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Shenzhou 9 To Carry 3 Astronauts To Tiangong-1 Space StationSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 18, 2012 Chinese space officials said Friday that three astronauts will fly to Tiangong 1 aboard Shenzhou 9. This reverses previous published state media reports that the Shenzhou 9 mission, that will dock with the Tiangong 1 space laboratory, would be launched without a crew. Chinese media sources now state that the crew will also enter the Tiangong 1 laboratory after docking indicating engineers are confident that the mission can work. The mission is slated to take place between June and August. ... read more |
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  Honeycombs and Hexacopters Help Tell Story of Mars In a rough-and-tumble wonderland of plunging canyons and towering buttes, some of the still-raw bluffs are lined with soaring, six-sided stone columns so orderly and trim, they could almost pass as ... more | .. |
 ISS may become Martian flight simulator Russia's Roscosmos space agency has suggested expanding the length of future expeditions to the International Space Station from the current six months to a year and even longer to provide for the n ... more | .. |
  Microbial oasis discovered beneath the Atacama Desert Two metres below the surface of the Atacama Desert there is an 'oasis' of microorganisms. Researchers from the Center of Astrobiology (Spain) and the Catholic University of the North in Chile have f ... more | .. |
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 China to launch spacecraft in June: report China will launch another spacecraft in June to dock with its Tiangong-1 space lab, and one more spaceship next year to conduct a more demanding manual docking, according to sources with the China A ... more | .. |
  NASA Performs First J-2X Powerpack Test of the Year Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center conducted an initial test of the J-2X engine powerpack Feb. 15, kicking off a series of key tests in development of the rocket engine that will carry humans ... more | .. |
 NASA Seeks Space Launch System Advanced Booster Risk Reduction Solutions NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has issued a NASA Research Announcement for the Space Launch System (SLS) Advanced Booster risk-reduction effort. NASA is looking for a ... more | .. |
 Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Successfully Completes J-2X Powerpack Test Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the first in a series of powerpack hot-fire tests on the J-2X engine, which is being developed for NASA to power humans further into space than ev ... more |
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Chinese defence minister tells US counterpart containing China 'futile'
China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs
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 The quest for sugars involved in origin of life Sugars give rise to enormous biochemical interest given the importance and diversity of the functions they carry out: they act as an energy storage system and serve as fuel for a number of biologica ... more | .. |
  Cleaning up Earth's orbit A Swiss satellite tackles space debris The proliferation of debris orbiting the Earth - primarily jettisoned rocket and satellite components - is an increasingly pressing problem for spacecraft, and it can generate huge costs. To combat ... more | .. |
  Russian cosmonauts begin ISS spacewalk Two Russian cosmonauts stepped out of the International Space Station on Thursday in a spacewalk due to last six hours, Russia's mission control centre said. ... more | .. |
  Iran mulls base to launch bigger satellites Iran is planning to construct a facility to send bigger satellites into orbit, the official media reported Friday. Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the base will be used to launch one-tonne ... more |
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 Is Shenzhou Unsafe? The recent announcement that China will fly its next Shenzhou spacecraft without a crew aboard is a shock. It completely goes against a tide of recent official statements and general feelings within ... more | .. |
  Sailing on an Extraterrestrial Sea Many of us have sailed the Earth's lakes, bays and rivers. But, imagine sailing on an extraterrestrial sea of liquid methane-ethane a billion miles from Earth. This is the kind of idea that makes sc ... more | .. |
  Searching for Planets in Clouds of Dust A UA astronomy research team was awarded a $600,000 grant for technology development under NASA's Explorer mission program. The mission would send a space telescope high above Earth's surface to wat ... more | .. |
 ILS Proton Successfully Launches SES-4 International Launch Services (ILS), a leading launch services provider for the global commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SES-4 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit today ... 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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 Landsat's Thermal Infrared Sensor Arrives at Orbital A new NASA satellite instrument that makes a quantum leap forward in detector technology has arrived at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Gilbert, Ariz. There it will be integrated into the next Landsat sat ... more | .. |
 Swiss aim to launch first space cleaner Swiss scientists announced Wednesday plans to develop a machine that acts almost like a vacuum cleaner to scoop up thousands of abandoned satellite and rocket parts, cleaning up outer space. ... more | .. |
 MASER 12 launched The microgravity rocket MASER 12 has been successfully launched from SSC's launching facility Esrange Space Center. MASER 12 reached an apogee of 260 km and the experiments on board spent 6 minutes ... more | .. |
  NASA Reaches Higher With Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request NASA has announced a $17.7 billion budget request for fiscal year 2013 supporting an ambitious program of space exploration that will build on new technologies and proven capabilities to expand Amer ... more |
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 Study: 'Crippleware' raises consumer anger Consumers dislike "crippleware," a common practice of manufacturers of removing or degrading features in existing products, a U.S. study says. ... more | .. |
 JPL and Caltech Cubesat Proposals Move Forward NASA has selected 33 small satellites - including two Cubesats from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in partnership with the California Institute of Technology, both in Pasadena - to fly as auxiliary p ... more | .. |
  Robot seals heal hearts of Japan tsunami survivors High-tech fluffy seals that respond to human touch are the latest weapon in the battle against depression for survivors of Japan's tsunami disaster. ... more | .. |
 Martian Carbon Dioxide Clouds Tied To Atmospheric Gravity Waves On 4 March 1997 the Mars Pathfinder lander fell through the thin Martian atmosphere. During its descent, instrumentation aboard the lander recorded the changing atmospheric temperature, pressure, an ... more |
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Boeing accelerates spacecraft production with 3D-printed solar panel structures
New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
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 Lockheed Martin-Built Milstar Satellite Surpasses 10-Year On-Orbit Design Life The second Milstar II military communications satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has surpassed its 10-year design life of on-orbit service, providing our nation's war ... more | .. |
 Space debris in the spotlight Every year, the number of small items of debris in space rises by tens of thousands. This number is currently based on estimates, as it has not been possible to track space debris accurately. ... more | .. |
 Advanced Communications Testbed for Space Station New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications and Navigation Testbed - designed and bui ... more | .. |
 NASA kills Mars deal with Europe The United States will scale back Mars exploration under a proposed budget by President Barack Obama released Monday that has some scientists fuming over the risk of a NASA brain-drain. ... more |
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 ESA's new Vega launcher scores success on maiden flight Vega, ESA's new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ... more | .. |
 Unique Testbed Soon Will Be in Space New and improved ways for future space travelers to communicate will be tested on the International Space Station after a launch later this year from Japan. The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications ... more | .. |
 Europe's ATV space ferry set for launch to Space Station Fuel, water, oxygen, air and most of the dry cargo have been loaded into ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi, as the 9 March liftoff approaches. Since arrival at Europe's Sp ... more | .. |
 No future for Mars? The second half of February brings news on the proposed sum of NASA's budget for 2013 fiscal year. Even though President Obama hasn't made the request yet, it is already known that the planetary pro ... more |
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