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Gloomy weather could delay Friday shuttle launchCape Canaveral, Florida (AFP) July 6, 2011 Stormy weather could postpone the last-ever flight of the US shuttle program by delaying Atlantis's final mission to the International Space Station a day or two, NASA said Wednesday. A tropical storm system moving north from the Caribbean is expected to bring rain, clouds and thunder to Florida right around the time of Atlantis's scheduled liftoff Friday at 11:26 am (1526 GMT). "It is not looking favorable right now for launch," said NASA weather officer Kathy Winters, downgrading her forecast ... read more |
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 Tourists jam Florida for last shuttle launch Tourists crowded into central Florida on Thursday as NASA forged ahead with plans to launch Atlantis on the final mission of the US shuttle program despite stormy weather. ... more | .. |
  Hydrogen Peroxide Found in Space Molecules of hydrogen peroxide have been found for the first time in interstellar space. The discovery gives clues about the chemical link between two molecules critical for life: water and oxygen. ... more | .. |
  Atlantis to carry next-generation vaccine candidate on last space voyage On July 8, at approximately 11:26 a.m. EDT, the space shuttle Atlantis will streak skyward from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A, for one last mission. While the STS-135 flight marks the en ... more | .. |
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 Boeing Prepares Space Shuttle Atlantis for Final Mission Boeing engineers and technicians are preparing Space Shuttle Atlantis and its payload for the program's final mission, which is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center on July 8. "Our te ... more | .. |
  Two Possible Sites for Next Mars Rover NASA's next Mars rover will land either beside the site of a former river delta or beside a mountain of stacked layers. These enticing locations are the two finalists as the Mars Science Laboratory ... more | .. |
 NASA Dryden and the Space Shuttles NASA research pilot John Manke worked through his prelaunch checklist while the X-24B lifting body hung beneath the wing of a modified B-52 cruising at an altitude of 45,000 feet over California's M ... more | .. |
  Final Soyuz launcher integration is underway for Arianespace Globalstar mission from Kazakhstan The payload of six Globalstar second-generation satellites to be orbited on Arianespace's upcoming Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome has been integrated to its launch vehicle's third stage. ... 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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  Dawn Team Members Check out Spacecraft Mission managers for NASA's Dawn spacecraft are studying the spacecraft's ion propulsion system after Dawn experienced a loss of thrust on June 27. Dawn team members were able to trace the epi ... more | .. |
 Stem Cells for Space Shuttle Atlantis One small South Florida Company with a funny name will be watching NASA's launch of STS-135, Space Shuttle "Atlantis," with more than the usual interest this coming Friday, July 8th, 2011. Miami Fat ... more | .. |
  China launches experimental satellite China on Wednesday launched an experimental orbiter in the country's Shijian satellite series from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province. The satellite, SJ-11-03, ... more | .. |
 Arianespace to launch THOR 7 satellite for Telenor Arianespace's Communications satellite operator Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has chosen Arianespace to launch its new satellite, THOR 7. The THOR 7 satellite will be placed into geost ... more |
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  NASA Langley Rockets to Kentucky for Summer Motion A team from NASA's Langley Research Center is excited to be returning to Summer Motion in Ashland, Ky. for the second year in a row. NASA technicians and others from the Hampton, Va., facility ... more | .. |
 Does Asteroid Vesta Have a Moon NASA's Dawn spacecraft is closing in on Vesta, and from now until the ion-powered spacecraft goes into orbit in mid-July, every picture of the giant asteroid will be the best one ever taken. What wi ... more | .. |
 Space technology 'on the NHS' and easier access to space New space technologies that could benefit the NHS, and the first step in the reduction of insurance costs for satellite operators were the topics of discussion Monday July 4 when Minister for Univer ... more | .. |
  Cassini Spacecraft Captures Images and Sounds of Big Saturn Storm Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft now have the first-ever, up-close details of a Saturn storm that is eight times the surface area of Earth. On Dec. 5, 2010, Cassini fir ... 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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 NASA needs new 'breakthrough,' says Obama NASA needs new technology breakthroughs to revitalize its mission to explore the universe, President Barack Obama said Wednesday as the shuttle Atlantis was preparing for its final mission. ... more | .. |
 Final space shuttle to carry 5 CU-Boulder-built payloads The University of Colorado Boulder is involved with five different space science payloads ranging from antibody tests that may lead to new bone-loss treatments to an experiment to improve vaccine ef ... more | .. |
  Clocking The Spin of Neptune By tracking atmospheric features on Neptune, a UA planetary scientist has accurately determined the planet's rotation, a feat that had not been previously achieved for any of the gas planets in our ... more | .. |
STS-135 Countdown Under Way The countdown for the final space shuttle launch began Tuesday at 1 p.m. EDT, starting at the T-43 hour mark. However, the launch-day weather forecast looks less than favorable for Friday's 11:26 a. ... more |
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Shuttle Atlantis set for history-making launch Atlantis is poised to blaze a path into history Friday when it propels toward the heavens on the last-ever mission of the 30-year-old American space shuttle program. ... more | .. |
  Scientists develop sensitive skin for robots Our skin is a communicative wonder: The nerves convey temperature, pressure, shear forces and vibrations - from the finest breath of air to touch to pain. At the same time, the skin is the organ by ... more | .. |
 Tempest-from-hell seen on Saturn Imagine being caught in a thunderstorm as wide as the Earth with discharges of lightning 10,000 times more powerful than normal, flashing 10 times per second at its peak. ... more | .. |
 Showers, storms could delay shuttle launch: NASA Showers and thunderstorms are likely to force a delay to this week's planned final launch of the space shuttle, NASA's weather officer said on Tuesday. ... 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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 China to launch an experimental satellite in coming days China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Tuesday said it will lauch an experimental orbiter in China's Shi-Jian satellite series in coming days. The orbiter, SJ-11-03, will be boosted by Chi ... more | .. |
 Islands of Life, Part II On Monday, we headed over the coastal mountains, up out of Antofagasta, in a pair of rented pickup trucks. Our ultimate goal was the Yungay Desert Research Station, located in an unnamed salar (salt ... more | .. |
 Square Kilometer Array telescope may help make contact with aliens The Square Kilometer Array (SKA), the world's most powerful radio telescope in development, may help make contact with aliens, if there is any, Australia's leading astronomer Fred Watson said on Tue ... more | .. |
 University Of Wisconsin Students Win Space Habitat Competition University of Wisconsin students topped two other university teams to win the 2011 NASA eXploration Habitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge, a competition to design and build a space habitat. ... more |
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 NASA Beyond The Space Shuttle The end of the space shuttle program does not mean the end of NASA, or even of NASA sending humans into space. NASA has a robust program of exploration, technology development and scientific researc ... more | .. |
 Scientists uncover evidence of a wet Martian past in desert Scientists at the SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif., and NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. believe that traces of Mars' wet past are hidden from the scrutiny of space-borne inst ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Team Completes GeoEye-2 Design Phase Early The Lockheed Martin team developing GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite, known as GeoEye-2, has successfully completed the Space System Critical Design Review (CDR) two ... more | .. |
 Russia gains edge in space race as US shuttle bows out As the United States winds down its shuttle programme in a symbolic twist in a long-running space rivalry, Russia will gain complete control of access to the International Space Station. ... more |
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