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Fear Not A Supernova 2012Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 19, 2011 Given the incredible amounts of energy in a supernova explosion - as much as the Sun creates during its entire lifetime - another erroneous doomsday theory is that such an explosion could happen in 2012 and harm life on Earth. However, given the vastness of space and the long times between supernovae, astronomers can say with certainty that there is no threatening star close enough to hurt Earth. Astronomers estimate that, on average, about one or two supernovae explode each century in our g ... read more |
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  Arianespace Completes 2011 Launch Manifest With Successful Soyuz Campaign Arianespace confirmed Soyuz' mission flexibility in operations from the Spaceport with tonight's successful launch that placed six satellite passengers into Sun-synchronous orbit. Departing pr ... more | .. |
 Vega moves closer to its first liftoff The integration of Vega's first, second and third stages is now complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The new rocket is moving full speed ahead towards its maiden flight at the end of Jan ... more | .. |
  Africa pitches new promised land for astronomers Africa, the birthplace of the human species, has long been a magnet for archaeologists. ... more | .. |
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  China celebrates success of space docking mission China held a rally on Friday to celebrate the success of the country's first space docking mission between the target orbiter Tiangong-1 and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft. President Hu Jintao, als ... more | .. |
  NASA Reaffirms Agency Scientific Integrity Policy NASA has reaffirmed its commitment to science with the release of a new framework on scientific integrity. The framework summarizes the agency's policies and practices that strengthen and uphold sci ... more | .. |
  NASA Takes Next Step In Developing Commercial Crew Program NASA has announced a modified competitive procurement strategy to keep on track the agency's plan to have U.S. companies transport American astronauts into space instead of outsourcing this work to ... more | .. |
 Industry Leaders Discuss New Booster Development for Space Launch System On Dec. 15, more than 120 aerospace industry leaders from more than 70 companies attended the Space Launch System's Advanced Booster Industry Day held at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ... more |
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  Meteorite Shock Waves Trigger Dust Avalanches on Mars When a meteorite careens toward the dusty surface of the Red Planet, it kicks up dust and can cause avalanching even before the rock from outer space hits the ground, a research team led by an under ... more | .. |
  Comet Lovejoy Plunges into the Sun and Survives This morning, an armada of spacecraft witnessed something that many experts thought impossible. Comet Lovejoy flew through the hot atmosphere of the sun and emerged intact. "It's absolutely as ... more | .. |
 Acra Control Proven in Low Earth Orbit Acra Control is proud to support Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) as they work to become the first commercial company in history to berth with the International Space Station (ISS). In ... more | .. |
 Opportunity at One of its Two Winter Spots Opportunity is positioned at one of the candidate sites for winter, on the north end of "Cape York" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. There are two candidate sites for winter havens that indicate suff ... more |
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 Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions. The microbes tolerate tem ... more | .. |
Tiangong-1 orbiter starts planned cabin checks against toxic gas The Chinese prototype space lab Tiangong-1 on Thursday started regular checks for toxic gas inside the cabin to better prepare for the country's future manned space docking mission. The Tiango ... more | .. |
 Hubble Images Help Pin Down ID of Supernova Companion In August, as amateurs and professionals alike turned their telescopes on the nearest Type Ia supernova discovered in decades, University of California, Berkeley, research astronomer Weidong Li focu ... more | .. |
  AsiaSat and THAICOM Sign Cooperation Agreement Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Thaicom Public Company Limited (THAICOM), have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement to provide satellite services from the ... more |
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Scientists establish link between Earth's orbital shifts and ice age cycles
Study reveals how rising temperatures could lead to population crashes
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 NASA to change private spacecraft plans NASA says planned changes in the next stage of a program to develop privately operated U.S. spacecraft will give it more flexibility amid funding uncertainties. ... more | .. |
 Soyuz is cleared for its second Arianespace launch from the Spaceport Arianespace's no. 2 Soyuz mission from French Guiana has been given the launch go-ahead, moving preparations into their final phase for a nighttime liftoff tomorrow with six satellite passengers. ... more | .. |
 NASA Announces: Dragon To The Space Station December 8 2011, marked the one year anniversary of Dragon's first Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight. The flight made history as SpaceX became the only commercia ... more | .. |
 MARSIS Completes Measurement Campaign Over Martian North Pole The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on board Mars Express has recently completed a subsurface sounding campaign over the planet's North Pole. The campa ... more |
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 NASA Concludes 2011 Testing of J-2X Engine NASA conducted its final J-2X rocket engine test of the year Dec. 14, the 10th firing in a series of tests on the new upper-stage engine that will carry humans farther into space than ever before. ... more | .. |
 Is there profit in outer space Inside an immaculate but otherwise nondescript industrial building just outside the Beltway in suburban Virginia, half a dozen engineers and technicians, wearing lab coats, shoe covers, and hairnets ... more | .. |
  A black hole's dinner is fast approaching During a 20-year programme using ESO telescopes to monitor the movement of stars around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy, a team of astronomers led by Reinhard Genzel at the M ... more | .. |
 Early Black Holes Grew Big Eating Cold, Fast Food Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Bruce and Astrid McWilliams Center for Cosmology have discovered what caused the rapid growth of early supermassive black holes - a steady diet of cold, f ... more |
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 Using many instruments to track a comet In 16 years of data observations, the Solar Heliophysics Observatory (SOHO) - a joint European Space Agency and NASA mission - made an unexpected claim for fame: the sighting of new comets at an ala ... more | .. |
  Gilat Selected by JSC NC Kazsatnet for High Speed Data Connectivity Gilat has been selected by JSC NC 'Kazsatnet', a Republic of Kazakhstan telecommunications company, to deploy a SkyEdge II broadband satellite network to complement its fiber and IP networks. ... more | .. |
 Arianespace Signs First launch contracts for Vega With preparations under way for the first launch of Europe's new light launcher Vega from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, Arianespace has signed its first commercial launch Service and Sol ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Announces Commercial Availability of High Speed Guard Raytheon's High Speed Guard cross domain technology is now commercially available as an off-the-shelf product. High Speed Guard, previously offered as a service, has been on the U.S. Department of D ... more |
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 e2v to supply gigapixel camera system for Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory e2v has signed a multi-million dollar contract for a 2 year programme to supply the complete camera system for the Javalambre Physics-of-the-Accelerating-Universe Astrophysical Survey (J-PAS) projec ... more | .. |
 Russia space agency 'bans foreign travel' They may be working to reach the final frontier, but employees of Russian space agency Roscosmos face going no further than Russia for their holidays. ... more | .. |
 SES Further Increases Its Sales Focus On Emerging Markets SES has announced that it further increases the focus on emerging and growth markets and introduces four global sales regions with a dedicated management leading the strong SES teams in each region. ... more | .. |
  USAF and Lockheed Martin Agree on Satellite Command and Control Research Project Lockheed Martin has signed a three-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force's Space Development and Test Directorate and Air Force Research Laboratory to i ... more |
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