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Via research aircraft instead of dog sled
With dog food and a pack of huskies Dr. Veit Helm would not get far on his Antarctic expeditions. Instead, the geophysicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association conducts ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2011 |
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NASA's Jason-1 achieves a one-decade landmark
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Dec. 7, 2001, NASA and the French Space Agency Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) launched the Jason-1 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., embarking on a planned ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2011 |
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NASA's TRMM satellite sees the power in Tropical Storm Alenga
The first tropical storm of the Southern Indian Ocean season has been renamed from Tropical Storm 01S to Tropical Storm Alenga as it continues to strengthen. NASA's TRMM satellite was able to capture a look ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 06, 2011 |
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ESA gives up bids to contact stranded Russian space probe
The European Space Agency said it will no longer try to make contact with Russia's stranded Mars probe Phobos-Grunt if attempts made Friday fail.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Microscopic worms could hold the key to living life on Mars
The astrophysicist Stephen Hawking believes that if humanity is to survive we will have to pull up sticks and colonise space. But is the human body up to the challenge?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Dutch astronaut's cheesy request
Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers will have a special treat waiting for him in orbit when he arrives in space next month: five kilogrammes of Amsterdam's finest cheese, its maker said Saturday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2011 |
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NASA in high gear for Mars rover launch
The US space agency is poised to launch the most powerful and advanced robotic rover ever built to explore Mars and hunt for signs that life may once have existed on the red planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2011 |
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No new contact with stranded Mars probe
The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday it had been unable to establish a new link with Russia's stricken Mars probe but added that the craft's orbit seemed to have become more stable.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2011 |
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Russia 'makes first contact' with stranded Mars probe (Update)
Russia on Thursday announced its scientists had for the first time made contact with its stranded Mars probe Phobos-Grunt, a day after the European Space Agency said it had received a signal.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Engineers fight for stranded Mars probe after 'sign of life' (Update)
Engineers fought desperately on Wednesday to save Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft after the Martian probe sent "a first sign of life" more than two weeks after being stranded in orbit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 23, 2011 |
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'Little chance' of saving stranded Mars probe: Russia
Russia's space agency admitted Tuesday there was little chance of saving a probe that aimed to bring back soil from Mars's largest moon but has been stranded in Earth orbit since launch.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2011 |
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NASA rover launch to Mars delayed to Nov 26
The US space agency has postponed by one day its plan to launch the biggest rover ever to Mars, with the liftoff of the Mars Science Laboratory now set for November 26.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2011 |
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China launches two satellites: state media
China placed two satellites in orbit on Sunday, including a spacecraft that will collect and relay data for disaster relief efforts, state press reported.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2011 |
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China's spacecraft comes back to Earth
China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII returned to Earth on Thursday, state media reported, after completing two space dockings that have pushed forward the nation's ambitious space programme.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Russian spacecraft delivers new crew to ISS
A spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American docked Wednesday with the International Space Station in the first Russian manned mission for five months after a spate of technical failures.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2011 |
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