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Close-shave asteroid set to return next yearParis (AFP) March 16, 2012 An asteroid spotted by amateur astronomers only after it had skimmed the Earth will come even closer next February, but without posing a threat, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday. Around 50 metres (150 feet) long, asteroid 2012 DA14 has stoked concern about planetary preparedness against rogue rocks. It was detected on February 22 only after it had flashed by at a gap of 2.5 million kilometres (1.6 million miles), or about seven times the distance between Earth and the Moon. Nex ... read more |
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  Europe hopes to save Mars mission Member state delegations to the European Space Agency said Thursday the agency will press ahead with its 2016 and 2018 Mars missions despite funding problems. ... more | .. |
  The Arianespace "Power of Three" strategy is spotlighted at Washington's Satellite 2012 event Arianespace's new "Power of Three" theme is making its industry debut at this week's Satellite 2012 event in Washington, D.C., where the company is underscoring the synergy, availability, reliabilit ... more | .. |
  Gravitational lens reveals details of distant, ancient galaxy Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, University of Chicago scientists working with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a uniquely close-up look at the brightest gravitat ... more | .. |
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  Why do We See the Man in the Moon? There's something poetic about gazing up at the night sky, seeing the familiar face of the "Man in the Moon" who faithfully accompanies us through life. The synchronous rotation of the Moon - it tak ... more | .. |
 China's second moon orbiter outperforms design China's second moon orbiter, the Chang'e-2, has performed outstandingly, a Chinese lawmaker close to the lunar exploration project said Tuesday. Chang'e-2 has more than achieved the goals set ... more | .. |
  Russia Drafts New Space Exploration Strategy Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has submitted to the government a draft of a space exploration strategy until 2030, Kommersant business daily reported on Tuesday. The ambitious program ... more | .. |
 NASA Releases New WISE Mission Catalog of Entire Infrared Sky NASA unveiled a new atlas and catalog of the entire infrared sky today showing more than a half billion stars, galaxies and other objects captured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) m ... more |
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 The feeding habits of teenage galaxies Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 16, 2012 Astronomers have known for some time that the earliest galaxies were much smaller than the impressive spiral and elliptical galaxies that now fill the Universe. O ... more | .. |
 Astronomers Get Rare Peek at Early Stage of Star Format Using radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers have obtained a first tantalizing look at a crucial early stage in star formation. The new observations promise to help scientists understand the ear ... more | .. |
 Abell 383: Getting a Full Picture of an Elusive Subject Two teams of astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes to map the distribution of dark matter in a galaxy cluster known as Abell 383, which is located abo ... more | .. |
 Space Systems Loral Provides on Time Delivery of NASA Propulsion System Space Systems/Loral has completed on time delivery of a new propulsion system to NASA. The propulsion system for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft was delivered to NA ... more |
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  DARPA Makes Room On ISS For Programmers Students, professionals, public sought to create algorithm enabling capture of objects in space. The absence of gravity presents a significant challenge for precision robotic maneuvering and operati ... more | .. |
 Texas A and M astronomers help find distant galaxy cluster to shed light on early universe A decade ago, Houston businessman and philanthropist George P. Mitchell was so certain there were big discoveries to be made in physics and astronomy and that they should come out of Texas A and M U ... more | .. |
 Important Clue Uncovered for the Origins of a Type of Supernovae Explosion The origin of an important type of exploding stars-Type Ia supernovae-have been discovered, thanks to a research team at the University of Pittsburgh. Studying supernovae of this type helps research ... more | .. |
  Russia to build space warning system Russia says it will spend $2.1 million to create an automatic warning system to prevent collisions between spaceships, satellites and orbital debris. ... 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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  Navigation devices in market woes Personal navigating device makers are shifting strategies as they face increasing competition from increasingly capable mobile apps, U.S. analysts say. ... more | .. |
 China starts manufacturing third lunar probe China has begun designing and manufacturing the flight model entity of its third lunar probe, Chang'e-3, according to the administration of China's lunar probe project. As a key part of the se ... more | .. |
  Boeing to Build 4 Satellites for Asia Broadcast Satellite Satmex Team Boeing has been awarded a four-satellite contract, with options for four additional satellites, through a joint procurement by Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex). Financ ... more | .. |
 SpaceX Signs Launch Agreements With Asia Broadcast Satellite And Satmex Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has signed contracts with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex) for two launches aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. "This announ ... more |
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 Arianespace to launch EUTELSAT 25B and Eshail 1 satellites Eutelsat Communications and Es'hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, have selected Arianespace to launch their EUTELSAT 25B1 / Es'hail 1 satellite in the second quarter of 2013 on board an Ariane 5 ... more | .. |
  Cassini Captures New Images of Icy Moon These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's second largest moon, Rhea, were taken on March 10, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This was a relatively distant flyby with a close-approach dista ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
 Arianespace to launch Jabiru-1 satellite Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Adrian Ballintine, founder and Chief Executive Officer of NewSat Limited (NewSat), have signed the launch services contract for the Jabiru-1 s ... more |
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 Safety Requirements Shape Commercial Crew Designs NASA's plans for a new generation of commercially owned and operated spacecraft and launches involve meeting a number of goals, none higher than keeping to the agency's high standards for crew safet ... more | .. |
 Boeing Completes PDR of Commercial Crew Space Transportation Vehicle Boeing successfully completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the company's integrated Commercial Crew Space Transportation system, which includes the Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacec ... more | .. |
 Herschel's new view on giant planet formation Astronomers have used ESA's Herschel Space Observatory to observe 2M1207, a peculiar brown dwarf with its own circumstellar disc and a planetary companion five times more massive than Jupiter. These ... more | .. |
 Sea Launch to Launch the Intelsat 27 Spacecraft Sea Launch has been selected to launch the Intelsat 27 communications satellite in early 2013. Intelsat 27 will be placed into an optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) utilizing the highly-p ... more |
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 Sea Launch Selected to Launch Eutelsat's W5A Spacecraft Eutelsat has assigned the launch of its EUTELSAT 70B (ex. W5A) communications satellite to Sea Launch to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2012. The launch will occur from Sea Launch's laun ... more | .. |
 Sea Launch Signs Two Satellite Launch Contracts The Sea Launch consortium said on Monday it has signed contracts on the launch of a European and a U.S. telecoms satellites. The company is expected to launch the Eutelsat 70B communications s ... more | .. |
  Roboticists Gear Up For Horizon 2020 THE European Robotics Forum, the largest Robot industry and academia gathering in the EU, was held this year at Odense, Denmark. Delegates heard a renewed commitment to Robotic R and D from the Euro ... more | .. |
  Maritime Satellite Communications Market Tops 1.4 Billion in Revenues Euroconsult has forecast that the number of satellite communications terminals in the global maritime market will nearly double over the next decade, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% ... more |
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