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March 19, 2015

MARSDROP Microprobes Could Expand Spacecraft Mission Capabilities
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 19, 2015
Microprobes that piggyback on Mars-bound spacecraft could investigate areas currently unavailable to surface instruments, a Planetary Science Institute researcher said. The payload could be steered to scientifically desired targets during the gliding phase, enabling a wide variety of enticing research locations including canyons, fresh impact crater sites, volcanic region and glaciers, PSI's Rebecca M.E. Williams said during a poster presentation at the 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ... read more

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Proton launches Express AM-7 satellite for Russian Government Lifting off from Baikonur at 01:05 am Moscow Time on Thursday, March 19, the Proton-M integrated launch vehicle (ILV) successfully orbited the Airbus DS-built Express AM-7 telecommunications satelli ... more		NASA's LRO Spacecraft Finds March 17, 2013 Impact Crater and More NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) acquired images of the lunar surface before and after the largest recorded explosion occurred on the surface. On March 17, 2013, an object the size of ... more		Sierra Nevada Corporation Unveils New Dream Chaser Cargo System Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) unveiled a new Dream Chaser mission variant today, the Dream Chaser Cargo System, SNC's complete system solution for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) cont ... more
				Extent of moon's giant volcanic eruption is revealed Scientists have produced a new map of the Moon's most unusual volcano showing that its explosive eruption spread debris over an area much greater than previously thought. A team of astronomers ... more		Aerojet Rocketdyne Hot-Fire Tests Additive Components for the AR1 Engine Aerojet Rocketdyne has recently completed a successful series of hot-fire tests of key additively manufactured components for its AR1 booster engine at its Sacramento test facility. The testing of t ... more

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				Other Asteroids Contributed Elusive Olivine to Vesta Olivine should be one of the most abundant minerals on asteroid Vesta, but it remains elusive. Scientists working on NASA's Dawn mission to Vesta were initially thrilled to find few scattered remain ... more		Skynet 5 move will place military satcom over Asia-Pacific region Airbus Defence and Space announced during Satellite 2015 the forthcoming move of its Skynet 5A satellite. The move of Skynet 5A will enable delivery of protected and secure satcom services in the ne ... more

Russia Starts Large-Scale Communications Drills in Nine Regions Units of Russia's signals troops began on Monday large-scale communications field exercises in nine regions of the Eastern Military District, the district's press service said. "The drills env ... more		SES Conducts Second O3b Satellite Demonstration for the US Government Earlier this month global satellite solutions provider SES Government Solutions (SES GS) hosted their second O3b satellite demonstration for over 50 U.S. Government customers at the SES Washington M ... more		Largest carbon credit programme poised for quality label Kids study in overheated slum as Philippines shuts schools IncreasingAfrican tropical forest fires linked to climate change and deforestation		Morpheus Project wins AES Innovation Award Through every failure a lesson may be learned and a triumph may be had, especially in the case of the Morpheus/Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) Project. Despite an early se ... more
The Science Of The Start-Up The Science of the Startup addresses the three pillars of any business operation, namely Admin, Sales and Delivery (ASD). It focuses on identifying the market then the processes to get there. ... more		US official dismisses China's concern over missile defence A senior US official on Tuesday brushed off Beijing's objection to the possible deployment of a US missile defence system in South Korea, saying North Korea's missile programme poses a "significant threat." ... more		Replacing Russian Rocket Engine to Take 7 Years As a result of alleged Russian interference in the internal affairs of Ukraine, the 2015 US National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) prohibits the use of the Russian-made rocket engine, and directs ... more		Iron rain fell on early Earth, new Z machine data supports Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have helped untangle a long-standing mystery of astrophysics: why iron is found spattered throughout Earth's mantle, the roughly 2,000-mile thi ... more

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