Virgin Galactic joins the reality TV space race
• newscientist.comReality TV is set to become a little more out of this world. This morning, Virgin Galactic and NBC announced plans for a Survivor-like series that will send the winner to space.
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Image of the Day: SpaceX launches partially reusable Falcon 9
• http://www.dvice.com, Evan AckermanOn Sunday morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The payload was a Canadian satellite called CASSIOPE, designed to study the weather in spaaace.
Plastic Moon: Propylene Detected On Titan / Video
• http://www.space.com, NASA / GSFCThe main ingredient in industrial plastic number 5, has been detected in the atmosphere of the Saturn moon.
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 v1.1, preps for reusable boost stage
• ars technicaEarlier today, SpaceX successfully sent an upgraded version of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle into space. However, the launch was mostly interesting because of what happened AFTER the payload was released. For the first time, the Falcon 9
NASA 3D printer: The next revolution in space?
• Christian Science MonitorNASA 3D printer could be used to make tools and spare parts for the International Space Station by next year, instead of shipping them up from Earth. NASA is working with Made in Space to produce a 3D printer.
New Commercial Supply Ship Reaches Space Station
• pddnet.comNASA's newest delivery service pulled up at the International Space Station on Sunday after a week's delay, bringing more than a half-ton of meals and special treats to the astronauts who assisted in the high-flying feat.
Private Space Race: 2 Commercial Spaceships Now Available for Space Station Deliveries
• space.comTwo private American companies are now responsible for hauling cargo to the International Space Station.
The Real Reason We Don’t Yet Live Among the Stars
• theburningplatform.comThe man in the photo above is Gene Cernan, the last human to walk on the moon. Cernan left the moon in December of 1972 – more than forty years ago – and no one has gone back.
Curiosity findings show 2 percent of Mars soil contains water
• http://news.cnet.com, by Nick StattThe first analysis of soil dug up by the Curiosity rover reveals new insights into the red planet's propensity for retaining water beneath its surface.
Sir Richard Branson talks about space tourism
• http://www.ksdk.com, By Poppy HarlowIt may sound absurd to pay $250,000 for one ticket to get on one aircraft, but that aircraft can take you into space. And if the FAA gives it the go ahead, Virgin Galactic is ready to start space tourism.
NASA’s Curiosity detects no methane on Mars, ruling out life on Mars
• extremetech.comIn a surprising and probably killer blow to the possibility of finding microbial life on Mars,
US-Russian Crew Arrives at Space Station After 6-Hour Flight
• space.comA Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts linked up with the International Space Station late Wednesday (Sept. 25), doubling the orbiting lab's crew size after an express trip to orbit.
NASA's Innovative Ion Space Thruster Sets Endurance World Record
• space.comA five-year test of NASA's latest ion drive for future spacecraft has set a new world record for the longest single space engine test.
Mars hopper concept 'is feasible'
• bbc.co.ukA UK team is developing its idea for a Mars "hopper" - a robot that can bound across the surface of the Red Planet.
Effects of Ancient Meteor Impacts Still Visible on Earth Today
• Space35 million years ago, a 15-story wall of water triggered by an asteroid strike washed over Virginia from its coast to the foot of the inland Blue Ridge Mountains — an impact that would affect millions of people should it occur today.
NASA's comet-hunting spacecraft lost in space
• http://www.computerworld.com, By Sharon GaudinAfter nearly nine years in space, traveling 4.7 billion miles, NASA's deep space comet hunter has come to the end of its mission.
Utron flying saucer - Ralph Ring interviews
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Water on Mars: Curiosity Rover Uncovers a Flood of Evidence
• space.comWater, water everywhere, and some of it fit to drink.
Why Wait for NASA? Let’s Start Planning a Manned Mission to Europa Now
• Wired.comThe moon? Been there, done that. Mars? Is that the best you can do?
To Boldly Go Nowhere, for Now
• slate.comWhy we should hit pause on manned space exploration.
Analysis of Curiosity’s findings dashes hopes of finding life on Mars
• AFPHopes of finding life on Mars suffered a setback after new findings from NASA’s Curiosity rover detected only trace amounts of methane gas in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Scientists have reported large “plumes” of methane
Here's The Longest You Could Survive On Mars Wearing Only Jeans And A T-Shirt
• Business InsiderMars is a cold world, full of deserts and containing very little oxygen or gravity.
Incredible Technology: How Solar Sails Could Propel the First Starships
• space.comSail ships might be the spacecraft that first take human technology to distant stars.
Cygnus Chasing Down the Space Station
• space.comAfter a smooth launch, Orbital Sciences' Cygnus capsule is now chasing down the International Space Station.
XCOR Lynx space plane to begin flight tests soon
• dvice.comVirgin Galactic has been getting a lot of the space tourism press in recent months, but now another company is gearing up for some high-profile tests of their own. XCOR Aerospace is a privately funded outfit that has been designing and .....
Second private spacecraft set for space station run
• usatoday.comLaunch marks beginning of competition in business of supplying astronauts in orbit.
Voyager 1 Solar System Exit Confirmed
• arcleinVoyager 1 first detected the increased pressure of interstellar space on the heliosphere, the bubble of charged particles surrounding the sun that reaches far beyond the outer planets, in 2004. Scientists then ramped up their search for evidence of t
Voyager 1 Becomes First Man-Made Object to Reach Interstellar Space
• Wired.comNASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which launched in 1977, has officially entered interstellar space and is now more than 19 billion kilometers from our sun, nearly 130 times farther away than our planet.
If The Sun Doesn’t Blast It, Comet ISON Will Soon Light Up The Sky
• http://baltimore.cbslocal.com,A comet looping behind the sun could emerge this fall as a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, or it may not.
Virgin Galactic's Space Career Day: An Inside Look (Photos)
• http://www.space.com, by Kenneth BrownPrivate spaceflight company Virgin Galactic held a Career Day event on Sept. 7, 2013, at Mojave Air and Space Port in Mojave, Calif.
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