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August 15, 2013

MRO Swapping Motion-Sensing Units
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 13, 2013
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is switching from one motion-sensing device to a duplicate unit onboard. The veteran orbiter relies on this inertial measurement unit (IMU) for information about changes in orientation. This information is important for maintaining spacecraft attitude and for pointing the orbiter's large antenna and science-observation instruments. The spacecraft has two identical copies of this motion-sensing device, called IMU-1 and IMU-2. Either of them can be used with either of the spacecraft's redundant main computers. Each contains three gyroscopes and three accelerometers. ... read more

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Opportunity Reaches Base of 'Solander Point' Opportunity is at the base of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover arrived at the edge of Solander Point with a series of drives on Sols 3385 and 3387 (Aug. 1 and Aug. 3, 2013) ... more		NASA launches new Russian-language Mars website "A NASA website containing detailed images sent by a high-resolution camera orbiting Mars is now available in Russian, thanks to a 60-strong team of volunteer translators", a spokesman for the proje ... more		Twin astronauts to be studied 'as one' in space research If, as proposed by President Obama, a manned mission is on its way to Mars in the mid-2030s, and if perhaps in the distant future mankind attempts to journey beyond the limits of our solar system, scientist will want to know some answers to a most pressing question: How does long-term exposure to the zero gravity of space affect the human body? ... more
				Big ice may explain Mars' double-layer craters Geologists from Brown University have developed a promising new explanation for a mysterious type of crater on the surface on Mars. Double-layered ejecta craters or DLEs, like other craters, are sur ... more		Full Curiosity Traverse Passes One-Mile Mark The total distance driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity passed the one-mile mark a few days before the first anniversary of the rover's landing on Mars. This map traces where Curiosity drove ... more

Curious craters on Mars said result of impacts into ancient ice U.S. geologists say they've come up with a new explanation for a mysterious double-layer type of crater observed on Mars, and it's all about ice and impacts. ... more		NASA Begins Launch Preparations for Next Mars Mission NASA's next spacecraft going to Mars arrived Friday, Aug. 2, at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and is now perched in a cleanroom to begin final preparations for its November launch. ... more		ASEAN vows unity on South China Sea: Thai official Series of Baghdad bombings kills at least 23 In Israel, US army chief talks Iran Israel, Palestinians meet under settlement cloud US, Jordan discuss ways to cope with fallout of Syria war Lithuania to extradite Russian to US in arms case Ex-NATO chief: 15,000 troops should stay in Afghanistan		Mars rover hoping to yield more secrets, one year on The dazzling success of NASA's rover Curiosity has paved the way for a human conquest of Mars, scientists say, almost one year after the groundbreaking probe first touched down on the Red Planet. ... more
				NASA Curiosity Rover Approaches First Anniversary on Mars NASA's Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars next week and has already achieved its main science goal of revealing ancient Mars could have supported life. The mobile laboratory also is guiding ... more		Space cadets in Washington for one-way ticket to Mars Around 40 volunteers from thousands who applied for a one-way ticket to Mars gathered in the US capital Saturday to hear from the man behind plans to colonize the Red Planet. ... more

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'Lazarus comets' explain Solar System mystery Astronomers on Friday said a vast cemetery of comets lies in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, some revived by a nudge from the Sun after millions of years of dormancy, a finding that would overturn conventional thinking about these wanderers of the Solar System. ... more		Dawn's Arrays Keep It Powering Along Powering its way through the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn continues on course and on schedule for its 2015 appointment with dwarf planet Ceres. After spending more than a year o ... more		Baby corals pass the acid test Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe Ecosystems change long before species are lost Scientists have found new evidence to show how early humans migrated into Europe Highest winter losses in recent years for honey bees in Scotland Study suggests apes can learn to swim and dive like humans Following marine oil leakage, Thailand tightens regulations		Mars Rover Opportunity Nears Solander Point Opportunity has arrived in the region near the base of 'Solander Point.' At the current location, the rover is just a few drives from making landfall on the point. However, the science team wi ... more
				Curiosity Mars Rover Gleams in View from Orbiter An image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows NASA's Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the "Glenelg" area where the rover worked for the first half of 2013. ... more		Scientists establish age of Mars meteorites found on Earth A team led by Canadian researchers says the most common meteorites from Mars found on Earth are almost 4 billion years younger than believed. ... more

NASA Selects Launch Services Contract for OSIRIS-REx Mission

Environmental Controls Move Beyond Earth

Bad night's sleep? The moon could be to blame

China launches three experimental satellites

Medical quarantine over for Shenzhou-10 astronauts

China's astronauts ready for longer missions

ISS Boosting Biological Research in Orbit

Japanese Cargo Craft Captured, Berthed to ISS

Japanese Cargo Spacecraft Docks with ISS

Pluto Science Conference Exceeds Expectations

SciTechTalk: Grab your erasers, there are more moons than we thought

NASA Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon

	Mars Curiosity sets one-day driving distance record NASA says its Curiosity rover on Mars has set a personal best, driving twice as far on Sunday as on any other day of the mission so far. ... more		Ancient snowfall likely carved Martian valleys Valley networks branching across the Martian surface leave little doubt that water once flowed on the Red Planet. But where that ancient water came from - whether it bubbled up from underground or f ... more		Curiosity Mars Rover Passes Kilometer of Driving The latest drive by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover brought the total distance that the rover has driven on Mars to more than 1 kilometer. One kilometer is about 0.62 mile. The drive covered about ... more		A Timeline Of Comet ISON's Dangerous Journey A comet's journey through the solar system is perilous and violent. A giant ejection of solar material from the sun could rip its tail off. Before it reaches Mars - at some 230 million miles away fr ... more

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Reports Detail Mars Rover Clues to Atmosphere's Past		MAVEN Spectrometer Opens Window to Red Planet's Past		How Mars' atmosphere got so thin: New insights from Curiosity		New Mars mission: in the Vikings' steps		Overhead View of Mars Rover 10 Years After Launch
Senate Dems favor allowing NASA to go ahead with asteroid capture plan		Technology Could Curtail Astronaut Conflict		Third Drive of Curiosity's Long Trek Covers 135 Feet		DNA-sequencing chip could be sent to Mars to search for signs of life		Opportunity Making Progress Toward Solander Point

Mars Rover Curiosity Begins Trek Toward Mount Sharp

Science Team Outlines Goals for NASA's 2020 Mars Rover

Is Mars mission Indian rocket's silver jubilee flight?

NASA's next Mars rover will advance hunt for past life

Autonomous Rover Drills Underground in the Atacama

ISRO plans string of satellite launches, including silver jubilee flight of PSLV-C25

Opportunity's Improbable Anniversary

Comet ISON Brings Holiday Fireworks

Dry run for the 2020 Mars Mission

Opportunity Clocks Up 37 Kilometers Of Roving Mars

Researchers call for rethinking efforts to prevent interplanetary contamination

Mars Rover Opportunity Trekking Toward More Layers

Nanotechnology holds big potential for NMSU faculty

Mars had oxygen-rich atmosphere 4,000 million years ago

Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity Rover

Study: Mars may have had ancient oxygen-rich atmosphere

Opportunity Recovers From Another Flash-Related Reset

ExoMars 2016 Set To Complete Construction

NASA announces eight new astronauts, half are women

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