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US Shuttle Discovery makes historic last landingCape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) March 9, 2011 The oldest and most traveled space shuttle, Discovery, landed back on Earth Wednesday after its final space flight and will now end its days as a museum piece to delight the crowds. The shuttle cruised onto the runway at Kennedy Space Center at 1657 GMT, wrapping up a rich, 27-year career in spaceflight that has spanned more distance and endured longer than any of the remaining three US shuttles. "And Houston, Discovery. For the final time, wheelstop," Commander Steve Lindsey said when the orbit ... read more |
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  A New Dawn Coming To Vesta Deep in the asteroid belt, Dawn continues thrusting with its ion propulsion system. The spacecraft is making excellent progress in reshaping its orbit around the sun to match that of its destination ... more | .. |
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  MESSENGER Poised For Mercury Orbit Insertion After more than a dozen laps through the inner solar system, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft will move into orbit around Mercury on March 17, 2011. The durable spacecraft--carrying seven science instrum ... more | .. |
  Prolific NASA Orbiter Reaches Five-Year Mark NASA's versatile Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which began orbiting Mars five years ago on March 10, has radically expanded our knowledge of the Red Planet and is now working overtime. The miss ... more | .. |
 Rover Snaps Close-Up of 'Ruiz Garcia' Opportunity is completing the last in-situ (contact) study at Santa Maria crater. On Sol 2520 (Feb. 25, 2011), the rover bumped 5.35 meters (18 feet) forward to approach the target "Ruiz Garci ... more | .. |
  Indian Space Agency To Now Launch Three Satellites In April The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) proposes to launch the latest remote sensing satellite and two others in the second week of April, seeking to replace a crucial component in its fully-a ... more |
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 The Scars Of Impacts On Mars ESA's Mars Express has returned new images of an elongated impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Located just south of the Huygens basin, it could have been carved out by a train of proj ... more |
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 Andrews Space Awarded USAF Reusable Booster System Study Contract Andrews Space (Andrews) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) to study higher risk aspects of the Air Force's proposed Reusable Booster System. ... more |
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 Study: Robots can understand humans A preliminary study found a robot can be programmed to understand when it gets a human's attention and when it doesn't, U.S. researchers said. ... more |
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'Star Trek' moment for Earth-bound shuttle Discovery US astronauts awoke to actor William Shatner's voice and theme music to the movie Star Trek on their final day at the International Space Station before starting their journey back to Earth. ... more |
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 New Dawn Arrives At Spaceport The second payload for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission arrived this week at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations continue for the heavy-lift flight planned on March 29. Built by ... more | .. |
 ISRO Likley To Launch Resourcesat-2 In April Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch Resourcesat-2, a remote sensing satellite that will provide information on biophysical and geophysical parameters on the Earth's surface ... more | .. |
 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 |
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