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May 10, 2013
STATION NEWS
'Very serious' ammonia leak outside ISS: Russian official
Washington (AFP) May 9, 2013
The International Space Station suffered a small leak of ammonia used to cool its power system on Thursday, but there was no danger to the crew, NASA said. The US space agency said crew had spotted small white flakes floating away from an area outside the craft before reporting the incident to Mission Control in Houston. NASA said in a bulletin on its website that while the rate of ammonia leaking from the station's truss structure had increased, the "station continues to operate normally otherw ... read more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

ESA's next Earth Explorer satellite Will Map The Tropics
ESA's Earth Observation Programme Board has selected 'Biomass' to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission. The innovative satellite aims to map and monitor one of Earth's most precious resources. ... more
ECLIPSES

Australian sky-gazers witness 'ring of fire' eclipse
Sky-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia on Friday, with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun to leave a "ring of fire" around its silhouette. ... more
PHYSICS NEWS

Space Warps Project Needs Your Help
Astronomers are asking volunteers to help them search for "space warps." More commonly known as "gravitational lenses," these are rare systems with very massive galaxies or clusters of galaxies that ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

NASA Awards Contract to Modify Mobile Launcher
NASA has awarded a contract to J.P. Donovan Construction Inc. of Rockledge, Fla., to modify the mobile launcher that will enable the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket to send huma ... more


SPACEMART

SES-6 Launch Campaign Kicked-Off At Baikonur Cosmodrome
SES S.A. reports that the SES-6 satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft is now being processed for launch on board an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket schedul ... more
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GPS NEWS

Orbcomm Signs Seven New Customers In Transportation And Logistics Industry
ORBCOMM Inc. reports that its state-of-the-art ReeferTrak platform has been selected by seven new domestic and international transportation and logistics companies. ReeferTrak is an industry-leading ... more
ROBO SPACE

MakerBot and Robohand
"Lend me a hand" has taken on a totally new meaning, thanks to the inspirational project called Robohand. Robohand is a story of collaboration from 10,000 miles apart between Richard Van As, a woodw ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
China emphasizes commitment to peaceful space activities
ICEYE secures substantial growth investment to bolster its SAR satellite fleet
Interconnected quantum system boosts long-distance secure communication
SPACE SCOPES

NASA Testing the Webb Telescope's MIRI Thermal Shield
NASA engineer Acey Herrera recently checked out copper test wires inside the thermal shield of the Mid-Infrared Instrument, known as MIRI, that will fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The ... more
TIME AND SPACE

Herschel finds hot gas on the menu for Milky Way's black hole
ESA's Herschel space observatory has made detailed observations of surprisingly hot molecular gas that may be orbiting or falling towards the supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of our Mil ... more
TECH SPACE

Researcher Construct Invisibility Cloak for Thermal Flow
By means of special metamaterials, light and sound can be passed around objects. KIT researchers now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also be used to specifically influence the ... more
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MILTECH

Canada said to be aiming for precision weaponry
Is Canada moving toward developing a futuristic arsenal of precision weaponry? That would be both to save costs and to save lives - its own fighters' lives and possibly civilians in combat zones. ... more
CHIP TECH

Quantum optics with microwaves
Quantum mechanics, famously, is full of effects that defy our basic intuition. A fine example is the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect, which occurs when two light quanta (or, photons) arrive simultaneously at ... more
24/7 News Coverage
Tracing life's origins: Cambridge team explores early Earth conditions
Satellite technology from Surrey University aids Mauritius in illegal fishing detection
West Antarctic ice shelf stability threatened by feedback loop
CHIP TECH

Spintronics discovery
From powerful computers to super-sensitive medical and environmental detectors that are faster, smaller and use less energy - yes, we want them, but how do we get them? In research that is hel ... more
NUKEWARS

US Air Force removes 17 nuclear missile officers
The US Air Force has relieved 17 officers of their responsibilities for the control of intercontinental nuclear missiles, a military spokesman said Wednesday, citing a poor performance review. ... more
TECH SPACE

Engineers fine-tune the sensitivity of nano-chemical sensor
Researchers have discovered a technique for controlling the sensitivity of graphene chemical sensors. The sensors, made of an insulating base coated with a graphene sheet - a single-atom-thick layer ... more
TECH SPACE
Northrop Grumman Completes Lunar Lander Study for Golden Spike Company

Scientists Use Laser to Find Soviet Moon Rover

Characterizing The Lunar Radiation Environment


TECH SPACE
Austria Aims For Mars Via Morocco

Buzz Aldrin says US must colonize Mars

Landing is key puzzle in Mars trip plans: experts


TECH SPACE
Researchers use graphene quantum dots to detect humidity and pressure

Outside View: Patents laws and suffering innovators

Glow-in-the-Dark Plants on the ISS


TECH SPACE
China launches communications satellite

On Course for Shenzhou 10

Yuanwang III, VI depart for space-tracking missions

TECH SPACE

Giant 50-foot magnet to make cross-country trek for physics experiment
U.S. physicists say they're planning a new experiment in particle physics - but first there's the small matter of moving a 50-foot-diameter magnet 3,200 miles. ... more
TIME AND SPACE

Exotic atoms hold clues to unsolved physics puzzle at the dawn of the universe
An international team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms. The findings could advance the search for a new fundamental force in nature that could ... more
DEEP IMPACT

After Chelyabinsk: European experts assess asteroid options
In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia's Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing millions of euros of damage. What should we do if we have a si ... more
MARSDAILY

Opportunity Rover Back in Action
Opportunity has safely emerged from solar conjunction. However, in the past week the flight team learned that the rover did experience a flash memory anomaly during conjunction on Sol 3286 (April 21 ... more
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MARSDAILY

Austria Aims For Mars Via Morocco

SPACE TRAVEL

Researchers use graphene quantum dots to detect humidity and pressure

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Astronomers discover surprising clutch of hydrogen clouds lurking among our galactic neighbors

MARSDAILY

And Now For The Weather On Mars

MOON DAILY

Northrop Grumman Completes Lunar Lander Study for Golden Spike Company

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

First biological evidence of a supernova

STATION NEWS

The fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle is ready to meet up with its Ariane 5

MARSDAILY

Buzz Aldrin says US must colonize Mars

CHIP TECH

Use of laser light yields versatile manipulation of a quantum bit

SPACE TRAVEL

Outside View: Patents laws and suffering innovators

Landing is key puzzle in Mars trip plans: experts

Estonia joins world space club with 2.2-pound satellite

Finding a sensible balance for natural hazard mitigation with mathematical models

New NIST measurement tool is on target for the fast-growing MEMS industry

Robotic insects make first controlled flight

Seahorse's Armor Gives Engineers Insight Into Robotics Designs

NIST researchers propose new old way to purify carbon nanotubes

China's cyber spying targets US government: Pentagon

Scaling up gyroscopes: From navigation to measuring the Earth's rotation

French M51 ballistic missile self-destructs in failed test

iGT Debuts Airborne Satcom Solutions for Secure Connectivity and Situational Awareness

Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat

After a violent youth, Earth said getting calmer in middle age

Robot uses arms, location and more to discover objects

Researchers Develope New Way To Measure Destructive Potential Of Hurricane Season

JFAST scientists retrieve temperature data from Japan Trench observatory

No Redoubt: Volcanic eruption forecasting improved

NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall

NASA's Fermi, Swift See 'Shockingly Bright' Burst

Merkel in surprise visit to Afghanistan: spokesman

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