NASA Selects Launch Services Contract for Three
Missions

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NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Englewood, Colo., to launch the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) spacecraft. The spacecraft will launch in October 2014, July 2014 and November 2016, respectively, aboard Delta II rockets from Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The total v

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NASA Selects Launch Services Contract for Jason-3
Mission

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NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Jason-3 spacecraft in December 2014 aboard a Falcon 9 v1.0 rocket from Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The total value of the Jason-3 launch service is approximately $82 million. This estimated cost includes the task or

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Joyful crews unite aboard space station

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Moscow (AFP) July 17, 2012
A grinning multinational crew of three floated through the open hatches of the International Space station on Tuesday to join the trio already on board the experimental science lab spinning around Earth. The Soyuz capsule carrying NASA's Sunita Williams and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide along with the Russian captain Yury Malenchenko had docked to the ISS hours earlier after taking off from Russia

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Inflatable Spacecraft Heat Shield Set to Launch

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NASA technicians and engineers are putting the finishing touches on a unique experiment designed to demonstrate that an inflatable aeroshell/heat shield could be used to protect spacecraft when entering a planet's atmosphere or returning here to Earth. Workers from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia's Eastern Shore and NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., are preparing t

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Heat is Source of 'Pioneer Anomaly'

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The unexpected slowing of NASA's Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft - the so-called "Pioneer Anomaly" - turns out to be due to the slight, but detectable effect of heat pushing back on the spacecraft, according to a recent paper. The heat emanates from electrical current flowing through instruments and the thermoelectric power supply. The results were published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

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Ambitious ISRO enhancing India's space
capabilities

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New Delhi, India (IANS) Jul 18, 2012
India is boot-strapping its space-based assets to meet the growing demand for enhanced services in communications, broadcasting remote-sensing and navigation, a top space agency official said Monday. "To meet the rising demand for multiple space-based services spanning communication, navigation and earth observation, we are enhancing our capacity in terms of rockets, satellites and ground-based

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Are Robots the coming Man's Best Friend

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Are intelligent robots the answer to attacks using epidemics or nuclear radiation? These smart, cuddly robo creatures could be used in the future to help remaining human populations. They could insure the survival of humanity by providing products and services to people, including emotional support. I may explore this theme in A Viral Affair: Surviving the Pandemic, my sequel to Love Byte.

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Are Robots the Coming Man's Best Friend

Are intelligent robots the answer to attacks using epidemics or nuclear radiation? These smart, cuddly robo creatures could be used in the future to help diminished human populations. They could insure the survival of humanity by providing products and services to people, including emotional support. I may explore this theme in my sequel to Love Byte.

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4,000 words worth of pictures

Yesterday we told you about Karen Walker, the teacher that was awarded the 2012 Bio-Rad Biotechnology Explorer mini grant. Here are some pictures of Ms. Walker’s science class. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, these pictures write a beautiful essay! Want to see your class this engaged in science? Be sure to stay tuned [...]

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