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| December 09, 2012 |
 USAF Hopes Bulk Rocket Purchase Will Save Billions Washington DC (AFNS) Dec 10, 2012 - Purchasing core elements used to launch 28 rockets into space for National Security Space missions is the focus of negotiations between the Air Force and United Launch Alliance to establish a requirements contract, according to Defense Under Secretary Frank Kendall. The plan is to procure 36 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle cores over a five-year period, beginning in Fiscal Year 2013, acc ...more |  |
 To the moon and back for less than 2 billion dollars Washington (AFP) Dec 6, 2012 - Two former top NASA officials unveiled plans Thursday to sell manned flights to the moon by the end of the decade, in an announcement 40 years after the last human set foot there. Spaceflight, long the province of national governments, has moved toward increased commercialization in recent years, with private companies for the first time successfully launching rockets into orbit. The US ...more |  |
Air Force Space Command's roots traced back to the 1940s Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - The reasons for Air Force Space Command's activation lay in events and decisions that date back nearly four decades, but the command's missions can be traced back even farther, to the post-World War II period. The end of the war brought with it a new age of technology. Since then the Air Force has been involved in the development of space-related systems. "General Hap Arnold, who hea ...more |  |
 What is Creating Gullies on Vesta? Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 10, 2012 - In a preliminary analysis of images from NASA's Dawn mission, scientists have spotted intriguing gullies that sculpt the walls of geologically young craters on the giant asteroid Vesta. Led by Jennifer Scully, a Dawn team member at the University of California, Los Angeles, these scientists have found narrow channels of two types in images from Dawn's framing camera - some that look like s ...more |  |
 Russia Set to Launch Telecoms Satellite for Gazprom Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2012 - A Proton-M carrier rocket will lift off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Saturday to orbit a Yamal class telecoms satellite for Gazprom Space Systems (GSS), a telecommunications arm of Russia's energy giant Gazprom. The Yamal-402 satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, is equipped with 46 Ku-band transponders providing for the coverage zone over the most part of the territo ...more |  |
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 Secrets of universe revealed thanks to AF research complex Arnold AFB TN (AFNS) (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - Looking skyward, scientists worldwide now know the universe's size, composition, approximate age and rate of expansion, thanks in part to "essential" data derived from a time-sensitive test conducted at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex's (AEDC) Mark 1 Aerospace Space Chamber. On June 30, 2001, a Delta II launch vehicle carried NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) on ...more |  |
X-ray vision can reveal the moment of birth of violent supernovae Leicester UK (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - A team of astronomers led by the University of Leicester has uncovered new evidence that suggests that X-ray detectors in space could be the first to witness new supernovae that signal the death of massive stars. Astronomers have measured an excess of X-ray radiation in the first few minutes of collapsing massive stars, which may be the signature of the supernova shock wave first escaping ...more |  |
 Speeding Space Junk Poses Risks for Spacecraft Washington DC (VOA) Dec 10, 2012 - The amount of space junk floating around the Earth grows every year, and increasingly can pose risks to spacecraft orbiting the planet. In the United States, NASA's Orbital Debris Program (ODP) at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, keeps an eye on the ever-expanding junkyard of space. "We define orbital debris as any man-made object orbiting the Earth that is no longer serving a usef ...more |  |
 What trends will take upper hand in space exploration? Moscow (Voice of Russia) Dec 10, 2012 - Space exploration in the future is linked to the creation of habitable bases on the moon. This opinion was expressed by head of Russia's leading research institute of the country's space agency Gennady Raikunov. According to him, the potential of the International Space station has almost exhausted itself, and it's high time to look "further and higher". At present, large amounts of equipm ...more |  |
Elbit Systems to Provide Space Camera for the Italian OPTSAT 3000 Observation Satellite Haifa, Israel (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - Elbit Systems reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop, was awarded a contract from Israel Aerospace Industries ("IAI") to provide a space camera for the Italian OPTSAT 3000 observation satellite. The total project, comprising the Jupiter advanced camera and additional services, is valued at approximately $40 million and will be completed within three and ...more |  |
