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| September 18, 2012 |
 Discovering the Ozone Hole Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - On Sept. 16, 1987, representatives from nations around the world drafted a landmark treaty known as the Montreal Protocol. This step marked the beginning of the international agreement to phase out substances that deplete Earth's protective ozone layer. Now, 25 years later, NASA satellites continue to provide clear snapshots of a generally stabilized Antarctic ozone hole as it cycles towar ...more |  |
 Woman takes command of ISS after crew return Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2012 - A woman took command of the International Space Station for only the second time Monday as three of her US and Russian colleagues made a safe return from the orbiting space lab to the Kazakh steppe. The Soyuz TMA-04M capsule made a pin-point landing with US astronaut Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin aboard a vessel whose origins stretch back to the early days ...more |  |
 Meteors Might Add Methane to Exoplanet Atmospheres Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - Meteoroids slamming against the atmospheres of alien worlds could add organic gases that make them look inhabited by life even if they are not, researchers say. In recent years, astronomers have detected hundreds of extrasolar planets. Many of these exoplanets lie within habitable zones, the zones around their stars warm enough for liquid water to persist on a planet's surface, raising hop ...more |  |
 The most stable laser in the world Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - A laser with a frequency stability so far unequalled: This is the result of a research cooperation of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) within the scope of the Excellence Cluster QUEST (Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research) with colleagues from the American NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)/JILA. Their development, about which they report ...more |  |
 Boeing Establishes Configuration of Commercial Crew Transportation Houston TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - Boeing and NASA recently established the firm baseline configuration for the company's Commercial Crew Transportation System, achieving the first performance milestone in NASA's Commercial Crew integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative. During the Integrated Systems Review, Boeing's approaches to the spacecraft, launch system and ground operations were evaluated for compliance with NASA's ...more |  |
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European industry develops space safety radar Washington DC (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - ESA will boost European industrial expertise by developing a new radar as part of the Agency's Space Situational Awareness programme. The radar will test future debris monitoring techniques, helping European satellite operators avoid space hazards and increase safety in Earth orbit. ESA and France's ONERA - Office National d'Etudes et Recherches Aerospatiales - research centre have signed ...more |  |
 ITT Exelis announces new capability in GPS interference, detection and geolocation Herndon, VA (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - ITT Exelis has announced a significant development in the field of GPS technology. To be known as the Exelis GPS Interference, Detection and Geolocation (IDG), it will provide near real-time geolocation of intentional and unintentional GPS jamming sources through a network of sensors and advanced geolocation technology. "From security to transportation and almost every sector of the econom ...more |  |
 Stars "Missing In Action" Now Counted Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - Almost one in five exploding stars in nearby galaxies is simply not seen, astronomers have determined. For galaxies further out, that fraction doubles. This finding clears the way for these stellar beacons to be used as a good measure of how fast galaxies made stars earlier in the universe's history. Key evidence for this "body count" of missing supernovae has come from detailed studies of ...more |  |
 Space formula of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Moscow (Voice of Russia) Sep 18, 2012 - 155 years ago, on September 17, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics, was born in the Russian province. One of his famous sayings goes: "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever". Long before the beginning of the space era this Great Russian scientist derived a formula for space rockets' overcoming the earth's gravity. ...more |  |
ISS Crew Enjoys Light Duty Day Houston TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - The Expedition 33 crew aboard the International Space Station began its week with a light-duty day Monday after the departure Sunday of three Expedition 32 crew members. The Soyuz TMA-04M carrying Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Sergei Revin landed safely in Kazakhstan at 10:53 p.m. EDT Sunday (8:53 a.m. Kazakhstan time Monday). Expedition 3 ...more |  |
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ISS Crew Lands Safely in Kazakhstan Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 18, 2012 - A Soyuz reentry capsule with three members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew landed safely in Kazakhstan at 06:53 Moscow Time [0253 GMT], a spokesman for the Mission Control Center in the Moscow Region reported. The reentry capsule was found near the estimated landing point. Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin, and NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba feel "normal," a co ...more |  |
 Opportunity Begins Examining Clay Minerals Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 18, 2012 - Opportunity has begun the in-situ (contact) science campaign at a putative location of clay minerals at the inboard edge of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater. Earlier, Opportunity had driven south along the in board edge of Cape York, surveying the exposed outcrop with both Navigation Camera (Navcam) and detailed Panoramic Camera (Pancam images). On Sol 3056 (Aug. 28, 2012), i ...more |  |
 Spacetime ripples from dying black holes could help reveal how they formed Cardiff UK (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - Researchers from Cardiff University have discovered a new property of black holes: their dying tones could reveal the cosmic crash that produced them. Black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape and so isolated black holes are truly dark objects and don't emit any form of radiation. However, black holes that get deformed, because of other blac ...more |  |
World's most powerful digital camera opens eye, records first images in hunt for dark energy Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - Eight billion years ago, rays of light from distant galaxies began their long journey to Earth. That ancient starlight has now found its way to a mountaintop in Chile, where the newly-constructed Dark Energy Camera, the most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created, has captured and recorded it for the first time. That light may hold within it the answer to one of the biggest mysteries in physi ...more |  |
 Vandenberg's Fifth Atlas V lifts off Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2012 - Team Vandenberg launched a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 here Sept. 13 at 2:39 p.m. It was the fifth Atlas V processed at Vandenberg and the 606th Atlas mission in U.S. history. "It's an honor to work alongside the men and women of Team Vandenberg, United Launch Alliance, the National Reconnaissance Office and our mission partners," said Col. Nina Armagn ...more |  |
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 Basic solar system measure redefined Beijing (UPI) Sep 17, 2012 - Astronomers meeting in Beijing say they've agreed on a new definition of the fundamental unit of distance between objects in the solar system. The "astronomical unit," defined as the distance between the sun and the Earth, is now set at exactly 149,597,870,700 meters (163,602,220,800.53 yards or 92,955,807.27 miles), the meeting of the International Astronomical Union declared. T ...more |  |
Russian rocket sends European weather satellite into orbit Moscow (AFP) Sept 17, 2012 - The European meteorological satellite Metop-B was put into orbit Monday by a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the space agency Roskosmos said. The entry into orbit took place "as planned" at 1737 GMT, a Russian space agency spokesman told AFP. The 4100-kilogram (4.1-tonne) satellite is expected to remain in a polar orbit for five years. The Me ...more |  |
India to launch Mars mission in 2013: official Bangalore, India (AFP) Sept 17, 2012 - India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars in November 2013, a senior official from the country's space research establishment said on Monday. "We are scheduling to launch the Mars mission November 27, 2013 when the red planet will be closer to the earth," K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told reporters in Bangalore. "We plan to put a ...more |  |
 Weather woes delay space shuttle Endeavour's transfer Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2012 - Bad weather is delaying the transfer of the shuttle Endeavour from Florida to California where it will be put on show, the US space agency said Sunday. Endeavour, which completed its final mission last year, was scheduled to leave the Kennedy Space Center on the back of a modified Boeing 747 on Monday but inclement conditions along the flight path pushed the departure to Tuesday, NASA said i ...more |  |
Squyres Warns Congress of Threats to Mars Program Laurel NY (SPX) Sep 17, 2012 - Prof. Steve Squyres '78 Ph.D. '81, astronomy, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that U.S. space exploration programs risk significant delays and setbacks because they are severely underfunded. Despite the importance of the issue, only two senators attended the hearing. Squyres testified on Capitol Hill before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, along with a pan ...more |  |
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