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May 16, 2014

Russian rocket falls back to Earth with super satellite
Moscow (AFP) May 16, 2014
A Russian rocket carrying its most advanced communication satellite to date fell back to Earth minutes after lift-off on Friday in the latest blow to the country's once-proud space industry. Space officials said the Proton's control engine failed 545 seconds after its nighttime blastoff from the Baikonur space centre Moscow leases in Kazakhstan. State television showed the carrier and its Express-AM4P satellite reported to be worth $29 million (21 million euros) burning up in the upper layers of ... read more

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British MoD works on 'quantum compass' technology to replace GPS UK scientists say they are three to five years away from creating a new navigation system that would not rely on space-based technologies. A "quantum compass" might replace the US's widely-used GPS, ... more		Russian Proton rocket falls back to Earth after liftoff A carrier Proton-M rocket, launched from Baikonur together with the communications satellite Express-AM4R, has burnt up in the dense layers of the atmosphere, an official of Russia's Federal Space A ... more		MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer Will Look at Key Player in Mars Atmosphere Loss This past November, NASA launched the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission in the hope of understanding how and why the planet has been losing its atmosphere over billions of years ... more
				The shrinking of Jupiter's Great Red Spot Jupiter's trademark Great Red Spot - a swirling storm feature larger than Earth - is shrinking. This downsizing, which is changing the shape of the spot from an oval into a circle, has been known ab ... more		NASA hopes to continue cooperation with Russia on ISS NASA has not received from Russia notifications of changes in cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS) and expects to continue cooperation, press service of the US space agency stated, c ... more

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First 'heavy mouse' leads to first lab-grown tissue mapped from atomic life Scientists have created a 'heavy' mouse, the world's first animal enriched with heavy but non-radioactive isotopes - enabling them to capture in unprecedented detail the molecular structure of natur ... more		Australians report flaming object falling from sky Residents of northeastern Australia have reported seeing a flaming object plummeting to Earth, police said Friday, adding that the incident remains a mystery as no evidence of a crash has been found. ... more		Taiwan running out of time for satellite communications, space chief tells AFP US lawmaker warns of military 'misunderstanding' risk with China Venezuela accuses US of waging 'undeclared war,' urges UN probe		Giant telescope tackles orbit and size of exoplanet Using one of the world's largest telescopes, a Lawrence Livermore team and international collaborators have tracked the orbit of a planet at least four times the size of Jupiter. The scientist ... more
				Moon rover Yutu comes closer to public A small replica of lunar rover Yutu, the Jade Rabbit, has gone on show in Beijing. The model, half the size of the real rover, is the star of the 17th China Beijing International High-tech Exp ... more		Stability lost as supernovae explode Exploding supernovae are a phenomenon that is still not fully understood. The trouble is that the state of nuclear matter in stars cannot be reproduced on Earth. In a recent paper published in EPJ E ... more

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Rosetta's target comet is becoming active The target of ESA's Rosetta mission has started to reveal its true personality as a comet, its dusty veil clearly developing over the last six weeks. The sequence of images presented here of comet 6 ... more		Botanical Studies, Dragon Departure Preps for ISS Crew The three-person Expedition 40 crew spent its first full workday Thursday aboard the International Space Station working with a trio of botanical experiments and preparing for Sunday's departure of ... more		Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires 'Greatest con job ever': Trump trashes climate science at UN Turkey facing worst drought in over 50 years		NASA shares animated video of black hole formation What does it look like when two stars merge, eating each other alive and forming a black hole? ... more
				A light-speed voyage to the distant future An enthusiastic group of schoolchildren sent a greeting to the future today, beaming a radio signal into space via an ESA tracking station in Spain. In January, over 200 participants around the worl ... more		New unmanned areial system from Lockheed Martin A new, small unmanned aircraft system that can be rapidly reconfigured in the field for a variety of missions has been introduced by Lockheed Martin. ... more

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Moon rover Yutu comes closer to public

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New satellite launch center to conduct joint drill

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Back to the future to determine if sea level rise is accelerating

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Joint development effort for UAS announced

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Saturn in opposition tonight, will appear next to the moon

Chris Hadfield's 'Space Oddity' video to be taken off YouTube

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Against the current with lava flows

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