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March 28, 2013

XCOR Driving Rocket Science Forward With Lynx Suborbital Vehicle
Mojave CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2013
XCOR Aerospace has announced a first in aviation and space history, the firing of a full piston pump-powered rocket engine. This breakthrough is the foundation for fully reusable spacecraft that can fly multiple times per day, every day. It is a game changing technology that has the power to fundamentally alter the way we as a society view, visit, and utilize the abundant resources around our planet and in our solar system. The initial portion of XCOR's pump test program culminated in a 67-s ... read more

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Astronomers discover new kind of supernova Supernovae were always thought to occur in two main varieties. But a team of astronomers including Carnegie's Wendy Freedman, Mark Phillips and Eric Persson is reporting the discovery of a new type ... more		New radio telescope in SA will shed light on earliest moments of universe In the week that saw the release of the first results from the European Space Agency's Planck satellite, astronomers at the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) near Johannesburg are ... more		Measuring Mars: The MAVEN Magnetometer When the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission begins its journey to the Red Planet in 2013, it will carry a sensitive magnetic-field instrument built and tested by a team at NASA's ... more
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Sun block for the "Big Dog" An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and from the University of Cologne, successfully identified two titanium oxides in the e ... more		Saturn is Like an Antiques Shop, Cassini Suggests A new analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggests that Saturn's moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system's birth. Though they are tin ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE		Fires After The Asteroid Impact Probably Caused The K-Pg Extinction About 66 million years ago a mountain-sized asteroid hit what is now the Yucatan in Mexico at exactly the time of the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction. Evidence for the asteroid impact co ... more
				Ultraviolet spectrograph observes mercury and hydrogen in GRAIL impact plumes When NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft made their final descent for impact onto the Moon's surface last December, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's sophisticated payload was in position to observe the e ... more		Soviet MIR EVA spacesuit auctioned for 112,000 euros A spacesuit used for Soviet spacewalks in the 1980s was auctioned in Paris for 112,484 euros ($143,979), the sale organisers said on Wednesday. ... more

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UMass Amherst Researchers Reveal Mechanism of Novel Biological Electron Transfer When researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by microbiologist Derek Lovley discovered that the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens conducts electricity very effectively along meta ... more		Scientists Discover Layer of Liquified Molten Rock in Earth's Mantle Scientists have discovered a layer of liquified molten rock in Earth's mantle that may be responsible for the sliding motions of the planet's massive tectonic plates. The finding may carry far-reach ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		Berkeley Lab Researchers Use Metamaterials to Observe Giant Photonic Spin Hall Effect Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have once again demonstrated the incredible capabilities of metamaterials - artificial nan ... more
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Ultraviolet spectrograph observes mercury and hydrogen in GRAIL impact plumes

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Amazon's Bezos recovers Apollo 11 engines

Opportunity Heads to Matijevic Hill

Curiosity Resumes Science Investigations

Measuring Mars: The MAVEN Magnetometer

Space Innovation Center Will Help Govt Agencies Launch Future Space Missions

Lockheed Martin to Continue Providing Life Sciences Support To NASA

Miners shoot for the stars in tech race

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China's fourth space launch center to be in use in two years

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Removing orbital debris with less risk

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SpaceX capsule returns after ISS resupply mission

China's Next Women Astronauts

Russia Extends Space Cooperation With US

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SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Carrying NASA Cargo Ready for Return to Earth

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Meteor storm shaped early solar system

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