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June 09, 2012
DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou 9 Ready For Manned Mission To Tiangong-1
London, UK (SPX) May 21, 2012
With the June 9 rollout of the Long March launch vehicle from its assembly building, Shenzhou 9 has taken a major step towards orbit. The Shenzhou launch campaign has settled into a routine where the launcher spends 5-7 days on the launch pad before lift-off. As such Shenzhou 9 is going nowhere until Jun 14 at the earliest. China will only launch when everything, including the weather, is checked out and passed fit for flight. Chinese space officials are saying only that launch will occur "m ... read more

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DRAGON SPACE

China to launch manned spacecraft this month
China will launch a spacecraft this month to conduct its first manned space docking, state media said Saturday, the latest step in a plan aimed at giving the country a permanent space station by 2020. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Study: Vacations are going digital
Packing smartphones, tablets and laptops is as much a part of vacations these days as remembering the sunscreen, a Michigan State University study found. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

US scientists host 'bake sale for NASA'
Could some really great cupcakes be enough to send Americans back to the Moon? ... more
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MARSDAILY

Rocket Sled Tests Are Technology Pathway to Safely Land Humans, Habitats and Cargo on Mars
Traveling 300 million miles through deep space to reach the planet Mars is difficult; successfully landing there is even harder. The process of entering the Red Planet's atmosphere and slowing down ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Rogozin Talks Up New Spaceport Plan
State investment in the creation of a cosmodrome in the Amur Region is comparable in scale to the first Soviet long-term plan for the electrification of Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

Physicists close in on a rare particle-decay process
In the biggest result of its kind in more than ten years, physicists have made the most sensitive measurements yet in a decades-long hunt for a hypothetical and rare process involving the radioactiv ... more
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STATION NEWS

Strange Geometry - Yes, It's All About the Math
Moving liquids without gravity aboard the International Space Station can be tricky - if there's no "down" then water won't flow downhill. Capillary Flow Experiments-2, or CFE-2, a physical science ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Pentagon orders Russian cyber offensive 'stand down'
European leaders back Zelensky in London summit after heated Trump meeting
German govt hopefuls planning billions for defence spending: report
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TECH SPACE

Smooth moves: how space animates Hollywood
If you've been to see Wrath of the Titans, then you've watched it in action. A computer programmer is using software he developed to control spacecraft to help animators make more realistic computer ... more
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SPACEMART

Russia, EADS to Build Space Plant by 2015
Russia's Energia space rocket corporation and Astrium, an aerospace subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS), will build a joint venture in Russia in about two years, E ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

NASA's Spitzer Finds First Objects Burned Furiously
The faint, lumpy glow given off by the very first objects in the universe may have been detected with the best precision yet, using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. These faint objects might be wildl ... more
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SPACEWAR

First SBIRS Satellite Exceeding Performance Expectations After One Year on Orbit
The first Lockheed Martin (LMT)-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite, launched on May 7, 2011, is exceeding performance expectations and is on schedule to achie ... more
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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

India Plans To Launch First Military Satellite
Indian forces are ready to launch the nation's first military satellite, the Times of India reported on Monday. The satellite is designed for naval intelligence and communications, according t ... more
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UAV NEWS

Boeing Phantom Eye Completes First Autonomous Flight
Boeing's Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system (UAS) completed its first autonomous flight June 1 at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The 28-minute flight began ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

XCOR Appoints Space Expedition Corp As General Sales Agent For Space Tourism Flights
With the Tom Sachs space-themed art exhibit, "Space Program: Mars" as a backdrop, XCOR Aerospace named Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) as the new General Sales Agent (GSA) for the XCOR owned Lynx ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Milky Way Cupcakes: A Savior for NASA's Non-manned Missions?
Can Milky Way cupcakes, Saturn cake and chocolate chip Opportunity cookies prevent potentially deep cuts to NASA's space exploration budget? With a possible $300 million cut to planetary scien ... more
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Beyond the burn: Harvesting dead wood to reduce wildfires and store carbon
Helium Found in Earth's Core Suggests New Insights into Planetary Formation
Rescue efforts enter third day at India avalanche site
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MARSDAILY

