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April 08, 2015
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space Launch System to Boost Science with Secondary Payloads
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 08, 2015
When NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) launches on its first flight, it will be doing some serious multi-tasking. Not only will Exploration Mission-1 test the performance of SLS and its integration with the Orion spacecraft - the agency plans to use its massive lift capability to carry nearly a dozen nano-satellites to conduct science experiments beyond low Earth orbit. NASA's newest rocket will launch Orion on an uncrewed test flight to a distant retrograde orbit around the moon. Tucked inside ... read more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

New safety-related work on Orion by Orbital ATK
An attitude control motor for a system to enable astronauts to escape the Orion spacecraft in an emergency during launch is being built by Orbital ATK Inc. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL

How To Train Your Astronauts
Training an astronaut is no easy task. Astronauts go through years of rigorous technical, health and safety training to learn simple and complex tasks for a typical four to six month mission. They d ... more
EXO LIFE

Life Needs An Atmosphere, But How Much Is Too Much
How much atmosphere is too much for life? As scientists discover more super-Earths and mini-Neptunes, the question becomes more relevant. Often, the rocky cores of these planets are believed to be a ... more
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EARLY EARTH

Oxygen-depleted oceans had key role in mass extinction over 200M years ago
Changes in the biochemical balance of the ocean were a crucial factor in the end-Triassic mass extinction, during which half of all plant, animal and marine life on Earth perished, according to new ... more


ROCKET SCIENCE

NASA Selects Companies to Develop Super-Fast Deep Space Engine
NASA announced it will partner with a variety of companies in new attempts to create more advanced space technology - including a new engine that could get humans to Mars in less than 40 days. ... more
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EARLY EARTH

Carbon was critical to ocean life's survival 252 million years ago
A new study led by scientists with The University of Texas at Arlington demonstrates for the first time how elemental carbon became an important construction material of some forms of ocean life aft ... more
LAUNCH PAD

Russia to Launch Nine Rockets Into Space in April-June
Seven of the launches will take place from the Baikonur space launch facility in Kazakhstan with various payloads and the remaining two, which are for Russian military purposes, will be launched fro ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Philippine civilian convoy sails towards disputed reef
US tells Ukraine 'aid on its way' as Russia claims advances
N. Korea's Kim calls for 'epochal change' in war preparations
SOLAR SCIENCE

New research may improve solar storm predictions
A new study promises an improved understanding of the sun's seasonal changes - changes that dictate the sun's electromagnetic behavior. ... more
MERCURY RISING

Planned Maneuver Further Extends MESSENGER Orbital Operations
MESSENGER mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., conducted a maneuver yesterday to raise the spacecraft's minimum altitude sufficiently ... more
TECH SPACE

First ASU-built space instrument ready for final lab tests
The first space instrument to be built at Arizona State University has just received the electronics it will use in flight. This starts the final laboratory tests leading to its launch next year on ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

THOR 7 encapsulation as next Ariane 5 campaigns proceeds
The build-up of Ariane 5's dual-passenger configuration is underway at French Guiana, where this mission's upper satellite is now encapsulated in the launcher's payload fairing. During activit ... more
ENERGY TECH

A common battery test often bounces off target
Don't throw away those bouncing batteries. Researchers at Princeton University have found that common test of bouncing a household battery is not actually an effective way to check a battery's charg ... more
24/7 News Coverage
AI Ethics in the Digital Afterlife: Safeguards Needed to Avoid Unwanted AI "Hauntings"
Deep magma study enhances volcanic eruption predictions
Flour and Oats Power Biohybrid Robot for Reforestation
TECH SPACE

Building sound foundations: A matter of granular dynamics
Sand, rocks, grains, salt or sugar are what physicists call granular media. A better understanding of granular media is important - particularly when mixed with water and air, as it forms the founda ... more
TECH SPACE

Skin tough
When weighing the pluses and minuses of your skin add this to the plus column: Your skin - like that of all vertebrates - is remarkably resistant to tearing. Now, a collaboration of researchers at t ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Herschel and Planck find missing clue to galaxy cluster formation
By combining observations of the distant Universe made with ESA's Herschel and Planck space observatories, cosmologists have discovered what could be the precursors of the vast clusters of galaxies ... more
UAV NEWS

French energy company invests in drones
French energy company GDF Suez said Wednesday it was investing in Redbird, a civilian drone company, to monitor natural gas infrastructures. ... more
ROBO SPACE

Researchers build brain-machine interface to control prosthetic hand
A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, powered only by his thoughts. The technique, de ... more

SHAKE AND BLOW

In the poisonous breath of sleeping volcanos
The "Villa trans lacum" at the eastern shore of the Laacher See (lake) in the volcanic part of the Eifel - a rural landscape in Germany - was a highly dangerous place. In the 19th century the Jesuit ... more
CHIP TECH

Next important step toward quantum computer
Physicists at the Universities of Bonn and Cambridge have succeeded in linking two completely different quantum systems to one another. In doing so, they have taken an important step forward on the ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn orbiting high over the night side of Ceres

MARSDAILY

More evidence for groundwater on Mars

EXO LIFE

Europa's Elusive Water Plume Paints Grim Picture For Life

STATION NEWS

NASA drives future discoveries with new ISS information system

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

A Gold Mine of Galaxy Nuggets

DEEP IMPACT

ESA's planetary defence test set for 2020

IRON AND ICE

NASA Releases Tool Enabling Citizen Scientists to Examine Asteroid Vesta

RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia reshuffles management of new spaceport program

STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Astronomers solve decades-long mystery of the "lonely old stars"

MARSDAILY

Scars on Mars from 2012 Rover Landing Fade - Usually

China to launch three or four more BeiDou satellites this year

McMurdo receives certification for Kannad navigation interface

Air Scrubber Plus Brings Space Age Technology Down To Earth

Femto-snapshots of reaction kinetics

Nanoscale worms provide new route to nano-necklace structures

Cooling massive objects to the quantum ground state

Sewage could be a source of valuable metals and critical elements

Bill Nye and others discussing taking humans to Mars by 2033

Will the moon's first inhabitants live in giant lava tubes?

Particle smasher starts up again, says CERN

Scary times for Europe's comet-chaser Rosetta

Planck: An 'unfocused' eye that sees the big picture

Astronomers discover likely precursors of galaxy clusters we see today

New explanation for Mercury's dark surface

Dusty substructure in a galaxy far far away

Soft Landing on the Moon an Extraordinary Challenge

OSIRIS-REx Mission Passes Critical Milestone

ALMA Disentangles Complex Birth of Giant Stars

Atmospheric energy escaped from the Tibetan Plateau

Netanyahu wants Iran deal to cover missile capacity

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