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Space station astronauts hook up life-support to Harmony
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-20 09:32:42
International Space Station commander Peggy Whitson and ISS flight engineer Daniel Tani are out floating in space (Tuesday, November 20, 2007) next to the space station connecting cooling lines and power cables to the new Harmony module.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-20 09:32:42
International Space Station commander Peggy Whitson and ISS flight engineer Daniel Tani are out floating in space (Tuesday, November 20, 2007) next to the space station connecting cooling lines and power cables to the new Harmony module.
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NASA lifts smoking ban on astronaut spacesuits
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-16 09:25:47
On Thursday, November 15, 2007, NASA officials lifted a nearly week-long ban on spacewalks due to the smell of smoke in a ground-based spacesuit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-16 09:25:47
On Thursday, November 15, 2007, NASA officials lifted a nearly week-long ban on spacewalks due to the smell of smoke in a ground-based spacesuit.
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NASA spacewalks keep on coming to harmonize space station
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-09 10:06:38
International Space Station astronaut Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko are catching up on work Friday, November 9, 2007, in order to work on Harmony after extra extravehicular activities (EVAs) were needed to fix the solar array during the STS-120 visit.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-09 10:06:38
International Space Station astronaut Peggy Whitson and cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko are catching up on work Friday, November 9, 2007, in order to work on Harmony after extra extravehicular activities (EVAs) were needed to fix the solar array during the STS-120 visit.
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Columbus prepares to set sail for Space Station
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-05 23:14:39
The European Space Agency's Columbus orbiting laboratory has been placed into a payload canister ready to be loaded aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-05 23:14:39
The European Space Agency's Columbus orbiting laboratory has been placed into a payload canister ready to be loaded aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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Second STS-120 spacewalk finds damage to station power system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-29 09:14:17
Regularly scheduled extravehiclular activity (EVA) tasks proceeded nominally however astronaut Daniel Tani found possible metal shavings on one of the station’s Solar Array Rotating Joints, indicating an improperly moving joint.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-29 09:14:17
Regularly scheduled extravehiclular activity (EVA) tasks proceeded nominally however astronaut Daniel Tani found possible metal shavings on one of the station’s Solar Array Rotating Joints, indicating an improperly moving joint.
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NASA cuts ties with Kistler for COTS
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-19 09:28:20
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-19 09:28:20
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-16 09:14:56
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-16 09:14:56
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-10-03 16:25:36
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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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-10-03 16:25:36
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-03 07:45:35
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-03 07:45:35
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-02 09:26:41
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-09-02 09:26:41
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!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-22 09:33:56
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-22 09:33:56
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-05 09:34:23
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-05 09:34:23
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-03 08:40:10
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-03 08:40:10
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-02 09:34:17
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-07-02 09:34:17
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-19 21:56:14
The European Space Agency is calling for volunteers to take part in simulated trip to Mars.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-19 21:56:14
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-05 10:11:19
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-05 10:11:19
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-02 09:47:22
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-02 09:47:22
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-24 21:17:30
The China National Space Administration has joined an international group that shares satellite images with countries affected by natural disasters.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-24 21:17:30
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-24 11:01:24
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-24 11:01:24
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-21 22:44:31
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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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-21 22:44:31
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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