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November 15, 2011
TIME AND SPACE
Was the Real Discovery of the Expanding Universe Lost in Translation?
Baltimore MD (SPX) Nov 15, 2011
The greatest astronomical discovery of the 20th century may have been credited to the wrong person. But it turns out to have been nobody's fault except for that of the actual original discoverer himself. Writing in the November 10th issue of the journal Nature, astrophysicist Mario Livio of the Space Telescope Science Institute has put to bed a growing conspiracy theory about who was fairly credited for discovering the expanding universe. For nearly a century, American astronomer Edwin P. Hu ... read more

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DRAGON SPACE

China completes second space docking
China completed its second space docking on Monday, state media reported, as it moves closer towards fulfilling its ambition to set up a manned space station. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Soyuz TMA-22 manned transportation spacecraft launched towards ISS
In accordance with the mission plan of the International Space Station (ISS) and Russian commitments under this international project, a manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-22 was launched fr ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

2012: Killer Solar Flares Are a Physical Impossibility
Given a legitimate need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather - great bursts of electromagnetic energy and particles that can sometimes stream from the sun - some people worr ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

30 Doradus: The Growing Tarantula Within
The star-forming region, 30 Doradus, is one of the largest located close to the Milky Way and is found in the neighboring galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud. About 2,400 massive stars in the center ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Lutetia: a Rare Survivor from the Birth of the Earth
New observations indicate that the asteroid Lutetia is a leftover fragment of the same original material that formed the Earth, Venus and Mercury. Astronomers have combined data from ESA's Rosetta s ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

2 Types of Neutron Stars Point to 2 Types of Supernovae
Astronomers at the universities of Southampton and Oxford have found evidence that neutron stars, which are produced when massive stars explode as supernovae, actually come in two distinct varieties ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

China sets up management body for orbiting space lab
China has established an operation committee for management of the country's first space lab module, Tiangong-1, during its two-year orbit of earth. The committee will deal with operations pla ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as U.S.-South Korea joint military drill kicks off
Poland aims to offer military training to 100,000 adults a year
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EARTH OBSERVATION

NRL's MIGHTI selected by NASA for potential space flight
A Naval Research Laboratory instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a future science mission that has been selected by NASA for evaluation for flight. The NRL-develope ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Astronomers find clouds of primordial gas from the early universe
For the first time, astronomers have found pristine clouds of the primordial gas that formed in the first few minutes after the Big Bang. The composition of the gas matches theoretical predictions, ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Exploring the last white spot on Earth
Scientists will soon be exploring matter at temperatures and pressures so extreme it can only be produced for microseconds using powerful pulsed lasers. Matter in such states is present in the Earth ... more
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STATION NEWS

Russia sends astronauts back to space after mishaps
Russia on Monday successfully launched three astronauts for the International Space Station, boosting morale after accidents raised doubts about the reliability of its space programme. ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

New Study Shows Very First Stars Not Monstrous
The very first stars in our universe were not the behemoths scientists had once thought, according to new simulations performed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Astronomer ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set
NASA's Voyager 2 has successfully switched to the backup set of thrusters that controls the roll of the spacecraft. Deep Space Network personnel sent commands to the spacecraft to make the cha ... more
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STATION NEWS

New Crew Launches to Join Expedition 29
Expedition 29 crew members Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Dan Burbank are on their way to the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying the new trio launched from Ba ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Northrop Grumman Modular Space Vehicle Completes Preliminary Design Review
Northrop Grumman has completed on schedule the preliminary design review (PDR) for its modular space vehicle (MSV), allowing the program to proceed to its critical design review and closer to manufa ... more
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TECH SPACE

Russia Mars probe may fall to Earth in January: official
A Russian probe that was to visit a moon of Mars but is stuck in orbit around the Earth could burn up in the Earth's atmosphere in January, the head of the Russian space agency said Monday. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Singapore family books $1 million Virgin space flight
A Singaporean businessman, his wife and two children have paid $1 million to become the first Asian family to fly together on space-tourism airline Virgin Galactic, the company announced Monday. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Russia launches three astronauts for space station
Two Russians and an American Monday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, an AFP correspondent said. ... more
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AEROSPACE

Lockheed Martin Celebrates Opening of NextGen Technology Test Bed
Lockheed Martin , the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) and a consortium of industry partners have opened the Florida NextGen Test Bed, a laboratory ... more
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GPS NEWS

GMV Supports Successful Launch of Europe's Galileo
GMV, one of the main companies contracted to establish and support Europe's satellite navigation strategy, continues to play a key role in the most recent phase of the Galileo program. GMV successfu ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

International consensus on joint space exploration
Representatives from 28 countries, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) met in Lucca, Italy, on 10 November for the Third International Conference on Exploration and the first ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Giant planet ejected from the solar system
Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to an article recently published in The Astr ... more
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SPACEMART

Bolivia expects huge benefits from Chinese-built satellite
Bolivia expects huge benefits from the satellite "Tupac Katari", which is being built by a Chinese company and will be put into orbit at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, a government offici ... more
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MARSDAILY

Rover Continues Studies While Heading North
The seasonal plan for Opportunity is to winter over on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater where northerly tilts are favorable for solar array energy production. As such, ... more
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OPINION SPACE

Aborted Mars probe jeopardizes Russia's long-range space program
On Thursday, November 10, mission control tried unsuccessfully to communicate with the Phobos-Grunt (Phobos Ground) probe which lifted off November 8. Analysts are in no mood to exaggerate the situa ... more
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SPACEMART

Thales Alenia Space to build four more satellites for O3b constellation
Thales Alenia Space has announced that it had signed a contract with O3b Networks Limited to deliver four more satellites for their Medium Earth Orbit constellation. These satellites are in addition ... more
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SPACEMART

AsiaSat Selects Space Systems/Loral to Provide Two Communications Satellites
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the leading provider of commercial satellites, and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), Asia's leading satellite operator, has announced the signi ... more
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MARSDAILY

Contact with Russian Mars probe 'unlikely' - expert
The Phobos-Grunt unmanned spacecraft cannot be controlled at a low-Earth orbit, where it is currently stuck, because of its design features, a Russian space expert said on Saturday. The Mars p ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Air Force Opens Door to Rocket Launch Competition
The Space and Missile Systems Center here announced Nov. 7 the publication of a guide that will allow commercial launch providers to compete for future launch service opportunities. Formally c ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russia Mars probe considered lost: report
Efforts to resume contact with a Russian space mission to Mars stuck in Earth orbit after launch have failed and the probe must be considered lost, Interfax news agency reported Saturday. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

International Launch Services and Eutelsat Announce Launch of the W3D Satellite in 2013
International Launch Services (ILS) and Eutelsat, of Paris, France, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has announced a contract for the launch of the W3D satellite into geostationary tr ... more
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