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| January 21, 2014 |
 NASA Seeks Partnership Opportunities For Commercial Lunar Landers Washington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Building on the progress of NASA's partnerships with the U.S. commercial space industry to develop new spacecraft and rockets capable of delivering cargo, and soon, astronauts to low Earth orbit, the agency is now looking for opportunities to spur commercial cargo transportation capabilities to the surface of the moon. NASA has released an announcement seeking proposals to partner in the d ... more |  |
Chang'e-3 probe sets out on new missions Beijing (XNA) Jan 21, 2014 - The Chang'e-3 lunar probe has started its long-term scientific missions and will have its durability tested when it continues lunar surface surveys, sources with the Beijing Aerospace Control Center said on Thursday. The center transferred operations of the probe to a smaller management team on Wednesday night, said Cui Yan, who leads the team at the center. "We have made all the har ... more |  |
 NASA Commercial Crew Partner SpaceX Tests Dragon Parachute System Morro Bay CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Engineers and safety specialists from NASA and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) gathered in Morro Bay, Calif., in late December to demonstrate how the company's Dragon spacecraft's parachute system would function in the event of an emergency on the launch pad or during ascent. The test was part of an optional milestone under NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) init ... more |  |
 Oppy Encounters A Surprise At Solander Point Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2014 - Opportunity is up on 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. Opportunity is positioned on the edge of an exposed outcrop where orbital observations suggest the possible presence of small amounts of clay minerals. The rover has been finishing up analysis of the 'Cape Darby' area before moving o ... more |  |
 NASA Tests Orion Spacecraft Parachute Jettison over Arizona Washington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Engineers testing the parachute system for NASA's Orion spacecraft increased the complexity of their tests Thursday, Jan. 16, adding the jettison of hardware designed to keep the capsule safe during flight. The test was the first to give engineers in-air data on the performance of the system that jettisons Orion's forward bay cover. The cover is a shell that fits over Orion's crew module t ... more |  |
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 Rosetta, ESA's 'sleeping beauty' wakes up from deep space hibernation Paris (ESA) Jan 21, 2014 - Rosetta, ESA's 'sleeping beauty' wakes up from deep space hibernation It was a fairy-tale ending to a tense chapter in the story of the Rosetta space mission this evening as ESA heard from its distant spacecraft for the first time in 31 months. Rosetta is chasing down Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, where it will become the first space mission to rendezvous with a comet, the first to atte ... more |  |
Mysterious stone 'rawled up' to Mars Rover Opportunity Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 21, 2014 - A strange black and white stone has appeared out of nowhere near the Opportunity Mars Rover, which has not moved for more than a month already. The "guest" was noticed in the photos made by the Mars Rover by Vitaliy Egorov, a famous Russian "Martianologist blogger". (PHOTO) The Mars Rover Opportunity has been working on Mars for almost 10 years now - since January 24, 2004. At present, the ... more |  |
Mystery Mars rock reveals unexpected chemical composition Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 21, 2014 - The rock that suddenly appeared next to the NASA's Opportunity rover in the beginning of January turns out to have an irregular chemical composition for Mars: it has too much sulfur, magnesium and manganese, scientists say. In particular, the rock has twice as much manganese as anything previously analyzed on Mars. "Mars keeps throwing new stuff at us," said Mars Exploration rover le ... more |  |
Dutch researcher says Earth food plants able to grow on Mars The Hague (XNA) Jan 21, 2014 - The cultivation of various plant species, also food plants, is possible on soil of planet Mars, ecologist Wieger Wamelink of the Dutch research institute Alterra of Wageningen University told Xinhua recently. Researchers investigated whether it is possible to grow different types of plants in the soil of Mars and on the moon. They did an experiment with 14 plant species on artificial Marti ... more |  |
 Venus mountains create wave trains Paris (ESA) Jan 16, 2014 - The planet Venus is blanketed by high-level clouds. At visible wavelengths, individual cloud features are difficult to see, but observations made by instruments on ESA's Venus Express orbiter have revealed many small-scale wave trains. Analysis shows that the waves are mostly found at high northern latitudes, particularly above Ishtar Terra, a continent-sized region that includes the highest mou ... more |  |
