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April 08, 2015

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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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		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 spending pushes Russian economic growth up North Korea confirms missile launch, vows bolstered nuclear force 'Nice for them': White House jokes about Putin, Xi meeting		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
				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		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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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		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		Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists Weather bureau warns India faces another election heatwave Indonesia evacuates hundreds near erupting volcano		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
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		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		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		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

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

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Dusty substructure in a galaxy far far away

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Atmospheric energy escaped from the Tibetan Plateau

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