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| December 31, 2013 |
 US bans Russia's GLONASS for spying fears Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013 - The United States does not want GLONASS stations on its territory. Americans are afraid that Russia's GLONASS global satellite navigation system might be used to spy on the US. No official ban has been imposed, but the new requirements that have been put forward now make the deployment of ground-based tracking stations next to impossible. The 2014 defense bill signed by President Barack Ob ... more |  |
 'Mars One' will reveal if there is life outside Earth Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013 - Mars One is a non-profit organization that plans to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by 2025. The private spaceflight project is led by Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp, who announced plans for the Mars One mission in May 2012, who revealed the details of the mission in an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia. b>Mr. Lansdorp, how did the idea of Mars One project come to y ... more |  |
 Chang'e 3 Lander and Rover From Above Tempe AZ (SPX) Dec 31, 2013 - Chang'e 3 landed on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) just east of a 450 m diameter impact crater on 14 December 2013. Soon after landing, a small rover named Yutu (or Jade Rabbit in English) was deployed and took its first tentative drive onto the airless regolith. At the time of the landing LRO's orbit was far from the landing site so images of the landing were not possible. Ten days later on ... more |  |
 SAR images acquired by KOMPSAT-5 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Dec 31, 2013 - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has released KOMPSAT-5 images acquired for the calibration purpose. KOMPSAT-5 was launched on August 22, 2013 from the Yasny launch base of Russia and under early operation and calibration. During the early operation and calibration phase, all the functionalities of satellite have been verified and now it is under calibration of payload system. ... more |  |
Energia Corp to launch observation satellite in spring 2014 Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013 - The Energia Rocket and Space Corporation accomplished a full cycle of ground tests, assembly and factory trials of a next-generation observation satellite in 2013, a corporation spokesman told Interfax-AVN on Monday. "The observation satellite designed by the corporation will be put into orbit in spring 2014," he said. Meanwhile, a source from the Russian rocket and space industry to ... more |  |
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China's HD observation satellite opens its eyes Beijing (XNA) Dec 31, 2013 - China's high-definition Earth observation satellite, the Gaofen-1, has been formally put into service, the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) announced Monday. The satellite has undergone eighth months of in-orbit tests since it blasted off on April 26. It has met requirements and even performed better than expected by sending back high ... more |  |
 US Air Force selects Raytheon's high-bandwidth satellite terminal for secure, protected communications Marlborough MA (SPX) Dec 28, 2013 - Raytheon, the only provider of fielded Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite terminals that protect the military's most sensitive information, was chosen by the U.S. Air Force under a $134,399,631 contract to develop a terminal that transmits emergency messages to aircrews during nuclear and non-nuclear missions. The Global Aircrew Strategic Network Terminal (Global ASNT) is p ... more |  |
 AF selects officers for space leadership roles San Antonio Texas (AFNS) Dec 26, 2013 - More than three dozen officers have been selected for calendar year 2014 space operations director of operations, detachment commander and director of space forces positions, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced. Nominees, considered by the developmental team in November, were assessed for exceptional leadership skills and ability to set the example through unquestioned integrity ... more |  |
 Throwing out the textbook: Salt surprises chemists Washington DC (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - Table salt, sodium chloride, is one of the first chemical compounds that schoolchildren learn. New research from a team including Carnegie's Alexander Goncharov shows that under certain high-pressure conditions, plain old salt can take on some surprising forms that violate standard chemistry predictions and may hold the key to answering questions about planet formation. The team, which als ... more |  |
 Electric-Blue Clouds Appear over Antarctica Huntsville AL (SPX) Dec 24, 2013 - Data from NASA's AIM spacecraft show that noctilucent clouds are like a great "geophysical light bulb." They turn on every year in late spring, reaching almost full intensity over a period of no more than 5 to 10 days. News flash: The bulb is glowing. As December unfolds, a vast bank of noctilucent clouds is blanketing Antarctica. It started on Nov. 20th as a tiny puff of electric-blue an ... more |  |
