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15 May 2013
- 20:52 UTC Planetary Society P... The Planetary Society Announces Conditional Support of NA... The Planetary Society conditionally supports NASA's plan to capture a small asteroid and place it in lunar orbit. The mission spurs investment in technologies crucial to solar system exploration, such ...
- 20:11 UTC Johns Hopkins Unive... Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn's... Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earthlike and interesting worlds in ...
- 19:15 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... NASA Seeks High-Performance Spaceflight Computing Capabil... NASA and the Air Force are requesting research and development proposals to define the type of spacecraft computing needed for future missions.
- 19:10 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Activity Continues On the Sun Active region 1748 has fired off another X-class solar flare, its fourth since rotating into Earth view on May 13, 2013. It is not Earth-directed but did include a coronal ...
- 19:05 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Asteroid 1998 QE2 to Sail Past Earth Nine Times Larger Th... Asteroid 1998 QE2 will get no closer than about 3.6 million miles at time of closest approach on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. Pacific (4:59 p.m. Eastern).
- 19:05 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... Webb Undergoes 'Eye Surgery' in the Goddard clean room engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope.
- 18:55 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year.
- 18:14 UTC NASA: Kepler News a... NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconference Today NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope.
- 17:46 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Cassini Shapes First Global Topographic Map of Titan Scientists have used data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft to map the highs and lows of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
- 17:20 UTC NASA's Chandra X-ra... Black Hole Powered Jets Plow Into Galaxy This composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power.
- 16:42 UTC NASA Lunar Science ... ARTEMIS Detects New Sources of Lunar Pickup Ions in Geoma... NLSI's DREAM team scientists identified new sources of lunar pickup ions using ARTEMIS in the geomagnetic tail A cartoon of the dynamics of lunar pick-up ions in the terrestrial magnetotail ...
- 14:01 UTC Royal Astronomical ... Applications invited for Tomkins grants and prizes in ins... The RAS invites applications for a new series of grants and prizes for student involvement in instrumentation, in both astronomy and geophysics. Funded by a generous donation from the Patricia ...
- 10:13 UTC Science and Technol... Why do you love science? Our Daresbury Laboratory is asking Year 9 students to tell us their answers! In the 2013 School Science Prize, students must write 500 words on 'Why I love Science'.
- 10:00 UTC ESO Top News Orion's Hidden Fiery Ribbon This dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky. This orange glow represents faint light coming ...
- 10:00 UTC Universe Awareness ... The Universe is a Cool Place! The Universe is a pretty cool place. If you hopped on a tour bus for a complete tour of the cosmos, it would take you past a number of “hot” ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System Ready for ... Nanosatellites now have their own mass transit to catch rides to space and perform experiments in microgravity.
- 04:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... LDCM Arrives in Final Orbit The Landsat Data Continuity Mission offers a look at Earth from space with a crisper view than our eyes alone would be capable of.
- 04:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Sierra Nevada Corporation Dream Chaser Testing Begins at ... Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Dream Chaser flight vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., Wednesday to begin tests of its flight and runway landing ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... New Capability Expands Communication A new communications upgrade paves the way for the ability of the crew and scientists to perform more hours of research every day.
- 04:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... 'NASA 360' Episode Wins Telly Awards An episode of "NASA 360" showcasing a Centennial Challenges robotics competition has received two Telly Awards.
- 04:00 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... NASA Probe Counts Space Rock Impacts on Mars Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA Breaking News Deputy Administrator Tours NASA's Northeast Ohio Faciliti... Media representatives are invited to join NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver as she visits the agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland on Thursday, May 16 and tours facilities advancing future ...
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... Ariane Flight VA214's launch vehicle marks a preparation ... The third Ariane 5 for launch in 2013 has now completed basic build-up at the Spaceport, taking the next step toward Arianespace's two-passenger mission planned from French Guiana in July.
- 00:00 UTC Arianespace Press R... O3b Networks' initial satellite is fueled for Arianespace... The first Arianespace Soyuz mission for O3b Networks has moved into its next phase of preparations at the Spaceport, as fueling is now underway with the global satellite services provider's ...
14 May 2013
- 22:53 UTC Arianespace Press R... ATV Albert Einstein is installed on its Ariane 5 launcher... Arianespace marked one of the final steps in preparations for the next Ariane 5 launch as Europe’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) was integrated atop the heavy-lift workhorse at the ...
- 20:53 UTC NASA's Spitzer Spac... NASA Develops Key to Cosmic Carbon's Molecular Evolution Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., now have the capability to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon. For the first time, these scientists are able ...
