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January 12, 2013

SpaceX sets March 1 for launch to ISS
Cape Canaveral, Fla. (UPI) Jan 11, 2013
U.S. commercial space company SpaceX says it has picked March 1 for the next launch of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. The company requested the date from the Cape Canaveral, Fla., spaceport it uses for launching its Falcon rockets. It will be the third flight for a Falcon rocket to ferry a Dragon cargo capsule carrying food, supplies and scientific equipment experiments for delivery to the ISS, Discovery.com reported Friday. One of the Falcon rocket's nine ... read more

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'Doomsday asteroid' poses no threat: NASA A space rock popularly dubbed the "doomsday asteroid" because of fears it could smash into Earth a couple of decades from now poses no risk, NASA said after new observations of the object. ... more		Astronomers spot biggest structure in Universe Astronomers on Friday said they had observed the largest structure yet seen in the cosmos, a cluster of galaxies from the early Universe that spans an astonishing four billion light years. ... more		Chinese tech firms pump up volume at CES Chinese high-tech companies have showcased some of the most eye-popping gear at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, bidding to reverse their lack of global brand recognition. ... more
				Turkey postpones order for its first two F-35 fighters Turkey said Friday it has postponed an order to purchase its first two US-made F-35 fighter jets due to technical problems and rising costs, but said it still intends to buy 100 more in the long run. ... more		Spacetime: A Smoother Brew Than We Knew Spacetime may be less like foamy quantum beer and more like smooth Einsteinian whiskey, according to research led by physicist Robert Nemiroff of Michigan Technological University being presented th ... more

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Cassini Suggests Icing On A Lake It's not exactly icing on a cake, but it could be icing on a lake. A new paper by scientists on NASA's Cassini mission finds that blocks of hydrocarbon ice might decorate the surface of existing lak ... more		NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, creating the most detailed "weather map" yet for this class of cool, star-like orbs. ... more		Zelensky offers to give up presidency for NATO membership Israeli Defense Forces deploys tanks in West Bank U.S. officials reportedly push back on G7 language labeling Russia an 'aggressor'		UT Arlington researchers try new approach for simulating supernovas Two University of Texas at Arlington researchers want to bridge the gap between what is known about exploding stars and the remnants left behind thousands of years later. So they're trying something ... more
				KVH Introduces New Business Class Service for mini-VSAT Broadband Network In a precedent-setting move for the maritime satellite communications market, industry leader KVH Industries, Inc. is launching new Unrestricted Rate Plans featuring Business Class Service for its m ... more		Arianespace's industry leadership will continue with 12 launcher family missions planned in 2013 Applying the full benefits of its launcher family, Arianespace is targeting a total of 12 missions with Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega in 2013 - maintaining its launch services leadership and building on ... more

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Sofia Spots Recent Starburst In The Milky Way Galaxy'S Center Researchers using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured new images of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years in diameter surrounding the supermassive black hol ... more		TerraSAR-X image of the month - the coastal cliffs of Christmas Island Captain William Mynors was not particularly creative as he sailed past a remote island in the Indian Ocean on the 'Royal Mary', a ship belonging to the British East India Company, on 25 December 164 ... more		Glacial Ice Loss Escalates Freshwater Depletion and Sea Level Rise Long-Term Decline in Downward Surface Solar Radiation Highlights Emission Impacts Catalyst breakthrough for efficient CO2 conversion		AXE to Send 22 Guys to Space with New Apollo Campaign AXE is going where only few have gone before by giving guys the ultimate out-of-this-world experience: a trip to space. To recruit guys for this once-in-a-lifetime epic journey, AXE is creating the ... more
				Arianespace addresses The Insurance Institute of London Speaking in the ongoing lecture series organized by The Insurance Institute of London, Arianespace reaffirmed its partnership with today's leading space insurance firms. The Insurance Institut ... more		China no longer reliant on satellite image imports China's first high-resolution, stereo mapping satellite Ziyuan III meets international standards, ridding the country of its reliance on imports of satellite images. It was announced at a semi ... more

Mission would drag asteroid to the moon

Russia designs manned lunar spacecraft

GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named for Astronaut Sally Ride

Simulated mission to Mars reveals critical data about sleep needs for astronauts

NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use Of Its Brush

Mars500 project - salt balance of the Mars 'astronauts'

AXE to Send 22 Guys to Space with New Apollo Campaign

Chinese tech firms pump up volume at CES

Simulated Mars mission shows good sleep is critical

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China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

China to launch manned spacecraft

	Dark Energy Alternatives to Einstein Are Running Out of Room Research by University of Arizona astronomy professor Rodger Thompson finds that a popular alternative to Albert Einstein's theory for the acceleration of the expansion of the universe does not fit ... more		Solar Variability and Terrestrial Climate In the galactic scheme of things, the Sun is a remarkably constant star. While some stars exhibit dramatic pulsations, wildly yo-yoing in size and brightness, and sometimes even exploding, the lumin ... more		Cluster Mission Indicates Turbulent Eddies May Warm the Solar Wind The sun ejects a continuous flow of electrically charged particles and magnetic fields in the form of the solar wind - and this wind is hotter than it should be. A new study of data obtained by Eur ... more		Testing Einstein's E=mc2 in Outer Space UA physicist Andrei Lebed has stirred the physics community with an intriguing idea yet to be tested experimentally: The world's most iconic equation, Albert Einstein's E=mc2, may be correct or not ... more

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Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System now serving newest mission		MUOS Waveform Will Improve Secure Communications Capabilities		Oscillating Gel Gives Synthetic Materials the Ability to "Speak"		Are consumers ready for television watching back?		US urged to relax satellite export restrictions

NASA's NuStar Catches Black Holes In Galaxy Web

Massive outburst in neighbor galaxy surprises astronomers

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NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies

Russia to add 3 new anti-missile radars

Simulated mission to Mars reveals critical data about sleep needs for astronauts

LEON: the space chip that Europe built

Simulated Mars mission shows good sleep is critical

NASA's Big Mars Rover Makes First Use Of Its Brush

Herschel intercepts asteroid Apophis

Rogue asteroid a fifth bigger than thought: space agency

Asteroid Impact Delivered Carbon To Giant Asteroid Vesta

Detecting dusty clouds and stars in our galaxy in a new way

NASA, ESA Telescopes Find Evidence for Asteroid Belt Around Vega

Exocomets may be as common as exoplanets

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A New Way to Study Permafrost Soil, Above and Below Ground

A new approach to assessing future sea level rise from ice sheets

At Least One in Six Stars Has an Earth-sized Planet

N. Korea tells China planning nuclear test: report

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