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Fewer Risks If Space Science Missions Managed By One AgencyWashington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2010 Earth and space science missions developed and implemented by federal agencies in collaboration typically result in additional complexity and cost and increased risks from divided responsibilities and accountability, says a new report from the National Research Council. Federal agencies should not partner in conducting space and earth science missions unless there is a compelling reason to do so and clear criteria are met in advance. "A common misperception among policymakers and individual ... read more |
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  NASA postpones Discovery launch to mid-December NASA on Wednesday postponed until mid-December the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on its last trip to the International Space Station after cracks were found in its external fuel tank. ... more | .. |
  Pulsating Star Mystery Solved Grzegorz Pietrzynski introduces this remarkable result: "By using the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, along with other telescopes, we have measure ... more | .. |
 Astronomers Find 'Rosetta Stone' For T-Dwarf Stars An international team of astronomers have discovered a unique and exotic star system with a very cool methane-rich (or T-) dwarf star and a 'dying' white dwarf stellar remnant in orbit around each o ... more | .. |
  Savory Sea Salt Sensor To Get Cooked And Chilled While most Americans are traveling to family gatherings this week for Thanksgiving, a team of scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and the Goddard Space Flight Center ... more |
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  Stripes Are Back In Season On Jupiter New NASA images support findings that one of Jupiter's stripes that "disappeared" last spring is now showing signs of a comeback. These new observations will help scientists better understand the in ... more | .. |
  Massive Galaxies Formed When Universe Was Young Some of the universe's most massive galaxies may have formed billions of years earlier than current scientific models predict, according to surprising new research led by Tufts University. The findi ... more | .. |
 Astronomers Probe 'Sandbar' Between Islands Of Galaxies Astronomers have caught sight of an unusual galaxy that has illuminated new details about a celestial "sandbar" connecting two massive islands of galaxies. The research was conducted in part with NA ... more | .. |
  New ISS Crew Begins Pre-Flight Exams The main and the back-up crews of the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will begin two-day pre-flight exams on Wednesday, a Russian space official said. The main crew compr ... more |
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  HISPASAT Group Satellite Delivered To Launch Base Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it shipped a communications satellite, designed and built for HISPASAT Group, to the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled ... more | .. |
 VimpelCom Serves Growing Markets In Russia SES WORLD SKIES has announced VimpelCom has signed a capacity deal to meet the growing need for business communications capabilities throughout Russia. Utilizing 36MHz of C-band capacity and t ... more | .. |
  GOES-13 Looks At Thanksgiving Travel Conditions The GOES-13 satellite captured a look at the cloud cover and weather systems around the U.S. on Nov. 24 as Thanksgiving travelers make their way to their holiday celebrations. With six days left in ... more | .. |
 Exploding Stars - What Are We Missing A PhD student studying at Liverpool John Moores University's (LJMU) Astrophysics Research Institute has opened a new chapter in observations and understanding of the nova class of exploding star. Th ... more |
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 Europe Maintains Its Presence On The Final Frontier ESA has decided to extend the productive lives of 11 of its operating space science missions. This will enable ESA's world-class science missions to continue returning pioneering results until at le ... more | .. |
NASA argues for extra 2011 shuttle mission NASA should fly an extra shuttle mission to the International Space Station in 2011 as commercial spacecraft are likely to be delayed, the agency's head says. ... more | .. |
  Opportunity Checks out Intrepid Crater Opportunity has been navigating through a field of small impact craters on her way to Endeavour crater. Opportunity has has now exceeded 25 kilometers (15 miles) of odometry on the surface of Mars! ... more | .. |
 Russia To Spend 2 Bln Dollars For Space Clean-Up Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation Energia announced Tuesday that it will build a special orbital pod designed for sweeping-up the near-Earth space from satellite debris. The system was est ... more |
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  Condition Of China's Lunar Probe To Determine Future Application The chief designer of China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, said on Tuesday that the probe's "fate" would depend on its actual condition when it finishes its mission about six months later ... more | .. |
 Should We Stay Or Should We Go Back in the late 1960s, the environmental movement was in a tizzy over predictions that overpopulation would soon cause mass human starvation and eventually kill the planet. But the Malthusian visio ... more | .. |
  Neptec Wins Canadian Space Agency Contract To Develop A New Generation Of Lunar Rovers Neptec Design Group has won a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop the new Lunar Exploration Light Rover (LELR) - an exciting new generation of space exploration technology. ... more | .. |
  NASA Satellite Reaches Orbit, Begins Astrobiology Experiments The Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses, or O/OREOS, nanosatellite managed by NASA's Ames Research Center, successfully launched at 5:25 p.m. PST on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, from Alaska Aero ... more |
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  KVH More Than Doubles Mini-VSAT Broadband Bandwidth A growing number of commercial and leisure operators are choosing KVH's TracPhone V7 and mini-VSAT BroadbandSM service, prompting KVH Industries to increase bandwidth in popular regions to meet cust ... more | .. |
 Major Collision In Local Galaxy Cluster Six Billion Years Ago Did a major collision between two massive galaxies occur in the Local Group 6 billion years ago? Numerical simulations made by six researchers from Paris Observatory, CNRS, and NAOC suggest this. Th ... more | .. |
 Cosmic Dust And Gas Shape Galaxy Evolution Astronomers find cosmic dust annoying when it blocks their view of the heavens, but without it the universe would be devoid of stars. Cosmic dust is the indispensable ingredient for making stars and ... more | .. |
 Sony eyes December launch of e-readers in Japan Sony, battling Amazon and Apple in the electronic book reader race, said on Thursday it would launch its latest devices in Japan in December along with a dedicated virtual library. ... more |
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