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August 22, 2011
SOLAR SCIENCE
New images reveal structures of the solar wind as it travels toward and impacts Earth
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 22, 2011
Using data collected by NASA's STEREO spacecraft, researchers at Southwest Research Institute and the National Solar Observatory have developed the first detailed images of solar wind structures as plasma and other particles from a coronal mass ejection (CME) traveled 93 million miles and impacted Earth. The images from a December 2008 CME event reveal an array of dynamic interactions as the solar wind, traveling at speeds up to a million miles per hour, shifts and changes on its three-day journey ... read more

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SPACEMART

Missing satellite found off designated orbit
The Russian Express-AM4 communication satellite, missing after Thursday's launch, could not separate from the booster and was found off the designated orbit, a source in the Russian space program sa ... more
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GPS NEWS

Researchers Improving GPS Accuracy In The Third Dimension
Researchers who are working to fix global positioning system (GPS) errors have devised software to take a more accurate measurement of altitude - particularly in mountainous areas. The softwar ... more
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MARSDAILY

New Rover Snapshots Capture Endeavour Crater Vistas
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has captured new images of intriguing Martian terrain from a small crater near the rim of the large Endeavour crater. The rover arrived at the 13-mile-diame ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Hubble to Target 'Hot Jupiters'
An international team of astronomers led by a former UA graduate student has set out on the largest program to date exploring the alien atmospheres of "Hot Jupiters" - massive planets in solar syste ... more
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MOON DAILY

Man in the Moon Looking Younger
Earth's Moon could be younger than previously thought, according to new research from a team that includes Carnegie's Richard Carlson and former-Carnegie fellow Maud Boyet. Their work will be publis ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Rocket malfunction causes satellite to not reach preset orbit
An experimental satellite launched on Thursday failed to enter its designated orbit after its rocket malfunctioned. It was the first launch failure to occur in China since August 1996, when a Long M ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

New method could provide early warning of dangerous solar flares
Viewed from the technological perspective of modern humans, the sun is a seething cauldron of disruptive influences that can wreak havoc on communication systems, air travel, power grids and satelli ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Despite Western pressure, China in no hurry to reduce Russia support
N. Korea fires ballistic missiles after denying Russia arms transfers
Taiwan's Lai to bolster 'porcupine' defence against China threat
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EXO LIFE

Breathing new life into Earth
Today, oxygen takes up a hefty portion of Earth's atmosphere: Life-sustaining O2 molecules make up 21 percent of the air we breathe. However, very early in Earth's history, O2 was a rare - if not co ... more
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SPACEMART

Russian Federal Mission Express-AM4 Anomaly Investigation Underway
On 18 August, at 3:25 a.m., a Proton Breeze M vehicle carrying the Express-AM4 satellite launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Proton M launch vehicle performed nominally, a ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Chinese orbiter launch failure will not affect unmanned space module launch
The launch of a Chinese unmanned space module, the Tiangong-1, will not be affected by the failed launch of an experimental orbiter on Thursday, an expert said Friday. Qi Faren, a chief design ... more
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MARSDAILY

France, Russia talk of Mars mission
The European Space Agency says it will team up with Russia's space agency with the goal of launching the first manned mission to Mars. ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China satellite aborts mission after 'malfunction'
An "experimental" satellite launched by China failed to reach its designated orbit after its rocket malfunctioned, state media reported Friday. ... more
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SPACEMART

Satellite loss deals 'severe blow' to Russia: experts
The loss of a communications satellite touted as Europe's most powerful is a new blow to Russia's space programme and a major setback for its telecoms industry, officials and analysts said Friday. ... more
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AEROSPACE

Boeing Projects 110 Billion Dollar Commercial Airplanes Market in Russia and CIS
Boeing forecasts that air carriers in Russia and CIS will take delivery of 1,080 new airplanes over the next 20 years at an investment of $110 billion. New airplane deliveries in the region wi ... more
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GPS NEWS

Software said to improve GPS accuracy
U.S. researchers working on the accuracy of GPS location say they have set their sights on the third dimension with software to improve altitude measurements. ... more
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Daily ice loss in Greenland tracked by new GPS method
Brazil's Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen
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MARSDAILY

Possibility of Mars microbial life eyed
U.S. scientists say they'll recreate conditions on Mars in a laboratory to see if microbial life might exist in salt droplets observed on the red planet. ... more
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GPS NEWS

ASA Search and Rescue Software Used To Locate Capsized Boat Off Ireland
SARMAP, a search and rescue mapping software solution developed by ASA (Applied Science Associates, Inc.), a Rhode Island-based science and technology solutions company, was instrumental in the effo ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Airborne Sensor Helps Firefighters Battle Flames
As the summer blazes on, NASA-developed infrared imaging technology will once again be used to support wildfire incident commanders in California. Beginning in September and continuing through ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

First Webb Telescope instrument finishes testing
A pioneering instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has completed testing in the UK. MIRI is a key European contribution to the mission, which will be a space telescope with a mirror s ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Pausing for Tiangong
The recent failure of a Long March 2C satellite launch will certainly displease China's spaceflight community. It raises another interesting question. Will the launch failure affect the upcoming fli ... more
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EXO LIFE

Do You Want Amino Acid In Your Alphabet Soup
All life on Earth relies on a standard set of 20 molecules called amino acids to build the proteins that carry out life's essential actions. But did it have to be this way? All living creature ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Watching the ice sheet of Antarctica flow
A huge network of glaciers, carrying ice thousands of kilometres across Antarctica, has been discovered as a result of space agencies' efforts to focus their satellites on Earth's icy regions during ... more
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STATION NEWS

First 3D video transmission live from space
Half a century after humankind entered outer space, an ESA-developed camera produced live-streaming 3D images for the first time in the history of space travel - showing the International Space Stat ... more
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MOON DAILY

GRAIL Moon Twins are Joined to Their Booster
NASA's lunar-bound GRAIL twins were mated to their Delta II launch vehicle at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 17 at 8:45 a.m. EDT (5:45 a.m. PDT) Thursday. The 15-mile (2 ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Chinese orbiter fails to enter designated orbit due to rocket malfunction
China's experimental orbiter SJ-11-04, which was launched by a Long March II-C rocket Thursday, failed to enter the designated orbit due to a malfunction of the rocket. The rocket experienced ... more
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AEROSPACE

Airplane Plus Heat Plus Ice Equals Mystery
It's difficult to believe that an airplane flying in the tropics in the summer could have an engine fill up with ice, freeze, and shut down. But the phenomenon, known as engine core ice accretion, h ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NASA Research Leads to First Complete Map of Antarctic Ice Flow
NASA-funded researchers have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica. The map, which shows glaciers flowing thousands of miles from the continent's deep i ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Space Storm Tracked from Sun to Earth
For the first time, a spacecraft far from Earth has turned and watched a solar storm engulf our planet. The movie, released during a NASA press conference, has galvanized solar physicists, who say i ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia loses contact with satellite after launch
Russia was attempting to locate its major new telecommunications satellite on Thursday just hours after launch in what could be another serious mishap for its space industry. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Russia loses contact with new satellite
The designer and manufacturer of a Russian satellite launched on Thursday has no information about its location or condition, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said. Russia's ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Better method for predicting sunspots: study
Scientists said Thursday they can now better predict when sunspots will erupt, offering earlier warning of magnetic disruptions that can cut power and interrupt communications on Earth. ... more
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