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SpaceX's Dragon makes historic space station dockWashington (AFP) May 25, 2012 SpaceX on Friday became the first commercial outfit to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station, heralding the start of a new era for private spaceflight. The berthing marked the climax of the California-based company's demonstration mission to become the first to restore US access to the space outpost after NASA retired the three-decade shuttle program last year. With no humans on board, the Dragon capsule is delivering about a half ton of supplies and science experiments f ... read more |
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  Boeing Completes Software PDR Of New Crew Ship Boeing has completed the software Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev-2) initiative on May 18. CCDev-2 is part of NASA's Space Act Agreement. Software co ... more | .. |
  Neil Armstrong gives rare interview - to accountant The famously private Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has been coaxed into giving a rare interview - with an Australian accountant. ... more | .. |
  NASA Funded Research Shows Existence of Reduced Carbon on Mars NASA-funded research on Mars meteorites that landed on Earth shows strong evidence that very large molecules containing carbon, which is a key ingredient for the building blocks of life, can origina ... more | .. |
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 Did Ancient Mars Have a Runaway Greenhouse? Cosmic impacts that once bombed Mars might have sent temperatures skyrocketing upward on the Red Planet in ancient times, enough to set warming of the surface on a runaway course, researchers say. A ... more | .. |
 Opportunity Drives to Dusty Patch of Soil The rover drove on Sols 2949, 2951, 2953 and 2955 (May 10, 12, 14 and 17, 2012), totaling just over 46 feet (13.9 meters). The rover is positioning to reach a pristine patch of dust on the surface. ... more | .. |
 NASA Offers Guidelines To Protect Historic Sites On The Moon NASA and the X Prize Foundation of Playa Vista, Calif., announced Thursday the Google Lunar X Prize is recognizing guidelines established by NASA to protect lunar historic sites and preserve ongoing ... more | .. |
  DLR presents innovations in robotics at AUTOMATICA 2012 The Robotics and Mechatronics Center (RMC) at the German Aerospace Center is exhibiting at AUTOMATICA, the leading international exhibition for automation and mechatronics, which is being held in Mu ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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 SpaceX capsule completes first tests before ISS docking 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. ... 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 Navy pilot training enhanced by AEMASE 'smart machine' developed at Sandia Labs Navy pilots and other flight specialists soon will have a new "smart machine" installed in training simulators that learns from expert instructors to more efficiently train their students. San ... 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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 SpaceX makes final approach to space station SpaceX's Dragon capsule on Friday made its final approach toward the International Space Station, edging closer to the climax of its landmark mission to latch on to the orbiting research lab. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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