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| September 26, 2013 |
 New space crew joins ISS on Olympic torch mission Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Sept 26, 2013 - An American and two Russians Thursday boarded the International Space Station after a lightning journey from Earth, on a mission that will see the Olympic torch for the 2014 Sochi Games taken into space for the first time. Michael Hopkins of NASA and Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky of Russia blasted off without a hitch from the Baikonur space centre that Moscow leases from Central Asia's ex- ... more |  |
 Russia plans next Rokot launch in November Moscow (Voice of Russia) Sep 26, 2013 - Russia is planning to launch a light-class Rokot carrier rocket with three research satellites from the Plesetsk space center in November, the Defense Ministry said Monday. "The Plesetsk center has started preparations for the November launch of three Swarm satellites designed for the study of the Earth's magnetic field," a Defense Ministry spokesman said. It will be the third launch ... more |  |
 Ultra-fast Electrons Explain Third Radiation Ring Around Earth Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - In the already complicated science of what creates - and causes constant change in - two giant doughnuts of radiation surrounding Earth, researchers have added a new piece of information: some of the electrons reach such enormous energies that they are driven by an entirely different set of physical processes. These results were published in a paper in Nature Physics on Sept. 22, 2013. Und ... more |  |
 The Harshest Habitats on Earth Cape Cod MA (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - As the remotely operated vehicle Jason approached the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, its cameras relayed an eerie scene back to the research vessel Atlantis. It looked like a dark lake on the seafloor. A narrow white stripe meandered across the brown seafloor like a beachfront; beyond it lay an impenetrable blackness. When the vehicle nosed closer, the water around it shimmered like wave ... more |  |
 China's navi-location industries to boom: white paper Beijing (XNA) Sep 26, 2013 - The annual product of China's satellite navigation and location service industries will exceed 225 billion yuan (36.6 billion U.S. dollars) in 2015, a white paper predicted on Tuesday. By 2020, when China is expected to expand its home-grown regional BeiDou Navigation Satellite System to global coverage, the industries' annual product will hit 400 billion yuan, with 800 million users, acco ... more |  |
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Lockheed Martin GPS 3 Satellite Prototype Integrated With Raytheon OCX Ground Control Segment Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - The prototype for Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]'s next generation GPS III satellite reached a major milestone on August 30 when it successfully established remote connectivity and communicated with the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX), being developed by Raytheon [NYSE: RTN], during a series of pre-flight tests. During the Compatibility and Integration (C&I) Tests, Lockhe ... more |  |
 "GRAVITY" is Almost Here Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Hollywood is about to do it again. Imagery imitates a future reality. The new film, "Gravity" is about to be released. This is a 2013 American 3D film starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as surviving astronauts in a damaged space shuttle. According to film critics, this sci-fi survival drama is a technical and visual achievement. Gravity starts as a casual space stroll between Dr. R ... more |  |
Astrium down selected for MOJ electronic tagging contract London, UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, has been selected by the UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to provide sophisticated mapping and monitoring services for its new electronic monitoring program. Selected as preferred bidder for the contract, Astrium Services teams based in Far.nborough, Hampshire, will provide the mapping and monitoring expertise to enable the movements of offenders r ... more |  |
 Nanocrystal Catalyst Transforms Impure Hydrogen into Electricity Upton NY (SPX) Sep 22, 2013 - The quest to harness hydrogen as the clean-burning fuel of the future demands the perfect catalysts-nanoscale machines that enhance chemical reactions. Scientists must tweak atomic structures to achieve an optimum balance of reactivity, durability, and industrial-scale synthesis. In an emerging catalysis frontier, scientists also seek nanoparticles tolerant to carbon monoxide, a poisoning ... more |  |
 Green photon beams more agile than optical tweezers Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Sep 22, 2013 - Romanian scientists have discovered a novel approach for the optical manipulation of macromolecules and biological cells. Their findings, published in EPJ B, stem from challenging the idea that visible light would induce no physical effect on them since it is not absorbed. Instead, Sorin Comorosan, working as a physicist at the National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering based i ... more |  |
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 Warming 'pause' gives thought for scientists, sceptics Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2013 - A slowdown in warming that has provided fuel for climate sceptics is one of the thorniest issues in a report to be issued by UN experts on Friday. Over the past 15 years, the world's average surface temperature rose far slower than many climate models have predicted. According to projections, global warming should go in lockstep with the ever-rising curve of heat-trapping carbon emission ... more |  |
 China launches new weather satellite Taiyuan, China (XNA) Sep 26, 2013 - China successfully launched a meteorological satellite into orbit at 11:07 a.m. Monday, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center said. The third Fengyun-III satellite, carried by a Long March-4C carrier rocket, will join the previous two which are in orbit to boost China's weather monitoring capabilities. The three Fengyun-III weather satellites, the country's second generation polar orbiting ... more |  |
 Astronomers discover densest galaxy ever East Lansing MI (SPX) Sep 26, 2013 - Imagine the distance between the sun and the star nearest to it - a star called Alpha Centauri. That's a distance of about 4 light years. Now, imagine as many as 10,000 of our suns crammed into that relatively small space. That is about the density of a galaxy that was recently discovered by an international team of astronomers led by a Michigan State University faculty member. "This galax ... more |  |
 Amateur Astronomers See Comet ISON Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - Anticipation is building as Comet ISON approaches the sun for a close encounter on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28). No one knows if the blast of solar heating ISON receives will turn it into one of the finest comets in years--or destroy the icy visitor from the outer solar system. Astronomer Carey Lisse, the head of NASA's Comet ISON Observing Campaign, hopes that "every telescope on Earth will ... more |  |
 Chinese VP stresses peaceful use of space Beijing (XNA) Sep 25, 2013 - Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao on Monday called for peaceful exploration and use of space so as to serve the interests of people and countries all over the world. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 64th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2013), Li said space resources are the common wealth of mankind, and various countries enjoy equal rights to use such resources. It w ... more |  |
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 Mission to moon will boost research and awareness Beijing (XNA) Sep 25, 2013 - China could take advantage of its Chang'e-3 lunar exploration mission to boost international cooperation on space exploration and promote space education and awareness among the public, a leading expert from the United States said on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of a Galaxy Forum workshop held in Beijing, Steve Durst, founding director of the International Lunar Observatory Associatio ... more |  |
 Sunshield for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Ready for Manufacturing Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is dominated visually by the tennis-court sized sunshield, which separates the observatory into a warm sun-facing side and a cold anti-sun side. Each of the five sunshield layers helps to protect the telescope optics - or mirrors - from the sun's heat. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and teammate NeXolve Corporation, a subsidiary of ManTech Interna ... more |  |
 NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 25, 2013 - 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 waypoint along the route inside Gale Crater. The location, originally chosen on the basis of images taken from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, paid off with investigation of targets that bear evid ... more |  |
Mighty Eagle Improves Autonomous Landing Software With Successful Flight Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - The Mighty Eagle, a NASA robotic prototype lander managed out of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. successfully completed a test flight today as part of a series to help validate software from Moon Express, Inc. The flight also evaluated a new hazard avoidance system designed and developed at the Marshall Center. Under the terms of a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement s ... more |  |
Researchers publish enormous catalog of more than 300,000 nearby galaxies Minneapolis MN (SPX) Sep 25, 2013 - More than 83,000 volunteer citizen scientists. Over 16 million galaxy classifications. Information on more than 300,000 galaxies. This is what you get when you ask the public for help in learning more about our universe. The project, named Galaxy Zoo 2, is the second phase of a crowdsourcing effort to categorize galaxies in our universe. Researchers say computers are good at automatically ... more |  |
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