up an interplanetary journey of 442 million miles (711 million kilometers). Six thruster engines will fire briefly for a "settling" burn that damps out deviations in pointing. Then the six main engines will ignite two by two in quick succession and will b ... read more

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SpaceX launches AsiaSat 6 satellite The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the AsiaSat 6 satellite here from Space Launch Complex 40 at 1 a.m. EDT Sept. ... more		China launches remote sensing satellite China successfully launched the Yaogan-21 remote sensing satellite into preset orbit at 11:22 a.m. on Monday Beijing Time (0322 GMT) from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The carrier rocket, a ... more		Bright Clumps in Saturn Ring Now Mysteriously Scarce Compared to the age of the solar system - about four-and-a-half billion years - a couple of decades are next to nothing. Some planetary locales change little over many millions of years, so for sc ... more
				SpaceX launches second satellite in the past month SpaceX, a company known for delivering cargo to the International Space Station, successfully launched the AsiaSat 6 satellite into orbit on Sunday. This is the second successful mission SpaceX has launched for AsiaSat, a Hong Kong company, for the goal of broadcasting internet and video to parts of Asia. The satellite is designed to remain in orbit for a minimum of 15 years. The launch occurred without any complications or difficulties, according to reports. ... more		International Space Station accidentally launches satellites on its own On Thursday, the International Space Station decided to launch some satellites on its own. CubeSats are tiny satellites (about the size of a few bricks), weighing less than 1.33 kilograms, and they're supposed to do a range of missions from communicating with sea vessels to monitoring earthquakes. ... more

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Year's final supermoon is a Harvest Moon The supermoon is making an encore, its last appearance before the moon's perigee - the portion of its orbit closest to Earth - and 2014 slowly fade away. ... more		Watch MIT's Atlas robot carry heavy objects A robot that can carry objects of different weights in each of its hands could be valuable to industries like construction, warehouse work and much more. ... 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		DARPA issues RFI for robotic space services for satellites The U.S. military is looking for space robotic services for critical satellites in geostationary Earth orbit. ... more
				How NASA's New Carbon Observatory Will Help Us Understand Alien Worlds On July 2, NASA successfully launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), a remote sensing satellite on a mission to precisely measure carbon dioxide levels in our planet's atmosphere. As a b ... more		Robots do battle over Mars exploration Robots built to traverse the rugged terrain of Mars battled it out in Poland on Friday in a competition to find the best way to explore the Red Planet. ... more

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

World's Largest Spacecraft Welding Tool for Space Launch System Completed NASA's new Vertical Assembly Center (VAC), a 170-foot-high marvel of machinery that will be used to assemble elements of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS), now is complete and ready to weld par ... more		Geopolitical Tensions Not to Affect ISS Cooperation The current geopolitical situation will not interfere with the joint work of Russian and American astronauts, ISS crew members told journalists on Friday. "We carry out work that is necessary ... 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		Station Trio Preps for Departure as Expedition 40 Nears End As the Expedition 40 crew members head into their final weekend together aboard the International Space Station, the six astronauts and cosmonauts spent Friday preparing for the arrival of a cargo c ... more
Dot Against the Dark As if trying to get our attention, Mimas is positioned against the shadow of Saturn's rings, bright on dark. As we near summer in Saturn's northern hemisphere, the rings cast ever larger shadows on ... more		More Than Meets the Eye: NASA Scientists Listen to Data Robert Alexander spends parts of his day listening to a soft white noise, similar to water falling on the outside of a house during a rainstorm. Every once in a while, he hears an anomalous sound an ... more		DNA May Have Had Humble Beginnings As Nutrient Carrier New research intriguingly suggests that DNA, the genetic information carrier for humans and other complex life, might have had a rather humbler origin. In some microbes, a study shows, DNA pulls dou ... more		China launches two satellites via one rocket A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying Chuangxin-1-04 flies in the sky at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 4, 2014. China successfully launched t ... more

	Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday A small asteroid, designated 2014 RC, will safely pass very close to Earth on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. At the time of closest approach, based on current calculations to be about 2:18 p.m. EDT (11:18 a ... more		Expedition 40 Heads Into Final Week on ISS Biomedical research and preparations for the departure of three crew members were the focus of activities Wednesday aboard the International Space Station as the six Expedition 40 astronauts and cos ... more

Tariff uncertainty delays World Cup orders for China's merch makers

EU business lobby head says China rare earths snag persists

IEA feels the heat as Washington pushes pro-oil agenda

Robotic Satellite-Servicing Capabilities in Geostationary Earth Orbit		China Sends Life to Moon		Officials expand space-tracking website		Putin Approves Developing Super-Heavy Rockets With Up to 150-Ton Cargo Capacity		NASA Completes Battery of Tests on Composite Cryotank
3-D Printer Could Turn Space Station into 'Machine Shop'		Titan's subsurface reservoirs modify methane rainfall		Science and Departure Preps for Station Crew		NASA Invites Public to Submit Messages for Asteroid Mission Time Capsule		Russia's Space Geckos Die Due to Technical Glitch Two Days Before Landing

Russian, US Scientists to Prepare Astronauts for Extreme Situations in Space

Aurora Season Has Started

Russia May Continue ISS Work Beyond 2020

Russia Considers Meteor Impact Prevention Project

Singapore launches world's first ZigBee inter-satellite comms system

Magal introducing RoboGuard security system in Israel

Mitsubishi Electric Ready to Deliver Himawari-8 to Tanegashima

Japan space agency unveils asteroid hunting probe

Opportunity Flash-Memory Reformat Planned

Sparks Fly as NASA Pushes the Limits of 3-D Printing Technology

NASA's Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup

NASA Wrapping Up Acoustic Testing for Space Launch System

Memory Reformat Planned for Opportunity Mars Rover

'Robo Brain' will teach robots everything from the Internet

NASA deep-space rocket, SLS, to launch in 2018

US Space Debris Tracking Site To Be Build In Western Australia

Russian Military plans switch to Soyuz, Angara launchers From 2016

Robonaut Gets New Legs as Trio Prepares for Homecoming

Orion Rocks! Pebble-Size Particles May Jump-Start Planet Formation

Scientist uncovers red planet's climate history in unique meteorite

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