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October 03, 2013

Successful mission of Sept 30 makes possible four Proton launches before year end
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 03, 2013
The successful takeoff of a Proton-M Russian heavy launch vehicle from Baikonur on September 30 holds out hope for conducting another four Proton launches from that space center before the end of 2013, a Space Center spokesman told Interfax on Tuesday. Proton launches were postponed after the July 2 accident and a number of payloads the launch vehicles were supposed to put into orbit accumulated. The US radio satellite Sirius FM-6 was scheduled for positioning on October 20, and the Russian ... read more

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A Seasonal Ozone Layer Over The Martian South Pole For the past decade, ESA's Mars Express orbiter has been observing atmospheric structure on the Red Planet. Among its discoveries is the presence of three separate ozone layers, each with its own ch ... more		First CASIS Funded Payloads Berthed to the ISS The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization managing research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, congratulates Orbital ... more		Taking Snapshots Galore at 'Solander Point' Opportunity is at the northern edge of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is investigating the geologic contact at the base of Solander Point. Sol 3432 (Sept. 18, 2013) ... more
				US private spacecraft company SpaceX launches upgraded Falcon rocket U.S. private spacecraft company SpaceX launched its first new version Falcon 9 rockets from California, an ambitious test flight that also marked the company's first flight from the West Coast. ... more		First ARCA flight in the ExoMars Program completed successfully ARCA has successfully completed the validation test flight in the ExoMars Program High Altitude Drop Test (HADT), carried out in cooperation with the European Space Agency. The launch took pla ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

After Successful Spacecraft Docking, US Orbits Five Satellites Sunday saw two successful space debuts for the United States: hours after the Cygnus cargo spacecraft eventually reached the International Space Station (ISS), a new version of the Falcon 9 rocket t ... more		Aerojet Rocketdyne Thrusters Help Cygnus Spacecraft Berth at the International Space Station Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced that its propulsion helped position Orbital Sciences Corporation's (ORB) Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft for a successful berthing with the International Space Sta ... more		No talks between the United States and Iran planned 'as of now' Astroscale to lead UK Orpheus mission with GBP 5.15M defence contract Zelensky says discussed buying US air-defence systems with Trump		Proton booster back in service after mishap According to an announcement made by officials at the Russian spaceport of Baikonur in Kazakhstan, the remainder of this year should see four satellite launches performed with the help of the Proton ... more
				Flood maps from satellite data can help emergency response The European Space Agency says satellite data have helped create flood maps that are available quickly via the Internet for help in responding to disasters. ... more		Future sea level rises should not restrict new island formation in the Maldives The continued accumulation of sand within the iconic ring-shaped reefs inside Maldivian atolls could provide a foundation for future island development new research suggests. Islands like the Maldiv ... more

US Navy History of Human Spaceflight Conference

Space Situational Awareness Conference 2013

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The deep Greenland Sea is warming faster than the World Ocean Recent warming of the Greenland Sea Deep Water is about ten times higher than warming rates estimated for the global ocean. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar a ... more		Climate Models Show Potential 21st Century Temperature and Precipitation Changes New data visualizations from the NASA Center for Climate Simulation and NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., show how climate models used in the new ... more		The mixed fortunes of development aid Syria's wheat war: drought fuels food crisis for 16 million Global tensions rattle COP30 build-up but 'failure not an option'		Research: Water vapor In stratosphere has role in Earth's climate Water vapor in the stratosphere contributes to warmer temperatures, research led by a Texas A&M University professor indicated. ... more
				Spirals of Light May Lead to Better Electronics A group of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has created the optical equivalent of a tuning fork-a device that can help steady the electrical currents needed to power h ... more		Drexel finds new energy storage capabilities between layers of 2-D materials Drexel University researchers are continuing to expand the capabilities and functionalities of a family of two-dimensional materials they discovered that are as thin as a single atom, but have the p ... more

China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover

Mission to moon will boost research and awareness

Mighty Eagle Improves Autonomous Landing Software With Successful Flight

First ARCA flight in the ExoMars Program completed successfully

Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like

Water for future Mars astronauts

Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA's New Orion Spacecraft

Tokyo gadget show offers glimpse of tomorrow

"GRAVITY" is Almost Here

Chinese VP stresses peaceful use of space

China's space station to open for foreign peers

Last Days for Tiangong

	Suggestion of supervolcanoes on Mars ignites controversy Some of Mars' deep craters were actually ancient supervolcanoes that may have changed the planet's climate, U.S. and British researchers suggest. ... more		How to make ceramics that bend without breaking Ceramics are not known for their flexibility: they tend to crack under stress. But researchers from MIT and Singapore have just found a way around that problem - for very tiny objects, at least. ... more		Methane Out, Carbon Dioxide In A University of Virginia engineering professor has proposed a novel approach for keeping waste carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Andres Clarens, an assistant professor of civil and environ ... more		Researchers demonstrate 'accelerator on a chip' In an advance that could dramatically shrink particle accelerators for science and medicine, researchers used a laser to accelerate electrons at a rate 10 times higher than conventional technology i ... more

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Astronomers Uncover a 'Transformer' Pulsar		Jekyll and Hyde star morphs from radio to X-ray pulsar and back again		Magnetic field may shape "blooming" star		DigiGone Approved for Use on the Thuraya Satellite Network		Observations reveal critical interplay of interstellar dust, hydrogen
3-D models of electrical streamers		People prefer different robot faces depending on task assigned		Tokyo gadget show offers glimpse of tomorrow		Astronomers create first cloud map of distant planet		Bright, laser-based lighting devices

Study of big-bang radiation may yield clues to early universe

UFO? Star cluster? No, it's Falcon 9's jettisoned fuel

Science Benefits From Diverse Landing Area Of NASA Mars Rover

Cassini finds ingredient of household plastic on Saturn moon

Several NASA Spacecraft Track Energy Through Space

Paradigm shift: Need something in space? Print it, don't ship it

China launches satellite to monitor natural disaster

Martian chemical complicates hunt for life's clues

Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like

Dawn Reality-Checks Telescope Studies of Asteroids

Researchers describe unusual Mars rock

Dawn Marks Six Years In Space

Astronomers find missing link pulsar

Water for future Mars astronauts

Australia's new prototype vehicle to improve Earth observation satellites' accuracy

NASA Mars rover Curiosity finds water in first sample of planet surface

China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover

Unmanned cargo ship docks with orbiting Space Station

Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA's New Orion Spacecraft

Raytheon awarded Standard Missile-6 contract

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