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Major Drop In Solar Activity PredictedBoulder CO (SPX) Jun 15, 2011 A missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles say that our Sun is heading for a rest period even as it is acting up for the first time in years, according to scientists at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). As the current sunspot cycle, Cycle 24, begins to ramp up toward maximum, independent studies of the solar interior, visible surface, and the corona indicate that the next 11-year solar sunspot cycle, Cycle 25, will be gre ... read more |
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  An Alien Safari For Enquiring Minds At the most recent NASA Astrobiology Science Conference, a panel of scientists discussed different types of planets where we might find alien life. In part six of this series, the panelists answer a ... more | .. |
  Nearby Galaxy Boasts Two Monster Black Holes, Both Active A study using NASA's Swift satellite and the Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a second supersized black hole at the heart of an unusual nearby galaxy already known to be sporting one. The g ... more | .. |
  Boeing Completes Delta System Definition Review of Crew Space Transportation Design Boeing on May 19 completed the Delta System Definition Review (SDR) of the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 space capsule design. The milestone follows NASA's award of a Commercial Crew ... more | .. |
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  21st Century Technology Learning Finally, there may soon be a new way of learning complex high technology subject matter. Of course, the digital age has certainly created new educational tools and techniques. Many of today's engine ... more | .. |
  New insights into the hidden galaxies of the universe A unique example of some of the lowest surface brightness galaxies in the universe have been found by an international team of astronomers lead by the Niels Bohr Institute. The galaxy has lower amou ... more | .. |
  LRO to take extreme close-up of eclipse Orbiting about 31 miles above the lunar surface, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft will get a "front-row seat" to the total lunar eclipse on June 15, says Noah Petro, Associate Pr ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Space Systems to Eliminate Approximately 1,200 Positions Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a major business area of the Lockheed Martin has announced employment reductions designed to address affordability and improve its competitive posture. S ... more |
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Space Systems Command activates System Delta 80 for assured space access
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  Opportunity Breaks Backward Driving Record Opportunity completed a drive-by imaging campaign of another small, but young crater, named "Gemini 5." On Sol 2616 (June 3, 2011), Opportunity set a new one-sol backwards driving distance rec ... more | .. |
  The story behind Paolo's Space Station photos When the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli had a special job to do: capture unique images of the orbital outpost with the Shuttle and ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin's Prepar3D Software to Soar at National Flight Academy Lockheed Martin will provide its Prepar3D visual simulation software to power the National Flight Academy's (NFA) immersive aviation experience as part of the academy's hands-on approach to teaching ... more | .. |
  Russia's Mission Control raises ISS orbit by 19.2 km Russia's Mission Control has adjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by raising it 19.2 kilometers (11.9 miles) to 364.6 km (226.5 miles), a spokesman for the Mission Control sai ... more |
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 Honeywell to Acquire EMS Technologies, Inc. for $491 Million Honeywell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire EMS Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of connectivity solutions for mobile networking, rugged mobile computers, and satellite communicatio ... more | .. |
  Dawn spacecraft approaches protoplanet Vesta NASA's Dawn mission to the doughnut-shaped asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, which launched in September 2007, is now approaching Vesta, a protoplanet that is currently some 143 million miles ... more | .. |
 Sporian Developing High Temperature Pressure Sensor for NASA Sporian Microsystems, has been awarded a contract from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a capacitive pressure sensor for harsh environments. The sensor will b ... more | .. |
  CoRoT's new detections highlight diversity of exoplanets Ten new exoplanets have been discovered by the European satellite, CoRoT. Confirmed via meticulous, ground-based observations, these exoplanets exhibit a wide variety of masses, densities, orbital p ... 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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 Testing Spacesuits in Antarctica - part 4 We woke up to find a cloudless sky and no wind. This is a rare sight in Marambio, and we quickly got to work. The morning excursion was to make sure that the spacesuit had survived the long trip fro ... more | .. |
  Landsat Satellite Images Compare Before and After Springfield Tornado Satellites provide a lot of useful information and the Landsat 5 satellite captured an image of the long damage track created on June 1, 2011 when a tornado tracked from Springfield to Sturbridge, M ... more | .. |
 Entry, descent and surface science for 2016 Mars mission ESA and NASA have announced the scientific investigations selected for their 2016 ExoMars lander demonstrator. They will probe the atmosphere during the descent, and return the first ever data on el ... more | .. |
 Rosetta's first glimpse of the comet Approximately 163 million kilometers still separate ESA's spacecraft Rosetta from comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, its 2014 target. Despite this remarkable distance, scientists from the Max Planck Insti ... more |
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 Orbital Awarded Contract for Thaicom 6 Communications Satellite Orbital Sciences Corporation report that THAICOM Plc. has awarded the company a firm contract for the Thaicom 6 communications satellite. Based on Orbital's GEOStar-2 satellite platform, the Thaicom ... more | .. |
 Canadian Microbolometer Sensor Focusing on Oceans, Fires and Volcanoes Canada's Earth Observation Program reached new heights Friday with the successful launch of the 4th Argentinian Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC-D) aboard a Delta II rocket. The New I ... more | .. |
 STEREO Sees Complete Far Side The far side unveiled! This is the first complete image of the solar far side, the half of the sun invisible from Earth. Captured on June 1, 2011, the composite image was assembled from NASA's two S ... more | .. |
 Small Sun-watcher Proba-2 offers detailed view of massive solar eruption ESA's Proba-2 small Sun-watcher was among the flotilla of satellites on watch as the Sun erupted spectacularly this week. After years of relative quietness, the Sun is waking up. Tuesday 7 Jun ... more |
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The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
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  SpaceX Secures Launch Contract In Major Asian Market telecommunications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) from its Cape Canaveral launch site in the second quarter of 2013. The contract brings another international launch to t ... more | .. |
 Age of Aquarius Dawns With California Launch NASA's 'Age of Aquarius' dawned Friday with the launch of an international satellite carrying the agency-built Aquarius instrument that will measure the saltiness of Earth's oceans to advance our un ... more | .. |
  Commercial Rocket Engine Test Firing Experiences Early Shutdown An Aerojet AJ26 flight engine for Orbital Sciences Corporations' Taurus II space launch vehicle experienced a premature shutdown during a test firing on June 9. The test was conducted on the E-1 Tes ... more | .. |
 Boeing Receives Contract to Support Iridium NEXT Boeing has announced that it has received a contract from Thales Alenia Space to provide system integration and testing support for Iridium NEXT. Iridium NEXT is the next-generation satellite conste ... more |
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 Satellite Takes 3-Billionth 'Photo' For a satellite that's only five years old, CALIPSO has accomplished a lot. The Earth-observing spacecraft took its three-billionth photo - actually a "lidar profile" - on June 2. June 7 marke ... more | .. |
 Good night, Rosetta - European comet chaser goes into hibernation On 8 June 2011, the Rosetta spacecraft will be put into hibernation after having travelled through space for more than seven years. To reduce energy consumption, the European probe will be flying in ... more | .. |
  China probes into origin of universe on "roof of the world" At the foot of snow-capped Tanggula Mountain, 789 matrix detectors and 5,000 square meters of carpet detectors are probing into the depths of the universe by analyzing cosmic rays streaming into the ... more | .. |
 Physicists hit on mathematical description of superfluid dynamics It has been 100 years since the discovery of superconductivity, a state achieved when mercury was cooled, with the help of liquid helium, to nearly the coldest temperature achievable to form a super ... more |
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