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April 24, 2014

High-Voltage Transmission Lines to Act as Antenna in First-of-its-Kind NASA Space-Weather Project
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Apr 25, 2014
A NASA scientist is launching a one-to-two-year pilot project this summer that takes advantage of U.S. high-voltage power transmission lines to measure a phenomenon that has caused widespread power outages in the past. Heliophysicist Antti Pulkkinen of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. and his team are installing scientific substations beneath high-voltage power transmission lines operated by Virginia's Dominion Virginia Power this summer to measure in real-time a phenomenon kno ... read more

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Russia eyes building Glonass stations in 36 countries Russia plans to build 50 stations for the global navigation satellite system Glonass in dozens of countries, a senior official said Wednesday. "We will continue promoting Glonass technologies ... more		Turn your satnav ideas into business Propose a great satnav idea and win a prize with ESA support to create your own business. Previous winners are now running companies with systems for athlete tracking and indoor navigation, and many ... more		Russia's GLONASS Fully Restored After System Failure Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) has resumed normal operations after suffering an outage earlier this month caused by a malfunctioning satellite, the leading research institute ... more
				Astronomers discover Earth-sized planet in habitable zone University of Notre Dame astrophysicist Justin R. Crepp and researchers from NASA working with the Kepler space mission have detected an Earth-like planet orbiting the habitable zone of a cool star. ... more		MESSENGER Completes Its 3,000th Orbit of Mercury, Sets Mark for Closest Approach On April 20, MESSENGER completed its 3,000th orbit of Mercury and moved closer to the planet than any spacecraft has been before, dropping to an altitude of 199 kilometers (123.7 miles) above the pl ... more

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Sun Emits a Mid-level Solar Flare The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 9:03 a.m. EDT on April 18, 2014, and NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the event. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation ... more		Kazakh satellite to be launched into orbit Kazakhstan's first-ever Earth observation satellite is to be fired into orbit next week from the European spaceport in Kourou in French Guiana, launch company Arianespace said. ... more		Dispute islands 'within scope' of US-Japan alliance: Obama China frees Japan ship after $28 mn paid in 1930s row Raytheon touts ballistic missile defense weapon Sweden to arm fighter jets with cruise missile 'deterrent' N. Korea seals nuclear test tunnel: Seoul official US Navy deploys Standard Missile-3 Block IB for first time High Gain Amplifiers for Commercial and Military Radar Released by Pasternack		Lockheed Martin Solar Ultraviolet Imager Installed on GOES-R Weather Satellite Lockheed Martin has delivered a new solar analysis payload that will help scientists measure and forecast space weather, which can damage satellites, electrical grids and communications systems on E ... more
				ESA's weightless plants fly on a Dragon It is a race against time for ESA's Gravi-2 experiment following launch last Friday on the Dragon space ferry. Stowed in Dragon's cargo are lentil seeds that will be nurtured into life on the Intern ... more		Unique pair of hidden black holes discovered by XMM-Newton A pair of supermassive black holes in orbit around one another have been spotted by XMM-Newton. This is the first time such a pair have been seen in an ordinary galaxy. They were discovered because ... more

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Nuclear Supply Chain Summit - April 28-29 Greenville SC

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Nano shake-up Significant advances have been made in chemotherapy over the past decade, but targeting drugs to cancer cells while avoiding healthy tissues continues to be a major challenge. Nanotechnology h ... more		Thermoelectric generator on glass fabric for wearable electronic devices Wearable computers or devices have been hailed as the next generation of mobile electronic gadgets, from smart watches to smart glasses to smart pacemakers. For electronics to be worn by a user, the ... more		A plague in your family Russia postpones planting of GMOs by 3 years Minnesota projects offer hope and practical help to communities facing more extreme storms China Considers Russian Satellite-Based Emergency Response System Scientists Identify Source of Mysterious Low-Frequency Sound Heard for Decades in the Southern Ocean Cow manure harbors diverse new antibiotic resistance genes Study finds long-term survival of human neural stem cells transplanted into primate brain		Device turns flat surface into spherical antenna By depositing an array of tiny, metallic, U-shaped structures onto a dielectric material, a team of researchers in China has created a new artificial surface that can bend and focus electromagnetic ... more
				Clean air: Fewer sources for self-cleaning Up to now, HONO, also known as nitrous acid, was considered one of the most important sources of hydroxyl radicals (OH), which are regarded as the detergent of the atmosphere, allowing the air to cl ... more		LockMarts GMLRS Warhead Logs Successful Flight-Test Series Lockheed Martin has conducted the fifth and final Production Qualification Test (PQT) for the new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead recently at White Sands Missile Ran ... more

John C. Houbolt, Unsung Hero of the Apollo Program, Dies at Age 95

NASA Completes LADEE Mission with Planned Impact on Moon's Surface

Russia plans to get a foothold in the Moon

Opportunity Rover Driving Up To Crater Rim

NASA Rover Opportunity's Selfie Shows Clean Machine

NASA's Human Path to Mars

NASA Selects Commercial Crew Program Manager

NASA Innovative Advanced Concept Program Seeks Phase II Proposals

NASA Names Six New Members to Advisory Council

China issues first assessment on space activities

China launches experimental satellite

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	Berkeley Launches Building Energy Performance Research Project FLEXLAB, the Facility for Low Energy experiments in Buildings, run by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Environmental Energy Technologies Division (EETD), has partnered with construction firm ... more		Information storage for the next generation of plastic computers Inexpensive computers, cell phones and other systems that substitute flexible plastic for silicon chips may be one step closer to reality, thanks to research published on April 16 in the journal Nat ... more		Global scientific team 'visualizes' a new crystallization process Sometimes engineers invent something before they fully comprehend why it works. To understand the "why," they must often create new tools and techniques in a virtuous cycle that improves the origina ... more		Repeated Self-Healing Now Possible in Composite Materials Internal damage in fiber-reinforced composites, materials used in structures of modern airplanes and automobiles, is difficult to detect and nearly impossible to repair by conventional methods. A sm ... more

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European astronomers spot pair of supermassive black holes

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21st Space Wing reaches inspection milestone

Filling the gap between quantum and classical world

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Upside-down planet reveals new method for studying binary star systems

45th Space Wing supports third SpaceX Launch for ISS Resupply mission

China issues first assessment on space activities

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