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March 13, 2012
SPACE TRAVEL
China needs own space laws: Official
Beijing (IANS) Mar 13, 2012
China needs its own law to protect its rights in outer space as well as regulate its domestic space activities, a top official has said. "China is among the very few countries that are active in space exercises but lack a space law," said Hu Hao, deputy commander-in-chief of the lunar exploration centre under the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry of National Defence. Hu, also a deputy to parliament, the National People's Congress, said this during the ongoing annual legislative ... read more

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SPACE MEDICINE

Space travel impacts eyes, brain
A study of astronauts' eyes and brains shows that they are affected after a long space stint. This includes flattening of the rear of the eyeball, bulging of the optic nerve and changes in the ... more
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MOON DAILY

Russia sets sights on Moon, Mars and beyond: report
Russia's crisis-hit space agency intends to send its first manned mission to the Moon and deploy research stations on Mars under an ambitious plan presented to the government this month. ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

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. The team led by ... more
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MERCURY RISING

MESSENGER Team Delivers Data from First Full Mercury Solar Day to Planetary Data System
Data collected during MESSENGER's third through sixth month in orbit around Mercury were released to the public by the Planetary Data System (PDS), an organization that archives and distributes all ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Most experienced US spacewalker retires
A NASA astronaut who spent more hours walking in space than any other American and also set a record for the longest spaceflight mission has retired to join the private sector, the US space agency said Monday. ... more
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SKY NIGHTLY

Venus, Jupiter in night sky dance
An unusual opportunity to see two of the brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, appear to be right next to each other in the night sky is peaking in the next two days, astronomers said. ... more
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DEEP IMPACT

Encounters of another kind: meteorite chunk falls on Oslo
A Norwegian family was flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be a piece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, media reported Monday. ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Macron proposes French nuclear extension, Ukraine troop deployment
China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year
Europe will struggle to plug Ukraine's US military aid gap: analysts
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TIME AND SPACE

New "pendulum" for the ytterbium clock
The faster a clock ticks, the more precise it can be. Due to the fact that lightwaves vibrate faster than microwaves, optical clocks can be more precise than the caesium atomic clocks which presentl ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia space chief hospitalised with 'head injury'
The head of Russia's state space agency, which has suffered a series of recent setbacks, has been hospitalised with a head injury, reports said Sunday. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

SciTechTalk: Rembering a space 'Pioneer'
Space probes and planetary orbiters have become so commonplace, launch of a new one, whether into our solar system or beyond, hardly causes a ripple in the public consciousness. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

ILS Announces A New Contract For The ILS Proton Launch Of The Mexsat-1 Satellite
International Launch Services (ILS) announces a new contract for launch of the MEXSAT-1 satellite on an ILS Proton for the Mexican government's Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the Sec ... more
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TECH SPACE

NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris
Faced with increasing threats of space debris, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is actively exploring ways to clean up the outer space. Donald Kessler, an astrophysi ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

DARPA chief leaving for Google job
Google on Monday confirmed that Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency chief Regina Dugan is taking a yet-to-be-revealed role at the Internet powerhouse. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Rep. Schiff Applauds Decision to Reject NASA Request to Divert Mars Funds
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, applauded the decision of Subcommittee Chairman Frank Wolf (R-VA) to reject a fiscal 2012 repr ... more
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SPACE MEDICINE

Eye problems common in astronauts: study
Brain and eye problems have surfaced in astronauts who spent more than a month in space, marking a potential setback to plans for longer deep space missions, a US study said Tuesday. ... more
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SPACEMART

Global Satellite Industry denounces UNIDROIT Protocol
The European Satellite Operators' Association (ESOA), the US Satellite Industry Association (SIA), the Space Industry Association of Australia, the Canadian Satellite and Space Industry Forum, the C ... more
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EXO LIFE

Meteorites Reveal Another Way to Make Life's Components
Creating some of life's building blocks in space may be a bit like making a sandwich - you can make them cold or hot, according to new NASA research. This evidence that there is more than one way to ... more
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TECH SPACE

Andrews Space Contracted to Deliver 100 Series Command and Data Handling System for GEO Application
Andrews Space (Andrews) has been contracted to deliver three integrated avionics suites based on its 100-Series avionics architecture for a Geosynchronous spacecraft application. The contract ... more
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EARLY EARTH

Seeing without eyes: Hydra stinging cells respond to light
In the absence of eyes, the fresh water polyp, Hydra magnipapillata, nevertheless reacts to light. They are diurnal, hunting during the day, and are known to move, looping end over end, or contract, ... more
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EXO LIFE

Hot Meets Cold at New Deep-Sea Ecosystem: "Hydrothermal Seep"
Decades ago, marine scientists made a startling discovery in the deep sea. They found environments known as hydrothermal vents, where hot water surges from the seafloor and life thrives without sunl ... more
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MISSILE NEWS

Raytheon Awarded US Army Contract to Counter Rockets
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon a $79.2 million contract to develop a system that will detect and destroy incoming rockets. The solution is called the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative (AI3). ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Lockheed Martin Completes Delivery of All Components of First THAAD Battery to US Army
Lockheed Martin has completed delivery of all hardware and components associated with the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system's first U.S. Army Battery. In December, THAA ... more
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CONSTELLATIONS

Iridium Delivers Its Smallest Voice and Data Module to Developers
Iridium Communications Inc. has announced the commercial availability of the Iridium Core 9523 transceiver. The Iridium Core 9523 further emphasizes the company's Iridium Force vision of bringing vi ... more
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VSAT NEWS

V.Ships Selects KVH mini-VSAT Broadband as Preferred Satellite Communications Service
In a move recognizing the growing demand for enhanced data applications in the commercial shipping industry, V.Ships, the world's largest independent ship manager serving a fleet of over 1,000 vesse ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

Boeing and Artel to Provide Commercial Satellite Services to US Government
Boeing has announced that Boeing Commercial Satellite Services (BCSS), a unit of Boeing Satellite Systems International, will collaborate with Artel, a global leader in information technology and ma ... more
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UAV NEWS

FAA Starts UAS Test Site Selection Process
On 7 March, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a request for public comment on the selection process for six unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test sites (comments due by 9 May), follo ... more
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MISSILE DEFENSE

Raytheon Awarded Contract for Patriot Engineering Services
Raytheon has received a $138.7 million contract to provide engineering services for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. This is the third of four annual options to the base contract awarded ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

NASA's RXTE Captures Thermonuclear Behavior of Unique Neutron Star
A neutron star is the closest thing to a black hole that astronomers can observe directly, crushing half a million times more mass than Earth into a sphere no larger than a city. In October 2010, a ... more
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TECH SPACE

Astrium wins Helios through life support contract extension
Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, has signed a through life support contract with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA Delegation generale de l'armement) to continue to be re ... more
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EXO WORLDS

Kepler Statistical Analysis Suggests Earthlike Planets Extremely Rare
Last week, the Kepler science team released its list of candidate planets based on the data collected during the mission's first sixteen months. ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Proposed nuclear clock may keep time with the Universe
A proposed new time-keeping system tied to the orbiting of a neutron around an atomic nucleus could have such unprecedented accuracy that it neither gains nor loses 1/20th of a second in 14 billion ... more
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