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Asteroid 2011 AG5 - A Reality CheckPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2012 Asteroid 2011 AG5 has been receiving a lot of attention lately because of a very unlikely scenario which would place it on an Earth-interception course 28 years from now. Here is a scientific reality check of this relatively nondescript space rock which is currently ranked a "1" on the 1 to 10 Torino Impact Hazard Scale As of Feb. 26, 2012, asteroid 2011 AG5 is one of 8,744 near-Earth objects that have been discovered. It is approximately 460 feet (140 meters) in size and its orbit carries it as f ... read more |
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  A bad day on Venus gets even worse Contrary to its alluring name, Venus is the planet from hell, with an atmosphere so hot, toxic and heavy that any visitor would risk being simultaneously melted, suffocated and crushed. ... more | .. |
  Camera on NASA Mars Odyssey Tops Decade of Discovery Ten years ago, on Feb. 19, 2002, the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), a multi-band camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, began scientific operations at the Red Planet. Since then the camer ... more | .. |
 Proposed Mars Mission Has New Name A proposed Discovery mission concept led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to investigate the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets by studying the deep interior of Mar ... more | .. |
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  LightSquared Undertakes Search for New CEO LightSquared has announced that Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned his position as chief executive officer. He will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Doug Smith, currently chief network officer, an ... more | .. |
 NASA Official Announces Chair of New Mars Program Planning Group NASA's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, John Grunsfeld, has named former veteran NASA program manager Orlando Figueroa to lead a newly established Mars Program Planning G ... more | .. |
  SwRI and XCOR agree to pioneering research test flight missions Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has reached an agreement with XCOR Aerospace, Inc. to conduct pioneering suborbital space missions with Institute payload specialist astronauts flying aboard one ... more | .. |
  BepiColombo Mercury mission to be launched in 2015 BepiColombo, an ESA mission to the planet Mercury in collaboration with the Japanese space agency, JAXA, is now planned for launch in a window opening in August 2015. While ESA had previously ... more |
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  Scientists Shed Light On Lunar Impact History A team of researchers from the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have discovered that debris that caused a "lunar cataclysm" on the moon 4 bi ... more | .. |
 Antarctic salty soil sucks water out of atmosphere: Could it happen on Mars? The frigid McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica are a cold, polar desert, yet the sandy soils there are frequently dotted with moist patches in the spring despite a lack of snowmelt and no possibility ... more | .. |
 Rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range On Saturday, Feb. 18 at 8:41 p.m. Alaska time, scientists launched a NASA sounding rocket from Poker Flat Research Range into a brilliant aurora display. The rocket mission, designed to gather infor ... more | .. |
 Surface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking ta ... more |
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  Space department denies information to ex-ISRO chief The Department of Space (DoS) has declined to provide key documents sought by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair to know the basis on which the government debarred him and three other retired space scientists in January from holding official posts. ... more | .. |
  IBM takes giant step to faster, quantum computers IBM researchers have taken a leap in computing by using quantum mechanics to harness the power of atoms and molecules, a move likely to lead to vast increases in speed and security of computers and other devices. ... more | .. |
  TED titans see through eyes of young innovators Titans of Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and finance gazed through the eyes of young innovators as the renowned TED conference formally got under way on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  XCOR Aerospace Closes $5 Million Round of Investment Capital XCOR Aerospace reports that it recently closed a $5 million round of equity funding. The round, combined with cash on hand plus anticipated and existing contracts should fund the company through pro ... more |
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 Galileo on the ground reaches some of Earth's loneliest places A worldwide chain of Galileo ground stations on some of the remotest sites on Earth is nearing completion ahead of this year's launch of two more satellites. Engineers spent a hectic Christmas ... more | .. |
  Final Optical Components on James Webb Telescope Complete Integration And Begin Test Series The auxiliary mirrors that focus the light from the primary mirror into the science instruments on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have been integrated into the aft-optics subsystem (AOS) by North ... more | .. |
  Dual - Mode Space Activities In recent years there has been a good deal of discussion about commercialization of space and the involvement of NASA in the process. In fact, NASA has been supporting companies that are build ... more | .. |
  ISRO bets on satellite navigation for aviation services The Indian space agency Thursday stressed on the use of satellite-based navigation signals to provide real-time and efficient aviation services in the country. "We have identified satellite na ... more |
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  XMM-Newton measures the power of black-hole driven outflows in galaxies Astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray Observatory have discovered that ultra-fast outflows are quite common in active galaxies. About 40 per cent of the sources in their sample show outflows that ... more | .. |
 Ultra-fast Outflows Help Monster Black Holes Shape Their Galaxies A curious correlation between the mass of a galaxy's central black hole and the velocity of stars in a vast, roughly spherical structure known as its bulge has puzzled astronomers for years. An inte ... more | .. |
 Global Satellite Industry reiterates opposition to UNIDROIT Space Assets Protocol The global satellite industry has repeated its grave concerns over the proposed UNIDROIT Space Assets Protocol. As delegates of UNIDROIT and its member states convene on February 27 in Berlin, ... more | .. |
  Mysterious electron acceleration explained A mysterious phenomenon detected by space probes has finally been explained, thanks to a massive computer simulation that was able to precisely align with details of spacecraft observations. The fin ... more |
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 Chinese province school buses to have GPS All school buses in China's Gansu province will have satellite-based tracking system installed in them by the end of this year, authorities said. The move comes following an accident last year ... more | .. |
 Scientists say big asteroid bears watching Scientists at a United Nations meeting in Vienna say they're keeping a close eye on a large asteroid that may pose an impact threat to Earth in a few decades. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon's US Air Force Satellite Terminal Achieves Two Critical Milestones Raytheon's U.S. Air Force satellite terminal system that provides protected communications to warfighters has received a successful Milestone C decision and subsequent production award. The Mi ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Delivers Second AEHF Satellite To U.S. Air Force For Upcoming Launch Lockheed Martin has has delivered the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be readied for an Apr ... more |
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 Scientist resigns over blacklisting of ISRO stalwarts Eminent scientist Roddam Narasimha, the seniormost member of the Space Commission, has resigned to protest the blacklisting of former Indian space agency chairman G. Madhavan Nair and three others i ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5 readied for dual-satellite launch fpr Asia-Pacific telco The second Ariane 5 for launch in 2012 by Arianespace has completed its initial assembly at the Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a preparation milestone for this dual-payload mission to orbit a p ... more | .. |
XCOR Announces New Lynx Vehicle Payload Integrators At the Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) 2012 in Palo Alto, California, XCOR Aerospace announced that EMXYS of Spain, Texas A and M's Space Engineering Research Center, and th ... more | .. |
 Ex-ISRO chief seeks fresh probe into Devas deal Blaming the space department for misleading the government and the Space Commission on the spectrum deal, former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman G. Madhavan Nair Sunday sought a f ... more |
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