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USAF Launches Second X-37B Test PlatformCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 7, 2011 In the latest step to improve space capability and further develop an affordable, reusable space vehicle, Air Force technicians launched the second X-37B here March 5, officials said. The Orbital Test Vehicle-2 launch comes on the heels of the successful flight of OTV-1, which made an autonomous landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 3 after 224 days in space. According to officials, post-flight analysis of OTV-1 revealed OTV-2 needed no significant changes, but detailed assessme ... read more |
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  NASA scientist claim of 'alien life' draws scrutiny A NASA scientist's claim that he found tiny fossils of alien life in the remnants of a meteorite has stirred both excitement and skepticism, and is being closely reviewed by 100 experts. ... more | .. |
  World's Largest Rocket Production Base Takes Shape In North China The world's largest design, production and testing base for rockets is being built in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Liang Xiaohong, deputy head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technolog ... more | .. |
  NASA Light Technology Helps Cancer Patients A NASA technology originally developed for plant growth experiments on space shuttle missions has successfully reduced the painful side effects resulting from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in ... more | .. |
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 NASA Earth observation satellite fails to reach orbit A NASA satellite that aimed to study the impact of aerosols on climate plunged into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, delivering a $424-million blow to the US space agency. ... more | .. |
  NASA Creates Glory Satellite Mishap Investigation Board NASA's Glory mission ended Friday after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA has begun the process of creating a Mishap ... more | .. |
  China setting up new rocket production base China is setting up a new high-tech manufacturing base that will build the rockets for its ambitious space programme to put a man on the moon, state press said Friday. ... more | .. |
 China's "Fantastic Four" Moon Plan Since 2010, this author has pursued the story that China was planning four missions to land on the Moon this decade. The idea was a big change from our earlier understanding of China's Moon plans, w ... more |
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North Korea declares nuclear statehood 'permanently enshrined'
Iran says enriched nuclear material 'under rubble' of facilities hit during Israel war
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  Space Shuttle Announcement Expected April 12 NASA Administrator Charles Bolden revealed at a House committee hearing this week that a decision regarding placement for the retiring space shuttle orbiters will be announced Tuesday, April 12. ... more | .. |
  'Oddly' shaped Mars crater is studied European scientists say an image of an odd, elongated crater on Mars suggests it was carved out by a train of objects hitting the surface at a shallow angle. ... more | .. |
  Meteorite Tells Of How Planets Are Born In A Swirl Of Dust Scientists have performed a micro-probe analysis of the core and outer layers of a pea-sized piece of a meteorite some 4.57 billion years old to reconstruct the history of its formation, providing t ... more | .. |
  Is Radiation A Concern For Space Crops Radioactivity lingering in the soil near the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident has not prevented life from creeping back at the Ukrainian site. Now researchers have discovered that ... more |
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 Abundant Ammonia Aids Life's Origins An important discovery has been made with respect to the possible inventory of molecules available to the early Earth. Scientists led by Sandra Pizzarello, a research professor at Arizona State Univ ... more | .. |
 US astronauts get ready to leave space lab Six US astronauts are wrapping their mission at the International Space Station on Sunday before strapping themselves back into the shuttle Discovery, one day before setting back toward Earth, NASA said. ... more | .. |
 Russia Lacks Enough Carrier Rockets To Fulfill 2011 Launch Plans Russia lacks carrier rockets to carry out all space launches scheduled for 2011, the head of the Roscosmos space agency said on Wednesday. "We have a number of spacecraft that should be launch ... more | .. |
 China Likely To Launch First Probe To Explore Mars' Surface In 2013 China is likely to launch its first probe to explore the surface of Mars in 2013, a chief scientist said here Wednesday. "Mars is the first choice for mankind's interplanetary explorations as ... more |
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Ozone layer 'healing', on track to recover by mid-century: UN
How mowing less lets flowers bloom along Austria's 'Green Belt'
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 Mid East At Forefront Of $7.5 Billion Space Tourism Industry Space and satellite forum to highlight regional business opportunities for private and public sector investors - tourists will fly into space for $25,000 by 2030 The plethora of opportunities for p ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Hits The Road Again Opportunity is completing the exploration of Santa Maria crater before resuming the trek towards Endeavour crater. One objective is to position the rover further counter-clockwise around the s ... more | .. |
  Time To Fly: SAGE III - ISS Prepped For ISS After nine years in a clean room, an instrument that studies the Earth's atmosphere and protective ozone layer has been returned to service. NASA's Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III ... more | .. |
 China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Chang'e-5 In 2017 China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna ... more |
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  China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Change-5 In 2017 China is expected to launch its fifth lunar probe, Chang'e-5, in 2017 to send back a moon rock sample to earth, a top Chinese space scientist told Xinhua Wednesday. A lunar landing probe, luna ... more | .. |
 China's Tiangong-1 To Be Launched By Modified Long March II-F Rocket The unmanned space module Tiangong-1 that China plans to launch this year will be sent into space by a modified Long March II-F carrier rocket, an expert told Xinhua Thursday. The 8.5-tonne Ti ... more | .. |
  New Frozen Smoke May Improve Robotic Surgery, Energy Storage A spongy substance that could be mistaken for packing material has the nanotechnology world buzzing. University of Central Florida Associate Professor Lei Zhai and postdoctoral associate Jianh ... more | .. |
NASA green lights Discovery launch for Thursday NASA gave the green light for the space shuttle Discovery to blast off Thursday, saying the countdown to the aging shuttle's final mission before retirement was going "beautifully." ... more |
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'A better future is possible': Youths sue Trump over climate change
Hollywood giants sue Chinese AI firm over copyright infringement
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 Committee Democrats Caution Against Start-Stop Approach To NASA's Funding And Goals Today, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held ahearing to discuss the Administration's FY 2012 budget request for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) with Ch ... more | .. |
NASA extends Discovery shuttle mission again The US space agency on Friday extended the shuttle Discovery's mission to the International Space Station by another day, adding a total of two days to the shuttle's final mission before retirement. ... more | .. |
Obama calls to say 'proud' of astronauts US President Barack Obama made a phone call to the 12 astronauts at the orbiting International Space Station on Thursday to tell them he was proud of them. ... more | .. |
 Spacewalkers Continue To Complete Tasks Spacewalker Alvin Drew installed a light on the Crew Equipment Translation Aid cart and affixed insulation to a valve module fluid line on a left hand truss segment radiator beam. Spacewalker ... more |
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 Virgin Galactic To Fly Scientists To Space Virgin Galactic has signed the first commercial contracts to fly scientists into space for the purpose of conducting research experiments. Virgin Galactic's signed contract with the Southwest Resear ... more | .. |
 India Space Budget Gets 35 Percent Hike The budget for India's space program has been increased by more than 30 pecent compared to last year's allocation with the human space flight and Chandrayaan-II gaining the lion's share. The H ... more | .. |
 NASA Launches 2011 Nationwide Technology Space Competition A do-it-yourself technology space competition sponsored by NASA's Emerging Commercialization Space Office (ECSO) has kicked off. Make Magazine, a do-it-yourself publication for technology, is partne ... more | .. |
 SwRI Signs Up For 8 Reusable Suborbital Launches Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will send three scientists as payload specialists aboard eight suborbital flights - some to altitudes greater than 350,000 feet, above the internationally recogni ... more |
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