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September 25, 2014

Managing Orbital Debris and Space Traffic
Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 25, 2014
Those familiar with air traffic management architectures understand the constraints of aircraft flying in the atmosphere, vehicle dynamics and command and control techniques. Unfortunately, compared to air traffic, space traffic has many more degrees of freedom and much less control capability. Add to this the completely uncontrolled nature of space debris and the reality that most debris objects cannot be tracked and motion cannot be accurately measured or simulated. In fact, orbiting debris is a ... read more

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India's spacecraft beams back first Mars photos India's spacecraft has beamed back its first photos of Mars, showing its crater-marked surface, as the country glowed with pride Thursday after winning Asia's race to the Red Planet. The India ... more		Infant solar system shows signs of windy weather Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have observed what may be the first-ever signs of windy weather around a T Tauri star, an infant analog of our own Sun. This ... more		Arianespace's lightweight Vega launcher is readied for its mission with the European IXV spaceplane Another lightweight Vega launcher has begun its build-up at the Spaceport, initiating preparations for Arianespace's mid-November liftoff from French Guiana with the European Space Agency's Intermed ... more
				Finding hints of gravitational waves in the stars Scientists have shown how gravitational waves-invisible ripples in the fabric of space and time that propagate through the universe-might be "seen" by looking at the stars. The new model proposes th ... more		CME Week: The Difference Between Flares and CMEs There are many kinds of eruptions on the sun. Solar flares and coronal mass ejections both involve gigantic explosions of energy, but are otherwise quite different. The two phenomena do sometimes oc ... more

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One Last Slumber On Aug. 29 we put New Horizons into hibernation for the final time. This last hibernation lasts 99 days and ends on Dec. 6. It's a little hard for some of us on the mission team to believe that afte ... more		Particle detector finds hints of dark matter in space Researchers at MIT's Laboratory for Nuclear Science have released new measurements that promise to shed light on the origin of dark matter. The MIT group leads an international collaboration o ... more		US Ukraine proposals 'not a real plan': Germany Russian says key city falls;. Missiles kill 10; Zelensky tries to revive peace efforts UK and MBDA announce major anti-drone laser contract		'Space bubbles' may have aided enemy in fatal Afghan battle In the early morning hours of March 4, 2002, military officers in Bagram, Afghanistan desperately radioed a Chinook helicopter headed for the snowcapped peak of Takur Ghar. On board were 21 men, dep ... more
				Distant planet's atmosphere shows evidence of water vapor A Neptune-sized exoplanet, which lies some 729 trillion miles away (122 light-years), has water vapor in its atmosphere. While it's a promising sign for astronomers in search of distant life, exoplanet HAT-P-11b with its water-filled atmosphere is not the kind of place you'd want to live - or where anything could live. ... more		NASA technologies to be studied for commercialization Possible commercialization of technologies developed by NASA is to be studied by NASA Langley Research Center and the College of William and Mary. ... more

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The Fickle El Nino of 2014 Prospects have been fading for an El Nino event in 2014, but now there's a glimmer of hope for a very modest comeback. Scientists warn that unless these developing weak-to-modest El Nino conditions ... more		Do wearable lifestyle activity monitors really work? Wearable electronic activity monitors hold great promise in helping people to reach their fitness and health goals. These increasingly sophisticated devices help the wearers improve their wellness b ... more		Study reveals why mysterious structures within Earth's mantle hold clues to life here Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use Boos, blowups and last-minute pause as a chaotic COP30 closes out		Lithium-sulfur batteries closer to commercial reality with more energy A fevered search for the next great high-energy, rechargeable battery technology is on. Scientists are now reporting they have overcome key obstacles toward making lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries, w ... more
Recruiting bacteria to be technology innovation partners For most people biofilms conjure up images of slippery stones in a streambed and dirty drains. While there are plenty of "bad" biofilms around - they even cause pesky dental plaque and a host of oth ... more		Algorithm allows easy switch out and recharge of electric car batteries Imagine being able to switch out the batteries in electric cars just like you switch out batteries in a photo camera or flashlight. A team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego, ar ... more		Lego-like modular components make building 3-D 'labs-on-a-chip' a snap Thanks to new LEGO-like components developed by researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, it is now possible to build a 3-D microfluidic system quickly and cheaply by simply snapping tog ... more		India wins Asia's Mars race as spacecraft enters orbit India won Asia's race to Mars on Wednesday when its unmanned Mangalyaan spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit after a 10-month journey on a tiny budget. ... more

	India Mars mission enters orbit India's Mars Orbiter Mission on Wednesday successfully entered orbit around the Red Planet on in its first attempt, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced. ... more		Soyuz Rocket Awaiting Launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome The Soyuz-FG orbital carrier rocket and Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft have been delivered and installed at the Gagarin's Start launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a launch is planned ... more

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