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October 22, 2014

China's Secret Moon Mission
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 23, 2014
Soon, a rocket will launch a Chinese spacecraft to the Moon and back. It's the first time that China has attempted this long and perilous journey. It should be a great achievement for the nation, worthy of extensive publicity. Ironically, this mission has been shrouded in more obscurity than the "secret" X-37B spaceplane operated by the US Air Force, which even had its re-entry pre-announced and covered extensively on video. It would seem that Chinese President Xi Jinping is tightening the screws ... read more

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ESA spaceplane progressing towards Vega launch Europe's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) spaceplane has completed another step in its pre-launch checkout process, and is now being readied for fueling ahead of the November 18 flight with A ... more		Proton-M Lofts Express-AM6 Satellite Russia launched on Tuesday an Express-series communications satellite on board the Proton-M carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. "T ... more		Intelsat General To Study Commercialization of USAF Satellites Intelsat General Corp. is one of four companies awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to study the viability of using commercial facilities and operations expertise for the tracking, telem ... more
				Cosmic rays threaten future deep-space astronaut missions Crewed missions to Mars remain an essential goal for NASA, but scientists are only now beginning to understand and characterize the radiation hazards that could make such ventures risky, concludes a ... more		POLARBEAR seeks cosmic answers in microwave polarization An international team of physicists has measured a subtle characteristic in the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation that will allow them to map the large-scale structure of the ... more

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Big Black Holes Can Block New Stars Massive black holes spewing out radio-frequency-emitting particles at near-light speed can block formation of new stars in aging galaxies, a study has found. The research provides crucial new eviden ... more		Mars Orbiter Image Shows Comet Nucleus is Small The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured views of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring while that visitor sped past Mars on Sunday (Oct. ... 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		China's space policy gets even tighter Anyone who watches China's space program is well aware of the nation's information policies. China has never been as open as we would like. We can understand that China operates under a different po ... more
				China Completes Country's Largest Spaceport Construction of the fourth and the largest spaceport in China in the country's southern city of Wenchang has been completed and it is ready for launch, People's Daily reported Friday. Completi ... more		China to send orbiter to moon and back: report China will launch its latest lunar orbiter in the coming days, state media said Wednesday, in its first attempt to send a spacecraft around the moon and back to Earth. ... more

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Russia to Orbit 9 MilCom Satellites by 2020 The Russian military will add nine advanced communications satellites to its orbital grouping by 2020, a senior military commander said Monday. "By 2020, the orbital grouping of military commu ... more		Physicists build reversible laser tractor beam Laser physicists have built a tractor beam that can repel and attract objects, using a hollow laser beam that is bright around the edges and dark in its centre. It is the first long-distance o ... 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		Increasing cosmic radiation a danger for Mars missions Humans have long dreamed of traveling to Mars, hopscotching across the solar system and fanning out into the cosmos beyond. Several nations and private organizations are developing plans for crewed ... more
1980s aircraft helps quantum technology take flight What does a 1980s experimental aircraft have to do with state-of-the art quantum technology? Lots, as shown by new research from the Quantum Control Laboratory at the University of Sydney, and publi ... more		Satellites for smart logging Satcomm birds are helping to save our trees through more efficient use of our forests. Satellites are mapping forests, sending instructions to loggers, monitoring tree-harvesting machinery and coord ... more		ISRO spy case: Kerala to decide on future course of action The Kerala government will seek legal opinion on the Kerala High Court's ruling quashing the state government's order to drop charges against three retired police officers who had implicated and arr ... more		Partial solar eclipse to cast a shadow over the sun Thursday Due to a partial solar eclipse, most of the United States, Mexico and Canada will see the sun look like a fingernail as it sets on Thursday evening. ... more

	In a first, astronomers map comets around another star Astronomers using an ultra-sensitive telescope in the Chilean desert said Wednesday they had mapped hundreds of comets orbiting a star 63 light years from Earth. ... more		'Twisted rope' clue to dangerous solar storms A "twisted rope" of magnetically-charged energy precedes solar storms that have the potential to damage satellites and electricity grids, French scientists said on Wednesday. ... more

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