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SpaceX Dragon Does Two Orbits Before Pacific SplashdownWashington (AFP) Dec 8, 2010 US company SpaceX on Wednesday successfully launched a space capsule into orbit and back, marking the first such attempt by a private enterprise and a major milestone in the future of space travel. The Dragon spacecraft, which could one day carry astronauts and supplies into space after the government-run shuttles are retired, blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida atop the massive Falcon 9 rocket at 1543 GMT. The bullet-shaped capsule entered orbit about 10 minutes later, then circled the Ear ... read more |
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 Astronomers Discover New Planet In Planetary System Very Similar To Our Own An international team of astronomers has discovered and imaged a fourth giant planet outside our solar system, a discovery that further strengthens the remarkable resemblances between a distant plan ... more | .. |
  A Softer Landing on the Moon Getting something onto the surface of the Moon intact is always a challenge. Gravity pulls you in. There's no atmosphere to slow you down. Parachutes don't work. Your only hope is to use thrusters t ... more | .. |
  Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing In 2012, China will launch her first manned space mission since 2008. The gap between missions has been long, and it will be interesting to see the program continue. Despite the anticipation, we sti ... more |
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  Drilling For The Future Of Science Students in Robert Palassou's fifth-grade class at Valley View School got an unusual treat last month when scientists from NASA's Ames Research Center visited their Pleasanton, California, classroom ... more | .. |
 China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport China is building a science theme park in the middle of its newest spaceport to promote space science among the country's younger generation. The theme park, covering an area of 1,800 mu (120 ... more | .. |
  Next-Gen Earth Imaging Satellite Advances To Critical Design Review Phase The Lockheed Martin team designing GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, successfully completed the program's Preliminary Design Review (PDR) three weeks ah ... more | .. |
 Kazakh Space Agency Seeks Extra Funding For New Baikonur Launch Pad Kazakhstan's national space agency, Kazcosmos, has requested more funding for the joint Russian-Kazakh project to build a new launch pad at the Baikonur space center. In late December 2004, Ru ... more |
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  New bacteria found living on Titanic wreck A new bacteria has been found in the wreck of the Titanic, growing in "rusticles," icicle-like structures on the ship's rusting iron, Canadian researchers say. ... more | .. |
  NASA sells PCs still containing data NASA says it has discovered it's been selling computers used in the space shuttle program without ensuring they've been wiped of sensitive data. ... more | .. |
  Non-Profit Group Establishes Fusion Center As Brevard County, FL, home to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, prepares for the end of the space shuttle program, the Aerospace Research and Engineering Systems Institute is fostering the growth of hig ... more | .. |
Roscosmos And NASA To Seal Deal On Joint Projects Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, and NASA are to sign a protocol on joint projects in manned and unmanned space travel, the Russian agency's head, Alexei Perminov, said on Wednesday. "We are ... more |
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 China-Made Satellite Keeps Remote Areas In Venezuela Connected A China-made-and-launched communications satellite has for two years helped develop education and communications in Venezuela, especially in this South American nation's remote regions. More t ... more | .. |
 Heat Helped Hasten Beginnings Of Life There has been controversy about whether life originated in a hot or cold environment, and about whether enough time has elapsed for life to have evolved to its present complexity. But new res ... more | .. |
 ULA Enters Fifth Year With 45 Launches In 48 Months of Operation As 2010 nears its end, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is proud to celebrate its fourth anniversary with 45 successful launches in the company's 48 months of operation. ULA closed out 2010 in impressiv ... more | .. |
 Boeing Completes Intersegment Testing Of FAB-T Satellite Comms System Boeing has announced that the company and the U.S. Air Force recently completed intersegment tests of communications between a Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminal (FAB-T) and an Advance ... more |
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 Website Hosts Space Transcripts Fred Haise first hailed Houston from Apollo 13, but it was Jim Lovell who spoke the now-iconic line. "Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a main B bus undervolt," Lovel said on the second ... more | .. |
 Aerojet Propulsion Raises Japan's First Quasi-Zenith Satellite MICHIBIKI Aerojet congratulates Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the successful launch of the MICHIBIKI satellite aboard the H-2A launch vehicle out of the ... more | .. |
 US company readies first space capsule launch In a major test for the future of space flight, an American company tries to launch its first space capsule into orbit and back Wednesday as NASA looks to end its shuttle program next year. ... more | .. |
  Dawn On A Smooth And Steady Course Dawn is maintaining its smooth and steady course through the solar system as it gradually closes in on Vesta. With the utmost patience and persistence, it continues thrusting with its ion propulsion ... more |
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 ISRO Hands Two Contracts To Arianespace Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has given an estimated Rs500 crore order to Arianespace and renewed the five-year contract with EADS Astrium for joint marketing of satellites, it was annou ... more | .. |
 Russian satellites crash into Pacific: space official Three Russian navigation satellites crashed into the Pacific off the US state of Hawaii Sunday after the rocket carrying them failed to reach orbit, officials from the Russian space agency said. ... more | .. |
 X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Completes First Flight Boeing has announced the successful de-orbit and landing of the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), also known as the X-37B, for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO). The X-37B landed at 1:16 ... more | .. |
 Robotic Excavations Could Help Get Helium 3 From Moon To Earth Former ISRO Chairman Madhavan Nair has outlined the possibility of getting Helium-3, found on the moon, through "robotic excavations" to earth, in an attempt to resolve the planet's future energy ne ... more |
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