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 Seeing stars, finding nukes: Radio telescopes can spot clandestine nuclear tests San Francisco CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - In the search for rogue nukes, researchers have discovered an unlikely tool: astronomical radio telescopes. Ohio State University researchers previously demonstrated another unlikely tool, when they showed that South Korean GPS stations detected telltale atmospheric disturbances from North Korea's 2009 nuclear test. Both techniques were born out of the discovery that underground nuclear ex ...more |  |
Galaxy-wide echoes from the past Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - Many galaxies have a giant black hole at their centre that causes the gas around it to glow. However, in the case of green bean galaxies, the entire galaxy is glowing, not just the centre. These new observations reveal the largest and brightest glowing regions ever found, thought to be powered by central black holes that were formerly very active but are now switching off. Astronomer Misch ...more |  |
 Geminid Meteor Shower Coming on December 13-14 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - If it's clear late Thursday night, December 13th, 2012, keep a lookout high overhead for the shooting stars of the Geminid meteor shower. "The Geminids are usually one of the two best meteor showers of the year," says Alan MacRobert, senior editor at Sky and Telescope magazine. "They may beat out the Perseids of August." This year's showing has the added benefit of reduced celestial compet ...more |  |
 Khrunichev Completes Nauka Space Station Module Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2012 - Russia's Khrunichev space company has completed assembly of the Nauka ("Science") multirole laboratory module for the International Space Station, Khrunichev said on Friday. The module will now be tested by the RKK Energia corporation. "Work has been completed on assembly of the multirole laboratory module for the International Space Station (ISS). The module was sent to RKK Energia ...more |  |
The Bubble Nebula, observed with the new One Degree Imager Camera Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - Just in time for the holidays, a spectacular image of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) demonstrates the potential of the new camera known as the One Degree Imager, or ODI, that is being commissioned at the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope on Kitt Peak. The Bubble Nebula is a shell of gas and dust carved out by the stellar wind of the massive central star (BD+60 2522), and ionized by the same star's high-ene ...more |  |
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Wide Binary Stars: Long-Distance Stellar Relationships Manoa HI (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - Using computer simulations, scientists from Hawaii and Finland have figured out how wide binary stars-two stars that orbit each other at a distance up to a light-year-form. Our Sun is a single star. This puts it in a minority of stars because most stars are binaries-two stars that orbit each other and are bound together by their mutual gravity. Binaries can be very close, sometimes so cl ...more |  |
 TRT Turk Selects SES To Reach Audiences In Sub-Saharan Africa Ankara, Turkey (SPX) Dec 10, 2012 - SES has announced that Turkish public broadcaster, Turkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), has selected SES to reach audiences in sub-Saharan Africa. TRT will use capacity on SES-5 located at 5 degrees East to broadcast its free-to-air digital channel TRT Turk and its radio channel Turkiyenin Sesi Radyosu (TRS) to the region using the satellite's unique Ka-band uplink capabilities, allow ...more |  |
Scientists say NASA's budget inadequate for its goals Washington (AFP) Dec 5, 2012 - NASA suffers from a "mismatch" between its goals and the budget it has been given to achieve them, according to a panel that said the US space agency may need a complete overhaul. The National Research Council, which convened an independent group of top US scientists, urged the White House to set a clear agenda for the agency, amid disagreement in the scientific community, and in the country ...more |  |
 Six degrees of inclination Paris (ESA) Dec 07, 2012 - Stay in a tilted bed for weeks with your head at the lower end and your body starts to change as if it were ageing prematurely or living in space. Twelve volunteers in ESA's bedrest study are enduring the testing experience. The 'pillownauts' have to stay in a bed for 21 days that is inclined at 6 degrees . The rule is that at least one shoulder and their hips must be in contact with the bed at ...more |  |
 Putin Urges CIS Countries to Join Glonass Ashgabat (RIA Novosti) Dec 07, 2012 - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to join Glonass, Russia's global positioning system. "This system has the capability to provide considerable benefits in the economic sphere, since it reduces cargo transportation costs on all transportation systems, and it definitely increases the safety of all types of transportation," ...more |  |
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