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Space junk narrowly misses stationMoscow (AFP) June 28, 2011 A piece of debris travelling thousands of miles an hour narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday in a harrowing incident that forced the crew to scramble to their rescue craft. Russian space officials told news agencies the piece of space junk whizzed past only 250 meters (820) from the 13-year-old orbiter - a microscopic distance in space terms. The Russian space agency separately issued a terse statement noting that "a situation occurred" involving "an object of unknown orig ... read more |
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  Shuttle Atlantis ready to fly July 8: NASA The shuttle Atlantis is ready to fly on its final mission to the International Space Station on July 8, NASA said Tuesday after a meeting to review plans for last-ever US space shuttle flight. ... more | .. |
  Space debris a growing problem A scare triggered by orbital debris that on Tuesday came within a couple of hundred metres (yards) of the International Space Station (ISS) sheds light on an acutely worsening problem. ... more | .. |
  Islands of Life - Part One Southern Atacama Desert, Chile - Sunday, May 8, 2011 - This is the first of a series of reports from my recent trip to the Atacama Desert. I traveled with a group of scientists, headed by Jacek Wier ... more | .. |
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  Astrium signs up for Next Gen Launcher High Thrust Engine Astrium, Europe's leading space company, continues to prepare Europe's future propulsion technology by signing a euros 60 million rider with the European Space Agency (ESA) and its partners of the ... more | .. |
  Dawn Journal - June 2011 Vesta beckons, and Dawn responds. Now more than halfway through its approach to Vesta, Dawn continues creeping up on the destination it has been pursuing since it began its interplanetary travels. T ... more | .. |
 New Animation Depicts Next Mars Rover in Action Although NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will not leave Earth until late this year nor land on Mars until August 2012, anyone can watch those dramatic events now in a new animation of the mission. ... more | .. |
 Training for ISS flight operations Although he has long since completed his school and university education, Jerome Campan carefully follows the presentation given by instructor Paolo De Lunardi on the projection screen. Sitting in t ... more |
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Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace
MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes
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  U.S. shifts focus to multipurpose robots The Obama administration has launched an ambitious new initiative that aims to shift focus on to robotic research and development to help Americans in all sectors, including defense and security, to interact with advanced technologies. ... more | .. |
  Williams and MIT Astronomers Observe Pluto and its Moons A Williams College team of astronomers, headed by Bryce Babcock and Jay Pasachoff, have been in Hawaii, near Honolulu, to observe a rare double-double event about Pluto. On June 23rd, they observed ... more | .. |
  Charles Bolden National Press Club Address - July 1 NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. will address a National Press Club luncheon on July 1, one week before the final scheduled space shuttle launch. Discussing America's continued commitment to ... more | .. |
 Spend your summer in space...at the Science Museum This summer, make space at the Science Museum your holiday destination of choice. From 23 July - 31 August, pick up a passport as you enter the museum and follow the new space trail - embarking on a ... more |
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Debris narrowly misses International Space Station A piece of space debris narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday in a rare incident that forced the six-member crew to scramble to their rescue craft, space agency officials said. ... more | .. |
 The 'Eyes, Ears and Hands' of the Shuttle Test Team When space shuttle astronauts are living and working in Earth orbit, their mission - and, ultimately, their lives - depend on all the shuttle orbiter's systems and controls working exactly as expect ... more | .. |
 Improving Slumber on the Space Station With Sleep-Long It is difficult to sleep in a strange place, especially when you are far from home. Just imagine if you were approximately 210 miles from home and free floating in a spacecraft orbiting the Earth, l ... more | .. |
  Moon Geyser Finding Significant, UCF Scientist Says A team of international astronomers this week reported that a salt-water reservoir is the likely source of geyser plumes observed on Enceladus - one of Saturn's moons. Joshua Colwell, a Univer ... 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
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 Opportunity Getting Closer to Endeavour Crater Opportunity is making excellent progress towards Endeavour crater with only 2.3 kilometers (1.4 miles) to go before reaching the first landfall on the rim, a place called "Spirit Point." The r ... more | .. |
  Parallel Ariane 5 launch campaigns keep up Arianespace's 2011 mission pace Preparations for the next two Ariane 5 flights are underway at the Spaceport, once again demonstrating Arianespace's flexibility in meeting customer timing for the orbiting of their telecommunicatio ... more | .. |
 NASA Will Compete Space Launch System (SLS) Boosters It should come as no surprise that NASA has selected a "shuttle-derived" vehicle with two existing LOX/LH2 stages as its reference design for the new heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) ordered by ... more | .. |
 You Can Hunt for Icy Worlds A team at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has developed a new website, IceHunters, to challenge the public to discover Kuiper Belt objects in the outer solar system. It is hoped that among ... more |
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 Ariane 5 payload integration underway; First Soyuz launchers arrive Both satellite passengers for Arianespace's fourth heavy-lift mission of 2011 are well advanced in their integration phase as preparations move forward for the July 1 launch from French Guiana. ... more | .. |
 NASA and NSF Collaborate to Develop Advanced Robotics The National Science Foundation (NSF) will take the lead with NASA and two other federal agencies to support the administration's National Robotics Initiative. The initiative complements the adminis ... more | .. |
 Sierra Nevada Space Systems Completes Milestones For Commercial Crew Program Sierra Nevada Space Systems (SNC) has announced completion of two significant milestones as part of the Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) Program. SNC is building the Dream Chaser, a Spac ... more | .. |
  Astronomers Reach For The Stars To Discover New Cancer Therapy Astronomers' research on celestial bodies may have an impact on the human body. Ohio State University astronomers are working with medical physicists and radiation oncologists to develop a potential ... 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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  Breathing Through the Eyes Say what you will about bird brains, but our feathered friends sure have us - and all the other animals on the planet - beat in the vision department, and that has a bit to do with how their brains ... more | .. |
 Tasting the Ocean Spray of Enceladus NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered the best evidence yet for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft's direct anal ... more | .. |
 NASA Mars Rover Arrives in Florida After Cross-Country Flight NASA's next Mars rover has completed the journey from its California birthplace to Florida in preparation for launch this fall. The Mars Science Laboratory rover, also known as Curiosity, arrived la ... more | .. |
 SOFIA Successfully Observes Challenging Pluto Occultation On June 23, NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) observed the dwarf planet Pluto as it passed in front of a distant star. This event, known as an "occultation," allowed sc ... more |
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  ARTEMIS Spacecraft Prepare for Lunar Orbit They've almost arrived. It took one and a half years, over 90 orbit maneuvers, and - wonderfully - many gravitational boosts and only the barest bit of fuel to move two spacecraft from their orbit a ... more | .. |
 Resonator Gyro Achieves 18 Million Operating Hours in Space Northrop Grumman's patented hemispherical resonator gyro (HRG) technology, which is used for various space and military applications, recently achieved a major milestone of 18 million hours of conti ... more | .. |
Dawn Nears Start of Year-Long Stay at Giant Asteroid NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended visit to a large asteroid. The mission expects to go into orbit around Vesta on July 16 and begin gathering science data in early Augus ... more | .. |
 Yahsat Y1A satellite delivered in orbit After the successful completion of in-orbit testing the satellite Y1A, was officially handed over to Yahsat on 13 June 2011. Y1A is the first satellite built for Al Yah Satellite Communications Comp ... more |
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