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February 10, 2014

WASP Gives NASA's Planetary Scientists New Observation Platform
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 10, 2014
Scientists who study Earth, the sun and stars have long used high-altitude scientific balloons to carry their telescopes far into the stratosphere for a better view of their targets. Not so much for planetary scientists. That's because they needed a highly stable, off-the-shelf-type system that could accurately point their instruments and then track planetary targets as they moved in the solar system. That device now exists. NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., has designed a new ... read more

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				Russian Progress M-22M docks with ISS following fast rendezvous A Russian Progress resupply ship launched on a fast-rendezvous mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday. Progress M-22M was launched by a Soyuz-U launch vehicle from the Baikonu ... more		NASA Technology to Help Develop Noninvasive Medical Treatments NASA has signed two patent license agreements with GRoK Technologies LLC of Houston to help develop novel biotechnology approaches that could have multiple applications in space and on Earth. The ag ... more

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NASA EDGE Showcases Three Technology Demonstration Missions Three NASA Technology Demonstration Missions - the Deep Space Atomic Clock or DSAC project, the Solar Sail Demonstrator or SSD and the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator or LDSD project - are the ... more		Andrews Space Cargo Module Power Unit Provides Power For Payloads Bound For ISS Andrews Space (Andrews) announced that their Cargo Module Power Unit (CMPU) was used to supply power to payloads aboard Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus cargo logistics spacecraft, which recent ... more		EU states to hold talks on 'drone wall' to protect bloc Denmark military intel fails to identify source of drone flights Lithuania eases rules on shooting down drones		Antrix to launch UK and Singapore satellite using India's Polar Satellite Launcher On 29th January 2014, Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), signed Launch Services Agreement with DMC International Imaging (DMCii), t ... more
				Swarm heads for new heights Some tricky manoeuvres are now under way to steer ESA's trio of Swarm satellites into their respective orbits so that they can start delivering the best-ever survey of our magnetic field. Since the ... more		ESA eSurge project delivered by CGI to help predict ferocity of UK coastal flooding December and January have proven to be wet and windy months in the UK, with several severe storms causing major flooding from both heavy rainfall and storm surges, as well as exceptional wave swells ... more

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				AGU and Wiley Launch Open Access Journal, Earth and Space Science The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and John Wiley and Sons have announced the creation of a new all open access peer-reviewed journal, Earth and Space Science. Marking AGU's second new open ... more		NASA bets on private companies to exploit moon's resources NASA - building on successful partnerships with private companies to resupply the International Space Station - is now looking to private entrepreneurs to help exploit resources on the moon. ... more

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Announcing LATSAT - the first summit for satellite communications in LatAm

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Kepler Finds a Very Wobbly Planet

Russian Resupply Spacecraft Begins Expedited Flight to Station

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US vows to defend Japan against China

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