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Europe delays maiden launch of Soyuz with sat-nav payloadKourou, French Guiana (AFP) Oct 20, 2011 The maiden launch Thursday of a Russian-built Soyuz from Europe's space base, carrying the first satellites of a planned rival to the GPS, was scrubbed around two hours before liftoff, officials said. Satellite launch operator Arianespace said the final countdown had been interrupted "following an anomaly detected during fueling of the Soyuz launcher's third stage." "The Soyuz and its two Galileo satellites, along with the launch facility, have been placed in a safe mode," it said in a press rel ... read more |
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 ILS Proton Launches ViaSat-1 for ViaSat International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the ViaSat-1 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton fo ... more | .. |
  Tokyo tech fair opens with robotic clapping of hands From robotic hand-clapping arms to a device that could show tsunami alerts in the sky, Japanese technology researchers showcased their latest inventions in Tokyo Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Expedition 30 to ISS could be launched on Dec 21 This year's last launch of a manned spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) could come on December 21, a Russian space official said on Tuesday. The launch of the Soyuz TMA-03M pil ... more | .. |
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  Spiral Arms Point to Possible Planets in a Star's Dusty Disk A new image of the disk of gas and dust around a sun-like star is the first to show spiral-arm-like structures. These features may provide clues to the presence of embedded but as-yet-unseen planets ... more | .. |
 NASA's Spitzer Detects Comet Storm In Nearby Solar System NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected signs of icy bodies raining down in an alien solar system. The downpour resembles our own solar system several billion years ago during a period known as ... more | .. |
  Lunar Probe to search for water on Moon Russian scientists at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences have chosen six venues for landing the Luna-Glob probe. With the launch of the probe in 2014, Russia will resume ... more | .. |
 ISS could be used for satellite assembly until 2028 The service life of the International Space Station (ISS) may be extended until 2028, a Russian space official said on Tuesday. The service life of the ISS ends in 2015 but participants of the proje ... more |
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 Photo Reveals Planet-Size Object as Cool as Earth The photo of a nearby star and its orbiting companion - whose temperature is like a hot summer day in Arizona - will be revealed by Penn State Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kevin ... more | .. |
  Space tourism gaining momentum The space tourism industry, despite a slow start amid speculation and doubts, is gaining momentum, an industry conference in New Mexico heard. ... more | .. |
  German satellite to crash to Earth 'at the weekend' A German satellite the size of a car is expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere over the weekend, officials said on Wednesday, adding they had little idea where the fragments were likely to land. ... more | .. |
 Final checks for first Soyuz launch from Kourou Launch directors on Thursday were running through the last checks for the maiden liftoff of Soyuz, the legendary Soviet-Russian rocket, from Europe's base in French Guiana. ... more |
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 NASA Veteran Alan Stern to Lead Florida Space Institute A former NASA leader whose career has touched nearly every aspect of manned and unmanned space flight has been named director of the Florida Space Institute. S. Alan Stern will help the instit ... more | .. |
  Mars Landing-Site Specialist Gale crater has been sitting just below the equator of Mars, minding its own business, for at least three and half billion years. But in August 2012, a capsule is going to come screaming out of the ... more | .. |
 Dead German satellite to fall on earth An abandoned German satellite was expected to fall on Earth this week, but the exactly time and location remained unknown, according to media reports. The German space agency has offered a landfall ... more | .. |
 UK Space Agency announces seed funding for Mars exploration The UK Space Agency is making 1.6M pounds available in support of projects to further explore our neighbouring planet Mars and keep the UK at the forefront of ESA's Aurora Programme - a European lon ... 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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  Mercury Planetary Orbiter takes a simulated trip to the innermost planet Thermal-balance testing of the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter Structural and Thermal Model, which has been under way in ESA's Large Space Simulator since 20 September, has been successfully c ... more | .. |
  Orion's Belt Lights Up Cassini's View of Enceladus NASA's Cassini mission will take advantage of the position of two of the three stars in Orion's belt when the spacecraft flies by Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wed., Oct. 19. As the hot, bright s ... more | .. |
Russia blames scientists for rocket crashes Russia's chief prosecutor on Tuesday blamed a recent spate of disasters threatening the future of the International Space Station (ISS) on negligence by the country's underpaid rocket scientists. ... more | .. |
Soyuz is put through its paces for Thursday's launch A full dress rehearsal for Arianespace's first Soyuz flight from French Guiana was performed today, validating the mission from countdown to spacecraft separation in preparation for this Russian-bui ... more |
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 Branson opens world's first 'spaceport' in New Mexico British billionaire Richard Branson on Monday opened the world's first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic. ... more | .. |
 Branson opens Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space at Spaceport America Looking skyward, more than 800 guests marveled at Virgin Galactic's commercial space vehicles as they soared through the skies of southern New Mexico during the dedication ceremonies of Virgin Galac ... more | .. |
 Robot biologist solves complex problem from scratch First it was chess. Then it was Jeopardy. Now computers are at it again, but this time they are trying to automate the scientific process itself. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at Van ... more | .. |
 Ultrasound 2: Taking Space Imaging to the Next Level Every year there are strides made in medical technology that improve research capabilities and the quality of care for patients. The decade-old ultrasound on the International Space Station, for ins ... 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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 ASU in space: 7 current missions, more in the wings Arizona State University is no stranger to space exploration missions. Whether to Mars or other solar system targets, its involvement with NASA planetary exploration began in the 1970s and at presen ... more | .. |
  Dwarf planet may not be bigger than Pluto The dwarf planet Eris, responsible for Pluto's demotion from planet status in 2006, is not bigger than Pluto and may even be smaller, French scientists say. ... more | .. |
 Russian scientists want to join Europe's ExoMars mission Russian scientists want to join European Space Agency's ExoMars (Exobiology on Mars) mission to study the Red Planet, a leading Russian space researcher said. "From the scientific point of vie ... more | .. |
 New Mystery on Mars's Forgotten Plains One of the supposedly best understood and least interesting landscapes on Mars is hiding something that could rewrite the planet's history. Or not. In fact, about all that is certain is that decades ... more |
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 Astrotech Subsidiary Awarded Task Order for NASA Mission Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) has won a fully-funded task order under the previously announced indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for payload processing support at the Easte ... more | .. |
  Gravitational biology and space life sciences and implications for the Indian space program This paper is an introduction to gravitational and space life sciences and a summary of key achievements in the field. Current global research is focused on understanding the effects of gravity/micr ... more | .. |
 ORBCOMM Announces Launch of AIS-Enabled Satellite ORBCOMM has announced the successful launch of VesselSat1, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG. VesselS ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Keeps Rolling With an Eye on Future Havens for Next Winter Opportunity is moving generally north across Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater with an eye ahead to the next winter. With her solar arrays dustier and atmospheric opacity higher than in ... more |
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