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September 13, 2012
EXO WORLDS
Planets Can Form in the Galactic Center
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 13, 2012
At first glance, the center of the Milky Way seems like a very inhospitable place to try to form a planet. Stars crowd each other as they whiz through space like cars on a rush-hour freeway. Supernova explosions blast out shock waves and bathe the region in intense radiation. Powerful gravitational forces from a supermassive black hole twist and warp the fabric of space itself. Yet new research by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows that planets still can form in t ... read more

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MARSDAILY

Mars rover Curiosity working 'flawlessly': NASA
NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars more than a month ago, appears to be working "flawlessly" as it prepares to continue its two-year exploration of the Red Planet, the US space agency said Wednesday. ... more
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TECH SPACE

System will seek orbiting space debris
The European Space Agency says it will help develop a radar system to test space debris monitoring to help European satellite operators avoid orbiting hazards. ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Was Kepler's Supernova Unusually Powerful?
In 1604, a new star appeared in the night sky that was much brighter than Jupiter and dimmed over several weeks. This event was witnessed by sky watchers including the famous astronomer Johannes Kep ... more
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MARSDAILY

Next Mars Mission Enters Final Phase Before Launch
NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission has passed a critical milestone, Key Decision Point-D or KDP-D. The project is officially authorized to transition into the next phase o ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

A Canopy of Confidence: Orion's Parachutes
They were perhaps some of the most visible images of the end of each Apollo mission: Giant orange and white parachutes unfurled high above the spacecraft, gently descending toward the ocean. As NASA ... more
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EXO LIFE

Curious about Life: Interview with Danny Glavin
The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Mars Rover Curiosity's Arm Wields Camera Well
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity stepped through activities on Sept. 7, 8 and 9 designed to check and characterize precision movements by the rover's robotic arm and use of tools on the arm. The activiti ... more
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Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Rubio says NATO not 'in jeopardy' after Merz urges independence
DOGE could do more harm than good at Department of Defense
Iran significantly increased stocks of highly enriched uranium: IAEA
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ROCKET SCIENCE

India completes ton of space missions
The Indian space odyssey crossed a milestone on Sunday, as the fully-indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) here, 100 km north of ... more
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TECH SPACE

HYLAS 2 Communications Satellite Completes In-Orbit Testing
Orbital Sciences has announced that the HYLAS 2 high-throughput broadband satellite has completed its in-orbit testing and operational control has been turned over to the customer, Avanti Communicat ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

SES signs three satellite launches with SpaceX
Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES said on Wednesday it had signed up to launch three more satellites with the privately-owned SpaceX company. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Japanese robot to sit top-ranked university exam
Japanese researchers are working on a robot they hope will be smart enough to ace entrance exams at the nation's top university, which test everything from maths to foreign languages. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

NASA's 'Mighty Eagle' Robotic Prototype Lander Aces Major Exam
Completing this round of flight test objectives, the "Mighty Eagle," a NASA robotic prototype lander, flew to an altitude of 100 feet and descended gently to a controlled landing during a successful ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Vesta in Dawn's Rear View Mirror
NASA's Dawn mission is releasing two parting views of the giant asteroid Vesta, using images that were among the last taken by the spacecraft as it departed its companion for the last year. Th ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Observations Point to 'Dry Ice' Snowfall on Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data have given scientists the clearest evidence yet of carbon-dioxide snowfalls on Mars. This reveals the only known example of carbon-dioxide snow falling anywhe ... more
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MOON DAILY

Chandrayaan II may be delayed, says ISRO Chief
India's quest for the moon, by the name of "Chandrayaan II," planned for 2013-14, may be delayed. Indicating this at a news conference organised after the successful launch of "PSLV-C21", the 100th ... more
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Proposed 'weather control' bans surge across US states
Trump eyes 65% staff cut at US environmental agency
Britons advised to cut meat, air travel to reach net zero targets
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ROCKET SCIENCE

A false case that delayed India's cryogenic project
In the early 1990s, S. Nambi Narayanan was working to develop cryogenic technology when things went for a toss and he was arrested on false espionage charges, which according to him was an "internat ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Roscosmos Space Agency Recalls Briz-M Upper Stage Batch
The Russian space agency Roscosmos will recall the entire batch of Briz-M upper stages, one of which caused the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket to fail in August, the agency's chief Vladimir Pop ... more
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MARSDAILY

Lockheed Martin Begins Final Assembly of NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft
Lockheed Martin has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. MAVEN is scheduled to launch in November 2013 an ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Notre Dame astrophysicists publish new approach to cosmic lithium in the early universe
J. Christopher Howk, Nicolas Lehner and Grant Mathews of the Center for Astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame published a paper this week in the journal Nature titled "Observation of interste ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

ATK and United Launch Alliance Test GEM-60 Motor
ATK and United Launch Alliance (ULA) conducted a successful cold-temperature ground test of a Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM-60) solid rocket motor used to boost ULA's Delta IV launch vehicles. The ... more
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SPACEMART

New Insurance Underwriting Agency for Space Risks
Assure Space, a new space insurance agency for satellite risks, is excited to partner with Auster Capital Partners ("ACP") and Space Florida for the provision of launch and in-orbit insurance to sat ... more
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STATION NEWS

Luca Parmitano flying high
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is set to fly to the International Space Station in 2013, and his mission came a step a closer with the unveiling of his mission name and mission patch. Luca will spend ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

Hubble Watching Ancient Orbs
This sparkling picture taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the center of globular cluster M 4. The power of Hubble has resolved the cluster into a multitude of glowing orbs, each a co ... more
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SES and Red Bee Media introduce industry leading remote recording service
SES and Red Bee Media have unveiled an industry leading remote recording service for satellite reception devices. SatRecord is a new satellite-based TV remote recording service which will provide co ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

S. Korea to make third rocket launch bid in October
South Korea will make its third attempt next month to put a satellite in space, the science ministry said Tuesday, as it bids to join an exclusive club of Asian nations with space-launch capability. ... more
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MARSDAILY

Early Mars may not have been hospitable after all: study
Instead of a warm, wet and possibly life-bearing planet as some scientists contend, early Mars may have been a hostile and volatile place with frequent volcanic outbursts, a study said Sunday. ... more
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MOON DAILY

Russian deputy PM proposes Moon station
A top Russian official on Tuesday proposed setting up a space station on the Moon to revive Moscow's struggling space programme, a day after the prime minister ripped into its failures. ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Arianespace concurrently manages six missions with Ariane 5 and Soyuz
Arianespace is managing concurrent activities for six different upcoming missions, underscoring the company's capability to accommodate a diverse range of payloads for customers worldwide, and marki ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia Denies 'Systemic Crisis' in Space Industry
Russia's space industry is not in crisis despite some local problems, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. "There is no systemic crisis in the Russian space industry; we have problem ... more
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MARSDAILY

India: From Ferrying Rockets on Cycles to Eyeing Mars
From the days of having a church as control room, the bishop's house as office, a bicycle as ferry, naked eyes to track the smoke plume at Thumba in Kerala, converting a toilet into a satellite data ... more
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TIME AND SPACE

The quantum world only partially melts
Every day we observe systems thermalizing: Ice cubes in a pot of hot water will melt and will never remain stable. The molecules of the ice and the molecules of the water will reach thermal equilibr ... more
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