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NASA cuts ties with Kistler for COTS
By: William Atkins
Private company Rocketplane Kistler was unable to meet its fourth COTS milestone—to raise U.S.$500 million in financing—in order to eventually develop commercial supply ships for the International Space Station.
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By: William Atkins
Private company Rocketplane Kistler was unable to meet its fourth COTS milestone—to raise U.S.$500 million in financing—in order to eventually develop commercial supply ships for the International Space Station.
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Happy 10th Year Birthday for Cassini spacecraft
By: William Atkins
The Cassini spacecraft is ten years old and continues to successfully carry out its mission to explore the planet Saturn and its natural satellites (moons). Do you remember the controversy for its October 15, 1997 launch?
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By: William Atkins
The Cassini spacecraft is ten years old and continues to successfully carry out its mission to explore the planet Saturn and its natural satellites (moons). Do you remember the controversy for its October 15, 1997 launch?
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Shrinking ozone hole not a trend, says scientists
By: Stephen Withers
The ozone hole over Antarctica is much smaller than it was last year, but scientists say this does not indicate a new long-term trend.
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By: Stephen Withers
The ozone hole over Antarctica is much smaller than it was last year, but scientists say this does not indicate a new long-term trend.
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Hubble snaps brilliant image of young star cluster inside NGC 3603
By: William Atkins
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an image of a star cluster that contains stars with different masses but similar ages. The stars have evolved differently, making it easy for scientists to learn more about the various life-stages of stars from one location.
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By: William Atkins
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an image of a star cluster that contains stars with different masses but similar ages. The stars have evolved differently, making it easy for scientists to learn more about the various life-stages of stars from one location.
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Manned mission to Moon in Russia’s future
By: William Atkins
The Russian Federal Space Agency, also called Roskosmos (or RKA), has announced that it has plans to send cosmonauts to the Moon by 2025 and, then, to build an manned lunar base.
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By: William Atkins
The Russian Federal Space Agency, also called Roskosmos (or RKA), has announced that it has plans to send cosmonauts to the Moon by 2025 and, then, to build an manned lunar base.
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Dark energy? It’s mysterious! It may decide the fate of our universe!
By: William Atkins
Dark energy is a type of energy that is only hypothesized to exist. If it does exist, it may permeate all of the universe, may increase the rate of the universe's expansion, and finally decide our fate. To find out if it exists, cosmologists are proposing several large-scale experiments.
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By: William Atkins
Dark energy is a type of energy that is only hypothesized to exist. If it does exist, it may permeate all of the universe, may increase the rate of the universe's expansion, and finally decide our fate. To find out if it exists, cosmologists are proposing several large-scale experiments.
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Hyperion circles Saturn like a giant sponge
By: William Atkins
Cassini researchers studied Hyperion in more detail and found that enormous numbers of space rocks continue to bombard Saturn’s moon, turning it into an odd-shaped sea sponge.
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By: William Atkins
Cassini researchers studied Hyperion in more detail and found that enormous numbers of space rocks continue to bombard Saturn’s moon, turning it into an odd-shaped sea sponge.
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Cosmic Forgetfulness: Time before the Big Bang
By: William Atkins
What if our universe is an endless series of Big Bangs (expansions) and Big Crunches (contractions)? Can we see time before the Big Bang? One scientist is looking into this possibility.
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By: William Atkins
What if our universe is an endless series of Big Bangs (expansions) and Big Crunches (contractions)? Can we see time before the Big Bang? One scientist is looking into this possibility.
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Engineering students say Go for tethered YES2 satellite
By: William Atkins
The Young Engineers’ Satellite 2 (YES2) is a student-built tethered satellite that is scheduled to be launched in September 2007 by the European Space Agency (ESA). YES2 has just passed a critical test for its launch, much to the excitement of its young builders.
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By: William Atkins
The Young Engineers’ Satellite 2 (YES2) is a student-built tethered satellite that is scheduled to be launched in September 2007 by the European Space Agency (ESA). YES2 has just passed a critical test for its launch, much to the excitement of its young builders.
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ESA needs guinea pigs for Mars trip simulation
By: Stephen Withers
The European Space Agency is calling for volunteers to take part in simulated trip to Mars.
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By: Stephen Withers
The European Space Agency is calling for volunteers to take part in simulated trip to Mars.
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NASA MESSENGER spacecraft shoots Venus with laser beam
By: William Atkins
On June 5, 2007, the NASA MESSENGER spacecraft will fly past the planet Venus at a distance of about 320 kilometers (200 miles). It will shoot a laser beam into the Venetian clouds in order to measure the location of Venus’ cloud cover.
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By: William Atkins
On June 5, 2007, the NASA MESSENGER spacecraft will fly past the planet Venus at a distance of about 320 kilometers (200 miles). It will shoot a laser beam into the Venetian clouds in order to measure the location of Venus’ cloud cover.
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Global Exploration Strategy coordinates space plans of NASA and others
By: William Atkins
On May 31, 2007, NASA and thirteen other space agencies released the results of their “Global Exploration Strategy: The Framework for Coordination”. It is a coordinated conceptual plan of space exploration that concentrates on the exploration of the solar system.
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By: William Atkins
On May 31, 2007, NASA and thirteen other space agencies released the results of their “Global Exploration Strategy: The Framework for Coordination”. It is a coordinated conceptual plan of space exploration that concentrates on the exploration of the solar system.
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China joins 'Space and Major Disasters' charter
By: Stephen Withers
The China National Space Administration has joined an international group that shares satellite images with countries affected by natural disasters.
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By: Stephen Withers
The China National Space Administration has joined an international group that shares satellite images with countries affected by natural disasters.
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Visits to NASA Webb telescope possible with new docking ring
By: William Atkins
Imagine docking with Hubble, which is about 590 kilometers (365 miles) miles away. Now, imagine the thrill of docking with the James Webb Space Telescope, which will be positioned about 1.5 million kilometers (900,000 miles) from the Earth.
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By: William Atkins
Imagine docking with Hubble, which is about 590 kilometers (365 miles) miles away. Now, imagine the thrill of docking with the James Webb Space Telescope, which will be positioned about 1.5 million kilometers (900,000 miles) from the Earth.
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Galileo clocks keeping good time
By: Stephen Withers
The rubidium clocks carried by the Galileo project's GIOVE-A satellite are operating largely as expected after their first year in orbit.
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By: Stephen Withers
The rubidium clocks carried by the Galileo project's GIOVE-A satellite are operating largely as expected after their first year in orbit.
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Black holes get new way to be weighed
By: William Atkins
Astrophysicists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland) have found a new and reliable way to determine the mass of black holes.
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By: William Atkins
Astrophysicists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland) have found a new and reliable way to determine the mass of black holes.
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X-ray observations point to mid-sized black hole
By: Stephen Withers
NASA astronomers have used observations from the ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray observatory to identify what appears to be intermediate mass black hole.
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By: Stephen Withers
NASA astronomers have used observations from the ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray observatory to identify what appears to be intermediate mass black hole.
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Hubble finds first for dark matter: Separate ring around galaxy cluster
By: William Atkins
The Hubble Space Telescope finds a ring of “dark matter” expanding from a large collision between two galaxy clusters—completely away from ordinary matter, which is a first for the detection of dark matter.
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By: William Atkins
The Hubble Space Telescope finds a ring of “dark matter” expanding from a large collision between two galaxy clusters—completely away from ordinary matter, which is a first for the detection of dark matter.
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