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![]() Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 03, 2011 Geoff Marcy is mad. Not mad as in 'crazy,' although many scientists thought he was nuts when he first started hunting for planets orbiting far-distant stars over twenty years ago. Now that over 500 exoplanets have been detected and the Kepler space telescope has over 1,200 candidate planets waiting to be confirmed, Marcy's dedication and hard work (and his sanity) have been vindicated. But Marcy is still mad at NASA for canceling exoplanet missions like the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) and the ... read more |
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![]() Opportunity Passes Small Crater and Big Milestone A drive of 482 feet (146.8 meters) on June 1, 2011, took NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity past 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) in total odometry during 88 months of driving on Mars. That's 50 t ... more | .. |
![]() US Army supports student launch program A scientific rocket screamed skyward at Spaceport America May 20, 2011, as students from all over New Mexico, as well as Texas and Arizona came to see their scientific payloads fly into space during ... more | .. |
![]() Hot stuff: the making of BepiColombo For BepiColombo, ESA has had to extend the limits of existing design standards and develop altogether new design concepts as well. How to begin building a spacecraft that needs to endure sunlight 10 ... more | .. | ||
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![]() Microscopic worms could help open up travel into deep space A space flight by millions of microscopic worms could help us overcome the numerous threats posed to human health by space travel. The Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) have also given experts an ... more | .. |
![]() The Role of Space Weathering Mercury and its environment constitute a complex system that includes interactions among the interplanetary medium, the planet's magnetic field, its tenuous atmosphere (or exosphere), and its surfac ... more | .. |
![]() GSAT-12 to be launched in July second week On the heels of the successful launch of its communication satellite GSAT-8, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the next communication satellite GSAT-12 in the sec ... more | .. |
![]() ISS Crew Conducts Emergency Training and Science The three residents of the International Space Station were busy with emergency training and science experiments Thursday as they await the arrival of three additional crew members. Joining Ex ... more |
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![]() Astronauts and Students Connect at UA Lunar and Planetary Lab Students from Gridley Middle School in Tucson got a 30-minute window to ask Mark Kelly, Gregory Johnson and Ron Garan questions about life in space. More than 80 students from Gridley Middle School ... more | .. |
![]() Boeing Opens Exploration Launch Systems Office in Florida Boeing has established an Exploration Launch Systems Engineering and Integration office in Titusville to support the operational readiness of NASA's next launch system, currently under study. ... more | .. |
![]() Endeavour Lands, Atlantis at Launch Pad Space shuttle Endeavour completed its final flight by delivering the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station during the STS-134 mission. "I think we all should be really ... more | .. |
![]() Keeping the power on in space All space missions have one inescapable dependency: the electricity flowing through their systems to keep them alive. Take away its power and a spacecraft is nothing more than space debris - an even ... more |
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![]() Shuttle STS-134 back from enhancing Space Station The wheels of Space Shuttle Endeavour touched down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning at 06:35 GMT (08:35 CEST) after a 16-day mission that added a pioneering experiment to the I ... more | .. |
![]() Materials for Mars What would it take to make a manned mission to Mars a reality? A team of aerospace and textile engineering students from North Carolina State University believe part of the solution may lie in advan ... more | .. |
![]() Thales delivers First Cygnus PCM to Orbital Thales Alenia Space announced that it has delivered to Orbital Sciences its first Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) developed to transport cargo to the International Space Station. This first PCM will ... more | .. |
![]() Atlantis in place as Endeavour returns The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis was wheeled to the launch pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Wednesday as the shuttle Endeavour completed its final mission. ... more |
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![]() Looking at the volatile side of the Moon Four decades after the first Moon landing, our only natural satellite remains a fascinating enigma. Specialists from Europe and the US have been looking at ESA's proposed Lunar Lander mission to fin ... more | .. |
![]() The Shape of Mercury The MESSENGER spacecraft, recently injected into orbit about the Solar Systems' inner-most planet is already yielding important new information about Mercury. This spacecraft carries a laser altimet ... more | .. |
![]() THAICOM 6 Satellite Project THAICOM Public Company has announced that the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has approved the THAICOM 6 satellite that was proposed by the Company and the Board of Directors of ... more | .. |
![]() Camera Duo on Mars Rover Mast Will Shoot Color Views Two digital color cameras riding high on the mast of NASA's next Mars rover will complement each other in showing the surface of Mars in exquisite detail. They are the left and right eyes of the Mas ... more |
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![]() NC State Students Look To Support Manned Mission To Mars What would it take to make a manned mission to Mars a reality? A team of aerospace and textile engineering students from North Carolina State University believe part of the solution may lie in advan ... more | .. |
![]() Endeavour Lands As Atlantis Rolls Out For Final Shuttle Launch The space shuttle Endeavour glided home for its final landing early Wednesday and the conclusion of the next to last mission of the 30-year-old US shuttle program. ... more | .. |
![]() The hand as a joystick Before a new vehicle rolls off the assembly lines, it first takes shape as a virtual model. In a cave - a room for the virtual representation of objects - the developers look at it from all sides, t ... more | .. |
![]() Shuttle Endeavour leaves International Space Station The US space shuttle Endeavour was on its way back to Earth on Monday after undocking from the International Space Station on its final journey before entering retirement, NASA said. ... more |
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![]() Weather 'promising' for Endeavour landing: NASA The weather forecast looks "promising" for the US shuttle Endeavour's nighttime landing to end its final mission, scheduled for 2:35 am (0635 GMT) on Wednesday, NASA said. ... more | .. |
![]() On-Orbit Orion MPCV Navigation System Tested During STS-134 Shuttle Mission In an unprecedented on-orbit maneuver, Commander Mark Kelly completed the first ever Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)-like approach to the International Space Station at 3:24 a.m. CDT as part ... more | .. |
![]() Shuttle in ISS re-approach sensor test The space shuttle Endeavour, which finally undocked from the International Space Station at 3:55 GMT, is flying a re-approach to the station for a Detailed Test Objective known as STORRM (Sensor Tes ... more | .. |
![]() NASA is Making Hot, Way Cool The more advanced the electronics, the more power they use. The more power they use, the hotter they get. The hotter they get, the more likely they'll overheat. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to ... more |
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![]() New synchrotron technique could see hidden building blocks of life Scientists from Finland and France have developed a new synchrotron X-ray technique that may revolutionize the chemical analysis of rare materials like meteoric rock samples or fossils. The results ... more | .. |
![]() China's Fengyun-3B satellite goes into official operation China's Fengyun-3B (FY-3B) weather satellite will go into official operation on Thursday after finishing a six-month trial period. The transfer of the satellite to the China Meteorological Adm ... more | .. |
![]() NASA and Hawaii Partner for Space Exploration NASA and Hawaii have agreed to collaborate on a wide range of activities to promote America's human and robotic exploration of space. The partnership also will contribute to the development of educa ... more | .. |
![]() Starfighters Ready to Launch Research and Satellites F-104 jet fighters just like the ones astronauts trained in for decades will become a more regular part of the skyscape above NASA's Kennedy Space Center as a private company expands its fleet of je ... more |
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