Spacecraft
Live webcast of NASA IBEX on solar system boundary mission
By: William Atkins
The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) will be webcast on October 19, 2008, as it is deployed from a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airplane and then launched on a Pegasus rocket over the Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific Ocean.
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By: William Atkins
The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) will be webcast on October 19, 2008, as it is deployed from a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar airplane and then launched on a Pegasus rocket over the Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific Ocean.
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Lord British takes crowning step onto space station
By: William Atkins
International space tourist and Texas video game billionaire Richard Garriott has made the International Space Station his kingdom for the next ten days, and for a mere US $30 million.
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By: William Atkins
International space tourist and Texas video game billionaire Richard Garriott has made the International Space Station his kingdom for the next ten days, and for a mere US $30 million.
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World’s first “2nd-gen” astronaut and games pioneer lifts off to ISS!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Richard Garriott, son of Owen Garriot, a US Shuttle and Skylab astronaut, and co-founder of gaming company Origin Systems, is the world’s sixth space tourist, the world’s first second-generation astronaut and the first to truly make the US $30m flight a commercial venture that could eventually pay for itself.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Richard Garriott, son of Owen Garriot, a US Shuttle and Skylab astronaut, and co-founder of gaming company Origin Systems, is the world’s sixth space tourist, the world’s first second-generation astronaut and the first to truly make the US $30m flight a commercial venture that could eventually pay for itself.
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NASA offers Christmas presents of Mercury through its messenger
By: William Atkins
Never before seen photographs of Mercury are now available from NASA, after its spacecraft MESSENGER imaged parts of Mercury, such as Kuiper Crater and Machaut Crater. These images are providing quite a few of surprises to "Santa-happy" scientists back home on Earth.
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By: William Atkins
Never before seen photographs of Mercury are now available from NASA, after its spacecraft MESSENGER imaged parts of Mercury, such as Kuiper Crater and Machaut Crater. These images are providing quite a few of surprises to "Santa-happy" scientists back home on Earth.
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NASA IBEX to see edge of Solar System
By: William Atkins
The NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is scheduled to liftoff on October 19, 2008, for its two-year mission to image the boundary of our solar system with interstellar space.
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By: William Atkins
The NASA Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is scheduled to liftoff on October 19, 2008, for its two-year mission to image the boundary of our solar system with interstellar space.
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MESSENGER spacecraft to slingshot Mercury
By: William Atkins
The NASA spacecraft MESSENGER is poised to flyby Mercury again on October 6, 2008. The first flyby, on January 14th of this year, was a humdinger, and the second one is expected to be even better as the spacecraft prepares to gravitationally slingshot itself into an orbit about the planet in 2011.
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By: William Atkins
The NASA spacecraft MESSENGER is poised to flyby Mercury again on October 6, 2008. The first flyby, on January 14th of this year, was a humdinger, and the second one is expected to be even better as the spacecraft prepares to gravitationally slingshot itself into an orbit about the planet in 2011.
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Jules Verne ATV completes mission with fiery re-entry
By: Stephen Withers
Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has completed its mission with a controlled destructive re-entry over the South Pacific.
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By: Stephen Withers
Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has completed its mission with a controlled destructive re-entry over the South Pacific.
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Chinese walk in space
By: William Atkins
The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, September 27, 2008, that China conducted its first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) beginning at 4:43 p.m. Beijing, China time (0843 UTC). The spacewalk is the first one conducted by China.
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By: William Atkins
The state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, September 27, 2008, that China conducted its first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) beginning at 4:43 p.m. Beijing, China time (0843 UTC). The spacewalk is the first one conducted by China.
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China launches Shenzhou VII for first spacewalk mission
By: William Atkins
China announced on Thursday, September 25, 2008, that its third manned spacecraft was launched at 9:10 p.m. local time from its Jiuguan Satellite Launch Center.
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By: William Atkins
China announced on Thursday, September 25, 2008, that its third manned spacecraft was launched at 9:10 p.m. local time from its Jiuguan Satellite Launch Center.
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Solar wind dropping, says ESA
By: Stephen Withers
The solar wind emanating from the Sun has fallen to the lowest level observed since accurate readings have been made.
