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October 05, 2010
SOLAR SCIENCE
Cluster Helps Disentangle Turbulence In The Solar Wind
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 05, 2010
From Earth, the Sun looks like a calm, placid body that does little more than shine brightly while marching across the sky. Images from a bit closer, of course, show it's an unruly ball of hot gas that can expel long plumes out into space - but even this isn't the whole story. Surrounding the Sun is a roiling wind of electrons and protons that shows constant turbulence at every size scale: long streaming jets, smaller whirling eddies, and even microscopic movements as charged particles circle in m ... read more

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SPACEMART

SPACE World At AIRTEC 2010
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EARTH OBSERVATION

ESA And Oil Industries Explore Applications From Space
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Missions, Meetings, And The Radial Tire Model Of The Magnetosphere
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SPACE SCOPES

NASA's Webb Telescope MIRI Instrument Takes One Step Closer To Space
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Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.

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SPACE SCOPES

NASA's WISE Mission Warms Up But Keeps Chugging Along
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IRON AND ICE

Orbital Environment For Dawn Spacecraft At Vesta
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TECH SPACE

IKONOS Marks 11 Years On-Orbit
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TECH SPACE

Integral Systems Expands Satellite Command And Control System For VINASAT Fleet
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Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review
JOVIAN DREAMS

Europa's Hidden Ice Chemistry
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LAUNCH PAD

Eutelsat's W3B Telecommunications Satellite Arrives For Launch
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LAUNCH PAD

Russia's Rokot Carrier Rockets To Launch Two ESA Satellites
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Solar system's shield is showing cracks
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STATION NEWS

International Partners Update Launch Manifest
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SPACEWAR
Turkey To Launch Intelligence Satellite In 2012
Istanbul, Turkey (XNA) Oct 04, 2010
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would launch a national intelligence satellite in 2012. The intelligence satellite named "Gokturk" was being built by Turkish engineers, the prime minister said during an amphibious ship launching ceremony in Tuzla, Istanbul. The semi-official Anatolia news agency quoted him as saying: " Thus, we have ended our ... more

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Knot In The Ribbon At The Edge Of The Solar System "Unties"
San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 04, 2010
The unusual "knot" in the bright, narrow ribbon of neutral atoms emanating in from the boundary between our solar system and interstellar space appears to have "untied," according to a paper published online in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Researchers believe the ribbon, first revealed in maps produced by NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, forms in response to ... more

SPACE TRAVEL
US President Obama's National Space Policy: New Analysis Available
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 04, 2010
Secure World Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of a new analysis of President Barack Obama's National Space Policy (NSP). The new NSP released in June is a White House directive that provides broad guidance on how the United States intends to conduct activities in outer space. This review - The 2010 Obama Space Policy: Sustainability, International Engagement and Sta ... more

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DEEP IMPACT

No Evidence Found Of Catastrophic Impact In Pleistocene

MISSILE DEFENSE

LockMart Awarded Radar Contract To Defend Against Anti-Ship And Ballistic Missile Threats


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MISSILE DEFENSE
Backward Orbit In A Binary System

First Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Found

This Planet Smells Funny

MISSILE DEFENSE
IKONOS Marks 11 Years On-Orbit

Integral Systems Expands Satellite Command And Control System For VINASAT Fleet

Toshiba to launch 'world's first' glasses-free 3D TV

MISSILE DEFENSE
Raytheon Completes GPS OCX Integrated Baseline Review

Japan's first GPS satellite in operational orbit

Geotagged Photos Help Prioritize Oil Spill Response In Gulf

MISSILE DEFENSE
China launches second lunar probe

Chang'e-2 Heads For Moon

China To Launch Second Lunar Probe

MISSILE DEFENSE
No Evidence Found Of Catastrophic Impact In Pleistocene

No Evidence For Clovis Comet Catastrophe

Supernova Shrapnel Found In Meteorite

MISSILE DEFENSE
Orbital Environment For Dawn Spacecraft At Vesta

Dawn Makes Steady Progress

NASA's EPOXI Mission Sets Up For Comet Flyby

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EARTH OBSERVATION
Google brings 'Street View' to Antarctica
Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2010
Google's "Street View" imagery has sparked privacy concerns in some countries but that's unlikely to be the case with its latest destination - Antarctica, populated mostly by penguins. The Internet giant announced on Friday that Street View, which shows street-level pictures of cities around the world, now encompasses all seven continents with the inclusion of images from Antarctica. The Street View pictures of Antarctica are limited for the moment to user-contributed shots of penguins on Half ... read more

MISSILE DEFENSE
NASA official: Moon still matters

China Scouts Moon Landing Sites

Magnetic Anomalies Shield The Moon

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MISSILE DEFENSE
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2363 Drive

Atmosphere Checked, One Mars Year Before A Landing

Martian Moon Phobos May Have Formed by Catastrophic Blast

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MISSILE DEFENSE
US President Obama's National Space Policy: New Analysis Available

NASA budget approved by US Congress

CSF Applauds Historic Vote Setting NASA's New Direction

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MISSILE DEFENSE
Slow-Motion Giants Carry Shuttles To Pad

Fuel tank for final shuttle in Florida

Shuttle ready for move to launch pad

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MISSILE DEFENSE
International Partners Update Launch Manifest

Expedition 25 Crew At Work, Waiting For Three New Members

Soyuz crew admit to disappointment at delayed landing

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