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July 17, 2015

NASA Sets Sights on Robot-Built Moon Colony
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2015
It may not be quite Earth-like enough to be habitable, but the Moon is our closest planetary body, and that proximity would make it ideal for an extraplanetary base of operations. NASA is now seriously considering that option, and may send robots to terraform a crater on the lunar South Pole. In a crowded presidential field during the 2012 US elections, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich came up with a bold plan to make himself stand out among the crowd. While his competitors debated the economy, ... read more

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ARIEL mission to reveal 'Brave New Worlds' among exoplanets An ambitious European mission is being planned to answer fundamental questions about how planetary systems form and evolve. ARIEL will investigate the atmospheres of several hundreds planets orbitin ... more		ISS astronauts dodge flying Russian space debris Three astronauts living at the International Space Station were forced to scramble to safety after what NASA described as a "close pass" by flying Russian space debris on Thursday. ... more		Icy mountain ranges seen on Pluto after NASA flyby Icy mountain ranges can be seen rising from Pluto's surface, according to the first close-up images released Wednesday from NASA's New Horizon's spacecraft after its historic of flyby of the dwarf planet. ... more
				Charon's Surprising Youthful and Varied Terrain Remarkable new details of Pluto's largest moon Charon are revealed in this image from New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), taken late on July 13, 2015 from a distance of 289,000 m ... more		Multiple Discoveries from NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission Icy mountains on Pluto and a new, crisp view of its largest moon, Charon, are among the several discoveries announced Wednesday by the NASA's New Horizons team, just one day after the spacecraft's f ... more

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Celebrating 50 years of Martian imagery Fifty years ago today, the first image of Mars was beamed back by NASA's Mariner 4. The image, which was followed by 22 others, was first closeup of another planet. ... more		Yinchuan to host China-Arab satellite service industry demonstration site Yinchuan Economic and Technical Development Zone and China Alliance of Satellite Application Service signed a cooperation agreement lately on the establishment and operation of New Silk Road Satelli ... more		U.S. defense in free fall U.S. and Saudis conduct Middle East's largest counter-drone exercise Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact		Football Shaped Asteroid Observed by Students at NAIC/NRAO Images of the near-Earth asteroid 2015 HM10 were captured by students and researchers participating in the NAIC/NRAO 8th Single-Dish Radio Astronomy School as it passed by Earth on Wednesday, July 8 ... more
				Indra Finishes Implementation Of Main Center For Paz Satellite Under a contract with INTA, Indra has successfully led the implementation of the main management center for Paz, the earth observation satellite which Spain will launch into space later this year. ... more		Astronomers bring a new hope to find 'Tatooine' planets Sibling suns - made famous in the "Star Wars" scene where Luke Skywalker gazes toward a double sunset - and the planets around them may be more common than we've thought, and Cornell astronomers are ... more

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US spacecraft sending back data for Pluto close-up Scientists are receiving data that will offer the closest look ever of Pluto later Wednesday, after the unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by the distant dwarf planet. ... more		US spacecraft survives close encounter with Pluto An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto, beaming to scientists a message that it survived its historic encounter before sending back the closest look ever of the distant dwarf planet. ... more		Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report		10 year journey to Pluto achieves historic encounter After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface - roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai ... more
Curiosity rover finds evidence of Mars' primitive continental crust The ChemCam laser instrument on NASA's Curiosity rover has turned its beam onto some unusually light-colored rocks on Mars, and the results are surprisingly similar to Earth's granitic continental c ... more		Summer School radar obs shine new light on near-Earth asteroid A team of scientists participating in a radio astronomy summer school had the unexpected opportunity to observe a recently discovered near-Earth asteroid as it zipped past our planet on July 7. The ... more		Never Get Lost on Mars Again With NASA's New Red Planet Map An application called 'Mars Trek', which was released by NASA on Friday, lets you explore the red planet from your computer or mobile phone. The volcanos and craters of Mars can now be explore ... more		China Focus: Sino-UK remote sensing satellite constellation launched Three one-meter resolution optical Earth observation satellites were successfully launched early Saturday, according to operator Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd. (21AT). The satell ... more

	Pinterest CEO sees site's future in its 'catalog of ideas' Pinterest is not a social network but a "catalog of ideas" to help people discover and try new things in their lives, founder and chief executive Ben Silbermann says. ... more		Robots under test for oil and gas rig duty A robot building on ESA's ExoMars rover is bidding to win a place on oil and gas production rigs around the world, to work in remote and hazardous environments. This robot, developed by a team led b ... more

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Opportunity Gets Back to Work

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