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August 11, 2015

Russian cosmonauts wrap up spacewalk
Moscow (AFP) Aug 10, 2015
Two Russian cosmonauts on Monday added new equipment outside the International Space Station and took pictures to study its exterior during a five-and-a-half hour spacewalk. The outing was the 188th in support of the space station and the 10th of Gennady Padalka's career, a veteran cosmonaut and grandfather who is serving as commander of the ISS. In June, Padalka, 57, set the world record for the most time spent in space with a total of 803 days. His spacewalking partner was Mikhail Kornienk ... read more

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				Hubble finds evidence of galaxy star birth regulated by black-hole fountain Astronomers have uncovered a unique process for how the universe's largest elliptical galaxies continue making stars long after their peak years of star birth. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's exquis ... more		Russia to create multimillion dollar Arctic monitoring system by 2025 An integrated system to monitor conditions in the Arctic, including both civilian and military segments, will be created in Russia by 2025, developer RTI Systems concern said Friday. The cost ... more

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Sentinels catch river traffic jam Low water levels in the Danube river have left ships to queue close to the town of Zimnicea in Romania. The present heat wave torturing Europe means the level of the Danube has dropped and tri ... more		Disney Research produces 3D objects with variable elasticity using single material A 3D-printed teddy bear can have a stiff head, a pliable tummy and bendable arms, even though all of it is made of the same relatively stiff material, using a new method developed by Disney Research ... more		U.S. defense in free fall U.S. and Saudis conduct Middle East's largest counter-drone exercise Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact		Mars Rovers and the Last Moonwalker to Invade Poland in September Poland will once again host the biggest Mars rover competition in Europe. This year, from Sept. 5 to 6, the second edition of the European Rover Challenge (ERC) is expected to get even more publicit ... more
				NASA Completes Selection of Crew Members for 2017 ISS Missions The crew members that the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected for the 2017 Expedition 51 and 52 missions to the International Space Station (ISS) include two first-t ... more		Saturn's rings in a supercomputer Why some planets, like Saturn or Jupiter, have their rings, while others like, the Earth or Mars do not? It turned out that "the size does not matter" - not only giants as Saturn possess the rings, ... more

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NASA renews $490M contract with Russian Space Agency Congressional failure to fund spacecraft development has forced the National Aeronautical Space Administration's (NASA) to extend a nearly half-billion dollar contract with Russia to fly astronauts ... more		Salt flat indicates some of the last vestiges of surface water on Mars Mars turned cold and dry long ago, but researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered evidence of an ancient lake that likely represents some of the last potentially habitable sur ... more		Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report		Sunspot history suggests recent climate change not due to solar trends The Maunder Minimum, between 1645 and 1715, when sunspots were scarce and the winters harsh, strongly suggests a link between solar activity and climate change. Until now there was a general consens ... more
Russia to conduct simulated flight program to Moon, Mars over 4 years Russia will conduct a series of international experiments with simulated flights to the Moon, Mars and other planets between 2016 and 2020, the first deputy head of the Institute of Biomedical Probl ... more		Intelsat 34 fueled for heavy-lift mission with Ariane 5 The second passenger for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 flight has been fueled at the Spaceport, completing another major step for the August 20 launch from French Guiana. This was the final stan ... more		Giving robots a more nimble grasp Most robots on a factory floor are fairly ham-handed: Equipped with large pincers or claws, they are designed to perform simple maneuvers, such as grabbing an object, and placing it somewhere else i ... more		Comet 67P, robot lab Philae's alien host, nears Sun A comet streaking through space with a European robot lab riding piggyback will skirt the Sun this week, setting another landmark in an extraordinary quest to unravel the origins of life on Earth. ... more

	From a million miles away, NASA camera shows moon crossing face of Earth A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. The series of test images s ... more		Milky Way-like galaxies may have existed in the early universe A new, large-scale computer simulation has shown for the first time that large disk galaxies, much like our own Milky Way, may have existed in the early days of the universe. The simulation, c ... more

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