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January 16, 2013

NASA's Robotic Refueling Demo Set to Jumpstart Expanded Capabilities in Space
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 16, 2013
In mid-January, NASA will take the next step in advancing robotic satellite-servicing technologies as it tests the Robotic Refueling Mission, or RRM aboard the International Space Station. The investigation may one day substantially impact the many satellites that deliver products Americans rely upon daily, such as weather reports, cell phones and television news. During five days of operations, controllers from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will use the space station's remotely operated Spec ... read more

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Hubble Views a Dwarf Galaxy The constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear) is home to Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. Messier 101 is one of the biggest and brightest spiral galaxies in the night sky. Like the Milky Way, Me ... more		Notre Dame astronomers find massive supply of gas around modern galaxies Galaxies have a voracious appetite for fuel - in this case, fresh gas - but astronomers have had difficulty finding the pristine gas that should be falling onto galaxies. Now, scientists have provid ... more		NASA's SDO Has Plenty of Content for Ultra HD TVs A new kind of television made headlines at the 2013 annual Consumer Electronics Show in early January, 2013 - Ultra High Definition TV. With four times as many pixels as a current high definition (H ... more
				Iran renews plan to send monkey into space: reports Iran will try again to send a live monkey into space after a previous attempt failed in 2011, media reports said Tuesday quoting the space chief, who gave a launch date of before mid-February. ... more		Nearby dwarf galaxy and possible protogalaxy discovered Peering deep into the dim edges of a distorted pinwheel galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear), astronomers at Case Western Reserve University and their colleagues have discovered a ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

NASA Prepares for Launch of Next Earth Observation Satellite NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is scheduled to launch Feb. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission, LDCM will add to th ... more		Herschel intercepts asteroid Apophis ESA's Herschel space observatory made new observations of asteroid Apophis as it approached Earth this weekend. The data shows the asteroid to be bigger than first estimated, and less reflective. Ca ... 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'		Embassy Gathers Elite Group of Space Policy Chiefs In a multi-session conference on January 9, Francois Delattre, the Ambassador of France to the United States, hosted "French Space Policy: Providing Insights on European Space Challenges and Opportu ... more
				A Jumble of Exotic Stars This new infrared image from ESO's VISTA telescope shows the globular cluster 47 Tucanae in striking detail. This cluster contains millions of stars, and there are many nestled at its core that are ... more		NASA Chases Climate Change Clues Into The Stratosphere Starting this month, NASA will send a remotely piloted research aircraft as high as 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific Ocean to probe unexplored regions of the upper atmosphere for answers to how ... more

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Raytheon's Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite on the Suomi NPP satellite lauded for "truly new" weather data Raytheon's Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite was the focus of a high-profile panel discussion at this week's annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society. The consensus among the pan ... more		Life possible on extrasolar moons In their search for habitable worlds, astronomers have started to consider exomoons, or those likely orbiting planets outside the solar system. In a new study, a pair of researchers has found that e ... 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		China Voice: Cold War mentality fuels US satellite export prejudice Despite counting itself among China's "partners," the United States has failed to follow through on its promises. Last week, the U.S. decided to maintain its controls on satellite exports to China, ... more
				Australian observatory survives wildfire Telescopes at a global astronomy research hub appear to have survived a devastating Australian bushfire that destroyed nearby homes and damaged several buildings on the site, officials said on Monday. ... more		Moscow still waits Astana's response on Baikonur spaceport use prospects Russia's still has not received an official response from Kazakhstan to its note issued on December 13, 2012 regarding the prospects of using the Baikonur space port, a source with the national spac ... more

Mission would drag asteroid to the moon

Russia designs manned lunar spacecraft

GRAIL Lunar Impact Site Named for Astronaut Sally Ride

Mars One announces requirements for Red Planet colonists

Opportunity Heading Toward Light-Toned Veins

Bacteria In Rio Tinto Could Be Like Those On Mars

Unilever Buys 22 Flights On XCOR Lynx Suborbiter For AXE Campaign

Iran renews plan to send monkey into space: reports

AXE to Send 22 Guys to Space with New Apollo Campaign

Mr Xi in Space

China plans manned space launch in 2013: state media

China to launch manned spacecraft

	Cloudy Mystery Bursts From Milkyway Center It's the mystery of the curiously dense cloud. And astronomers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are on the case. Near the crowded galactic center, where billowing clouds of gas an ... more		New Horizons Gets a New Year's Workout Like many of us, New Horizons is starting the new year with a workout regimen. After six months of cruising quietly through the outer solar system, NASA's Pluto-bound spacecraft came out of hibernat ... more		Orbcomm Completes Term Loan Financing with AIG for Growth Capital Orbcomm Inc. has completed a debt financing in the form of a five-year term loan through a Senior Secured Note Agreement in the principal amount of $45 million with AIG Asset Management (U.S.), LLC. ... more		A rock is a clock: Physicist uses matter to tell time Ever since he was a kid growing up in Germany, Holger Muller has been asking himself a fundamental question: What is time? That question has now led Muller, an associate professor of physics at the ... more

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MDA awarded contract to build three radar satellites		Unilever Buys 22 Flights On XCOR Lynx Suborbiter For AXE Campaign		TS Receives Funding For SNAP Deployable Satellite Systems Equipment		Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for Production of PAC-3 Missiles		White House uses humor to kill 'Death Star' petition
N. Korea tells China planning nuclear test: report		TerraLuma Selects Headwall's Micro Hyperspec for UAV Applications		Northrop Grumman, Cassidian Fly First Sensor-Equipped Euro Hawk		Study reveals ordinary glass's extraordinary properties		Chemical modules that mimic predator-prey and other behaviors

Bottom-up approach provides first characterization of pyroelectric nanomaterials

Faulty Behavior

Animals flourished among lush plants during the Jurassic

Antarctic lake reached after millennia

Russia calms fears over 'asteroid danger'

Magma in mantle has deep impact

Russian astronomers discover new huge comet

Russia plans replacement for Soyuz rocket

Anti-aircraft laser weapon demonstrated

NASA Rules Out Earth Impact in 2036 for Asteroid Apophis

Robot Spheres in zero-gravity action

Radio telescopes give clues to structure, history of Milky Way

The Supernova That Cried Wolf

Bacteria In Rio Tinto Could Be Like Those On Mars

First "Bone" of the Milky Way Identified

Adaptive Optics Brings Remarkable Details To Stellar Nursery

Opportunity Heading Toward Light-Toned Veins

Mars One announces requirements for Red Planet colonists

Roscosmos Releases Report On Proton Launch Anomaly

Canada Launches Final Stage of RADARSAT Project

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