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SpaceX capsule completes first tests before ISS dockingWashington (AFP) May 23, 2012 The Dragon space capsule, which has launched a new era of commercial spaceflight, completed its first tests before its scheduled docking at the International Space Station, NASA said Wednesday. The test flight of US company SpaceX's capsule, which launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, aims to show that industry can restore US access to the ISS after NASA retired its space shuttle fleet last year. "So far everything is going as planned," said NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries of the Johnson Sp ... read more |
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  How To Keep A Mars Tumbleweed Rover Moving On Rocky Terrain New research from North Carolina State University shows that a wind-driven "tumbleweed" Mars rover would be capable of moving across rocky Martian terrain - findings that could also help the Nationa ... more | .. |
 Dark Shadows on Mars Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used a low sun angle for a memorable view ... more | .. |
  SpaceX Dragon Transports Student Experiments to Space Station The SpaceX Dragon capsule, which on Tuesday became the first commercially developed and built spacecraft to launch to the International Space Station, is carrying among its cargo a suite of 15 scien ... more | .. |
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 SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Dragon on Historic Mission A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into space and delivered a Dragon cargo capsule into orbit on May 22, 2012. The launch began an ambitious mission to show that the company is ready to deliver carg ... more | .. |
 What Went Up Can Now Come Down With SpaceX Demo Flight The SpaceX Dragon demo flight brings a new American transportation vehicle onto the scene for travel to and from the International Space Station. Currently there are other ways to reach station, how ... more | .. |
  NASA hails 'new era' in exploration NASA head Charles Bolden has hailed a "new era" in exploration after the launch of the first cargo delivery to the space station Tuesday by a private company, BBC reported. On board the Califo ... more | .. |
 SpaceX Launches NASA Demonstration Mission to ISS The second demonstration mission for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program is under way as SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifted off Tuesday from Cape Cana ... more |
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 CU astronaut-alumnus Scott Carpenter looks back at 50th anniversary of Aurora 7 mission On May 24, 1962, University of Colorado Boulder alumnus Scott Carpenter lifted off from Earth in NASA's Aurora 7 space capsule mounted atop a Mercury-Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., swiftly cl ... more | .. |
  Internet entrepreneur hits paydirt in space, autos It was a landmark day for Elon Musk. The onetime Internet entrepreneur's firm SpaceX became the first commercial outfit to launch its own spacecraft toward the International Space Station. ... more | .. |
 To the Highlands of Mars Landing on Mars is never easy, as a record of failed missions has demonstrated. The gravity is fairly strong, but the atmosphere is thin. This pulls spacecraft in rapidly as they approach, but offer ... more | .. |
 Pictures show N. Korea rocket launch upgrade North Korea has undertaken a major upgrade of a launch pad that could pave the way for longer-range missiles, a research group said Tuesday, amid mounting concern over Pyongyang's nuclear program. ... more |
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  Measuring Transient X-rays with Lobster Eyes A technology that mimics the structure of a lobster's eyes is now being applied to a new instrument that could help revolutionize X-ray astronomy and keep astronauts safe on the International Space ... more | .. |
  Seeking Signs of Life at the Glacier's Edge Microbes living at the edges of Arctic ice sheets could help researchers pinpoint evidence for similar microorganisms that could have evolved on Mars, the Jovian moon Europa, or Saturn's moon Encela ... more | .. |
 Glitch mars opening of world's tallest tower Strong winds forced the operators of the Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest tower, to shut down its lifts on its opening day Tuesday, leaving some visitors stranded on a 450-metre-high observation deck. ... more | .. |
 Famed US alien seeker shifts gaze back to Earth After decades spent scanning the heavens for signs of life elsewhere in the cosmos, astronomer Jill Tarter is stepping back, and letting a colleague take charge of the quest. ... 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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 SES-5 Satellite Delivered To Baikonur Launch Base SES has announced that the SES-5 satellite has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it will now be processed for launch aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by Internati ... more | .. |
  Cassini Spots Tiny Moon, Begins to Tilt Orbit NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Saturn's tiny moon Methone as part of a trajectory that will take it on a close flyby of another of Saturn's moons, Titan. The Titan flyb ... more | .. |
 NASA Goddard Delivers Magnetometers for NASA's Next Mission to Mars Magnetometers built by scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. for NASA's Mars Atmosphere And Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission have been delivered to the Uni ... more | .. |
 SpaceX blasts off to space station in historic first Opening a new era in private space flight, the US company SpaceX on Tuesday became the first commercial outfit to launch its own craft toward the International Space Station. ... more |
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 SpaceX readies new attempt of rocket launch to space lab SpaceX on Monday readied a fresh bid to become the first private company to launch its own craft to the International Space Station after fixing an engine problem that grounded its earlier attempt. ... more | .. |
 NASA Team to Test New Vehicle-Descent Technologies NASA technologists will get a chance next summer to relive the good old days when Agency engineers would affix space-age gizmos to rockets just to see if the contraptions worked. In what will ... more | .. |
 Ariane 5's second launch of 2012 Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2, into their planned tra ... more | .. |
  Paralyzed individuals use thought-controlled robotic arm to reach and grasp In an ongoing clinical trial, a paralyzed woman was able to reach for and sip from a drink on her own - for the first time in nearly 15 years - by using her thoughts to direct a robotic arm. The tri ... 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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  When Will Shenzhou 9 Be Launched The answer is known only to the planners and leaders of China's space programme. However, with eight missions under the belt of China's piloted spacecraft, some clues have come to light from those e ... more | .. |
  Mercury's Magnetic Field Measured by MESSENGER Orbiter Researchers working with NASA's Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft report the frequent detections of Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) waves at the edge of the ... more | .. |
 Robotic Refueling Mission Results To Be Presented At NASA Satellite-Servicing Workshop NASA and the Canadian Space Agency will present results to date from the satellite-servicing Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) during the Second International Workshop, On-Orbit Satellite Servicing, h ... more | .. |
 SpaceX scrubs launch to ISS after engine problem Engineers aborted the launch of a privately built spacecraft on a landmark mission to the International Space Station at the last second Saturday due to a rocket engine problem. ... more |
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 Loral-Built Nimiq 6 Satellite ly Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers Space Systems/Loral reports that the Nimiq 6 satellite, designed and built for Telesat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers according to ... more | .. |
 Ammonites Found Mini Oases at Ancient Methane Seeps Research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History shows that ammonites-an extinct type of shelled mollusk that's closely related to modern-day nautiluses and squids-made homes in ... more | .. |
 SpaceX scrubs launch to ISS over rocket engine problem SpaceX on Saturday scrubbed the highly anticipated launch of its Dragon capsule toward the Space Station due to a rocket engine problem. ... more | .. |
 Friction Stir Welding Brings Together Reliability and Affordability For Space Launch System NASA's next heavy-lift launch vehicle, the Space Launch System, is moving further in development faster thanks to proven advanced technologies like friction stir welding. Friction stir welding ... more |
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