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July 05, 2014

NASA and Boeing finalize $2.8 million deal to build super powerful rocket
Washington (UPI) Jul 4, 2013
Aviation company Boeing has contracted with NASA to build the world's most powerful rocket, intended - eventually - to propel astronauts to the moon, Mars, asteroids and the deep space beyond. Boeing and NASA signed a $2.8 million contract this week, tasking the aerospace company with developing two rocket cores as part of the completion of the Space Launch System, a heavy launch vehicle meant to carry both crew and cargo that will be upgraded over time. "Our teams have dedicated thems ... read more

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Chinese moon rover designer shooting for Mars The man who designed China's Jade Rabbit moon rover hopes a more advanced version of his creation will be sent to Mars, state media reported, underscoring Beijing's increasingly ambitious space programme. ... more		University scientists unraveling nature of Higgs boson New physics research involving Kansas State University faculty members has helped shed light on how our universe works. A recently published study in the journal Nature Physics reports scientists ha ... more		Reigning in chaos in particle colliders yields big results When beams with trillions of particles go zipping around at near light speed, there's bound to be some chaos. Limiting that chaos in particle colliders is crucial for the groundbreaking results such ... more
				Measuring quantum systems with "compressive sensing" In quantum physics, momentum and position are an example of conjugate variables. This means they are connected by Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, which says that both quantities cannot be simult ... more		Are China's Astronauts Moonbound China has made tremendous progress with its lunar exploration program. It has sent two spacecraft to orbit the Moon and has also landed a robot rover on the surface. Later this year, we expect China ... more

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Discovery expands search for Earth-like planets A newly discovered planet in a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth is expanding astronomers' notions of where Earth-like-and even potentially habitable-planets can form, and how ... more		Space Launch System Core Stage Passes Critical Design Review NASA continues to make progress toward its next giant leap to send humans farther into the solar system than ever before, including to an asteroid and eventually to Mars. This week, the core stage f ... more		NATO 'solidarity' with Estonia after border incident with Russia Taiwan calls China's drills 'blatant provocation' to world order as wargames end NATO members bordering Russia to build 'drone wall'		Cassini Celebrates 10 Years Exploring Saturn It has been a decade since a robotic traveler from Earth first soared over rings of ice and fired its engine to fall forever into the embrace of Saturn. On June 30, the Cassini mission will celebrat ... more
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SSl Selected to Provide Multi-Mission Satellite to Hispasat Group Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced that it was selected to provide a multi-mission communications satellite to Spanish satellite operator HISPASAT Group. The satellite, Hispasat 1F will be used ... more		Hubble to Proceed with Full Search for New Horizons Targets NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been given the go-ahead to conduct an intensive search for a suitable outer solar system object that the New Horizons (NH) spacecraft could visit after the probe st ... more		Mexico heat waves leave 48 dead since March Rescue teams arrive at site of deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea Life in water and mud: Colombians fed up with constant flooding		Saturn's moon Titan has a very salty ocean Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini mission have firm evidence of an ocean inside Saturn's largest moon, Titan, which might be as salty as the Earth's Dead Sea. The findings are published ... more
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