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July 21, 2014

NASA Mission To Reap Bonanza of Earth-sized Planets
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Set to launch in 2017, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor more than half a million stars over its two-year mission, with a focus on the smallest, brightest stellar objects. During its observations, TESS is expected to find more than 3,000 new planets outside of our solar system, most of which will be possible for ground-based telescopes to observe."Bright host stars are the best ones for follow-up studies of their exoplanets to pin down planet masses, and to character ... read more

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Manned mission to Moon scheduled by Roscosmos for 2020-2031 Russia is planning a manned mission to the Moon in 2030-2031, Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) First Deputy Head Alexander Ivanov said on Monday, July 14, reports TASS. "In our program this (m ... more		NGC Breaks Ground on New Space Assembly and Test Facility Northrop Grumman officially broke ground on a new $20 million Maryland Space Assembly and Test (M-SAT) facility on the back of its Baltimore campus adjacent to Baltimore Washington International Thu ... more		NASA Rover's Images Show Laser Flash on Martian Rock Flashes appear on a baseball-size Martian rock in a series of images taken Saturday, July 12 by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on the arm of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover. The flashes occurr ... more
				NASA Seeks Proposals for Europa Mission Science Instruments NASA has issued an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for proposals about science instruments that could be carried aboard a future mission to Jupiter's moon Europa. Selected instruments could address ... more		Looking Back at the Jupiter Crash 20 Years Later Twenty years ago, human and robotic eyes observed the first recorded impact between cosmic bodies in the solar system, as fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into the atmosphere of Jupiter. ... more

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ADS and Esri Take Satellite Imagery Services to a Premium Level Airbus Defense and Space and Esri have developed three new Premium Content Services to provide ArcGIS Online users with an option to access Pleiades and SPOT thematic imagery, customized monitoring ... more		ADS strengthens strategic Global Xpress partnership with Inmarsat Airbus Defense and Space has expanded its strategic agreement with Inmarsat on Global Xpress high-speed broadband with a new agreement extending reselling of the ultra-fast broadband service to the ... more		NATO chief says Ukraine can beat Russia; As exhausted troops await resupply Ahead of feared Rafah invasion, Palestinians mourn bombardment dead Poland, Lithuania say can help return military-aged men to Ukraine		Russian Resupply Spacecraft to Deliver Snails to ISS for Experiments Russia's Progress M-24M resupply spacecraft, due to be launched on July 24, is to deliver 45 snails to the International Space Station (ISS) for scientific experiments, Russian space agency Roscosmo ... more
				GOES-R Magnetometer Ready for Spacecraft Integration The Magnetometer instrument that will fly on NOAA's GOES-R satellite when it is launched in early 2016 has completed the development and testing phase and is ready to be integrated with the spacecra ... more		Space Systems/Loral conducting technology studies for NASA Space Systems/Loral reports it has been chosen by NASA to study system concepts and technologies for the NASA Asteroid Redirect Mission. ... more

NASA sends odor-resistant clothes to ISS An Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus spacecraft full of supplies was fired toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The rocket contains over 3,000 pounds of cargo, including food, mini satel ... more		NASA's Van Allen Probes Show How to Accelerate Electrons One of the great, unanswered questions for space weather scientists is just what creates two gigantic donuts of radiation surrounding Earth, called the Van Allen radiation belts. Recent data from th ... more		'Extreme' climate blamed for world's worst wine harvest in 62 years The Indian villagers who lost their homes to the sea Philippine settlement submerged by dam reappears due to drought		Brown Dwarfs May Wreak Havoc on Orbits of Nearby Planets Planets that move around their stars in circular orbits are a better bet for life than those in elongated orbits when it comes to creating habitable climate conditions, according to a new study.That ... more
ISS 'space truck' launch postponed: Arianespace The July 24 launch of a robot ship to deliver provisions to the International Space Station has been postponed "for a few days", space transport firm Arianespace said Friday. ... more		Dash cam captures meteor streaking across North Carolina sky A barrage of meteors splashed across the night sky late Thursday along the Eastern Seaboard, and one meteor burned particularly bright as it disintegrated in the Earth's atmosphere. ... more		SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 Flights Deemed Successful The U.S. Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center declared both the Dec. 3, 2013 and Jan. 6, 2014 flights of the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Falcon 9 v1.1 l ... more		SSERVI: Serving NASA's Mission to the Moon and Beyond, Part 1 Humanity has plans to expand into space: to the Moon, to Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), and to the moons of Mars. Like any trip to anywhere, we need to know certain things before we go. We need to kno ... more

	NASA Announces Early Career Faculty Space Tech Research Grants NASA has selected seven university-led proposals for the study of innovative, early stage technologies that address high priority needs for America's space program. The selected proposals for ... more		Lockheed Martin Opens Space Technology Office In United Kingdom Lockheed Martin is opening a space technology office in Great Britain to explore partnership opportunities with UK businesses and universities to support the UK's goal of maintaining and growing its ... more

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US lawmakers boost funding for Israel's Iron Dome		Qatar to buy Patriot missiles in $11 bln arms deal: US		US military awards contracts to design reusable spaceplane		Russia's Angara rocket not to be used as ICBM		US F-35 fighter will not fly at UK air show

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