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January 06, 2014

India launches cutting-edge cryogenic rocket
Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 05, 2014
India on Sunday successfully launched its first rocket using domestically produced booster technology after several previous missions had failed, taking another step forward in its ambitious space programme. The Indian-made cryogenically-powered rocket blasted off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota as scheduled, as Delhi tries to join an elite club of countries which have mastered the complex technology. The 415-tonne rocket deployed a two-tonne advanced communications satellite some 17 ... read more

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Decade-Old Rover Adventure Continues on Mars and Earth Eighth graders didn't have Facebook or Twitter to share news back then, in January 2004. Bekah Sosland, 14 at the time, learned about a NASA rover landing on Mars when the bouncing-ball video on the ... more		SciTechTalk: Particle physicists ready to go beyond the 'God particle' Having been successful in their search for the Higgs boson - the so-called "God particle" that appeared to put a big red ribbon of completion on the Standard Model of physics - you would think particle physicists would be happy to put their feet up on the couch and bask in the glow of their accomplishment. But no, they're off on a new hunt, this time for something called "supersymmetry." ... more		Antares and Cygnus Launch Update The International Space Station Program and Orbital Sciences Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the Antares rocket and its Cygnus cargo craft on the first Orbital commercial resupply ... more
				Pulsar in stellar triple system makes unique gravitational laboratory Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered a unique stellar system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense neutron star, all packed within a spa ... more		Clues from Orbit Aiding Exploration Of Opportunity Rover The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for energy production. Opportunity is positioned on the edge of an exposed outcrop where orbital observations suggest the possible presence of smal ... more

3D-printed components flown in British fighter jet A Tornado fighter jet fitted with metal components created on a 3D printer undertook a successful test flight in Britain last month, defence company BAE Systems said Sunday. ... more		Wake Up Yutu After two weeks of frigid lunar night, China's Yutu Moon rover and the Chang'e-3 lander that carried it will soon awake from their slumber. Surviving the lunar night is probably the last of the big ... more		Iran Guards unveil underground naval base Israel intercepts missiles fired from Yemen Russian attacks kill six across Ukraine, Kyiv says		CU-Boulder to fly antibiotic experiment on ants to space station NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s commercial Cygnus spacecraft on Tuesday, Jan. 7 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, which will be ca ... more
				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		The First Discovered Asteroid of 2014 Collides With The Earth - An Update Several sources confirm that the first discovered asteroid of 2014, designated 2014 AA, entered the Earth's atmosphere late January 1 EST over the mid-Atlantic Ocean. This very small asteroid - 6 t ... more

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Researchers use Hubble Telescope to reveal cloudy weather on alien world Weather forecasters on exoplanet GJ 1214b would have an easy job. Today's forecast: cloudy. Tomorrow: overcast. Extended outlook: more clouds. A team of scientists led by researchers in the De ... more		Sun 'flips upside down' while reversing magnetic poles The sun has undergone a "complete field reversal," with its north and south poles changing places as it marks the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24. "A reversal of the sun's magnetic field is, litera ... more		Companies slam delay on deep-sea mining rules Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires Three million years ago our ancestors relied on plant-based diets		Chang'e-3 satellite payload APXS obtained its first spectrum of lunar regolith The Active Particle-induced X-ray Spectrometer (APXS), carried by the Yutu rover of the Chang'e-3 satellite got its first X-ray fluorescence spectrum of lunar regolith around the landing site on Dec ... more
				Wall-Crawling Gecko Robots Can Stick In Space Too Climbing robots that mimic the stickiness of gecko lizard feet could work in space as well as on Earth, ESA has shown, raising the prospect of hull-crawling automatons tending future spacecraft. ... more		More than 1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV mission More than 1,000 candidates - from 200,000 hopefuls - have been chosen to train for a private Mars colonisation mission to be partly funded by a reality-TV show following their training and subsequent steps, organisers said Thursday. ... more

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Energia Corp to launch observation satellite in spring 2014

China's HD observation satellite opens its eyes

US Air Force selects Raytheon's high-bandwidth satellite terminal for secure, protected communications

AF selects officers for space leadership roles

Throwing out the textbook: Salt surprises chemists

Electric-Blue Clouds Appear over Antarctica

UAE to launch indigenous satellite in 2017

Station Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk to Deploy Cameras

Roscosmos announces contest for space activity concepts

Antares Launch Scheduled For Jan 7

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