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First Annual ISS Research and Development Conference in ReviewHouston TX (SPX) Jul 03, 2012 Roughly 400 scientists, engineers, students, industry leaders and business representatives gathered last week to participate in the 1st Annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference, organized by the American Astronautical Society and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Inc., or CASIS, in cooperation with NASA. The event took place June 26-28 in Denver, Colo., showcasing the full breadth of research and technology development on the space station; past, pres ... read more |
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  NASA Unveils Orion During Ceremony The Orion capsule that will make the first flight test into space was celebrated Monday morning as the cornerstone of a new era of exploration for America's space program. The spacecraft's aluminum- ... more | .. |
  Fireworks Over Mars: The Spirit of 76 Pyrotechnics One month and a day after celebrating its independence with fireworks exhibitions throughout the country, America will carry its penchant for awe-inspiring aerial pyrotechnic displays to the skies o ... more | .. |
 The Road to Space The road to space is a long and arduous path, a meandering trip that in many ways is more demanding than the Space Station mission itself. Training to fly into space is also the next best thing to a ... more | .. |
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  'Leap second' wreaks Internet havoc An adjustment of a mere second in the official global clock sent dozens of websites crashing in an incident reminiscent of the Y2K bug over a decade ago. ... more | .. |
  The B612 Foundation Announces The First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission In a press conference at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday morning, the B612 Foundation unveiled its plans to build, launch, and operate the first privately funded deep space mission - SEN ... more | .. |
  Titan's tides point to hidden ocean Nothing like it has been seen before beyond our own planet: large tides have been found on Saturn's moon Titan that point to a liquid ocean - most likely water - swirling around below the surface. O ... more | .. |
  New Planet-weighing Technique Found Although there have been about 800 extra-solar planets discovered so far in our galaxy, the precise masses of the majority of them are still unknown, as the most-common planet-finding technique prov ... more |
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Australia to deploy fleet of underwater strike drones
Pacific Island leaders back 'ocean of peace' at fraught summit
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 Innovative technique enables scientists to learn more about elusive exoplanet One of the first planets discovered outside of the Solar System, Tau Bootis b, has eluded numerous attempts to measure the light coming from its atmosphere and so has remained something of a mystery ... more | .. |
  Astrium contracts DLR for major parts of the EDRS ground network Astrium continues to drive the implementation of the European Data Relay System (EDRS). As prime contractor, Astrium Services has now contracted the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to implement and op ... more | .. |
  China set to launch bigger space program China will deploy bigger spacecraft for longer missions following the success of its Shenzhou 9 voyage, allowing it to build a manned space station and potentially put a man on the moon, experts said. ... more | .. |
 Three astronauts land on Earth from ISS in Russian capsule A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts on Sunday landed on schedule in the Kazakh steppe, the Russian mission control said. ... more |
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 China open to cooperation Woman may be on next year's manned mission, Xin Dingding and Wang Qian report. The grasslands of Inner Mongolia can by no means be called big when compared with outer space. But they sur ... more | .. |
 Martian moon Phobos could be life clue Evidence of life on Mars could come not from a mission to the Red Planet but from one sent to the martian moon Phobos, U.S. researchers said. ... more | .. |
 Nation has long way to go as space power China has no intention to compete with others and take the lead in space, said a senior official with the manned space program. China's manned space program aims to build a space station by 20 ... more | .. |
 An inspiring mission The moment the Shenzhou IX capsule landed safely in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Friday morning, China moved closer toward its goal of establishing a permanent space station. The Sh ... more |
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Global search and rescue system gets recognition as real lifesaver
Solar flare ions reach extreme temperatures in breakthrough study
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  Three Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne RS-68A Engines Power Delta IV Heavy Upgrade Vehicle on Inaugural Flight The sky rumbled and the ground shook as the three most powerful hydrogen-fueled liquid rocket engines ever built successfully boosted a U.S. government satellite into orbit. Developed by Pratt and W ... more | .. |
 Interview: China's manned space mission marks "great first step": U.S. expert The Shenzhou-9 manned space mission is a "great first step" for the future development of China's space program and also exciting news for people all around the world, a U.S. expert has said. ... more | .. |
 China competes with no one in space program: official China is not competing with other countries with its space program, said Wang Zhaoyao, director of China's manned space program office, here on Friday. Wang made the remarks at a press confere ... more | .. |
 ULA Delta IV Heavy Launches Second Payload in Nine Days for the NRO A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 9:15 a.m. EDT Friday. Designated ... more |
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 ISS crew rests before return to Earth The crew of the International Space Station is having a day of rest Saturday before three of them return to Earth, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Dramatic change spotted on a faraway planet Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have seen dramatic changes in the upper atmosphere of a faraway planet. Just after a violent flare on its parent star bathed it in intense X-ray ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Commercial GEO Satellites Surpass 1,000 Years in Orbit The Lockheed Martin commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite fleet has achieved a significant milestone by accumulating 1,000 years of in-orbit operations. JCSAT-13, built for SKY Per ... more | .. |
 China's manned spacecraft in final preparations for mid-June launch China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission ... more |
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China chides 'economic pressure' over Trump threat of Russian oil tariffs
Boeing says will hire replacements for striking US defense workers
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  Rocketdyne Completes CCDev 2 Hot Fire Testing on Thruster for NASA Commercial Crew Program Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has completed a series of hot-fire tests on a service module thruster for Boeing's Commercial Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft. The CST-100 spacecraft, designed ... more | .. |
 Houston Workshop Marks Key Step in Planning Future Mars Missions A recent workshop conducted for NASA by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) in Houston, marked a key step in the agency's effort to forge a new Mars strategy in the coming decades. A report that ... more | .. |
 Thruster Tests Completed for Boeing's CST-100 Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a series of tests on a thruster destined for Boeing's Commercial Space Transportation spacecraft, designated CST-100. Boeing is one of s ... more | .. |
Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth as heroes on Friday after carrying out China's most complex and longest mission in orbit, vital steps in the country's effort to build a space station by 2020. ... more |
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Ex-NASA astronauts aim to launch asteroid tracker A private company made up of former NASA astronauts and US scientists said Thursday it is planning to build and launch its own space telescope to track dangerous asteroids and protect the Earth. ... more | .. |
 Liberty second stage one step closer to production Astrium, the number one company in Europe for space technologies and systems, has successfully completed a set of tests on tank structures proving that key design and manufacturing processes used fo ... more | .. |
 Orbital's Antares Medium-Class Launch Vehicle On-Ramped to NASA's NLS-II Program Orbital Sciences has successfully completed contract negotiations with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to "on-ramp" its Antares medium-class launch vehicle onto the NASA Lau ... more | .. |
 Getting a Feel for the Terrain It's a hot summer day, and your eyes spot an ice cream cart up ahead. Without even really thinking, you start walking that direction. Planetary scientists would like to give robots that kind of visu ... more |
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