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By: Stephen Withers
The solar wind emanating from the Sun has fallen to the lowest level observed since accurate readings have been made.
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NASA to go to Mars with MAVEN robotic spacecraft
By: William Atkins
NASA announced on September 15, 2008, that it will send the unmanned Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft to find out why the planet lost most of its atmosphere billions of years ago.
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By: William Atkins
NASA announced on September 15, 2008, that it will send the unmanned Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft to find out why the planet lost most of its atmosphere billions of years ago.
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Astronauts at Space Station don't like Hurricane Ike
By: William Atkins
Russia launched a Progress cargo ship to the International Space Station on September 10, 2008, but NASA had to close down Mission Control in Houston due to the hurricane hitting its Johnson Space Center. So, what happens now?
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By: William Atkins
Russia launched a Progress cargo ship to the International Space Station on September 10, 2008, but NASA had to close down Mission Control in Houston due to the hurricane hitting its Johnson Space Center. So, what happens now?
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August 20: First space pets come home and Voyager 2 launched
By: William Atkins
Did you know? … That on August 20, 1960, the U.S.S.R. returned—for the first time—two live dogs from space and that, on August 20, 1977, the U.S. launched the NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is still providing important data over thirty years later while racing toward the edge of the solar system.
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By: William Atkins
Did you know? … That on August 20, 1960, the U.S.S.R. returned—for the first time—two live dogs from space and that, on August 20, 1977, the U.S. launched the NASA Voyager 2 spacecraft, which is still providing important data over thirty years later while racing toward the edge of the solar system.
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Launch of moon-exploring LRO delayed by military spaceplane
By: William Atkins
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), the first mission for NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration, will be delayed from December 2008 to February 2009 after its launch date is switched with an Air Force reusable unmanned experimental spaceplane.
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By: William Atkins
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), the first mission for NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration, will be delayed from December 2008 to February 2009 after its launch date is switched with an Air Force reusable unmanned experimental spaceplane.
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With Einstein's ok: Star Trek-type spacecraft can travel at warp speeds
By: William Atkins
American physicists Gerald Cleaver and Richard Obousy are proposing a “hypothetical propulsion device” that could travel faster than the speed of light without violating any laws of physics. However, we’ll have to ask Scotty for enormous amounts of dilithium crystals!
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By: William Atkins
American physicists Gerald Cleaver and Richard Obousy are proposing a “hypothetical propulsion device” that could travel faster than the speed of light without violating any laws of physics. However, we’ll have to ask Scotty for enormous amounts of dilithium crystals!
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SpaceX doesn’t mark the spot for NASA’s NanoSail-D spacecraft
By: William Atkins
The NASA NanoSail-D solar-powered spacecraft will not get a chance to test its four solar sails because, on August 2, 2008, the first and second stages of its launch vehicle, Falcon 1, failed to separate, and the payload did not achieve Earth orbit.
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By: William Atkins
The NASA NanoSail-D solar-powered spacecraft will not get a chance to test its four solar sails because, on August 2, 2008, the first and second stages of its launch vehicle, Falcon 1, failed to separate, and the payload did not achieve Earth orbit.
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Musk's SpaceX Falcon rocket fails again
By: Stephen Withers
The third launch of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket failed to reach orbit after the first stage failed to separate. "It was obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit," said company founder Elon Musk.
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By: Stephen Withers
The third launch of the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket failed to reach orbit after the first stage failed to separate. "It was obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit," said company founder Elon Musk.
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FAA official says space tourism risky, Virgin Galactic prez says not so
By: William Atkins
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned at the end of July 2008 that civil companies, such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, who are pioneering the first sub-orbital flights as part of the fledgling space tourism industry have extraordinary risks in their endeavors. Virgin Galactic says it will be thousands of times safer than any previous human spaceflights.
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By: William Atkins
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned at the end of July 2008 that civil companies, such as Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, who are pioneering the first sub-orbital flights as part of the fledgling space tourism industry have extraordinary risks in their endeavors. Virgin Galactic says it will be thousands of times safer than any previous human spaceflights.
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