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November 20, 2013

NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Achieves Milestone in Safety Review
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2013
Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) met in late October to review the safety of the Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket being developed to launch humans into low-Earth orbit later this decade. The detailed overview of safety practices the company is implementing was a major milestone for SpaceX under a funded Space Act Agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). SpaceX is one of NASA's commercial partners working to develop a new ... read more

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Czechs ink deal with US space tourism firm Czech universities and firms have received the go-ahead to conduct scientific research on board an American space tourism aircraft, the Czech Space Office (CSO) said Tuesday. ... more		New Roscosmos head calls for end to ordering communication satellites abroad Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Oleg Ostapenko has sent a letter to Vice Premier Dmitry Rogozin suggesting giving up the practice of ordering civilian communication and broadcas ... more		NASA launches fleet of student-built satellites into orbit A satellite designed, built, tested and operated by students at Saint Louis University was launched on a rocket from Virginia Tuesday, NASA said. ... more
				Swarm on the launch pad Preparations for Friday's launch of ESA's magnetic explorer have reached an important milestone - the constellation is now in the Plesetsk launch tower. The team in northern Russia said farewell to ... more		MicroObservatory Catches Comet ISON Hopes are high for Comet ISON, which has the potential to become the most spectacular comet seen in years. ISON is speeding through the inner solar system at about 120,000 miles per hour, on its way ... more

NASA-led Firefly Mission to Study Lightning Somewhere on Earth, there's always a lightning flash. The globe experiences lightning some 50 times a second, yet the details of what initiates this common occurrence and what effects it has on the ... more		Satellites to probe Earth's strange shield Europe next week will launch a trio of hi-tech satellites to explore something that may seem utterly mundane: Earth's magnetic field. ... more		'Not interested': Analysts sceptical about US, Russia nuclear talks Iran says ready for nuclear talks if West is 'serious' ESA and European Commission to establish secure quantum communications network		Success of 'New Space' era hinges on public's interest Capturing the public's interest is a key component for "New Space," where commercial companies are filling in some of the roles that had been traditionally played by NASA, and education has an impor ... more
				Iran unveils attack drone 'with 2,000 km range' Iran on Monday unveiled a missile-equipped drone with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles), the official IRNA news agency reported. ... more		US has time to boost bid for Turkey missile system: FM Turkey would look again at a US bid for a multi-billion-dollar contract for the country's first long-range anti-missile system providing Washington agrees to produce it jointly, a top Turkish official said Monday. ... more

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Manpack Radios in Arctic Connect with MUOS Satellites Orbiting Equator Two General Dynamics C4 Systems-developed AN/PRC-155 two-channel Manpack radios successfully completed secure voice and data calls from Alaska and the Arctic Circle, using the Mobile User Objective ... more		Microbiologists reveal unexpected properties of methane-producing microbe For 40 years, scientists thought they understood how certain bacteria work together to anaerobically digest biomass to produce methane gas, important in bioenergy and the major source of greenhouse ... more		Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas GMV teams up with +Atlantic CoLAB in AIR4Health project to enhance public health forecasting Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known		Scientists invent self-healing battery electrode Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening a new and potentially commercially viable path for making the next generation of lithium ion batteries for electric cars, ... more
				Scientists create a low-cost, long-lasting water splitter made of silicon and nickel Stanford University scientists have created a silicon-based water splitter that is both low-cost and corrosion-free. The novel device - a silicon semiconductor coated in an ultrathin layer of nickel ... more		Could volcanoes be causing Antarctic ice loss? Accelerating ice loss from the Antarctic icesheet could be due in part to active volcanoes under the frozen continent's eastern part, a study said on Sunday. ... more

NASA's GRAIL Mission Puts a New Face on the Moon

Moon mission yields clues to face of 'man in the moon'

Shanghai-built lunar rover set for lunar landing

The Plan for Inspiration Mars

Evidence found for granite on Mars

Lockheed Martin-Built MAVEN Launches To Mars

Czechs ink deal with US space tourism firm

Success of 'New Space' era hinges on public's interest

NASA Issues 2014 Call for Advanced Technology Concepts

More Moon Missions For China

China shows off moon rover model before space launch

China providing space training

	Nature: Single-atom Bit Forms Smallest Memory in the World One atom equals one bit: According to this design principle, we would like to construct magnetic data memories in the future. Presently, a compound of several million atoms is needed to stabilize a ... more		Russia 'offers Egypt MiG-29s in $2B arms deal' Russia has reportedly offered to sell Egypt MiG-29 interceptor jets, helicopters and air-defense systems worth at least $2 billion as Moscow moves to exploit the U.S. rift with the Arab world's most populous nation and regain the regional influence it had during the Cold War. ... more		Pressure Cooking to Improve Electric Car Batteries Batteries that power electric cars have problems. They take a long time to charge. The charge doesn't hold long enough to drive long distances. They don't allow drivers to quickly accelerate. They a ... more		New hologram technology created with tiny nanoantennas Researchers have created tiny holograms using a "metasurface" capable of the ultra-efficient control of light, representing a potential new technology for advanced sensors, high-resolution displays ... more

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The Plan for Inspiration Mars		Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil		NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere		Virtual Toothpick Helps Technologist 'Bake' the Perfect Thin-Film Confection		Pilbara home to 3.5 billion-year-old bacterial ecosystems

NASA Issues 2014 Call for Advanced Technology Concepts

Research program to tackle asteroid and space debris manipulation

Russia starts ambitious super-heavy space rocket project

Quantum state world record smashed

UNH scientists document, quantify deep-space radiation hazards

Lockheed Martin Conducts Second Successful LRASM Flight Test

'No room for error' for US nuclear forces: Hagel

First detailed map of dinosaur brains suggests complex behaviors

Penguin-inspired propulsion system

Comet ISON: What's Next?

NASA Helps Melt Secrets of Great Lakes Ice

LeVar Burton Shares MAVEN's Story in a New NASA PSA

Glassy Coating Keeps Viruses Happy In Harsh Environments

No peak in sight for evolving bacteria

MESSENGER Detects Comets ISON and Encke, Prepares For Closer Encounters

Mars Rover Teams Dub Sites in Memory of Bruce Murray

NASA Damage Map Helps in Typhoon Disaster Response

Scientists nearing forecasts of long-lived wildfires

WISE Catalog Just Got Wiser

Obama asks key senators for time on Iran sanctions

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