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SpaceX poised for high-stakes space station launchWashington (AFP) May 16, 2012 SpaceX on Saturday aims to become the first private company to send its own cargo ship to the International Space Station, a feat that only a handful of world governments have pulled off. The high-stakes mission is scheduled to begin before dawn Saturday (4:55 am, 0855 GMT) with the launch of the unmanned Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The bid, if successful, would catapult the company owned by billionaire Internet entrepreneur Elon M ... read more |
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  Russia delivers three astronauts to ISS: official A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and an American on Thursday successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), two days after their launch from Earth, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Endeavour Powered Down 20 Years after First Launch Space shuttle Discovery was powered up hundreds of times during prelaunch processing over the course of 26 years of spaceflight. But Dec. 16, 2011 was different. That morning, technicians inside NAS ... more | .. |
  IRVE-3 Flight Hardware Test A NASA flight test designed to demonstrate the feasibility of inflatable spacecraft technology is coming down to the wire. The Inflatable Reentry Vehicle Experiment (IRVE-3) is the third in a series ... more | .. |
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 Be There! The First Annual International Space Station RnD Conference Do you want to learn more about science and technology accomplishments on the International Space Station? Do you have an idea for a microgravity experiment? Looking for a way to put the amazing pla ... more | .. |
  NASA Dawn Spacecraft Reveals Secrets of Large Asteroid NASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided researchers with the first orbital analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, yielding new insights into its creation and relation to the terrestrial planets and Earth ... more | .. |
  Shenzhou 9 to be ready for mid-June launch? 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 ren ... more | .. |
 Ball Aerospace Submits Solar Electric Propulsion Concept to NASA Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has submitted its mission concept study to NASA for demonstrating solar electric propulsion (SEP) technologies in space. Ball Aerospace was one of five co ... more |
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 Ariane 5 mission with twin telecommunications satellites approved for launch The Ariane 5 mission with a "mirror" pair of relay satellites for Japan and Vietnam has been given the go-ahead for liftoff on May 15 from the Spaceport in French Guiana. Approval for this fli ... more | .. |
 NASA Langley's SCIFLI Team To Take Images Of SpaceX C2 Launch A team from NASA's Langley Research Center will have its eyes, cameras and telescopes trained on the skies for the launch of the first commercial spaceflight carrying cargo to the International Spac ... more | .. |
 NASA Survey Counts Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Observations from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to the best assessment yet of our solar system's population of potentially hazardous asteroids. The results reveal new in ... more | .. |
 ISS Cosmonauts to Make 3D Photo Report Russian news agency RIA Novosti has sent a stereo photo camera to the International Space Station (ISS) and asked its members to make a report about life onboard the orbital complex, chief of the ag ... more |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  Japan firm unveils gesture controlling device Japanese technology titan NEC has unveiled a gadget that allows users to control their TV, mobile phone or tablet computer using a virtual input device. ... 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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 NY tech fest heralds Silicon Valley of the east The Big Apple may not have California's weather, but tech fans at New York Internet Week say that in every other way the city is on course to become Silicon Valley 2.0. ... more | .. |
 Poland seeks competitive edge through new technology Poland, which is expected to post the European Union's highest growth this year, is hoping to further boost its competitive edge by investing in new technology, the country's e-government czar said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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