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X-37B - This Is Only A TestSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 16, 2011 We are regularly warned on emergency speakers that an upcoming alarm signal is only a test. It's a necessary precaution to prevent panic. Some members of community need a similar heads-up about another imminent event. We are now into the early stages of another flight of the X-37B spaceplane, probably the sexiest and most controversial new spacecraft in years. It's like a scaled down version of its larger cousin, the NASA Space Shuttle, but carries no crew. Operated by the US Air Force, the ... read more |
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  Launch Pad 39A Operations Resume Today Technicians at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A are resuming processing operations today in preparation for space shuttle Endeavour's upcoming launch. This morning, NASA and United S ... more | .. |
  A 'Supermoon' Did Not Cause The Japanese Earthquake Just to be clear, the Moon did not cause the earthquake in Japan. Several scientists have posted articles online clarifying the topic, and all of them, in no uncertain terms, agree that the the upco ... more | .. |
 LRO Delivers Treasure Trove Of Data NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released Tuesday the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase along with the first measurements from its new life as a science satellite. ... more | .. |
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  Time Is Now For Human Mission To Mars "The time for a human mission to Mars is now," write the editors of "A One Way Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet," a collection of articles published in book form this month by the Journal ... more | .. |
  Finally! NASA Prepares To Orbit Mercury On March 17th, NASA's MESSENGER probe will become the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury. It's a seminal moment in planetary exploration. Researchers can finally take a good long look at a rocky worl ... more | .. |
  NASA Seeks Partners To Manage Night Rover, Nano-Sat Launcher Challenges NASA is seeking partner organizations to manage the agency's upcoming Night Rover and Nano-Satellite Launcher Centennial Challenges. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technolog ... more | .. |
  Paolo Nespoli's MagISStra Mission At Midway Point ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli is now half way into his six-month mission on the International Space Station. Monday's handover of command heralds the departure of three crewmembers and the arrival of ... more |
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 Fasting For Science On ISS With almost half of the MagISStra mission behind him, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli has not had much free time on the International Space Station. In addition to his heavy workload, he has also been o ... more | .. |
  NASA Unveiling New Rocket Integration Facility At Wallops NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EDT on March 22. The Horizontal Integration Facility ... more | .. |
 US, Russia sign deal to transport astronauts until 2016 The US space agency has renewed a contract to use Russian spaceships to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) up to 2016, the Russian space agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  FASTSAT Mission Update To date, the MINI-ME instrument has acquired more than 29 days of observations at optimal science level (i.e., running with the power inputs and other characteristics to which it was initially calib ... more |
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 Ariane 5 Moves To Final Assembly Building The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace's second launch of 2011 is now in the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, where it will be fitted with the dual payload of Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat ... more | .. |
 Goddard's Chief Scientist Talks About The 'Supermoon' Phenomenon Dr. James Garvin, chief scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, answers your questions about the 'supermoon' phenomenon. b>Question: What is the definition of a supermoon and why is ... more | .. |
FASTSAT Mission Update To date, the MINI-ME instrument has acquired more than 29 days of observations at optimal science level (i.e., running with the power inputs and other characteristics to which it was initially calib ... more | .. |
Fasting For Science On ISS With almost half of the MagISStra mission behind him, ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli has not had much free time on the International Space Station. In addition to his heavy workload, he has also been o ... more |
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Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems
Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon
Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power | .. |
NASA Unveiling New Rocket Integration Facility At Wallops NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. EDT on March 22. The Horizontal Integration Facility ... more | .. |
NASA Seeks Partners To Manage Night Rover, Nano-Sat Launcher Challenges NASA is seeking partner organizations to manage the agency's upcoming Night Rover and Nano-Satellite Launcher Centennial Challenges. NASA's Centennial Challenges are prize competitions for technolog ... more | .. |
Time Is Now For Human Mission To Mars "The time for a human mission to Mars is now," write the editors of "A One Way Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet," a collection of articles published in book form this month by the Journal ... more | .. |
 Engineer falls to death at NASA launch pad An engineer fell to his death Monday at the launch pad where the shuttle Endeavour is set to launch next month, the US space agency said. ... more |
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 LRO Images Lunar Farside In Stunning Detail Because the moon is tidally locked (meaning the same side always faces Earth), it was not until 1959 that the farside was first imaged by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft (hence the Russian names for pr ... more | .. |
 Shuttle Endeavour At Launch Pad Liftoff Practice Set After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 11, space shuttle Endeavour now awaits the next major milestone for its upcoming flight to the International S ... more | .. |
 SES gives SpaceX first geostationary satellite launch deal Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES said on Monday it had reached an agreement with the privately owned company SpaceX for a 2013 launch that will be the first geostationary satellite placement using the US firm's Falcon 9 rocket. ... more | .. |
  Physicists propose collider 'time travel' Two U.S. physicists say if their theory is right, the Large Hadron Collider, the world largest atom smasher, could be the world's first time machine. ... more |
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Manipulating light to advance quantum entanglement research
Top Japan start-up Sakana AI touts nature-inspired tech
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 Health experts sound warning over iodine rush Japan's nuclear crisis has sparked panic buying of iodine pills, with online bids exceeding $500 for one packet, but health experts hosed down the hysteria and warned the pills are of limited use. ... more | .. |
 NASA books seats on Soyuz through 2015 NASA says it has signed a $753 million agreement with the Russian space agency Roscosmos for 12 round trips for astronauts to the International Space Station. ... more | .. |
Winds blowing radioactivity offshore, away from Japan: WMO The UN weather agency said Tuesday that winds are currently blowing radioactive material towards the ocean, and that there were "no implications" for Japan or countries nearby. ... 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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 Russia delays ISS launch for 'technical reasons' Russia is delaying the planned launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station on March 30 due to a technical problem with the spacecraft, space agency Roskosmos said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Arianespace Moves To New Launcher Designation For Ariane, Soyuz And Vega The launcher components for Arianespace's third Ariane 5 mission of 2011 arrived this week in French Guiana, marking the first step in preparations for a heavy-lift flight with the ST-2 and GSAT-8 t ... more | .. |
 Color View From Orbit Shows Mars Rover Beside Crater NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has nearly completed its three-month examination of a crater informally named "Santa Maria," but before the rover resumes its overland trek, an orbiting cam ... more | .. |
  Vesta - An Asteroid In 3D What might asteroid Vesta look like? In a new animation, researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have recreated the asteroid in 3D. In the animati ... more |
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