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August 09, 2013

Is Europa habitable?
New Rochelle NY (SPX) Aug 09, 2013
Europa, the ice-covered moon of the planet Jupiter, may be able to support life. NASA has commissioned a team of expert scientists to consider the science goals for a landed spacecraft mission to the surface of Europa, and to investigate the composition and geology of its icy shell and the potential for life within its interior ocean. The NASA-appointed Science Definition Team outlines the main priorities of a future lander mission to Europa to study its potential habitability in an article in Ast ... read more

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The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic field is about to flip. "It looks like we're no more than thre ... more		Looming weak solar max may herald frosty times The current solar activity cycle, possibly the weakest in 100 years, is approaching its maximum. This may signal a future low period for the sun, probably not unlike the one that caused the so-calle ... more		Hubble Space Telescope finds source of Magellanic Stream Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have solved a 40-year mystery on the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly halfway around our Milky Way galaxy. ... more
				If We Landed on Europa, What Would We Want to Know? Most of what scientists know of Jupiter's moon Europa they have gleaned from a dozen or so close flybys from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979 and NASA's Galileo spacecraft in the mid-to-late 1990 ... more		Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Supports Launch of Wideband Global SATCOM Spacecraft Aerojet Rocketdyne has announced that its propulsion systems played a major role in successfully placing the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-6) spacecraft into orbit for the U.S. military. The mis ... more

First Hundred Thousand Years of Our Universe Mystery fans know that the best way to solve a mystery is to revisit the scene where it began and look for clues. To understand the mysteries of our universe, scientists are trying to go back as far ... more		NASA launches new Russian-language Mars website "A NASA website containing detailed images sent by a high-resolution camera orbiting Mars is now available in Russian, thanks to a 60-strong team of volunteer translators", a spokesman for the proje ... more		BlackSky expands Gen-3 access to bolster Ukraine-focused intelligence operations Maxar secures $205 million in multi-year deals to boost space capabilities across MEA K2 Space validates satellite systems in orbit and fires record-breaking thruster		The odd couple This image was taken by the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile - the best place in the southern hemisphere for astronomical observing. But even without the help of tele ... more
				Africa's ups and downs The East African Rift is an area where two tectonic plates are moving apart, making it a region of high geological activity, home to a number of volcanoes. This a href="http://spaceinvideos.e ... more		Goddard interns work on balloon-based telescope Dr. Rinehart is hoping to change the way scientists study the stars. To do this he needs a group of interns...and one very large balloon. From a pool of 300 applicants came a group of seven su ... more

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European countries to join in building particle accelerator in Russia Germany, Bulgaria and three former Soviet republics say they have agreed to help Russia construct a heavy-ion collider in a Moscow suburb. ... more		While shooting stars get noticed, cosmic dust hitting us all the time Visually stunning meteor showers are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to meteoroids slamming into Earth's atmosphere, U.S. researchers say. ... more		The long slow death of Norway's wild salmon Beijing decries 'discriminatory' ban on Chinese purchases of US farmland China's 'new farmers' learn to livestream in rural revitalisation		New 'weird' material may be new class of solids, researchers say There may be more kinds of stuff in nature than was believed, U.S. researchers say, describing a new category of solids neither pure glasses nor crystals. ... more
				Bolivia to join electronic waste recycling venture Bolivia is following Chile's lead in welcoming international investment in a new electronic waste recycling business in the country. ... more		Perseid meteoroids to produce great balls of fire Stargazers will be treated to a spectacular fireball show early next week when Earth hits a belt of comet debris known as the Perseids, astronomers say. ... more

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Environmental Controls Move Beyond Earth

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China's astronauts ready for longer missions

	Full Curiosity Traverse Passes One-Mile Mark The total distance driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity passed the one-mile mark a few days before the first anniversary of the rover's landing on Mars. This map traces where Curiosity drove ... more		Mission Criticality of Space Mechanisms - Part 1 The failure of a single space vehicle mechanism can cause a total loss of mission. This criticality is compounded by the fact that redundancy in mechanisms is often impractical. Consider this ... more		Lockheed Completes Solar UV Imager For GOES-R Enviro Tests A Lockheed Martin team has completed and passed the full range of environmental tests - electrical, mechanical and thermal - for the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument that will make crucial ... more		Hubble Finds 'Smoking Gun' After Gamma-Ray Blast These images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveal a new type of stellar explosion produced from the merger of two compact objects. Hubble spotted the outburst while looking at the aft ... more

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US missile shield safeguards not enough for compromise

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