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October 19, 2011
MARSDAILY
UK Space Agency announces seed funding for Mars exploration
London, UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2011
The UK Space Agency is making 1.6M pounds available in support of projects to further explore our neighbouring planet Mars and keep the UK at the forefront of ESA's Aurora Programme - a European long-term plan for the robotic and human exploration of the solar system. The new funding will support projects to better understand the past and present environment and geophysics of Mars, characterize the biological environment of the planet and search for traces of past and present life. Mars may ... read more

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ROBO SPACE

Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch
First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Van ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

ASU in space: 7 current missions, more in the wings
Arizona State University is no stranger to space exploration missions. Whether to Mars or other solar system targets, its involvement with NASA planetary exploration began in the 1970s and at presen ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russian scientists want to join Europe's ExoMars mission
Russian scientists want to join European Space Agency's ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) mission to study the Red Planet, a leading Russian space researcher said. "From the scientific point of vie ... more
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UAV NEWS

US Army to fly 'kamikaze' drones
A miniature "kamikaze" drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army's arsenal, officials say. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

A team for an emergency
Earthquakes, tsunamies, hurricanes - natural disasters always catch us by surprise, no matter how many early-warning systems are in place. This makes it all the more important for rescue teams to ge ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch
First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Van ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Huge stakes riding on maiden Soyuz launch from Kourou
Prestige and a multi-billion-dollar gamble in satellite navigation will be riding on a Soyuz rocket next Thursday when the Soviet-era workhorse launches from Europe's space base in South America. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Caltech Event Marks 75th Anniversary of JPL Rocket Tests
The 75th anniversary of the first rocket experiments at the site that became NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will be celebrated with a special free, public screening of the new ... more
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MARSDAILY

Russia invited to join Mars missions
Europe has formally invited Russia to participate in financially troubled unmanned space missions to Mars set for 2016 and 2018, officials said. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Death of icon Jobs feeds iPhone mania
Stores worldwide were gripped Friday by the now familiar scene of gadget geeks scrambling for Apple's latest smartphone, the US giant's first new release since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs. ... more
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SUPERPOWERS

Commentary: Found and lost?
Leon Panetta's first major address as U.S. Defense secretary was clearly designed to be magisterial, the credo of the Free World, still headed by the United States, cognizant of its worldwide responsibilities, albeit with much budgetary belt-tightening. ... more
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UAV NEWS

US Air Force calls drone fleet virus a 'nuisance'
A computer virus that hit the US drone fleet last month created a "nuisance" but no serious threat to flight operations for the unmanned aircraft, the US Air Force said Wednesday. ... more
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SPACEMART

UK Space Agency investment targets growth in the local space industry
The first 8.5 million pounds of investment from the UK's National Space Technology Programme was announced Tuesday by the Science Minister, David Willetts. This boost to the UK space sector will mat ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE

NASA Developing Instruments For New Solar Orbiter Mission
NASA will begin development and testing of two science instruments, in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), to be placed on ESA's newly selected Solar Orbiter mission. The spacecraft wi ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Japanese scientist unveils 'thinking' robot
Robots that learn from experience and can solve novel problems - just like humans - sound like science fiction. ... more
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THE STANS

US 'fighting a war' in Pakistan: Panetta
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday the United States is waging "war" in Pakistan against militants, referring to a covert campaign the CIA steadfastly refuses to publicly confirm. ... more
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IRON AND ICE

The Secrets of Asteroid Minerva and its Two Moons
Since the discovery of its two moons, the triple asteroid Minerva has been the focus of space and ground-based telescope studies that have attempted to unravel the secrets of this intriguing system. ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

UN highlights everyday benefits from space science and technology
Understanding more about space science and that benefits that such technology has brought to everyday life is essential to helping the world address its most urgent problems, the United Nations said ... more
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UAV NEWS

Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan
In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games. ... more
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ROBO SPACE

Robot Brain Implanted in a Rodent
With new cutting-edge technology aimed at providing amputees with robotic limbs, a Tel Aviv University researcher has successfully implanted a robotic cerebellum into the skull of a rodent with brai ... more
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IRON AND ICE

UT Scientist Searches for Moons Around Asteroids
Most people know that some planets have moons but would be surprised to know that some asteroids do, too. According to Joshua Emery, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences at the Univer ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

Monkeys 'move and feel' virtual objects using only their brains
In a first ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, two monkeys trained at the Duke University Center for Neuroengineering learned to employ brain acti ... more
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MARSDAILY

NASA Mars Rovers Win Popular Mechanics 'Breakthrough' Award
More than seven years after completing their three-month prime missions on opposite sides of Mars, NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been selected for lifetime achievement award honors as part ... more
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SPACEMART

Dark and bright: ESA chooses next two science missions
The powerful influence of the Sun and the nature of the mysterious 'dark energy' motivate ESA's next two science missions. Solar Orbiter and Euclid were selected by ESA's Science Programme Committee ... more
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WAR REPORT

US defence chief in Naples for NATO talks on Libya
With NATO's campaign in Libya nearing an end, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta flew to the allied command in Naples on Thursday to confer with officers overseeing the air war. ... more
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STATION NEWS

DLR ROKVISS robotic arm returns from space
The ROKVISS (Robotik-Komponenten-Verifikation auf der ISS - Robotic Components Verification on the ISS) technology experiment developed by the German Aerospace Center has returned to Earth after six ... more
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IRON AND ICE

Dawn's fourth anniversary
Dawn's fourth anniversary of being in space is very different from its previous ones. Indeed, those days all were devoted to reaching the distant destination the ship is now exploring. Celebrating i ... more
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PHYSICS NEWS

Microgravity Science Glovebox Team Celebrates 10,000 Hours of Glovebox Operation
The Microgravity Science Glovebox team has reason to celebrate. On Sept. 13 at 7:45 p.m. CDT, the science facility hit 10,000 hours of operation, orbiting high above us on board the International Sp ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

Budget battle splits U.S. scientists
U.S. scientists are split over congressional threats to cut funding for the overdue and over-budget James Webb Space Telescope, observers say. ... more
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DRAGON SPACE

Tiangong-1 Forms Cornerstone Of China's Space Odyssey
China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, is slated to blast into orbit between 13:16 and 13:31 GMT Thursday, just one day prior to China's National Day on Oct.1. It will be the latest showcase of ... more
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MARSDAILY

Drilling into Arctic Ice
Drill Hill is a circular mound of impact breccia about a kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter, one of many such mounds that litter the floor of Haughton Crater. It's a large pile of rock rubble, initia ... more
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