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January 31, 2016

Sandy Selfie Sent from NASA Mars Rover
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 31, 2016
The latest self-portrait from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the car-size mobile laboratory beside a dark dune where it has been scooping and sieving samples of sand. The new selfie combines 57 images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of Curiosity's arm on Jan. 19. The rover has been investigating a group of active sand dunes for two months, studying how the wind moves and sorts sand particles on Mars. The site is part of Bagnold Dune Field, which lines the northwest ... read more

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First laser teleco satellite for the 'SpaceDataHighway' in GEO orbit EDRS-A, the first relay satellite of the SpaceDataHighway, was successfully launched into geostationary orbit on 30 January 2016. After a test period, it will become operational for its first end-us ... more		Opportunity Reaches 12 Years on Mars! Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater. The rover is up on north-facing slopes for improved solar array energy production. The rover is conducting an in-situ ... more		New Animation Takes a Colorful Flight Over Ceres A colorful new animation shows a simulated flight over the surface of dwarf planet Ceres, based on images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The movie shows Ceres in enhanced color, which helps to h ... more
				Phase of the moon affects amount of rainfall When the moon is high in the sky, it creates bulges in the planet's atmosphere that creates imperceptible changes in the amount of rain that falls below. New University of Washington research ... more		NASA Engineers Tapped to Build First Integrated-Photonics Modem A NASA team has been tapped to build a new type of communications modem that will employ an emerging, potentially revolutionary technology that could transform everything from telecommunications, me ... more

European Satellite Project Over Budget, 13 Years Late The French Court of Auditors has found that the much-vaunted European Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation program is three times over-budget and 13 years late in delivery, after a series of cost ... more		Initial launcher assembly clears Ariane 5 for its payload integration process The Ariane 5 for Arianespace's second flight of 2016 has completed its basic build-up, marking a key milestone as preparations advance for this early March mission from the Spaceport in French Guian ... more		Major advancements in US space domain awareness through Space Systems Command Enhancing connectivity and readiness at Space Systems Command Space Systems Command Completes Key Software Upgrade for OPIR Monitoring at FORGE		US missile interceptor and targeting system pass test An interceptor rocket and its ground-based targeting system successfully completed the latest test in a program to develop a missile defense capable of hitting targets on the edge of outer space, tw ... more
				4 people to live in an HERA habitat for 30 days at JSC This 30 day mission will help our researchers learn how isolation and close quarters affect individual and group behavior. This study at our Johnson Space Center prepares us for long duration space ... more		What Could the US Do to Stop a North Korean ICBM Attack? The United States could employ a multifaceted missile defense system to defeat an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched by North Korea, which is reported to be testing a long-range miss ... more

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Deployment of US Defense System to Increase South Korea's Security The deployment of a US anti-missile system in South Korea would boost the country's security as it would help counter possible threats form the North, a spokesman for the South Korean Defense Minist ... more		Russia to Rearm Two More Missile Divisions With Yars ICBMs Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) have started rearmament of two more missile divisions with advanced RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems, SMF Commander Col. Gen. Serg ... more		NASA's ORCA, AirHARP Projects Paved Way for PACE to Reach Space NASA study reveals comprehensive global river water accounting Asterra debuts groundbreaking L-band SAR API for commercial use		Understanding the magnetic sun The surface of the sun writhes and dances. Far from the still, whitish-yellow disk it appears to be from the ground, the sun sports twisting, towering loops and swirling cyclones that reach into the ... more
Pluto's widespread water ice Data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft point to more prevalent water ice on Pluto's surface than previously thought. A new false-color image, derived from observations in infrared light by t ... more		Pluto's blue atmosphere in the infrared A new image from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is the first look at Pluto's atmosphere in infrared wavelengths, and the first image of the atmosphere made with data from the New Horizons Ralph/Line ... more		Hubble Finds Misbehaving Spiral espite its unassuming appearance, the edge-on spiral galaxy captured in the left half of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is actually quite remarkable. Located about one billion ligh ... more		NASA awards imaging Instruments contract Polar Follow-On satellite NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems of El Segundo, California, for two Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instruments for the P ... more

	NASA awards infrared instrument for next polar satellite NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Exelis Space Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Harris Corporation, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for two Cross-track Infrared Sounder ... more		Israel's cyber sector blooms in the desert A modern metropolis rising from Israel's Negev desert stands on the frontline of a global war against hacking and cyber crime, fulfilling an ambition of the country's founding father. ... more

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