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| September 24, 2013 |
 Martian Life: Good or Bad? Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 23, 2013 - Is there life on Mars? The answer has eluded us for decades, and the more we explore the planet, the more elusive that answer seems to become. The discovery by the NASA rover Curiosity that Mars seems to have essentially no methane in its atmosphere is another blow to the idea that microbes flourish somewhere on this world. Then again, scientists on Earth continue to demonstrate that life can su ... more |  |
 Tech glitch delays space station berthing to Saturday Washington (AFP) Sept 23, 2013 - The attempted rendezvous of an unmanned cargo ship at the International Space Station will happen no earlier than Saturday following a technical glitch, NASA said Monday. The rescheduling postpones the berthing of the Cygnus capsule by one week and will allow time for three new ISS crew members to launch aboard a Russian Soyuz from Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the US space agency said. A sof ... more |  |
 Long-Stressed Europa Likely Off-Kilter at One Time Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - By analyzing the distinctive cracks lining the icy face of Europa, NASA scientists found evidence that this moon of Jupiter likely spun around a tilted axis at some point. This tilt could influence calculations of how much of Europa's history is recorded in its frozen shell, how much heat is generated by tides in its ocean, and even how long the ocean has been liquid. "One of the mys ... more |  |
 NASA's Deep Impact Produced Deep Results Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2013 - Launched on a clear winter day in January 2005, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft spanned 268 million miles (431 million kilometers) of deep space in 172 days, then reached out and touched comet Tempel 1. The collision between the coffee table-sized impactor and city-sized comet occurred on July 4, 2005, at 1:52 a.m. EDT. This hyper-speed collision between spaceborne iceberg and copper-fortifi ... more |  |
Station Crew Readies for Cygnus' Sunday Arrival Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - With the Orbital Sciences Corporation's Cygnus cargo vehicle gradually closing in on the International Space Station for the first time, the Expedition 37 crew conducted a final cargo and robotics review Friday to prepare for the arrival of the new commercial cargo craft. Cygnus, which launched at 10:58 a.m. EDT Wednesday from at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, was about 1,200 ... more |  |
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 International Partnership Releases Space Exploration Benefits Paper Washington DC (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - NASA and the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) released a white paper Friday outlining benefits of human exploration of space. The document, titled "Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration," is the culmination of a dialog between space agencies participating in the ISECG. The goal was to share their views and lessons learned on the nature and significance of benef ... more |  |
 OHN Christner Trucking Selects Orbcomm For Refrigerated Telematics Solution Rochelle Park, NJ (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - ORBCOMM and its StarTrak division has been selected by John Christner Trucking (John Christner) to provide an industry-leading two-way tracking and monitoring solution for its nationwide fleet of refrigerated rail and over-the-road (OTR) trailers. Based in Sapulpa, Okla., John Christner will use ORBCOMM's RT6000+, a powerful two-way reefer telematics device developed by StarTrak that provi ... more |  |
 SES and CETel ink new capacity deals to meet growing connectivity demands in the Middle East Luxembourg (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - SES has announced that CETel has renewed a multi-year deal and signed a new multi-transponder capacity deal with SES to provide services to meet the escalating demand for VSAT services and corporate networks in the Middle East. Under the new contracts, CETel will be leasing 80 MHz capacity on SES' NSS-12 satellite to extend its VSAT networks for corporate and governmental networks across t ... more |  |
 African dust storms in our air Miami FL (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - You might find it hard to believe that dust clouds from the African Sahara can travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, but it does every year and in large quantities. In a recent study, Joseph Prospero, professor emeritus at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and collaborators at the University of Houston and Arizona State University fo ... more |  |
NASA's Deep Space Comet Hunter Mission Comes to an End Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2013 - After almost 9 years in space that included an unprecedented July 4th impact and subsequent flyby of a comet, an additional comet flyby, and the return of approximately 500,000 images of celestial objects, NASA's Deep Impact mission has ended. The project team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has reluctantly pronounced the mission at an end after being unable to com ... more |  |
