New Horizons: Encounter Planning Accelerates 21 May 2013 Back in 2005 and 2006, when Pluto’s second and third moons (Nix and Hydra) were discovered, searches by astronomers for still more moons didn’t reveal any. So the accidental discovery of Pluto’s fourth moon by the Hubble Space Telescope in mid-2011 raised the possibility that the hazards in the Pluto system might be greater than previously anticipated.
	BRICS are emerging powers in satellite sector 21 May 2013 Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) are the emerging powerhouses in the global economy - and they are also having an increasing influence on the satellite sector.
	Russia, France planning 7 Kourou launches by 2015 21 May 2013 Russia and France will carry out seven Soyuz-ST carrier rocket launches from the Kourou space center in French Guiana by the end of 2014, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said.
	ATK tests High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) thruster technology 21 May 2013 ATK has successfully completed the first U.S.-based testing of the High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) thruster technology for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC).
	Moonrise 21 May 2013 Space Science image of the week: ESA’s Rosetta captures moonrise over the Pacific during its first Earth flyby
	Heading up 21 May 2013 Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: ESA astronaut Tim Peake meets UK Prime Minister
	Name our mascot 21 May 2013 Luca Parmitano reveals the name of the ESA Kids’ mascot
	Massachusetts Students Speak Live With Orbiting NASA Astronaut 21 May 2013 NASA Expedition 35 astronaut and flight engineer Chris Cassidy will speak live from the International Space Station with students at Talbot Innovation Middle School in Fall River, Mass., at 10:05 a.m. EDT, Thursday, May 23.
	India’s first navigation satellite system to be launched on June 12 20 May 2013 The Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System or the IRNSS is to provide two important services. One is the Standard Positioning Service on land, air and water open for civilian use and the Restricted Service, encrypted one, for authorised users. This navigation system, which also helps in disaster and fleet management as well as tracking of vehicles, is a 1425 kg IRNSS-1, with a life span of about ten years.
	Pakistan adopts Chinese rival GPS satellite system 20 May 2013 Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China’s domestic satellite navigation system which was launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, a report said. The Beidou, or Compass, system started providing services to civilians in the region in December and is expected to provide global coverage by 2020. It also has military applications.
	Mars Rover Opportunity breaks US record for off-planet driving 20 May 2013 Opportunity has passed the Apollo 17 moon buggy distance record, which covered 22.21 miles back in 1972.
	Space capsule returns cosmic rodents to Earth after month-long flight 20 May 2013 The returnable capsule of a biological research satellite has landed in the Russian Orenburg Region near the border with Kazakhstan, bringing mice, Mongolian gerbils, geckos and various microorganisms and plants back to Earth after their month-long flight, Mission Control said on Sunday.

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