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Counting down to the Transit of VenusParis, France (SPX) Mar 07, 2012 Three months before the last transit of Venus this century, scientists are gathering at the Observatoire de Paris to finalise their observation plans in a workshop supported by the Europlanet Research Infrastructure and the EGIDE/PHC Sakura Program. The transit of Venus on 5-6 June 2012 will give scientists two important opportunities for science: firstly, to use Venus as an example of a transiting exoplanet. Astronomers will use the transit to test the techniques they have developed to analyse th ... read more |
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  Galileo to spearhead extension of worldwide search and rescue service The global reach of Europe's Galileo navigation system is being harnessed to pinpoint distress calls for rapid search and rescue. A major expansion of the humanitarian system will be tested over the ... more | .. |
  Looking at the Man in the Moon Many of us see a man in the moon-a human face smiling down at us from the lunar surface. The "face," of course, is just an illusion, shaped by the dark splotches of lunar maria (smooth plains formed ... more | .. |
  Add Salt? Astronauts' Bones Say Please Don't Osteoporosis is a harsh disease that reduces the quality of life for millions and costs Europe around 25 billion euros ($31 billion) each year. It typically affects the elderly, so the rise in life ... more | .. |
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  Cassini Detects Hint of Fresh Air at Dione NASA's Cassini spacecraft has "sniffed" molecular oxygen ions around Saturn's icy moon Dione for the first time, confirming the presence of a very tenuous atmosphere. The oxygen ions are quite ... more | .. |
  Though Shuttle Retired, ISS Still Open For Business, Research Going Strong The pace of research aboard the International Space Station is accelerating, even though the space shuttles used to build it have been retired. The shuttles' huge cargo carrying capacity was needed ... more | .. |
  Flying Through a Geomagnetic Storm Glowing green and red, shimmering hypnotically across the night sky, the aurora borealis is a wonder to behold. Longtime sky watchers say it is the greatest show on Earth. It might be the grea ... more | .. |
 Lunar lander firing up for touchdown Europe's ambition of touching down at the Moon's south pole by 2018 has been boosted by recent test firings of the craft's thrusters. The robot lander will prove new techniques for sending humans to ... more |
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Macron proposes French nuclear extension, Ukraine troop deployment
China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year
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  Dear Ups and Dawns Dawn is continuing its exploits at Vesta, performing detailed studies of the colossal asteroid from its low altitude mapping orbit (LAMO). The robotic ambassador is operating extremely well on behal ... more | .. |
 ISS Plays Role in Vaccine Development Have you ever been afflicted with a case of food poisoning so awful it made you stop to wonder why no one's found a cure or sure-fire preventative for it yet? And chances are you or someone you know ... more | .. |
  Scientists see signs of ancient cosmic hit Researchers say a nearly 13,000-year-old layer of thin, dark sediment buried in the floor of a lake in central Mexico suggests a cosmic body crashed into Earth. ... more | .. |
  US robotic 'cheetah' breaks speed records The Pentagon's main research agency has created the fastest-ever land robot, named "Cheetah," which can gallop at a speed of 18 miles (29 kilometers) per hour, scientists said this week. ... more |
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  Virtual blue skies brighten the office of the future There is light at hand for those who toil away in a poorly-lit office. Scientists at the CeBIT high-tech fair have developed a system that gives the feeling of working outside under blue skies. ... more | .. |
Pole-dancing robots wow world's biggest high-tech fair Of all the weird and wacky futuristic gadgets and inventions at this year's CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair, few have turned heads like a pair of pole-dancing robots. ... more | .. |
  China hopes to send Long March-5 rocket into space in 2014 China has made key technological progress in developing Long March-5 large-thrust carrier rocket and it is hopeful that the new generation rocket will make its maiden flight in 2014, a rocket scient ... more | .. |
  O, Pioneers! (part 2): The Derelicts of Space I had been twelve when Pioneer 11 departed the Jupiter system. By the time it approached Saturn, I was just starting my final year at high school. During the bulk of my teenage years Pioneer 11 had ... more |
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Chinese Remote Sensing Constellation Expands for Global Market
BAE Systems selected to develop NOAA's next-generation space weather satellite
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 Upgraded carrier rocket ready for China's first manned space docking An upgraded carrier rocket has completed assembling and is ready for China's first manned space docking due between June and August this year, an official with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Te ... more | .. |
  Community College Scholars Selected to Design Rovers Community college students will have the chance to design robotic rovers in cooperation with NASA. Ninety-two students from schools in 24 states have been selected to travel to a NASA center, includ ... more | .. |
 Long March 7 carrier rocket to lift off in five years The Long March 7 carrier rocket, one of China's latest generation of rockets, is expected to make its first voyage within the next five years, an official with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Te ... more | .. |
 China to launch moon-landing orbiter in 2013 China's third lunar probe, Chang'e-3, is expected to be launched next year and conduct a moon landing and lunar explorations, its designer said. Different from the previous two orbiters, Chang ... more |
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 NASA Solar Study Mission Moves to Next Design Stage Two-thousand-degree temperatures, supersonic solar particles, intense radiation - all of this awaits NASA's Solar Probe Plus during an unprecedented close-up study of the sun. A team led by th ... more | .. |
 New date set for Europe's resupply mission to ISS Flight controllers have set March 23 for the launch of a European supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency told AFP on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Messenger Modifies Orbit to Prepare for Extended Mission Messenger successfully completed an orbit-correction maneuver this evening to lower its periapsis altitude - the lowest point of Messenger's orbit about Mercury relative to the planet's surface - fr ... more | .. |
  What Next for X-37B Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2012 On March 5, the X-37B robot spaceplane celebrated a birthday in orbit. This mysterious, semi-classified spacecraft is still up there, and it's not clear when it ... more |
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 Flying robots swoop and swarm as a team Tech-savvy TED-goers watched in wonder as flying robots darted through tossed hoops, worked together in swarms and even formed a band to play trademark "James Bond" film theme music. ... more | .. |
 NASA Conducts New Parachute Test for Orion On Feb. 29, NASA successfully conducted another drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital fli ... more | .. |
 Experiments going smoothly on Tiangong-1 Scientific and medical experiments being carried out onboard space lab module Tiangong-1 are seeing "good progress," according to a senior Chinese space technology expert. These experiments ar ... more | .. |
 Logistics, recycling key to China's space station China will have to test its docking, logistics and resource recycling technologies if it wants to establish a manned space station by 2020, a renowned Chinese scientist said Thursday. Qi Faren ... more |
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 A New Website Sharing ISS Benefits For Humanity When the International Space Station was first imagined, the idea was to create an unprecedented research platform to support microgravity investigations for the benefit of all humankind. That goal ... more | .. |
 No Sleep for Shenzhou 9 Mission to Tiangong 1 After enduring some confusing reportage by the Chinese media, the future of China's next astronaut mission is becoming a little clearer. It now seems certain that the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, ex ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Selects Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex To Support Future Athena Launches Lockheed Martin has chosen Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) as its dedicated West Coast launch facility for Athena rocket launches. The company's decision will enable Alaska Aerospace Corporatio ... more | .. |
  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 deb ... more |
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