News tagged with space orbit
Scots engineers prove space pioneer's 25-year-old theory
When American space pioneer, Dr Robert L Forward, proposed in 1984 a way of greatly improving satellite telecommunications using a new family of orbits, some claimed it was impossible.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Russia puts US telecoms satellite into space
A Russian Proton-M rocket launched a US telecommunications satellite into orbit from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome, the Khrunichev space centre and ILS launch services provider said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 11, 2010 |
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New US satellite to monitor debris in Earth orbit
(AP) -- A new U.S. Air Force satellite will provide the first full-time, space-based surveillance of hundreds of satellites and thousands of pieces of debris that could crash into American and allied assets ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2010 |
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Japanese space probe Hayabusa close to home
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hayabusa, the Japanese space probe launched in 2003, is returning home from its five-billion-kilometer round-trip journey to collect samples from the asteroid 25143 Itokawa.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 08, 2010 |
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NASA Moves 'FAST' For Reduced-Gravity Flight Testing Tech Projects
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA selected 17 technology demonstration projects for reduced-gravity aircraft flights to demonstrate whether emerging technologies can perform as expected in the reduced-gravity environment of the moon ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2010 |
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Indian space mission advances with satellite plan
India plans to put a satellite into orbit using its indigenously built cryogenic rocket engine, marking another step in the nation's ambitious space programme, officials said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 08, 2010 |
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A mission to clear dangerous debris from space (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New UK technology is set to play a major part in clearing dangerous clouds of debris hurtling around the Earth's lower orbit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 28, 2010 |
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Astronauts return to Earth on Russian spacecraft
A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut returned to Earth on Thursday from the International Space Station (ISS) after 169 days in space, mission control in Moscow said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2010 |
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NASA Successfully Launches a New Eye on the Sun
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, lifted off Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41 on a first-of-a-kind mission to reveal the sun's inner workings in ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Largest Ring Around Saturn Discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered an enormous ring around Saturn -- by far the largest of the giant planet's many rings.
Oct 07, 2009 |
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The Hot Saturn Exoplanet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Of the roughly 350 known exoplanets (i.e., extrasolar planets), the one orbiting the star HD149026 is unique.
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Space station crew grabs new cargo ship from orbit
(AP) -- A brand new Japanese space station cargo ship has arrived at its destination 225 miles above Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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NASA's LCROSS Reveals Target Crater For Lunar South Pole Impacts
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has selected a final destination for its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, after a journey of nearly 5.6 million miles that included several orbits around Earth ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Bad weather further stalls shuttle landing
(AP) -- Bad weather in Florida has stalled space shuttle Discovery's landing once more.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Bad weather forces shuttle to skip 1st landing try
(AP) -- Bad weather has delayed space shuttle Discovery's homecoming.
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Sep 10, 2009 |
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