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Shenzhou 9 to be ready for mid-June launch?London, UK (SPX) May 16, 2012 China seems poised to launch three astronauts into space, in the middle of June, onboard Shenzhou 9, the country's fourth, and most ambitious manned spaceflight. Shenzhou 9 is scheduled to rendezvous and complete a manual docking with the orbiting Tiangong 1 module, and will stay in orbit for 13 days, more than doubling China's current endurance record. The Long March 2F rocket was delivered to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on 9th May, and it is now being checked and assembled for flig ... read more |
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  Japan enters commercial space race Japan will put a commercial satellite into space on Friday, officials said, in its first foray into the European- and Russian-dominated world of contract launches. ... more | .. |
  New Space Station Crew in Orbit Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan on Tuesday have begun a two-day flight to the International Spac ... more | .. |
  JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, themed "Great Journeys," wi ... more | .. |
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  NASA trains astronauts to land on asteroid NASA wants humans to make contact with an asteroid up to three million miles away by the end of the next decade, something far beyond the scope of Earth-Moon space flight in 1969. Travelling a ... more | .. |
 Ariane rocket launches two Asian satellites An Ariane 5 rocket successfully launched two Asian telecoms satellites into orbit from the Kourou space centre in French Guiana on Tuesday, European operator Arianespace announced. ... more | .. |
  Cosmic dust rings no guarantee of planets Dust rings around distant stars, considered by many as "smoking gun" evidence of orbiting planets, can form on their own, U.S. research suggests. ... more | .. |
  Marshall Completes Wind Tunnel Testing For Dream Chaser Space System NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., successfully completed wind tunnel testing for Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo. The test will provide aerodynamic ... more |
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Chinese defence minister tells US counterpart containing China 'futile'
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 Amateur astronomers boost ESA's asteroid hunt A partnership with the UK's Faulkes Telescope Project promises to boost the Agency's space hazards research while helping students to discover potentially dangerous space rocks. ESA's Space Situatio ... more | .. |
 Refurbishment on Grand Scale for Iconic VAB The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been a landmark to the technological advancements of sending men to the moon and astronauts into space for more than 45 ye ... more | .. |
 Three astronauts blast off for ISS on Russian rocket Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz FG rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. ... more | .. |
 Russia launches astronauts after 5-month break Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Soyuz rocket in Russia's first manned space launch for almost five months. ... more |
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 Building a Heavenly Palace in outer space China's permanent space station, the Heavenly Palace, is to be launched into orbit within a decade. According to Chinese media reports, the 60-ton craft will include a central module and two laborat ... more | .. |
 In search of new 'Earths' beyond our Solar System Light coming from an exoplanet only eight times larger than the Earth was observed with the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. With the advent of new space and Earth-based devices, the st ... more | .. |
 China confirms plans to build own orbital station Chinese space officials have confirmed plans to build a 60-ton space station by 2020 and develop a space freighter for hauling supplies to the station, the China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Long March-2F rocket delivered to launch center A Long March-2F carrier rocket was recently delivered to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, a spokesman with the country's manned space program said on Thursday. The Long ... 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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 NASA Continues J-2X Powerpack Testing NASA conducted a long duration test of the J-2X powerpack, 340 seconds total, at the Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi on May 10, marking another step in development of the next-generatio ... more | .. |
  WSU air-quality researcher to lead field studies in support of NASA Mars mission Rural Eastern Washington will become a testing ground in support of a mission to explore the Martian atmosphere for potential evidence of life under a recently funded NASA project developed by scien ... more | .. |
  NASA Robot Competition Rolls Onto WPI Campus June 14-17 Autonomous robots created by 11 teams of engineers from across the country will compete for a NASA prize purse of $1.5 million on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Worcester, M ... more | .. |
 SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace Join Forces to Offer Crewed Missions to Private Space Stations Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Bigelow Aerospace (BA) have agreed to conduct a joint marketing effort focused on international customers. The two companies will offer rides on SpaceX' ... more |
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 Mars Opportunity Rover Is A Go For More Travel After being stationary for 130 sols during the winter, Opportunity has resumed driving again. On Sol 2947 (May 8, 2012), the rover performed a 12-foot (3.7-meter) drive down from her winter pe ... more | .. |
 India conducting new round of cryogenic engine testing The Indian space agency will Saturday conduct a crucial test on an indigenously built cryogenic engine for launching its heavier rockets from its spaceport, a top official said Friday. "The cryogen ... more | .. |
 Mojave Desert Tests Prepare for NASA Mars Roving Team members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission took a test rover to Dumont Dunes in California's Mojave Desert this week to improve knowledge of the best way to operate a similar rover, Curi ... more | .. |
 EchoStar XVII comes to French Guiana for a dual-payload Arianespace flight in June with Ariane The initial passenger for Arianespace's third Ariane 5 mission of 2012 is now in French Guiana for a heavy-lift launch scheduled for June 19 from the Spaceport. A chartered An-124 cargo jetlin ... 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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  A Solution for Medical Needs and Cramped Quarters in Space Imagine you're an astronaut exploring the surface of Mars, when suddenly you fall ill or injure yourself. As your team struggles to get you safely back to base, you become seriously dehydrated. With ... more | .. |
 ATK Announces Complete Liberty System to Provide Commercial Crew Access ATK reports that it has developed Liberty into a complete commercial crew transportation system, including the spacecraft, abort system, launch vehicle, and ground and mission operations, designed f ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Rolling Again After Fifth Mars Winter With its daily supply of solar energy increasing, NASA's durable Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven off the sunward-tilted outcrop, called Greeley Haven, where it worked during its fifth ... more | .. |
  VPT Adds 15 Amp Point of Load DC-DC Converter to Space Family of Power Conversion Products VPT, Inc., a HEICO company, has announced availability of a new point of load power converter designed and manufactured for use in the extreme environment of space. The new SVGA0515 Series point of ... more |
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 Free-floating planets in the Milky Way outnumber stars by factors of thousands A few hundred thousand billion free-floating life-bearing Earth-sized planets may exist in the space between stars in the Milky Way. So argues an international team of scientists led by Professor Ch ... more | .. |
 Dawn reveals complexities of ancient asteroidal world New findings from NASA's Dawn spacecraft lay the groundwork for the first geological overview of asteroid (4)Vesta and confirm the existence of not one but two giant impact basins in its southern he ... more | .. |
 You're beautiful, Vesta When UCLA's Christopher T. Russell looks at the images of the protoplanet Vesta produced by NASA's Dawn mission, he talks about beauty as much as he talks about science. "Vesta looks like a li ... more | .. |
 TDRS-4 Mission Complete; Spacecraft Retired From Active Service The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 4 (TDRS-4) recently completed almost 23 years of operations support and successfully completed end-of-mission de-orbit and decommissioning activities. TDRS-4's ... more |
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