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US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon programWashington (AFP) March 11, 2010 A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel. "Space exploration has been the guiding star of American innovation," the lawmakers - 10 Republicans and five Democrats - said in a letter to the NASA administrator Charles Bolden. "It is imperative that the United States remain the world's leading spacefaring nation," they added. They urged Bolden to assemble a t ... read more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 12, 2010How often can you say that you've seen the components of a space telescope being worked on at NASA? The answer is probably "rarely, if ever." However, thanks to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., that has now changed. Web cameras in Goddard's largest clean room are now providing daily, live coverage of work being done on components of the upcoming James Webb Space Telesc ... more 
Washington (AFP) March 11, 2010Rep. Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) has joined with Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D-New Smyrna Beach) to introduce the Human Space Flight Capability Assurance and Enhancement Act of 2010, bipartisan legislation to minimize the human space flight gap by extending the use of the Space Shuttle, moving forward with a new domestic vehicle and speeding up the development of a "heavy lift vehicle" (HLV) to go beyond ... more  
Toulouse, France (SPX) Mar 11, 2010It is the "Swiss Army Knife" of satellites. COMS (Communications, Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite) is the first European 3-axis stabilised geostationary observation satellite to carry three payloads dedicated to meteorology applications, ocean observation and telecommunications. COMS carries a meteorology imager, an "ocean colour" payload and a Ka-band telecommunications payload. ... more |
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NASA Launches Interactive Simulation Of Satellite CommunicationsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2010 NASA has unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience a virtual trip to Mars or a lunar impact, and explore images of star formations taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. In an effort to excite young people about space and NASA's missions, the agency has launched the online Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) simulation, designed to entertain and educate. The interactive simulati ... read more |
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