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March 27, 2015
SPACE TRAVEL
Feud on Earth but peace in space for US and Russia
Moscow (AFP) March 26, 2015
Hundreds of kilometres below on Earth, their governments are locked in a standoff over Ukraine - but up in space, Russian cosmonauts and American astronauts are still working together side by side. The International Space Station (ISS) is one of the rare areas of US-Russian cooperation that has not been hit by the Ukraine crisis and in the latest show of commitment, the next joint mission is set to blast off from Kazakhstan on Friday. The crew will include two space veterans - American Scott K ... read more
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LAUNCH PAD

Russia Launches Satan Missile With S Korean Kompsat 3A Satellite
The launch was completed at 01:08 a. m. Moscow time on Thursday (22:08 GMT on Wednesday) from the Yasny launch site located in Russia's Orenburg Region, according to the spokesman. The RS-20B missil ... more
LAUNCH PAD

United Launch Alliance Launches Second Mission in Less than Two Weeks
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket successfully launched the ninth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 2:36 pm Thursday from Space Launch Complex-37. ... more
SPACEWAR

Japan Launches Spy Satellite Into Orbit
Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying a backup optical satellite for the government's intelligence gathering program. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Indust ... more
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GPS NEWS

Countdown Begins for ISRO's Navigation Satellite Launch
The countdown for the lift of an Indian rocket with the country's fourth navigation satellite as the sole passenger began at 5.49 am Thursday, the ISRO said. According to Indian Space Research ... more


JOVIAN DREAMS

Explosions of Jupiter's aurora linked to extraordinary planet-moon interaction
On Earth, bursts of particles spewed by the Sun spark shimmering auroras, like the Northern Lights, that briefly dance at our planet's poles. But, on Jupiter, there's an auroral glow all the time, a ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Russia Plans to Boost Space Tourism at Orbital Outpost
Russia may reduce the number of cosmonauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) in order to optimize the commercial use of its ISS segment, the Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, said Tuesda ... more
LAUNCH PAD

UAE Moves to Purchase Russian Spacecraft Launch Platform
The United Arab Emirates is interested in the acquisition of the international spacecraft launch platform "Sea Launch". It is a sea-based launch system that allows launches of commercial freights on ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Cost of Russian Space Projects Grows by 27 percent
Russian space projects have risen in price on average by 27 percent due to the current economic situation, Yuri Koptev, a representative of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said Tuesday. "Al ... more
LAUNCH PAD

Soyuz ready March 27 flight to deploy two Galileo navsats
Authorization has been given for tomorrow's Arianespace Soyuz launch from French Guiana, providing the "green light" for this medium-lift mission that will further expand Europe's Galileo global nav ... more
SATURN DAILY

A new spin on Saturn's peculiar rotation
Tracking the rotation speed of solid planets, like the Earth and Mars, is a relatively simple task: Just measure the time it takes for a surface feature to roll into view again. But giant gas planet ... more
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CARBON WORLDS

The key to the long-term storage of DOC in the deep ocean
Researchers from the Malaspina Expedition have made strides in the understanding of the mechanisms governing the persistence of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) for hundreds or thousands of years in t ... more
TECH SPACE

New transitory form of silica observed
A Carnegie-led team was able to discover five new forms of silica under extreme pressures at room temperature. Their findings are published by Nature Communications. Silicon dioxide, commonly ... more
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TECH SPACE

Landmark study proves that magnets can control heat and sound
Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered how to control heat with a magnetic field. In the journal Nature Materials, they describe how a magnetic field roughly the size of a medical ... more
ENERGY TECH

New technology converts packing peanuts to battery components
Researchers have shown how to convert waste packing peanuts into high-performance carbon electrodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that outperform conventional graphite electrodes, represent ... more
CHIP TECH

Twisted light increases efficiency of quantum cryptography systems
Researchers at the University of Rochester and their collaborators have developed a way to transfer 2.05 bits per photon by using "twisted light." This remarkable achievement is possible because the ... more
TECH SPACE

Additives to biodegrade plastics don't work
Recycling plastic works; additives to biodegrade plastic do not. A new study from Michigan State University shows that several additives that claim to break down polyethylene (i.e., plastic bags) an ... more
TECH SPACE

An explanation for the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam system problem
A team of researchers, led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Yuri Lvov, has found an elegant explanation for the long-standing Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) problem, first proposed in 1953, inv ... more

TIME AND SPACE

Quantum correlation can imply causation
Contrary to the statistician's slogan, in the quantum world, certain kinds of correlations do imply causation. Research from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Wate ... more
ROBO SPACE

Snake robots learn to turn by following the lead of real sidewinders
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who develop snake-like robots have picked up a few tricks from real sidewinder rattlesnakes on how to make rapid and even sharp turns with their undulating, ... more
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MARSDAILY

Curiosity Rover Finds Biologically Useful Nitrogen on Mars

IRON AND ICE

Next Steps on Journey to Mars: Progress on Asteroid Initiative

MARSDAILY

NASA Reformats Memory of Longest-Running Mars Rover

MARSDAILY

Ancient Martian lake system records 2 water-related events

GPS NEWS

Galileo satellites enclosed for Friday's launch

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Have Researchers Discovered the Sound of the Stars

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Chemical Fingerprints of Ancient Supernovae Found

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Satellites Catch 'Growth Spurt' from Newborn Protostar

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Colliding stars explain enigmatic 17th century explosion

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

I Zw 18 - The Galaxy that Reveals the Universe's History

US Prepares for Space Warfare, Citing Chinese Success

Tern enables small ships to host their own UAVs

US Developing Space Radar in Marshall Islands

Russia Warns West Against Destroying Nuclear Parity

Russia warns US against sending missile defence system to South Korea

NASA's Opportunity Mars Rover Passes Marathon Distance

Modernization of US Nuclear Triad Imperative to Deterrence

Data structures influence speed of quantum search in unexpected ways

New optical materials break digital connectivity barriers

Sharper nanoscopy

NASA rover completes 11-year Mars marathon

NASA plans to bring boulder into moon orbit

Europe poised to launch more navigation satellites

NASA picks Orbital ATK for NOAA satellite

Short circuit delays particle hunter machine restart

Mars has nitrogen, key to life: NASA

India's frugal Mars mission extended by six months

50 years ago today, space welcomed its first sandwich

Ground broken for Space Fence installation

China hits out at Japan over defence spending worries

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