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Space Adventures Signs Three Seat Soyuz Deal For 2013 ManifestVienna, VA (SPX) Jan 13, 2011 Space Adventures has reached an agreement with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) and Rocket Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) to commercially offer three seats on the Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station (ISS), beginning in 2013. These seats will be made available through the increase of Soyuz production, from four to five spacecraft per year. Each flight will be short duration, approximately 10 days, and will contribute to the increase of launch ... read more |
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  Northrop Grumman Scalable SIRU Selected As Inertial Reference Unit For Boeing Satellites Northrop Grumman reports that its Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU) has been selected as the inertial reference unit of choice for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems satellit ... more | .. |
  Deal expands commercial travel to ISS A U.S. company, Space Adventures, says it struck a deal to offer tourists a chance to go to the International Space Station. ... more | .. |
  NASA aims to launch Discovery Feb 24 NASA said Tuesday it will aim to launch the space shuttle Discovery on February 24, after engineers found a way to shore up cracks on the external fuel tank that have delayed its final liftoff. ... more |
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 Google launches global kids science fair Google on Tuesday launched its first ever global science fair for young people aged 13 to 18, with the grand prize being a trip to the Galapagos Islands and a 50,000-dollar scholarship. ... more | .. |
  Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. ... more | .. |
 Ex-NASA worker charged military tech sale to SKorea An American who worked for NASA was charged with illegally shipping infrared military technology to South Korea, the Department of Justice announced Monday. ... more | .. |
  Cassini To Probe Rhea For Clues To Saturn Rings Saturn's icy moon Rhea might seem a strange place to look for clues to understanding the vast majestic rings encircling Saturn. But that's what NASA's Cassini spacecraft plans to do on its next flyb ... more |
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  Rover Continues To Explore Santa Maria Crater As the New (Earth) Year begins, Opportunity is continuing to explore the 80-meter (262-foot) diameter Santa Maria crater. The exploration campaign consists of wide-baseline imaging surveys wit ... more | .. |
 Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Goes Live Lockheed Martin has announced that the satellite command and control system - the Multi-Mission Satellite Operations Center Ground System Architecture- recently went operational with the successful ... more | .. |
 NASA spots tiny Earth-like planet, too hot for life NASA has spotted a tiny, rocky planet about the size of Earth doing a speedy orbit of a star outside our solar system, but its scorching temperatures are too hot for life, the space agency said Monday. ... more | .. |
Balls, blocks, cars among high-tech toys at CES Balls, blocks and miniature cars with a high-tech twist were among the toys at the Consumer Electronics Show here - although at prices only adults who are still children at heart may be able to afford. ... more |
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 An Escalator To Space - Not Very Far Away The day may not be far away when an elevator attendant asks your preferred destination - low earth orbit (LEO) or geostationary orbit (GSO). Research is fast progressing in advanced countries on des ... more |
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Robotic ball a hit at electronics show A glowing robotic ball that is controlled by a smartphone has won fans and the interest of game developers at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). ... more |
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Repairs push shuttle launch to late Feb. Ongoing investigations and repair of cracks on the fuel tank of the space shuttle Discovery will push a possible launch to late February, NASA officials said. ... more | .. |
 Moon Has Earth-Like Core State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth's. Uncovering details about the lunar core is critical for developing accurate ... more | .. |
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 Sugar And Spice In a packed arena, students are yelling and cheering in the bleachers at a national championship event. But this is no traditional sporting event: It's a FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST stan ... more |
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