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Ever Farther Across The Ocean Of Space To A Distant And Unknown ShoreBoulder CO (SPX) May 24, 2010 New Horizons is speeding through an ocean of space among the giant planets and the nearly 2.5 billion-mile expanse of the middle solar system. Onboard our spacecraft, all systems are "go" and we continue to speed outward at nearly a million miles per day. Anniversaries are important, and this past January, New Horizons marked its fourth launch anniversary. Also in January, Pluto celebrated the 80th year of its discovery! And as you may already know, New Horizons has passed its main mileage h ... read more |
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Tokyo (AFP) May 21, 2010A Japanese rocket blasted off early Friday and successfully released a Venus probe and a kite-shaped "space yacht" designed to float through the cosmos using only the power of the sun. The launch vehicle, the H-IIA rocket, took off from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan on schedule at 6:58 am (Thursday 2158 GMT), three days after its original launch was postponed by bad weather. ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2010NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is delivering science experiments and a new Russian laboratory to the International Space Station, continuing the transition from station assembly to continuous scientific research through the end of the decade. The Russian-built Mini Research Module-1, also known as Rassvet (dawn in Russian), will host a variety of biotechnology, biological science, fluid phy ... more 
Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2010If I didn't know better I'd swear that NASA took many leaves out of Ray Kroc's book when they built the monolithic government agency that they have become. For those of you unfamiliar, Kroc was the entrepreneurial genius who took a couple of hamburger restaurants in California and turned them into the largest restaurant chain on this planet, McDonald's. One of the most radical changes that ... more |
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Sea Launch Files Plan Of ReorganizationLong Beach CA (SPX) May 20, 2010 Sea Launch Company LLC, a leading provider of launch services to the commercial satellite industry, has filed a Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, in preparation for its emergence from Chapter 11. Sea Launch filed voluntary petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on June 22, 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, Energia Overseas Limited (EOL) will purchase 85% of the stock in the reorganized Sea Launch in exchange for an ... read more |
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