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April 01, 2014

A Question of Atmospheres: On Earth and Beyond
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2014
Scientists recently discovered the source of naturally occurring aerosol particles in Earth's atmosphere that play an important role in cloud formation. The particles in questions are known as 'climate-active organic aerosols,' and are vapors composed of large molecules that contain almost equal numbers of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. The international research team found that these vapors form shortly after the release of plant emissions into the air. The vapors condense on small particles, causi ... read more

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India to have own satellite navigation system by 2015 India is expected to have its own satellite navigation system by the first quarter of 2015 with four of its satellites in space, said an official of Indian space agency. India is expected to have it ... more		NASA Radar Watches Over California's Aging Levees One morning in 2008, research scientist Cathleen Jones of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., was flying over the San Andreas fault near San Francisco, testing a new radar instrume ... more		Misleading mineral may have resulted in overestimate of water in moon The amount of water present in the moon may have been overestimated by scientists studying the mineral apatite, says a team of researchers led by Jeremy Boyce of the UCLA Department of Earth, Planet ... more
				Russian Lawmakers Approve Satellite Navigation Hub in Nicaragua Russian lawmakers have endorsed draft legislation to allow the country to set up a satellite navigation monitoring system in Nicaragua, a Cabinet committee said Tuesday. "The agreement is aime ... more		Panel to discuss forging university-business ties to promote future of space How do academic and commercial stakeholders join forces to promote space science and exploration in the immediate future and decades to come? An expert panel of astronauts, scientists, commercial sp ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Last look at Sentinel-1 As preparations for the launch of the first satellite for Copernicus continue on track, the team at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana has said farewell to Sentinel-1A as it was sealed from ... more		Top secret Pentagon spacecraft stays in orbit over 469 days, breaks longevity record The American secret X-37B unmanned spacecraft has broken its own longevity record by staying in orbit for more than 469 days.The spacecraft was launched in December, 2012, and remained in orbit ever ... 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		Pentagon to organize drones in teams for sharing data, fighting together The Pentagon's research unit is ready to launch a program that unites drones into teams allowing them to share data and act together on a battlefield while being operated by one human. The Defense A ... more
				Russia's new S-500 system to destroy any target at any altitude Russia's new fifth-generation air defence system S-500 will be able to destroy any target at any altitude, Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday, March 26. "Work is underway t ... more		US, UK parts in North Korea rocket North Korea's Unha-3 rocket was built with components from South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States, UN experts revealed. In a little-publicized March 10 report, the UN Panel of Experts ... more

Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining Current Systems; IDGA�s Military Radar Summit - April 2014

Nuclear Supply Chain Summit - April 28-29 Greenville SC

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Testing Begins on Third AEHF Satellite The third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite has begun transmitting using its protected communications payload, joining two other satellites undergoing system test in orbit with a su ... more		Monitoring air quality takes next step With air pollution linked to millions of deaths around the world, it has never been more important to monitor the air we breathe. And this week marks a significant step forward as a deal is secured ... 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		Great earthquakes, water under pressure, high risk The largest earthquakes occur where oceanic plates move beneath continents. Obviously, water trapped in the boundary between both plates has a dominant influence on the earthquake rupture process. ... more
				Did microbes cause mass extinction? Volcanoes and asteroids are sometimes blamed for wiping out nearly all life on Earth 252 million years ago, but US research Monday suggested a more small-time criminal: microbes. ... more		Heat-conducting polymer cools hot electronic devices at 200 degrees C Polymer materials are usually thermal insulators. But by harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibers, researchers have developed a thermal interface m ... more

Misleading mineral may have resulted in overestimate of water in moon

Unique camera from NASA's moon missions sold at auction

Expeditions to the Moon: beware of meteorites

Mars yard ready for Red Planet rover

The Opposition of Mars

Mars One building simulated colony to vet potential colonists

NASA Marks Major Milestone for Spaceport of the Future

NASA Commercial Crew Partners Complete Space System Milestones

High School 'Final Five' Compete for Out-of-This-World Test on Orion

China launches experimental satellite

Tiangong's New Mission

"Space Odyssey": China's aspiration in future space exploration

	Computing with Slime A future computer might be a lot slimier than the solid silicon devices we have today. In a study published in the journal Materials Today, European researchers reveal details of logic units built u ... more		Fabricating Nanostructures with Silk Could Make Clean Rooms Green Rooms Tufts University engineers have demonstrated that it is possible to generate nanostructures from silk in an environmentally friendly process that uses water as a developing agent and standard fabric ... more		Rainbow-catching waveguide could revolutionize energy technologies More efficient photovoltaic cells. Improved radar and stealth technology. A new way to recycle waste heat generated by machines into energy. All may be possible due to breakthrough photonics researc ... more		Researchers announce first phononic crystal that can be altered in real time Using an acoustic metadevice that can influence the acoustic space and can control any of the ways in which waves travel, engineers have demonstrated, for the first time, that it is possible to dyna ... more

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Pentagon's secret X-37B plane breaks space longevity record		Soyuz ready for Sentinel-1A satellite launch		NSIDC, NASA Say Arctic Melt Season Lengthening, Ocean Rapidly Warming		Cosmic barometer' could reveal violent events in universe's past		NASA Commercial Crew Partners Complete Space System Milestones
Britain, France give MBDA missile development contract		Upward Falling Payloads Advances Deep-Sea Payload Technology		Boeing wins contract to design DARPA Airborne Satellite Launch		A close look a the nearest standard candle supernova in several decades		Creating virtual universes

Give a name to ESA's zone of silence

Space Observation Optics Cover from IR to X-ray Wavelengths

Study finds astronauts' hearts become more spherical in space

The Opposition of Mars

Hubble: Magnifying the Distant Universe

Engineers Install Near Infrared Camera into the Heart of Webb Telescope

High School 'Final Five' Compete for Out-of-This-World Test on Orion

Russian rocket crashes in Kazakhstan

First MeerKAT antenna and high-tech data centre launched in the Karoo

Canada Invests in Health Technologies for Astronauts

FAA Approves DeLorme Communicator For Service In Alaska

ESA and CERN sign cooperation agreement

Dark energy hides behind phantom fields

Satellite Movie Shows US East Coast Snowy Winter

A Tetrad of Lunar Eclipses

The Search for Seeds of Black Holes

Euroconsult Releases Study On EO Data Distribution Trends

Mars yard ready for Red Planet rover

NASA Marks Major Milestone for Spaceport of the Future

US says China to gain from pressing N.Korea

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