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Orbital Environment For Dawn Spacecraft At VestaPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 05, 2010 A detailed study of the dynamics of the Dawn spacecraft as it orbits the large Arizona-sized, non-spherical asteroid Vesta next summer in 2011 reveals one of the most complex operational environments for a NASA mission to date. This work has implications for future mission planning to other large asteroids. A paper on the research titled "The Dynamical Environment of Dawn at Vesta" by Pasquale Tricarico, Associate Research Scientist with the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Ariz., and PSI Di ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2010Should scientists working as government contractors be forced to submit to unrestricted and intrusive background checks-even when their work is low risk, unclassified, and doesn't require security clearance? For 28 scientists and engineers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) at California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, the answer is no. In 2007, they sued NASA to challen ... more  
Xichang, China (XNA) Oct 01, 2010A rocket carrying China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e II, is at its final stage of preparation before launch, the Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in southwestern Sichuan Province said Thursday. Fueling of the Long March 3C rocket, the last procedure before its launch, began at 9 a.m. on Sept. 30. Fu Jumei, of the XSLC, said the rocket's first and second stage boosters ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2010The US Congress has approved NASA's 2011 budget, which provides funds for the development of commercial spaceflights and an additional space shuttle flight. The House of Representatives voted 304 to 118 to approve the budget late Wednesday in a final series of votes before Congress recesses for the November 2 mid-term elections. The measure, a compromise between House and Senate versions ... more |
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Interview With German Astronaut Ernst MesserschmidBonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 01, 2010 On 30 October 1985, Space Shuttle Challenger launched with the European Spacelab research module on board. Ernst Messerschmid was on board this mission, also called D1 - the first mission under German responsibility. In this interview, the former astronaut tells us about insomnia, floating in space, 12-hour shifts, and strange expense reports. b>The number of people who have been into space and lived in zero-gravity conditions is tiny. How do you explain what it feels like? /b> I show films ... read more |
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