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December 16, 2014
MARSDAILY
Goddard instrument makes first detection of organic matter on Mars
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 17, 2014
The team responsible for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite on NASA's Curiosity rover has made the first definitive detection of organic molecules at Mars. Organic molecules are the building blocks of all known forms of terrestrial life, and consist of a wide variety of molecules made primarily of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. However, organic molecules can also be made by chemical reactions that don't involve life, and there is not enough evidence to tell if the matter found ... read more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Rover Finds Active and Ancient Organic Chemistry on Mars
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample collected by the ro ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

Russia, US to Cooperate on Orion Spacecraft Modernization
Russian Rocket and Space Corporation 'Energia' (Russian for Energy) and the US corporations Lockheed Martin and Boeing will jointly work on modernizing the US Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Orion so tha ... more
EXO LIFE

Oil-dwelling bacteria are social creatures in Earth's deep biosphere
Oil reservoirs are scattered deep inside the Earth like far-flung islands in the ocean, so their inhabitants might be expected to be very different, but a new study led by Dartmouth College and Univ ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

2015 to be a busy year, says ISRO chief
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will also launch a heavy communication satellite, GSAT-15, with around 40 transponders - automatic receivers and transmitters for communication and broa ... more


WOOD PILE

NASA Study Shows 13-year Record of Drying Amazon Caused Vegetation Declines
A 13-year decline in vegetation in the eastern and southeastern Amazon has been linked to a decade-long rainfall decline in the region, a new NASA-funded study finds. With global climate models proj ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Fermi brings deeper focus to thunderstorm gamma-rays
Each day, thunderstorms around the world produce about a thousand quick bursts of gamma rays, some of the highest-energy light naturally found on Earth. By merging records of events seen by NASA's F ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW

NASA Satellite Data Shows Hagupit Dropped Almost 19 Inches of Rainfall
Typhoon Hagupit soaked the Philippines, and a NASA rainfall analysis indicated the storm dropped almost 19 inches in some areas. After Hagupit departed the Philippines as a tropical storm, NASA's Te ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

O3b satellites integrated on Soyuz For Dec 18 Arianespace flight
Arianespace's next medium-lift Soyuz to be launched from French Guiana is now complete following the integration of its "upper composite," which consists of four O3b Networks connectivity satellites ... more
TECH SPACE

GaN-based LEDs in harsh radiation environments
Gallium nitride (GaN) based devices are attractive for harsh environment electronics because of their high chemical and the mechanical stability of GaN itself that has a higher atomic displacement e ... more
CARBON WORLDS

Major milestones for Carnegie-hosted Deep Carbon Observatory
Recent advances in our understanding of the quantities, movements, forms and origin of carbon in Earth are summarized in a just-published report. The research represents face-paced progress on the d ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Lockheed Martin producing more missile launch systems for Navy
Lockheed Martin is to continue producing its MK 41 vertical launch systems for missiles fired from U.S. Navy warships. ... more
MARSDAILY

Spike seen in methane on Mars, but source unknown
Methane, a gas that on Earth comes mainly from living organisms, has been measured for the first time making a sudden spike on Mars, leaving scientists puzzled about its origin. ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

SwRI scientists develop solar observatory for use on suborbital manned space missions
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is preparing to unveil a new, miniature portable solar observatory for use onboard a commercial, manned suborbital spacecraft. The SwRI Solar Instrument Pointing ... more
MERCURY RISING

NASA is letting people name the craters of Mercury
The team behind NASA's Mercury orbiter, MESSENGER, has begun a competition to name the craters of Mercury. ... more
MISSILE NEWS

Japan asks U.S. for AMRAAM sales deal
Japan has asked the United States for medium-range air-to-air missiles and associated equipment through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Poroshenko vows to complete Chernobyl sarcophagus
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has promised to complete the stalled construction of a protective cover over the Chernobyl nuclear reactor that went into meltdown in 1986, the presidential pres ... more
TECH SPACE

Squid supplies blueprint for printable thermoplastics
Squid, what is it good for? You can eat it and you can make ink or dye from it, and now a Penn State team of researchers is using it to make a thermoplastic that can be used in 3-D printing. " ... more

ROBO SPACE

Robot named 'Athena' becomes first humanoid robot to pay for a seat on a flight
A robot named "Athena" has officially become the first humanoid robot to pay for a seat on a flight. ... more
TIME AND SPACE

Physicists explain puzzling particle collisions
An anomaly spotted at the Large Hadron Collider has prompted scientists to reconsider a mathematical description of the underlying physics. By considering two forces that are distinct in everyday li ... more
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NASA Voyager: 'Tsunami Wave' Still Flies Through Interstellar Space

RUSSIAN SPACE

Plans to Create Russian National Orbital Station Confirmed

MARSDAILY

MAVEN Identifies Links in Chain Leading to Mars Atmospheric Loss

MOON DAILY

Moon Express testing compact lunar lander at Kennedy

MARSDAILY

Opportunity Flash-Memory Resets Continue

MARSDAILY

Mars Mountain was All Wet

LAUNCH PAD

ILS Proton launches Yamal-401 satellite marking 400th Proton mission

ROCKET SCIENCE

ISRO to Test-Fly Heaviest Rocket, Crew Module on December 18

LAUNCH PAD

Russia launches Yamal-401 communication satellite

LAUNCH PAD

SpaceX Soon To Try Landing First Stage on Floating Platform

Assertive Russia causes military rethink in Sweden

Air Force contracts logistic support for missile site surveillance systems

No laughing matter: Nitrous oxide rose at end of last ice age

Lockheed Martin Wins Medium Lift RFP

Opportunity In No-Flash Mode: Kludge Ready To Radiate

Estimated Cost of 3 NASA Exploration Programs to Exceed $21 Billion: GAO

Signs of Ancient Mars Lakes and Quakes Seen in New Map

NASA Super Guppy Plane Delivers Large Composite Structure for Testing

Researchers use real data rather than theory to measure the cosmos

Sarah Brightman to Begin Training in January for Flight to ISS

SwRI develops solar observatory for use on suborbital manned space missions

ESA and Omega: a watch for astronauts

200 million pound investment is rocket fuel for UK space industry

MESSENGER Data Suggest Recurring Meteor Shower on Mercury

Galactic Gathering Gives Sparkling Light Display

Interstellar Mystery Solved by Supercomputer Simulations

Researchers detect possible signal from dark matter

USS Ponce: Navy tests laser weapon in Persian Gulf

New form of ice could help explore exciting avenues for energy production and storage

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Between USSR, US in Details

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