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November 20, 2012

Supersonic Decelerator Project 'On Track' for Success
Huntsville AL (SPX) Nov 20, 2012
NASA has completed three key milestones in its development of new atmospheric deceleration technologies to support exploration missions across the solar system. The Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator project, which is developing technologies to use atmospheric drag to dramatically slow a vehicle as it penetrates the skies over worlds beyond our own, completed three successful rocket sled tests of the "SIAD-R," a Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator, the first of three innovative decelerat ... read more

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Europe, U.S. talk space program link European plans to join the United States in building a manned spaceship could see a British astronaut in space before the end of the decade, officials said. ... more		BaBar Experiment Confirms Time Asymmetry Time marches relentlessly forward for you and me; watch a movie in reverse, and you'll quickly see something is amiss. But from the point of view of a single, isolated particle, the passage of time ... more		Martian And Terran History Finding a common denominator A team of scientists, including Carnegie's Conel Alexander and Jianhua Wang, studied the hydrogen in water from the Martian interior and found that Mars formed from similar building blocks to that o ... more
				Israel's Iron Dome plays growing role in Gaza conflict Iron Dome, Israel's much vaunted anti-missile defence system, is playing an increasingly important role in the growing confrontation between the Jewish state and Gaza-based militants. ... more		New Israeli anti-missile system gets ready While Israeli forces battle a growing Palestinian missile onslaught from the Gaza Strip, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems is getting ready to field test its newest anti-missile weapon, David's Sling and its Stunner interceptor. ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

How many Russian Earth observation satellites will be in orbit by 2015? The launch of the Resurs-P spacecraft was postponed till the first quarter of 2013. This remote sensing satellite was to replace the Resurs-DK Number 1 spacecraft launched in 2006, which has already ... more		Lockheed Martin Expands Range Of Cloud Computing Services for UK Government Lockheed Martin UK has expanded its offering of cloud computing services available to the UK government after recently being selected to provide G-Cloud 2 IT support. This new contract succeed ... more		U.S. sides with Russia in U.N. resolution votes on Ukraine war Taiwan says detains Chinese-crewed ship after subsea cable cut Air alert across Ukraine, missiles incoming: authorities		Lockheed Martin Completes Critical Environmental Test on GPS III Pathfinder The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force's next generation Global Positioning System III satellites has completed thermal vacuum testing for the Navigation Payload Element (NPE) of the ... more
				South Korea's rocket launch likely to take place Nov. 29 South Korea's third attempt to launch a space rocket is expected to take place on Nov. 29 after it has been postponed due to a last-minute technical glitch, the government said Monday. After h ... more		China launches third environment monitoring satellite China on Monday sent the third satellite in its "Environment I" family into the sky, sharpening its abilities in environmental monitoring and disaster forecasting. The launch marks the complet ... more

Solar systems for home and business

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Roscosmos Requests Glonass Project Contractor Head's Dismissal Russia's Federal Space Agency has initiated the dismissal of Yuri Urlichich, who headed a Glonass project contractor, the space agency's head Vladimir Popovkin said on Monday. Urlichich lost his pos ... more		Three ISS crew return to Earth in Russian capsule Three astronauts touched down on the snowy steppes of Kazakhstan on Monday in a flawless pre-dawn landing aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule after spending over four months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). ... more		Harnessing Fog for Water Supply in the World's Driest Regions Glacial Fracking Identified as Undetected Arctic Methane Source Countries lock horns over cash for nature at rebooted UN talks		Station Crew Off Duty After Undocking Following a long day overseeing the departure of three International Space Station crew members, Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford and Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin enjoyed an ... more
				What Goes Down Must Come Back Up For most of the past two decades, the NASA and European Topex/Poseidon, Jason-1 and Jason-2 satellites have tracked the gradual rise of the world's ocean in response to global warming. In August 201 ... more		Rare image of Super-Jupiter sheds light on planet formation An infrared imaging search with the Subaru telescope has captured a rare image of a "Super-Jupiter" around the massive star Kappa Andromedae (K And). The gas giant has a mass about 13 times that of ... more

China's Chang'e-3 to land on moon next year

Moon crater yields impact clues

Study: Moon basin formed by giant impact

NASA Rover Providing New Weather and Radiation Data About Mars

CU LASP package ready for MAVEN integration bound for Mars

Martian And Terran History Finding a common denominator

NASA Selects Information Technology Flight Operations Support Contract

Europe, U.S. talk space program link

SciTechTalk: All work and no play?

Mr Xi in Space

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

China to launch manned spacecraft

	Astronomers Directly Image Massive Star's 'Super-Jupiter' Astronomers using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have discovered a "super-Jupiter" around the bright star Kappa Andromedae, which now holds the record for the most massive star kn ... more		Leonid meteor shower comes around Fragments shed by a comet are falling to Earth this weekend in the Leonid meteor shower. ... more		Thuraya Launches Industry Leading Mobile Thuraya Telecommunications Company has announced the certification of a suite of industry leading Solutions further enhancing its offer for the Media and Broadcast industry. At the heart of Th ... more		Rare meteorites created in violent celestial collision A tiny fraction of meteorites on earth contain strikingly beautiful, translucent, olive-green crystals embedded in an iron-nickel matrix. Called pallasites, these "space gems" have fascinated scient ... more

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NASA Rover Providing New Weather and Radiation Data About Mars		NASA Selects Information Technology Flight Operations Support Contract		CU LASP package ready for MAVEN integration bound for Mars		Hubble Traps Galactic Fireflies		SETI Institute Major Donation From Qualcomm Chief Scientist Franklin Antonio

Black Holes and How to Use Them

RRSAT Signs Capacity For New MCPC Platform On Africasat-1A

SES Launches New iPpad Application To Showcase Fleet And Coverage

Mobile GPS Tracking capability on JCB ruggedized mobile phones

SES-4 Supports Telespazio's Growth In Brazilian Market

Astrium Services Extends Maritime VSAT Coverage

Instrument Will Observe Spiral Galaxy Near Big Dipper's Handle

Space station command changes

Europe juggles ambitions, constraints in talks on space

Mars radiation levels not lethal to humans

BOSS Quasars Unveil a New Era in the Expansion History of the Universe

Andrews Space To Manufacture Sinclair Rods

Lowell astronomer, collaborators point the way for exoplanet search

The curious shape of a supernova remnant in a star-forming cloud

Two days that decide Europe's space future: a citizen's briefing on ESA

Student Teams to Build and Fly Rockets With Onboard Payloads for NASA Rocketry Challenge

Astrium Americas established to provide world-class space capabilities to the North American market

DARPA's Advanced Space Surveillance Telescope Could Be Looking Up From Down Under

Combined Power Of Space Telescopes Finds Candidate For Most Distant Object Yet

NASA Rover Providing New Weather and Radiation Data About Mars

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