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Discovering the Ozone HoleGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 On Sept. 16, 1987, representatives from nations around the world drafted a landmark treaty known as the Montreal Protocol. This step marked the beginning of the international agreement to phase out substances that deplete Earth's protective ozone layer. Now, 25 years later, NASA satellites continue to provide clear snapshots of a generally stabilized Antarctic ozone hole as it cycles toward its annual maximum depth by late September or early October. The protocol is hailed as an internationa ... read more |
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  Woman takes command of ISS after crew return A woman took command of the International Space Station for only the second time Monday as three of her US and Russian colleagues made a safe return from the orbiting space lab to the Kazakh steppe. ... more | .. |
  Meteors Might Add Methane to Exoplanet Atmospheres Meteoroids slamming against the atmospheres of alien worlds could add organic gases that make them look inhabited by life even if they are not, researchers say. In recent years, astronomers have det ... more | .. |
  The most stable laser in the world A laser with a frequency stability so far unequalled: This is the result of a research cooperation of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) within the scope of the Excellence Cluster QUEST ... more | .. |
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  Boeing Establishes Configuration of Commercial Crew Transportation Boeing and NASA recently established the firm baseline configuration for the company's Commercial Crew Transportation System, achieving the first performance milestone in NASA's Commercial Crew inte ... more | .. |
 European industry develops space safety radar ESA will boost European industrial expertise by developing a new radar as part of the Agency's Space Situational Awareness programme. The radar will test future debris monitoring techniques, helping ... more | .. |
  ITT Exelis announces new capability in GPS interference, detection and geolocation ITT Exelis has announced a significant development in the field of GPS technology. To be known as the Exelis GPS Interference, Detection and Geolocation (IDG), it will provide near real-time geoloca ... more | .. |
  Stars "Missing In Action" Now Counted Almost one in five exploding stars in nearby galaxies is simply not seen, astronomers have determined. For galaxies further out, that fraction doubles. This finding clears the way for these stellar ... more |
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Rubio says NATO not 'in jeopardy' after Merz urges independence
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  Space formula of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 155 years ago, on September 17, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics, was born in the Russian province. One of his famous sayings goes: "Earth is the crad ... more | .. |
 ISS Crew Enjoys Light Duty Day The Expedition 33 crew aboard the International Space Station began its week with a light-duty day Monday after the departure Sunday of three Expedition 32 crew members. The Soyuz TMA-04M carr ... more | .. |
 ISS Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan A Soyuz reentry capsule with three members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew landed safely in Kazakhstan at 06:53 Moscow Time [0253 GMT], a spokesman for the Mission Control Center in th ... more | .. |
  Opportunity Begins Examining Clay Minerals Opportunity has begun the in-situ (contact) science campaign at a putative location of clay minerals at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Earlier, Opportunity had d ... more |
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  Spacetime ripples from dying black holes could help reveal how they formed Researchers from Cardiff University have discovered a new property of black holes: their dying tones could reveal the cosmic crash that produced them. Black holes are regions of space where gravity ... more | .. |
 World's most powerful digital camera opens eye, records first images in hunt for dark energy Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. That ancient starlight has now found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the newly-constructed Da ... more | .. |
  Vandenberg's Fifth Atlas V lifts off Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 here Sept. 13 at 2:39 p.m. It was the fifth Atlas V processed at Vandenberg and the 606th Atlas mission i ... more | .. |
  Basic solar system measure redefined Astronomers meeting in Beijing say they've agreed on a new definition of the fundamental unit of distance between objects in the solar system. ... more |
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Proposed 'weather control' bans surge across US states
Trump eyes 65% staff cut at US environmental agency
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 Russian rocket sends European weather satellite into orbit The European meteorological satellite Metop-B was put into orbit Monday by a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the space agency Roskosmos said. ... more | .. |
 India to launch Mars mission in 2013: official India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars in November 2013, a senior official from the country's space research establishment said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Weather woes delay space shuttle Endeavour's transfer Bad weather is delaying the transfer of the shuttle Endeavour from Florida to California where it will be put on show, the US space agency said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Squyres Warns Congress of Threats to Mars Program Prof. Steve Squyres '78 Ph.D. '81, astronomy, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that U.S. space exploration programs risk significant delays and setbacks because they are severely underfunded. De ... more |
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  Curious About Life: Interview with Chris McKay In this interview, Chris McKay describes how he'll use two of Curiosity Rover's instruments: he'll help determine what ChemCam should focus its laser on, and then compare the organic analysis by the ... more | .. |
 Europe's ATV-3 Spacecraft to Readjust Space Station's Orbit Engines of the European Space Agency's ATV-3 spacecraft will be switched on to readjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) on early Friday, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Contro ... more | .. |
 NASA Offers Opportunity to Use Communications Testbed on Space Station NASA is announcing opportunities for academia, industry and government agencies to develop and carry out research and technology demonstrations on the International Space Station using the newly ins ... more | .. |
 NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Reveals Geological Mystery NASA's long-lived rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers. Spherical objects concentrated at an outcrop Opportunity reached last week differ in se ... more |
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 Crew Members Prepare for Departure Aboard the International Space Station Friday, Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka spent time packing items into the Soyuz TMA-04M for return to Earth. Padalka and Flight Engineers Sergei Revin ... more | .. |
  Yes, the James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors 'Can' The powerful primary mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope will be able to detect the light from distant galaxies. The manufacturer of those mirrors, Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. of Bou ... more | .. |
  MESSENGER Data from Second Full Mercury Solar Day in Orbit Released by Planetary Data System MESSENGER Data from Second Full Mercury Solar Day in Orbit Released by Planetary Data System Late last week, the Planetary Data System (PDS) released data collected during MESSENGER's seventh ... more | .. |
 Japanese Freighter Undocks From Space Station A Japanese cargo freighter undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, successfully ending its resupply mission, a spokesman for Russian Mission Control said. Kounotori 3 ... more |
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  Remains of astronaut legend Neil Armstrong buried at sea The cremated remains of legendary American astronaut Neil Armstrong were scattered at sea Friday, in a ceremony aboard a US aircraft carrier paying final tribute to the first man to set foot on the moon, NASA said. ... more | .. |
 European industry develops space safety radar ESA will boost European industrial expertise by developing a new radar as part of the Agency's Space Situational Awareness programme. The radar will test future debris monitoring techniques, helping ... more | .. |
 XCOR Announces FiberDyne as Lynx Mark I Wing Strake Manufacturer XCOR Aerospace has announced that the Lynx Mark I suborbital reusable launch vehicle (RLV) wing strake assemblies will be manufactured by FiberDyne Advanced Composites of Tukwila, Washington. ... more | .. |
 Two 'hot Jupiters' found in star cluster: NASA US scientists have for the first time found proof that planets can form and survive around sun-like stars within dense star clusters, NASA said Friday. ... more |
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