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Space Mountain Produces Terrestrial MeteoritesHuntsville AL (SPX) Jan 03, 2012 When NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around giant asteroid Vesta in July, scientists fully expected the probe to reveal some surprising sights. But no one expected a 13-mile high mountain, two and a half times higher than Mount Everest, to be one of them. The existence of this towering peak could solve a longstanding mystery: How did so many pieces of Vesta end up right here on our own planet? For many years, researchers have been collecting Vesta meteorites from "fall sites" around the world ... read more |
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  NASA's Twin Grail Spacecraft Reunite in Lunar Orbit The second of NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit. Working together, GRAIL-A and ... more | .. |
  China sets up state-level aerospace research institute A research institute focusing on the development of the country's aerospace engineering technologies was jointly founded by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the China Aerospace Science and Tec ... more | .. |
  New Insight into the Bar in the Center of the Milky Way It sounds like the start of a bad joke: do you know about the bar in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy? Astronomers first recognized almost 80 years ago that the Milky Way Galaxy, around which the ... more | .. |
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 Lockheed Martin Helps Nasa Place Two Spacecraft Into Lunar Orbit Both of NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft were successfully inserted into orbit around the Earth's moon. The mission will analyze the internal structure and gr ... more | .. |
  How to See the Best Meteor Showers of the Year Whether you're watching from a downtown area or the dark countryside, here are some tips to help you enjoy these celestial shows of shooting stars. Those streaks of light are really caused by tiny s ... more | .. |
  SSTL tests TechDemoSat-1 plasma population payload Surrey Satellite Technology has completed another milestone in the UK's technology demonstration satellite TechDemoSat-1 with the successful testing of the engineering model of the first payload, a ... more | .. |
 Moon mission on the horizon Preliminary research on a "giant leap" to the moon has been included in the government's plans for the next five years, according to a white paper issued on Thursday. The white paper, China's Space ... more |
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  SSC supports simultaneous launch of Elisa, Pleiades 1A and SSOT SSC has successfully finalized its launch support to the European space industry leader Astrium and the French space agency CNES for the six satellites that were simultaneously launched 17 December ... more | .. |
 Aristarchus Spectacular! The Aristarchus plateau is one of the most geologically diverse places on the Moon: a mysterious raised flat plateau, a giant rille carved by enormous outpourings of lava, fields of explosive volcan ... more | .. |
 Getting ready for challenges of space With the successful completion of the Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace mission, China showed the world that it had accomplished a major milestone in space technology by mastering the sophisticated int ... more | .. |
  Voyager Goes Where No Human-Made Vehicle Has Gone Before No human-made object is further out in space than NASA's Voyager I, which is currently near the edge of our Solar System, more than 33 lighthours - the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in one ... more |
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 China test-launches 3D TV channel China's state broadcaster has test-launched a 3D television channel, state media said, in a bid to draw viewers and drive consumption by encouraging people to upgrade to 3D-capable sets. ... more | .. |
 Two NASA probes both in lunar orbit The second of two NASA lunar probes on a mission to study the Moon's inner core so scientists can better understand the origins of planets went into orbit Sunday as planned, the US space agency said. ... more | .. |
  Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body. ... more | .. |
  Mars Rover Opportunity Positioned at Candidate Site for Winter Opportunity is positioned at a candidate site for Mars' southern hemisphere winter. The rover is at the north end of 'Cape York' on the rim of Endeavour Crater, tilted about 15 degrees to the north ... more |
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FARMing with Data OpenET Introduces FARMS Tool to Aid Water Management
Heat from the Sun Linked to Seismic Activity on Earth
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  India unveils statue of cosmonaut Gagarin A statue of the world's first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, was unveiled Friday in Mumbai on the grounds of the Nehru Science Center, center officials said. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded Airborne Radar Contracts at Year's End Worth $320 Million Raytheon Company has booked $320 million this month in new contract awards related to its active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar programs for domestic and international customers. Wi ... more | .. |
 Orbcomm and SpaceX Improve Launch Plans for OG2 Satellites Orbcomm Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) today announced the launch schedule for Orbcomm's second generation (OG2) satellites. The updated plan includes launching the first OG2 ... more | .. |
 Minister orders Russian space agency security blitz after blogger invasion Russia's space agency Roscosmos has been given until January to rectify security at its plants or face the consequences, after a reported penetration of its rocket plant in northern Moscow. A ... more |
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 China to push forward human spaceflight projects in next five years: white paper China will push forward human spaceflight projects and make new technological breakthroughs, creating a foundation for future human spaceflight, according to a white paper titled "China's Space Acti ... more | .. |
China to launch orbiters for lunar soft landing in next five years: white paper Beijing (XNA) Dec 30, 2011 China will launch orbiters for lunar soft landing, roving and surveying to implement the second stage of lunar exploration in next five years, a white paper said Thursday ... more | .. |
 China makes rapid progress, breakthroughs in space industry: white paper A white paper published on Thursday said that China has made innovative achievements and breakthroughs in major space projects, and space technology has been upgraded remarkably. The white pap ... more |
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  Chinese Satellite Navigation System Beidou Begin Test Services China started to run its own satellite positioning system, Beidou, on Tuesday as the country climbed the global tech ladder and challenged the monopoly of the West. Beidou, or Big Dipper, the ... more | .. |
 China to launch Shenzhou-9, Shenzhou-10 spacecraft next year: spokesman China will launch the Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and achieve space rendezvous and docking missions with the orbiting Tiangong-1 vehicle in 2012, a spokesman for the China National Space A ... more | .. |
 China's satellite navigation system will meet both civil and defense needs China's homegrown Beidou Navigation Satellite System is designed to meet diversified civilian needs, said National Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun Wednesday. "As is known to all, all int ... more | .. |
  Launching the Lake Lander at Laguna Negra A team of scientists has traveled to remote Laguna Negra in the central Andes of Chile to test technologies that could one day be used to explore the lakes of Titan. The Planetary Lake Lander (PLL) ... more |
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  Gilat Awarded Internet Broadband Connectivity Contract in Colombia for Schools Gilat Satellite Networks has been awarded a new contract by the Colombian Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MINTIC) to provide broadband Internet connectivity to over 1,600 s ... more | .. |
 China lays out five-year space plans China said Thursday cleaner fuel will power its next-generation rockets, which will launch heavy cargoes into space, bringing nearer plans to build a space station and put a man on the moon. ... more | .. |
  China to get 2012 view of Venus transit Parts of eastern and central China will see a complete transit of Venus in June, an event they'll have to wait 105 years to witness again, astronomers say. ... more | .. |
 Arianespace Completes 2012 With Soyuz Launch Partner Mission For Globalstar Arianespace wrapped up another busy - and historic - 12 months of commercial launch services today by orbiting six satellites for mobile voice and data services on the ninth flight of 2011 - during ... more |
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