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May 10, 2011
EXO LIFE
Fundamental question on how life started solved
Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 10, 2011
For carbon, the basis of life, to be able to form in the stars, a certain state of the carbon nucleus plays an essential role. In cooperation with US colleagues, physicists from the University of Bonn and Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have been able to calculate this legendary carbon nucleus, solving a problem that has kept science guessing for more than 50 years. The researchers published their results in the coming issue of the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. "Attempts to calculate the Hoy ... read more

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SPACE SCOPES

Caught in the act by Herschel
ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has detected massive amounts of molecular gas gusting at high velocities - in some cases in excess of 1000 kilometres per second - from the centres of a set of mergi ... more
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AEROSPACE

Successful advanced JAXA drop test performed at Esrange Space Center
On the 7 May at 05.17 local time, an advanced balloon drop test of a new technique for supersonic transportation was performed at Esrange Space Center, SSC's operational base for space activities. ... more
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EXO LIFE

NASA's Spaceward Bound Takes Teachers Trekking across the Mojave Desert
What clues found on Earth do NASA scientists use to help them deduce that there may be life on other planets? Can the same process be applied in the classroom to inspire and motivate the next genera ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

NASA expects shuttle Endeavour to launch May 16
NASA said Monday it expects repairs to be done in time for the space shuttle Endeavour to launch as planned on May 16, after a trio of delays due to technical problems in a fuel heating line. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Northrop Grumman's Astro Aerospace Delivers Deployable Reflector to Astrium for Alphasat I-XL Spacecraft
Astro Aerospace has delivered its fourth deployable AstroMesh reflector to Astrium in Toulouse, France, this one for the Alphasat I-XL spacecraft that will provide commercial, broadband telecommunic ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

All Eyes on the Shuttle
Perhaps one of the most impressive images is that of a space shuttle lifting off the launch pad. But more than just an impressive sight, images play a critical role in shuttle flight safety. Each su ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Selects 'Whipple' Mission for Technology Development
As part of its Discovery Program, NASA has selected three potential missions for 2016 that would look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial ocean on one of Saturn's moons; ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access
Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military
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EARTH OBSERVATION

TRMM Maps a Wet Spring, 2011 for the Central U.S.
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite has been keeping track of the drenching rainfall that has been occurring in the central U.S. this springtime, and a newly created rain map from t ... more
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TECH SPACE

Materials: Out of This World
Space isn't empty. Space is considered an environment - an extreme environment, filled with entities that can be harmful to spacecraft. In space, there are several environmental threats that c ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Engineering Tests Leading The Way For NASA's Next Neemo Mission
To determine how best to explore asteroids in the future, NASA scientists and engineers are taking their experiments underwater in the 15th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, ... more
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SKY NIGHTLY

Planets Align in the Morning Sky
Have you ever woken up at the crack of dawn, shuffled to the kitchen counter for your first cup of joe, only to discover that you're out of coffee beans? Cruel. This week it's not a problem, because ... more
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TECH SPACE

Northrop Grumman Scalable SIRU Guides MESSENGER Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury
Northrop Grumman's space navigation aid recently provided key guidance and control information that allowed NASA's MESSENGER to become the first spacecraft to successfully orbit Mercury, marking the ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

ST-2's installation on SYLDA marks the start of final payload integration for Ariane 5's next mission
Arianespace's third Ariane 5 flight of 2011 has entered its final preparations with installation of the ST-2 satellite on the launcher's SYLDA dual-passenger dispenser system, positioning it for the ... more
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TECH SPACE

Teenagers value 'virtual' belongings
Virtual possessions - digital imagery, Facebook updates, online music collections, e-mail threads - have a powerful hold on teenagers, U.S. researchers say. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Shuttle Small Payloads Launched Careers of Many
Airlines can not afford to fly with empty seats very often - and Space Shuttle orbiters can't leave valuable payload capacity "on the ground." Costing hundreds of millions of dollars per flight, NAS ... more
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
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EARLY EARTH

Hot Spring Horsetails Oldest Existing Land Plant
Over 100 million years ago, the understory of late Mesozoic forests was dominated by a diverse group of plants of the class Equisetopsida. Today, only one genus from this group, Equisetum (also know ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

ESA hands over keys to Soyuz launch site
The official ceremony marking ESA's handover of the Soyuz launch site to Arianespace took place at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, after the site was declared ready for the first flight and the ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Space Shuttle Endeavour to Launch No Earlier Than May 16
NASA managers have retargeted space shuttle Endeavour's launch to no earlier than Monday, May 16. After a meeting on Friday, they also extended the length of Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the Inter ... more
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EARLY EARTH

Paper announces discovery of 1 of earliest minerals formed in solar system
In the May-June issue of the journal American Mineralogist, a team of scientists announced the discovery of the new mineral krotite, one of the earliest minerals formed in our solar system. It ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Venezuela parliament authorizes new satellite program with China
Venezuela's National Assembly on Thursday endorsed a new satellite contract program with China, the second such bilateral project between the two countries. The parliament published the author ... more
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MOON DAILY

Space Adventures proposes modified Soyuz TMA for Lunar tourists
U.S. Space Adventures, the only company currently offering tourist orbital spaceflights, has offered to equip the Russian Soyuz TMA spaceship with additional living space for eight-day commercial fl ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Moscow court upholds ban against satellite image distributor
A Moscow court upheld a ban on Friday prohibiting the Russian research and development company ScanEx from distributing satellite images of Earth at a resolution higher than two meters. Scanex ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

China launches rocket to monitor space environment
China successfully launched a space environment-monitoring rocket Saturday morning from the southern island province of Hainan as part of the nation's key "Meridian Project." The rocket was se ... more
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VSAT NEWS

Gilat to Provide Turnkey VSAT Network and Operations for Interim Satellite Service in Australia
Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by Optus Networks Pty Limited to provide a SkyEdge II Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) network, installation, operation and maintenance for the Australi ... more
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TECH SPACE

SSTL delivers groundstation equipment for UK operational space HQ
As part of the Astrium-led Earth Observation (EO) Hub project at the International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC) in Harwell, small satellite pioneer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has compl ... more
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MARSDAILY

Mars Express Sees Deep Fractures on Mars
Newly released images from ESA's Mars Express show Nili Fossae, a system of deep fractures around the giant Isidis impact basin. Some of these incisions into the martian crust are up to 500 m deep a ... more
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MERCURY RISING

Messenger Completes First 100 Orbits Of Mercury
MESSENGER has completed its 100th orbit around Mercury. Since its insertion into orbit about the innermost planet on March 17, the spacecraft has executed nearly 2 million commands. The data g ... more
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TECH SPACE

Artists switch from easels to touch-screens
Autodesk on Friday released a major update to SketchBook Pro software that has artists switching from pencils and paints to virtual canvasses on iPhones or iPad tablet computers. ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Endeavour shuttle launch delayed again: NASA
The launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour has been delayed for a third time, until at least May 16, as engineers try to fix an electrical problem, NASA announced Friday. ... more
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STATION NEWS

ISS orbit to be readjusted for Soyuz TMA-20 return
The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be raised by 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) on Thursday, Russian Mission Control said. "The readjustment is necessary to ensure the best condit ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Pivotal Shift Underway in Satellite Observations of Earth
Making use of Earth remote sensing satellites to help monitor and perhaps defuse conflict is among the topics presented in the Spring 2011 issue of Imaging Notes magazine - a unique publication devo ... more
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