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January 25, 2013

Is there life on Mars?
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 25, 2013
Scientists believe that a large crater, which has been discovered on Mars, might have been a lake several billion years ago. A space vehicle, which NASA sent to explore Mars, has discovered layers of clay and carbonate minerals in the walls of this crater. These substances may form in the ground only after the contact with water. This crater, which has received the name of McLaughlin, is one of Mars's largest craters. It is 92 kms wide and 2 kms deep. The space vehicle discovered no traces of wash ... read more

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Russia warns Kazakhstan in Baikonur cosmodrome dispute Russia has warned Kazakhstan it could withdraw from joint projects if Astana insists on restricting satellite launches from Russia's rented Baikonur cosmodrome, Izvestia daily reported Thursday. ... more		Thawing Dry Ice Drives Groovy Action On Mars Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter see seasonal changes on far-northern Martian sand dunes caused by warming of a winter blanket of frozen carbon dioxide. Earth has no naturally fr ... more		Shedding Light on the Power of M 82's Superwinds An international team of astronomers, led by Dr. Kazuya Matsubayshi (Kyoto University), has discovered that outflows of gas from starburst galaxy M 82 (see Note 1 for a reference figure) collide wit ... more
				Azerspace And Africasat-1a "fit" for Ariane 5 launch The Azerspace/Africasat-1a satellite on Arianespace's 2013 year-opening Ariane 5 mission has undergone its fit-check as preparations move ahead for the February 7 dual-passenger flight from French G ... more		Mars Rover Curiosity Uses Arm Camera at Night NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has for the first time used the camera on its arm to take photos at night, illuminated by white lights and ultraviolet lights on the instrument. Scientists used the ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Opportunity At Work At Whitewater Lake Opportunity is on the inboard edge of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater, performing an in-situ (contact) science investigation of veins in the light-toned outcrop "Whitewater Lake." O ... more		A hidden treasure in the Large Magellanic Cloud Nearly 200 000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, floats in space, in a long and slow dance around our galaxy. Vast clouds of gas within it slow ... more		China warns US military support for Taiwan increases 'risk of conflict' China slams US claims it is fuelling Ukraine war 'China is the winner' in Maldives election		Iran Manufacturing Hi-Tech Spacesuits Iran's Space Agency officials announced that they have launched production of spacesuits along with their attempts to produce spacecrafts. Head of Aerospace Research Institute (ARI) of Iran Mohammad ... more
				Phoenix Rising: New Video Shows Advances in Satellite Repurposing Program Inserting new capabilities into a satellite is no simple task. Doing so as that satellite hurdles through space 22,000 miles above the Earth is a bit more challenging still. DARPA's Phoenix pr ... more		Solar eruption heading toward Earth A coronal mass ejection from the sun is headed toward the Earth after erupting Wednesday morning and should arrive here in one to three days, NASA reported. ... more

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2013 to be bumper year for space science: ESA European probes this year will return a treasure trove of data from explorations into the Big Bang, water on Mars and climate change, European Space Agency (ESA) chief Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Thursday. ... more		Japan launching spy satellite to monitor North Korea Japan is to launch a new spy satellite on Sunday to strengthen its monitoring capabilities amid concern that North Korea may carry out more missile and nuclear tests. ... more		China advances its earth observation capabilities with new satellite launch Oldest evidence of Earth's magnetic field discovered by researchers Satellite Monitoring Highlights Soil Sealing Challenges in the Mediterranean		North Korea says plans nuclear test aimed at US North Korea said Thursday it planned to carry out a third nuclear test and more rocket launches aimed at its "arch-enemy" the United States in response to tightened UN sanctions, but offered no timeframe. ... more
				UN to sanction N. Korea space agency: diplomat The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea's space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning the secretive state's ballistic launch, a diplomat said. ... more		Israel upgrades missile-killer Iron Dome Israel's Defense Ministry is testing an upgraded version of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems' combat-tested Iron Dome counter-rocket system that will have "improved capabilities against an unprecedented range of threats." ... more

US, Europe team up for moon fly-by

Russia to Launch Lunar Mission in 2015

US, Europe team up for moon fly-by

NASA's Veteran Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year

Opportunity Investigating Light-toned Veins in Rock Outcrop

Opportunity At Work At Whitewater Lake

TDRS-K Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net

Iran Manufacturing Hi-Tech Spacesuits

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Reshuffle for Tiangong

China to launch 20 spacecrafts in 2013

Mr Xi in Space

	U.S. Complacency in Space? Right before we left for our holiday break, we read a powerful article in Air Force magazine titled "Breaking the Space Status Quo." The magazine article focused on the observations of several senio ... more		NASA Airborne Mission Climbs to Stratospheric Height for Better Climate Science On Jan. 16, 2013, NASA will deploy the first experimental flight of a multi-year airborne science campaign to investigate unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere and how its chemistry is changing ... more		Insights from the SIA DoD Commercial SATCOM Users' Workshop Last month, the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) held its 2012 DoD Commercial SATCOM Users' Workshop, which brought together government leaders from the Department of Defense along with commerci ... more		Researchers analyse 'rock dissolving' method of geoengineering The benefits and side effects of dissolving particles in our ocean's surfaces to increase the marine uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2), and therefore reduce the excess amount of it in the atmosphere, h ... more

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DARPA, Industry Collaborate to Knock Down Microelectronics Barriers

Researchers move Barkhausen Effect forward

New 2D material for next generation high-speed electronics

Reshuffle for Tiangong

We have ignition in Baikonur Conflict

NASA's Veteran Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year

New Evidence Indicates Auroras Occur Outside Our Solar System

NASA to Send Inflatable Pod to International Space Station

Reull Vallis: a river ran through it

Bubbling up Organics in an Ocean Vent Simulator

Why NASA Scientists Observe the Sun in Different Wavelengths

'Background' light of universe measured

A Microquasar Makes a Giant Manatee Nebula

US company aims to 'harvest' asteroids

NASA Selects Experimental Commercial Suborbital Flight Payloads

Opportunity Investigating Light-toned Veins in Rock Outcrop

TDRS-K Offers Upgrade to Vital Communications Net

Aerojet's AJ26 Engine Completes Successful Hot Fire in Support of Antares Rocket

Payload elements come together in Starsem's wrap-up Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome for Globalstar

South Korean rocket launch set for Jan 30

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