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Kazakhstan Reduces Proton Launches From Baikonour

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 24, 2013

Proton-M launch from Baikonour. Kazakhstan has cut down the number of the launches for 2013 (Credits: Roscosmos). Kazakhstan has approved only 12... Read more →

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Will Overview Effect Make Everyone a Better Person?

By Staff Writers on January 24, 2013

Overview Effect, the feeling frequently described as "awe" experienced by astronauts upon seeing their home planet from space, is getting a lot of... Read more →

Spin Off Technology

ESA’s FlySafe to Make Flying Safer

By Siddharth Raval on January 24, 2013

Bird tracking from ground and space helps planes avoid bird strike (Credits: ESA). Bird strike, when an airplane flies into one or more birds... Read more →

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DARPA Shows Progress on Phoenix Satellite Scavenger

By Staff Writers on January 23, 2013

Phoenix scavenger spacecraft gets to work deconstructing a satellite (Credits: DARPA). On January 22, DARPA released a video showing the progress... Read more →

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Kepler Telescope Goes Into Precautionary “Safe Mode”

By Matteo Emanuelli on January 23, 2013

The Kepler space telescope, launched in 2009 to search for habitable planets outside the solar system (Credits: NASA). NASA’s Kepler space... Read more →

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Another Asteroid Mining Company Opens Shop

By Phillip Keane on January 23, 2013

Artist's impression of a "Harvestor" class mission (Credits: Deep Space Industries). A second asteroid harvesting company has announced that it... Read more →