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Orbits for TiangongSydney, Australia (SPX) Aug 27, 2011 The impending launch of China's first space laboratory will end years of waiting for this important mission. It will also hopefully begin to answer some of the many questions that remain unanswered about China's latest spacecraft. While China will probably remain coy about some details of the mission, one issue will be settled fairly soon after launch. What sort of an orbit will Tiangong 1 enter? Tiangong 1 is expected to remain in orbit for roughly two years. This is far longer than even th ... read more |
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  The next ATV resupply spacecraft arrives next mission to ISS Arianespace's role in supporting the International Space Station's continuing operations was underscored with the arrival of Europe's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) resupply vessel in French ... more | .. |
  Armstrong relives historic Moon landing It's more than 40 years since Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon, but his memories of the historic flight remain as undimmed as his passion for further exploration of space. ... more | .. |
  Cassini Closes in on Saturn's Tumbling Moon Hyperion NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured new views of Saturn's oddly shaped moon Hyperion during its encounter with this cratered body on Thursday, Aug. 25. Raw images were acquired as the spacecraf ... more | .. |
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  Russia to test launch Soyuz rockets before delivering ISS crews Russia will carry out two unmanned test launches of Soyuz carrier rockets in the coming fall before using them to deliver crews to the International Space Station, a source in the Russian space indu ... more | .. |
  Earth-bound asteroids come from stony asteroids Researchers got their first up-close look at dust from the surface of a small, stony asteroid after the Hayabusa spacecraft scooped some up and brought it back to Earth. Analysis of these dust parti ... more | .. |
  The atomic clock with the world's best long-term accuracy A caesium fountain clock that keeps the United Kingdom's atomic time is now the most accurate long-term timekeeper in the world, according to a new evaluation of the clock that will be published in ... more | .. |
  Greenhouse Effect Could Extend Habitable Zone The distant region beyond Saturn is too cold for liquid water, a necessity for life as we know it. But new research indicates that rocky planets far from their parent star could generate enough heat ... more |
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  Out of Thin Martian Air A wet Mars is just a memory, but where did the water go? Geological observations suggest rivers and seas dotted the martian surface 3.5 billion years ago. The amount of water has been equated to a p ... more | .. |
 The first nuclear power plants for settlements on the moon and Mars At the 242nd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) James E. Werner said that innovative fission technology for surface power applications is far different from the f ... more | .. |
 Russia may delay manned space launch after crash Russia may delay the next manned launch for the International Space Station (ISS) after an unmanned space vessel crashed into Siberia instead of reaching orbit, a report said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Thales Alenia Space's Cygnus PCM shipped to United States Thales Alenia Space reports it has shipped its first Pressurized Cargo Module, designed to transport cargo to the International Space Station, to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Th ... more |
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 A Planet Made of Diamond A once-massive star that's been transformed into a small planet made of diamond: that's what astronomers think they've found in our Milky Way. The discovery has been made by an international r ... more | .. |
 The fifth Ariane 5 of 2011 is ready for integration of its dual-satellite payload Arianespace has taken delivery of the Ariane 5 ECA for its fifth heavy-lift mission of 2011 at the Spaceport in French Guiana, which will orbit the Arabsat-5C and SES-2 telecommunications satellites ... more | .. |
 NASA's Next Generation Robotic Lander Gets Sideways During Test During a recent test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., the robotic lander prototype, known as Mighty Eagle, performed a hover test flying up to three feet and then translat ... more | .. |
 Moon Express Gets Thumbs-Up from NASA for Developing New Lunar Landing Technology Moon Express, a Google Lunar X PRIZE contender, announced that it has successfully demonstrated a critical component of its lunar landing technology to NASA under its Innovative Lunar Demonstration ... 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 Moon Mission in Final Preparations for September Launch NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to study the moon is in final launch preparations for a scheduled Sept. 8 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. ... more | .. |
 Glonass-M satellite launch postponed for additional check The launch of the Soyuz-2.1B carrier rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was postponed for an additional equipment check, Russia's Space Forces commander said on Thursday. The launc ... more | .. |
 Resupply Craft Lost While Crew Focuses on Departure and Science The ISS Progress 44 spacecraft and nearly 3 tons of supplies for the International Space Station were lost Wednesday when the launch vehicle experienced a failure during the climb to orbit. Th ... more | .. |
  New Report Analyzes Development Paths of Emerging Space Nations and Sustainable Use of Outer Space While the advent of emerging space nations certainly creates opportunities, it also raises new concerns. Balancing these new sets of opportunities and risks requires an understanding of the rational ... more |
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 Russia 'grounds Soyuz rockets' after space crash Russia on Thursday grounded its Soyuz rockets after a space ship carrying tonnes of cargo for the International Space Station (ISS) crashed into Siberia shortly after blast-off, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Mexican Government Gains Satellite Management Efficiency from Optimal Satcom Integrated Software System Optimal Satcom has been awarded a subcontract by Integral Systems to provide the Mexican government with a highly-efficient satellite capacity management system for its new MEXSAT satellite system. ... more | .. |
 Neil Armstrong urges return to the Moon Neil Armstrong has urged a return to the Moon to train for missions to Mars as the United States contemplates the future of its space programme following the end of the shuttle era. ... more | .. |
 First Soyuz launch from Kourou to go ahead: Arianespace The maiden flight of a Soyuz from Europe's space base will go ahead as scheduled on October 20, as it is a different version from the rocket involved in Wednesday's launch failure by Russia, Arianespace said on Thursday. ... 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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 Russian spaceship crashes back to Earth An unmanned Russian spaceship with tonnes of cargo for the International Space Station crashed into Siberia shortly after blast-off Wednesday in the latest blow to the country's embattled space programme. ... more | .. |
 ISS crew safe despite supply failure: Russia, US Russian mission control and NASA said Wednesday there was no need to evacuate the six-member crew from the International Space Station despite the launch failure of a vessel carrying tonnes of supplies. ... more | .. |
  New probe to uncover mechanisms key to fusion reactor walls A new tool developed by nuclear engineers at Purdue University will be hitched to an experimental fusion reactor at Princeton University to learn precisely what happens when extremely hot plasmas to ... more | .. |
  Avoiding An Ape-pocalypse This is a story about how a mob of intelligent, institutionalized, drugged-up apes organize to overthrow their human oppressors and ignite a planetary revolt. But enough about my graduate school day ... more |
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 Recent grad's astro feats regarded as research crown 'joule' Look out, Richard Dean Anderson. There's a new MacGyver in town. His name is 2nd Lt. Michael Trubilla, and a prestigious award is in the 2011 Air Force Academy grad's very near future: Trubilla is s ... more | .. |
 Robonaut successfully passes first test on ISS The first human-like robot and permanent resident of the International Space Station, Robonaut 2 or R2, has successfully passed its first test, the official Robonaut`s microblog reported on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Draper Spacesuit Could Keep NASA Astronauts Stable, Healthier in Space Draper Laboratory began work this month on a new spacesuit that could keep NASA astronauts healthy during long-duration space exploration missions and stabilize them while they work in microgravity. ... more | .. |
 NRL Set to Launch Experimental TacSat-4 Spacecraft The Naval Research Laboratory's Tactical Satellite IV (TacSat-4) is scheduled to launch from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation's Kodiak Launch Complex, Tuesday, September 27, 2011, aboard an Orbital ... more |
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