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May 16, 2013

After Chelyabinsk: European experts assess asteroid options
Paris (ESA) May 10, 2013
In February, a speeding asteroid slammed into our atmosphere and exploded high over Russia's Ural region, injuring hundreds and causing millions of euros of damage. What should we do if we have a similar - or even bigger - strike in the future? Of the more than 600 000 known asteroids in our Solar System, almost 10 000 are classified as near-Earth objects, or NEOs, because their orbits bring them relatively close to Earth's path. Dramatic proof that any of these can strike Earth came on 15 F ... read more

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Angara Rocket Launch Delayed to 2014 The launch of Russia's new Angara carrier rocket has been delayed by at least a year, Defense Ministry officials said on Monday. The light-class Angara is to be launched in mid-2014 and its he ... more		Dinosaur predecessors gain ground in wake of world's biggest biodiversity crisis Many scientists have thought that dinosaur predecessors missed the race to fill habitats emptied when nine out of 10 species disappeared during the Earth's largest mass extinction, approximately 252 ... more		Russia Confirms Plans to Send Sarah Brightman to Space Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Monday it has reached an agreement with US-based Space Adventures Ltd. company to proceed with the plans to put British singer Sarah Brightman on a space flig ... more
				Russia has no rivals in space tourism More and more private companies are now making suggestions to tourists to become cosmonauts and visit the Earth's orbit. Specialists say though that full-scale space flights are out of the question ... more		Scientists reach the ultimate goal - controlling chirality in carbon nanotubes An ultimate goal in the field of carbon nanotube research is to synthesise single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) with controlled chiralities. Twenty years after the discovery of SWNTs, scientists f ... more

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NASA Extends Crew Flight Contract with Russian Space Agency NASA has signed a $424 million modification to its contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) for full crew transportation services to the International Space Station in 2016 with re ... more		What Happened to Dinosaurs' Predecessors After Earth's Largest Extinction 252 Million Years Ago? Predecessors to dinosaurs missed the race to fill habitats emptied when nine out of 10 species disappeared during Earth's largest mass extinction 252 million years ago. Or did they? That think ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		NASA Prepares For International Space Biology Research Mission NASA and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, are collaborating on a space biology mission aboard an unmanned Russian biosatellite to understand better the mechanisms of how life ad ... more
				Russia Launches New GLONASS-M Satellite Russia has successfully launched a satellite for the GLONASS navigation system from its northern Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Defense Ministry reported on Friday. The GLONASS-M satellite was launc ... more		Russia Plans to Launch First Angara Rocket in 2014 The Russian military expects the first launch of a new Angara carrier rocket to take place in 2014 after the construction of a new launch complex at the Plesetsk space center is completed, Deputy De ... more

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NASA Prepares For International Space Biology Research Mission NASA and the Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow, are collaborating on a space biology mission aboard an unmanned Russian biosatellite to understand better the mechanisms of how life ad ... more		Russia to Deorbit ISS Pirs Module in 2013 Russia plans to deorbit and sink its Pirs docking module of the International Space Station later this year, a high-ranking official with the Russian space corporation RKK Energia said on Friday. ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		Spacewalkers Deploy Plasma Experiment, Install Navigational Aid Two members of the Expedition 35 crew wrapped up a 6-hour, 38 minute spacewalk at 4:41 p.m. EDT Friday to deploy and retrieve several science experiments on the exterior of the International Space S ... more
				What makes a good astronaut? A pilot, a doctor, a programmer... who has more chances to become an astronaut? Who chooses this 'unearthly' profession and remains faithful to it all his life? Voice of Russia correspondent Darya M ... more		Russia to Explore Moon, Mars by 2030 Russia will develop new technology including huge new rockets for manned flights to the Moon and Mars by 2030, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday. Rogozin, who oversees the sp ... more

Chinese general says Okinawa not Japan's

China emperors ruled via false prophecies: Xinhua

Dalai Lama warns of power in hands of few

Japan PM Abe says may meet with North Korea leader

S. Korea leader wants talks with North on industrial park

S. Korea media slams 'provocative' Japan PM photo

China launches communications satellite

On Course for Shenzhou 10

Yuanwang III, VI depart for space-tracking missions

Change in China 'inevitable', says blind activist Chen

China social media hailed after official toppled

Migrant death sparks 'anti-suicide' protest in China

	Russia to pump big funds into space industry Russia will spend 1.6 trillion roubles (50 billion U.S. dollars) on space-related activities till 2020, the Itar-Tass news agency quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin saying Friday. Putin t ... more		NASA Mars Orbiter Images May Show 1971 Soviet Lander Hardware from a spacecraft that the Soviet Union landed on Mars in 1971 might appear in images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. While following news about Mars and NASA's Curiosity rov ... more		Belarus, Russia to Create New Satellite Grouping Belarus and Russia are planning to set up an advanced civilian satellite grouping, Pyotr Vityaz, a spokesman for the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences, said on Tuesday. At present, the B ... more		Kazakhstan to launch first remote sensing satellite this year The Kazakh space agency said Wednesday that it plans to launch the country's first Earth remote sensing satellite by the end of this year. "The launch of the first medium-resolution remote sen ... more

AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners

Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power

UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

Russian Space Program to Focus on Landing Missions		Russia rekindles Moon exploration program, intends setting up first human outposts there		New Russian bomber taking shape		Laser empties atoms from the inside out		Russia Extends Space Cooperation With US
Raytheon helps MDA counter ballistic missile threat with delivery of 8th AN/TPY-2 radar		New Space Station Crew Members to Launch and Dock the Same Day		ISS Cosmonauts Model Manually Controlled Landing on Mars		Russia Delays New Soyuz Launch		Sara Brightman's Space Trip Under Question

New ISS crew prepares for launch

Mission to Ganymede more tricky than expected

Earth will drown in garbage

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