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SpaceX delays ISS launch againWashington (AFP) May 2, 2012 The first attempt by a private company to send a cargo-loaded spacecraft to the International Space Station was delayed again on Wednesday and a new launch date remains uncertain, SpaceX said. The planned May 7 launch has been postponed while engineers work out software issues, said SpaceX spokeswoman Kirstin Grantham. "At this time, a May 7th launch appears unlikely," she said. "SpaceX is continuing to work through the software assurance process with NASA. We will issue a statement as soon as a ... read more |
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 500 Students Participate in NASA Student Launch Projects Challenge Specially crafted rockets soared high into the skies April 22 at the 2011-12 NASA Student Launch Projects challenge. More than 500 students, representing 53 middle schools, high schools, colleges an ... more | .. |
  ODIS Continues Work with NASA Phase II Development Contract OPEL Technologies and ODIS have officially received a follow on development contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA"). The Phase II Award is for $750,000. After ... more | .. |
  Mining Asteroids - A New Industry This past Wednesday a new company, Planetary Resources (PRI), announced it is serious about searching the cosmos for the first mineable asteroid. Within two years PRI hopes to identify that historic ... more | .. |
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  Cassini to Probe Enceladus Gravity, Take Pictures NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be flying within about 46 miles (74 kilometers) of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Wednesday, May 2, aiming primarily to learn more about the moon's internal structure. ... more | .. |
  Dragon Expected to Set Historic Course In response to SpaceX's announcement that it has delayed launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from April 30 to May 7, NASA issued the following statement from Associate Administrator ... more | .. |
  Microbes Go Rafting on Floating Volcanic Rocks Volcanoes bring death and destruction, but out of the ashes life soon finds fertile ground. A unique experiment is sifting through floating debris from an ongoing volcanic event to see how microbes ... more | .. |
 A highly symbolic mission is reflected in words and images on Ariane 5's payload fairing A satellite manufacturer's program milestone and an expression of hope for a country in recovery following its natural disaster are represented with words and symbolic logos on the payload fairing f ... 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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  Opportunity's Eighth Anniversary View From Greeley Haven This mosaic of images taken in mid-January 2012 shows the windswept vista northward (left) to northeastward (right) from the location where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is spending its ... more | .. |
 Studies of 'Amboy' Rock Continue as Solar Energy Improves 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. The solar insolation ... more | .. |
 SpaceX test fires rocket ahead of ISS cargo launch SpaceX on Monday successfully test-fired its Falcon 9 rocket in a dress rehearsal for the May 7 launch of its Dragon spacecraft on a cargo-bearing mission to the International Space Station. ... more | .. |
 Aerojet Completes Testing of Next-Generation Exploration Thruster Aerojet, reports that it has completed development testing of its MR-104H 100 lbf-class monopropellant hydrazine thruster. Working with Boeing Exploration Launch Systems and NASA Marshall Spac ... more |
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 NASA Releases Call For Phase II Visionary Advanced Concepts The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program is seeking proposals to continue promising studies for which it has supported the first phase. These cutting-edge concepts have the potential to ... more | .. |
 Plan to Counter Space Threats Proposed Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) has proposed a special federal program to neutralize space threats, Roscosmos deputy head Vyacheslav Davydov said on Thursday. Threats at the planetar ... more | .. |
 A "mirror image" payload refueling for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission The two "sister" satellites for Arianespace's upcoming Ariane 5 flight are poised for their fueling at the Spaceport this week, marking a new milestone in preparations for Arianespace's May 15 missi ... more | .. |
 India to ferry heaviest foreign satellite in August India will ferry two foreign satellites - French and Japanese - on board its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C21) rocket in August this year for a price, said a senior official. "The next ... 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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  Scientists discover enzyme that could slow part of the aging process in astronauts New research published online in the FASEB Journal suggests that a specific enzyme, called 5-lipoxygenase, plays a key role in cell death induced by microgravity environments, and that inhibiting th ... more | .. |
  Redefining time Atomic clocks based on the oscillations of a cesium atom keep amazingly steady time and also define the precise length of a second. But cesium clocks are no longer the most accurate. That title has ... more | .. |
  BepiColombo Planetary Orbiter and Transfer Module mated for first time The Structural and Thermal Models of the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Mercury Transfer Module were mated for the first time on 11 April 2012. The mating was performed to accurately posi ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5 is provided its "brains" and the "kick" for Arianespace's third mission of 2012 Initial build-up of the Ariane 5 for Arianespace's third heavy-lift mission in 2012 has reached a new milestone with integration of the "upper composite" - composed of its ESC-A cryogenic upper stag ... more |
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  Space Station's Robotic Crew Member Designed to Look, Move and Work Like a Human NASA's first dexterous humanoid robot, has successfully hitched a ride to the International Space Station. Built for the specific purpose of working on the space station, its robotic hands work like ... more | .. |
 Surviving the conditions on Mars Alpine and polar lichens could also survive on Mars. Planetary researchers at the German Aerospace Center simulated the conditions on Mars for 34 days and exposed various microorganisms to this envi ... 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 | .. |
  European Google Lunar X Prize Teams Call For Science Payloads The race for the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE is creating science opportunities for European lunar researchers. Four teams competing for the competition presented their plans at the European Lun ... 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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 NASA Contract to Astrobotic Technology Investigates Prospecting for Lunar Resources Astrobotic Technology Inc. has announced a NASA contract to determine whether its polar rover can deploy an ice-prospecting payload to the Moon. The ice could yield water, oxygen, methane and rocket ... more | .. |
 India's second moon mission Chandrayaan-2 to wait India's second Moon mission Chandrayaan-2, slated for 2014, will have to wait till the country's space agency flies two of its heavy rocket - Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) - success ... more | .. |
 New form of Mars lava flow dicovered High-resolution photos of lava flows on Mars reveal coiling spiral patterns that resemble snail or nautilus shells. Such patterns have been found in a few locations on Earth, but never before on Mar ... more | .. |
 100 Days and Counting to NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Landing At 10:31 p.m. PDT April 27, (1:31 p.m. EDT), NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, carrying the one-ton Curiosity rover, will be within 100 days from its appointment with the Martian surface. At tha ... more |
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 Astrium and Hisdesat to establish radar satellite constellation to improve coverage and access Astrium Services and Hisdesat, the Spanish government satellite service operator, have signed a framework agreement for a joint technology development project with the aim of establishing a constell ... more | .. |
 Study finds twist to the story of the number line Tape measures. Rulers. Graphs. The gas gauge in your car, and the icon on your favorite digital device showing battery power. The number line and its cousins - notations that map numbers onto space ... more | .. |
 GMV Awarded Contract for Thaicom 6 Communications Satellite Control Center GMV reports that it signed a contract with THAICOM Plc. to provide the satellite control center for the Thaicom 6 communications satellite. The project builds on GMV's satellite control center ... more | .. |
 Expectation of extraterrestrial life built more on optimism than evidence Recent discoveries of planets similar to Earth in size and proximity to the planets' respective suns have sparked scientific and public excitement about the possibility of also finding Earth-like li ... more |
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