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items tagged with Spacecraft

2007 Wirefly X PRIZE Cup: "Earth's Great Space Exposition"
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-10-27 08:33:12
Wirefly.com, along with the X PRIZE Foundation, and the state of New Mexico, is sponsoring the annual event, which is being held on October 26-28, 2007, in order to promote innovation of space technology in the private sector.      
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46 years ago: First U.S. spacecraft, Ranger 4, impacts Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2008-04-21 16:59:29
On April 23, 1962, Ranger 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Three days later, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach the Moon’s surface—when it crashed into the body.


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50 years ago: Luna 1 escapes Earth’s gravity
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2009-01-02 12:05:25
Fifty years ago, on January 2, 1959, Luna 1 started its mission to become the first ever human-made object to exceed the escape velocity of the Earth. The pioneering flight helped to secure further Russian history, with its historic 1961 space flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space.


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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!


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Amateur astronomers wanted to take Venus pics
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Space

2007-11-25 09:45:34
Scientists with the Venus Express mission are looking for images of the planet Venus taken by amateur and professional astronomers. Can you help?                  
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