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December 18, 2012

Beating Heart of J-2X Engine Finishes Year of Testing
Huntiville AL (SPX) Dec 19, 2012
NASA on Thursday took another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, engineers conducted the final test-firing of the J-2X powerpack assembly, an important component of America's next heavy-lift rocket. The J-2X engine is the first human-rated liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen engine developed in the United States in decades. Designed and built by NASA and industry partner Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne of Canoga Pa ... read more

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CU-Boulder team develops swarm of pingpong ball-sized robots University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor Nikolaus Correll likes to think in multiples. If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hun ... more		Venus transit and lunar mirror could help astronomers find worlds around other stars On 6 June 2012 Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun, in a so-called transit where the planet appears as a silhouette against the solar disk, something that will not happen again until ... more		Payload integration complete for final 2012 Ariane 5 mission The Skynet 5D satellite has joined its Mexsat Bicentenario co-passenger on Ariane 5, marking a new milestone in preparations for Arianespace's seventh and final heavy-lift flight of 2012 from the Sp ... more
				Loral Continues Corporate Office Restructuring Loral Space and Communications Inc. reports that its board of directors has named Avi Katz, 53, to the role of president of the company. Mr. Katz, who replaces Michael Targoff, was formerly the comp ... more		ESA's powerful new tracking station ready for service A new satellite tracking station at Malargue, Argentina, will be formally inaugurated on Tuesday, completing the trio of deep-space stations and confirming ESA as one of the world's most technologic ... more

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Spatial FOG Released Advanced Navigation and KVH Industries have announced their new Spatial FOG GNSS/INS. Spatial FOG is a ruggedized GNSS aided inertial navigation system and AHRS that provides accurate position, velo ... more		Experiment Examining a SLICE of the Interstellar Medium When you look up at the stars at night, the space between stars looks empty. But, yes there is something there. It's called the interstellar medium. An experiment from the University of Colorado wil ... 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		Math formula gives new glimpse into the magical mind of Ramanujan December 22 marks the 125th anniversary of the birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician renowned for somehow intuiting extraordinary numerical patterns and connections without the use o ... more
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NASA Gravity Probes Prepare to Hit the Moon

GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named for Astronaut Sally Ride

No plans of sending an Indian on moon

Opportunity Checking Out Some Rocks At Matijevic Hill

Enabling ChemCam to Measure Key Isotopic Ratios on Mars and Other Planets

Curious About Life: Interview with Darby Dyer

NASA Progressing Toward First Launch of Orion Spacecraft

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NASA Awards Commercial Crew Certification Contracts

Mr Xi in Space

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

China to launch manned spacecraft

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No plans of sending an Indian on moon

Asteroid Toutatis Slowly Tumbles by Earth

NASA Progressing Toward First Launch of Orion Spacecraft

New member of the exclusive space club

An elusive effect measured during the last Venus transit

Microquasar found in neighbor galaxy, tantalizing scientists

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Study Reveals a Remarkable Symmetry in Black Hole Jets

Compact 40W P1db BUC provides higher output power with less energy

Curious About Life: Interview with Darby Dyer

X-ray Laser Takes Aim at Cosmic Mystery

Meteor shower dazzles in night sky

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ASU researchers propose new way to look at the dawn of life

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ISRO planning 10 space missions in 2013

NASA's Hubble Provides First Census of Galaxies Near Cosmic Dawn

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