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Getting to the moon on drops of fuelLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 02, 2012 The first prototype of a new, ultra-compact motor that will allow small satellites to journey beyond Earth's orbit is just making its way out of the EPFL laboratories where it was built. The goal of the micro motor: to drastically reduce the cost of space exploration. Imagine reaching the Moon using just a tenth of a liter of fuel. With their ionic motor, MicroThrust, EPFL scientists and their European partners are making this a reality and ushering in a new era of low-cost space exploration. The ... read more |
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  How Deep Must Life Hide to be Safe on Europa? Considered one of the best potential sources for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, Europa may hide life in the ocean deep beneath the moon's icy crust. Some organisms could even travel to t ... more | .. |
  Space Launch System Program Completes Step One of Combined Milestone Reviews America's next heavy-lift launch vehicle - the Space Launch System - is one step closer to its first launch in 2017, following the successful completion of the first phase of a combined set of miles ... more | .. |
  How interstellar beacons could help future astronauts find their way across the universe The use of stars, planets and stellar constellations for navigation was of fundamental importance for mankind for thousands of years. Now a group of scientists at the Max-Planck Institute for Extrat ... more | .. |
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 ISS Keeps Watch on World's Sea Traffic As the International Space Station circles Earth, it has been tracking individual ships crossing the seas beneath. An investigation hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) in its Columbus module h ... more | .. |
  A Star Explodes, Turns Inside-Out A new X-ray study of the remains of an exploded star indicates that the supernova that disrupted the massive star may have turned it inside out in the process. Using very long observations of Cassio ... more | .. |
  How the Equatorial Ridge on Saturn's Moon Iapetus Formed Saturn's moon Iapetus is one of the most unusual moons in our solar system. Perhaps the most bizarre feature of Iapetus is its equatorial ridge, a 20-km (12.4-mi) high, 200-km (124-mi) wide mountain ... more | .. |
  The MIRI Has Two Faces: Go 'Behind the Webb' (Telescope) in a New Vide A short new video takes viewers behind the scenes with the MIRI or the Mid-Infrared Instrument that will fly on-board NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. MIRI is a state-of-the-art infrared instrumen ... more |
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China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year
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 Russian Proton-M Puts Military Satellite into Orbit Russia's Space Forces launched a Proton-M carrier rocket with a Cosmos class military satellite on board on Friday, spokesman Lt. Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said. "The rocket put the Cosmos-series ... more | .. |
 ORS SpaceLoft-6 launch to test reliability, durability of payloads in suborbital voyage The SpaceLoft-6 sounding rocket will launch April 5, 2012, at Spaceport America, in Upham, N.M., with seven payloads, crucial for future Operationally Responsive Space missions, demonstrating its de ... more | .. |
  KVH Industries Opens New Testing Facility to House a One-of-a-kind Motion Simulator Committed to providing global high speed Internet, television, and voice services to mobile users at sea, on land, and in the air, KVH Industries recently opened a new testing facility that houses a ... more | .. |
 Sofia Captures Images Of The Planetary Nebula M2-9 Researchers using NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured infrared images of the last exhalations of a dying Sun-like star. The object observed by SOFIA, ... more |
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 China launches French-made communication satellite China successfully sent a French-made communication satellite, "APSTAR-7," into orbit Saturday evening, using a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the southwestern Xichang Satellite Launch C ... more | .. |
 Multi-Object Spectroscopy on Subaru Telescope Moves Forward The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS), a proposed multi-object spectrograph for a major astronomical observation program on the Subaru Telescope to address nature of dark energy, formation and evolutio ... more | .. |
 NASA Fires Up Rocket Sled Hardware at China Lake NASA recently performed a trial run on a rocket sled test fixture, powered by rockets, to replicate the forces a supersonic spacecraft would experience prior to landing. The sled tests will al ... more | .. |
 Icy Moons through Cassini's Eyes These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione were taken on March 27 and 28, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini passed Enceladus first on March 27, coming ... more |
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 Russia to Build Nuclear Space Engine by 2017 A Russian Megawatt-class nuclear propulsion system for long-range manned spacecraft must be ready by 2017, Skolkovo Foundation's Nuclear Cluster head Denis Kovalevich said on Wednesday. "At pr ... more | .. |
 Spinning stars could guide spacecraft Spacecraft may one day navigate in space by using X-ray signals from rotating pulsars as a sort of cosmic GPS, German researchers say. ... more | .. |
  'Faster than light' scientist steps down An Italian scientist who headed an experiment suggesting neutrinos traveled faster than the speed of light has resigned, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Russia offers space mission medical help Russia says it will offer its medical expertise to astronauts from partner countries on the International Space Station during post-mission rehabilitation. ... more |
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  Dusty, Acidic Glaciers Could Explain Layered Deposits on Mars Researchers from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) and NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) have proposed a new hypothesis to explain a class of enigmatic geologic features on Mars that have puzzled ... more | .. |
 Much faster than a speeding bullet, planets and stars escape the Milky Way Idan Ginsburg, a graduate student in Dartmouth's Department of Physics and Astronomy, studies some of the fastest moving objects in the cosmos. When stars and their orbiting plants wander too close ... more | .. |
 Slight Drop Of Left-Front Wheel 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. Radio Doppler trackin ... more | .. |
 Enceladus, Janus and Dione Rev 163 Raw Preview These raw, unprocessed images of Saturn's moons Enceladus, Janus and Dione were taken on March 27 and 28, 2012, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini passed Enceladus first on March 27, coming ... more |
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  Satellite And SES Continue On Their Growth Path In Europe SES report that satellite has become the leading TV infrastructure in Europe, ahead of terrestrial and cable reception. Approximately 84 million European households have satellite (Direct-to-Home, D ... more | .. |
  NASA Space Network to Begin New Design Phase For Ground Segment The Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment effort successfully completed its Key Decision Point - B review at NASA allowing the project to proceed into Phase B of its lifecycle, the Mission Defini ... more | .. |
  Robotic Refueling Mission: Fueling up in Space Satellites are designed to withstand a variety of challenges to ensure that the sensitive electronics on board can survive the effects of launch and perform for years in the harsh conditions of spac ... more | .. |
  Astrium completes in-orbit delivery of the SSOT satellite system Astrium's teams have successfully completed the in-orbit delivery of the SSOT satellite system, which launched from the European spaceport in French Guiana on 16 December 2011. In accepting de ... more |
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 Russia Awards Astrium Two Satellite Contracts Astrium has been awarded two contracts from the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) for the delivery of two telecommunication satellites Express AM4R and Express AM7. Astrium will ... more | .. |
 Swiss pioneer motor aimed at slashing satellite launch costs Swiss researchers said Thursday they have built a mini-motor which they claim could slash the costs of satellite launches by 10 times, ushering in "a new era of low-cost space exploration." ... more | .. |
  Soyuz return from ISS set for April 27 Russia's space agency Roscosmos says the Soyuz TMA-22 manned spacecraft from the International Space Station will return to Earth April 27. ... more | .. |
 SpaceX names safety panel Commercial space company SpaceX says an independent panel of former NASA astronauts and officials will oversee its efforts to develop safe human spaceflight. ... more |
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