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Bigger is better in rocketry and astronomy
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-14 12:26:04
NASA is bringing together the next generation of rockets and space telescopes with its new heavy-lift Ares V rocket. U.S. astronomer Harley Thronson exclaims, “The bigger the better…. NASA's new Ares V rocket is going to completely change the rules of the game."
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-01-14 12:26:04
NASA is bringing together the next generation of rockets and space telescopes with its new heavy-lift Ares V rocket. U.S. astronomer Harley Thronson exclaims, “The bigger the better…. NASA's new Ares V rocket is going to completely change the rules of the game."
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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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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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NASA furthers space commercialization with OSC, SpaceX
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-24 11:27:02
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-24 11:27:02
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-08 22:12:21
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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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-12-08 22:12:21
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-29 08:30:35
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-29 08:30:35
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-25 18:54:08
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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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-25 18:54:08
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-25 16:24:01
Following the successful deployment of the impactor, India's Chandrayaan-1 moon probe is getting down to work.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-25 16:24:01
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-18 16:12:46
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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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-18 16:12:46
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-13 14:47:16
Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 has reached its operational orbit around the Moon. Next step: release the impactor!
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-13 14:47:16
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-10 16:41:51
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-10 16:41:51
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-08 12:19:47
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-08 12:19:47
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-07 10:16:23
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-07 10:16:23
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
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-06 01:04:45
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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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-11-06 01:04:45
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-22 08:31:16
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-22 08:31:16
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-21 08:39:11
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-21 08:39:11
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-10-20 17:08:00
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-10-20 17:08:00
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-15 20:40:03
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-15 20:40:03
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-14 10:33:40
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-14 10:33:40
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!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-12 04:17:29
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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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-12 04:17:29
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-08 09:18:00
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-10-08 09:18:00
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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