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April 21, 2014
LAUNCH PAD
SpaceX supply capsule berths at ISS
Washington (AFP) April 20, 2014
The unmanned Dragon capsule from the private US firm SpaceX successfully berthed at the International Space Station Sunday on its third trip carrying supplies and equipment to the orbiting lab. NASA television broadcast live images of the crew inside the ISS as the capsule was installed on the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module, a US-built utility hub, at 1406 GMT. It said the capsule, which berthed with the help of a long robotic arm, took place 260 miles (418 kilometers) above Brazil. ... read more
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EXO WORLDS

Odd Tilts Could Make More Worlds Habitable
Pivoting planets that lean one way and then change orientation within a short geological time period might be surprisingly habitable, according to new modeling by NASA and university scientists affi ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Go Big or Go Home - Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Doing Both, and More
The space shuttle orbiter mock-up has been a lonesome bird at Space Center Houston, Johnson Space Center's official visitor center, waiting for its permanent piggyback ride atop NASA 905. But at the ... more
STATION NEWS

Astronauts Prep for Spacewalk as Mission Managers Evaluate Busy Schedule
The astronauts of the International Space Station's Expedition 39 crew focused Tuesday on preparations for a contingency spacewalk to be conducted in the next week or so. Meanwhile station program m ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Searching for dark energy with neutrons
All the particles we know to exist make up only about five per cent of the mass and energy of the universe. The rest - "Dark Matter" and "Dark Energy" - remains mysterious. A European collaboration ... more


STELLAR CHEMISTRY

A study in scarlet
This area of the southern sky, in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), is home to many bright nebulae, each associated with hot newborn stars that formed out of the clouds of hydrogen gas. ... more
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CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats
LAUNCH PAD

MEASAT-3b arrives in French Guiana; Ariane 5 delivered to Kourou
Payload preparations for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission are gearing up following this week's delivery of MEASAT-3b - one of two satellite passengers for launch on the heavy-lift flight - to Fre ... more
GPS NEWS

World's First Satellite Communicator with Built-In Navigation
DeLorme has announced the upcoming launch of its newest product, inReach Explorer, incorporating a new range of navigation functions. The latest generation of inReach will be available in stores in ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
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Aerospacelab and Xona Unite to Transform Satellite Navigation
GITAI's robotic system triumphs in ISS demo
MARSDAILY

NASA Mars Orbiter Spies Rover Near Martian Butte
Scientists using NASA's Curiosity Mars rover are eyeing a rock layer surrounding the base of a small butte, called "Mount Remarkable," as a target for investigating with tools on the rover's robotic ... more
UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK
MARSDAILY

Meteorites Yield Clues to Red Planet's Early Atmosphere
Geologists who analyzed 40 meteorites that fell to Earth from Mars unlocked secrets of the Martian atmosphere hidden in the chemical signatures of these ancient rocks. Their study, published April 1 ... more
EXO LIFE

New Study Outlines 'Water World' Theory of Life's Origins
Life took root more than four billion years ago on our nascent Earth, a wetter and harsher place than now, bathed in sizzling ultraviolet rays. What started out as simple cells ultimately transforme ... 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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EXO LIFE

B3: the vitamin from outer space
Vitamin B3, also called nicotinic acid or niacin, is the precursor to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) - vital to metabolism and a key to the development of ancient life. And though its possible B3 developed non-biologically on ancient Earth, scientists say it's likely carbon-rich meteorites peppering the planet millions of years ago offered an extra dose of niacin. ... more
INTERNET SPACE

Tech giants look to skies to spread Internet
The shortest path to the Internet for some remote corners of the world may be through the skies. ... more
24/7 News Coverage
'Just staggering': UN says households waste 1 bn meals a day
Neolithic Mariners: Unveiling the Mediterranean's Oldest Boats
Greece to buy seven Canadian water bombers for wildfires
ENERGY TECH

