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September 18, 2014

NASA Chooses American Companies to Transport US Astronauts to ISS
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2014
U.S. astronauts once again will travel to and from the International Space Station from the United States on American spacecraft under groundbreaking contracts NASA announced Tuesday. The agency unveiled its selection of Boeing and SpaceX to transport U.S. crews to and from the space station using their CST-100 and Crew Dragon spacecraft, respectively, with a goal of ending the nation's sole reliance on Russia in 2017. "From day one, the Obama Administration made clear that the greatest nati ... read more

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Boeing, SpaceX to send astronauts to space station NASA awarded multi-billion-dollar contracts to Boeing and SpaceX on Tuesday to build America's next spacecraft for carrying astronauts to the International Space Station by 2017. ... more		NASA spacecraft to begin orbiting Mars within days An unmanned NASA spacecraft launched last year to study the history of climate change on Mars is to begin orbiting the Red Planet on Sunday after a 10-month journey. ... more		Elon Musk gets fresh challenge with space contract With a $2.6 billion contract for his firm SpaceX to build a spacecraft for carrying astronauts to the International Space Station, Elon Musk's star is on the rise again. ... more
				Boeing, SpaceX to send astronauts to space station Boeing and SpaceX will build the next generation of spacecraft that will carry US astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Tuesday, hailing a new chapter in space flight. ... more		MAVEN on course for Mars Arrival Sept 21 Everything continues to go well with MAVEN as it is readied for arrival at Mars on Sunday, September 21st. All spacecraft systems are operating nominally. We had scheduled a final Trajectory Correct ... more

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Chandra Finds Planet That Makes Star Act Deceptively Old A planet may be causing the star it orbits to act much older than it actually is, according to new data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This discovery shows how a massive planet can affect th ... more		Dawn Operating Normally After Safe Mode Triggered The Dawn spacecraft has resumed normal ion thrusting after the thrusting unexpectedly stopped and the spacecraft entered safe mode on September 11. That anomaly occurred shortly before a planned com ... more		Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		NASA Awards Cross-track Infrared Sounder For JPS System-2 Bird NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Exelis, Inc., Geospatial Systems, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Instrument for flight on the Joint Polar ... more
				SpaceX To Deliver Science Experiments To ISS For Ames NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, will launch four life science experiments to the International Space Station aboard NASA's next commercial cargo resupply flight of the Spac ... more		Astronauts eye China's future space station Astronauts from around the world have expressed interest in China's future space lab and station, hoping to cooperate with their Chinese counterparts on the Tiangong space station. Meeting in ... more

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Space: China's final tourism frontier One night in a Beijing gym when the rain was pouring down outside, Tong Jingjing cried after being repeatedly knocked down by her boxing coach, tears and sweat mingling on her face. Tong, 41, ... more		Martian meteorite yields more evidence of the possibility of life on Mars A tiny fragment of Martian meteorite 1.3 billion years old is helping to make the case for the possibility of life on Mars, say scientists. The finding of a 'cell-like' structure, which investigator ... more		Ex-US climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide How did an Indian zoo get the world's most endangered great ape? Australian scientists grapple with 'despicable' butterfly heist		CASIS Research Set for Launch Aboard SpaceX Mission to ISS The fall marks a new school year, a new football season and another commercial cargo flight to the International Space Station. In September, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft is scheduled to blast off to ... more
India's spacecraft 'on target' to reach Mars An Indian spacecraft is on course to reach Mars, an official said Monday, following a 666-million-kilometre voyage that could see New Delhi's low-cost space programme win Asia's race to the Red Planet. ... more		New Study Revisits Miller-Urey Experiment at the Quantum Level For the first time, researchers have reproduced the results of the Miller-Urey experiment in a computer simulation, yielding new insight into the effect of electricity on the formation of life's bui ... more		Solar System Simulation Reveals Planetary Mystery When we look at the Solar System, what clues show us how it formed? We can see pieces of its formation in asteroids, comets and other small bodies that cluster on the fringes of our neighborhood (an ... more		Flash-Memory Reformat Successful Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover's Flash file system was successfully reformatted ... more

	NASA's Wind-Watching ISS-RapidScat Ready for Launch The fourth SpaceX cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract, carrying the ISS-RapidScat scatterometer instrument designed and built by ... more		The long descent ESA's five 'cavenauts' and their instructors are set to explore the caves of Sardinia, Italy, where they will live and work during their six-day stay. After a week of training above ground and ... more

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Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta

EU states agree broad UN emissions target avoiding 'embarrassment'

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NASA's Orion Spacecraft Nears Completion, Ready for Fueling

China to launch second space lab in 2016: official

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain

NASA Research Gives Guideline for Future Alien Life Search

'Hot Jupiters' provoke their own host suns to wobble

Where to grab space debris

SpaceX's next cargo launch set for Sept 20

Three Russian and American astronauts return to Earth

China completes construction of advanced space launch facility

First evidence for water ice clouds found outside solar system

China's Space Station is Still On Track

Science Continues on Orbital Lab While Trio Prepares for Departure

12th Batch of Messenger Data Released; Water Ice Exploration Tool Unveiled

MEASAT-3b and Optus 10 given go-ahead for Ariane 5 Sept 11 launch

Space Traffic Control Architecture

Tech giants bet on 'smart home' revolution

Top trends at IFA 2014, Europe's biggest gadget fair

Mars Rover Opportunity's Vista Includes Long Tracks

Flash-Memory Reformat On Opportunity Underway

SpaceX launches AsiaSat 6 satellite

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