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December 04, 2012

NASA Voyager 1 Encounters New Region in Deep Space
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2012
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space. Scientists refer to this new region as a magnetic highway for charged particles because our sun's magnetic field lines are connected to interstellar magnetic field lines. This connection allows lower-energy charged particles that originate from inside our heliosphere - or the bubble of charged partic ... read more

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Arianespace Lofts Pleiades 1B Using Soyuz Medium-lift launcher The maturity of Arianespace's Soyuz launch system at French Guiana - and its confirmed role as a full-fledged member of the company's launcher family - were demonstrated once again by tonight's succ ... more		Japan confesses data breach on Epsilon rocket The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has reported a possible data breach on its first Epsilon solid-fueled rocket, Kyodo news agency says. Spyware was found on one of the agency's per ... more		PLD Space selected as leading contender for ESA sovereign launch initiative UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission Boeing wins major contract to deliver new generation strategic comms satellites		Schriever squadrons assure safe passage in space domain Members of the 1st and 7th Space Operations Squadrons took notice when an upper stage Russian rocket disintegrated in low earth orbit Oct. 16. The break up introduced an estimated 500 pieces of debr ... more
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