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February 06, 2012
MOON DAILY
Manned Moon Shot Possible by 2020
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 06, 2012
A crewed mission to the moon is possible by 2020, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station on Thursday. "Today science is ripe for using the moon. I think that by 2020 a man will land on the moon," Popovkin said. He also said Russia's previously announced cosmonaut recruitment drive will focus on preparing crews for a moon mission. The competition will be open for every Russian citizen with technical or medical ed ... read more

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EXO WORLDS

Elements of ExoPlanets
Trace elements in stars may influence the evolution of habitable zones around them where life as we know it might dwell, scientists now find. Stars are made nearly entirely from hydrogen and h ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

The discovery of deceleration
Pulsars are among the most exotic celestial bodies known. They have diameters of about 20 kilometres, but at the same time roughly the mass of our sun. A sugar-cube sized piece of its ultra-compact ... more
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JOVIAN DREAMS

Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter
NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission's first trajectory correction maneuver. The maneuver took place on Feb. 1. It is the first of a d ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

NASA Spacecraft Reveals New Observations of Interstellar Matter
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has captured the best and most complete glimpse yet of what lies beyond the solar system. The new measurements give clues about how and where our solar s ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

How Do You Fight Fire in Space?
Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and getting a better understanding of fuel combustion here on Earth are the focus of a series of experiments on the International Space Station, led by a ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

IBEX spacecraft measures 'alien' particles from outside solar system
Using data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, an international team of researchers has measured neutral "alien" particles entering our solar system from interstellar space ... more
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TECH SPACE

Program Glitch Led to Russian Mars Probe Failure
A government commission has blamed Russian programmers for the recent failure of Russia's Phobos-Grunt Mars probe, the Kommersant daily said on Tuesday citing a space industry source. The comm ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Germany's Merz open to France extending nuclear deterrent
US takes rivalry with China to the high seas
Trump again casts doubt on his commitment to NATO
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Lavrov to Discuss Space, Nuclear Cooperation in Australia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss bilateral cooperation in high-tech industries, including space and nuclear power, during his one-day working visit to Australia on Tuesday. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Engine Failure Behind Meridian Satellite Crash
The crash of Russia's Meridian communication satellite late last year was caused by the destruction of one of the Soyuz-2 carrier rocket's engines, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Vladim ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Blowing Up Stars
For his discoveries about the lives and deaths of stars, the exotic physics of black holes and the origin of chemical elements, UA Regents' Professor David Arnett has been honored with the Henry Nor ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russia May Run Repeat Mission to Phobos
Russia will send another sample mission to the Martian moon Phobos if the European Space Agency (ESA) decides not to include Russia in its ExoMars program, the head of Russia's space agency said on ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Remnant of an Explosion With a Powerful Kick?
Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. In its more than twelve years of science operations, NASA's Chandra X ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

A pocket of star formation
NGC 3324 is located in the southern constellation of Carina (The Keel, part of Jason's ship the Argo) roughly 7500 light-years from Earth. It is on the northern outskirts of the chaotic environment ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Precision space maneuvers
Spacecraft must operate with utmost precision when conducting landing maneuvers on other planets, or docking to a space station. To ensure they do not drift off course, imaging sensors collect a flo ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

JILA scientists confirm first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths
Physicists at JILA have created the first "frequency comb" in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light less than 100 nanometers (nm) in wavelength. Laser-generated frequency c ... more
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Heat from the Sun Linked to Seismic Activity on Earth
Orange Africa and Eutelsat Partner to Expand Satellite Internet in Africa and the Middle East
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TECH SPACE

SciTechTalk: In the cloud we trust?
A report from Apple that 85 million people have signed up for its iCloud service is an indication a significant number of computer users are willing - even happy - to entrust their personal data, from documents to music to last summer's vacation snaps, to other digital hands. ... more
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MARSDAILY

U.K. study: Mars surface too dry for life
Life could not exist on the surface of Mars because the planet has been in a "super-drought" lasting 600 million years, British researchers say. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Capsule failure delays ISS crew mission
NASA says crew replacement on the International Space Station will be delayed following the failure of a Russian Soyuz capsule in a ground test. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Feb 13 set as new date for Europe's Vega rocket
The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday that the first launch of a long-awaited light rocket, Vega, which had been pencilled for February 9, would take place on February 13. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Armadillo rocket flys high
Following detailed analysis of the downlinked telemetry and audio/video recordings from both ground based cameras and a camera that was recovered from the rocket, Armadillo Aerospace has determined ... more
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GPS NEWS

Ariane 5 to launch Galileo constellation
Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), has signed an agreement i ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Planets Circling Around Twin Suns
In the last two decades, the study of extrasolar planets - those that lie outside our own solar system - has become one of the most important fields of astrophysics. Now a National Aeronautics ... more
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MARSDAILY

Radio Doppler Tracking Continues at Cape York
Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy
Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered. This observation provides a u ... more
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EXO WORLDS

New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby star
An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. With an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 times that of the Earth, ... more
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GPS NEWS

SSTL-OHB System consortium to build a further eight Galileo FOC satellites
European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani has announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites fo ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station
Russia may repeat the Mars-500 experiment simulating a crewed flight to the Red Planet on the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the Russian Space Federal Agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popo ... more
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GPS NEWS

Eight more Galileo navsats agreed
ESA has signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe's Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time. The signin ... more
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MARSDAILY

A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major
Amateur astronomers who on occasion observe Mars through the eyepiece of their telescopes are quite familiar with the region of Syrtis Major; when observing conditions are good, it can be easily ide ... more
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OUTER PLANETS

New Horizons Aims to Put Its Stamp on History
New Horizons' flight to explore the Pluto system in July 2015 will be a historic accomplishment for the U.S. space program, for planetary science, and indeed for all humankind. Plans for the f ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps
NASA has received the National Research Council (NRC) report "NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities," which provides the agency with findings and recommendations on where best to invest in t ... more
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