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March 22, 2011
SPACE TRAVEL
LockMart Makes Strides In Human Space Exploration
Denver CO (SPX) Mar 22, 2011
Forging a new path forward to ensure safe, affordable and sustainable human exploration beyond low Earth orbit, Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first Orion spacecraft and a spacious state-of-the-art Space Operations Simulation Center (SOSC). These two major projects, located at Lockheed Martin's Waterton Facility near Denver, Colo., showcase the NASA-industry teams' progress for human space flight, the Orion Project and NASA's Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. The spacecraft will undergo rigorous testi ... read more

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MOON DAILY

84 Teams To Compete In NASA Great Moonbuggy Race
Forty years after the first lunar rover rolled across the moon's surface, 84 teams of enterprising future engineers will demonstrate the same ingenuity and can-do spirit at the 18th annual NASA Grea ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Globe At Night Tracks Light Pollution
Poorly aimed and unshielded outdoor lights are more than an annoyance. They waste more than $2 billion (17 billion kilowatt-hours) of energy in the United States each year. Poorly shielded roadway l ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

Webb Sunshield Like An Umbrella On The Shores Of The Universe
The James Webb Space Telescope has a unique shield to protect its sensitive instruments from the heat and light of the sun. The sunshield is like an umbrella popping open on the shores of the cosmos ... more
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MERCURY RISING

KinetX Provides Key Navigation Support for NASA Mission to Orbit Mercury
On the evening of March 17, 2011, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft fired its main engine for 15 minutes to perform a Mercury capture maneuver and became the first spacecraft in history to orbit the inner ... more
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OUTER PLANETS

Later, Uranus: New Horizons Passes Another Planetary Milestone
New Horizons is ready to put another planet - or at least the planet's orbit - in its rearview mirror. The Pluto-bound spacecraft crosses the path of Uranus around 6 p.m. EDT on March 18, more than ... more
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STATION NEWS

Roscosmos Sets April 5 For Soyuz TMA-21 Launch
Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has approved the launch of the Soyuz TMA-21 piloted spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on April 5. The launch was originally scheduled ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Commercial Rocket Engine Testing Continues At NASA Center
NASA's Stennis Space Center is moving ahead in supporting Orbital Sciences Corporation testing of Aerojet's AJ26 engines for commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station. Orbita ... more
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
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SPACEMART

Under Pressure? Turn To Space Tech
When engineers come up with a super-strong new material for building shipping containers, trucking trailers and aircraft parts, it is a major challenge to simulate its strength and reliability accur ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn Opens Its Eyes, Checks Its Instruments
After a hibernation of about six months, the framing cameras on board NASA's Dawn spacecraft have again ventured a look into the stars. The spacecraft also powered up its visible and infrared mappin ... more
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GPS NEWS

GPS Mundi Releases Points Of Interest Files For Ten More Major Cities
We have all been there: We spend an hour navigating through an unfamiliar city looking for a place, only to find that the information in our trusty GPS is outdated or just plain wrong because it was ... more
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CONSTELLATIONS

Globalstar Takes Delivery Of Six New Satellites In Preparation For May Launch
Globalstar has taken delivery of six new second-generation satellites at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Technicians from launch services provider Arianespace and satellite manufacturer Thale ... more
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SPACEMART

Orbital Sciences And Segovia Join Satellite Industry Association
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) announced that two new companies have joined the organization: Orbital Sciences Corporation and Segovia, Inc. "SIA is delighted to welcome both Orbital ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Stars Gather In Downtown Milky Way
The region around the center of our Milky Way galaxy glows colorfully in this new version of an image taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The data were previously released as part of a lo ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

From Outer Sol To The Inner Rock Human Space Is Growing
It's easy for a space enthusiast to feel depressed right now. The end of the Shuttle program is nigh. NASA seems neglected and directionless. Budgetary issues threaten spaceflight globally. Bu ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Large Hadron Collider Could Be World'S First Time Machine
If the latest theory of Tom Weiler and Chui Man Ho is right, the Large Hadron Collider - the world's largest atom smasher that started regular operation last year - could be the first machine capabl ... more
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MARSDAILY

Next Mars Rover Gets A Test Taste Of Mars Conditions
A space-simulation chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is temporary home this month for the Curiosity rover, which will land on Mars next year. Tests inside the 25-f ... more
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EXO LIFE

New Study Finds Apex Fossils Aren't Life
Structures thought of as the oldest known fossils of microbes might actually be microscopic mineral formations not associated with life, suggesting that astrobiologists have to be careful calling al ... more
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MERCURY RISING

Mercury In 3D Coming Soon
Early on 18 March 2011, a spacecraft swung into orbit around Mercury for the first time: NASA's MESSENGER began orbiting the planet at 01:45 CET. The mission carries scientific instruments designed ... more
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MARSDAILY

Alternatives Have Begun In Bid To Hear From Spirit
Hopes for reviving NASA's Spirit Mars rover dimmed further with passage last week of the point at which the rover's locale received its maximum sunshine for the Martian year. The rover team ha ... more
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MARSDAILY

Opportunity Completes Study Of Ruiz Garcia Rock
Opportunity completed the in-situ (contact) investigation on the surface target Ruiz Garcia at Santa Maria crater. On Sol 2520 (Feb. 25, 2011), the rover used the robotic arm (Instrument Deplo ... more
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TECH SPACE

EU e-waste recycling goals criticized
Green groups in Europe say the European Union's new goals for dealing with the bloc's growing mountain of electronic waste are timid. ... more
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SPACEMART

European space missions in jeopardy
European space scientists say they're rethinking potential space missions after learning NASA won't be contributing significant funding to any of their efforts. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Russia says delayed space flight on for April 5
Russia said Friday it had solved the problem that caused it to delay the launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station and would proceed with the mission on April 5. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Europe agrees to space station extension
Europe has formally endorsed the extension of operations at the International Space Station until 2020 and put the required financing in place, officials said. ... more
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MERCURY RISING

NASA spacecraft is first to orbit Mercury
A NASA spacecraft began orbiting Mercury Thursday, becoming the first to fly around the solar system's innermost planet, the space agency said. ... more
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MERCURY RISING

MESSENGER Begins Historic Orbit Around Mercury
NASA's MESSENGER probe has become the first spacecraft to enter orbit about Mercury. At 9:10 p.m. EDT, engineers in the MESSENGER Mission Operations Center at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Ph ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

Iran Sends Rocket, Capsule Into Space
Iran on Thursday signalled a broadening of its space ambitions by announcing the launch of a new rocket and a test capsule designed to house a monkey, amid Western concerns over its scientific advan ... more
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TECH SPACE

When A Bus Becomes A Satellite
Alphabus has met Alphasat. Europe's largest telecom satellite is taking shape with final assembly and testing ready to begin in Toulouse, France. Planned for launch in late 2012 on Ariane 5, Alphasa ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Fortuitous Timing For NASA's New Space Weather App
NASA's new iPhone application couldn't have come at a better time. A few hours before a gigantic bubble of electrified gas and charged particles erupted from the Sun, NASA officially released the ne ... more
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MERCURY RISING

MESSENGER On Autopilot For Orbit Insertion
MESSENGER is now on autopilot, faithfully executing a detailed set of instructions required to achieve its historic rendezvous with Mercury tomorrow night. At 8 a.m. Tuesday, all attitude re-o ... more
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APPOINTMENTS

Thomas Reiter Appointed Director Of Human Spaceflight At ESA
On 17 March 2011, Thomas Reiter, Executive Board Member responsible for Space Research and Technology at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), was appointed a ... more
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