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| May 28, 2014 |
 Permanently manned ISS could end in 2020 Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 28, 2014 - Man in orbit might become history after 2020, as Russia sees no need to keep the ISS operating, announced Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Manned flights make little profit for Russia's space agency, which might focus on other projects. Russia's Roskosmos space corporation gets little commercial payback from the International Space Station despite spending up to 30 percent of its annual ... more |  |
 Where Have All The Craters Gone? Boulder CO (SPX) May 28, 2014 - Impact craters reveal one of the most spectacular geologic process known to man. During the past 3.5 billion years, it is estimated that more than 80 bodies, larger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid that struck the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago, have bombarded Earth. However, tectonic processes, weathering, and burial quickly obscure or destroy craters. For example, if Earth were ... more |  |
Expedition 40 all set to go Paris (ESA) May 28, 2014 - From unusual training to upholding cherished traditions, everything is being done to ensure that ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and his crewmates arrive at the International Space Station on Thursday safely and in good health - including being flipped upside down and relieving themselves on the wheel of a bus. The crew landed at the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan two weeks before the 28 ... more |  |
 SpaceX Completes Qualification Testing of SuperDraco Thruster Hawthorne CA (SPX) May 28, 2014 - SpaceX reports it has completed qualification testing for the SuperDraco thruster, an engine that will power the Dragon spacecraft's launch escape system and enable the vehicle to land propulsively on Earth or another planet with pinpoint accuracy. The qualification testing program took place over the last month at SpaceX's Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas. The program includ ... more |  |
 Russian-Ukrainian Rocket Launches Eutelsat-3B Satellite Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2014 - A Ukrainian-Russian Zenit-3SL rocket has successfully launched the Eutelsat-3B telecommunications satellite to orbit from the Sea Launch Odyssey platform in the Pacific Ocean, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday. "The Eutelsat-3B spacecraft has separated from the booster. The satellite has been placed under the management of the launch sponsor, the Eutelsat communications operat ... more |  |
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 Sending entangled beams through fast-light materials College Park MD (SPX) May 27, 2014 - Michael Lewis's bestselling book "Flash Boys" describes how some brokers, engaging in high frequency trading, exploit fast telecommunications to gain fraction-of-a-second advantage in the buying and selling of stocks. But you don't need to have billions of dollars riding on this-second securities transactions to appreciate the importance of fast signal processing. From internet to video streamin ... more |  |
 Exploring space from Hawthorn via Hawaii Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 28, 2014 - From a remote control room in the middle of Swinburne University of Technology's Hawthorn campus, astronomers have successfully steered the world's largest optical telescopes more than 9000 kilometres away at the W M Keck Observatory in Hawaii. This is believed to be the furthest distance a telescope of this class has been routinely remotely directed in real time and the first time a unive ... more |  |
NASA-Funded Rocket to Study Birthplace of Stars Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 28, 2014 - In deep space, floating between the stars, lies an abundance of atoms - carbon, oxygen, hydrogen - that over millions of years will grow into new stars and new planets. Early in the morning on May 24, 2014, at 2 a.m. EDT, a NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket will carry a payload for a 15-minute flight to observe this star nursery more comprehensively and in better detail than has been done by ... more |  |
 Beidou to help safeguard fishermen on high seas Beijing (XNA) May 28, 2014 - The Beidou navigation satellite system will help establish a security system to protect fishermen in Hainan province, industry insiders said. Qi Chengye, manager of the engineering technology center of BDStar Navigation, a company that provides the Beidou service to 80 percent of China's fishing vessels, said that BDS mainly provides instant alarms and unique short messaging services, as well as ... more |  |
Russia promotes Glonass to BRICS as competitive boost Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 28, 2014 - The deployment of Glonass global navigation system stations in BRICS member countries will boost the network competitiveness, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador at Large, executive secretary of the interdepartmental commission for Russian membership in the G20 and the BRICS Group Vadim Lukov said. "A project of the sort implemented in collaboration with BRICS countries will strengthen the ... more |  |
