Russian Phobos-Grunt Mars probe falls in Pacific Ocean, RIA Novosti “Phobos-Grunt fragments have crashed down in the Pacific Ocean,” Russia’s Defense Ministry official Alexei Zolotukhin told RIA Novosti, adding that […]
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Roscosmos, NASA, ESA, and Future Mars Missions
NASA Statement on Roscosmos, NASA, ESA, and Future Mars Missions According to NASA PAO: “Representatives from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) met in […]
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ESA Contact With Phobos-Grunt – Off and On and Off
ESA station unable to establish new link with Phobos-Grunt “After establishing contact with Russia’s Phobos-Grunt Mars mission earlier this week, ESA’s tracking station in Australia received no signal from the […]
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The OMB Staffer Who Is Holding Up Mars Mission Decisions
Conferees OK $17.8 Billion For NASA, Aviation Week “I have had the opportunity to engage in conversation with individuals in the Office of Management and Budget [OMB],” said Steven Squyres […]
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Canada Is Pursuing Space Cooperation Treaties with Russia and China
Opportunity and Risk Ahead for Canada’s Space Industry, SpaceRef Canada “Maclean noted that Canada had signed two major treaties recently. The first in 2009 with United States and most recently […]
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NASA and ESA Can't Agree on Mars Strategy
NASA, ESA: No Agreement on Mars Mission, Aviation Week “NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and his European Space Agency counterpart, Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain, failed to settle their differences on restructuring […]
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Stunning View of an Algal Bloom In The Barents Sea
Photo: Algal Bloom In The Barents Sea As Seen From Space “The phytoplankton bloom pictured in this Envisat image stretches across the Barents Sea off the coast of mainland Europe’s […]
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MEPAG Set for 1st International Meeting
Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) Meeting 24, NASA Marc’s note: For the first time NASA’s community-based forum, the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG), will be holding its meeting […]
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NASA SMD Leaves ESA Standing At The Altar
European Space Missions to Go It Alone After NASA Yanks Support, Science “European space scientists are scrambling to rethink–and redesign–massive potential missions after it was confirmed that NASA, whose budget […]
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NASA Cuts to Solar Orbiter Collaboration
Keith’s note: According to NASA sources, NASA is planning to kill 2 of the 4 US-led instruments which it originally selected to provide as part of its collaboration with ESA […]