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Gagarin anniversary: Are manned missions a waste of space?
On Tuesday, the world will be awash with talk of courage and vision as it looks back on 50 years of manned space flight, a trail blazed by Yuri Gagarin's 108-minute trip around the planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2011 |
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Queen's scientists' 'space mission' to unlock secrets of the Universe
Scientists at Queen's University have won almost £2 million in grants for a range of world-leading projects to unlock the secrets of the Universe.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Giffords' husband hopes she'll be at April launch
(AP) -- The astronaut husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said Thursday there's a "pretty good chance" she will attend his space shuttle launch next month.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2011 |
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First student-developed mission in which satellites orbit and communicate led by UT students
Two satellites designed and constructed by students at the Cockrell School of Engineering successfully separated in space March 22, completing the most crucial goal of the mission since its Nov. 19 launch and making them ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Astronomers detect echoes from the depth of a red giant star
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today an international team of astronomers reports the discovery of waves inside a star that travel so deep that they reach the core. The discovery was published in the renowned journal Science, and wa ...
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Ocean-studying satellite 'no longer recoverable'
Astronauts famously call Earth the blue planet, a reflection of its watery surface. But, if you want to understand the other special thing about our planet -- its life -- you need to look at the green. Plants ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2011 |
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MESSENGER spacecraft to swing into orbit around Mercury on March 17
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are excited about solving some of the mysteries surrounding our smallest and hottest planet. The findings are expected to broaden our understanding of rocky planets, more and more ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2011 |
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Dawn gets Vesta target practice (w/ Video)
There is an old chestnut about a pedestrian who once asked a virtuoso violinist near Carnegie Hall how to get to the famed concert venue. The virtuoso's answer: practice!
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 11, 2011 |
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China setting up new rocket production base
China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press has said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 04, 2011 |
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Spacewalk No. 2: Astronauts improve space station
(AP) -- Discovery's astronauts took one final spacewalk at the International Space Station on Wednesday to get the outpost squared away before the shuttle program ends.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2011 |
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STS-133 wakeup song winners, Face in Space totals announced
Following months of public voting, NASA announced the two winners of the "Top 40 Song Contest," which will awaken space shuttle crew members during their ongoing mission. The agency also released the final tally of submissions ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2011 |
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NASA begins countdown for Thursday launch try
(AP) -- After a four-month grounding of the space shuttle fleet, NASA's countdown clocks started ticking again Monday for Discovery's final ride into orbit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2011 |
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China Mars probe set for November launch
China's first Mars probe will be launched from a Russian rocket in November, two years later than originally planned, state media reported Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Final flight of space shuttle Discovery to carry 2 payloads built by CU-Boulder
Following a more than three-month delay due to technical problems, NASA's space shuttle Discovery will make its final flight Feb. 24 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying two University of Colorado ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Experiment volunteers 'to land on Mars'
A group of volunteers will on Saturday reach a key stage in an unprecedented one-and-a-half year experiment to study the effects of a mission to Mars when they "land" on the Red Planet's surface.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2011 |
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