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September 30, 2013

UFO? Star cluster? No, it's Falcon 9's jettisoned fuel
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (UPI) Sep 30, 2013
The Falcon 9 launch from California not only boosted the cache of commercial spaceflight but also of UFO sightings, a review of observers' comments indicated. Reports of an unidentified flying object flowed in from observers in southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean, NBC News reported Monday. The sightings began about an hour after the SpaceX's Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base for the first time Sunday morning. One observer called it ... read more

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Cassini finds ingredient of household plastic on Saturn moon The Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, an ingredient in household plastics, on Saturn's moon, Titan, the U.S. space said Monday. ... more		Paradigm shift: Need something in space? Print it, don't ship it The first 3D printer will launch into space in 2014 aboard commercial spaceflight provider SpaceX's Dragon capsule, the California-based printer provider said. ... more		Martian chemical complicates hunt for life's clues The quest for evidence of life on Mars could be more difficult than scientists previously thought. A scientific paper published today details the investigation of a chemical in the Martian soil that ... more
				Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like During the nearly 14 months that it has spent on the red planet, Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, has scooped soil, drilled rocks, and analyzed samples by exposing them to laser b ... more		Researchers describe unusual Mars rock The first rock that scientists analyzed on Mars with a pair of chemical instruments aboard the Curiosity rover turned out to be a doozy - a pyramid-shaped volcanic rock called a "mugearite" that is ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

ILS Proton Successfully Launches ASTRA 2E for SES International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing mission integration and launch services to the global commercial satellite industry, successfully placed the ASTRA 2E satellite into a geos ... more		Water for future Mars astronauts Within its first three months on Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover saw a surprising diversity of soils and sediments along a half-kilometer route that tell a complex story about the gradual desiccation o ... more		From Crowdfunding to Venture Capital: How to Choose the Right Funding Strategy for Your Startup - An Exclusive Interview with Alexander Kopylkov US-Japan summit: what to expect Trump calls for work on new Iran nuclear deal to begin 'immediately'		NASA Mars rover Curiosity finds water in first sample of planet surface The first scoop of soil analyzed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA's Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight. The ... more
				Trident II D5 Missile Achieves a Total of 148 Successful Test Flights Since 1989 The U.S. Navy has conducted four successful test flights of the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles built by Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Navy launched the unarmed missiles Sept. 10 and 12 in the At ... more		Ancient soils reveal clues to early life on Earth Oxygen appeared in the atmosphere up to 700 million years earlier than we previously thought, according to research published today in the journal Nature, raising new questions about the evolution o ... more

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Breathing underwater: Evidence of microscopic life in oceanic crust Although long thought to be devoid of life, the bottom of the deep ocean is now known to harbor entire ecosystems teeming with microbes. Scientists have recently documented that oxygen is disappeari ... more		Turkey picks Chinese firm for missile system Turkey said on Thursday it has chosen a Chinese company to build its first long-range air defence and anti-missile system. ... more		Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster January sets 'surprising' heat record: EU monitor		Unmanned cargo ship docks with orbiting Space Station An unmanned cargo ship successfully berthed with the orbiting International Space Station on Sunday following a one-week delay due to a technical glitch, NASA said. ... more
				Divers recover 10 1/2-pound meteorite fragment from lake in Urals Divers have raised what is believed to be the largest rock found so far from a meteorite that exploded over Russia in February, Russian officials said Friday. ... more		Stanford scientists publish theory, formula to improve 'plastic' semiconductors Anyone who's stuffed a smart phone in their back pocket would appreciate the convenience of electronic devices that could bend. Flexible electronics could spawn new products: clothing wired to cool ... more

China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover

Mission to moon will boost research and awareness

Mighty Eagle Improves Autonomous Landing Software With Successful Flight

First scoop of Mars soil contains 2 percent water: study

Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like

Water for future Mars astronauts

Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA's New Orion Spacecraft

"GRAVITY" is Almost Here

International Partnership Releases Space Exploration Benefits Paper

Chinese VP stresses peaceful use of space

China's space station to open for foreign peers

Last Days for Tiangong

	Astronauts Practice Launching in NASA's New Orion Spacecraft NASA astronauts recently experienced what it will be like to launch into space aboard the new Orion spacecraft during the first ascent simulations since the space shuttles and their simulators were ... more		NASA Wants Investigations for a Mars 2020 Rover NASA has released its announcement of an open competition for the planetary community to submit proposals for the science and exploration technology instruments that would be carried aboard the agen ... more		NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has resumed a trek of many months toward its mountain-slope destination, Mount Sharp. The rover used instruments on its arm last week to inspect rocks at its first waypoi ... more		Science Benefits From Diverse Landing Area Of NASA Mars Rover NASA's Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere. Examination of loose ... more

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Several NASA Spacecraft Track Energy Through Space		China launches satellite to monitor natural disaster		Dawn Reality-Checks Telescope Studies of Asteroids		Dawn Marks Six Years In Space		Astronomers find missing link pulsar
Australia's new prototype vehicle to improve Earth observation satellites' accuracy		China unveils its first and unnamed moon rover		Experiment offers a cheaper approach to particle acceleration		Counting on neodymium		Promising new alloy for resistive switching memory

UCSB researchers make headway in quantum information transfer via nanomechanical coupling

How Engineers Revamped Spitzer to Probe Exoplanets

First scoop of Mars soil contains 2 percent water: study

Fusion, anyone?

UCLA scientists explain the formation of unusual ring of radiation in space

Lockheed Martin Receives THAAD Production Contract

Patriot and Sentinel Capabilities Incorporated Into Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System

Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal For The USAF Satellite Hosted Payload Initiative

Spinning CDs to Clean Sewage Water

Densest array of carbon nanotubes grown to date

Boeing Completes Deliveries of Processing Units for Army's Air, Missile Defense Network

Raytheon GPS military system achieves 2,000th sale

Raytheon completes critical component of ninth AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar

Nanoscale neuronal activity measured for the first time

New Model Should Expedite Development of Temperature-Stable Nano-Alloys

New sensor could prolong the lifespan of high-temperature engines

Agreement with Telecom NZ completes Global Xpress access network

Graphene Photodetector Integrated into Computer Chip

Container's material properties affect the viscosity of water at the nanoscale

US F-35 jet plagued by shoddy quality control: audit

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