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The US will conquer deep space with Russian enginesMoscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 21, 2011 The United States has announced it is developing a heavy rocket for deep space expeditions. It might use Russian-made engines which is the result of house-cleaning in the U.S. space industry. On Wednesday, NASA reported that it had chosen a design for a new carrier rocket called the Space Launch System (SLS), which will send future American spacecraft on missions to explore the solar system. "This launch system will ... ensure continued U.S. leadership in space, and inspire millions around t ... read more |
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  Spaceship factory opens in California A civilian space company has completed the first commercial spacecraft factory at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, company officials said. ... more | .. |
 What did we get from the US space program In addition to the Global Positioning System, Tang, Velcro, direct to home (DTH) television, new medical instruments and improved national security, there are many other benefits that have come from ... more | .. |
  Countdown to first Soyuz launch at Kourou under way The clock is ticking for the first Soyuz flight from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket, which will carry the first two satellites of Europe's Galileo navigation system into orbit, is b ... more | .. |
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  China to launch unmanned space module by Sept 30 China will launch its unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, sometime from Sept. 27 to 30, a spokesperson said here Tuesday. The space module and its carrier rocket, Long-March II-F, have been mov ... more | .. |
  Rocky Planets Could Have Been Born as Gas Giants When NASA announced the discovery of over 1,200 new potential planets spotted by the Kepler Space Telescope, almost a quarter of them were thought to be Super-Earths. Now, new research suggests that ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5 moves to the launch zone with Arabsat-5C and SES-2 The 60th Ariane 5 launch vehicle has rolled out at the Spaceport for tomorrow night's liftoff on a mission that will carry another dual-satellite payload at the service of Arianespace's internationa ... more | .. |
  Astronauts reporting vision problems Astronauts who've spent long periods in space have experienced blurred vision, a problem that could jeopardize long missions like a trip to Mars, NASA says. ... more |
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AI powered SAR imagery analysis tool launched by SATIM and ICEYE
Ghosts of the Deep: China's AJX-002 XLUUV and the Geopolitics of Undersea Power
Global Invacom unveils XRJ transceiver for government and defense satcom | .. |
 Strike delays Ariane-5 launch: official A strike at the Kourou space centre in French Guiana on Tuesday forced authorities to postpone an Ariane-5 rocket launch, the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) said. ... more | .. |
 China to launch space station's first module China said Tuesday it will launch its Tiangong-1 space module later this month, marking its first step towards building a Chinese space station. ... more | .. |
 Iowa State chemists help astronauts make sure their drinking water is clean Bob Lipert held up a syringe, attached a plastic cartridge and demonstrated how chemistry developed at Iowa State University is helping astronauts and cosmonauts make sure they have safe drinking wa ... more | .. |
 From Star Wars to Science Fact: Tatooine-Like Planet Discovered Although cold and gaseous rather than a desert world, the newfound planet Kepler-16b is still the closest astronomers have come to discovering Luke Skywalker's home world of Tatooine. Like Tatooine, ... more |
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 How Common Are Earth-Moon Planetary Systems Earth's Moon might have played an important role in the development and evolution of life on Earth. The Moon was formed via a giant impact in which a Mars-size projectile collided with the young Ear ... more | .. |
  Dawn Flies Around Vesta A new video from NASA's Dawn spacecraft takes us on a flyover above the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. The data obtained by Dawn's framing camera will help scientists determine the proce ... more | .. |
 NASA Announces Two Game-Changing Space Technology Projects NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The selections are part of the agency's efforts to pursue revolutionary technology required for future missions, while ... more | .. |
 Double prime for Astrium on next Ariane launch Scheduled for launch on 20 September, the Arabsat 5C satellite, for which Astrium is co-prime, has been fully fuelled and integrated with the Ariane 5 launch vehicle at the European spaceport in Kou ... more |
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AI tool accelerates SAR image analysis with automated object detection
Fossil energy 'significant' driver of climate-fuelled heatwaves: study
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  Young Clays on Mars Could Have Been Habitable Regions Two small depressions on Mars found to be rich in minerals that formed by water could have been places for life relatively recently in the planet's history, according to a new paper in the journal G ... more | .. |
 China launches new communication satellite China successfully launched a new communication satellite, Zhongxing-1A, from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province early Monday. The satellite, lifted by a Long ... more | .. |
 Astronauts dive deep in practice for asteroid visit When human space explorers reach an asteroid for the first time, NASA figures the experience will be more like swimming in space than walking on the Moon. ... more | .. |
  Latest Tumbling Satellite Fails to Warrant Space Intercept An out-of-control satellite is expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere in the next couple of weeks, but U.S. officials say they have determined that the risk to humans does not warrant a pre-emp ... more |
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Tiangong: Better Late Than Lost It seems that our long wait for the launch of China's space laboratory is almost over. Most discussions of the flight of Tiangong 1 suggest that it will certainly launch this month. We can now measu ... more | .. |
 Vesta an asteroid full of surprises Varied impact craters, valleys, canyons and mountains among the highest in the Solar System - the 3D images and videos of the asteroid Vesta created by scientists at the German Aerospace Center (Deu ... more | .. |
 Astronomers confirm first planet orbiting two stars A world with multiple suns is a common trope in science fiction, as in the iconic double sunset in Star Wars. Scientific reality has now caught up, with a report from NASA's Kepler mission of the fi ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Studies Chester Lake Rock Outcrop Opportunity is in position at a target called "Chester Lake" at Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater. On Sol 2710 (Sept. 8, 2011), the rover pumped forward just over a meter (3 feet) to pu ... more |
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New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
Nuclearn secures $10.5 million to expand AI platform for nuclear operations
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 Monster Rocket Will Eat American Space Program The Space Frontier Foundation called Wednesday's announcement by NASA that it will attempt to build Congress's giant monster rocket a disaster that will devour our dreams for moving humanity into sp ... more | .. |
  Private US capsule not to dock with ISS The U.S. private space capsule Dragon will conduct a flight near the International Space Station (ISS), but docking between them is not planned, Vladimir Solovyov, head of the Russian segment of the ... more | .. |
 Opportunity on verge of new discovery Shortly after Labor Day 2011, the Mars rover Opportunity was poised on the rim of the 22,000 meter-wide Endeavour Crater, preparing to sample a novel rock type. Much older than the sedimentary ... more | .. |
 Build-up is underway for the no. 1 Soyuz to be launched from French Guiana The first Soyuz to be operated from French Guiana has begun the integration process, marking a major step toward Arianespace's introduction of the workhorse medium-lift vehicle into its launcher fam ... more |
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  Cassini Presents Saturn Moon Quintet With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this portrait of five of Saturn's moons poised along the planet's rings. From left to right are Janus, Pandora, ... more | .. |
 NASA bus-sized satellite to crash-land this week What goes up must come down. But where? ... more | .. |
 Arianespace to launch up to four satellites for DIRECTV Arianespace will launch two satellites for DIRECTV and has the option of launching another two satellites for one of the world's leading providers of television entertainment services. All fou ... more | .. |
 Arianespace to launch BepiColombo spacecraft The European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace has announced the signature of a contract for the launch of the BepiColombo spacecraft, designed to explore the planet Mercury. The launch is schedule ... more |
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