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March 13, 2014

MIT team proposes storing extra rocket fuel in space for future missions
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 10, 2014
Future lunar missions may be fueled by gas stations in space, according to MIT engineers: A spacecraft might dock at a propellant depot, somewhere between the Earth and the moon, and pick up extra rocket fuel before making its way to the lunar surface. Orbiting way stations could reduce the fuel a spacecraft needs to carry from Earth - and with less fuel onboard, a rocket could launch heavier payloads, such as large scientific experiments. Over the last few decades, scientists have proposed ... read more

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Robotic Exploration of Moon, Mars a Priority The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday that developing technologies for robotic exploration of the moon and Mars is a priority. Oleg Ostapenko said in an interview with state ... more		Russia to launch three lunar rovers from 2016 to 2019 Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, will send three automated rovers to the moon from 2016 to 2019 as part of its plan to eventually send a manned mission to Mars, according to agency head Oleg Ostape ... more		China has no plans for lunar base project The world's third country to soft-land on the moon has no plan to build a lunar base there, a leading scientist of China's lunar probe mission told Xinhua Saturday. But Ye Peijian, chief scien ... more
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China capable of exploring Mars China has the capability of exploring the planet Mars, Ye Peijian, a top scientist with the Chang'e-3 program, the country's lunar probe mission, told Xinhua on Saturday. China is capable of s ... more		Control circuit malfunction troubles China's Yutu China's Yutu (Jade Rabbit) moon rover suffered a control circuit malfunction in its driving unit, which troubled its dormancy in extremely low temperature, a scientist said on Saturday. The co ... more		Balerion backs Northwood to tackle ground bottlenecks in expanding space economy China prepares offshore test base for reusable liquid rocket launches 'They poisoned us': grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing		China's Lunar Lander Still Operational While the world awaits the awakening of China's Yutu Moon rover at the end of this long lunar night, let's not forget that Yutu is not the only spacecraft on the Moon. Yutu was delivered to the luna ... more
				China Focus: Uneasy rest begins for China's troubled Yutu rover China's lunar rover Yutu entered its third planned dormancy on Saturday, with the mechanical control issues that might cripple the vehicle still unresolved. According to the State Administrati ... more		Is Yutu Stuck? Finally, China has released some tangible information on the state of its Yutu Moon rover through official state media channels. The results are encouraging, given the fact that we feared Yutu was i ... more

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Japan's Pocari Sweat bound for the moon: maker Japan's curiously-named Pocari Sweat is to be sent to the moon, its Japanese maker has said, in what the firm claims will make it the first sports drink on the celestial body. ... more		NASA takes major step in hunt for asteroids NASA's mission to reel in an asteroid took an important step forward when the agency recently established a new "rapid response system" intended to pinpoint the most eligible targets for capture. ... more		NASA advances space based tracking of marine debris Inside King Charles's passion project, focus of Amazon film Lightning strike injures 89 at rally for Brazil's former president		Lunar ownership laws: a future necessity? Private settlements and raw materials extraction enterprises could appear on the Moon in the future, thus leading to territorial disputes between their owners. In order to avoid that one must now re ... more
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Cassini Nears 100th Titan Flyby with a Look Back

The Wisps of Dione

NASA Spacecraft Get a 360-Degree View of Saturn's Auroras

WISE Finds Thousands Of New Stars But No Planet X

New Horizons Reaches the Final 4 AU

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Russia to launch three lunar rovers from 2016 to 2019

Control circuit malfunction troubles China's Yutu

China's Lunar Lander Still Operational

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Russia plans several Moon, Mars missions in near future

New results on the geologic characteristics of the Chang'e-3 exploration region

Netizens extend blessings to troubled lunar rover

China's moon rover experiences abnormality

Yutu moon rover has 'abnormality': Xinhua

China's lunar probe observes stars, explores moon

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Chang'e-3 probe sets out on new missions

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Moon rover, lander wake after lunar night

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