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![]() Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 31, 2012 Space agencies struggle with the technical issues surrounding uncontrolled satellite re-entries. It's hard to predict when or where a bird will finally come down. Usually, the low risk of any damage arising to people or property generates a relaxed response to the problem. This may be justified, but it's not always perceived this way by the general public. Falling satellites may not be a major threat to public safety, but the public relations to these incidents is often damaging in its own right. ... read more |
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![]() Ukraine, Russia to Launch 2 Dnepr Carrier Rockets in 2012 Ukraine and Russia will carry out two rocket launches under the joint Dnepr space program, head of the National Space Agency of Ukraine Yuri Alekseyev said on Friday. Moscow has recently decid ... more | .. |
![]() First Vega rocket assembled on launch pad ESA's new Vega rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad. Final preparations are in full swing for the rocket's inaugural flight from Europe's Spaceport. The launch window opens on 9 February. ... more | .. |
![]() ISS Orbit Raised to Avoid Collision with Space Junk Specialists of Russia's Mission Control Center raised the orbit altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) in the early hours of Sunday to prevent a possible collision with a Chinese satellit ... more | .. | ||
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![]() Launch of Proton-M with Dutch Satellite Postponed The launch of a Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with a Dutch telecommunication satellite onboard scheduled for Friday has been postponed indefinitely for technical reasons, Russian space agency Rosc ... more | .. |
![]() A Moon Colony by 2020 Last Week, while addressing a Florida Space Coast audience, GOP candidate Newt Gingrich pledged to create a moon colony if elected president. This may at first seem far-fetched and an act of panderi ... more | .. |
![]() Russia Plans to Launch U.S. Satellite in February Russia is preparing a Proton-M carrier rocket for the launch of the U.S. Sirius FM-6 telecoms satellite, Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. "The launch is tentatively scheduled f ... more | .. |
![]() Mars Orbiter Shows Wind's Handiwork Some images of stark Martian landscapes provide visual appeal beyond their science value, including a recent scene of wind-sculpted features from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRI ... more |
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![]() NASA's J-2X Engine Kicks Off 2012 With Powerpack Testing A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA's Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring NASA one ... more | .. |
![]() NASA's Kepler Announces 11 Planetary Systems Hosting 26 Planets NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets. These discoveries nearly double the number of verified Kepler planets and triple the number of stars known ... more | .. |
![]() NASA Says No to Probe Crash Theory Test NASA has refused to participate in an experiment designed to show if U.S. radars could have had an impact on Russia's troubled Phobos-Grunt Mars probe, the deputy head of the country's space agency, ... more | .. |
![]() U.S. Presidential Hopeful Promises Moon Base by 2020 US Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has promised to build a moon base by 2020 if he becomes the next U.S. President in November, the Former Speaker of the House of Representatives said ... more |
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![]() NASA Moves Closer to Planetary Landing Demo Capability on Earth with Draper's GENIE NASA could test its payloads on Earth under realistic flight conditions before sending them into space by using a technology flown by Draper Laboratory last month. Using the GENIE (Guidance Em ... more | .. |
![]() Russian cargo vessel arrives at space station A Russian cargo vessel docked safely at the International Space Station Saturday carrying mainly water and fuel, the mission control centre said. ... more | .. |
![]() Romney sees launchers fueled by private enterprise Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney tried to boost support on Florida's "Space Coast" Friday ahead of next week's key primary, promising business would play a bigger role in future missions. ... more | .. |
![]() Russian launch of Dutch satellite delayed The launch of a Russian rocket meant to put a Dutch communications satellite into orbit has been postponed indefinitely for technical reasons, officials said. ... more |
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![]() Bus-sized asteroid shaves by Earth An asteroid about the size of a bus shaved by Earth on Friday in what spacewatchers described as a "near-miss," though experts were not concerned about the possibility of an impact. ... more | .. |
![]() Russia to postpone next manned space launches Russia is set to pospone the next two manned launches for the International Space Station (ISS) for several weeks due to technical problems with the Soyuz spaceship, an industry source told Interfax Friday. ... more | .. |
![]() First US chief technology officer stepping down Aneesh Chopra, who was tasked with bringing a dose of Silicon Valley to the US government as the first chief technology officer, is stepping down. ... more | .. |
![]() JPL begins widespread adoption of Maplesoft technology Maplesoft has announced a major adoption of its products by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). JPL is implementing Maple, MapleSim, and MapleNet in its various projects. Whether creating ... more |
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![]() Moon looms bright over Republican debate Republican White House hopefuls set their sights high Thursday with some vowing they would shoot for the moon and restore American supremacy in space if elected. ... more | .. |
![]() Robot competition in zero-gravity School teams from Europe and America have been commanding robots competing in the Spheres ZeroRobotics tournament in space. The arena: 400 km above Earth on the International Space Station. St ... more | .. |
![]() Rocket Man: Gingrich peddles space dreams in Florida Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has stirred strong passions by claiming he will establish a permanent moon base by 2020 if elected, but experts say he is living on another planet. ... more | .. |
![]() Durable NASA Rover Beginning Ninth Year of Mars Work Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five months ag ... more |
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![]() MT Aerospace wins contract for operation and maintenance of launch facilities' mechanical systems MT Aerospace again signed an important contract for comprehensive service solutions at the European Space Port: from 2012 until 2016, the Augsburg-based aerospace supplier - through its subsidiary M ... more | .. |
![]() Rice lab mimics Jupiter's Trojan asteroids inside a single atom Rice University physicists have gone to extremes to prove that Isaac Newton's classical laws of motion can apply in the atomic world: They've built an accurate model of part of the solar system insi ... more | .. |
![]() The Lake Lander's New Home The Planetary Lake Lander has been moored for the past week a short distance off the southern shore of Laguna Negra, near PLL Base Camp. Its proximity to camp enabled engineers to test its data-samp ... more | .. |
![]() Proton-M, Dutch Satellite Taken to Launch Pad The Proton-M carrier rocket with the Dutch SES-4 (NSS-14) satellite was installed on a launch pad at the Baikonur space center, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday. The launch ... more |
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![]() Vesta Likely Cold and Dark Enough for Ice Though generally thought to be quite dry, roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is expected to be so cold and to receive so little sunlight that water ice could have survived there for billions o ... more | .. |
![]() Life discovered on dead hydrothermal vents Scientists at USC have uncovered evidence that even when hydrothermal sea vents go dormant and their blistering warmth turns to frigid cold, life goes on. Or rather, it is replaced. A team led ... more | .. |
![]() NASA's Kepler confirms 26 new planets The US space agency said Thursday its Kepler space telescope mission has confirmed 26 new planets outside our solar system, all of them orbiting too close to their host stars to sustain life. ... more | .. |
![]() Shuttle Discovery to make one last flight The space shuttle Discovery will take to air one last time during its voyage to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, officials said. ... more |
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