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March 31, 2014

Boeing wins contract to design DARPA Airborne Satellite Launch
Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 31, 2014
What Boeing vehicle would hitch a ride on an F-15E, drop from the aircraft, fire its engines and deploy microsatellites into space? It's a new satellite launch vehicle concept designed by Phantom Works Advanced Space Exploration for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) called the Airborne Launch Assist Space Access or ALASA. Under an 11-month, $30.6-million contract with options to build up to 12 of the 24-foot vehicles, Boeing and DARPA intend to test the ability to cut the cost ... read more

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A close look a the nearest standard candle supernova in several decades Supernova 2014J in the nearby galaxy M82 -less than 12 million light-years away- exploded on January 14, 2014 and was the closest "standard candle" supernova since (at least) 42 years. An impr ... more		Creating virtual universes Swinburne University of Technology has launched a free online astronomy virtual laboratory that will allow scientists to build complex customised views of the Universe, all from the comfort of their ... more		Give a name to ESA's zone of silence Kept isolated from the external Universe, a special ESA chamber simulates the boundless emptiness of space for testing satellite antennas. Recently refitted, it is in need of a new name. Come up wit ... more
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The Opposition of Mars By the time you finish reading this story, you'll be about 1,000 km closer to the planet Mars. Earth and Mars are converging for a close encounter. As March gives way to April, the distance between ... more		Hubble: Magnifying the Distant Universe Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive structures that can be found in the Universe - large groups of galaxies bound together by gravity. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope re ... 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		Engineers Install Near Infrared Camera into the Heart of Webb Telescope Inside the world's largest clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked tirelessly to install another essential part of the James Webb Space Telescope - the N ... more
				High School 'Final Five' Compete for Out-of-This-World Test on Orion Five teams of high school student engineers have made it to the final round in a competition to build and test designs for radiation shields for NASA's new Orion spacecraft. The competition is ... more		Russian rocket crashes in Kazakhstan A weather rocket launched from Russia's Kapustin Yar launching field crashed in Kazakhstan's western region, according to government reports. The incident happened early in the morning on Marc ... more

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First MeerKAT antenna and high-tech data centre launched in the Karoo The first of 64 antennas that will make up South Africa's new radio telescope - MeerKAT - will be officially launched on 27 March 2014 by South Africa's Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Derek ... more		Canada Invests in Health Technologies for Astronauts Today, the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced five new studies that will help assess innovative Canadian health tech ... 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		FAA Approves DeLorme Communicator For Service In Alaska The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Alaska Flight Services has announced that the DeLorme inReach satellite communicator has been approved for the Enhanced Special Reporting Service (eSRS) pro ... more
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Unique camera from NASA's moon missions sold at auction

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A Wet Moon

Mars yard ready for Red Planet rover

Mars One building simulated colony to vet potential colonists

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You've got mail: Clinton-to-space laptop up for auction

Tiangong's New Mission

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Britain, France sign anti-ship missile deal

Approval given for Griffin missile launch system

US Air Force fires nine in nuclear missile cheating scandal

Russian spacecraft brings three-man crew to ISS after two-day delay

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Planes chase satellite sightings of suspected debris

Astronomers Looking for Clues to Water's Origins

Soyuz Docking Delayed Till Thursday as Station Crew Adjusts Schedule

Software glitch most probable cause of Soyuz TMA-12 taking two day approach

First sightings of solar flare phenomena confirm 3-D models of space weather

Dwarf planet 'Biden' identified in an unlikely region of our solar system

US, Russian astronauts take new trajectory to dock the ISS

Cleaner NASA Rover Sees Its Shadow in Martian Spring

Solar System's edge redefined

Cosmic collision creates mini-planet with rings

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Scientists solve riddle of celestial archaeology

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