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December 19, 2014

NASA, Planetary Scientists Find Meteoritic Evidence of Mars Water Reservoir
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2014
NASA and an international team of planetary scientists have found evidence in meteorites on Earth that indicates Mars has a distinct and global reservoir of water or ice near its surface. Though controversy still surrounds the origin, abundance and history of water on Mars, this discovery helps resolve the question of where the "missing Martian water" may have gone. Scientists continue to study the planet's historical record, trying to understand the apparent shift from an early wet and warm clima ... read more

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NASA's Kepler Reborn, Makes First Exoplanet Find of New Mission NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft makes a comeback with the discovery of the first exoplanet found using its new mission - K2. The discovery was made when astronomers and engineers devised an ... more		Preparing for an asteroid strike ESA and national disaster response offices recently rehearsed how to react if a threatening space rock is ever discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Last month, experts from ESA's ... more		Signs of Europa Plumes Remain Elusive in Search of Cassini Data A fresh look at data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft during its 2001 flyby of Jupiter shows that Europa's tenuous atmosphere is even thinner than previously thought and also suggests that the ... more
				ISS Experiment May Hold Key to Alzheimer's Cause An experiment housed in a 4-inch cube destined for launch to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX CRS-5 cargo resupply mission could become a key step in the progress toward understandi ... more		All Four O3B CommSats Put Into Orbit All four European communication satellites were put into orbit by a Russian-made Soyuz ST-B rocket from the Kourou space center in French Guiana, a spokesperson for the Russian Federal Space Agency, ... more

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XCOR Announces Further Progress on XCOR Lynx Spacecraft The XCOR Lynx suborbital spacecraft continues to make rapid progress towards final assembly. Immediately after bonding the cockpit to the fuselage, the shop crews set up for the delicate and precise ... more		NASA Data Underscore Severity of California Drought It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) - around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir - to recover from California's continuing drought, accordi ... more		Space Force charts new path for commercial integration in space operations Space chiefs from 18 nations convene at forum hosted by Space Force Space defense investments set to soar with projected 160% growth in satellite launches		NASA, SpaceX Update Launch of Fifth SpaceX Resupply Mission to ISS NASA and SpaceX report that the launch of SpaceX's fifth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station now will occur no earlier than Tuesday, Jan. 6. The new launch ... more
				US Space Launcher to Get 60 Russian Engines in $1Bln Deal Russian design bureau Energomash has signed a contract with the US-based Orbital Sciences Corporation for the delivery of 60 RD-181 rocket engines to be used to power the Antares rocket's first stag ... more		India launches biggest ever rocket into space India successfully launched its biggest ever rocket on Thursday, including an unmanned capsule which could one day send astronauts into space, as the country ramps up its ambitious space programme. ... more

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Venus Express goes gently into the night ESA's Venus Express has ended its eight-year mission after far exceeding its planned life. The spacecraft exhausted its propellant during a series of thruster burns to raise its orbit following the ... more		Rosetta Orbiter to Swoop Down On Comet in February The European Space Agency's orbiting Rosetta spacecraft is expected to come within four miles (six kilometers) of the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in February of next year. The flyby w ... more		SWOT Satellite Analyzes Water Depth in Death Valley's Seasonal Lake Waste not want not: Peruvian drive to feed more with less Record heat rots cocoa beans threatening Ivory Coast agriculture		SpaceX postpones launch after rocket 'issues' SpaceX on Thursday postponed the planned launch later this week of its unmanned Dragon cargo ship after unspecified "issues" arose during a launchpad test, the company said in a statement. ... more
Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs nearly knocked off mammals The extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago is thought to have paved the way for mammals to dominate, but a new study shows that many mammals died off alongside the dinosaurs. Metathe ... more		Politics no problem, say US and Russian spacefarers US-Russian ties may have returned to Cold War levels, but an astronaut and a cosmonaut gearing up for the longest flight on the International Space Station said Thursday politics would not disrupt their work of helping a future trip to Mars. ... more		NASA awards Launch Services Contract for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission. TESS will launch aboard a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle, with liftoff targeted for Au ... more		Australian university students aim to generate first 'breathable' air on Mars A Mars One astronaut candidate and a team of Western Australian students aiming to generate the first breathable air on Mars have reached the finals of the international competition that will land v ... more

	Fifth SpaceX Mission Lets the CATS Out on the International Space Station Not like cats that you might pet in your lap at night, International Space Station CATS study the atmosphere's plight. CATS and new research including flatworms, wearable technology, an external rad ... more		German named next head of European Space Agency Johann-Dietrich Woerner, head of German aerospace giant DLR, is to succeed Frenchman Jean-Jacques Dordain as next director-general of the European Space Agency, ESA announced on Thursday. ... more

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SpaceX to try to 'precision-land' rocket in ocean		ESA scientists say Philae lander will wake up in 2015		O3b satellites integrated on Soyuz For Dec 18 Arianespace flight		Russia, US to Cooperate on Orion Spacecraft Modernization		Goddard instrument makes first detection of organic matter on Mars

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