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Subtly Shaded Map of Moon Reveals Titanium Treasure TrovesTucson AZ (SPX) Oct 10, 2011 A map of the Moon combining observations in visible and ultraviolet wavelengths shows a treasure trove of areas rich in Titanium ores. Not only is Titanium a valuable mineral, it is key to helping scientists unravel the mysteries of the Moon's interior. Mark Robinson and Brett Denevi presented the results from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission at last week's joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences. ... read more |
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  On-time preparations continue for Soyuz' milestone mission from French Guiana Preparations for the first Soyuz launch from French Guiana are on track for its historic liftoff later this month with two Galileo navigation satellites. "We're right on the timeline, and ever ... more | .. |
  China should have own ambitions for space development The launch of the Tiangong-1 spacecraft has attracted the attention of the world and some TV viewers in some foreign countries even watched the live broadcast in late September. The public opinion i ... more | .. |
  Indra Tries In Madrid And Seville Space Technology To Detect Heat Islands Indra has led in Spain the Heat Islands European project oriented to study the benefits of using Earth observation satellite imaging to study the climate in urban areas. The project, which jus ... more | .. |
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  Opportunity is on the Move Again Opportunity finished her in-situ work at the target called "Chester Lake" at Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater and is on the move again. On Sol 2726 (Sept. 24, 2011), the rover performe ... more | .. |
  Russia puts new Rus-M carrier rocket project on hold The Russian space agency has dropped plans to construct a new Rus-M carrier rocket by 2015, Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin said on Friday. "We have come to the conclusion that we do not need ... more | .. |
 Mars Express: Current flows and 'islands' in Ares Vallis The Ares Vallis outflow channel meanders for more than 1700 kilometres across the southern highlands of Mars and ends in a 100-kilometre-wide delta-like region in the lowlands of Chryse Planitia. ... more | .. |
  NASA Developing Instruments For New Solar Orbiter Mission NASA will begin development and testing of two science instruments, in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), to be placed on ESA's newly selected Solar Orbiter mission. The spacecraft wi ... more |
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SDA expands Tracking Layer satellite awards and related missile defense contracts
Rheinmetall ICEYE Space Solutions to provide SAR reconnaissance data to German military
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  The Secrets of Asteroid Minerva and its Two Moons Since the discovery of its two moons, the triple asteroid Minerva has been the focus of space and ground-based telescope studies that have attempted to unravel the secrets of this intriguing system. ... more | .. |
  ESA finds that Venus has an ozone layer too ESA's Venus Express spacecraft has discovered an ozone layer high in the atmosphere of Venus. Comparing its properties with those of the equivalent layers on Earth and Mars will help astronomers ref ... more | .. |
  UN highlights everyday benefits from space science and technology Understanding more about space science and that benefits that such technology has brought to everyday life is essential to helping the world address its most urgent problems, the United Nations said ... more | .. |
  Russian Space Forces to conduct 14 rocket launches by year end Russia's Space Forces will carry out 14 launches of various carrier rockets until the end of 2011, SF commander Lt. Gen. Oleg Ostapenko said. "About 14 launches will be carried out from the Pl ... more |
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  It's All in the Mix With Fluid Physics in Space If you had the choice between a product that you had to shake before use and one that came premixed, you'd probably buy the one that was easier to use and worked best. Industries are aware of ... more | .. |
 Chinese rocket sends French telecom satellite into space China's Long March-III2 rocket carrier sent a French-made telecom satellite into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center Friday afternoon, marking the first time for China to provide launch s ... more | .. |
  Eutelsat's W3c Satellite Successfully Launched and on its Way to 16 Degrees East Eutelsat Communications has announced the successful launch of its W3C satellite by a Long March 3B rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China. Partial deployment of the satellit ... more | .. |
  SSTL celebrates 30th anniversary of groundbreaking satellite UoSAT-1 Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of Surrey's first satellite, UoSAT-1. Launched into orbit on 6th October 1981, UoSAT-1 was designed and b ... more |
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 Russia to abandon rocket booster work Russia's space agency Roscosmos says it has decided to abandon the development of its Rus-M booster rocket because of inadequate funding. ... more | .. |
 Titanium treasure found on Moon A new map of the Moon has revealed an abundance of titanium ore that is up to 10 times richer than on Earth, a finding that could one day lead to a lunar mining colony, astronomers said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 US telecoms satellite reaches designated orbit The U.S. Intelsat 18 telecommunications satellite was put into orbit on Thursday, a spokesman for Russian space agency Roscosmos said. "The separation took place according to the schedule. The ... more | .. |
 Tracing the Canals of Mars In a remarkable discovery, images taken over the past five years by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which circles Mars to ph ... more |
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 Tenuous ozone layer discovered in Venus' atmosphere Using observations of Venus performed with an instrument on ESA's Venus Express scientists have detected, for the first time, a tenuous layer of ozone in this planet's atmosphere. Located at an alti ... more | .. |
  Piecing together a global colour map of Saturn's largest moon An international team led by the University of Nantes has pieced together images gathered over six years by the Cassini mission to create a global mosaic of the surface of Titan. The global maps and ... more | .. |
 NASA's Moon Twins Going Their Own Way NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-B spacecraft successfully executed its first flight path correction maneuver Wednesday, Oct. 5. The rocket burn helped refine the spacecraft's ... more | .. |
  Astronomers Find Elusive Planets in Decade-Old Hubble Data In a painstaking re-analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images from 1998, astronomers have found visual evidence for two extrasolar planets that went undetected back then. Finding these hidden ... more |
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 Cape Canaveral continues cleanup efforts Air Force officials have recently implemented changes to the force's environmental cleanup program to focus on cleaning up more sites more quickly. The environmental management team here is using cu ... more | .. |
  China's first space lab module in good condition China's first space lab module were in good condition and all tests went on "smoothly" during the past week, according to a statement issued by the country's space project authorities Thursday. ... more | .. |
  A Race To Space Waste The Space race has managed a significant achievement. In 50 years, humanity has sent tons of waste from Earth to space. "The ocean above" as Victor Hugo called it is a victim of industrial pollution ... more | .. |
UT Scientist Searches for Moons Around Asteroids Most people know that some planets have moons but would be surprised to know that some asteroids do, too. According to Joshua Emery, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences at the Univer ... more |
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  Astrophysicists spot pulsed radiation from Crab Nebula that wasn't supposed to be there An international collaboration of astrophysicists, including a group from the Department of Physics in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has detected pulsed gamma rays from th ... more | .. |
 Mars Science Laboratory Meets its Match in Florida In preparation for launch later this year, the "back shell powered descent vehicle" configuration containing NASA's Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, has been placed on the spacecraft's heat ... more | .. |
 Most Ancient Supernovas Are Discovered Supernovas - stars in the process of exploding - open a window onto the history of the elements of Earth's periodic table as well as the history of the universe. All of those heavier than oxygen wer ... more | .. |
 Shot US lawmaker honors astronaut husband US lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head earlier this year, honored her NASA astronaut husband Mark Kelly Thursday, at his White House naval retirement ceremony. ... more |
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