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October 22, 2013

MAVEN Launch Preps on Schedule
Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Oct 22, 2013
MAVEN launch preparations remain on schedule and have continued to go well since spacecraft processing resumed earlier this month. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, MAVEN is slated for a spin test without propellant aboard. Once complete, the spacecraft will be prepared for fueling. The Atlas V rocket payload fairing will be moved into the clean room on Oct. 21 in preparation for MAVEN's encapsulation beginning in early November. The Atlas booster was hoisted into the vertical integration facility ... read more

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Heading to a High Slope for Some Sunshine Opportunity is on the northern edge of 'Solander Point' at the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is investigating the geologic contacts at the base of Solander Point. On Sol 3446 (Oct. 3, 201 ... more		Phobos-Grunt-2: Russia to probe Martian moon by 2022 Russia is set to launch a probe to the Martian moon Phobos by 2022, the head of the Russian Space Research Institute has revealed. The renewal of the ambitious program, which includes taking samples ... more		Russian scientists set sights on space Russian scientists plan to once again attempt to launch an exploratory mission on the Martian satellite Phobos - the date for the launch of the new probe entitled Boomerang is tentatively set on 202 ... more
				Curiosity confirms origins of Martian meteorites Earth's most eminent emissary to Mars has just proven that those rare Martian visitors that sometimes drop in on Earth - a.k.a. Martian meteorites - really are from the Red Planet. A key new measure ... more		Russia to Make Second Attempt at Mars Moon Mission Russia will take a second crack at bringing back dust samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars, after an attempt in 2011 ended in the spacecraft crashing back to Earth, a top scientist said Tue ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

Mission To Mars: A Critical Step In Space Globalization India is getting ready to become the fifth country to send a spaceship to Mars. The USA, Russia, the EU, China and Japan are working on their own programs of studying the Red Planet. And although it ... more		Martian scars Run Deep Ripped apart by tectonic forces, Hebes Chasma and its neighbouring network of canyons bear the scars of the Red Planet's early history. ESA's Mars Express has flown over this region of Mars on numer ... more		Eutelsat orders 340 new OneWeb LEO satellites from Airbus Planet secures multi year satellite contract with Swedish Armed Forces EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief		Russia to make another attempt to bring back Mars moon material Russia will mount a second attempt to bring back dust samples from Phobos, one of the moons of Mars, after a failed 2011 try, a leading scientist says. ... more
				Curiosity rover finds proof of Mars origin of meteorites NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars has found evidence confirming some meteors found on Earth did in fact come from the Red Planet, scientists report. ... more		US shutdown not to hit Indian Mars mission The partial shutdown of the US government would not affect the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) scheduled for launch Oct 28, the Indian space agency said Saturday. "National Aeronautics Space ... more

Space Situational Awareness Conference 2013

Solar systems for home and business

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Martian settlement site to be printed on a printer The first human settlers on Mars will use a 3D printer to print dwellings, greenhouses and even cutlery, in short, all they will need to live on the Red Planet. In the process, they will use the raw ... more		Spacecraft snaps dramatic images of giant scar on the surface of Mars Images from a European spacecraft orbiting Mars have shown in greater detail than ever before a giant chasm ripped open by tectonic forces, scientists say. ... more		HawkEye 360 boosts RF coverage with new Cluster 13 satellites Slow orbital wobble patterns drive ancient greenhouse climate swings Ordovician mass extinction cleared the way for jawed fishes to rise		NAU researcher's closer look at Mars reveals new type of impact crater Lessons from underground nuclear tests and explosive volcanoes may hold the answer to how a category of unusual impact craters formed on Mars. The craters feature a thin-layered outer deposit ... more
				Mars Hand Lens Imager Sends Ultra High-Res Photo From Mars An instrument aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has sent back to scientists on Earth an ultra high-resolution image of a penny the rover carried to Mars. The coin was photographed by the Mars Hand ... more		ESA's test rover begins exploring Atacama Desert ESA's test rover has been fitted with scientific instruments and made its first tracks in the sands of Chile's Atacama Desert. Meanwhile, team members have explored the area to select a suitable sit ... more

LADEE Continues To Settle Into Operational Lunar Orbit

Crowdfunded Lunar Spacecraft Reaches Funding Milestone

NASA's moon landing remembered as a promise of a 'future which never happened'

NASA's China policy faces mounting pressure

Ten Years of Chinese Astronauts

NASA vows to review ban on Chinese astronomers

Cygnus cargo craft readies to leave space station

Aerojet Rocketdyne Thrusters Help Cygnus Spacecraft Berth at the International Space Station

First CASIS Funded Payloads Berthed to the ISS

SwRI study finds that Pluto satellites' orbital ballet may hint of long-ago collisions

Archival Hubble Images Reveal Neptune's "Lost" Inner Moon

New Horizons - Late in Cruise, and a Binary Ahoy

	Making Martian clouds on Earth At first glance, Mars' clouds might easily be mistaken for those on Earth: Images of the Martian sky, taken by NASA's Opportunity rover, depict gauzy, high-altitude wisps, similar to our cirrus clou ... more		First HiRISE Images of Comet ISON On 29 September 2013, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) maneuvered to point its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera at ISON, a new comet passing by Mars on its way into th ... more		NASA Mars mission escapes government shutdown, will launch NASA says it next mission to Mars has been cleared for takeoff amid fears the U.S. government shutdown could cause it to miss its launch window. ... more		European rover meant for Mars to undergo earthly desert test A proposed Mars rover will undergo its most ambitious test to date in remotely guided explorations of a Mars-like desert in South America, scientists said. ... more

SwRI tests rooftop solar fire behavior and mitigation options

Fast FPGA pulse shaping clears neutron gamma pile ups in nuclear detectors

Bayesian neural net sharpens thorium 232 fission yield data

A Seasonal Ozone Layer Over The Martian South Pole		Taking Snapshots Galore at 'Solander Point'		First ARCA flight in the ExoMars Program completed successfully		NASA Wants Investigations for a Mars 2020 Rover		Suggestion of supervolcanoes on Mars ignites controversy
NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint		Martian chemical complicates hunt for life's clues		Scientists find a martian igneous rock that is surprisingly Earth-like		Researchers describe unusual Mars rock		Dawn Marks Six Years In Space

Water for future Mars astronauts

Australia's new prototype vehicle to improve Earth observation satellites' accuracy

NASA Mars rover Curiosity finds water in first sample of planet surface

Science Benefits From Diverse Landing Area Of NASA Mars Rover

First scoop of Mars soil contains 2 percent water: study

Martian Life: Good or Bad?

NASA Rover Inspects Pebbly Rocks at Martian Waypoint

Communications Tests Go the Distance for MAVEN

Curiosity Rover Detects No Methane On Mars

Robotic Arm Goes to Work on Rock Target

Life on Mars hopes fade after rover findings: study

India unveils Mars mission spacecraft

Explosive flooding said responsible for distinctive Mars terrain

Upgrade to Mars rovers could aid discovery on more distant worlds

Investigating 'Coal Island' Rock Outcrop

India prepares to launch country's maiden mission to Mars

New technology could make for smarter planet rovers

Terramechanics research aims to keep Mars rovers rolling

Space Cadets line up for one-way Mars trip

SwRI study suggests debris flows on frozen arctic sand dunes are similar to dark dune spot-seepage flows on Mars

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