Poland joins European Space Agency
Poland on Thursday becomes the 20th member of the European Space Agency, the country's economy ministry announced.
Sep 13, 2012
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NASA shuttle technology helps test tree strength
NASA's space shuttle program may be grounded, but technology used to explore the solar system is making history in ways that may surprise you.
Sep 12, 2012
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Astronauts going underground
ESA's CAVES training programme began its second phase last Friday as six astronauts ventured into the Sardinian caves in Italy that are their home this week. CAVES mimics elements of spaceflight to prepare ...
Sep 12, 2012
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Europe space agency eyes manned flights with China (Update)
(AP)—European astronauts could hitch a ride into orbit aboard Chinese spacecraft before the end of the decade, a senior official at the European Space Agency said Tuesday.
Sep 11, 2012
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Russian deputy PM proposes Moon station
A top Russian official on Tuesday proposed setting up a space station on the Moon to revive Moscow's struggling space programme, a day after the prime minister ripped into its failures.
Sep 11, 2012
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Global student space experiments transformed
(Phys.org)—Space experiments dreamed up by three teenage winners of an international contest that will be streamed live on YouTube from the International Space Station Sept. 13 were made flight-ready by ...
Sep 11, 2012
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Weather satellite to be delivered in orbit to Eumetsat
Later this month, Europe's newest meteorology satellite, MetOp-B, will blast into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome. For mission control teams at ESA, liftoff marks the start of 72 hours of intense focus during ...
Sep 10, 2012
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India launches satellites in 100th space mission
(AP)—India's national space organization has marked its 100th mission by launching French and Japanese satellites.
Sep 09, 2012
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Metop-B weather satellite is ready for launch
Metop-B, the European polar orbiting weather satellite, designed and manufactured by Astrium, is now ready to launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Sep 07, 2012
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NASA analyzes Isaac's rainfall: Drought relief and flooding
As it passed through the northern Caribbean, around south Florida, and into Louisiana and the Middle Mississippi Valley, Hurricane Isaac brought lots of rain, some of it beneficial, and some of it not. Using ...
Sep 06, 2012
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Neil Armstrong to be buried at sea
(AP)—Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, will be buried at sea.
Sep 06, 2012
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Jupiter-bound craft's 2nd maneuver delayed 10 days
NASA says it has postponed a maneuver planned for the Jupiter-bound spacecraft Juno.
Sep 05, 2012
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Africa eyes joint space agency
African nations would work together in peaceful research under a proposal for a space agency being considered Wednesday at a meeting in Sudan of the continent's communications and IT ministers.
Sep 04, 2012
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NASA watching Tropical Storm Isaac drench US Gulf Coast region and lower Mississippi River Valley
NASA satellites are providing forecasters with data on rainfall rates within Tropical Storm Isaac as it continues to track over Louisiana, Mississippi and spread northward into the lower Mississippi Valley. ...
Aug 30, 2012
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Japanese spacecraft to search for clues of Earth's first life
In a Physics World special report on Japan, Dennis Normile reports on how the Japanese space agency JAXA plans to land a spacecraft onto an asteroid in 2018 to search for clues of how life began on Earth. ...
Aug 29, 2012
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