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 A habitable environment on Martian volcano Providence RI (SPX) May 28, 2014 - The slopes of a giant Martian volcano, once covered in glacial ice, may have been home to one of the most recent habitable environments yet found on the Red Planet, according to new research led by Brown University geologists. Nearly twice as tall as Mount Everest, Arsia Mons is the third tallest volcano on Mars and one of the largest mountains in the solar system. This new analysis of the ... more |  |
 Sunsets on Titan Reveal the Complexity of Hazy Exoplanets Pasadena CA (JPL) May 28, 2014 - Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets by using Saturn's smog-enshrouded moon Titan as a stand-in. The new technique shows the dramatic influence that hazy skies could have on our ability to learn about these alien worlds orbiting distant stars. The work was performed by a team of researchers led by Tyle ... more |  |
 Telecommunication satellite Eutelsat 3B is taken to target orbit Moscow (Voice of Russia) May 28, 2014 - Eutelsat 3B telecommunication satellite, launched with Zenit-3SL carrier under the Sea Launch programme, has been taken to the target orbit, the Russian Space Agency reports on Tuesday. "In about eight minutes after the start, the booster has separated from the carrier to take the satellite to the target orbit," the Russian Space Agency told TASS news agency on Tuesday. The launch was made ... more |  |
 Nature inspires drones of the future London, UK (SPX) May 27, 2014 - Researchers have been taking tips from nature to build the next generation of flying robots. Based on the mechanisms adopted by birds, bats, insects and snakes, 14 distinguished research teams have developed solutions to some of the common problems that drones could be faced with when navigating through an urban environment and performing novel tasks for the benefit of society. Whether thi ... more |  |
 A new way to make sheets of graphene Boston MA (SPX) May 27, 2014 - Graphene's promise as a material for new kinds of electronic devices, among other uses, has led researchers around the world to study the material in search of new applications. But one of the biggest limitations to wider use of the strong, lightweight, highly conductive material has been the hurdle of fabrication on an industrial scale. Initial work with the carbon material, which forms a ... more |  |
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 Argonne scientists discover new magnetic phase in iron-based superconductors Argonne IL (SPX) May 27, 2014 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a previously unknown phase in a class of superconductors called iron arsenides. This sheds light on a debate over the interactions between atoms and electrons that are responsible for their unusual superconductivity. "This new magnetic phase, which has never been observed before, could have significan ... more |  |
 Delegating the dirty work is a key to evolution East Lansing MI (SPX) May 26, 2014 - We have hundreds of types of cells in our bodies - everything from red blood cells to hair follicles to neurons. But why can't most of them create offspring for us? New research at Michigan State University suggests that separating germ cells - sperm and eggs -from somatic cells - all other cells - preserves the genetic building blocks while allowing organisms to flourish in a somewhat hazardous ... more |  |
Sea Launch sends Eutelsat 3B satellite into orbit via Zenit 3SL rocket Los Angeles (UPI) May 27, 2013 - Sea Launch successfully lofted another satellite into orbit today - the Eutelsat 3B satellite via a Zenit 3SL rocket. It's the 36th rocket-satellite combo launched by the non-governmental space company since it was founded in 1995. As usual, the rocket blasted-off from the company's Odyssey Launch Platform, currently situated off the coast of Souther California at 154 degrees west long ... more |  |
 Study shows iron from melting ice sheets may help buffer global warming Brussels, Belgium (SPX) May 26, 2014 - A newly-discovered source of oceanic bioavailable iron could have a major impact our understanding of marine food chains and global warming. A UK team has discovered that summer meltwaters from ice sheets are rich in iron, which will have important implications on phytoplankton growth. The findings are reported in the journal Nature Communications. It is well known that bioavailable iron b ... more |  |
Fossil avatars are transforming palaeontology Bristol, UK (SPX) May 26, 2014 - New techniques for visualizing fossils are transforming our understanding of evolutionary history according to a paper published by leading palaeontologists at the University of Bristol. Palaeontology has traditionally proceeded slowly, with individual scientists labouring for years or even decades over the interpretation of single fossils which they have gradually recovered from entombing ... more |  |
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