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Feb 7 2012
9:30pm
Russia May Run Repeat Mission to Phobos
Voronezh, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 06, 2012 Russia will send another sample mission to the Martian moon Phobos if the European Space Agency (ESA) decides not to include Russia in its ExoMars program, the head of Russia's space agency said on Tuesday... more
Feb 7 2012
12:42pm
Elements of ExoPlanets
Moffet Field CA (NASA) Feb 06, 2012 Trace elements in stars may influence the evolution of habitable zones around them where life as we know it might dwell, scientists now find. Stars are made nearly entirely from hydrogen and helium gas. Still,... more
Feb 6 2012
6:25pm
Capsule failure delays ISS crew mission
Moscow (UPI) Feb 3, 2012 NASA says crew replacement on the International Space Station will be delayed following the failure of a Russian Soyuz capsule in a ground test. Russian technicians overpressurized the Soyuz vehicle causing a split in we... more
Feb 6 2012
6:25pm
U.K. study: Mars surface too dry for life
London (UPI) Feb 3, 2012 Life could not exist on the surface of Mars because the planet has been in a "super-drought" lasting 600 million years, British researchers say. Scientists at Imperial College London said they based that assertion on ana... more
Feb 6 2012
6:25pm
JILA scientists confirm first 'frequency comb' to probe ultraviolet wavelengths
Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 06, 2012 Physicists at JILA have created the first "frequency comb" in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light less than 100 nanometers (nm) in wavelength. Laser-generated frequency combs are the most acc... more
Feb 6 2012
6:25pm
Armadillo rocket flys high
Heath TX (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 Following detailed analysis of the downlinked telemetry and audio/video recordings from both ground based cameras and a camera that was recovered from the rocket, Armadillo Aerospace has determined that the maximum altitu... more
Feb 6 2012
6:25pm
Feb 13 set as new date for Europe's Vega rocket
Paris (AFP) Feb 3, 2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday that the first launch of a long-awaited light rocket, Vega, which had been pencilled for February 9, would take place on February 13. Vega is being deployed at a new pad at ... more
Feb 6 2012
6:25pm
Planets Circling Around Twin Suns
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 In the last two decades, the study of extrasolar planets - those that lie outside our own solar system - has become one of the most important fields of astrophysics. Now a National Aeronautics and Space Admini... more
Feb 6 2012
6:25pm
Radio Doppler Tracking Continues at Cape York
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 03, 2012 Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for the winter, Opportunit... more
Feb 6 2012
6:25pm
New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby star
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 An international team of scientists has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. With an orbital period of about 28 days and a minimum mass 4.5 times that of the Earth, the planet orbits... more
Feb 6 2012
7:11am
Fourth potentially habitable planet is discovered
Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2012 International astronomers said on Thursday they have found the fourth potentially habitable planet outside our solar system with temperatures that could support water and life about 22 light-years from Earth. The te... more
Feb 6 2012
7:11am
New Horizons Aims to Put Its Stamp on History
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 New Horizons' flight to explore the Pluto system in July 2015 will be a historic accomplishment for the U.S. space program, for planetary science, and indeed for all humankind. Plans for the flyby are well under ... more
Feb 6 2012
7:11am
A dark spot on Mars - Syrtis Major
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 Amateur astronomers who on occasion observe Mars through the eyepiece of their telescopes are quite familiar with the region of Syrtis Major; when observing conditions are good, it can be easily identified as a dar... more
Feb 6 2012
7:11am
Russia May Repeat Mars-500 Simulation on Space Station
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 03, 2012 Russia may repeat the Mars-500 experiment simulating a crewed flight to the Red Planet on the International Space Station (ISS), the head of the Russian Space Federal Agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin sa... more
Feb 6 2012
7:11am
NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 NASA has received the National Research Council (NRC) report "NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities," which provides the agency with findings and recommendations on where best to invest in technologies need... more
Feb 6 2012
7:11am
Final Call to Register and Win Suborbital Research Flight
Mojave CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 XCOR Aerospace and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announce the final week to register and become eligible to win a suborbital research flight on XCOR's Lynx I vehicle at the Next Generation Suborbital Research... more
Feb 6 2012
7:11am
Scientists help define structure of exoplanets
Livermore CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2012 Using models similar to those used in weapons research, scientists may soon know more about exoplanets, those objects beyond the realm of our solar system. In a new study, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scie... more
Feb 6 2012
7:11am
Russia to Start Own Search for Extrasolar Planets
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 03, 2012 Russian astronomers are planning to start their own search for planets outside the Solar System using ground-based telescopes, head of the Institute for Space Research Lev Zelyony said on Wednesday. "S... more
Feb 3 2012
6:20pm
How NASA Solved a 100 Million Dollar Problem for Five Bucks
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 02, 2012 A few years ago, back when the Constellation Program was still alive, NASA engineers discovered that the Ares I rocket had a crucial flaw, one that could have jeopardized the entire project. They panicked. They... more
Feb 3 2012
6:20pm
SpaceX flight to ISS could be late March: NASA
Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2012 The first test flight of a commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station could happen in late March, NASA said on Thursday. The Dragon spacecraft, owned by US company SpaceX, could launch no earlier than M... more