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»» Development of the ESMO student Moon satellite gets under way
[Saturday, November 7, 2009] ESA's Education Office has awarded a contract to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd of the UK to manage the development and testing of the first European student mission to the Moon. Launch is expected in 2013-2014.
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»» NASA Seeks Student Payloads for High-Flying Research Balloon
[Saturday, November 7, 2009] NASA is accepting applications from students at U.S. colleges and universities who want to send their experiments to the edge of space on a high-flying scientific balloon.
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»» FAA CST: Notice of Availability of a Record of Decision for Streamlining the Processing of Experimental Permit Applications
[Friday, November 6, 2009] The FAA is announcing the availability of the ROD for streamlining the environmental review of experimental permit applications for the launch and/or reentry of reusable suborbital rockets.
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»» NASA Reproduces a Building Block of Life in Laboratory
[Friday, November 6, 2009] NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory.
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»» NASA Kepler Mission Manager Update November 5, 2009
[Friday, November 6, 2009] While the Kepler spacecraft continues in its orbit, and collecting science data, the Kepler team at the Ames Research Center continues its work on the science data processing pipeline software.
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»» X PRIZE Foundation and NASA Award $2 Million in Prizes to Masten Space Systems and Armadillo Aerospace
[Thursday, November 5, 2009] Today, the X PRIZE Foundation along with NASA hosted an awards ceremony to culminate the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE Challenge (NGLLXPC).
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»» Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields
[Thursday, November 5, 2009] Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields, according to a new study led by University College London researchers based on the latest observations from the Hinode satellite.
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»» Meteoritic Impacts May Have Cooked Up Life's Components
[Thursday, November 5, 2009] Nitrogen is an important element in biomolecules but is not abundant in meteorites. The authors note that impact-driven cyanide synthesis may have contributed significantly to the basic chemical building blocks needed for the origin of life.
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»» Ceremony Reset for ESA Handover of Tranquility to NASA
[Thursday, November 5, 2009] The transfer of ownership of the Tranquility node from ESA to NASA has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 20. NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida will host the commemorative ceremony at NASA's Space Station Processing Facility.
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»» Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth in M83, The Southern Wheel
[Thursday, November 5, 2009] The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May has delivered the most detailed view of star birth in the graceful, curving arms of the nearby spiral galaxy M83.
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