- 19:07 UTC Canadian Space Agen... Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Chris Hadfield First News... Longueuil, Quebec, May 14, 2013 – Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Chris Hadfield will be answering questions from media representatives on May 16 live via videoconference from Houston.
- 16:15 UTC Science and Technol... Nuclear physicists measure properties of the rarest eleme... Nuclear physicists at the ISOLDE radioactive-beam facility at CERN, including a number from the universities of York and Manchester, have for the first time measured the radioactive properties of astatine, ...
- 16:00 UTC CERN Physicists at CERN measure a fundamental property of the ... An international team of physicists at the radioactive-beam facility ISOLDE at CERN1 have for the first time measured the ionization potential of the rare radioactive element astatine2. The value for ...
- 15:43 UTC ESA Top News Smart farming Technology image of the week: Steer tractors with centimetre-accuracy to improve farming and the environment
- 15:00 UTC ESA Top News ESA's UK Facility ECSAT, the European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications located at the Harwell Oxford campus opens its doors
- 14:47 UTC ESA Human Spaceflig... Thumbs up! Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Expedition 36/37 ready for flight
- 04:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... Marshall Center Celebrates Accomplishments Officials and business and community leaders heard an overview of the Marshall Center's activities, budget and outlook from Director Scheuermann.
- 04:00 UTC NASA's Ames Researc... NASA Develops Key to Cosmic Carbon's Evolution Scientists now have the capability to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon.
- 04:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA's Google+ Hangout Connects Space Station, "Star Trek... The director and some actors in the film "Star Trek Into Darkness" will join NASA as it hosts a Google+ Hangout from noon to 12:45 p.m. EDT, May 16, about ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Honors Sally Ride with a National Tribute at Kennedy... NASA and Sally Ride Science are inviting the general public and journalists to "Sally Ride: A Lifetime of Accomplishment, A Champion of Science Literacy," an educational tribute to America's first ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Administrator Visits Houston, Meets Media NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will be at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Thursday, May 16, to discuss the future of human space exploration and the critical role ...
- 03:15 UTC Canadian Space Agen... Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield returns to Earth Follow... Longueuil, Quebec, May 13, 2013 – Today, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Astronaut Chris Hadfield landed safely on the plains of Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz Capsule at 10:31 p.m. EDT. ...
13 May 2013
- 21:05 UTC National Optical As... A Kepler’s Dozen: Thirteen Stories about Distant Worlds ... For centuries, humans have pondered what life on other planets beyond our solar system might be like. With the launch of the Kepler Spacecraft in 2009 we now have evidence ...
- 20:11 UTC Johns Hopkins Unive... APL Recognizes Top Inventions, Researchers and Papers The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) recognized its top inventions, publications and researchers from 2012 in its first spring Technical Achievement Awards ceremony, held May 1 in the ...
- 19:09 UTC Gemini Observatory Gemini Arrives Early to the Scene of “Shockingly Bright” ... Figure 1. Optical spectrum of GRB130427A obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph reduced by Antonino Cucchiara (UCO). Insets show absorption lines from the interstellar medium of the host galaxy that ...
- 18:42 UTC NASA's Goddard Spac... First X-Class Solar Flares of 2013 The sun emitted significant solar flares on the evening of May 12 and the afternoon of May 13.
- 17:57 UTC NASA Breaking News NASA Announces Summer Learning Opportunities For U.S. Stu... NASA has unveiled plans for its 2013 Summer of Innovation project, which challenges middle school students across the United States to share in the excitement of scientific discovery and space ...
- 17:37 UTC NASA Lunar Science ... Astronaut Chris Hadfield performs “Space Oddity” onboard ... International Space Station Commander, Chris Hadfield, performs a revised version of David Bowies Space Oddity. A revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board ...
- 16:42 UTC NASA's Jet Propulsi... Satellites See Double Jeopardy for Socal Fire Season New insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data.
- 13:09 UTC ESA Top News Leak repaired on International Space Station Over the weekend the crew of the International Space Station worked overtime to fix a leaking cooling network outside the orbital outpost. Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn ventured into ...
- 12:08 UTC ESA Top News Earth from Space Join us Tuesday, 14 May, at 14:00 CEST as ESA’s Stephen Coulson joins the show to discuss how banks use satellite data
- 09:30 UTC ESA Top News Galaxy zoom Space science image of the week: a space-time magnifying glass by the Hubble space telescope
- 06:19 UTC Harvard-Smithsonian... New Method of Finding Planets Scores its First Discovery May 13, 2013: Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial ...
- 04:00 UTC NASA Marshall Space... Scheuermann to Host Center Director's Breakfast Patrick Scheuermann will discuss the Marshall Center's activities and outlook at the annual Marshall Center Director's Breakfast on Wednesday, May 15.