Spacecraft
50 years ago: Luna 1 escapes Earth’s gravity
By: William Atkins
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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By: William Atkins
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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NASA furthers space commercialization with OSC, SpaceX
By: William Atkins
NASA announced on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, that it has awarded two contacts for twenty commercial flights to re-supply cargo to the International Space Station. NASA is preparing for the future of the U.S. space program with the help of the private space sector.
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By: William Atkins
NASA announced on Tuesday, December 23, 2008, that it has awarded two contacts for twenty commercial flights to re-supply cargo to the International Space Station. NASA is preparing for the future of the U.S. space program with the help of the private space sector.
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Mars webcam goes dark
By: Stephen Withers
Mars has moved behind the Sun (from an Earthbound perspective), so the webcam aboard the Mars Express space probe has been shut down until the northern spring.
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By: Stephen Withers
Mars has moved behind the Sun (from an Earthbound perspective), so the webcam aboard the Mars Express space probe has been shut down until the northern spring.
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ESA agrees to spend US$12.8 billion on future space missions
By: William Atkins
Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to spend euro 10 billion (US$12.8 billion) for a series of thirty space missions, including a robotic Martian rover, experiments onboard the International Space Station, and a network of climate satellites.
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By: William Atkins
Officials with the European Space Agency (ESA) agreed to spend euro 10 billion (US$12.8 billion) for a series of thirty space missions, including a robotic Martian rover, experiments onboard the International Space Station, and a network of climate satellites.
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NASA's five-year mission to Jupiter proceeds
By: Stephen Withers
US space agency NASA has announced it is "officially moving forward" on Juno, an "extremely energy efficient" mission to put a spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet.
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By: Stephen Withers
US space agency NASA has announced it is "officially moving forward" on Juno, an "extremely energy efficient" mission to put a spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet.
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Chandrayaan-1 gets down to work
By: Stephen Withers
Following the successful deployment of the impactor, India's Chandrayaan-1 moon probe is getting down to work.
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By: Stephen Withers
Following the successful deployment of the impactor, India's Chandrayaan-1 moon probe is getting down to work.
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No TCP/IP for NASA's deep space Internet
By: Stephen Withers
It's been a decade in the making, but NASA has successfully tested a new deep-space communications network modelled on the Internet. Images have been transmitted to and from a spacecraft 20 million miles away.
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By: Stephen Withers
It's been a decade in the making, but NASA has successfully tested a new deep-space communications network modelled on the Internet. Images have been transmitted to and from a spacecraft 20 million miles away.
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Chandrayaan-1 in final orbit, ready for work
By: Stephen Withers
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has reached its operational orbit around the Moon. Next step: release the impactor!
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By: Stephen Withers
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has reached its operational orbit around the Moon. Next step: release the impactor!
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Mars Phoenix Lander says good-bye
By: William Atkins
According to a Monday, November 10, 2008 NASA media release, the Phoenix Mars Lander has “ceased communications” but its mission team will continue to listen to see if Phoenix “phones home” from the planet Mars.
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By: William Atkins
According to a Monday, November 10, 2008 NASA media release, the Phoenix Mars Lander has “ceased communications” but its mission team will continue to listen to see if Phoenix “phones home” from the planet Mars.
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India inserts Chandrayaan-1 into Moon orbit
By: William Atkins
On Saturday, November 8, 2008, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that its first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has been placed successfully in orbit about the Moon.
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By: William Atkins
On Saturday, November 8, 2008, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced that its first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has been placed successfully in orbit about the Moon.
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‘Star Trek’ force field could help protect real astronauts in space
By: William Atkins
British, Portuguese, and Swedish physicists have come up with a strong magnetic shield that may be able to protect astronauts from dangerous space radiation as they make extended missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Better get Scotty to engineer the project!
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By: William Atkins
British, Portuguese, and Swedish physicists have come up with a strong magnetic shield that may be able to protect astronauts from dangerous space radiation as they make extended missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Better get Scotty to engineer the project!
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India's Chandrayaan-1 heads for the Moon
By: Stephen Withers
India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is en route for the Moon. The unmanned craft should go into lunar orbit this weekend.
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By: Stephen Withers
India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is en route for the Moon. The unmanned craft should go into lunar orbit this weekend.
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Chandrayaan-1 on its way to the Moon
By: William Atkins
The Indian unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 (or “Lunar Craft-1”) began its lunar exploration mission to the Moon at 5:22 a.m. Indian Standard Time (00:52 UTC) on October 22, 2008. It is India’s first mission to Earth’s nearest neighbor.
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By: William Atkins
The Indian unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 (or “Lunar Craft-1”) began its lunar exploration mission to the Moon at 5:22 a.m. Indian Standard Time (00:52 UTC) on October 22, 2008. It is India’s first mission to Earth’s nearest neighbor.
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NASA launches mission to map edge of solar system
By: William Atkins
On Sunday, October 19, 2008, NASA launched its Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission for a two-year mission to image the outer boundary of our solar system with interstellar space. Such an image has never before been seen!
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By: William Atkins
On Sunday, October 19, 2008, NASA launched its Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission for a two-year mission to image the outer boundary of our solar system with interstellar space. Such an image has never before been seen!
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Indian Moon mission ready
By: William Atkins
The first moon mission for India, Chandrayaan-1, is scheduled to lift off on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to orbit the Moon, with part of it ejected and aimed for a direct hit onto the lunar surface.
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By: William Atkins
The first moon mission for India, Chandrayaan-1, is scheduled to lift off on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The unmanned spacecraft is expected to orbit the Moon, with part of it ejected and aimed for a direct hit onto the lunar surface.
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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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