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October 16, 2012
SKY NIGHTLY
Armchair astronomers find planet in four-star system
New Haven CT (SPX) Oct 16, 2012
A joint effort of citizen scientists and professional astronomers has led to the first reported case of a planet orbiting twin suns that in turn is orbited by a second distant pair of stars. Aided by volunteers using the Planethunters.org website, a Yale-led international team of astronomers identified and confirmed discovery of the phenomenon, called a circumbinary planet in a four-star system. Only six planets are known to orbit two stars, according to researchers, and none of these are orbited ... read more

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SATURN DAILY

A Long and Winding Road: Cassini Celebrates 15 Years
Today, NASA's Cassini spacecraft celebrates 15 years of uninterrupted drive time, earning it a place among the ultimate interplanetary road warriors. Since launching on Oct. 15, 1997, the spac ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Baumgartner feat boosts hopes for imperilled astronauts
Daredevil Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking jump raises hopes that pilots and even astronauts can be saved from accidents in the stratosphere, experts said on Monday. ... more
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MOON DAILY

University of Tennessee study confirms solar wind as source for moon water
Three years ago University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers helped to discover water on the surface of the moon. Now, they are piecing together the origin of that water: solar wind. A new study ... more
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SPACE MEDICINE

ISS and space flight gravity influence immune system development
New research findings recently published in The FASEB Journal, show that immune system development is affected by gravity changes, as reported by researchers from the University of Lorraine and Univ ... more
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TECH SPACE

UNH scientists provide window on space radiation hazards
Astrophysicists from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC) have created the first online system for predicting and forecasting the radiation environment in near-Earth, lunar, ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Antarctic Rift Subject of International Attention
As NASA's Operation IceBridge resumed Antarctic science flights on Oct. 12, 2012, researchers worldwide had their eyes on Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, the site of a large rift measure ... more
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ROBO SPACE

NASA's Ironman-Like Exoskeleton Could Give Astronauts, Paraplegics Improved Mobility and Strength
Marvel Comic's fictional superhero, Ironman, uses a powered armor suit that allows him superhuman strength. While NASA's X1 robotic exoskeleton can't do what you see in the movies, the latest roboti ... more
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Major advancements in US space domain awareness through Space Systems Command
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Space Systems Command Completes Key Software Upgrade for OPIR Monitoring at FORGE
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

X-ray Satellites Monitor the Clashing Winds of a Colossal Binary
The hottest and most massive stars don't live long enough to disperse throughout the galaxy. Instead, they can be found near the clouds of gas and dust where they formed - and where they will explod ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

X-raying colliding stellar winds
Ground- and space-based observations, including studies by ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory, have provided unique insights into a star system dominated by two Galactic giants. The region under scr ... more
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TECH SPACE

ESA deploys first orbital debris test radar in Spain
A new radar designed to test methods for finding orbital debris that can be hazardous to space navigation has been installed in Spain. The radar will be used to develop future debris warning service ... more
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GPS NEWS

NASA's WISE Colors in Unknowns on Jupiter Asteroids
Scientists using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, have uncovered new clues in the ongoing mystery of the Jovian Trojans - asteroids that orbit the sun on the same path ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Austrian space diver no stranger to danger
"Fearless Felix" Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil who stunned fans around the world Sunday by breaking the sound barrier in a hair-raising dive from the fringe of space, was "born to fly." ... more
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MARSDAILY

Rover's Second Scoop Discarded, Third Scoop Commanded
Commands will be sent to Curiosity instructing the rover to collect a third scoop of soil from the "Rocknest" site of windblown Martian sand and dust. Pending evaluation of this Sol 69 (Oct. 1 ... more
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GPS NEWS

Indra Technology Supports Management And Control Of New Galileo Satellites
Indra technology supports the management and control of the two new Galileo satellites launched on 12 October. Under the technical supervision of the European Space Agency, the multinational has dev ... more
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TECH SPACE

Boeing Proposes Gas Clouds to Remove Space Debris
Space debris issues continue to proliferate and concern continues to build. It is not surprising that the big aerospace companies are gearing up to take advantage of any future debris removal contra ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Ultra-Compact Planetary System Is A Touchstone For Understanding New Planet Population
An extraordinarily crowded planetary system is providing critical clues for understanding why most known planetary systems appear different from our own solar system. Using data from NASA's Kepler s ... more
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VSAT NEWS

Thuraya Launches The Mobile Satellite Industry's Fastest Handheld Hotspot
Industry leading Mobile Satellite Services operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company has announced the launch of its Thuraya XT-Hotspot product. Building upon the success of its Thuraya XT ... more
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SPACEMART

New WTA Report Explores Reported Problems with Occasional-Use Satellite Access
The World Teleport Association has released a new report, Delays in Occasional-Use Satellite Access. The report details results of a WTA investigation into problems reported by its members in gainin ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Distant planet found circling with 4 stars
Two U.S. citizen scientists have discovered a planet in a system with four different suns, the first known of its type, U.S. and British astronomers say. ... more
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SPACEMART

Eutelsat selects Thales Alenia Space to build the EUTELSAT 8 West
Satellite broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa will soon be gaining powerful new broadcasting resources following an order announced Sunday by Eutelsat Communications for a new satellite ... more
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TECH SPACE

OG2 Prototype Hardware Functionality Verified Prior to Deorbit
ORBCOMM Inc. reports that the single prototype of its second generation of satellites (OG2), launched as a secondary mission payload on the Cargo Re-Supply Services (CRS-1) mission of October 7, 201 ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

AFSPC commander convenes AIB
Air Force Space Command commander General William Shelton has ordered an Accident Investigation Board (AIB) to investigate why a Delta IV RL-10B-2 upper stage engine did not perform as expected duri ... more
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MOON DAILY

Russia to launch lunar mission in 2015
Russia would launch a lunar mission in 2015, a space research association head said Friday. The goal of the unmanned moon landing mission was to prove that the country is able to land on other ... more
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Testing of Galileo satellite navigation system can begin
Yesterday a very significant milestone in the construction of Galileo - Europe's satellite navigation system - was achieved. T wo operational satellites were launched on 12 October at 18:15 UT ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China launches civilian technology satellites
China successfully launched the Practice-9 A and Practice-9 B satellites into space at 11:25 a.m. Sunday, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center said. The satellites, launched from the center in ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Making a layer cake with atomic precision
In a report published in Nature Physics, a group led Dr Leonid Ponomarenko and Nobel prize-winner Professor Andre Geim has assembled individual atomic layers on top of each other in a desired sequen ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Applied physics as art
In Harvard's Pierce Hall, the surface of a small germanium-coated gold sheet shines vividly in crimson. A centimeter to the right, where the same metallic coating is literally only about 20 atoms th ... more
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EXO LIFE

Early-Earth cells modeled to show how first life forms might have packaged RNA
Researchers at Penn State University have developed a chemical model that mimics a possible step in the formation of cellular life on Earth four-billion years ago. Using large "macromolecules" ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Austrian freefaller inspires awe in watching millions
The world looked on in fear and awe as Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of outer space on Sunday, breaking a slew of records and winning millions of instant fans. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Solar wind particles likely source of water locked inside lunar soils
The most likely source of the water locked inside soils on the moon's surface is the constant stream of charged particles from the sun known as the solar wind, a University of Michigan researcher an ... more
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SHUTTLE NEWS

Space shuttle finally reaches LA retirement home
The US space shuttle Endeavour finally reached its California retirement home Sunday, after taking three days instead of two for its last-ever journey - 12 miles (19 kilometers) across Los Angeles. ... more
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