Mars crater shows evidence for climate evolution
ESA's Mars Express has provided images of a remarkable crater on Mars that may show evidence that the planet underwent significant periodic fluctuations in its climate due to changes in its rotation ... more
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JOVIAN DREAMS

UBC Researchers Help Unveil Jupiter's Smallest Known Moon
At a measly 2 kilometres in diameter, the smallest of two moons recently discovered orbiting Jupiter may be the giant planet's smallest known satellite. In September of 2010, two previously unknown ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

CU-Boulder students to help NASA develop plant food production for deep space
University of Colorado Boulder students and faculty have been selected to develop a remotely operable, robotic garden to support future astronauts in deep space. The project is one of five universit ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn Mission Video Shows Vesta's Coat of Many Colors
A new video from NASA's Dawn mission reveals the dappled, variegated surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. The animation drapes high-resolution false color images over a 3-D model of the Vesta terrai ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

Origin of particle acceleration in cusps of Earth's magnetosphere uncovered
While flying through one of the cusps in Earth's magnetic field, the four spacecraft of ESA's Cluster mission have sampled the population of highly energetic particles that often fill these 'cavitie ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

James Webb Space Telescope's Mirrors Get 'Shrouded'
Earlier this year, NASA completed deep-freeze tests on the James Webb Space Telescope mirrors in a "shroud" at the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility (XRCF) at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ... more
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DEEP IMPACT

Hazardous Near Earth Objects - Communicating the Risk
To deal with potentially hazardous Near Earth Objects (NEOs) that could strike the Earth, there is need to establish an effective international communications strategy - but doing so is a daunting t ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Another Ariane 5 begins its initial build-up at the Spaceport
The fourth Ariane 5 for launch by Arianespace in 2012 is beginning to take shape with the assembly start-up of this heavy-lift vehicle at the Spaceport in French Guiana, which will orbit a dual-pass ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

The delicate balance of star formation in the Carina Nebula
A new image from ESA's Herschel Space Observatory reveals the glowing clouds of gas and dust in the Carina Nebula complex, one of the most massive stellar nurseries in the Milky Way. The image provi ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

UI's Scudder makes first observations of process linked to northern lights
A University of Iowa researcher wants you to visualize a plate of spaghetti when you think of the northern lights. That's because Jack Scudder, UI professor of physics and astronomy, and his colleag ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Arizona State University astronomers discover faintest distant galaxy
Astronomers at Arizona State University have found an exceptionally distant galaxy, ranked among the top 10 most distant objects currently known in space. Light from the recently detected galaxy lef ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Cosmic calculations help better understand stellar chemistry
A University of Delaware-led research team reports an advance in the June 1 issue of Science that may help astrophysicists more accurately analyze the vast molecular clouds of gas and dust where sta ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

UNH to Analyze "Bellwether" Solar Event Data from European Satellite
When the sun launched a moderate, or M-class, solar flare May 17, 2012, it was still one of the largest eruptions seen since late January when our star began to rouse from an anomalously long quiet ... more
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GPS NEWS

Boeing, Raytheon and Harris to Pursue GPS Control Segment Sustainment Contract
Boeing, Raytheon and Harris Corporation will work together to pursue future development and sustainment work on the Air Force GPS Control Segment Sustainment (GCSS) contract. The control segment is ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION

Taking action for GMES
Representatives from the areas of economy, health, energy, agriculture, climate change, disaster management and key decision makers gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week to show their support f ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

China calls for inclusive development of outer space
China advocates peaceful use of outer space and will strive for inclusive development of outer space, a senior Chinese diplomat said here Wednesday. The notion of achieving the inclusive development ... more
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