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China to launch spacecraft on Tuesday: XinhuaBeijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2011 China said Monday it will launch an unmanned spacecraft on Tuesday, taking its next step towards the goal of building its first space station by 2020. The Shenzhou VIII will blast off from the Gobi desert in China's northwest at 5:58am on Tuesday (2158 GMT Monday), the state Xinhua news agency said. It is due to join with the Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace", experimental module later this year in what would be the first Chinese docking in space. If that succeeds, the module will then dock with ... read more |
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  Russia launches first supply ship for ISS after mishap Russia on Sunday launched its first supply ship destined for the International Space Station since the embarrassing loss of a similar vessel in August raised questions about its space programme. ... more | .. |
 German-Chinese SIMBOX ready for launch A very special space breakthrough is approaching; on 31 October at 23:00 CET (1 November at 06:00 local time) the Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-8 will be launched on board a Long March rocket from the ... more | .. |
 Sweet Dreams for Tiangong At some point in 2012, astronauts will board China's first space laboratory, Tiangong 1. This will probably mark the longest Chinese human spaceflight so far, with astronauts expected to live on boa ... more | .. |
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  The Lutetia asteroid - a prehistoric relic New information has been published about the Lutetia asteroid that was observed in 2010 and its properties. The analysis of the data collected during the spacecraft fly-by indicates that Lutetia is ... more | .. |
 Russian Progress space freighter undocks from ISS Russia's unmanned Progress M-10M spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday for its return to Earth. The freighter detached from the platform at about 13:04 Mos ... more | .. |
  Mars500 crew prepare to open the hatch The 520 days of isolation for the Mars500 crew will end on 4 November, when the hatch of their 'spacecraft' is opened for the first time since June last year. Scientists eagerly await the final samp ... more | .. |
  Vega getting ready for exploitation The Flight Readiness Review (FFR) for the Vega launcher was held in Frascati, Italy on October 13 and 14. Based on this review, the Director-General of the European Space Agency (ESA) decided to sta ... more |
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 MSU satellite orbits the Earth after early morning launch Montana State University now has a satellite in space, and it's already talking. Early Friday morning, shortly before 4 a.m. Mountain time, a student-built satellite called Explorer-1 [Prime] roared ... more | .. |
 NASA Launches Multi-Talented Earth-Observing Satellite NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite soared into space early today aboard a Delta II rocket after liftoff at 5:48 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. ... more | .. |
  Faster-than-light experiment to run again An experiment in Europe that seemed to suggest some sub-atomic particles were traveling faster than the speed of light will be run again, scientists said. ... more | .. |
 Russian space freighter leaves ISS A Russian Progress M-10M freighter left the International Space Station for a return flight to Earth Saturday, officials said. ... more |
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 Station Crew Prepares For Progress Departure and New Arrivals The Expedition 29 crew members living and working aboard the International Space Station made preparations for the departure and arrivals of a series of visiting Russian spacecraft and continued the ... more | .. |
  UK space surveillance system takes birthday snap of only satellite ever launched by a UK rocket This week marks the 40th anniversary of Britain as a spacefaring nation. On the 28th of October 1971, the UK launched Prospero - a science and technology demonstration satellite - on top of a Black ... more | .. |
 The Arianespace launcher family comes together in French Guiana Arianespace's full launcher family is now an operational reality as flight-ready versions of all three vehicles - Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega - are together at the Spaceport for the first time, positio ... more | .. |
 Rosetta reveals the science and mystery of Asteroid Lutetia On 10 July 2010, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft flew past asteroid (21) Lutetia, one of the largest objects orbiting within the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Rosetta's encounter revealed an ... 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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 NASA Langley Watches Ceres Launch Aboard NPP Satellite NASA Langley's latest Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES), an instrument that has studied the Earth's climate for nearly 30 years, is scheduled to launch at 5:48 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2 ... more | .. |
 Major moments of China's rocket launches China will launch a Long March-2F/H rocket early next month, carrying the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 which will conduct the country's first space docking with Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace-1, a ... more | .. |
  An Alien Code Close to Home: Seeking ET Beyond the Radio Silence Any intelligent extraterrestrial life that exists probably won't announce itself by blowing up the White House, or win over the hearts of children as a lovable alien with a glowing finger. Man ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Continues to Drive North The seasonal plan is for Opportunity to winter over on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater where northern tilts are favorable for energy production. As such, the project ... more |
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 Virgin Galactic Selects First Commercial Astronaut Pilot From Competition Just over fifty years ago, an historic competition for the first pilots to fly into space yielded the Mercury Seven astronauts. Today, from an intense selection process with more than 500 appl ... more | .. |
  Three New Planets and a Mystery Object Discovered Outside Our Solar System Three planets - each orbiting its own giant, dying star - have been discovered by an international research team led by a Penn State University astronomer. Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, astronom ... more | .. |
 Up close, asteroid seen to be chunk of would-be planet A rare opportunity to observe an asteroid at close quarters has unveiled a remarkable rock that seems to be a precursor of a planet, astronomers reported on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 NASA to launch weather-climate satellite Friday The US space agency is preparing to launch a satellite Friday that will send back data on climate and weather to better help forecasters predict major storms and other changes in the environment. ... 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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 Most vertebrates descended from ancestor with sixth sense People experience the world through five senses but sharks, paddlefishes and certain other aquatic vertebrates have a sixth sense: They can detect weak electrical fields in the water and use this in ... more | .. |
China to launch Shenzhou-8 early November China will launch the spacecraft Shenzhou-8 in early November at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest deseart area. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to perform China's first spa ... more | .. |
  NASA's NEEMO Mission Ending Early Due To Hurricane Rina Due to the predicted path of Hurricane Rina, the 15th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, or NEEMO, ended earlier than planned. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) op ... more | .. |
 Explorer 1 The First US Explorer On September 29, 2011, NASA announced the short list for five potential new "Explorer class" spacecraft. These missions are by definition small and relatively inexpensive, designed to be led by a sm ... more |
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 Dwarf planet sized up accurately as it blocks light of faint star Astronomers have accurately measured the diameter of the faraway dwarf planet Eris for the first time by catching it as it passed in front of a faint star. This event was seen at the end of 2010 by ... more | .. |
 NASA in Final Preparations for Nov 8 Asteroid Flyby NASA scientists will be tracking asteroid 2005 YU55 with antennas of the agency's Deep Space Network at Goldstone, Calif., as the space rock safely flies past Earth slightly closer than the moon's o ... more | .. |
  Strange Hollows Discovered on Mercury NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has discovered strange hollows on the surface of Mercury. Images taken from orbit reveal thousands of peculiar depressions at a variety of longitudes and latitudes, rangi ... more | .. |
 China plans space lab docking China's unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft will be launched early next month for the first docking with the country's space lab module, scientists said Wednesday. ... more |
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