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September 09, 2014

MAVEN Spacecraft Makes Final Preparations For Mars
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2014
On Sept. 21, 2014, the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft will complete roughly 10 months of travel and enter orbit around the Red Planet. The orbit-insertion maneuver will be carried out as the spacecraft approaches Mars, wrapping up an interplanetary journey of 442 million miles (711 million kilometers). Six thruster engines will fire briefly for a "settling" burn that damps out deviations in pointing. Then the six main engines will ignite two by two in quick succession and will b ... read more

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SpaceX launches AsiaSat 6 satellite The 45th Space Wing supported Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the AsiaSat 6 satellite here from Space Launch Complex 40 at 1 a.m. EDT Sept. ... more		China launches remote sensing satellite China successfully launched the Yaogan-21 remote sensing satellite into preset orbit at 11:22 a.m. on Monday Beijing Time (0322 GMT) from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The carrier rocket, a ... more		Evidence of 'Diving' Tectonic Plates on Jupiter's Moon Europa Scientists have found evidence of plate tectonics on Jupiter's moon Europa. This indicates the first sign of this type of surface-shifting geological activity on a world other than Earth. Researcher ... more
				Bright Clumps in Saturn Ring Now Mysteriously Scarce Compared to the age of the solar system - about four-and-a-half billion years - a couple of decades are next to nothing. Some planetary locales change little over many millions of years, so for sc ... more		Scottish independence may force UK nuclear deterrent rethink Britain's future as a nuclear-armed nation could be thrown into doubt if Scotland votes for independence on September 18, experts say, raising serious questions about its future status in the international community. ... more

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Six NATO countries start weapons initiative Six NATO countries have launched a program for greater cooperation in the procurement and fielding of air-to-ground precision-guided weapons. ... more		Laser weapon engages targets despite adverse weather conditions A high-energy laser demonstrator from Boeing has successfully engaged numerous aerial targets in adverse weather conditions. ... 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		Unmanned vehicles tested in Arctic The use of unmanned ground and aerial vehicles in Artic conditions has been studied by scientists and technicians of Canada's Department of National Defense. ... more
				SpaceX launches second satellite in the past month SpaceX, a company known for delivering cargo to the International Space Station, successfully launched the AsiaSat 6 satellite into orbit on Sunday. This is the second successful mission SpaceX has launched for AsiaSat, a Hong Kong company, for the goal of broadcasting internet and video to parts of Asia. The satellite is designed to remain in orbit for a minimum of 15 years. The launch occurred without any complications or difficulties, according to reports. ... more		God Particle could destroy universe, according to Hawking In the preface of an upcoming book, Starmus, Stephen Hawking claims the Higgs Boson particle, a.k.a. the "God particle," could destroy the universe. ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

International Space Station accidentally launches satellites on its own On Thursday, the International Space Station decided to launch some satellites on its own. CubeSats are tiny satellites (about the size of a few bricks), weighing less than 1.33 kilograms, and they're supposed to do a range of missions from communicating with sea vessels to monitoring earthquakes. ... more		Meteorite strikes near Nicaragua's capital A small space rock exploded into the dirt outside the capital of Nicaragua on late Saturday night. Locals there said they heard a large blast just before midnight, and officials located a crater, 40 feet wide and 16 feet deep, near Managua's international airport. ... 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		Year's final supermoon is a Harvest Moon The supermoon is making an encore, its last appearance before the moon's perigee - the portion of its orbit closest to Earth - and 2014 slowly fade away. ... more
Watch MIT's Atlas robot carry heavy objects A robot that can carry objects of different weights in each of its hands could be valuable to industries like construction, warehouse work and much more. ... more		DARPA issues RFI for robotic space services for satellites The U.S. military is looking for space robotic services for critical satellites in geostationary Earth orbit. ... more		New, Inexpensive Method for Understanding Earthquake Topography Using high-resolution topography models not available in the past, geologists can greatly enrich their research. However, current methods of acquisition are costly and require trained personnel with ... more		To clean air and beyond: Catching greenhouse gases with advanced membranes Researchers in Japan have engineered a membrane with advanced features capable of removing harmful greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Their findings, published in the British journal Nature Commu ... more

	Ancient proto mammals were active at night 200 million years ago Most living mammals are active at night (or nocturnal), and many other mammal species are active during twilight conditions. It has long been thought that the transition to nocturnality occurred at ... more		How good is the fossil record? Methods have been developed to try to identify and correct for bias in the fossil record but new research from the Universities of Bristol and Bath, suggests many of these correction methods may act ... more

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Comet to pass Earth close enough for binoculars

Cosmic forecast: Dark clouds will give way to sunshine

Hawaii scientist maps, names Laniakea, our home supercluster of galaxies

China launches two satellites via one rocket

Engineers Conduct Low Light Test On Webb Telescope Component

Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday

Expedition 40 Heads Into Final Week on ISS

Robotic Satellite-Servicing Capabilities in Geostationary Earth Orbit

Researcher advances a new model for dark matter

Researchers Discover New Clues to Determining the Solar Cycle

China Sends Life to Moon

Four Decades of Sea Ice From Space: The Beginning

Surface level ultraviolet spectra of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko obtained

How much gravity is enough?

Single laser stops molecular tumbling motion instantly

Computer simulations visualize ion flux

Nanoscale assembly line

UO-Berkeley Lab unveil new nano-sized synthetic scaffolding technique

Historic comet landing site to be unveiled on Sept 15

NATO pushes initiatives in face of Russian aggression

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