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January 28, 2014

Aging ISS a space lab of 'unlimited' opportunity
Washington (AFP) Jan 27, 2014
It may be 350 kilometers (215 miles) above Earth and a place that only a privileged few will ever visit, but the International Space Station is crucial to advances in science, health and technology, experts say. Earlier this month, NASA said the life of the $100 billion ISS would be extended by four years, or until at least 2024, allowing for more global research and scientific collaboration. John Holdren, a senior White House adviser on science and technology, hailed the space station - mainly ... read more

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'Goodnight, humans': Says Yutu As The Sun Sets Chinese Internet users flooded the country's social media networks on Monday with condolences for the troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover, which experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" over the weekend. ... more		British astronaut says space travel vital to survival of human race A British astronaut preparing to go into space next year says space travel and learning to work and live in space is vital to the survival of humanity. ... more		James Webb Space Telescope Passes a Mission Milestone NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014 - a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and po ... more
				Extra Time for Tiangong China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is alive and well in orbit. For most spacecraft, that's a nominal state. But for this mission, it's strange. Tiangong 1 was launched in September 2011 with an adv ... more		Milky Way shaken... and stirred A team of scientists headed by Ivan Minchev from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has found a way to reconstruct the evolutionary history of our galaxy, the Milky Way, to a new l ... more

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Rare Brown Dwarf Discovery Provides Benchmark for Future Exoplanet Research A team of researchers led by Justin R. Crepp, the Freimann Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, has directly imaged a very rare type of brown dwarf that can serve as a ben ... more		NASA Spacecraft Take Aim At Nearby Supernova An exceptionally close stellar explosion discovered on Jan. 21 has become the focus of observatories around and above the globe, including several NASA spacecraft. The blast, designated SN 2014J, oc ... more		Despite Western pressure, China in no hurry to reduce Russia support N. Korea fires ballistic missiles after denying Russia arms transfers Taiwan's Lai to bolster 'porcupine' defence against China threat		Hubble, Hubble, Seeing Double In this new Hubble image two objects are clearly visible, shining brightly. When they were first discovered in 1979, they were thought to be separate objects - however, astronomers soon realized tha ... more
				Black Hole Powers 'Cosmic Flashlight' Illuminating the Cosmic Web Cosmologists believe that matter in intergalactic space is distributed in a vast network of interconnected filamentary structures known as the cosmic web. The vast majority of atoms in the Universe ... more		NASA Instruments on European Comet Spacecraft Begin Countdown Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe o ... more

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NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency's TDRS Project, is safely in orbit after launching at 9:33 p.m. EST Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance At ... more		In the Eye of the Beholder Researchers supported by NASA's Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development (ASTID) program are designing algorithms and instruments that could help future robotic missions make their ... more		For sale: unique piece of land in strategic Arctic archipelago Daily ice loss in Greenland tracked by new GPS method Brazil's Porto Alegre: a flood disaster waiting to happen		Space droids battle to save Earth from comet A comet heading towards Earth threatens humanity's existence - that was the virtual scenario of this year's Zero Robotics tournament. Secondary-school students from across Europe controlled miniatur ... more
				NEOWISE Celebrates First Month of Operations After Reactivation In its first 25 days of operations, the newly reactivated NEOWISE mission has detected 857 minor bodies in our solar system, including 22 near-Earth objects (NEOs) and four comets. Three of th ... more		Looking for a superhabitable world then try Alpha Centauri B The search for extraterrestrial life extends far beyond Earth's solar system, looking for planets or moons outside the "stellar habitable zone" that may have environments even more favorable to supp ... more

China's moon rover experiences abnormality

Yutu moon rover has 'abnormality': Xinhua

NASA Seeks Partnership Opportunities For Commercial Lunar Landers

NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation

In the Eye of the Beholder

Opportunity at 10: New Findings from Old Rover

British astronaut says space travel vital to survival of human race

NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite

NASA launches communications satellite

Netizens extend blessings to troubled lunar rover

'Goodnight, humans': Says Yutu As The Sun Sets

Extra Time for Tiangong

	Netizens extend blessings to troubled lunar rover Tens of thousands of Chinese netizens have sent their blessings to lunar rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit) after it experienced major trouble. A mechanical control abnormality occurred to Yutu because of the ... more		China's moon rover experiences abnormality China's moon rover, Yutu (Jade Rabbit), has experienced a mechanical control abnormality, and scientists are organizing repairs. The abnormality occurred due to "complicated lunar surface envi ... more		Extreme Power of Black Hole Revealed Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and a suite of other telescopes to reveal one of the most powerful black holes known. The black hole has created enormous structures in the hot ... more		NASA-funded sounding rocket to catch aurora in the act On Jan. 24, 2014, Marilia Samara will be waiting for the perfect aurora. Samara and her science team will be at the Poker Flat Research Range in Poker Flat, Alaska, looking for classic curls in the ... more

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Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before

MDA awarded key development work for exploration and communications

NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation

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ILS Proton To Launch Yamal 601

ABS-2 relay platform fueled for launch on Ariane 5

Iran's military nuclear bid 'will be stopped': Israel

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NASA Searches for Climate Change Clues in the Gateway to the Stratosphere

Deadly U.S. airstrike in Somalia marks jihadist dangers

Blair: Religious extremism likely to fuel future conflicts

Taiwan minister set for historic visit to China

Philippine military attacks hardline Muslim renegades

S. Korea to hold live fire drill despite North warning

Japan issues teachers new instructions on disputed islands

US ship heads out to destroy Syrian chemical weapons

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