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 Clues to the growth of the colossus in Coma Boston MA (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - A team of astronomers has discovered enormous arms of hot gas in the Coma cluster of galaxies by using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton. These features, which span at least half a million light years, provide insight into how the Coma cluster has grown through mergers of smaller groups and clusters of galaxies to become one of the largest structures in the Universe held toge ... more |  |
 Research: Strong winds may contribute to more sea ice in Antarctica Seattle (UPI) Sep 18, 2013 - Stronger winds could explain the growth of sea ice in Antarctica, a University of Washington researcher says. A new modeling study to be published in the Journal of Climate indicates stronger polar winds lead to an increase in Antarctic sea ice, even in a warming climate, the Seattle university said Tuesday in a release. "The overwhelming evidence is that the Southern Ocean is wa ... more |  |
 UEA scientists reveal Earth's habitable lifetime and investigate potential for alien life Norwich UK (SPX) Sep 24, 2013 - Habitable conditions on Earth will be possible for at least another 1.75 billion years - according to astrobiologists at the University of East Anglia. Findings published in the journal Astrobiology reveal the habitable lifetime of planet Earth - based on our distance from the sun and temperatures at which it is possible for the planet to have liquid water. The research team looked t ... more |  |
 Northrop Grumman Maturing Key Triton Unmanned Aircraft Sensor San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2013 - Northrop Grumman has completed more than 25 flight tests of the U.S. Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system's (UAS) primary maritime surveillance sensor in preparation for its installation on the aircraft. The company is conducting risk-reduction tests of the Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) using a Gulfstream II surrogate aircraft off the California coast. The radar will provide the Trit ... more |  |
 Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Continue Supporting Norad Space Missions Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Sep 20, 2013 - Lockheed Martin will continue supporting the air, space defense and missile warning missions for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex under a $20 million contract modification to the Integrated Space Command and Control (ISC2) program. Under this option, awarded by the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Lockheed Martin will conti ... more |  |
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US Navy Expands Surveillance Mission for Maritime Unmanned Aircraft San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2013 - The U.S. Navy will increase by 50 percent the monthly surveillance flights of a Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-built maritime unmanned demonstrator under a contract awarded Sept. 6. The contract will allow Navy commanders to keep closer tabs on activities in the ocean and coastal regions of the Middle East. Under terms of the $9.98 million award, the company will provide maintenan ... more |  |
 Third Advanced EHF Satellite Will Enhance Resiliency of Military Communications Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Sep 22, 2013 - A Northrop Grumman-built payload launched aboard the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite Sept. 18 is on a course to make protected military space communications more resilient once it reaches a designated orbit and is integrated into a constellation. "We congratulate Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance and the U.S. Air Force for the successful launch of AEHF Flight ... more |  |
 CCT Supports Missile Defense Test against Multiple Targets Titusville FL (SPX) Sep 20, 2013 - The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has announced successful completion of a complex missile defense flight test resulting in the intercept of two ballistic missile targets. Command and Control Technologies provided the technology for controlling launches of targets used on the test. Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the systems, integrated CCT's Command and Control Toolkit commercial soft ... more |  |
US Navy launches two Raytheon-made SM-3 missiles against single ballistic missile target Kauai HI (SPX) Sep 22, 2013 - In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy launched two Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)-made Standard Missile-3 Block IBs from the USS Lake Erie against a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target. The first guided missile successfully destroyed the target using the sheer kinetic force of a massive collision in space. The SM-3 is a defensive weapon used by the U.S. and Jap ... more |  |
2nd Gen Aegis Hits Most Sophisticated Target Yet Kauai HI (SPX) Sep 20, 2013 - The Lockheed Martin Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy successfully demonstrated, on the first attempt, the second generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Weapon System's capability to engage a sophisticated, separating short range ballistic missile target with two Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB guided missiles that were fired and guided to intercept nearly simultaneously. T ... more |  |
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