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October 11, 2012
TIME AND SPACE
Extending Einstein's theory beyond light speed
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Oct 11, 2012
University of Adelaide applied mathematicians have extended Einstein's theory of special relativity to work beyond the speed of light. Einstein's theory holds that nothing could move faster than the speed of light, but Professor Jim Hill and Dr Barry Cox in the University's School of Mathematical Sciences have developed new formulas that allow for travel beyond this limit. Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity was published in 1905 and explains how motion and speed is always relative to the obse ... read more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

A Planetary Nebula Gallery
This gallery shows four planetary nebulas from the first systematic survey of such objects in the solar neighborhood made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The planetary nebulas shown here are ... more
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MARSDAILY

Resume Working with First Scooped Sample
The team operating Curiosity decided on Oct. 9, 2012, to proceed with using the rover's first scoop of Martian material. Plans for Sol 64 (Oct. 10) call for shifting the scoopful of sand and d ... more
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STATION NEWS

Station Crew Opens Dragon Hatch
Running well ahead of schedule, Expedition 33 Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide opened the hatch to the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship at 1:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, marking a milestone ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Singer Sarah Brightman to become space tourist
British singer Sarah Brightman revealed on Wednesday that Russia will launch her as a space tourist to the International Space Station (ISS) in a multi-million dollar voyage aimed at "realising dreams". ... more
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TECH SPACE

Boeing to Build 702HP Communications Satellite for SES
Boeing has been selected by SES S.A. to provide a new satellite that will expand direct-to-home broadcasting and other communications services to the fast-growing markets of Northeast Asia, South As ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

Cal Poly Licenses CubeSat Technology to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems
Cal Poly's Research and Graduate Programs office entered into a license agreement that allows Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems LLC to develop and sell the patent-pending, small-satellite technology call ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Grants help scientists explore boundary between science and science fiction
Two University of California, Berkeley, scientists have received research grants to explore areas of science that bleed into science fiction. Astronomer Geoff Marcy, who kicked off the search ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Canada tops up German fund for Ukraine air defenses
Xi Jinping leaves Hungary, ends European tour: TV
Pyongyang to deploy new multiple rocket launcher this year: KCNA
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TECH SPACE

Testing Mars and Moon soil for sheltering astronauts from radiation
Humans venturing beyond Earth orbit deeper into space face increased exposure to cosmic radiation, so ESA has teamed with Germany's GSI particle accelerator to test potential shielding for astronaut ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

India testfires Mars mission engine
India has testfired its Mars mission engine for the first time, local media reported Tuesday. The Mars mission engine, known as the liquid apogee motor (LAM), was fired for about 670 seconds a ... more
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TECH SPACE

Rovsing And SSBV Merge Satellite Simulation And Test Services
In response to a formal announcement made by Rovsing A/S of Denmark on the 20th of September 2012, the SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group (SSBV) is pleased to acknowledge the merger of satellite si ... more
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MOON DAILY

Rover designed to drill for moon ice
U.S. scientists say they've built a full-size prototype of a solar-powered robot designed to search for potentially rich deposits of water ice on the moon. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Austrian daredevil eyes new space jump at weekend
An Austrian daredevil hopes to make a new record-breaking attempt to jump from the edge of space Sunday, after his initial launch bid was aborted due to gusting winds, organizers said Wednesday. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

India to launch 58 space missions in next 5 years
India is planning to launch 58 space missions, including sending spacecraft to Moon and Mars, an exclusive satellite to keep a round-the-clock watch on the country and deploy hundreds of transponder ... more
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TECH SPACE

TACLANE-MultiBook Delivers Classified and Unclassified Information for Government and Agency Workers
General Dynamics C4 Systems has introduced the new TACLANE-MultiBook laptop, now certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) to secure network communications to the Secret level and below. ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

The Secrets Of A Dying Star
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a totally unexpected spiral structure in the material around the old star R Sculptoris. This is the first ti ... more
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Using MRI, engineers have found a way to detect light deep in the brain
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A Planetary Nebula Gallery From Chandra
This gallery shows four planetary nebulas from the first systematic survey of such objects in the solar neighborhood made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The planetary nebulas shown her ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Sweeping X-Ray Imaging Survey Of Dying Stars Is 'Uncharted Territory'
The death throes of dying stars are the focus of a sweeping new survey using NASA's Chandra X-ray satellite observatory. More than two dozen astronomers have aligned their research goals to us ... more
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SpaceX Dragon Successfully Attaches To Space Station
For the second time this year, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is at the International Space Station. Expedition 33 crew members Akihiko Hoshide and Sunita Williams today grappled Dragon and attached it ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Another Ariane 5 Enters Launch Campaign Queue
Preparations are now fully underway for Arianespace's upcoming heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission scheduled in early November at the Spaceport - underscoring the company's launcher family operational flexi ... more
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GPS NEWS

Apple had warning of mapping problems
Developers of apps for Apple's iPhone say they gave the company ample warning about quality problems with the new mapping program in the iOS 6 operating system. ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Einstein's theory pushed past light speed
Australian researchers say they've extended Einstein's theory of special relativity to work beyond the speed of light, but caution it only works in the math. ... more
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SpaceX capsule links up with space station: NASA
A capsule on a first privately-run resupply mission successfully linked up Wednesday with the International Space Station, the US space agency NASA said. ... more
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MARSDAILY

China to collect samples from Mars by 2030: Xinhua
China is planning to collect samples from the surface of Mars by 2030, according to the chief scientist of the country's lunar orbiter project, state media reported Wednesday. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Terrain System Will Help Tactical Low-Level Flight For Transport Planes
An innovative Terrain Following and Terrain Avoidance (TF/TA) system under development at Elbit Systems, in cooperation with Northrop Grumman, will enable pilots to fly and maneuver more safely in T ... more
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SPACEMART

Avanti's Hylas 2 Satellite Service Live
Avanti Communications reports that its Ka-band satellite HYLAS 2 is now fully operational with all beams fully functioning and - for the first time - providing coverage to hundreds of millions of pe ... more
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SPACEMART

SES Contracts Boeing To Manufacture SES-9 Satellite For Asia
SES S.A. and Boeing announced today that SES has selected Boeing to build a new communication satellite, SES-9, to serve the fast growing markets in Asia. The new satellite - ordered through S ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Candels Team Discovers Dusty Galaxies At Ancient Epoch With Hubble Space Telescope
Dust is an annoyance in everyday life, but an important building block of stars and planets. As such, astronomers need to understand how cosmic dust forms over time - it's an integral step in figuri ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

UK Contributes 24 Robotic Arms In Giant Leap Forward In Near-Infrared Astronomy
A new high-tech instrument with 24 robotic arms has crossed the Atlantic from Edinburgh to a mountain top in Chile to address in more detail than ever before, some of the key questions surrounding t ... more
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MARSDAILY

Curiosity Update: Object Likely Benign Plastic from Curiosity Rover
Curiosity's main activity in the 62nd sol of the mission (Oct. 8, 2012) was to image a small, bright object on the ground using the Remote Micro-Imager of the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrume ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Assembled and poised for launch: Soyuz is ready with its two Galileo navigation satellites
Arianespace's next medium-lift Soyuz is now fully assembled in the launch zone for its upcoming Spaceport mission, ready for the final steps leading to a Friday afternoon liftoff from French Guiana ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Large water reservoirs at the dawn of stellar birth
ESA's Herschel space observatory has discovered enough water vapour to fill Earth's oceans more than 2000 times over, in a gas and dust cloud that is on the verge of collapsing into a new Sun-like s ... more
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