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O, Pioneers! (part 2): The Derelicts of SpaceMoffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2012 I had been twelve when Pioneer 11 departed the Jupiter system. By the time it approached Saturn, I was just starting my final year at high school. During the bulk of my teenage years Pioneer 11 had been arcing high above the plane of the ecliptic, heading towards an appointment with destiny in the outer solar system. It - and its sister ship Pioneer 10 - were now the fastest moving, most distant human-made objects in the Universe. On the other side of the world, things were running around the Pion ... read more |
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  What Next for X-37B Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 05, 2012 On March 5, the X-37B robot spaceplane celebrated a birthday in orbit. This mysterious, semi-classified spacecraft is still up there, and it's not clear when it ... more | .. |
  China to launch moon-landing orbiter in 2013 China's third lunar probe, Chang'e-3, is expected to be launched next year and conduct a moon landing and lunar explorations, its designer said. Different from the previous two orbiters, Chang ... more | .. |
  Study supports theory of extraterrestrial impact A 16-member international team of researchers that includes James Kennett, professor of earth science at UC Santa Barbara, has identified a nearly 13,000-year-old layer of thin, dark sediment buried ... more | .. |
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  Upgraded carrier rocket ready for China's first manned space docking An upgraded carrier rocket has completed assembling and is ready for China's first manned space docking due between June and August this year, an official with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Te ... more | .. |
 Long March 7 carrier rocket to lift off in five years The Long March 7 carrier rocket, one of China's latest generation of rockets, is expected to make its first voyage within the next five years, an official with the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Te ... more | .. |
  Messenger Modifies Orbit to Prepare for Extended Mission Messenger successfully completed an orbit-correction maneuver this evening to lower its periapsis altitude - the lowest point of Messenger's orbit about Mercury relative to the planet's surface - fr ... more | .. |
 China hopes to send Long March-5 rocket into space in 2014 China has made key technological progress in developing Long March-5 large-thrust carrier rocket and it is hopeful that the new generation rocket will make its maiden flight in 2014, a rocket scient ... 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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  New date set for Europe's resupply mission to ISS Flight controllers have set March 23 for the launch of a European supply ship to the International Space Station (ISS), the European Space Agency told AFP on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Community College Scholars Selected to Design Rovers Community college students will have the chance to design robotic rovers in cooperation with NASA. Ninety-two students from schools in 24 states have been selected to travel to a NASA center, includ ... more | .. |
  Flying robots swoop and swarm as a team Tech-savvy TED-goers watched in wonder as flying robots darted through tossed hoops, worked together in swarms and even formed a band to play trademark "James Bond" film theme music. ... more | .. |
 NASA Conducts New Parachute Test for Orion On Feb. 29, NASA successfully conducted another drop test of the Orion crew vehicle's entry, descent and landing parachutes high above the Arizona desert in preparation for the vehicle's orbital fli ... more |
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 A New Website Sharing ISS Benefits For Humanity When the International Space Station was first imagined, the idea was to create an unprecedented research platform to support microgravity investigations for the benefit of all humankind. That goal ... more | .. |
 Experiments going smoothly on Tiangong-1 Scientific and medical experiments being carried out onboard space lab module Tiangong-1 are seeing "good progress," according to a senior Chinese space technology expert. These experiments ar ... more | .. |
 Logistics, recycling key to China's space station China will have to test its docking, logistics and resource recycling technologies if it wants to establish a manned space station by 2020, a renowned Chinese scientist said Thursday. Qi Faren ... more | .. |
 China prepares for manned space docking this year A leading Chinese space engineer said here Thursday that China's first unmanned space module, the Tiangong-1, is now capable of accommodating astronauts, making it possible for China to carry out it ... 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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 Workers Remove Apollo-era Engines from Crawler at VAB For more than 30 years, NASA's two Apollo-era crawler-transporters carried six space shuttles (Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery, Endeavour and Enterprise) atop mobile launcher platforms fro ... more | .. |
 Harper Government renews commitment to ISS The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, has announced Canada's intention to renew its commitment to the International Space Sta ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Selects Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex To Support Future Athena Launches Lockheed Martin has chosen Alaska's Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) as its dedicated West Coast launch facility for Athena rocket launches. The company's decision will enable Alaska Aerospace Corporatio ... more | .. |
  Early Detection of Immune Changes Prevents Painful Shingles in Astronauts and Earth-Bound Patients The physiological, emotional and psychological stress associated with spaceflight can result in decreased immunity that reactivates the virus that causes shingles, a disease punctuated by painful sk ... more |
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 Space station on another planet suggested An international space station could be built on another planet rather than in Earth orbit, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. ... more | .. |
 No Sleep for Shenzhou 9 Mission to Tiangong 1 After enduring some confusing reportage by the Chinese media, the future of China's next astronaut mission is becoming a little clearer. It now seems certain that the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, ex ... more | .. |
  Acidic Europa May Eat Away at Chances for Life The ocean underneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be too acid to support life, due to compounds that may regularly migrate downward from its surface, researchers find. Europa, ... more | .. |
 Pole-dancing robots wow world's biggest high-tech fair Of all the weird and wacky futuristic gadgets and inventions at this year's CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair, few have turned heads like a pair of pole-dancing robots. ... 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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 Slight Cleaning of Opportunity Mars Rover Solar Panels Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. While positioned for ... more | .. |
 Laptop theft did not put space station in peril: NASA A stolen US space agency laptop containing codes that control the International Space Station did not put the orbiting lab in peril, a NASA spokesman said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 What Makes a Robot Fish Attractive? Probing the largely unexplored question of what characteristics make a leader among schooling fish, researchers have discovered that by mimicking nature, a robotic fish can transform into a leader o ... more | .. |
 New model provides different take on planetary accretion The prevailing model for planetary accretion, also called fractal assembly, and dating back as far as the 18th century, assumes that the Solar System's planets grew as small grains colliding chaotic ... more |
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 Researchers say galaxy may swarm with 'nomad planets' Our galaxy may be awash in homeless planets, wandering through space instead of orbiting a star. In fact, there may be 100,000 times more "nomad planets" in the Milky Way than stars, according ... more | .. |
 ISS Orbit Adjusted for Docking The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) will be raised by 2.1 kilometers (1.3 miles) on Wednesday to ensure the best conditions for the docking of Russia's Progress M-15M cargo spacecraft ... more | .. |
 ATV-3 set to provide ESA's annual service to ISS ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ferry, Edoardo Amaldi, is ready for launch on an Ariane 5 to the International Space Station on 9 March from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ... more | .. |
 Arianespace maintains its open dialog with the space insurance sector Arianespace has a high-profile presence at this week's World Space Risk Forum in Dubai, where the company's activities include a half-day briefing for the space insurance sector's major players. ... more |
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