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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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Welcome to program 78 of VOA Radiogram from the Voice of America.
I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Washington.
Here is the lineup for today's program (all MFSK32 except
surprise modes):
1:34 Program preview (now)
2:45 Indian spacecraft reaches Mars orbit*
9:59 U.S. spacecraft reaches Mars orbit*
17:19 SpaceX Dragon docks with International Space Station*
21:36 OSCE expresses concern about Russian Internet plans*
26:16 Closing announcements*
27:59 Surprise mode of the week
*followed by image
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<EOT>
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VOA NEWS
IIndia's Spacecraft Successfully Reaches Mars
Anjana Pasricha
September 24, 2014
NEW DELHI - India successfully placed a spacecraft into orbit
around Mars, making it the first country to reach the Red Planet
in its first attempt. The low-cost, inter-planetary mission puts
the spotlight on India's growing ambitions in space exploration
and its homegrown technology.
Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organization erupted into
cheers, shook hands and beamed as the Indian spacecraft entered
Mars orbit early Wednesday.
Before that moment of triumph came, they watched for a tense hour
from the mission center in Bangalore as the 1,350 kilogram
spacecraft went through a critical maneuver - reorienting its
trajectory and firing the engine of the spacecraft for about 24
minutes to slow it down so that it could be captured by Mars
orbit.
The scientists called it a "dream come true." They were joined by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who congratulated the nation.
He noted proudly that India has become the first country to reach
Mars in its maiden attempt although the odds were stacked against
it; more than half the missions to Mars having failed.
"History has been created today. We have dared to reach out into
the unknown and have achieved the near impossible," said Modi.
Mangalyaan, Hindi for "Mars Craft," began its 670
million-kilometer journey to the Red Planet 10 months ago.
India has dubbed the ambitious project a technology demonstrator
- showcasing the nation's ability to conduct an interplanetary
mission put together by its own scientists. India is in a unique
group to have had a space mission reach Mars, joining the United
States, Russia and the European Space Agency.
Major milestone
Space analyst Ajay Lele at the Indian Institute of Defense
Studies and Analyses in New Delhi called it a major milestone for
India's space program.
"India without any outside help has achieved this feat and at a
very low cost. So it is a demonstration of India's technological
achievement and at the same time cost effective mission… India is
supposed to be a developing country and none of the developing
countries so far has achieved this feat," said Lele.
The mission's approximately $74 million price tag - as Prime
Minister Modi has pointed out - is less than the cost of
Hollywood blockbuster Galaxy.
Loaded with five instruments, the objectives of India's Mars
mission are modest -- to study the surface of the Red Planet and
look for signs of methane, which can give an indication of any
form of life.
It is expected to circle Mars for about six months and will send
back photos and data.
The Mars mission demonstrates India's growing ambitions in the
sphere of space as it sets its sight on space exploration. So
far, the country's five decade old program has largely
concentrated on areas such as weather forecasting and
communication.
Prime Minister Modi appears to be backing those ambitions.
"Let today's success drive us with even greater vigor and
conviction. Let us set ourselves even more challenging goals and
strive even harder to achieve them. Let us push our boundaries
and then push some more," said Modi.
As the Mars mission puts India in an elite group of space faring
nations, some say it could prompt the country to embark on new
programs, such as a manned space mission.
http://www.voanews.com/content/india-spacecraft-enters-mars-orbit/2460400.html
<EOT>
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Image: Artist's rendering of Mangalyaan orbiting Mars.
<EOT>
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<EOT>
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VOA NEWS
NASA's MAVEN Spacecraft Arrives at Mars
George Putic, KI4FNF
September 22, 2014 (updated Sept 25)
NASA's newest Mars probe, called MAVEN, has successfully entered
its designated orbit around the "red planet." Scientists will use
its sophisticated instruments to try to learn what happened to
the atmosphere Mars had a few billion years ago.
After a 10-month, 711-million kilometer journey, MAVEN's
thrusters slowed it down to enter into orbit Sunday around Mars.
MAVEN, which stands for ‘Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution
Mission', will try to find answers to two simple questions:
"Where did the water go? Where did the carbon dioxide go?"
MAVEN principal investigator Bruce Jakosky says scientists now
know that Mars once had a much denser aieiahere, but it changed
significantly over the last few billion years when most of its
gases disappeared into space. What they still don't know is how
and why that happened.
