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April 30, 2013

SpaceShipTwo Breaks Sound Barrier In First Rocket-Powered Flight
Mojave CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2013
Virgin Galactic has completed the first rocket-powered flight of its space vehicle, SpaceShipTwo (SS2). The test, conducted by teams from Scaled Composites (Scaled) and Virgin Galactic, officially marks Virgin Galactic's entrance into the final phase of vehicle testing prior to commercial service from Spaceport America in New Mexico. "The first powered flight of Virgin Spaceship Enterprise was without any doubt, our single most important flight test to date," said Virgin Galactic Founder Sir Richa ... read more

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Spacecraft returns dramatic images of massive hurricane on Saturn NASA says the Cassini spacecraft has sent back the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole. ... more		Herschel telescope bows out after successful mission Europe's deep-space Herschel telescope has given up the ghost - running out of coolant after a successful mission to observe the birth of stars and galaxies, the European Space Agency said Monday. ... more		Looking for Life by the Light of Dying Stars Because it has no source of energy, a dead star - known as a white dwarf - will eventually cool down and fade away. But circumstantial evidence suggests that white dwarfs can still support habitab ... more
				Stress to rest On Sunday, ESA's bedrest volunteers began lying down for their second three-week session with their heads angled below the horizontal to help research the effects of weightlessness on the human body ... more		US-Australia agreement promotes space situational awareness A new agreement made between the United States and Australia represents the first in what U.S. Strategic Command's commander hopes will be many that promote transparency in the space domain. A ... more

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Sagetech Delivers NextGen Technology for Satellite Constellation Sagetech Corporation delivered signal-processing receiver technology to Harris Corporation, GCS for satellite-based NextGen air traffic control. This technology will enable for the first time global ... more		A Heavyweight For Einstein: Probing Gravity Where No One Has Done It Before An international research team led by astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (Bonn, Germany) used a collection of large radio and optical telescopes to investigate PSR J0348+0 ... more		Tusk says Europe aware ties with US have entered 'new phase' China condemns US after 'Taiwan independence' cut from govt site EU to relax spending rules to boost defence investment		Against-the-clock rehearsal for Station immunology test Simply getting anything into space is tough, but doing so against a strict deadline can be really stressful. Researchers in an ESA laboratory nervously checked the clock as they extracted immune cel ... more
				Entire galaxies feel the heat from newborn stars - Bursts of star birth can curtail future galaxy growth Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have shown for the first time that bursts of star formation have a major impact far beyond the boundaries of their host galaxy. These energetic ... more		China launches high-definition earth observation satellite China sent high-definition earth observation satellite "Gaofen 1" into space shortly after noon on Friday, marking the start of a program that will substantially improve its capabilities in disaster ... more

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QandA on the Hubble Space Telescope with Jennifer Wiseman Jennifer Wiseman is the senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., where the mission is managed. The following questions and ans ... more		Global experts agree action needed on space debris There is an urgent need to remove orbiting space debris and to fly satellites in the future without creating new fragments, Europe's largest-ever space-debris conference heard last week.. The ... more		Antarctica's Only Native Insect Adapts to Extreme Climate with Unique Dormancy Strategy Little Scope for Large-Scale Climate Plantations Without Breaching Planetary Boundaries Research reveals how Earth got its ice caps		Space Weakens Human Immune System Spending time in space could be bad for your health and the culprit could be microgravity, US military researchers said after a two-year experiment that compared human cells that went up on the spac ... more
				China Successfully Sends First Gaofen Satellite Into Space China has launched its first Gaofen-1 high-resolution remote sensing satellite into orbit, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The satellite was carried by a Long March 2D (Chang Zheng 2D) ... more		NASA's Chief Defends Commercial Spaceflight Agreements NASA chief Charles Bolden found himself defending the U.S. space agency's practice of investing in commercial companies to ferry cargo - and one day crew - to the International Space Station. The gr ... 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

Dutch reality show seeks one-way astronauts for Mars

Accurate pointing by Curiosity

NASA Mars Orbiter Images May Show 1971 Soviet Lander

NASA's Chief Defends Commercial Spaceflight Agreements

NASA Invites the Public to Fly Along with Voyager

Google's Brin keeps spotlight on future technologies

Yuanwang III, VI depart for space-tracking missions

Shenzhou's Shadow Crew

Shenzhou 10 sent to launch site

	NASA Prepares For International Space Biology Research Mission NASA and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, are collaborating on a space biology mission aboard an unmanned Russian biosatellite to understand better the mechanisms of how life ad ... more		Asteroid Could Fly 8,600 Km From Earth in 2026 A celestial body 20 meters in diameter will pass dangerously close to Earth's surface in 13 years, according to new data published on Thursday. The flyby of 2013 GM3 on April 14, 2026, may bri ... more		Russia Launches New GLONASS-M Satellite Russia has successfully launched a satellite for the GLONASS navigation system from its northern Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Defense Ministry reported on Friday. The GLONASS-M satellite was launc ... more		O3b Networks' first four satellites arrive for the next Arianespace Soyuz launch The initial four O3b spacecraft to be launched by Arianespace on Soyuz have arrived in French Guiana, taking the global satellite operator one step closer to its goal of deploying a next-generation ... more

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Virgin Galactic tourist spaceship breaks sound barrier		Bizarre binary star system pushes study of relativity to new limits		Bold Move Forward in Molecular Analyses		NASA Mission to Study What Disrupts Radio Waves		Rely on a Smartphone, New NASA Satellites Do
Astronomer studies far-off worlds through 'characterization by proxy'		Standard Candle' Supernova Extraordinarily Magnified by Gravitational Lensing		New LED streetlight design curbs light pollution		On the record with... Stephane Israel, Arianespace Chairman and CEO		Einstein's gravity theory passes toughest test yet

NASA Invites the Public to Fly Along with Voyager

Hughes 9502 BGAN M2M 'Integrated Antenna' Terminal Receives Inmarsat Type Approval

NASA Probe Observes Meteors Colliding with Saturn's Rings

Einstein was right - So far

Astronomer: Asteroid could make close flyby in 2026

Ecuador launches first homemade satellite

Cargo spaceship docks with ISS despite antenna mishap

US army seeks new technology to replace GPS

Russia launches latest satellite in its global positioning system

Rights group launches campaign to ban 'killer robots'

Sunlit Snow Triggers Atmospheric Cleaning, Ozone Depletion in the Arctic

Northrop Grumman to Demonstrate Open Architecture Navigation System for DARPA

Elbit To Supply African Nation With Wise Intelligence Technology System

New Research Findings Open Door to Zinc-Oxide-based UV Lasers, LED Devices

Nanowires grown on graphene have surprising structure

UNL team's discovery yields supertough, strong nanofibers

New Nanowire Structure Has Potential to Increase Semiconductor Applications

ATK To Study Quick Turnaround Satellites For DARPA

Outside View: Drones: Say it with figures

US, South Korea wrap up drills as tensions simmer

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