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| January 28, 2014 |
 Aging ISS a space lab of 'unlimited' opportunity Washington (AFP) Jan 27, 2014 - It may be 350 kilometers (215 miles) above Earth and a place that only a privileged few will ever visit, but the International Space Station is crucial to advances in science, health and technology, experts say. Earlier this month, NASA said the life of the $100 billion ISS would be extended by four years, or until at least 2024, allowing for more global research and scientific collaboration ... more |  |
 'Goodnight, humans': Says Yutu As The Sun Sets Beijing (AFP) Jan 27, 2014 - Chinese Internet users flooded the country's social media networks on Monday with condolences for the troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover, which experienced a "mechanical control abnormality" over the weekend. State-run media reported on Saturday that the country's first moon rover had run into trouble due to "the complicated lunar surface environment". By Monday afternoon, "Jade Rabbit lunar r ... more |  |
 British astronaut says space travel vital to survival of human race London (UPI) Jan 24, 2013 - A British astronaut preparing to go into space next year says space travel and learning to work and live in space is vital to the survival of humanity. Tim Peake, due to spend 6 months on the International Space Station beginning in late 2015, made the remarks recently while undergoing intensive mission training in Germany. "Humanity's aim is to explore the solar system, not just ... more |  |
 James Webb Space Telescope Passes a Mission Milestone Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014 - a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control systems. "This is the last major element-level critical design review of the program," said Richard Lynch, NASA Spacecraft Bus Manager for the James Webb Space Telescope at NASA's ... more |  |
Extra Time for Tiangong Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 23, 2014 - China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory is alive and well in orbit. For most spacecraft, that's a nominal state. But for this mission, it's strange. Tiangong 1 was launched in September 2011 with an advertised lifetime of two years. It played host to three dockings by Shenzhou spacecraft - Shenzhous 8, 9 and 10. The last two carried crews of three astronauts to live on board the laboratory, wh ... more |  |
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 Milky Way shaken... and stirred Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - A team of scientists headed by Ivan Minchev from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has found a way to reconstruct the evolutionary history of our galaxy, the Milky Way, to a new level of detail. The investigation of a data set of stars near the sun was decisive for the now published results. The astronomers studied how the vertical motions of stars - in the direction per ... more |  |
Rare Brown Dwarf Discovery Provides Benchmark for Future Exoplanet Research Mauna Kea HI (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - A team of researchers led by Justin R. Crepp, the Freimann Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Notre Dame, has directly imaged a very rare type of brown dwarf that can serve as a benchmark for studying objects with masses that lie between stars and planets. Their paper on the discovery was published recently in Astrophysical Journal. Initial data came from the TRENDS (TaRge ... more |  |
NASA Spacecraft Take Aim At Nearby Supernova Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - An exceptionally close stellar explosion discovered on Jan. 21 has become the focus of observatories around and above the globe, including several NASA spacecraft. The blast, designated SN 2014J, occurred in the galaxy M82 and lies only about 12 million light-years away. This makes it the nearest optical supernova in two decades and potentially the closest type Ia supernova to occur during the l ... more |  |
Hubble, Hubble, Seeing Double Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - In this new Hubble image two objects are clearly visible, shining brightly. When they were first discovered in 1979, they were thought to be separate objects - however, astronomers soon realized that these twins are a little too identical! They are close together, lie at the same distance from us, and have surprisingly similar properties. The reason they are so similar is not some bizarre ... more |  |
 Black Hole Powers 'Cosmic Flashlight' Illuminating the Cosmic Web Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - Cosmologists believe that matter in intergalactic space is distributed in a vast network of interconnected filamentary structures known as the cosmic web. The vast majority of atoms in the Universe reside in this web as primordial hydrogen, vestigial matter left over from the Big Bang. Researchers from the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy ha ... more |  |
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 NASA Instruments on European Comet Spacecraft Begin Countdown Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 28, 2014 - Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus in November. Rosetta was reactivated Jan. 20 after a record 957 days in hibernation. U.S. mission managers are scheduled to activate their instruments on the spacecraft in early Ma ... more |  |
 45th Space Wing Supports NASA Launch CApe Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing provided flawless Eastern Range support for NASA's successful launch of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-L mission aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 here at 9:33 p.m. Jan. 23. The rocket flew in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper sta ... more |  |
NASA Launches Third Generation Communications Satellite Washington DC (SPX) Jan 28, 2014 - NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite L (TDRS-L), the 12th spacecraft in the agency's TDRS Project, is safely in orbit after launching at 9:33 p.m. EST Thursday aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Ground controllers report the satellite - part of a network providing high-data-rate communications to the International Space Sta ... more |  |
 In the Eye of the Beholder Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - Researchers supported by NASA's Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development (ASTID) program are designing algorithms and instruments that could help future robotic missions make their own decisions about surface sites to explore on other planets. One such instrument is the TextureCam, which is currently being tested with Mars in mind. The technology will improve the efficiency of ... more |  |
 Space droids battle to save Earth from comet Paris (ESA) Jan 27, 2014 - A comet heading towards Earth threatens humanity's existence - that was the virtual scenario of this year's Zero Robotics tournament. Secondary-school students from across Europe controlled miniature satellites on the International Space Station in a competition to save our planet. The Space Station was turned into a playing field for the finals. The ultimate robot game challenged youngste ... more |  |
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NEOWISE Celebrates First Month of Operations After Reactivation Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 27, 2014 - In its first 25 days of operations, the newly reactivated NEOWISE mission has detected 857 minor bodies in our solar system, including 22 near-Earth objects (NEOs) and four comets. Three of the NEOs are new discoveries; all three are hundreds of meters in diameter and dark as coal. The mission has just passed its post-restart survey readiness review, and the project has verified that ... more |  |
 Looking for a superhabitable world then try Alpha Centauri B New Rochelle NY (SPX) Jan 27, 2014 - The search for extraterrestrial life extends far beyond Earth's solar system, looking for planets or moons outside the "stellar habitable zone" that may have environments even more favorable to supporting life than here on Earth. These superhabitable worlds have unique characteristics and are ideal targets for extrasolar exploration, as described in a provocative Hypothesis Article in Astr ... more |  |
Israeli astronaut may go to ISS by Russia's Soyuz spacecraft Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 27, 2014 - An Israeli cosmonaut may use a Russian 'Soyuz' launch vehicle to get to the International Space Station, but as part of the US launch quota. A source in the rocket and space industry told the Interfax news agency on Wednesday that NASA and Roskosmos are in fact negotiating the sending of an Israeli cosmonaut to the ISS in the long term, certainly not in the next two or three years. S ... more |  |
 Baikonur cosmodrome still most operational in the world Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 27, 2014 - The Baikonur Cosmodrome has again confirmed its title of the most operational space launch centre in the world. Last year 23 rocket carriers were launched from the launch pads of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, which is the first and, as it was mentioned before, the largest space centre in the world. The U.S. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station comes second. The Baikonur Cosmodrome was built in Kaza ... more |  |
Netizens extend blessings to troubled lunar rover Beijing (XNA) Jan 27, 2014 - Tens of thousands of Chinese netizens have sent their blessings to lunar rover Yutu (Jade Rabbit) after it experienced major trouble. A mechanical control abnormality occurred to Yutu because of the "complicated lunar surface environment," said China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND) on Saturday. Repair work is ongoing. The news cause ... more |  |
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