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January 21, 2011
STATION NEWS
ISS Resupply From Four Corners Of Globe
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 21, 2011
A quick succession of international space supply trucks will arrive on the International Space Station's loading docks early in 2011, dropping off more than 11 tons (10,000 kilograms) of food, computers, medical equipment and supplies, spare parts and experiment gear - not to mention the necessities of everyday human life in orbit. Demonstrating a multinational commitment to supporting life, work and research on the station at the start of its second decade, space trucks from Japan, Europe and Rus ... read more

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SHUTTLE NEWS

NASA sets final space shuttle mission for June 28
Despite budget uncertainties, NASA on Thursday announced plans to send the space shuttle Atlantis on the final mission of the US program June 28, after which the famed fleet will be retired. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Space Shuttle Program Baselines STS-135
On Thursday, the Space Shuttle Program baselined the STS-135 mission for a target launch date of June 28. It is NASA's intent to fly the mission with orbiter Atlantis carrying the Raffaello multipur ... more
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MARSDAILY

Rover Is Spending Several Weeks At Crater Rim
Opportunity is in position for solar conjunction at the southeast rim of the 80-meter (262-foot) diameter Santa Maria crater. Solar conjunction is the period when communications between Earth and Ma ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA's Glory Mission Will Study Key Pieces Of Climate Puzzle
Earth's climate continues to change at a rapid pace. Last week, NASA announced that 2010 was tied as the warmest year on record. Likewise, the last decade was the warmest in the 130-year global temp ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Sliding Behind Sun After Rover Anniversary
The team operating NASA's Mars rover Opportunity will temporarily suspend commanding for 16 days after the rover's seventh anniversary next week, but the rover will stay busy. For the fourth t ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

St. John, US Virgin Islands
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GPS NEWS

Galileo Satellite Undergoes Launch Check-Up At ESTEC
Galileo's first satellite is undergoing testing at ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands, checking its readiness to be launched into orbit. This marks a significant step for Europe's Galileo sat ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

No Direct Link Between Black Holes And Dark Matter
Massive black holes have been found at the centers of almost all galaxies, where the largest galaxies - who are also the ones embedded in the largest halos of dark matter - harbor the most massive b ... more
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SPACEWAR

Obama Administration To Release New Space Security Strategy
The Obama administration is expected to release its National Security Space Strategy sometime in the next few weeks. The document will spell out how the Department of Defense and the Office of the D ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

ISRO Allocates Resources For Research On Manned Mission
The Indian Space Research Organisation has allocated Rs. 9.8 crore to Institute of Aerospace Medicine for upgrading its laboratories to conduct research for its manned mission into space. "The ... more
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TECH SPACE

Redfern Integrated Optics Awarded Contract For Development Of Laser For Space LIDAR
Redfern Integrated Optics has announced that it has been awarded a Phase 1 SBIR contract for further development of its breakthrough single-frequency narrow-linewidth semiconductor laser, suitable f ... more
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SPACEMART

Romania Accedes To ESA Convention
Romania took a step further in its relations with ESA by signing the Accession Agreement to the ESA Convention on 20 January 2011, to become the 19th ESA Member State. The signing ceremony too ... more
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TECH SPACE

Computer makes 3D images from flat photos
A three-dimensional image of human faces can be constructed from flat 2-D images, a discovery that can be useful in security applications, U.S. researchers say. ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

The Orion Nebula: Still Full Of Surprises
This ethereal-looking image of the Orion Nebula was captured using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This nebula is much more than just a p ... more
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IRON AND ICE

NASA Spacecraft Prepares For Valentine's Day Comet Rendezvous
NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft is nearing a celestial date with comet Tempel 1 at approximately 8:37 p.m. PST (11:37 p.m. EST), on Feb. 14. The mission will allow scientists for the first time to l ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

GD Awarded Contract To Supply Next-Gen Deep Space Network Antennas
General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies received a $40.7 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to build two additional 34-mete ... more
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First Super-Earth Atmosphere Analyzed

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Galileo Satellite Undergoes Launch Check-Up At ESTEC

Europe defends 'stupid' Galileo satellite

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Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing

China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected

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GPS NEWS

Raytheon To Open GPS Collaboration Center In SoCal
Raytheon's new Global Positioning System Collaboration Center opening in February 2011 in El Segundo, Calif., will allow U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems personnel to interact with the GPS O ... more
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TECH SPACE

NASA Seeks Amateur Radio Operators' Aid to Listen for NanoSail-D
On Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 11:30 a.m. EST, engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., confirmed that the NanoSail-D nanosatellite ejected from Fast Affordable Scientific and Techno ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

James Webb Space Telescope's Beryllium Mirrors
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STATION NEWS

Japan delays space cargo launch
Bad weather delayed Wednesday the launch of a Japan space agency mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Cosmonauts To Perform 27th Russian ISS Spacewalk
Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Jan. 21 to complete installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, i ... more
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TECH SPACE

Crosslink Capability Between STSS Demonstration Satellites Verified
The effectiveness of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites has been expanded after a communications crosslink was activated and successfully tested by Northrop G ... more
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IRON AND ICE

More Asteroids Could Have Made Life's Ingredients
A wider range of asteroids were capable of creating the kind of amino acids used by life on Earth, according to new NASA research. Amino acids are used to build proteins, which are used by lif ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Astronaut Steve Bowen Joins STS-133 Crew
NASA selected astronaut Steve Bowen as a mission specialist on STS-133, the next space shuttle mission targeted for launch on Feb. 24. Bowen replaces astronaut Tim Kopra, who was injured in a bicycl ... more
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