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September 25, 2014

Managing Orbital Debris and Space Traffic
Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 25, 2014
Those familiar with air traffic management architectures understand the constraints of aircraft flying in the atmosphere, vehicle dynamics and command and control techniques. Unfortunately, compared to air traffic, space traffic has many more degrees of freedom and much less control capability. Add to this the completely uncontrolled nature of space debris and the reality that most debris objects cannot be tracked and motion cannot be accurately measured or simulated. In fact, orbiting debris is a ... read more

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India's spacecraft beams back first Mars photos India's spacecraft has beamed back its first photos of Mars, showing its crater-marked surface, as the country glowed with pride Thursday after winning Asia's race to the Red Planet. The India ... more		Arianespace's lightweight Vega launcher is readied for its mission with the European IXV spaceplane Another lightweight Vega launcher has begun its build-up at the Spaceport, initiating preparations for Arianespace's mid-November liftoff from French Guiana with the European Space Agency's Intermed ... more		One Last Slumber On Aug. 29 we put New Horizons into hibernation for the final time. This last hibernation lasts 99 days and ends on Dec. 6. It's a little hard for some of us on the mission team to believe that afte ... more
				Distant planet's atmosphere shows evidence of water vapor A Neptune-sized exoplanet, which lies some 729 trillion miles away (122 light-years), has water vapor in its atmosphere. While it's a promising sign for astronomers in search of distant life, exoplanet HAT-P-11b with its water-filled atmosphere is not the kind of place you'd want to live - or where anything could live. ... more		NASA technologies to be studied for commercialization Possible commercialization of technologies developed by NASA is to be studied by NASA Langley Research Center and the College of William and Mary. ... more

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India wins Asia's Mars race as spacecraft enters orbit India won Asia's race to Mars on Wednesday when its unmanned Mangalyaan spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit after a 10-month journey on a tiny budget. ... more		India Mars mission enters orbit India's Mars Orbiter Mission on Wednesday successfully entered orbit around the Red Planet on in its first attempt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced. ... more		Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		Soyuz Rocket Awaiting Launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome The Soyuz-FG orbital carrier rocket and Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft have been delivered and installed at the Gagarin's Start launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a launch is planned ... more
				Asteroid named for University of Utah makes public debut What's rocky, about a mile wide, orbits between Mars and Jupiter and poses no threat to Earth? An asteroid named "Univofutah" after the University of Utah. Discovered on Sept. 8, 2008, by long ... more		Back to Driving Opportunity is on the west rim of Endeavour Crater heading towards 'Marathon Valley,' a putative location for abundant clay minerals. The rover is headed to a near-term target, a small crater ... more

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CME Week: Coronal Mass Ejections at Mars Looking across the Mars landscape presents a bleak image: a barren, dry rocky view as far as the eye can see. But scientists think the vista might once have been quite different. It may have teemed ... more		Russia to Launch Full-Scale Moon Exploration Next Decade Russia's space agency Roscosmos plans to launch a full-scale Moon exploration program in late 2020s or early 2030s, the agency's head Oleg Ostapenko said on Tuesday. "We are planning to comple ... 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		SpaceX cargo ship arrives at International Space Station SpaceX's unmanned Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday with a cargo of supplies, including freeze-dried meals, 20 live lab mice and a 3D printer. ... more
Elon Musk, Rick Perry attend groundbreaking for Texas spaceport At a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday for SpaceX's planned commercial spaceport, CEO Elon Musk promised his company would transform the small stretch of the Texas Gulf Coast into a hub for cutting edge aerospace technology. ... more		Democracy has spoken, Pluto should be a planet When the International Astronomical Union got together in 2006 and updated the criteria for classification as a planet, thereby downgrading Pluto from "planet" to the informal title of "not a planet," many inside and outside the scientific community were upset. The California State Assembly actually half-seriously passed a resolution denouncing the IAU for "scientific heresy." ... more		Why India went to Mars India went Mars because Japan and China had tried and failed and she wanted the glory to the first Asian country to succeed. The small cars sized Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) with its modest 15kg scie ... more		Japanese Firm Plans Space Elevator to Run by 2050 Japanese construction company Obayashi has announced that it plans to build a space elevator by the year 2050, as reported by Australia's ABC news. If built, the elevator would revolutionize space ... more

	Midland International Receives FAA Spaceport License Approval In a joint release the Midland International Airport, Midland Development Corporation, XCOR Aerospace and Orbital Outfitters announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of a Commerc ... more		India successfully testfires its maiden Mars mission's liquid engine India Monday successfully testfired its maiden Mars mission's main liquid engine, a crucial step before the spacecraft enters Martian orbit Wednesday. The state-owned Indian Space Research Org ... more

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