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December 04, 2014

ISS Enables Interplanetary Space Exploration
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 05, 2014
If necessity is the mother of invention, then survival in space breeds many "children." These children are the research and technologies demonstrated aboard the International Space Station. For 16 years, the station has provided researchers a platform in microgravity where they perform experiments and test technologies to allow humans to travel farther into the solar system than ever before. From life support systems to growing plants in space, the space station continues to drive human exploratio ... read more

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Exploring Comets and Asteroids is an International Endeavor NASA and space agencies across the globe are opening up new possibilities for space exploration with missions to comets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies. Following NASA, European Space A ... more		US Defense Bill Prohibiting Purchase of Russian Rocket Engines The 2015 US defense funding bill would prohibit the future purchase of Russian-made rocket engines, used to launch US national security satellites, but will honor existing contracts and provide for ... more		Pulsars with black holes could hold the 'holy grail' of gravity The intermittent light emitted by pulsars, the most precise timekeepers in the universe, allows scientists to verify Einstein's theory of relativity, especially when these objects are paired up with ... more
				Red Planet's Mystery While NASA plans to return astronauts to the Moon by 2020 for extended missions in search of more water, scientists say it might be a good idea to drop by to Mars as well. In 2011, the first real pr ... more		European astronomers spot faint asteroid European experts have spotted one of the faintest asteroids ever found - a chunk of space rock thought to be about 100 m in diameter beyond the orbit of Mars. Astronomers at the Large Binocular Tele ... more

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Finding infant earths and potential life just got easier Among the billions and billions of stars in the sky, where should astronomers look for infant Earths where life might develop? New research from Cornell University's Institute for Pale Blue Dots sho ... more		Green Light for E-ELT Construction At a recent meeting ESO's main governing body, the Council, gave the green light [1] for the construction of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) in two phases. Spending of around one bill ... more		UK charges three for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intel services China accused of targeting overseas citizens for political activism China accused of targeting overseas citizens for political activism		Mini Rovers Hold Big Promise for Community College Students Four miniature rovers will go head-to-head this week at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, as community college students across the state - and one from Hawaii - get a first-h ... more
				The Yin-Yang of Polar Sea Ice The world is getting warmer. It comes as no surprise, therefore, when researchers announce as they did this past September that Arctic sea ice extent is still below normal, continuing a years-long d ... more		Launch of European Ariane-5 Space Rocket From Kourou Postponed The launch of an Ariane-5 carrier rocket with two telecommunications satellites from the Kourou space center in French Guiana was postponed on Thursday due to poor weather, the launch operator said. ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

LockMart completes environmental testing on 4th MUOS bird Lockheed Martin has completed thermal vacuum testing on the fourth satellite scheduled to launch and join the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation. This milestone comes just ... more		India test fires nuclear capable strategic missile India on Tuesday test-fired its nuclear capable strategic missile Agni-4 from a test range off eastern state of Odisha's coast. Supported by a mobile launcher, the sleek missile was flight tested fr ... more		Identity crisis: Climate destroying wonders that gave US parks their names In US national parks, a historical wound begins to heal Loss and hope: US park rangers' climate crisis fight		Brazil to launch new satellite to track deforestation Brazil will launch a satellite from China Sunday to keep an eye in the sky on deforestation in the Amazon, the National Space Agency (Inpe) said Thursday. ... more
A Better Look at the Chemistry of Interfaces Researchers working at the Advanced Light Source (ALS) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have combined key features of two highly acclaime ... more		Corvus Energy Team Powers New Hybrid Research Vessel Corvus Energy, Northern Lights and BAE systems now power Spirit of the Sound, a floating marine education classroom and research vessel. The vessel, a 65 - foot catamaran, will operate in Long Islan ... more		Atmospheric carbon dioxide used for energy storage products Chemists and engineers at Oregon State University have discovered a fascinating new way to take some of the atmospheric carbon dioxide that's causing the greenhouse effect and use it to make an adva ... more		Lengthening the life of silicon electrodes in lithium batteries A new study will help researchers create longer-lasting, higher-capacity lithium rechargeable batteries, which are commonly used in consumer electronics. In a study published in the journal ACS Nano ... more

	Boeing to Continue Providing ICBM Guidance Systems to the USAF Boeing will continue to repair and supply the guidance systems of the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) to the U.S. Air Force through September 2015, keeping the weapon system ... more		Amazon's Bezos to be 'bold' despite failures Amazon founder Jeff Bezos acknowledged Tuesday missteps which have cost the tech giant billions, but said that is the price for taking "bold bets." ... more

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Rocket woes delay deep space Orion launch until Friday		'Mirage Earth' exoplanets may have burned away chances for life		The impact of long duration spaceflights on brain function		Traces of possible Martian biological activity inside a meteorite		Stardust Not Likely to Block Planet Portraits
Pop culture artifacts aboard Orion spacecraft		Eris the largest dwarf planet in Solar System		Space travel is a bit safer than expected		Losing air		Atomic hydrogen emissions seen at record breaking distances

Go-ahead given for Ariane 5 dual-payload mission

NASA's Webb Telescope ISIM Gets Cubed for Gravity Test

Waking Up on Pluto's Doorstep

NASA installs new digital countdown clock

Street cleaners in New York have help from insect garbage-munchers

Japan launches rocket carrying asteroid probe

Philae may have clipped crater rim during comet landing

ISS astronauts will have to wait until April for espresso

Orion Test Flight a Critical Step on NASA's Journey to Mars

Mislaunched navigation satellite may get 2nd life: ESA

Meteorite stirs life-on-Mars debate

NASA's CATS Eyes Clouds, Smoke and Dust from the Space Station

Satellites helping to assess risk of epidemics

Ground-based detection of exoplanets

New Display Counts Down for New Generation

NASA video shows off Orion cockpit

Russia Opens New National Defense Control Center

Ballistic Missile Launches Detected by Russia's Aerospace Defense

Most of Earth's carbon may be hidden in the planet's inner core

Russia Tests First Military Space Surveillance Complex

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