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UAE to launch indigenous satellite in 2017 Dubai, UAE (XNA) Dec 31, 2013 - United Arab Emirates (UAE) vice president and prime minister ordered here on Sunday the executive phase for building the first satellite whose parts are solely produced in the Gulf Arab oil state and which is planned to be placed on orbit by 2017, local news agency WAM reported. The first UAE-made satellite will be called Khali Sat, named after the UAE president Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al ... more |  |
 Station Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk to Deploy Cameras Houston TX (SPX) Dec 31, 2013 - Two Russian cosmonauts in Orlan spacesuits wrapped up a 8-hour, 7-minute spacewalk to attempt the installation of photographic equipment on the exterior of the International Space Station at 4:07 p.m. EST Friday. Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy promptly completed the main objective of Friday's spacewalk - the installation of a pair of high-fidelity cameras as pa ... more |  |
 Roscosmos announces contest for space activity concepts Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013 - The Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has announced an open contest for conceptual documents regarding Russian space activity. The starting price of the contract is 883 million rubles. Contest details are being posted on the public procurement website. Conceptual documents shall be based on a systemic analysis of domestic and foreign space exploration programs in the period until 2030 ... more |  |
 Antares Launch Scheduled For Jan 7 Wallops VA (SPX) Dec 31, 2013 - The NASA Wallops Flight Facility and Virginia's Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport are set to support the launch of Orbital Sciences' Corp. Antares rocket at 1:55 p.m. EST, Jan. 7. The Antares rocket will carry Orbital's Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The cargo craft will be filled with 2,780 pounds of supplies for the station, including vital science experi ... more |  |
Mars One mission: big work ahead Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013 - Around 200,000 people have applied for a one-way mission to Mars, though it's still pretty unclear if and when the ambitious project to colonize the "red planet" is going to take place. Some believe that it may happen in the 2020s. Determined to forge ahead with its plans whatever the financial or technical challenges, the company behind the Mars One project first intends to send an unmann ... more |  |
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Obama bans construction of GLONASS stations in US without Pentagon's approval Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 31, 2013 - US President Barack Obama has signed a bill hindering the construction of GLONASS stations on the US territory. The document rules that the matter requires the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to report the case to Congress first. Under the Republican-proposed bill, the Pentagon and CIA chiefs are to provide assurances that GLONASS stations will not be used fo ... more |  |
Penn Researchers Grow Liquid Crystal 'Flowers' That Can Be Used as Lenses Philadelphia, PA (SPX) Dec 23, 2013 - A team of material scientists, chemical engineers and physicists from the University of Pennsylvania has made another advance in their effort to use liquid crystals as a medium for assembling structures. In their earlier studies, the team produced patterns of "defects," useful disruptions in the repeating patterns found in liquid crystals, in nanoscale grids and rings. The new study adds a ... more |  |
Resistance makes waves Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Dec 24, 2013 - Even physics can give pointers for energy saving. An international team working together with the Centre for Quantum Materials, run by the Max Planck Society in conjunction with the University of British Columbia (Canada), is now in a position to provide materials scientists with tips for the development of high-temperature superconductors, in a bid to make them earn their name. The term i ... more |  |
Solitons in a crystal Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 24, 2013 - Soliton water waves can travel several kilometers without any significant change in their shape or amplitude, as opposed to normal waves, which widen as they travel, and eventually disappear. Discovered over 150 years ago in water canals, solitons represent a surprising phenomenon of wave propagation and have been observed in natural phenomena including moving sand dunes and space plasmas. ... more |  |
 Bank robberies decrease as criminals switch to cyber-crime London (UPI) Dec 27, 2013 - Bank robberies in Britain have dropped 90 percent in the last decade as criminals find greater rewards in targeting financial services online, figures indicate. The British Bankers Association reported there were 66 robberies in 2011, compared to 847 in 1992. Defensive technologies are making it extremely difficult for "traditional" robbery tactics to be successful, BBA chief Ant ... more |  |
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