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'Dirty hack' restores Cluster mission from near lossParis, France (ESA) Jul 01, 2011 Using ingenuity and an unorthodox 'dirty hack', ESA has recovered the four-satellite Cluster mission from near loss. The drama began in March, when a crucial science package stopped responding to commands - one of a mission controller's worst fears. Since a pair of spectacular dual launches in 2000, the four Cluster satellites have been orbiting Earth in tightly controlled formation. Each of the 550 kg satellites carries an identical payload to investigate Earth's space environment and its interac ... read more |
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 Minotaur Launches ORS-1 From NASA Wallops Flight Facility The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the first Operationally Responsive Space prototype satellite aboard a Minotaur I launch vehicle at 11:09 p.m. EDT yesterday from Pad 0B at the NASA Wallops F ... more | .. |
  'Odd Couple' Binary Makes Dual Gamma-ray Flares In December 2010, a pair of mismatched stars in the southern constellation Crux whisked past each other at a distance closer than Venus orbits the sun. The system possesses a so-far unique blend of ... more | .. |
  News Corp. edges closer to BSkyB takeover Rupert Murdoch's sprawling media conglomerate News Corp. moved closer to full control of British pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB on Thursday after the government accepted plans to spin off Sky News. ... more | .. |
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 Astronomers reveal a cosmic 'axis of evil' Astronomers are puzzled by the announcement that the masses of the largest objects in the Universe appear to depend on which method is used to weigh them. The new work was presented at a specialist ... more | .. |
 NASA's Spitzer Finds Distant Galaxies Grazed on Gas Galaxies once thought of as voracious tigers are more like grazing cows, according to a new study using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Astronomers have discovered that galaxies in the distant, earl ... more | .. |
 Making a Spectacle of Star Formation in Orion Looking like a pair of eyeglasses only a rock star would wear, this nebula brings into focus a murky region of star formation. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope exposes the depths of this dusty nebula ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics To Eliminate About 1,500 Positions Lockheed Martin has announced there will be reductions in employment across its Aeronautics business area as part of a plan to improve the affordability of its products and increase operational effi ... 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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  Studying solar wind NASA's Genesis mission crash-landed back on Earth in 2004. The spacecraft spent more than two years in orbit around the sun collecting solar wind, which consists of charged particles, on various ult ... more | .. |
  Richard Binzel on near-Earth asteroids On Monday at approximately 1:14 p.m. EDT, an asteroid named 2011 MD will pass only 7,500 miles above Earth's surface - a close call in astronomical terms. The asteroid was discovered only last week ... more | .. |
  Expert's reentry flap endures hot baptism A spacecraft control flap designed for the super-heated hypersonic fall through Earth's atmosphere has come through testing in the world's largest plasma wind tunnel to be ready for its first flight ... more | .. |
 Study: Rare earth elements can be recycled Recycling of so-called rare earth elements could ease global concerns about a reliable supply of the substances now mined mostly in China, researchers say. ... more |
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 DMCii signs landmark satellite imaging deal with Chinese company UK-based satellite imagery provider DMC International Imaging (DMCii) signed a Pounds 110 deal with Beijing-based company 21AT, to provide access to high-resolution satellite imagery for its custom ... more | .. |
  Canada's contribution to final shuttle flight The final flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled for July 8, 2011, at 11:26 a.m. EDT. This will be the last mission of the Space Shuttle program. Atlantis will carry equipment for a ... more | .. |
  La Nina's Exit Leaves Climate Forecasts in Limbo It's what Bill Patzert, a climatologist and oceanographer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., likes to call a "La Nada" - that puzzling period between cycles of the El Nino-Sout ... more | .. |
 LockMart CommSat Ready For Launch For Japanese Customers The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation ... 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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  Driving a robot from the Space Station Meet Justin, an android who will soon be controlled remotely by the astronauts in ESA's Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station. With this and other intriguing experiments like the Eu ... more | .. |
  Minotaur Rocket Launch from NASA Wallops Re-Scheduled NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia has rescheduled the launch of an United States Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket carrying the ORS-1 satellite for the Department of Defense's Operationally Respo ... more | .. |
  Clocking Neptune's Spin By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, a UA planetary scientist has accurately determined the planet's rotation, a feat that had not been previously achieved for any of the gas planets in our ... more | .. |
 Most Distant Quasar Found A team of European astronomers has used ESO's Very Large Telescope and a host of other telescopes to discover and study the most distant quasar found to date. This brilliant beacon, powered by a bla ... more |
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  Pitt Researchers Tackle Flood of Space Data In the past 15 years, the wealth of data available to astronomers through new and larger digital-optimized telescopes has revolutionized our understanding of the Universe's inner workings. However, ... more | .. |
 Study rates countries' risk from asteroid A study by British researchers has identified countries that would be worst affected in the event of a catastrophic asteroid strike on Earth. ... more | .. |
 Track24 Defence releases SCC Titan Track24 Defence, the commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) blue force and blue personnel tracking (BFT/BPT) specialist, has unveiled SCC Titan, its new turnkey situational command and control (SCC) soluti ... more | .. |
  Israel to join U.S. Mideast missile shield Israel's growing missile defenses will reportedly be integrated into the United States' planned regional defense network - and could end up shielding Arab states that, in theory at least, are considered adversaries of the Jewish state. ... 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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 Raytheon Triples Bandwidth on National Weather Services' Satellite Broadcast Network Raytheon's Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System team has successfully tripled the bandwidth on the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN)/NOAAPort, the primary vehicle through which hydrometeor ... more | .. |
 Bright galaxy sheds light on early Universe Astronomers said on Wednesday they had snared light from a bright, ancient galaxy with a super-massive black hole at its core, a finding that would help explain aspects of the young Universe. ... more | .. |
  US Army Builds and Tests Future Network During NIE Exercise High in the mountains, infantrymen used smartphone applications to plot their movements and request help for casualties. Driving across the desert below, field artillery Soldiers eyed a computer scr ... more | .. |
  Williams and MIT Astronomers Observe Pluto and its Moons A Williams College team of astronomers, headed by Bryce Babcock and Jay Pasachoff, have been in Hawaii, near Honolulu, to observe a rare double-double event about Pluto. On June 23rd, they observed ... more |
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 Charles Bolden National Press Club Address - July 1 NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. will address a National Press Club luncheon on July 1, one week before the final scheduled space shuttle launch. Discussing America's continued commitment to ... more | .. |
 Neutron star bites off more than it can chew ESA's XMM-Newton space observatory has watched a faint star flare up at X-ray wavelengths to almost 10 000 times its normal brightness. Astronomers believe the outburst was caused by the star trying ... more | .. |
  Training for ISS flight operations Although he has long since completed his school and university education, Jerome Campan carefully follows the presentation given by instructor Paolo De Lunardi on the projection screen. Sitting in t ... more | .. |
 Spend your summer in space...at the Science Museum This summer, make space at the Science Museum your holiday destination of choice. From 23 July - 31 August, pick up a passport as you enter the museum and follow the new space trail - embarking on a ... more |
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