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Scarce Shelter On Mars Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2009 ![]() Cirque du Soleil's Founder Is First Canadian Private Space Explorer ![]() Space Adventures has announced that Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil and the ONE DROP Foundation, has begun training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City in preparation for his poetic social mission to the International Space Station (ISS). "I have been described as many things throughout my 25 years with Cirque du Soleil. Fire-breather, entrepreneur, street ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director ![]()
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NASA approves June 13 shuttle launch date![]() NASA has given a green light to the next mission to the International Space Station by the shuttle Endeavour, set to blast off on June 13. The launch is due to take place at 7:17 am (1117 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the US space agency said in a statement after a meeting of top officials to assess preparations. The date was set date after a meeting at ... more NASA Launch Tests Alternate Concept For Astronaut Escape System ![]() NASA's Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, is scheduled to be tested June 15 at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The launch window extends from approximately 5:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. EDT. The unpiloted test is part of an effort to design a system for safely propelling future spacecraft and crews away from hazards on the launch pad or during the climb to orbit. ... more Researchers Call For New Space Headache Category ![]() Researchers are calling for space headache to be established as a new secondary disorder after carrying out a study of 17 astronauts, published in the June issue of Cephalalgia. Their study jettisons the theory that astronauts' headaches are normally caused by space motion sickness, after showing that more than three-quarters of those studied had no connection. "Our research shows ... more Guy Laliberte: from Cirque du Soleil to the stars ![]() Cirque du Soleil's founder, who will rocket into space in September, went from pauper to circus mogul by turning a troupe of ragtag street performers in 1984 into a global entertainment empire. Canadian Guy Laliberte, 49, an eternal dreamer with a keen business sense, an impish smile and a shaved scalp is said to be as much at ease walking on stilts as steering his circus dynasty, valued by ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025 Boeing has introduced a 3D-printed solar array substrate design that cuts composite build times by as much as six months for a typical solar wing assembly, representing up to a 50 percent faster pro ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 02, 2025 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has been chosen as a representative organization under JAXA's Space Strategy Fund for the initiative "Development of Domestic Solar Cells, Cover Glass, ... more ![]() ![]() London, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2025 An international team of researchers has achieved a major advance in perovskite silicon tandem solar cell technology by demonstrating effective passivation on textured silicon bottom cells, the indu ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025 The bright-blue floaters leaned out from the seawall at AltaSea and began to breathe with the water - up, down, up again - signaling a new chapter for America's blue-economy. With that motion, Eco W ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 A research team led by Prof. Sun Youwen at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has unveiled two artificial intelligence systems designed to enhance the stabil ... more ![]() ![]() Liverpool (AFP) Aug 31, 2025 Britain's energy operator is betting on an age-old technology to future-proof its grid, as the power plants that traditionally helped stabilise it are closed and replaced by renewable energy systems. ... more |
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NASA Selects Four Proposals To Study Space Radiation Risks![]() NASA has selected four proposals for research to help understand space radiation's effects on humans living in space. NASA selected proposals from the New York University School of Medicine in New York, the University of Texas Medical Branch in Houston, Loma Linda University in California and Georgetown University in Washington. The universities will work with collaborating organizations around ... more Cirque du Soleil founder going to space: spokesman ![]() The Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil will voyage to the International Space Station in September, a Cirque spokesman said Wednesday, confirming reports he would fly into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket. Guy Laliberte, 49, "will be the first private Canadian space explorer to voyage into space on a philanthropic mission," the spokesman told AFP. The Canadian Space Agency is to hold a pres ... more NY couple to be first to wed in zero gravity ![]() A New York couple really will be on cloud nine when they marry later this month: they'll exchange vows in zero gravity. Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan will be floating - possibly upside down - as they say "I do" in a specially modified Boeing 727-200 departing Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral on June 20, a statement from Zero Gravity Corporation said. They will be "the first bride ... more Magnetic Tornadoes Could Liberate Mercury's Tenuous Atmosphere ![]() As the closest planet to the sun, Mercury is scorching hot, with daytime temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 450 degrees Celsius). It is also the smallest rocky planet, so its gravity is weak, only about 38 percent of Earth's. These conditions make it hard for the planet to hold on to its atmosphere, which is extremely thin, and invisible to the human eye. Howev ... more |
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