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April 16, 2013

UH Engineering Researcher's Theories to be Tested Aboard ISS
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 16, 2013
A University of Houston chemical and biomolecular engineering professor's theories on crystal formation will be tested aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Professor Peter Vekilov received a grant from NASA to study how proteins in a liquid solution nucleate, or form crystals. While researchers understand how crystals grow, they want to know more about how they transform from liquid to crystal. Vekilov discovered in 2004 that before forming a crystal, proteins in a solution come tog ... read more

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NASA, Air Force Seek Next Generation Space Processor Program NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are requesting research and development proposals to define the type of spacecraft computing needed for future missions. T ... more		Hubble Catches Dusty Detail in Elliptical Galaxy NGC 2768 The soft glow in this image is NGC 2768, an elliptical galaxy located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). NGC 2768 appears here as a bright oval on the sky, surrounded by a ... more		Spring Fling: Sun Emits a Mid-Level Flare The M6.5 flare on the morning of April 11, 2013, was also associated with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME), another solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles in ... more
				The mathematical method for simulating the evolution of the solar system has been improved In order to improve a simulation designed to study the evolution of the solar system through time, numerical mathematical methods have been developed at the Computing Faculty of the University of th ... more		Comet to Make Close Flyby of Red Planet in October 2014 New observations of comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) have allowed NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. to further refine the comet's orbit. Based ... more

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Unmanned Russian space freighter leaves space station toward fiery end An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft left the International Space Station early Monday, making way for the next Russian space freighter, NASA said. ... more		Supernova may have left biological 'signature' in ancient Earth Samples from the Pacific Ocean floor may hold the signature of a distant supernova that bathed the Earth with high energy millions of years ago, scientists say. ... more		NATO chief says Ukraine security guarantees need US 'backup' Finland wants to up defence in face of Russia threat China says Philippine aircraft 'illegally' flew over disputed sea		Hawaii gives go-ahead for giant Mauna Kea telescope despite protests Officials in Hawaii say construction of a giant telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, opposed by many Hawaiians who consider it sacred ground, can go ahead. ... more
				Researchers measure reaction rates of second key atmospheric component Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester, Bristol University, University of Southampton and Hong Kong Polytechnic have successfully mea ... more		Ukraine aims to accelerate space industry development President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday highlighted progress in Ukraine's aerospace industry in recent years and said his country would continue to develop its space projects. "Our state has mad ... more

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Testing Spacesuits in Antarctica, part 1 Once you've been to Antarctica, you just really want to go back. There is a sign in the lunch room here at Marambio base, that says (with poetic license thanks to Pablo): "When you arrived you barel ... more		Grant Makes UCF, Florida History UCF has been awarded a $55 million NASA grant to build and launch into space an instrument the size of a microwave oven that will provide unprecedented imaging of the Earth's upper atmosphere. The a ... more		US National Park workers reckon with fear, anger after layoffs Glacial Fracking Identified as Undetected Arctic Methane Source Morocco overturns deportation Uyghur man wanted in China		CU-Boulder to receive $36 million from NASA for space weather mission The University of Colorado Boulder will receive roughly $36 million from NASA to build and operate a space instrument for a mission led by the University of Central Florida that will study Earth's u ... more
				TMT Takes Step Towards Construction after Approval by the Board of Land and Natural Resources Friday marked another important step forward for the future of astronomical discovery and economic opportunity on Hawaii Island. The Hawaiian Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) announced tha ... more		Northrop Grumman Receives Contract Modification for Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Northrop Grumman recently received an undefinitized contract award valued at more than $71 million for its Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system from the U.S. Air Force. Issued by the Global Hawk Sys ... more

Characterizing The Lunar Radiation Environment

Russia rekindles Moon exploration program, intends setting up first human outposts there

Pre-existing mineralogy may survive lunar impacts

NASA spacecraft may have spotted pieces of Soviet spacecraft on Mars

Opportunity For A Quiet Period for Next Three Weeks

Accurate pointing by Curiosity

Testing Spacesuits in Antarctica, part 1

Obama's budget would boost science, health

Underwater for outer space

Shenzhou's Shadow Crew

Shenzhou 10 sent to launch site

China's Next Women Astronauts

	AeroVironment Receives Order US Army for RQ-11B Raven UAVs And Gimbaled Payloads AeroVironment has received $13,800,062 of incremental funding on March 30, 2013 from the United States Army for continued performance of a contract action with a not to exceed value of $65,538,759. ... more		Space industry inventions in our everyday life Plasma TVs, orthopedic matrasses, detailed weather forecasts, thermal underwear, jet fuel, frost-free refrigerators - these are only a few things which emerged thanks to several decades of space exp ... more		Where are the Best Windows Into Europa's Interior? The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa exposes material churned up from inside the moon and also material resulting from matter and energy coming from above. If you want to learn about the deep saltwa ... more		Can One Buy the Right to Name a Planet? In the light of recent events, where the possibility of buying the rights to name exoplanets has been advertised, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) wishes to inform the public that such sch ... more

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Russia to pump big funds into space industry		NASA Mars Orbiter Images May Show 1971 Soviet Lander		Opportunity is in position for solar conjunction at 'Cape York' on the rim of Endeavour Crater		Accurate pointing by Curiosity		Ice Cloud Heralds Fall at Titan's South Pole

Putin unveils $50 bn drive for Russian space supremacy

Ecuador to launch first homemade satellite

NASA spacecraft may have spotted pieces of Soviet spacecraft on Mars

Raytheon brings automation and virtualization to NASA's Earth Observing System

Opportunity For A Quiet Period for Next Three Weeks

Florida Tech professors present 'dark side of dark lightning' at conference

Beer Cans For Deep Space

A Ghostly Green Bubble

Discovery of a Blue Supergiant Star Born in the Wild

Blame it on the Rain (from Saturn's Rings)

Kazakhstan to launch first remote sensing satellite this year

Europe sets June 5 for launch of space freighter

Twin Mars craters suggest subsurface water in planet's past

Chicago museum displays fragments of meteor that exploded over Russia

Redesigned Material Could Lead to Lighter, Faster Electronics

New 'transient electronics' disappear when no longer needed

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Surface diffusion plays a key role in defining the shapes of catalytic nanoparticles

RADARSAT-1 Malfunction

Ball Aerospace Begins Integration Phase for DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 Satellite

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