Scientists Capture Ultrafast Snapshots of Light-Driven Superconductivity
A new study pins down a major factor behind the appearance of superconductivity-the ability to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency-in a promising copper-oxide material. Scientists ... more
ROBO SPACE

"RoboClam" hits new depths as robotic digger
A digging robot inspired by the unique mechanisms employed by the Atlantic razor clam has been created by a group of researchers in the US. The robot, dubbed RoboClam, is able to dig with extreme ef ... more
TECH SPACE

New Self-healing Plastics Developed
Scratches in the car finish or cracks in polymer material: Self-healing materials can repair themselves by restoring their initial molecular structure after the damage. Scientists of the Karlsruhe I ... more
TECH SPACE
NASA Completes LADEE Mission with Planned Impact on Moon's Surface

Russia plans to get a foothold in the Moon

Russian Federal Space Agency is elaborating Moon exploration program


TECH SPACE
Meteorites Yield Clues to Red Planet's Early Atmosphere

NASA Mars Orbiter Spies Rover Near Martian Butte

The Path to Mars


TECH SPACE
Go Big or Go Home - Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Doing Both, and More

NASA Astronauts Will Breathe Easier With New Oxygen Recovery Systems

NASA's Orion Spacecraft Powers through First Integrated System Testing


TECH SPACE
China launches experimental satellite

Tiangong's New Mission

"Space Odyssey": China's aspiration in future space exploration

TIME AND SPACE

Scientists achieve first direct observations of excitons in motion
A quasiparticle called an exciton - responsible for the transfer of energy within devices such as solar cells, LEDs, and semiconductor circuits - has been understood theoretically for decades. But e ... more
CHIP TECH

New 'switch' could power quantum computing
Using a laser to place individual rubidium atoms near the surface of a lattice of light, scientists at MIT and Harvard University have developed a new method for connecting particles - one that coul ... more
TECH SPACE

Cork trees offer greener source of polyester
On the scale of earth-friendly materials, you'd be hard pressed to find two that are farther apart than polyester (not at all) and cork (very). In an unexpected twist, however, scientists are figuri ... more
ENERGY TECH

Engineers develop new materials for hydrogen storage
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. The researchers have created for the first ... more
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CHIP TECH

Researchers bolster development of programmable quantum computers

TECH SPACE

New technique takes cues from astronomy and ophthalmology to sharpen microscope images

ENERGY TECH

CEBAF Accelerator Achieves 12 GeV Commissioning Milestone

WOOD PILE

Nutrient-rich forests absorb more carbon

OZONE NEWS

Plugging an ozone hole

EARLY EARTH

Faithful allies since the Cretaceous

BLUE SKY

Greenland ice cores show industrial record of acid rain, success of US Clean Air Act

ABOUT US

Neanderthals and Cro-magnons did not coincide on the Iberian Peninsula

ICE WORLD

The role of oceanic carbon reservoir over glacial cycles

LAUNCH PAD

SpaceX Cargo Mission Launches to Space Station

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

Quest for extraterrestrial life not over: experts

Satellite telecom vulnerable to hackers: researchers

First Earth-sized planet found in 'habitable zone': NASA

Growth of Antarctic ice sheet triggered warming in the Southern Ocean during Miocene

Russia launches its new ICBM from Plesetsk space centre

Xi urges China to build up joint space and air power

Raytheon awarded first international contract for Paveway IV

UN weather agency warns of 'El Nino' this year

DPRK vows self-defense measures against US hostility

Researchers say Neanderthals were no strangers to good parenting

Vacuuming carbon from the atmosphere may be most realistic solution to climate change

Forest fires and warming planet could accelerate deforestation in Amazon

Facebook rolls out 'nearby friends' feature

NASA Signs Agreement with SpaceX for Use of Historic Launch Pad

NASA Astronauts Will Breathe Easier With New Oxygen Recovery Systems

Saturn's rings reveal how to make a moon

Russia investigates top space official for abuse of office

Pushy neighbors force stellar twins to diverge

Japan warns over China ship seizure

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