The United Arab Emirates Just Released Plans to Build a City on Mars
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India launches nation's first space observatory into orbit
• spaceflightinsider.comThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched a set of seven satellites, including the country's first-ever space observatory on Monday, Sept. 28.
Why India's Mars Mission Is Cheaper Than NASA's | Video
• space.comIndia's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was achieved on a budget of 75 million. NASA's MAVEN Mission cost nearly 10 times more. Newsy explains why there is such a big difference.
Abu Dhabi partners with Virgin Galactic spaceship firm
• http://abcnews.go.com, By Adam SchreckThe Mideast investment fund that recently bet big on Mercedes-Benz said Tuesday that it will pay about $280 million to buy nearly a third of commercial space travel start-up Virgin Galactic.
Iran Reports Lofting Monkey Into Space, Calling It Prelude to Human Flight
• NY TimesIranian state television said Monday that the nation had put a monkey into space “as a prelude to sending humans.” The successful flight involved a relatively small rocket that went straight up and down, according to the state-sponsored news report,
NASA's 'Spooky Plane' Is On The Way Back To The US After Its Afghanistan Mission
• Business InsiderIt's been far too long since we've checked in with our friend David Cenciotti at The Aviationist and we're never disappointed with what his readers send his way.
‘Fearless’ Felix’s 23-Mile Supersonic Skydive Live (NOW!... ABORT due to Gusty Winds)
• http://www.wired.comJust before dawn, “Fearless Felix” will don a custom-made spacesuit and ascend high over the New Mexico desert in a capsule suspended beneath an immense helium balloon, then fall to earth from 120,000 feet. The Austrian adventurer hopes to break an u
What an Astronaut Sees at Night (from ISS)
• youtube (h/t The Agitator)Aboard the ISS, we fly along over Earth's luminous nocturnal landscapes, with Dr. Justin Wilkinson as our guide. This intimate tour takes us over cities and coastlines in the Americas, the Middle East and Europe.
Warp drive looks more promising than ever in recent NASA studies
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Brian DodsonThe first steps towards interstellar travel have been taken, but the stars are very far away.
Confirmed: Slow-Mo Video Shows SpaceX Engine Explosion Last Night
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jennifer WelshThe slow motion video of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket take off, which was carrying the Dragon cargo capsule, last night seems to show a possible explosion in the engines, and a fair amount of debris flowing out of it.
SpaceX Dragon capsule launched to space station
• http://hosted.ap.org, By MARCIA DUNNA commercial cargo ship rocketed into orbit Sunday in pursuit of the International Space Station, the first of a dozen supply runs under a mega-contract with NASA.
How SpaceX Will Keep the Space Station in Business
• http://www.wired.com, By Jason PaurThe first launch of a new space era is scheduled to take place on Sunday night as SpaceX prepares to deliver its first NASA-contracted cargo load to the International Space Station.
The Craziest Things People Have Proposed Putting on the Moon
• http://www.wired.com, By Adam MannYou might be excused if, upon reading about a proposal to build a supercomputer on the moon, your first thought was, “Wasn’t there a Heinlein novel about this?”
Space Jump: How Daredevil's Record-Breaking Supersonic Skydive Works (Infographic)
• http://www.space.com, by Karl TateFrom a capsule suspended 23 miles (36.6 kilometers) above Roswell, N.M., daredevil Felix Baumgartner will skydive in an attempt to set a new altitude record.
Dragon flies high: NASA’s first private freighter blasts off
• http://rt.comThe first-ever private supply mission to the International Space Station is underway.
Spidery black objects on Mars surface raise speculation
• The TicketStrange black objects seen from 200 miles above the surface of Mars are generating interest and speculation that the unidentified objects could be anything from geysers to sunbathing colonies of microorganisms.
Skydiver Eyes Record-Breaking Jump Over NM
• APExperienced skydiver Felix Baumgartner hopes to take the leap of his life on Tuesday, attempting the highest, fastest free fall in history. If he survives, the man dubbed "Fearless Felix" could be the first skydiver to break the sound barrier.
Liftoff! SpaceX Dragon Launches 1st Private Space Station Cargo Mission
• SpaceA privately built rocket lit up the night sky over Florida Sunday (Oct. 7) to kick off the first-ever cargo delivery trip to the International Space Station by a robotic, American-made spacecraft.
This New Fusion Engine Will Cut The Travel Time To Mars Down To Six Weeks
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Geoffrey IngersollResearchers at University of Huntsville in Alabama say they are using "Dilithium Crystals" in a new fusion impulse engine that could cut the travel time to Mars down to as little as six weeks, not the six months it takes now.
Space Debris Could Trap Us On Earth
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Jennifer WelshWe think of space as a big empty expanse, but closer to Earth, the space just beyond the outer reaches of our atmosphere are teeming with satellites and broken bits of space debris.
9 Things That Are Better Made in Space
• http://www.technewsdaily.com, Jesse EmspakSpace dreams
NASA Mulls L2 Space Station as Next Giant Leap
• arcleinmore can be learned about space radiation protection. Additionally, the Lagrange points provide unique perspectives of the moon, sun and Earth. Sojourns to the Earth-moon L2 would take humans farther than they have ever been from Earth.
Orbital Sciences, SpaceX Ready to Launch
• http://www.wired.com, By Jason PaurBoth of NASA’s commercial space resupply companies are gearing up for launches this week. SpaceX and Orbital Sciences have contracts with NASA to deliver cargo to the International Space Station over the coming years, though each is at a different st
New Comet Discovered—May Become "One of Brightest in History"
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com, Andrew FazekasIf astronomers' early predictions hold true, the holidays next year may hold a glowing gift for stargazers—a superbright comet, just discovered streaking near Saturn.
India to launch Mars mission in 2013
• http://www.france24.com, AFPIndia plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars in November 2013, a senior official from the country's space research establishment said on Monday.
India announces plans for a Mars mission in 2013
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/Singh announced the unmanned Mars mission during a speech Wednesday to mark the 65th anniversary of India’s independence from British rule. Scientists say the spacecraft is expected to take nearly 11 months to get close to Mars after which it will
Iran’s Flying Saucer Downed U.S. Drone, Engineer Claims
• Spencer Ackerman and Noah ShachtmanLate last month, Iran put on display what it insisted was a captured American stealth drone. At the time, Tehran claimed it brought down the RQ-170 with a sophisticated electronic attack.
Study: Glowing city lights might reveal E.T. civilizations
• Terrence AymThe space telescope Kepler has identified more than 1,200 Earthlike planets to date. Some of them might support intelligent life. Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Edwin Turner of Princeton University believe the best wa
Scientist: Jupiter saved earth, ejected gigantic planet from early solar system
• Terrence AymThe giant Jovian world, fifth planet from the sun, dominates all the worlds of our solar system. According to astronomers, Jupiter also acts like a massive vacuum cleaner sweeping up much of the debris that litters the outer system. Its powerful grav
Huge solar flare jams radio, satellite signals: NASA
• AFPA powerful solar eruption that has already disturbed radio communications in China could disrupt electrical power grids and satellites used on Earth in the next days, NASA said. The massive sunspot, which astronomers say is the size of Jupiter, is th
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