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SpaceX private rocket blasts off for space station (Update)

A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (24) | comments 42

China lays out five-year space plans

China said Thursday cleaner fuel will power its next-generation rockets, which will launch heavy cargoes into space, bringing nearer plans to build a space station and put a man on the moon.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 14

Allen, Rutan plan huge plane to launch spaceships

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the biggest plane ever to haul cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 32

India plans manned space mission in 2016

India will launch its first manned space mission in 2016 in a bid to match space pioneers such as Russia and the United States, a top official said Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 15

Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with technical ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 13

NASA preparing to launch NuSTAR, its newest X-ray eyes

(Phys.org) -- NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is being prepared for the final journey to its launch pad on Kwajalein Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. The mission will study everything ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sony Ericsson to Introduce PSP/Smartphone Android 3.0 Gaming Platform

Sources have it that Sony Ericsson is hard at work developing a PSP Go-like phone running on Android 3.0 platform. According to Engadget the phone targets gaming fans and resembles somewhere between a Samsung ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 16, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Russia marks 50 years since horrific space launch disaster

Russia on Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the world's most horrific but long-classified space catastrophe when 126 people were burned alive during a launch pad accident.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 24, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 22

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 9

Researchers develop disposable paper-based touch pads

(Phys.org) -- Today, electronic touch pads are widely found on laptops, tablets, and other computing devices. Less common uses, but gaining in popularity, are book covers and food labels. These and other low-tech ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

New operating system for space: High-tech tycoons

The tycoons of cyberspace are looking to bankroll America's resurgence in outer space, reviving "Star Trek" dreams that first interested them in science.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 7

Asus Eee Pad tablet to favor Android over Windows Embedded OS

(PhysOrg.com) -- ASUS announced in May it would be producing two Eee Pad tablets, a 12-inch version running Windows 7 Home Premium and a 10-inch with the Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system. It now ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Review: $550 Tablet Doesn't Make Windows Look Good

(AP) -- Apple brings out its iPad tablet computer in late March, but other companies are already preparing a new batch of tablets running Windows. Judging by a model that's already out, the $550 Archos 9, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 13

X-37B robotic space plane aims for Thursday launch

(AP) -- The military is poised to launch an unmanned winged spacecraft resembling a miniature space shuttle Thursday and it probably won't be a one-time shot.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7

New spacecraft could help break the climate debate gridlock

A new robotic probe is headed to the launch pad, aiming for a spot aboard what is called the A-train -- a fleet of Earth-orbiting spacecraft keeping tabs on the planet's changing climate.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (11) | comments 20 | with audio podcast