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Dawn craft to circle giant asteroid in 1st stop
(AP) -- After four years sailing through space, the Dawn spacecraft was expected to slip into orbit late Friday around a giant asteroid to begin a yearlong investigation into the origins of the solar system.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Fuel cell mobile lighting system featured at Space Shuttle Atlantis launch
Fuel cells are used in the space shuttle as one component of the electrical power system, so perhaps it was appropriate that a hydrogen fuel cell-powered mobile lighting system could be seen on the grounds ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Russia launches US satellites in third attempt
A Russian Soyuz rocket successfully carried six US Globalstar satellites into orbit on Wednesday after postponing the launch twice earlier this week, Russia's space agency said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Gas giant spacecraft all gassed up
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Juno spacecraft completed hydrazine fuel loading, oxidizer loading and final tank pressurizations this week, and now the complete propulsion system is ready for the trip to Jupiter. The ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2011 |
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NASA checks for damage after possible lightning
Thunderstorms threatened to delay NASA's last space shuttle launch set for Friday with lightning striking near the pad as astronauts descended on Cape Canaveral by the dozens on the eve of the historic flight.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Nokia to launch Microsoft platform phones in 2011
Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. plans to introduce its first mobile phones using the Microsoft Windows operating system this year, the company's chief executive said Tuesday.
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Soyuz docks at ISS carrying Russian, US, Japanese astronauts
A Soyuz spacecraft with a Russian, a US and a Japanese astronaut aboard docked Thursday at the International Space Station, the Russian control centre said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2011 |
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NASA selects University of Arizona to lead sample return mission to asteroid
NASA has selected the University of Arizona to lead a sample-return mission to an asteroid. The team is led by Michael Drake, director of the the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. NASA Goddard Space Flight ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2011 |
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NASA's two lunar-bound spacecraft, vacuum-packed
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (Grail) spacecraft have completed all assembly and testing prior to shipment to Florida.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 20, 2011 |
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Soyuz launch from Europe space base set for October
The maiden launch of the veteran Soviet-Russian rocket Soyuz from Europe's space base in South America has been scheduled for October, a spokesman for launch operators Arianespace said on Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 10, 2011 |
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NASA administrator visits jupiter-Bound spacecraft
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. The solar-powered ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 06, 2011 |
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NASA selects investigations for future key missions
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on one of Saturn's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 06, 2011 |
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NASA's successful 'can crush' will aid heavy-lift rocket design
On March 23, NASA put the squeeze on a large rocket test section. Results from this structural strength test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will help future heavy-lift launch vehicles ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2011 |
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2011 to be 'revolution' for Europe in space - ESA
Europe is set for a space "revolution" in 2011 when two new types of rocket join its launch pad in French Guiana, European Space Agency (ESA) boss Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Friday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2011 |
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Satellite launched from Vandenberg
(AP) -- A rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite for civilian and military use has launched from California's Central Coast.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 06, 2010 |
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