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Rosetta Spacecraft Waking Up for Final Leg of Comet Landing Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - The first spacecraft to orbit a comet and land a probe on these icy nomads is now waking up after more than two years of slumber, and videos filmed as part of an international competition will help greet the spacecraft after it awakens. Comets are some of the most primitive building blocks of the solar system, with many dating to soon after its formation. Comets also likely helped seed Ear ... more |  |
 Did the Milky Way form 'inside-out' Cambridge UK (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - A breakthrough using data from the Gaia-ESO project has provided evidence backing up theoretically predicted divisions in the chemical composition of the stars that make up the Milky Way's disc - the vast collection of giant gas clouds and billions of stars that give our Galaxy its 'flying saucer' shape. By tracking the fast-produced elements, specifically magnesium in this study, astronom ... more |  |
 Earth to be hit with ISON meteor shower, scientists to study particles of dust Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 16, 2014 - From January 15-16 a stream of cosmic dust - the remains of the tail of the recently disintegrated comet ISON - will hit the Earth. If the particles are large enough, Earth dwellers will see a "meteor shower." However, another phenomenon is more likely - noctilucent clouds. Scientists will try to collect particles of dust, which will fall to the Earth: possibly containing the oldest Solar System ... more |  |
China's lunar probe observes stars, explores moon Beijing (XNA) Jan 21, 2014 - Moon lander Chang'e-3 and rover "Yutu" of China's lunar probe mission have collected a large amount space observation and moon exploration data, a government authority said on Friday. A moon-based optical telescope on the lander has been observing lights from many celestial objects at near ultraviolet wavelengths, and has detected 23 stars, said a statement from the State Administration of ... more |  |
 First mission for SSTL's new X50 platform will be for Kazakh customer London, UK (SPX) Jan 20, 2014 - Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Ghalam LLP (Kazakhstan) have agreed that SSTL's new X50 platform design will deliver KazSTSAT, a small satellite mission announced under a contract signed last year. KazSTSAT will be based on the SSTL-X50 Earthmapper variant and will carry an SSTL SLIM-6 imager, providing 22m resolution multispectral imagery with a swath width of more than 600km f ... more |  |
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 China confirms new hypersonic glide vehicle test-flight Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jan 20, 2014 - China confirmed conducting a test flight of a new hypersonic missile delivery vehicle capable of delivering nuclear warheads with record breaking speeds. The move is purely scientific and not targeted at any country, said the Defense Ministry. "Our planned scientific research tests conducted in our territory are normal," said the Beijing Defense Ministry as cited by Reuters on Wednesday. " ... more |  |
 Nuclear missile force poses a headache for US military Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2014 - The "missileers" who oversee America's land-based nuclear arsenal were once seen as the tip of the spear for the US military during the tense days of the Cold War. But now the crews face questions about their discipline, their professionalism and even the rationale for their job. Revelations this week that missile launch officers cheated on a proficiency exam - the latest in a stream o ... more |  |
 20th Anniversary of Initial Operational Capability of the GPS Constellation El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2014 - The Global Positioning System (GPS) Directorate celebrated the 20th Anniversary of achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for GPS Dec. 8, 2013. In 1973, the Navstar Global Positioning System Joint Program Office (JPO), headed by then-Colonel Bradford Parkinson, developed the GPS architecture and initiated efforts to field a prototype system to prove the concept of space-based globa ... more |  |
Himiko and the Cosmic Dawn Pasadena CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2014 - The Subaru Telescope, an 8.2-meter telescope operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, has been combing the night sky since 1999. Located at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii, the telescope has been systematically surveying each degree of space, whether it looks promising or not, in search of objects worthy of further investigation. One of the most fascinating objects ... more |  |
Working Together to Build Tomorrow's STEM Workforce Washington DC (SPX) Jan 20, 2014 - On January 13, NASA and the U.S. Department of Education marked the successful completion of a pilot program designed to engage more students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. Attendees at the half-day event, held at NASA Headquarters in Washington, included senior officials from both agencies as well as invited guests. The group reviewed the pilot activity and ... more |  |
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