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SpaceX Launch Targeted for May 19Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 07, 2012 Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, of Hawthorne, Calif., on Friday targeted May 19 for the launch of its upcoming demonstration mission to the International Space Station. This follows a launch dress rehearsal April 30 by the SpaceX launch team that concluded with a brief engine firing to verify the company's Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch. The practice countdown also tested some of the systems on the Dragon spacecraft that will fly to the space station. "Woohoo, rocket hold down ... read more |
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 Air Force launches 2nd advanced satellite The 45th Space Wing successfully launched the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite onboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V vehicle here Friday from launch pad 41 at 2:42 p.m. A ... more | .. |
 A trio of Ariane 5 launchers are now at the Spaceport Arianespace's ability to support the sustained launch pace for its heavy-lift Ariane 5 is being demonstrated once again as vehicles for the next three missions are now together in French Guiana. ... more | .. |
  Boeing Completes Full Landing Test of Crew Space Transportation Spacecraft Boeing has completed the second parachute drop test of the company's Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft on May 2 at the Delamar Dry Lake Bed near Alamo, Nev. The test demonstrated the pe ... more | .. |
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  Aerojet's AJ26 Flight Engine Successfully Hot-Fire Tested for Orbital's Antares Rocket Aerojet, reports that its AJ26 engine successfully completed a hot-fire test yesterday at NASA's Stennis Space Center. Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital), Aerojet and NASA monitored the fu ... more | .. |
  Ancient Volcanic Blast Provides More Evidence of Water on Early Mars The atmosphere of Mars is less than 1 percent the density of Earth's. It's one of the reasons liquid water covers much of our planet but cannot exist on the Red Planet. As more research points ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Getting Ready To Leave Her Winter Perch Opportunity is still positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt, but not for much longer. With the improvement in sola ... more | .. |
 United Launch Alliance Urges IAM Members to Vote in Favor of New Contract United Launch Alliance (ULA) has urged its employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) to vote this Sunday, May 6, in favor of a new three-year c ... 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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 Russia Develops Revolutionary Ammonia Rocket Engine Power engineering manufacturer Energomash has started development of a new rocket engine which could vastly reduce the cost of rocket launches and avoid the need to produce hydrogen for fuel, the ma ... more | .. |
 ULA Launches Advanced Extremely High Frequency-2 Satellite to Orbit for the U.S. Air Force A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-2 (AEHF-2) satellite for the United States Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 here at 2:42 ... more | .. |
 Mars Rover Opportunity Hits Paydirt At Endeavour A report in the May 4 edition of the journal Science details discoveries Opportunity made in its first four months at the rim of Endeavour Crater, including key findings reported at a geophysics con ... more | .. |
  Dawn Completes 800 Orbits Of Vesta Dawn is wrapping up a spectacularly rewarding phase of its mission of exploration. Since descending to its low-altitude mapping orbit (LAMO) in December, the stalwart probe has circled Vesta about 8 ... more |
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 Mars Express - Former lakes and rivers in Acidalia Planitia The images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), carried on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft and operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), ... more | .. |
 SpaceX boss admits sleep elusive before ISS launch Elon Musk, the Internet entrepreneur and owner of SpaceX, which aims to be the first private firm to send a cargo craft to the International Space Station, admits he has a case of pre-launch jitters. ... more | .. |
  Perigee "Super Moon" On May 5-6 The full Moon has a reputation for trouble. It raises high tides, it makes dogs howl, it wakes you up in the middle of the night with beams of moonlight stealing through drapes. If a moonbeam wakes ... more | .. |
 How will the US biotechnology industry benefit from new patent laws? Passage of the America Invents Act into law led to the most dramatic changes in the U.S. patent system in 60 years. These reforms will have a significant impact on technology innovators such as biot ... 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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  Cassini, Saturn Moon Photographer NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully flew by Saturn's moons Enceladus and Dione during close flybys on May 2, 2012, capturing these raw images. The flybys were the last close encounters of these i ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 delays ISS launch again 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. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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