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May 17, 2013

Mars Icebreaker Life Mission
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 17, 2013
Missions to Mars have only scratched its surface. To go deeper, scientists are proposing a spacecraft that can drill into the Red Planet to potentially find signs of life. The driving goal for exploring Mars is finding signs of life, said planetary scientist Christopher McKay at NASA's Ames Research Center. There are mountains of evidence that Mars was once home to liquid water on its surface, and virtually wherever there is water on Earth, there is life. Some researchers have even suggested ... read more

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Nine-Year-Old Mars Rover Passes 40-Year-Old Record While Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt visited Earth's moon for three days in December 1972, they drove their mission's Lunar Roving Vehicle 19.3 nautical miles (22.210 statut ... more		NASA Completes First Part of Webb Telescope's 'Eye Surgery' Operation Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Spac ... more		NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least ... more
				Ariane Flight VA214's launch vehicle marks a preparation milestone The third Ariane 5 for launch in 2013 has now completed basic build-up at the Spaceport, taking the next step toward Arianespace's two-passenger mission planned from French Guiana in July. Thi ... more		Eutelsat 3D launch a success The Eutelsat 3D telecommunications satellite was successfully launched by ILS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, using a Proton launch vehicle. Thales Alenia Space is the program prime cont ... more

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Stanford professor and former NASA official explains how NASA might revive the Kepler space telescope NASA officials announced Wednesday, May 15, that the Kepler space telescope - the agency's primary instrument for detecting planets beyond our solar system - had suffered a critical failure and coul ... more		A-1 Test Stand Houses First Full Engine in Nearly a Decade Engineers install J-2X engine E10002 in the A-1 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center. The installation is in preparation for a new series of tests, where the engine will be gimbaled, or pivoted ... more		Airbus awarded Oberon satellites contract by UK MOD Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industry backs Arianespace BlackSky and Rocket Lab Set Launch Date for First Gen-3 Satellite		O3b Networks' initial satellite is fueled for Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz launch from the Spaceport The first Arianespace Soyuz mission for O3b Networks has moved into its next phase of preparations at the Spaceport, as fueling is now underway with the global satellite services provider's spacecra ... more
				Fourth Boeing GPS IIF Satellite Joins Constellation on Orbit With the launch of the fourth GPS IIF satellite, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force continue modernizing the Global Positioning System that millions of people worldwide rely on as a navigation and timing ... more		First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space testing The first satellite of Galileo's next phase has arrived at ESA's technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launch. This first Galileo Full Opera ... more

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Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser Testing Begins at NASA Dryden, Langley Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Wednesday to begin tests of its flight and runway land ... more		Boeing Selected to Build ViaSat-2 Satellite Boeing has a new satellite customer under a contract to design and deliver one Boeing 702HP high-power spacecraft to ViaSat Inc. in 2016. The satellite, ViaSat-2, will provide high-speed satel ... more		Efforts to find ET gains momentum with new technique that detects microbial movement UK engineers warn on AI risks to environment Indonesia halts Trump development; as 100s protest Beijing 'mega embassy' in London		China's BeiDou satellite navigation system has broad commercial uses Chinese scientists expressed their confidence in the commercial application of the BeiDou satellite navigation system (BDS) and called for international cooperation at a forum on Thursday. Sun ... more
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Mars Icebreaker Life Mission

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China launches communications satellite

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Yuanwang III, VI depart for space-tracking missions

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