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SpaceX, NASA Target Oct. 7 Launch For Resupply Mission To Space StationCape Canaveral FL (SPX) Sep 21, 2012 NASA managers, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) officials and international partner representatives Thursday announced Sunday, Oct. 7, as the target launch date for the first contracted cargo resupply flight to the International Space Station under NASA's Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract. International Space Station Program managers confirmed the status and readiness of the Falcon 9 rocket and its Dragon cargo spacecraft for the SpaceX CRS-1 mission, as well as the space st ... read more |
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  Dawn Sees Hydrated Minerals on Giant Asteroid NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed that the giant asteroid Vesta has its own version of ring around the collar. Two new papers based on observations from the low-altitude mapping orbit of the Dawn ... more | .. |
  Curious About Life: Interview with David Blake The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has 10 science instruments, and each will be used in the coming weeks and months to help characterize the environment of Mars and determine if the planet ... more | .. |
 Fueling underway with the Galileo satellites for next Soyuz launch from French Guiana Both passengers for Arianespace's third Soyuz flight from French Guiana are entering their final processing phase, which includes fueling of the two Galileo navigation satellites prior to their in ... more | .. |
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  NASA Mars Rover Targets Unusual Rock En Route to First Destination NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has driven up to a football-size rock that will be the first for the rover's arm to examine. Curiosity is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) from the rock. It lies about hal ... more | .. |
  Cavenauts return to Earth The international team of astronauts taking part in ESA's caving adventure have returned to Earth after spending six days underground. The voyage to the surface of our planet took them five hours fr ... more | .. |
  US space shuttle in California on final flight The US space shuttle Endeavour arrived Thursday in California, where it will make a spectacular series of flypasts before finally heading into retirement near where it was built. ... more | .. |
 NASA-JPL director Charles Elachi talks about latest Mars mission The car-sized Mars rover Curiosity, which landed on the Red Planet last month, is the biggest, most expensive and most ambitious planetary mission in many years. But it is just one of a sweepi ... more |
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Sharp rise in GPS jamming in aviation over Baltic Sea: Sweden
Putin vows to carry on fighting in Ukraine, if peace deal not reached
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 We are not alone Space exploration has become a national priority for China - and a Hong Kong scientist appointed to an international body searching for alien life says he is confident many of us will live to see th ... more | .. |
 Dark Bands Run Through Light Layers This mosaic from the Mast Camera on NASA's Curiosity rover shows a close-up view looking toward the "Glenelg" area, where three different terrain types come together. All three types are observed fr ... more | .. |
 NASA Mars Rover Curiosity Looks at Ground Ahead, Moons Above A series of daily drives has taken NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity to a vantage point about halfway to a science destination area called Glenelg. The rover has been using its Mast Camera to examine the ... more | .. |
'Jake Matijevic' Contact Target for Curiosity The drive by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity during the mission's 43rd Martian day, or sol, (Sept. 19, 2012) ended with this rock about 8 feet (2.5 meters) in front of the rover. The rock is about ... more |
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 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and Space Shuttle Endeavour Land in Houston NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Endeavour mounted on top landed at Houston's Ellington Field at 10:40 a.m. CDT. Public viewing at Ellington has been extended to 9 p.m. CDT, ... more | .. |
  Gaia Payload Module Integration Completed Integration of the Flight Model of the Gaia Payload Module has been completed. It has undergone acceptance vibration testing; thermal balance and thermal vacuum testing will be carried out towards t ... more | .. |
 Astrium wins DEOS contract to demonstrate in-orbit servicing Astrium is preparing a new technology mission for the maintenance and disposal of satellites. At the ILA Berlin Air Show, the DLR Space Administration announced that Astrium Friedrichshafen will be ... more | .. |
 Mars rover to launch first rock study NASA's Curiosity Rover will study its first martial rock Friday, more than a month after landing on the Red Planet, mission officials said. ... more |
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Pixxel expands Firefly fleet advancing global hyperspectral satellite imaging
Metop SGA1 begins delivering atmospheric data weeks after launch
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 Capturing defective satellites in space - DLR awards contract to Astrium A service satellite captures an uncontrollable satellite in space, repairs or refuels it and, at the end of the mission, ensures that the defective satellite is disposed of in a controlled manner. S ... more | .. |
 HISPASAT chooses Arianespace to launch its Amazonas 4A and AG1 satellites Spanish operator Hispasat has once again chosen launch services company Arianespace, this time for its two satellites Amazonas-4A and Hispasat AG1. They will be the 8th and 9th satellites from the H ... more | .. |
 Arianespace signs multi-launch services agreement with SKY Perfect JSAT of Japan Shinji Takada, Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, has announced the signature of ... more | .. |
 Failure Review Oversight Board Establishes Proton Return to Flight Schedule The Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded the review of the Russian State Commission report on September 11 concerning the root cause of the Russian Federal Telkom-3/Express MD-2 mission f ... more |
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  Russia to start research base on the Moon According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Russian cosmonauts have gained great experience working in orbit and have conducted a large number of scientific experiments at the ISS. All ... 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 | .. |
 Protection for Moon, Mars astronauts eyed Rocks on the Moon or Mars could be used to build shelters to possibly protect astronauts from dangerous cosmic radiation, European researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Brazil unveils tax incentives to boost tech innovation President Dilma Rousseff has approved new tax incentives to boost innovation in the information technology and telecommunications sectors, the official agencia Brasil reported Tuesday. ... more |
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Beijing shows off drones, missiles and lasers in military parade
New wave: sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port
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 New Technology Being Stymied by Copyright Law From Napster to iTunes to Pandora, the methods by which the public can obtain and share music have rapidly progressed. Future groundbreaking innovations may need to wait, though, as the next generat ... more | .. |
  Dry-run experiments verify key aspect of Sandia nuclear fusion concept Magnetically imploded tubes called liners, intended to help produce controlled nuclear fusion at scientific "break-even" energies or better within the next few years, have functioned successfully in ... more | .. |
  Crew Members Prepare for Departure Aboard the International Space Station Friday, Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka spent time packing items into the Soyuz TMA-04M for return to Earth. Padalka and Flight Engineers Sergei Revin ... more | .. |
  Space formula of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 155 years ago, on September 17, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics, was born in the Russian province. One of his famous sayings goes: "Earth is the crad ... more |
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 European industry develops space safety radar ESA will boost European industrial expertise by developing a new radar as part of the Agency's Space Situational Awareness programme. The radar will test future debris monitoring techniques, helping ... more | .. |
  Meteors Might Add Methane to Exoplanet Atmospheres Meteoroids slamming against the atmospheres of alien worlds could add organic gases that make them look inhabited by life even if they are not, researchers say. In recent years, astronomers have det ... more | .. |
 ISS Crew Enjoys Light Duty Day The Expedition 33 crew aboard the International Space Station began its week with a light-duty day Monday after the departure Sunday of three Expedition 32 crew members. The Soyuz TMA-04M carr ... more | .. |
 Boeing Establishes Configuration of Commercial Crew Transportation Boeing and NASA recently established the firm baseline configuration for the company's Commercial Crew Transportation System, achieving the first performance milestone in NASA's Commercial Crew inte ... more |
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