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December 01, 2014

After wrangle, Europe set to approve Ariane 6 launcher
Paris (AFP) Nov 30, 2014
After a two-year debate sparked by the emergence of low-cost competition, European space nations on Tuesday are likely to back plans to build a new rocket, the Ariane 6, say sources. Intended to be ready for 2020, the rocket will replace the Ariane 5, taking its place alongside the lightweight Vega and Russia's veteran Soyuz at the European Space Agency (ESA) base in Kourou, French Guiana. A medium to heavy launcher that traces its roots to 1985, the Ariane 5 has 62 successful operations to its ... read more

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JUICE mission gets green light for next stage of development The European Space Agency's JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) mission has been given the green light to proceed to the next stage of development. This approval is a milestone for the mission, which ... more		Astrobiology Acupuncture: Collecting Data from Non-Planar Surfaces A team of researchers supported in part by the NASA Astrobiology Program has turned to acupuncture in order to study samples from rough and uneven surfaces, such as rocks and meteorites. Using the t ... more		Russia offers to extend nuclear arms limits with US Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement		Preparing for Alien Life At a recent event sponsored by NASA and the Library of Congress, a group of scientists and scholars explored how we might prepare for the inevitable discovery of life beyond Earth. n 1960, the ... more
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