"We are trying to understand what the cause of that climate
change has been, and we are looking at the role that escape to
space may have played in removing the atmosphere, and changing
the atmosphere," he said.
Implications of study
MAVEN will be exploring the top layers of what's left of the
Martian atmosphere, because scientists think that charged
particles emitted by the sun, the so-called "solar wind", may
have been responsible for slowly stripping away the atmospheric
gasses, including water vapor.
Learning about how Mars lost its water is key to understanding if
the planet most like Earth in the solar system ever could have
supported life.
It will take five weeks for the spacecraft to deploy its booms,
get calibrated and be ready for work, before beginning the
one-year mission which carries a price tag of $671 million.
Right now, NASA's engineers are still celebrating the fact that
so far the mission went without a glitch.
"It really is an amazing amount of work that the team did to make
it look so smooth tonight," he said. "It is kind of cliched,
people walk around going 'it is not rocket science', well
sometimes it is rocket science."
Other 'explorers'
MAVEN has joined two American and one European spacecraft
orbiting the Red Planet, along with an Indian Mars explorer which
arrived Sept. 24., also to conduct atmospheric measurements.
Additionally, there are three rovers still operating on the
Martian surface.
Maven is NASA's 21st shot at Mars and the first since the
Curiosity rover landed on the red planet in 2012.
Just this month, Curiosity arrived at its prime science target, a
mountain named Sharp, ripe for drilling. The Opportunity rover is
also still active a decade after landing.
All these robotic scouts are paving the way for the human
explorers that NASA hopes to send in the 2030s. The space agency
wants to understand as much about the red planet as possible
before it sends people there, AP reported.
Some material for this report came from Reuters and AP.
http://www.voanews.com/content/nasa-maven-spacecraft-study-martian-atmosphere/2457761.html
<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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SpaceX Cargo Ship Docks with ISS
VOA News
September 23, 2014
SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship has arrived at the
International Space Station (ISS), two days after take-off from
the southeastern U.S. state of Florida.
German astronaut Alexander Gerst used the space station's robotic
arm to grab the capsule early Tuesday.
The spacecraft brought more than 2,200 kilograms of supplies,
including lab mice, food and the first 3-D printer sent into
orbit. The U.S. space agency NASA envisions astronauts using the
printer to manufacture spare parts.
The Dragon will stay at the ISS for about a month as it is
unloaded and repacked with material to bring back to Earth.
NASA has been paying SpaceX to stock the ISS, as it no longer has
its own spacecraft to do the work, after the U.S. shuttle program
ended in 2011.
This is SpaceX's fifth delivery to the space station, including a
2012 test flight.
http://www.voanews.com/content/spacex-cargo-ship-docks-with-iss-/2459622.html
<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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Watchdog: Kremlin Internet Plans Could Endanger Free Speech
Reuters (via voanews.com)
September 23, 2014
WARSAW - Russian proposals on protecting Internet users against
threats from the West could be a Kremlin ploy to crack down on
critical voices inside Russia, a representative of Europe's main
rights and democracy watchdog said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described the Internet as a
"CIA special project," and Russia media last week quoted
officials as saying they were looking at technical ways to shield
the Russian web, if the need arises, from threats to national
security.
"I do recognize that there is a need to protect our societies,
there is no doubt about it, the threats are tremendous. We have
terrorism, child abuse, trafficking," said Dunja Mijatovic,
Representative on Freedom of the Media with the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
"But if you look at the trend, and in which direction Russia is
going as a country in relation to freedom of expression and
freedom of the media, then of course ... the small red flag that
I'm raising all the time is immediately raised in order to ask:
'What is the reason for it?'"
"In most of the situations that we looked into, these issues that
are in relation to Internet freedom, it is to suppress and to
restrict critical voices," Mijatovic told Reuters in an interview
in the Polish capital.
The Kremlin dismisses accusations that it wants to isolate the
Russian Internet, repeatedly saying its only concern is to ensure
national security, especially as relations with the West have
plunged to Cold War lows over the crisis in Ukraine.
The OSCE, headquartered in Vienna, has 57 member states which
include Russia and the United States.
<EOT>
<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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<EOT>
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