Mysterious New Gully Spotted on Mars
• http://www.wired.com, By Adam MannA new gully has appeared on a sloped crater wall on Mars.
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Space Station 3D Printer Slated To Launch This Summer
• http://www.space.com,NASA astronaut G. Reid Wiseman is excited about the long term implications of 3D printers in space. Wiseman and the 'Made In Space' printer are scheduled to meet on ISS in Aug. 2014. He spoke at a NASA event on Mar. 19th, 2014.
Probe To Fly Between Saturn And Its Rings
• http://www.space.comOn its final orbit In 2017, NASA's Cassini probe will fly between the inner edge of the D ring and the upper atmosphere of the gas giant. It will also fly though an Enceladus plume in the next few years.
Lockheed-Martin introduces 100 percent refund or refly program for ATLAS payloads
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Brian DodsonLockheed-Martin (LM) has a problem. Its Atlas V orbital launch system, while very popular with the US military, at around US$225M per launch is too expensive to compete effectively for commercial missions, whose launch costs are generally about half
SpaceX preps Mars-capable Falcon Heavy for first launch
• http://www.dvice.com, Michael TreiPrivatized space exploration is big business these days, and nobody is bigger than SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk of Tesla electric car fame. We've already seen how SpaceX is picking up after the loss of the Space Shuttle when it comes to r
Gravitational Waves: Einstein Was Right, Again, Maybe
• http://www.popsci.com, By Emily GertzCosmologists hope for a field-rocking announcement next week.
Do Small Satellites Make For More Space Junk?
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepIt depends on how they're deployed.
Scientists May Get Best View Yet of a Black Hole in Action
• http://www.wired.com, By Adam MannIt’s the cosmic event of the year. Right now, telescopes all over the world are turning to our galaxy’s center, where for the first time ever they may have a front-row look at a supermassive black hole consuming a gas cloud.
SpaceX Set to Launch the World’s First Reusable Booster
• By Michael BelfioreSpaceX’s reusable booster rocket, the first of its kind, could pave the way for radically cheaper access to space.
SPHERES remote control demonstration bodes well for future space exploration
• http://www.gizmag.com, By David SzondyControlling a robot in space from the ground can be a bit like hitting a moving target.
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• Spaceflight NowA regularly updated listing of planned missions from spaceports around the globe. Dates and times are given in Greenwich Mean Time.
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03-14-14 -- Drew Phillips - Michael Belfiore - (VIDEO & MP3 LOADED)
Program Date:Drew Phillips (BitcoinNotBombs.Com) on Bitcoin and the Texas Bitcoin Conference - Michael Belfiore (Author: Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldly Privatizing Space) provides and update on the private s
Video of the Day: Morpheus landing
• http://www.dvice.com, Evan AckermanProject Morpheus is trying very, very hard to be a next-gen, fuel efficient, intelligent, autonomous, lean, green, safer, cheaper planetary lander.
MIT researchers propose gas stations in space
• gizmag.comGetting into space is an expensive business where every little bit of extra weight, which includes the fuel powering the spacecraft, can add thousands of dollars to the cost of a mission.
Plasma Plume Keeps Earth Safe From Solar Storms
• http://www.popsci.com, By Lindsey KratochwilEarth has a magnetic field, which begins at the core and stretches far out into space.
Bitcoins Funding Space Travel
• thelibertybeat.comThe Winklevoss twins want to take a trip to outer space, and they’re using bicoin to get there.
European Commercial Space Plane Prototype Set for May Drop Test
• http://www.space.com, By Rob CoppingerA European space plane project will take to the skies a few months from now for a crucial test.
lagrangian elevator to the moon is it possible
• http://www.space.comLiftPort Group of Seattle seems to think so. This private company proposes launching rockets from Earth to a 'Lagrange Point PicoGravity Lab' where cargo can be transferred to and from the lunar surface.
Asteroid passing Earth will be closer than moon
• http://www.myfoxdc.comCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An asteroid is headed this way. But even though it will come closer than the moon, astronomers say it will pose no danger.
SpaceX outlines CRS-3 landing legs plan toward first stage recovery ambitions
• nasaspaceflight.comSpaceX believes they have “all the necessary pieces” to achieve a full recovery of the booster stage, with the next launch of their Falcon 9 v1.1 set to test another key technology towards that aim, via the debut of landing legs on the aft of the fir
SpaceX to Compete for Air Force Launches This Year
• aviationweek.comSpaceX says its Falcon 9 v1.1 medium-class launcher is expected to receive U.S. Air Force approval this year to compete against United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 and Delta 4 rockets for launches of sensitive national security payloads.
American access to space could be a casualty of the Ukraine crisis
• .All the way to outer space. That's right -- ever since Obama ended the U.S. manned spaceflight program, U.S. astronauts have depended on Russia to take them to the International Space Station.”
Space Research Pays for Itself, but Inspires Fewer People (Op-Ed)
• livescience.comTo say space research is a waste of money is wrong. For every US$1 put into US space agency, its citizens get US$10 as payback; in Japan and the European Union that amount is more than US$3.
Year-long Mock Mars Mission Picks Semifinalists for Canadian Arctic Crew
• space.comAn ambitious simulated Mars mission that will take place over a full year in the Canadian Arctic has whittled its pool of potential crewmembers by two-thirds.
Space fishing: ESA floats plan to net space junk
• gizmag.comWith the film Gravity hoovering up awards for its portrayal of astronauts dodging colliding satellites, now seems a good time to talk about the very real threat posed by space debris.
Futurist Says We’ll Use Lasers to Beam Our Minds Into Space Someday Soon
• By Geek's Guide to the GalaxyThe idea of erasing and implanting memories is a common feature of science fiction films such as Total Recall and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
One private space exploration company is selling naming rights to craters on Mars
• wday.comWould you pay $5 dollars for a hole in the ground? What if that hole was on Mars?
Henry Lin: What we can learn from galaxies far, far away
• ted.comIn a fun, exciting talk, teenager Henry Lin looks at something unexpected in the sky: distant galaxy clusters. By studying the properties of the universe's largest pieces, says the Intel Science Fair award winner, we can learn quite a lot about scien
Kepler strikes exoplanet mother lode, 715 new planets discovered
• gizmag.comIt’s a good thing that planets outside our Solar System get catalog designations instead of proper names, or space scientists would now be scraping the barrel for “Ralph” or “Tigger.”
Commercial Space Our Future Opportuni2es
• http://burtrutan.com, By Burt RutanSubject is Public (non-Government)
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