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Fewer Risks If Space Science Missions Managed By One AgencyWashington DC (SPX) Nov 25, 2010 Earth and space science missions developed and implemented by federal agencies in collaboration typically result in additional complexity and cost and increased risks from divided responsibilities and accountability, says a new report from the National Research Council. Federal agencies should not partner in conducting space and earth science missions unless there is a compelling reason to do so and clear criteria are met in advance. "A common misperception among policymakers and individual ... read more |
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  NASA postpones Discovery launch to mid-December NASA on Wednesday postponed until mid-December the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on its last trip to the International Space Station after cracks were found in its external fuel tank. ... more | .. |
  Savory Sea Salt Sensor To Get Cooked And Chilled While most Americans are traveling to family gatherings this week for Thanksgiving, a team of scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and the Goddard Space Flight Center ... more | .. |
  New ISS Crew Begins Pre-Flight Exams The main and the back-up crews of the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will begin two-day pre-flight exams on Wednesday, a Russian space official said. The main crew compr ... more | .. |
NASA argues for extra 2011 shuttle mission NASA should fly an extra shuttle mission to the International Space Station in 2011 as commercial spacecraft are likely to be delayed, the agency's head says. ... more |
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  Opportunity Checks out Intrepid Crater Opportunity has been navigating through a field of small impact craters on her way to Endeavour crater. Opportunity has has now exceeded 25 kilometers (15 miles) of odometry on the surface of Mars! ... more | .. |
  NASA Satellite Reaches Orbit, Begins Astrobiology Experiments The Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses, or O/OREOS, nanosatellite managed by NASA's Ames Research Center, successfully launched at 5:25 p.m. PST on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, from Alaska Aero ... more | .. |
 Russia To Spend 2 Bln Dollars For Space Clean-Up Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation Energia announced Tuesday that it will build a special orbital pod designed for sweeping-up the near-Earth space from satellite debris. The system was est ... more | .. |
  Condition Of China's Lunar Probe To Determine Future Application The chief designer of China's second unmanned lunar probe, Chang'e-2, said on Tuesday that the probe's "fate" would depend on its actual condition when it finishes its mission about six months later ... more |
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 Should We Stay Or Should We Go Back in the late 1960s, the environmental movement was in a tizzy over predictions that overpopulation would soon cause mass human starvation and eventually kill the planet. But the Malthusian visio ... more | .. |
  Neptec Wins Canadian Space Agency Contract To Develop A New Generation Of Lunar Rovers Neptec Design Group has won a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop the new Lunar Exploration Light Rover (LELR) - an exciting new generation of space exploration technology. ... more | .. |
  FAA issues private spacecraft permit The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued the first-ever license for a commercial spacecraft to re-enter Earth's atmosphere from orbit, officials say. ... more | .. |
New York wants space shuttle for museum New York City wants to be home to one of NASA's space shuttles when the shuttle fleet is retired in 2011, city officials say. ... more |
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  NASA ready to 'wake up' Cassini probe NASA says it is ready to reactivate the Cassini space probe orbiting Saturn after it switched to a "safe mode" on Nov. 2 and stopped sending science data. ... more | .. |
 Mission to far side of moon proposed A U.S. aerospace company says it is proposing a mission to send a crew to a stationary spot in orbit over the far side of the moon. ... more | .. |
 Earth bacteria could survive on Mars Common Earth bacteria could, in theory, survive in a dormant state in the harsh conditions on Mars for more than a million years, U.K. researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Russia To Start Work On Nuclear Space Engine Next Year Russia's Energia space corporation said on Tuesday it is planning to start working on standardized space modules with nuclear-powered propulsion systems next year. Energia director Vitaly Lopo ... more |
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  Putting The Squeeze On Fat Cells From fad diets to exercise programs, Americans continue to fight the battle of the bulge. Now they'll have help from recent Tel Aviv University research that has developed a new method to look at ho ... more | .. |
  Making The Passage Of Time Invisible And The Illusion Of A Star Trek Transporter While a range of ingenious man-made materials bring us ever closer to realising the possibility of cloaking objects from visible light, research from Imperial College London is now taking invisibili ... more | .. |
 Graduation Of Europe's New Astronauts ESA's six latest astronaut candidates proudly received their diplomas at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. From now on, they are officially 'astronauts'. The new astronauts, s ... more | .. |
 Departure Preps For ISS Crew Members After some time off over the weekend, the Expedition 25 crew aboard the International Space Station began another work week Monday with a focus on the departure of three of its crew members. C ... more |
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 Masten Space Systems And Space Florida Sign Letter Of Intent Masten Space Systems and Space Florida have signed a Letter of Intent to explore performing demonstration launches of a Masten suborbital reusable launch vehicle from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canav ... more | .. |
 Russia To Launch Unmanned Lander To Martian Moon In October 2011 The head of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Anatoly Perminov, said here on Sunday that the launch of an unmanned lander to one of the moon of Mars, Phobos, was scheduled for October 2011. ... more | .. |
 45th Space Wing Launches NRO Satellite The 45th Space Wing successfully launched a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV-Heavy Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 37 at 5:58 p.m. (EST), carrying a classified Natio ... more | .. |
 Issue Brief Details Space Situational Awareness Sharing Program Sharing information on the location of space objects and debris is a prime example of addressing collective problems in space through cooperative solutions. As Earth orbit grows more congested ... more |
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